WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 29 Today's Topics: #1 Bio-Marshall W. Ogden, Fairmont, W [Joan Wyatt ] #2 Bio- Henry Stanford Yost, M. D., M [Joan Wyatt ] #3 Bio- Howard Joseph Ross, Fairmont, [Joan Wyatt ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 05:47:43 -0500 From: Joan Wyatt To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <388ED0CB.6E6FA0D2@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio-Marshall W. Ogden, Fairmont, WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York Volume 11 Page 247 Bio- Marshall W. Ogden- Fairmont, WV Marshall W. Ogden, a vital and representative member of the bar of Marion County, is engaged in the successful practice of his profession in the City of Fairmont, the county seat. He was born at Prospect Valley, Harrison Co., this state January 26,1873, and is the son of Van Buren and Marcy (Talkington) Ogden. In assured genealogical records of lineage of the American branch of the Ogden family tree traces back to Maryland and its early settlement. At Port Tobacco in that commonwealth we find Jonathan Ogden, who from liberal research of genealogical records is believed to be a lineal descendant of John Ogden, the Pilgrim, who came to America in 1640 from England and settled on the southern shore of Long Island. Jonathan Ogden married Jane Howell, daughter of Paul and Mary Howell. of Howell's Delight, Maryland. Among his ten children was a son, Thomas, born September 30, 1775, who married Elizabeth Moore at Port Tobacco in 1793, and with his family, including his father, mother and eight of his brothers and sisters, came to what is now West Virginia and settles near Enterprise in Harrison Co., where he became a successful trader and accumulated an appreciable estate. His father and mother are buried in the Hardesty Cemetery at that place. The Barnes, Richardson, Martin, Robey and Bigler families of the Upper Monongahela Valley can trace their ancestry to the daughters of Jonathan Ogden. Nathan Ogden, son of Thomas, was born in Harrison Co., near Enterprise, June 14,1811. He married Jane Duncan. of Prospect Valley, and settled in that neighborhood. He became prominently identified with early lumbering operations in that section, and as owner and operator of a water power sawmill he shipped lumber,cereals and other products down the Monongahela River in flat boats to market.. Van Buren, son of Nathan Ogden and father of the subject of this review, was born November 27, 1837, became a skilled blacksmith and followed his trade until 1873, when he engaged in the mercantile business with Benjamin W. Harbert at Prospect Valley, and after eight years of successful business their store was destroyed by fire. He then turned his attention to farm enterprises, though in later years he then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was appointed postmaster at that place by President Grant, which position he held until 1904, when the post office was abolished and placed on rural free delivery. He married September 29, 1864, Marcy E., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth W. (Hartley) Talkington, pioneer residents of Marion Co., near Mannington. Though born on the 27th day of February. 1835, Mrs. Ogden is still in fair health.Van Buren Ogden died January 26, 1911, known as a business man of ability and as a sterling citizen well worthy of the popular esteem which was ever accorded to him. Of the children the following brief record is available: Savilla A., born January 28,1866, married G.D. Shreve on June 30, 1887, and she died June 4, 1889, their only child, Goff D., having died in April of that year of the first anniversary of his birth. William B., born April 13, 1869 , married, May 16, 1893, Miss Lilly Weekly, and to them have been born five children, Paul G., born December 15, 1895, married May Matthews; Ira D., born July 25, 1897, married Blanch Hildreth; William F., born October 12,1899; Zabell Flora, born March 6,1905; and Oran Maxin, their youngest son. Marshall W., the subject of this review, was the next in order of birth of the children od Van Buren and Marcy E. Ogden. Emma Z. born August 24,1874, was united in marriage to James D. Robinson, December 21, 1893, to which union was born two children, David W., born July 12, 1895, married Willa R. Robinson, and they have one child, Virginia Lee; and Vera M., born November 11,1900. After completing the cirriculumn of the public schools and teaching two years therein at Prospect Valley, Marshall W. Ogden continued his studies in the State Normal School at Fairmont, and in 1897 graduated from the law departmtent of the University of West Virginia. His admission to the bar was virtually coincident with the reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and he forthwith opened an office at Fairmont as partner with Ross A. Watts, which partnership was continued until 1901, when the same was dissolved by mutual agreement, since which time he has continued in the successful practice of law, and has secured status as one of the able and successful members of the Marion Co. bar. He was for two years acting president of the Marion Co. Bar Association, and is an active member of the West Virginia BarAssociation. He is a loyal advocate and supporter of the principals of the republican party, but the only elective office which he has consented to hold was as member of the City Counsil. He and his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was president of its Business Men's Bible Class in 1919-1920. On the 16th day of June, 1901, was solemized the marriage of Mr. Ogden and Lelia, daughter of Thomas and AmandaHawker, she having been born in Harrison Co., February 25,1878. Mr. Hawker was a prosperous buisness man, and was president of Farmers ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:14:44 -0500 From: Joan Wyatt To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <388EF33B.88E610D9@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio- Henry Stanford Yost, M. D., Marion Co., WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society Inc. Chicago and New York Volume 11 Page 248 Bio- Henry Sanford Yost, M.D., Marion Co., WV This is a brief record of a family of physicians whose professional work through three generations has been done in Marion Co. The name is one of honorable distinction in citizenship as well as in the profession. The American ancestor of this branch of the Yost family was John Yost, who immigrated from Bavaria in 1773, landing at New York City. A year later he removed to Elizabeth, New Jersey, then to Trenton in the same state, and for several years was a soldier in the war for independence. After that war he came over the mountains and was one of the pioneers in Monongalia County, on Indian Creek. At Elizabeth, New Jersey, he married Katie Snuiche (Snook), of Holland and English descent. A son of this pioneer couple, also named John Yost, was born near Cumberland, Maryland, in 1775, and spent his active life in Monongalia Co., where he died in 1850. He married Susie Dawson, who was born in 1780, and died in 1864. Aaron Yost, son of John and Susie Yost, was born in Monoongalia Co. in 1800 and died in 1879. His wife was Sarah Pitzer, daughter of John Pitzer. This is a brief account of the first three generations, all of whom lived in West Virginia. The fourth generation was represented by Dr. Jorier Yost, son of Aaron Yost. He was born in Marion Co., West Virginia, June 11,1833. Early in his life he took up the study of medicine with Dr. Fielding H. Yost, of Fairview, attended lectures of the Electric Medical School of Cincinnati, and throughout his active life was a capable and high minded practitioner of medicine in the Fairview community. During the Civil war he was made a prisoner by the Federal troops. On October 30,1867, Dr. Jorier Yost married Harriet Neptune. She was born in Marion Co., May 18,1848, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Raber) Neptune. Her father, Samuel Neptune, was the son of Henry Neptune and a grandson of Henry Neptune, who came from Greece in 1760, settling in Virginia, and some tears later bore arms with the colonists in their struggle for independence. Dr. Henry Stanford Yost, a son of Dr. Jorier Yost, was born at Fairview, Marion Co., April 28,1869, and while he is now in the prime of his powers and activities as a typical physician and surgeon, he has two sons enrolled in the profession and a third preparing therefor. He had a liberal education, attending the Fairmont State Normal School in 1884-5, graduated in 1888 from the Central Normal College of Danville, and in 1890, graduated from the Eclectic College of Indianapolis. For a number of years Doctor Yost practiced his profession at Fairview, but in September, 1905, removed to Fairmont. He handles an extensive, general practice and is also a member of the medical staff of Cook Hospital. He did post-graduate work during 1900-01 and 1906-07 in the Electric Medical College of Cincinnati. From 1892 to 1896 Doctor Yost was a United Sates Pension Examiner, and is surgeon for Monongahela Railroad Co. He is a member and a trustee of West Virginia State Eclectic Medical Association, a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association, and is also affiliated with the Marion Co., West Virginia Sate and American Medical Ass. His fraternal affiliations are with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A.F. and A.M., Orient Chapter No. 9, R.A.M., Crusade Commandery No.6, K.T. and Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Wheeling; is a past grand of Mill City Lodge No. 110, I.O.O.F., of Fairview, has been a member of the Grand Lodge of the state in that order; and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and Knights of the Maccabees. While living at Fairview, Doctor Yost served as mayor of that city one term, and has since been a member of the Fairmont City Council. On August 28,1890, he married Leanore Phillips. Mrs. Yost was born January 1,1869, daughter of Remembrance Lindsay Phillips, of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Her father made a record of teaching school in Pennsylvania for thirty terms, and then bought a farm near Fairview, Marion County, where he lived until his death in May, 1898, at the age of fifty-seven. Following this paragraph it is appropriate to give briefly a record of each of the three sons of Doctor and Mrs. Yost. Herschel R., the oldest, was born June 1, 1891, graduated from the Fairmont High School in 1911, received his M.D. degree from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati in 1915, spent six months in Seton Hospital of Cincinnati, and twelve months as house surgeon at Bethesda Hospital. After practicing for a few months at Carthage, Ohio, he returned home and has since been associated with his father at Fairmont. He is a member of the staff of Cook Hospital and is mine surgeon at Rivesville for the Monongahela Railway. Dr. Herschel Yost is a member of the Marion County and the American Medical associations, the National Eclectic Medical Association and the Southern Ohio Eclectic Medical Association. Fraternally he is affiliated with Acacia Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and with the Scottish Rite and Shrine, and is also a member of the Elks. Three days after the United States entered the World war he applied for enlistment, but was rejected on account of physical disabilities. In May, 1918, he again volunteered and was accepted and commisioned first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. During the same month he was called to duty at Camp Sevier, Greenville, South Carolina, and on the Demobilization Board for examination of returned soldiers, and in March, 1919, gained his honorable discharge and soon afterward resumed his private practice in Fairmont The second son, Jorier Yost, born December 12,1894, graduated in 1918 from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and was on duty at the Metropoliton Hospital, New York City, awaiting call to the service, but the war closed before he recieved active detail. He is now in practice with his father and brother. Paul Yost, the youngest of the family, was born November, 1897, recieved his A.B. degree in1920 from West Virginia University, and is now in his junior year of medicine at West Virginia University. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:16:25 -0500 From: Joan Wyatt To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <388F9C66.773D9A3D@uakron.edu> Subject: Bio- Howard Joseph Ross, Fairmont, WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York Volume 11 Page 249 Bio- Howard Joseph Ross, Fairmont, WV Howard Joseph Ross was born, reared and achieved his first business success in Ohio, but for nearly twenty years has been a factor in the commercial life of Fairmont and also a progressive leader in some of the larger movements for that community's welfare and advancement. Mr. Ross was born on a farm near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, February 8,1878. On the same farm on February 20,1850, was born his father, Rev. S.F. Ross, who was the son of Joseph and Catherine Ross, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers of Harrison County. Amanda Welch, who became the wife of Rev. S.F. Ross, was born on a neighboring farm in Harrison County, December 10,1853, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Welch. Rev. S.F. Ross was reared on a farm, attended public schools, then Scio College, Scio, Ohio, an institution now incorporated in Mount Union College, and after several years experience as a teacher and while still a young man he entered the ministry. For many years he has been one of the able workers in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is now serving as pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wadsworth, Summit County. Howard J. Ross spent his early life on the Ross farm, was educated in the public schools, and for a time was a student in Scio College. During 1898-1900, he attended Muskingum College in Ohio. While he was there Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, engineering the great wheat "corner" and young Ross, seeing the opportunity to make some money, bought wheat and carried the deal through to a considerable profit. This gave him his initial capital for his business career. His earnings from wheat he invested during the development of the oil fields around Scio, Ohio, and here, again, his investment and judgment were profitable. About that time he engaged in the furniture business at Byesville, Ohio, in partnership with Edward Kennedy, subsequently bought out his partner, and soon afterward sold the business. During 1901 he was a student in the law department of Ohio State University. After his university career Mr. Ross became a traveling salesman for a furniture company, with headquarters at Zanesville, Ohio. In December, 1904, he came to Fairmont, during a vacation, to manage the Fairmont Furniture Company. Ultimately he bought half interest in that business, the firm becoming Nuzum & Ross, and in 1911, upon the retirement of Mr. Nuzum, Mr. Ross incorporated the Ross Furniture Company, of which he is now president and owner. This is one of the very special business enterprises of Fairmont. Mr. Ross became interested in the Moon Oil & Gas Company in 1907, and since 1915 has been active manager of this corporation. He was holding the office of president of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce when the campaign was inaugurated for building the magnificent new bridge across the Monongahela River, connecting East and West Fairmont. He was twice president of the Chamber of Commerce, and was also one of the organizers and president of the Fairmont Business Men's Association and is a member of the West Virginia State Business Men's Association. Mr. Ross is a member and treasurer of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Fairmont, belongs to the Rotary Club, and is affiliated with Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A.F. and A.M. On October 21,1908, he married Miss Lenore Brahm, a native of Terra Alta, West Virginia, where she was born January 26,1882. Her parents were Lynn F. and Elizabeth Brahm, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ross have two children: Joseph Finley, born October 11,1911, and Elizabeth Elliot, born February 1,1914.