History of Columbiana County Ohio United States of America

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George W. Boyce, Member of the Ohio Legislature, was born in Columbiana county, May 3d, 1840, being the son of Isaac and Jane (Brady) Boyce, both of whom were of Irish descent. His father was a lumber dealer and a farmer, and was highly esteemed by his neighbors. George W. had meagre advantages for culture in early life, but these he improved in the highest degree possible. He was ambitious for liberal and substantial culture in the most practical and popular branches, and to this end he entered the University of Ohio, at Athens, after attaining his majority, and sustained himself by teaching. He graduated in 1867, taking the degree of A. B., receiving subsequently, in course, the degree of A. M. Upon leaving this institution he started an academy at Savannah, Athens county, which soon attained a flourishing condition and took high rank as a school for instruction. Having, however, previously registered for the bar, he disposed of this institution at the end of a year and entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he graduated in 1869. During this course of study he read law under the private supervision of Judge Stover, of the Superior Court, and became thoroughly fitted for membership of the bar, to which he was admitted. He at once associated with W. F. Boyd, and entered into practice, in which he made rapid progress, attaining gradually to the position of a leading lawyer. In 1873 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent Cincinnati in the Sixty-first General Assembly of the State, and is still a member of that body. He is Chairman of the Committee on Revision, and a member of the Committee on Finance. He is a clear and logical debater, an active worker, and has participated prominently in all the proceedings of the Assembly since his entrance to it. He has the reputation of being a thoroughly-read lawyer, familiar with all branches of practice, careful in the management of all cases intrusted to him, and faithful to the interests of those who seek his skill and confidence.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.

Ephraim S. Holloway, Representative in the Sixty-first General Assembly of Ohio, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, July 27th, 1833, being the son of John and Lydia (Dryson) Holloway, the former of whom followed the occupation of a farmer. His family were among the earliest settlers of the State, his parents having both been born in the same county as himself. His father's family came from Loudon county, Virginia, and his mother's from Redstone, Pennsylvania. Both his paternal and maternal grandparents settled in Columbiana county in 1801, when Ohio was incorporated in what was then known as the Northwest Territory. John Dryson, his maternal grandfather, was one of the original surveyors of Ohio. General Holloway was educated in the common schools of his county, and followed the occupation of a farmer until 1857, when he embarked as a builder, and remained thus engaged until 1861. In October of that year he enlisted, raising a company of volunteers, of which, upon its organization, he was made First Lieutenant. He served four years and three months in the army, in active service, participating in all of the engagements with which his regiment participated, including all of those of the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Ohio, under General Buell, the army under General Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, and under General Thomas in the Nashville campaign. On September 8th, 1862, he was promoted to Captain; November 6th, 1864, to Major; March 6th, 1865, to Lieutenant-Colonel, and May 1st of the same year to Colonel. On the recommendation of Major-Generals Z. J. Wood, David S. Stanley, P. H. Sheridan and Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, he was brevetted to the important station of Brigadier-General for gallant and meritorious services in the field. His brevet rank dates from March 13th, 1865. He assumed command of his regiment, the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on the 5th day of July, 1864, while engaging the enemy in a fierce skirmish near Chattahoochie river, Georgia, and retained command until the regiment was mustered out, gaining a splendid record for gallantry. He was a good disciplinarian and strategist, and his regiment was employed in many important missions, which were always successfully carried out, and in a manner that won the commendation of his superiors. Upon his return from the army he re-embarked as a builder, which he followed until March, 1868, when he was appointed Superintendent of the Enterprise Agricultural Works of Columbiana, a position requiring great executive ability, which he filled with credit until September, 1873, at which time he resigned. In 1873 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Columbiana county in the lower House of the Ohio Sixty-first General Assembly, and as a member of this body he distinguished himself as an effective debater and as an advocate of important reform measures. He was appointed as a member of the Committees on Insurance and Public Printing, and has the reputation of an effective legislator. In 1871 he purchased the Independent Register, of Columbiana, which he has since edited and published. This is a weekly paper with a deservedly high name, and is in thriving circumstances. It represents the Republican party in that county, but deals with party issues in an independent manner. General Holloway is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and an active worker in favor of popular education, using every endeavor and lending all his influence to the improvement of the system. He is in every respect a self-made and self-educated man. His grandparents were prominent members of the Society of Friends. He was married to Margaret Windel, of Columbiana county, and five children has been the result of that marriage, four of whom are now living, three sons and one daughter. General Holloway was re-elected on the Republican ticket to represent his county in the Sixty-second General Assembly.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.

Justin D. Bowersoch, representative, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1842. He was educated in the public schools, engaged in business and was married Sept. 5, 1866 to Mary C. Gower of Iowa city, Ia. He removed to Lawrence, Kan., in 1877; engaged in manufacturing and organized the Douglass county bank in 1878, which became the Lawrence National bank and he its president. He served two terms as mayor of Lawrence, was a representative in the state legislature in 1887; a state senator in 1895 and was elected a republican representative in the 56th, 57th and 58th congresses from the 2d Kansas district.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

David A. Arter, of Canton, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on January 3d, 1820. His paternal ancestors were natives of Wurtemberg, Germany. His father, Michael Arter, was a native of Maryland, a tanner and currier by trade, and withal a man of marked ability and intelligence. His mother, nee Lydia Richardson, belonged to a well-known family of that name in Pennsylvania. The rudiments of David's education were obtained in the log school houses of the western country during his boyhood. As soon as he had arrived at proper years, he learnt the trade of his father, which he thoroughly mastered. When in his twentieth year, desiring to still further educate himself, he spent about two years in Allegheny College. Leaving there in 1841 he entered the office of Drs. Robertson and Cary, prominent practitioners of that day in Columbiana county, the latter, Dr. Cary, enjoying the reputation of being one of the leading physicians and surgeons in the State of Ohio at that period. Having spent two years in study with these gentlemen, Dr. Arter matriculated in 1843 at the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, and received his degree from that place in the spring of 1845. Six months previous to graduating he associated himself with a prominent practitioner of Stark county, Dr. Haldeman, with whom he followed the profession until his graduation from Miami College. He then located in Carroll county, Ohio, and there for a period of twenty years successfully labored and acquired considerable skill and reputation. In 1865 he removed to Canton, where he has since practised. He has at times contributed to the press of the profession. He was first married in 1844 to Elmira Ferrall, of Columbiana county, Ohio, who died in October, 1858; and was again married, in 1860, to his present wife, Maggie McCall, of Washington county, Pennsylvania.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.

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