History of Jefferson County Ohio United States of America

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Alexander Clark, editor, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 10, 1834. In 1851 he began to teach school, and later started the School-day Visitor, which was afterward merged in St. Nicholas. He became a Methodist Protestant minister in 1861, and was pastor at Philadelphia, Pa., 1861-63; Cincinnati, Ohio, 1863-66; and Pittsburg, Pa., 1866-70. In 1870 he was appointed editor of the Methodist Recorder, and Our Morning Guide, the official papers issued by the denomination. He wrote Old Log Schoolhouse; Christian Courage (1862); and Workaday Christianity. He died in Georgia, July 7, 1879.

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

Ephriam Ralph Eckley, representative, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1811; son of Ephraim and Sarah (Vangilder) Eckley; grandson of Peter and Esther (Ralph) Eckley, and a descendant of Thomas Ralph Eckley, who emigrated from Wales to America. His grandfather and four paternal and one maternal great-uncles served in the Revolutionary war, in which three of them lost their lives and the other three, including his grandfather, were wounded. He was admitted to the bar in 1837 and practised in Carrollton, Ohio. He was a state senator in 1843, 1845 and 1849, and a state representative in 1853. He was the Whig candidate for governor of Ohio in 1851, and also a Whig candidate for United States senator in 1854, being defeated in both instances with the whole Whig ticket. In 1861 he volunteered in the army and served as colonel of the 26th Ohio volunteers, later being transferred to the command of the 80th volunteers. He was a representative in the 38th, 39th and 40th congresses, serving, 1863-69. After the expiration of his term he returned to the practice of law at Carrollton, Ohio, where he resided in 1899.

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

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