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Locals

We greet you,

Read everything in this paper.

Happy!--A. Pittenger--it is a girl.

Wanted--a great many things we don't get.

Go to Smith and Daniel's for the best Lake
Salt.

"Charley" Daniel is to be married at the next
Centennial.

Boys, spend your Saturday nights at home.

Marty Lytle has a new house, back of his
house. It is a kitchen.

It is not true, as was stated last year, that
Seth Dempster has the measels.

Go to Pittenger's for Nails, Locks, Hinges,
Hatchets, Hammers, Wrenches, & etc.

Our street commissioner wishes to invest in
a large fan and an umbrella - afraid it might
become warm weather.

Go to Pittenger's for Table and Packed
Cutlery, Sheep Shears, Scissors, Table
Teaspoons, etc.

Mrs. Houze has removed to Mount Union,
and Mr. Clise goes into her house at
Cannonsburgh instead of Engineer
Robinson.

You can get printing done better, quicker,
and cheaper at J. B. Wilkin's printing House
at Cannonsburgh that at any office in the
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Smith and Maxwell's great show visits
Cannonsburgh on Wednesday, May 17,
1876. This is the first time in the history of
the village that traveling performances have
deigned to look in upon us. The Pavillion will
be spread on the lots of J.B. Wilkin and J.W.
Snyder, on Arch street, and all who wish may
attend, -- for 50 cts.

Carpenter & Jointer

J. W. Snyder, a resident of
Cannonsburgh, Ohio, is at all times
prepared to do business in his line, on
short notice, and on the most
reasonable terms. We solicit for him a
liberal share of patronage.

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Physician and Druggist

S. B. Lechner, M.D. corner of Main and
Arch Street, Cannonsburgh, Ohio.

Dealer in Patent medicines, hair Dye,
Perfumery, Pens, Pencils, Fancy Soap,
Candies, Stationery & etc.,

Physicians prescriptions carefully
compounded.

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J.L. McGhie, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office Ohio Street, Cannonsburgh, OH

Having devoted special attention to
chronic diseases of woman and children
for a number of years in the Western
States and desiring to continue the same,
will be found in my office on Saturday's,
where I will make examinations and give
medical advice, free of charge. Call.

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PRINTING
If you have Envelopes, Cards,
Pamphlets or any kind of printing to be
done, get our bid.
J. B. Wilkin
Cannonsburgh, Carroll Co., OH

JAMES LAWRENCE WILLIAMS is owner of a farm of
eighty-six acres in Rose Township, getting his mail on Route No.
1 from Mineral City. A hard worker, he has striven to do
whatever he undertook well, and to render efficient service, and
as a result he has acquired a fair competency and good standing
in his neighborhood.
Mr. Williams was born in Rose Township October 9, 1863, son of
David Noble and Emmaline (Guess) Williams. His grandfather
Williams was a native of england. David Noble Williams spent his
life as a farmer in Carroll County, where he was reared and
educated, being the second in a family of six children. He was
twice married, and of his five children James L. is the fourth.
The latter attended school regularly until he was sixteen, the
school being in District No. 5 of Rose Township. He grew up on
his father's farm of eighty acres, lived there and shred in its work
and management until he was thirty-three, when he married and
established a home of his own. It was in 1897 that Mr. Williams
married Miss Sarah J. Mowls, daughter of John and Louise
(Gamble) Mowls of Rose Township. They have three children:
Louellice, born in 1898, a graduate of the Dellroy High School
and of the Normal School of Kent, Ohio, now a popular teacher
at Canal Fulton, Ohio: James Paul, born in 1900, and Oscar,
born in 1903.
The first two years after his marriage Mr. Williams looked after
the farm of Mrs. Williams' father, and in 1900 moved to his
present location. He first bought a small place of ten acres and
later thirty-eight acres more and Mrs. Williams inherited forty-six
acres from her father. Of this he sold eight acres so that his
present farm comprises eighty-six. He does general farming,
raising considerable livestock. Mr. Williams is an independent
democrat and has responded to the confidence of his fellow
citizens by serving a time as supervisor of Rose Township and a
member of the school board. He is a Methodist and his family
are Lutherans.

HERBERT C. CLOSE, one of the prosperous general
farmers of Rose Township, Carroll County deserves special
credit for his success, for he has earned it through his own
efforts. As a youth he learned the carpenter trade as well as
farming, and has relied upon his diligent work in both
occupations to rear and provide for his family and achieve home
and property.
Mr. Close was born near Dellroy in Monroe Township February
29, 1872, son of Thomas and Susannah (Wilkins) Close. His
grandfather was James Close, an early settler in Carroll County,
who was both a farmer and carpenter. He married a Miss
Thorley, and they had four sons and five daughters. The oldest
son was Thomas Close, who spent his active life as a farmer in
Carroll County but is now living retired at Moultrie in Stark
County. His family consists of five sons and one daughter, third
among them being Herbert C. Close.
Mr. Close during his youth attended school regularly, although
he also worked on the home farm. His first school was in district
No. 4 of Rose Township, but after the age of twelve and up to
eighteen he attended the Oneida School. Having a genius for
mechanics, he readily acquired a practical knowledge of the
carpenter trade, and he has done a great deal of building work
in Carroll County, and when the duties of his farm are not too
heavy he occasionally responds to the call for a first-class
carpenter.
In 1904 he married Miss Rose Davy, daughter of A. G. and
Sarah (Little) Davy. After his marriage he lived in Dellroy a year,
worked steadily at his trade, and his first independent farming
was done on a rented eighty acres in Rose Township. In 1909
he acquired sixty acres, constituting his well improved and
valuable homestead today, and has farmed with profit and
success. He has acquired some other business interests and is
one of the dependable, upright and industrious citizens of his
community. Mr. Close votes for the man rather than the party,
and is a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church of Rose
Township.

PETER T. CLOSE, who is now living virtually retired, in the
Village of Dellroy, Carroll County, still retains possession of a
valuable farm property of eighty-one acres, in Monroe and Rose
Townships, and in connection with the returns given in
connection with the agricultural and live-stock phases of his farm
enterprise good financial results have attended also the
operation of coal mines on the farm. Mr. Close is a native son of
Carroll County and is a representative, in the third generation, of
a family that was founded in this section of ohio more than a
century ago.
Peter Thorley Close was born in Harrison Township, this county,
on the 12th of November, 1838. Joseph Close was born in the
settlement that still bears the name of Island Creek, in Jefferson
County, Ohio, on the 18th of August, 1815, and his wife was born
in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Close was a son of
Peter and Rebecca (McMurland) Close, whose marriage was
solemnized in the State of Pennsylvania. Peter Close was born
in Germany, in the year 1775, a son of John Close, and his wife
was born in Ireland, in 1785, she having been a child when she
was brought to America and having been reared and educated in
the State of Virginia. When peter Close was a lad of ten years
he came to America in company with neighbors who immigrated
from Germany, and after landing in the port of New York City, he
eventually made his way on foot to Virginia, in which state he
remained until the time of his marriage, soon after which
important event in his career he came with his wife to Ohio and
became a pioneer of the Island Creek district in Jefferson
County. There he remained until April 9, 1820, when he came
with his family to what is now Monroe Township, Carroll County,
where he leased the partially improved farm owned by Dr.
Samuel Black, one of the pioneer physicians of this section of
Ohio. On this farm he remained until 1828, when he obtained
from the Government a tract of eighty acres in section 5, that
township. He reclaimed this land from the forest, developed a
productive farm and on the homestead he and his wife passed
the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Close having died in 1863 and
his death having occurred in the following year. Peter Close
served as a private in the War of 1812, and his political
allegiance was given to the democratic party, both he and his
wife having been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church.
They became the parents of nine children, all of whom are now
deceased, namely: Sarah, John, Michael, William, Peter,
Rebecca, Phoebe (Mrs. Thorley), Jane (Mrs. Robbins), and
Joseph.
Joseph Close was about five years old at the time of the family
removal to what is now Carroll County, and here his early
educational advantages were those of the pioneer schools of
Monroe Township. In his youth he learned the carpenter's trace,
and as a skilled workman his services continued to be in demand
in connection with building operations in this section for many
years. He became a successful farmer, but continued to work
more or less at his trade until within a few years of his death,
which occurred in 1890, his wife having passed to the life eternal
on the 12th of November, 1886. After his marriage Joseph Close
purchased a tract of forty-five acres in Monroe Township, not far
distant from his father's farm, and there he remained until 1868,
when he removed to a farm which he had purchased in 1864, the
same comprising 114 acres, partly in Monroe and partly in Rose
Township.

On this farm he passed the remainder of his life, and in
addition to his work as a carpenter and millwright, he was
for a number of years the owner and operator of a saw mill.
He was an influential member of the local contingent of the
democratic party, and he gave twelve years of effective
service as justice of the peace, both he and his wife having
been zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. They
became the parents of eleven children, of whom John and
Elizabeth died when young; Mrs. Jane Briceland was a
resident of Greencastle, Indiana, at the time of her death;
Peter T., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth;
Thomas is a resident of Oneida, Carroll County; Mrs.
Phoebe Huff resides in Monroe Township and Mrs. Sarah
Bower in Rose Township, this county; William; Mrs.
Margaret C. Marshall resides in Monroe Township; John
R. is a farmer in Rose Township; and Mrs. Rebecca Griffin
resides in Stark County.
Peter Thorley Close gained his early education in the
schools at Atwood and Dellroy, and thereafter he was
employed at farm work the greater part of the time until he
had attained the age of twenty-two years. His initial farm
enterprise of independent order was made when he
purchased the farm which he still owns and which he
improved into one of the valuable properties of his native
county. He continued to reside on his farm until he virtually
retired, and is now living in an attractive home in the
Village of Dellroy. He is a stalwart in the local camp of the
democratic party and is now serving his fourth term in the
office of justice of the peace. He has served also as mayor
of Dellroy, and he was for two terms a member of the
democratic committee of Monroe Township, these various
preferments indicating alike his personal popularity and his
influence in public affairs of a local order. He has various
capitalistic investments and is one of the substantial men
of his native county. The Close family was among the first
to settle in Carroll County, and the Thorley family likewise
gained pioneer distinction in this section of the old buckeye
State. There has been organized the Close and Thorley
Family Society, which holds reunions at regular intervals
and these meetings draw together numerous
representatives of the two families, besides tending to
perpetuate memories and associations of the pioneer
days. Peter Close, an uncle of Peter Thorley Close, was
one of the venturesome spirits who went across the plains
to California, in 1849, at the time of the discovery of gold in
that state, and he made the journey with an ox team.
The year 1892 recorded the marriage of Mr. Close to Mrs.
George Griffin, a daughter of John and Sarah Booth. Mr.
and Mrs. Close have no children, but Mrs. Close has two
children by her first marriage: Martha Jane and Cora, who
is the wife of William Moore, of Union Township. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore have six children, all of whom are living except
Chester K., twin brother of Harry K. Both of these young
men entered the nation's military service in the World war,
Chester K. having become a member of Company G, Fifth
United States Infantry, in which he was assigned to service
in the medical corps, and he died while in active duty in
France. Harry K. entered service at Carrollton, was sent to
Cleveland, and after receiving due preliminary training he
accompanied his command to France, where he saw his
full share of active field service. While in France he
married a young woman of that war-scarred country, and
they are now at the home of his parents, in Union
Township, Carroll County.