BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 516.


JEREMIAH FIELD, a venerable citizen of Belmont, Belmont county, Ohio, was
born in Lancaster county, Penn., May 19, 1818. He is the son of Vincent
Field, who was born in the same county, August 20, 1788, of Irish and
German descent. Jeremiah Field was reared in Lancaster county until he was
eighteen years of age, and then in company with his father, his mother
having died several years previous, he came to Ohio in the fall of 1837.
They came first to Belmont county, but subsequently removed to Guernsey
county, where the father purchased a tract of 100 acres of wild land. After
living there six years he sold that, and bought eighty acres partially
improved in Belmont county. In later years he kept hotel in Belmont at 
about the time that the Baltimore & Ohio road was extended through the
county. Two other children were born to Jeremiah Field's parents, a
brother and sister, now deceased. He also has a half-brother, now a farmer
and stock-raiser in Kansas. On February 2, 1841, Mr. Field was married to
Mary Bush, of Harrison county, who was born December 11, 1818, and eight
children were born to them,  six of whom are living: Cassandra, Christina,
Sarah E., Caroline A., Isaiah A., William B., all of whom are residents of
Belmont. Mr. Field's first occupation in youth was as an apprentice to a
carpenter for three years, and he subsequently followed that trade six year,
afterward engaging in farming until his health failed, since when he has
led a retired life.