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 560.

G. W. TWEEDY, one of the leading citizens of Martin's Ferry, Ohio,
was born in Mt. Pleasant township, Jefferson county, Ohio, February
2, 1842. His parents were William and Sarah (Worrel) Tweedy, both
Ohioans. Mr. Tweedy received a common school education in the
Jefferson county schools. August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company B,
Fifty-second Ohio volunteer infantry, and for nearly three years he
endured all the hardships and dangers incident to a soldier's life.
He was mustered out of service in June, 186S, and at once returned
to his home,where he engaged in tilling the soil. Subsequently he
embarked in the livery business at Mt. Pleasant, and continued in
this until the spring of 1890. He then sold his business and came
to Martin's Ferry, where he now operates a large livery and feed
establishment on Walnut street, between Third and Fourth. He was
married September 20, 1867, to Miss Hannah T. Ong, by whom he has
had three sons and one daughter, they are: William A., Libbie M.,
George W. and an infant yet unnamed. Mrs. Tweedy is the daughter
of Abram and Elizabeth Ong, and was born September 27, 1847. Mr.
Tweedy has met with fair success in his business, and is a man of
strict integrity, and, although a shrewd business man, he is just
to all.