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 689.

B. R. AULT, a well-known resident of Centerville, Belmont Co., Smith township, Ohio,
was born in that county October 7, 1831, and is the son of William and Margaret
(Rose) Ault, the former of whom was a native of Ohio, and the latter of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ault was reared in Smith township, and educated in the local schools. In May,
1853, he was married to Isabel, daughter of Emanuel and Rachel Denoon, born February
6, 1837. This wife died June 18, 1867, leaving four sons and one daughter, who
survive. In April, 1870, Mr. Ault was married to Sarah A., daughter of William P.
and Rosella (Ervin) Pickeral, and by this union two sons have been born: B. F.,
June 19, 1871, and George F., born September 10, 1873. In the year 1858 Mr. Ault
removed to Centerville and erected a carriage factory and blacksmith shop, which
he has conducted from that time until the present, with much success. He takes
much interest in the science of meteorology, and is the weather observer at
Centerville, for the state weather service, and the chief signal office at
Washington, D. C.