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.


Pages 577-578.

JOHN DuBOIS, senior member of the firm of DuBois & McCoy, owners and
operators of the Bellaire Planing mills, was born in Belmont county,
Ohio, June 4, 1838. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Bugelos) DuBois,
were both natives of county Antrim, Ireland. They emigrated to this
country in the year 1834, coming to Belmont county, where the father
began to work at his trade of a blacksmith in the vicinity of St.
Clairsville. Here they lived for some years, the father in time giving
up his trade and turning his attention to farming, having bought a
tract of land near St. Clairsville, remaining there until his death in
1880. He died at the age of eighty-four years, having lived a useful
life, and having won the respect of his neighbors. John and Elizabeth
DuBois were the parents of nine children, four sons and five daughters,
all now dead but John and Joseph. Mrs. DuBois died in 1857. John, the
son, obtained a common schooling in Belmont county, and then engaged
in farming until 1876, in which year he moved to Bellaire and opened
a lumber yard, having been obliged to abandon farming on account of
failing health. He operated the lumber yard for four years, at the
expiration of which time the firm of DuBois & McCoy was formed. They
built the Bellaire Planing mill, of which he has since been the
general manager. Mr. DuBois married Maggie J. Frazier, of St.
Clairsville, in 1861. This union has resulted in the birth of seven
children: James F., John A., Samuel E., Joseph M., Lawrence L., David D.
and Charles M., the last named is deceased. Mrs. DuBois went to her
rest October 30, 1889. She was a member of the United Presbyterian church,
in which society she was ever active. A woman of great power, char-
itable, always ready to relieve the sufferings of others, she passed
to the presence of her God in the full assurance of her reward. Mr.
DuBois is a true republican. Besides having charge of the mill, he
also manages the old home farm, and is largely interested in the Bellaire
Window Glaas company, of which he has been president for two years.
His integrity and ability have won for him the regard of all with whom
he comes in contact.