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 580-581. WILLIAM N. GILL, manager of the J. S. Gill's Sons Glass Pot factory, was born in Wheeling, W. Va., in 1851. He is the son of James S. Gill and Charlotta Gill. His father was an Englishman by birth, coming to this country in the forties, locating at Wheeling, where he remained until 1866, when he came to Bellalre, and in company with Henry Faupel, George Barnes, and others, organized a company for the manufacture of table ware, under the firm name of Barnes, Faupel & Co. This company was afterward merged into the Belmont Glass company, which he was a director of until 1884, when he severed his connection with that company and established the house of T. S. Gill Glass Pot company, which he successfully conducted until his death in April, 1889. He was married while living in Wheeling to the mother of the subject of this sketch, by whom he had six children. The mother and two children are dead, the former dying in 1888. William Gill received a fair education in the Wheeling schools, after which he learned the glass blower's trade. He came to Bellaire with his parents and worked here at his trade for some years, also working at Martin's Ferry for some time. In October, 1884, he accepted the position of general manager of the Belmont Glass company, and held that position until January, 1890, when he became connected with the pot works, being compelled to take the management of the same on account of the death of his father. He was married in 1873 to Alice Hammond, of Bellaire. Three children have come to brighten their home: Ohle E., Clara C. and Charles W. He has always taken an active interest in politics, being identified with the republican party. Mr. Gill is one of the most successful glass men in the Ohio valley, and is widely and well known throughout the community.