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 697-698.

ROBERT McCONNELL, a venerable and highly esteemed citizen of Smith township,
was born in Wheeling, in 1811, the son of William and Barbara (Wolf) McConnell,
natives of Pennsylvania; Robert was well educated, completing his literary
studies at Jefferson college at Cannonsburgh, Penn., and after leaving college
he entered upon the study of law. He engaged in the practice of that profession
at Wheeling, and shortly afterward removed to Indiana, and was occupied with his
profession two years at Merom. In 1837 he moved to Elizabethtown, Marshall county,
W. Va., and there continued in the practice until 1845. He then removed to the
town of Texas in the same county, and five years later again settled at
Elizabethtown, where he remained until April, 1888, when he removed to Marbletown,
Ohio, where he is leading a retired life. In 1870, he was married to Miss
Buskirk, of Ohio, and both are members of the Presbyterian church.