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 609.


CHARLES W. SATTERFIELD - One of the pioneers of Belmont county, and one of
its leading benefactors, is Charles W. Satterfield, who was born in Morton
county, W. Va. Having acquired a fair education, Mr. Satterfield first became
a clerk in a general merchandise store, afterward becoming an extensive
shipper of produce, his market being in the east. He was for some years an
express messenger on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He came to Bellaire,
and was engaged on the B. & O. R. R. company's bridge at Bellaire, which
was then in the course of construction. In his young days Mr. Satterfield
learned the carpenter's trade, and since his coming to this city, has
followed the contracting and building industry. He was married to Sarah
Amos, a native of West Virginia. Four sons and eight daughters, four of
them now deceased, are the fruit of this marriage. His three sons,
Erastus F., William S. and Joseph M., are now conducting an extensive
business in Bellaire, under the firm name of J. M. Satterfield & Co.
J. M. Satterfield was for a number of years in the employ of the Baron
Hardware company, and in 1888, in connection with his brothers, succeeded
to the business then carried on by the Ohio firm. William D. was born in
1858. His early life was passed in West Virginia, where, when but twelve
years of age, he began to work in an iron mill, subsequently having been
in the employ of the Bellaire Nail works for over thirteen years. He
came to Bellaire in October, 1883, and was taken into the employ of the
Spaulding Iron company, at Brilliant, Ohio, being a stockholder and
director in the same. Remaining with them until January 30, 1890, Mr.
Satterfield at that time returned to Bellaire and gave his full at-
tention to the business in that city. He was married in October, 1888,
to Hallie Gloson, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Satterfield are communicants
of the Presbyterian church, of Brilliant, Ohio. He is also a member of
the K. of P., and is also a loyal republican.