HISTORY of the UPPER OHIO VALLEY, Vol. II; Brant & Fuller, 1891.

Submitted by Linda Fluharty.

S. P. CARNEY

S. P. Carney, member of the firm of Carney bros. & Co., at Littleton, W. Va.,
was born September 18, 1861, in Wetzel county.  His parents are Solomon and
Jane C. (Hammond) Carney, who are still living and honored residents of the
county.  The father owns a large farm near Silver hill on which a portion of
the town was built.  These parents have seven children, six of whom are
living.  The names of the children are:  S. A., I. J., S. P., Silas, W. J.,
Emma A., who died July 6, 1890, aged twenty-two, and Ellis A. When twenty-one
years old S. P. Carney began clerking in a store which the fim to which he
belongs now conducts business.  He clerked for five years, and in 1887,
bought a third interet.  The firm deals in general merchandise, grain and
produce of all kinds.  They do an increasing business, the sales for the
past year having been much larger than ever before.  September 9, 1888, Mr.
Carney was married to Mis Jessie L., daughter of M. L. and Clara C. Hill,
of the county.  THey have only one child, Iona G.  The parents are members
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Carney holds the position
of trustee.  He is likewise a member of the I. O. O. F., and affiliates
with the Masonic brethren.  For four years Mr. S. P. Carney has owned a
half interest in the MARSHALL & WETZEL COUNTY NEWS, published at Cameron.
Mrs. Carney is a graduate of the West Liberty State normal school, class
of 1882, and before her marriage became a teacher of distinction.  She is
a lady of fine culture, a good musician and makes a companion of whom any
man might feel proud.  S. A. Carney, brother of the gentleman above described
and member of the same firm, also a partner in the Chaney & Carney mill at
Littleton, was born August  26, 1858.  When seventeen years old he began
teaching, which he continued for four years, meeting with decided success
in this calling.  He liked the business, but it was not sufficiently pro-
fitable to suit him, and he concluded to enter the mercantile business.  He
was married in 1880, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Peter and Elizabeth
(Haught) Glover.  Three bright children blessed this union, viz:  Samuel
C., Florence A. and Herbert L. Mr. Carney is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and is superintendent of the Sunday school of the same,
while his wife belongs to the Baptist denomination.  The two Carney brothers
above sketched belong to that class called "nature's noblemen," as they
believe in the live and let live principle.  They are courteous to all
comers and especially kind to strangers "within their gates." They are first
class business men, possessed of good judgment and address, and the success
they have gained is due to their own personal efforts for which they are
deserving of esteem.