Uriah Wilson Halsted was born in New York about 1817. His parents were Timothy Halsted IV, a native of New York, and Rhoda Wilson. They were residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 censuses, and probably for the rest of their lives. At some point, Uriah embarked upon a career as a school teacher. His given name may have been "Uriel," the spelling found in a number of records.

1850 Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Timothy, 58, Farmer NY
Rhoda, 59, VT
Timothy, 25, NY
John D., 22, NY
Polly Willson, 54, VT?
Edward Knox, 4

     This daguerreotype image is John Halstead, presumably the brother of Uriah. Nothing has been found about him after the 1850 census.

John Halsted

     Uriah W. Halsted married Sarah C. Woods, 30 Sep 1841, in Cuyahoga, Ohio.

     At Belmont County, Ohio, on 4 Sep 1845, Uriel W. Halstead married Mary Jane Grubb, the daughter of Jacob Grubb.

1850 Census, Pease Twp., Belmont County, Ohio
#1541-1566
Euriel HALSTEAD, 32, Merchant, NY
Mary, 26, Ohio
Emma, 2, Ohio
Elizabeth GRUBB, 30, Ohio [Mary Jane's sister]
Rebecca HAMILTON, 38, KY

Andrew Halsted, son of Uriah & Mary Jane
[Daguerreotype]

1860 Census, Ward 6, Wheeling, Ohio Co., (W.) Va.
Wm. L. HOLSTEAD [This is Uriah!], 42, Teacher, $100, NY
Mary, 36, Keeping House, Ohio
Emma, 12, Ohio
Andrew, 10, Ohio
Ethra [This would be Effie], 3, Ohio
Jacob GRUBB, 78, Cabinet Maker, $50, Md. [Mary Jane's father] [PHOTO]
Elizabeth GRUBB, 41, Ohio [Mary Jane's sister]

     Pvt. Uriah W. Halsted, 1st W. Va. Cavalry, was taken prisoner at the Battle of Hanover, Pa., June 30, 1863. He was Killed in Battle 19 Sep 1863 at Raccoon Ford, Va., leaving his wife, Mary Jane, and three children, Andrew J., Emma and Effie.

     While Uriah W. Halsted was serving in the 1st W. Va. Cavalry, his brother-in-law, Andrew Grubb [PHOTO], was serving in Company "K" of the 5th W. Va. Cavalry, commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant, 27 Jul 1861, and then promoted to Captain, 7 Feb 1862. He had previously served in the Mexican War. The son of Uriah and Mary Jane Halsted probably named their son, Andrew, for Andrew Grubb, brother of Mary Jane. - Andrew Grubb had a son, Jacob W. Grubb [PHOTO], born the same year as Andrew J. Halsted, and they seem to have had similar career paths. - For much more about Captain Andrew Grubb and his son, Jacob W. Grubb, Click Here

     Uriah's daughter, Emma R. Halsted, married Frank H. Murphy, 10 Mar 1868, in Belmont County, Ohio. They settled in Macon, Missouri and raised their family. In the 1880 census, their children were George, Mamie, Willie, Effie and Harrie. Emma died 13 Aug 1924.

     Also in 1868, Uriah's wife and younger daughter, Effie, moved to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania with son, Andrew J., who worked in a Printing Office. They returned to Wheeling, W. Va. in the fall of 1870 and Andrew became the City Editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer.

1870 Census, Montrose, Susquehanna, Pa.
Mary HALSTEAD, 48, Keeping House, $350, Ohio
Andrew J., 19, Works in Printing Office, Ohio
Effie H., 13, At Home, Ohio

Mary Jane (Grubb) Halsted

     Andrew J. Halsted married Annie May Zane, 23 Aug 1875, in Wheeling, Ohio Co., W. Va. [bk 12, pg 323]. Annie M. Zane was a descendant of two of the most prominent pioneer families of the Ohio Valley, TOMLINSON & ZANE. The Tomlinsons were the founders of Elizabethtown, now Moundsville, W. Va. The Zane brothers were the founders of Wheeling, W. Va. [More about these families below]

     Andrew and Annie's daughter, Flora, was born in 1876. Annie died 19 May 1876 of "Puerperal Fever," which is blood poisoning related to childbirth. [Ohio Co. WV Death Record, bk 4, pg 16]

1880 Census, Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va.
Andrew J. HALSTED, Widower, 29, Editor, OH NY OH
Mary J. HALSTED, Mother, Widow, 55, Keeps House, OH MD PA
Effie HALSTED, Sister, Single, 21, OH OH OH
Flora HALSTED, Dau, 4, WV OH OH
Elisabeth GRUBB, Aunt, Single, 59, OH MD PA

     On 12 Oct 1886, A. J. Halstead married Louise Smith in Belmont Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of Thomas J. Smith and Luicinda Jump [Biography of Thomas J. Smith]. The biography of Andrew (below) states that he moved to Brainerd, Minnesota in 1883 and "in the spring of 1884 purchased the North Western Tribune and changed its name to The Brainerd Tribune." But he married Louise Smith in 1886 and the family settled in Brainerd, along with Andrew's mother, Mary Jane, and his sister, Effie. It is probable that Elizabeth Grubb, the sister of Mary Jane, also moved to Minnesota at this time. Elizabeth Grubb died 11 Feb 1898 at the age of 78. She is buried at Evergreen Cemetery with the Halsted family.

     On 20 Jun 1889, Effie Halsted, daughter of Uriah and Mary J., married Harry Edgerton Brooks in Brainerd, Minnesota.

1900 Census Crow Wing, Brainerd, Minnesota
A. J. Halstead, b Aug 1850, 49, M-13yrs, OH NY OH
Louise, wife, b Aug 1861, 38, 3children/1living, OH OH OH
Flora L., dau, b May 1877, 23, Single, WV OH WV
Leslie, son, b Mar 1892, 8, MN, OH WV
Mary J., mother, b June 1824, 76, widow, 1child/1living OH MD PA

[NOTE: Annie M. Zane died before the 1880 Census and Andrew married Louise Smith 12 Oct 1886 in Belmont Co., Ohio. - Sister, Rhoda, was born in 1821.]

     Probably no citizen of northern Minnesota is better known than A. J. Halsted, proprietor of The Brainerd Tribune, published at Brainerd, Minnesota. He has always identified himself with the public affairs of the community in which he made his home, and has become widely known for his active public spirit and thorough appreciation of the wants of his community, and is universally esteemed and honored regardless of political affiliations. He is a gentleman of broad mind, and is possessed of a character of the highest integrity and an energetic spirit and succeeds in business as well as social affairs.

     Mr. Halsted was born in the eastern part of Ohio August 23, 1850. His father was killed in the United States army in eastern Virginia during the Civil war. Our subject was then but thirteen years of age and was one of a large family of children, and consequently was thrown upon his own resources, and he has since made his own livelihood. His father was a native of New York and was a school teacher by profession, and our subject was reared to appreciate a good education. He attended the common schools and at the age of fourteen established a book store and news stand at Bridgeport, Ohio. He continued in business there two years and in 1868 went to northeastern Pennsylvania, where he first engaged in newspaper work, and in the fall of 1870 went to Wheeling, West Virginia. He was city editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer until August, 1879. This was the leading paper of the state. He then founded the Saturday Evening Journal, a weekly paper devoted to society news, sporting news, etc., and was conducted successfully. A half interest was purchased in the plant by G. W. Atkinson and others in the spring of 1883, and the paper was made an afternoon daily. Mr. Atkinson was a congressman, and subsequently governor of West Virginia, and is very prominent in public affairs of the state. In the fall of 1883 Mr. Halsted disposed of the entire plant to Mr. Atkinson. He then removed to Minnesota, and in the spring of 1884 purchased the North Western Tribune and changed its name to The Brainerd Tribune. This paper was established in 1872 by M. D. Russell, and is one of the oldest papers of northern Minnesota. For a time it was run as a daily. It has always been a Republican paper and is the leading paper of the county, and has the largest circulation of any paper in northern Minnesota, and Mr. Halsted has every reason to feel gratified with the result of his labors in that locality.

     Mr. Halsted's family are residing in Brainerd and his mother is now making her home with him. In all public matters our subject has proven himself a man of active concern in the welfare of his community wherever he has made his home. In Wheeling he was alderman in the upper branch of the city council for five years, and in 1894 was elected mayor of the city of Brainerd. After serving two years his popularity and good work are best attested by the fact that he received a second election to that office in 1900. In that year he was the Republican nominee, and the Populists and Democrats endorsed the nomination and he was elected without years opposition. In 1890 he was nominee of the Republican party for the legislature and run about nine hundred ahead of his ticket, but owing to the fusion of the Democrats with the Peoples party his election was defeated by twelve to fifteen votes. He was chairman of the Republican county committee for a number of and president of the Republican League Club for several years, and also president of the Campaign Club. In 1900 he was president of the County League Club and at the state convention in St. Paul he was elected vice-president of the league, and a member of the executive committee from the sixth district. Mr. Halsted is prominent in secret society circles. He is a member of all the Masonic orders, including the Knights Templar, and was the first exalted ruler of the Elks lodge in Brainerd, and also holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, I. O. R. N., Modern Samaritans and Knights of the Maccabees. He was a member of the vestry of St. Paul Episcopal church for many years.

1910 Census, Crow Wing Co., Brainerd, MN
423-54-57
Andrew J. Halsted, 59 Widower, OH NY OH
Flora L., 30, Daughter, single, WV OH WV
Leslie H., Son, 18, Single, MN OH OH
Mary J., Mother, 85, Widow, 8children/3living, OH MD PA
Annie S. Sandgren, 23, Servant, MN parents b Sweeden

     Mary Jane (Grubb) Halsted, born 16 Jun 1824 in Burlington, Ohio, died 21 Feb 1916 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. She was the widow of Uriah W. Halsted. She was buried 23 Feb 1916 at the Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minnesota.

Little Sketches of Big Folks, Minnesota, 1907; page 169

Flora Halsted

     Flora (Halstead) Smith, the only child of Andrew J. Halsted and Annie M. Zane, died 1 Nov 1952 at the age of 76. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Brainerd, Minnesota. Her father, Andrew J., her husband and other family members are also buried there.

     According the obituary of the son of James and Flora (Halsted) Smith, they had only one child together. The son, ZANE H. SMITH, died in 2003. His obituary mentions one sibling, a half brother, Paul Smith. "Zane" was Flora's mother's maiden name. Perhaps Zane's middle name was Halsted.

     Zane H. Smith, 89, Brainerd, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village.
     He was born Oct. 7, 1913, in Brainerd to James R. and Flora L. (Halsted) Smith. He married Malvern L. Kalland. He worked in banking for many years, retiring as vice president of First Bank in Brainerd. He was in the bank at the time of the Baby Face Nelson robbery. He was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ, Brainerd, where he served as treasurer. He volunteered at Brainerd Senior Citizens Center, treasurer of AMI, Crow Wing County Mental Health Advisory Committee, board member of Woodview Residential Homes, Senior Citizens Building Committee, Exchange Club Finance Committee, Senior Citizens recycling program and the United Way board. He was president of the Senior Citizens Center, Exchange Club, Brainerd Library Board, Kitchigami Regional Library Board, Round Lake Improvement Association, Whittier PTA and Brainerd Jaycees. He was treasurer of the Elks, Build Brainerd, Gull Lake Chain and the Salvation Army.
     Survivors include two sons, Zane S. Smith, Brainerd, and Gregory H. Smith, Minneapolis; two daughters, Wendy DeGeest, Mora, and Seri Smith, Phoenix; and two grandchildren.
     His wife; and a half brother, Paul Smith, died earlier.
     Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Congregational United Church or Christ, Brainerd, with Pastor Deborah Celley officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd.
     Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. today at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home in Brainerd and an hour before services Tuesday at the church.

     Annie M. Zane was a descendant of both JONATHAN and EBENEZER ZANE. These brothers were the sons of WILLIAM ANDREW ZANE and NANCY ANN NOLAN. With another brother, Silas, Jonathan and Ebenezer Zane made the first settlement in the Wheeling, Va. (WV) area in 1769.

(1) EBENEZER ZANE was born 7 Oct 1747 in near Moorefield, Hardy Co., VA (WV), and died November 19, 1812 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., Va. (WV). He married ELIZABETH MCCOLLOCH Abt. 1767 in Virginia, daughter of JOHN MCCOLLOCH and SARAH INSKEEP. She was born 30 Oct 1748 in New Castle, Delaware, and died 17 Jan 1814 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., Virginia, WV. They are buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Martins Ferry, Ohio.

(1) JONATHAN ZANE was born 1749 in near Moorefield, Hardy Co., Virginia (WV), and died Bef. 10 Oct 1823 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., Virginia, WV. He married HANNAH MILLS Abt. 1777, daughter of THOMAS MILLS. She was born Abt. 1751. They are buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Martins Ferry, Ohio.

     Jonathan and Ebenezer Zane were among the 4 dozen men and women who defended Fort Henry in Wheeling against an attack by nearly 300 Indians on 11 Sep 1782.

     BOTH Ebenezer and his wife, Elizabeth, are recognized as Revolutionary War Patriots by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Jonathan Zane's service is also accepted by the D.A.R. - There is much about this family in two online books, posted by Linda Fluharty:

     The son of EBENEZER ZANE and the daughter of JONATHAN ZANE married.

(2) DANIEL FRANCIS ZANE, son of EBENEZER, was b. August 03, 1792, Wheeling, Ohio Co., Virginia, WV; d. July 08, 1860, Wheeling Island, Ohio Co., Virginia (WV). His 3rd wife was CYNTHIA ZANE, daughter of JONATHAN. They were married 17 Mar 1812 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., Virginia (WV).

     A son of DANIEL & CYNTHIA ZANE was EDWIN "EBENEZER" ZANE.

(3) EDWIN "EBENEZER" ZANE, b. March 23, 1826, Wheeling, Ohio Co., Va. (WV); d. October 27, 1888, Wheeling, Ohio Co., VA; m. (1) NANCY CLARK, September 26, 1847, Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV; (2)LOUISA TOMLINSON, 25 May 1854 [Marshall Co. bk 2 pg 43], daughter of Abalard and Anne Gray Tomlinson.

(4) ANNIE M. ZANE, b. abt. 1855-1857, was the daughter of EDWIN "EBENEZER" ZANE and his second wife, LOUISA TOMLINSON. Annie married ANDREW J. HALSTED and died in 1876. She had one child, FLORA HALSTED, who married James Smith.

     Children of Edwin Ebenezer & Louisa (Tomlinson) Zane, from the ZANE book by Audra Wayne:

Daniel K. Zane, b 1850, d 1868, age 18
Anna M. Zane, b 1857, d 1879, marr. Andrew J. Halstead
Ella I. Zane, b 1862, d 1878, age 16
Orloff Lucien Zane, b 1864, d 1905, m Florence E. Roberts
Clara Zane, b [July] 1869, m C. A. Keim
Cora Zane, m Wilbur A. Ward [Cora was b abt 1859 per 1870 Ohio Co Census]

Edwin "Ebenezer" Zane, circa 1870s

     The TOMLINSONS were early settlers in the area that is now Moundsville, W.Va. Moundsville, the county seat of Marshall County, was originally Elizabethtown, laid out by JOSEPH TOMLINSON, II in 1798. It was named for his wife Elizabeth. The Tomlinson Family

     Joseph Tomlinson was also the first person to discover the pre-historic mound that was a built as a burial ground by the Adena Indians. The Mound

     LOUISA TOMLINSON was the daughter of ABELARD TOMLINSON and ANNE GRAY (GREY). Abelard, the grandson of Joseph Tomlinson II, is the Tomlinson who opened the Indian Mound in Moundsville. He later went to California at the time of the gold rush and took some others with him. His wife stayed in Moundsville.

OBITUARY OF MRS. LOUVISA ZANE
July 2, 1905

     About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Ward, on South Penn street, occurred the death of Mrs. Louvisa Zane, widow of the late, E. E. Zane, in the 69th year of her age.
     Deceased had been ill for several months of Bright's disease, although before that time she had enjoyed excellent health.
     Deceased was formerly Miss Louvisa Tomlinson, and was born near Moundsville. She was a descendant of the famous discoverers of the Tomlinson mound at Moundsville. Her husband was for years a farmer on the Island. He died about sixteen years ago. Three children survive, Mrs. C. A. Keim, wife of the well known insurance and real estate man; Orloff Zane, real estate man, and Mrs. W. A. Ward, wife of the local stock broker.
     She was a beloved member of St. Luke's Episcopal church, on the Island. The funeral will occur Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Services will be conducted by Rev. Jacob Brittingham, and interment will be at Greenwood cemetery.

State of West Virginia
County of Ohio
     On this 9th day of October A.D. 1863, before me a Recorder in and for the County and State above named, personally appeared MARY J. HALSTED a resident of Bridgeport, in the County of BELMONT and State of OHIO aged 38 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, approved July 14th, 1862: That she is the widow of URIEL W. HALSTED deceased, who was late a Private in Company "D" commanded by Captain William C. Carman of the First Regiment Virginia Cavalry Volunteers in the war of A.D. 1861. That the said URIEL W. HALSTED volunteered at Wheeling Virginia on or about the 9th day of August A.D. 1862, for three years and who was KILLED in a skirmish with the Rebel forces near Madison Court House in the State of Virginia on the 22nd day of September 1863 while in said service.

     She further declares that she was married to the said URIEL W. HALSTED on the 4th day of September A.D. 1845, by one Peter McGowan a minister of the Gospel that her name before her said marriage was MARY J. GRUBB; that her husband, the aforesaid URIEL W. HALSTED died on the day above mentioned, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereunto annexed. She also declares that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted the Rebellion in the United States; and that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted the Rebellion in the United States; and that there are THREE children of the said URIEL W. HALSTED decd under sixteen years now living, whose names and ages are as follows: EMMA R. born November 17 1848; ANDREW J. born August 23d 1850; and EFFIE H. born September 18th 1857.

     That the residence of said children is as follows: Bridgeport Belmont Co Ohio. That her P.O. address is Bridgeport Belmont County, Ohio.

     And she further states that she believes there is a public record of her said marriage, and there is -- private or family record.

Signed by Mary J. Halsted
Witnesses Wm H. Robinson & John Capehart

     Mary Jane (Grubbs) Halsted received a pension, Certificate #17542. Following her death 21 Feb 1916, her son, Andrew Halsted, a widower, applied for reimbursement of $178 for funeral expenses. At that time, he stated that Mrs. James Smith (his daughter Flora), and Mrs. Emma R. Murphy (his sister) had taken care of Mary Jane Halsted during the last days of her life, 18 Feb 1916 to 21 Feb 1816, at which time she died of LaGrippe and old age.

     In the reimbursement claim, an affidavit by James R. Smith, husband of Flora Halsted, and Frank G. Hall, states: "We knew pensioner 15 years. We believe above statements true becaue the pensioner has made her home with claimant during all the time we have known her and claimant has cared for her."