Wiliam Ellsworth Pelley
W. P. Pelley & Brother, a firm conducting the oldest establislied business at Mingo Junction, O., operate the leading drug store and are graduated pharmacists. The firm is made up of William Ellsworth and Thomas M. Pelley. both sons of Ambrose L. and Mary A. (Morgan) Pelley.
The parents of the Pelley Brothers were residents of West Virginia. They had four children: William Ellsworth; Emma, who is the wife of Dr. A. R. Warden, of Grafton, W. Va.; Anna, who is the wife of M. E. Gorman, an attorney, at Morgantown, W. Va.; and Thomas M.
William Ellsworth Pelley was born at Benwood, W. Va., August 4, 1861. He remained at home until he reached manhood and obtained his education in the local schools. He then became a clerk and student in the drug store of Dr. Leonard Eskey, at Benwood, W. Va. In 1888 he came to Mingo Junction and bought the drug store of Dr. W. J. O'Connell, opposite the city building, where his quarters were burned in January, 1897. He then was located for several years in the city building before erecting the firm's present fine building, in 1902. It is a handsome two-story brick structure on Commercial Street. A stock of first class goods that may be found in every modern store of this kind is carried, while only pure drugs are ever handled. In 1889, William E. Pelley was married to Miss Carrie Vance, a daughter of Robert and Harriet (McAuley) Vance, and they have three children: Mary V., Laura and Harriet.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910