Son-in-law of John Campbell, the founder of Ironton. William was the son of Thomas Williamson Means and Sarah Ellison. William Means was born on 18 December 1831. His father was from Spartanburg, SC.
Clipping from Cincinnati Enquirer 13 July 1884
Researched by Sharon M. Kouns
I.R. May 16, 1861 – William Means is raising another Light Horse Company in this county to be called “Buckeye Rangers” – Headquarters at the office of A. W. McCauslen, in Ironton. Active young men from the county with good horses were solicited as members.
Married by Joseph Chester, V.D.M. Law. Co. Marr. Rec. Book 6 p. 144 William Means married Martha Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, founder of Ironton.
Obituary
The Morning Irontonian, Friday, July 29, 1921
DEATH CLAIMS WM. A. MEANS – ENGAGED IN IRON INDUSTRY FOR YEARS IN IRONTON – FORMER MAYOR OF CINCINNATI AND PROMINENT IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS (Associated Press Dispatch) – Springfield, July 28. – William Means, 90, formerly mayor of Cincinnati, died at his home in Yellow Springs, O., at 10 o’clock this morning.
Mr. Means, the father-in-law of Wm. A. Julian of Cincinnati, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator last fall, was prominent in democratic politics for many years. For forty years while a resident of Cincinnati, he maintained a summer home in Yellow Springs and, a few years ago, came there to spend the remainder of his life.
Recently twenty acres of the estate were sold to the trustees of Antioch college to establish homes for Antioch faculty members.
(Associated Press Dispatch) – Cincinnati, O., July 28. – William A. Means, who died at his home in Yellow Springs today, was mayor of Cincinnati in 1881 and 1882. He was president of a local bank at that time. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. W. A. Julian of Cincinnati, wife of W. A. Julian, former candidate for U. S. Senator, Miss Pearl Means, and Mrs. Pattie McElroy of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian is now on the Atlantic en route to Europe. Mr. Means will be buried at Ironton, but the time of the funeral has not been determined. He was the son of Thomas H. Means. He became successful in the iron industry at Ironton and engaged in the same business in Cincinnati when he was about 45. He later became head of a Cincinnati bank.
Mary Campbell Means, daughter of John Campbell and wife of William Means. Their daughter married William A. Julian.
I. R. Oct. 9, 1949 – Article about John Campbell states: The last living grandchild was Mrs. W. A. Julian, wife of the Treasurer of the United States, who died early this year. Mrs. Julian’s mother, Martha Campbell, married William Means, one-time mayor of Cincinnati. In 1904, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Julian were living in New York.
I.T. Sat., March 28, 1949 – NATIVE OF IRONTON DIES IN CINCINNATI – CINCINNATI, March 26, – (AP) – Mrs. Gertrude Means Julian, 80, wife of Treasurer of the United States W. A. Julian, died at her home here yesterday after an illness of several months. Julian, who disclosed his wife’s death on arrival today from Washington, said she had not been considered seriously ill. A native of Ironton, Ohio, Mrs. Julian had been active in civil and philanthropic organizations throughout her life here.
In 1936 she was presented to the court of St. James in London, the third Cincinnatian to be so honored. The Julians had no children. Mrs. Julian’s two sisters, Misses Patti, and Pearl Means, died some years ago at their Yellow Spring, Ohio, home. Julian said his wife had “left positive instructions to be cremated.”
Ironton Tribune, March 28, 1949 – JULIAN SERVICE THIS MORNING AT WOODLAND – Private graveside services were held at Woodland cemetery this morning at 11 o’clock for Mrs. Gertrude Means Julian, wife of Treasurer of the United States W. A. Julian. Mrs. Julian died Friday at her home in Cincinnati, and the body was cremated yesterday.
Mrs. Julian was a native of Ironton. She was a granddaughter of John Campbell, founder of Ironton, her mother being the former Mary Campbell Means. Her father, William Means, served as mayor of Cincinnati in 1881.
Mrs. Julian was vice president of the Hamilton County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and was a former trustee of the Widows and Old Men’s Home in Cincinnati. She was presented to the Court of St. James in 1936. She last visited here 28 years ago but planned to return during the Centennial next October. She was a distant relative of Mrs. Carl Moulton and Mrs. M. B. Edmundson of Ironton.
SOURCE: Cincinnati Post 26 Jan 1893
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