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GENEALOGICAL 


PERSONAL    HISTORY 


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BEAVER  COUNTY 


PENNSYLVANIA 


UNDER  THE   EDITORIAL  SUPERVISION  OF 

JOHN  W.  JORDAN,   LL.   D. 

Librarian  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia 


ILLUSTRATED 


VOLUME  II 


NEW  YORK 
LEWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

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The  name  of  Vance  is  one  which  has  been  on  record  in  the 
VANCE     annals  of  the  state  of   Pennsylvania   for  many  generations. 

The  earlier  members  of  this  family  settled  in  the  eastern  por- 
tion of  the  state,  and  from  that  section  gradually  branched  out  to  other 
parts. 

(I)  James  Vance  was  born  in  what  is  now  Lawrence  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  well  known  as  a  farmer  and  large  land  owner.  He  died 
rather  young,  and  very  suddenly,  and  his  widow  never  remarried.  He  and 
his  family  were  members  of  the  Seceders'  Church.  He  married  (first) 
a  Miss  Walker,  (second)  Annie  Harris.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had 
children:  i.  Walker,  born  in  1813;  was  a  farmer  and  shoemaker;  died 
in  Lawrence  county,  July  6,  1867.  2.  Polly,  married  John  Weller,  died  in 
Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  January,  1876.  3.  Margaret,  married  (first) 
a  Mr.  Fisher,  (second)  William  George;  died  February  18,  1889,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-nine  years.  4.  Pattie,  married  David  Aiken ;  died  in  Law- 
rence county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Isabel,  married  Henry  Fisher ;  died  in 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  3,  1890,  in  her  eighty-sixth  year, 
6.  A  child,  name  not  on  record.  Children  by  second  marriage:  7.  Lydia, 
married  James  McClymonds;  died  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 30,  1882,  in  her  sixty-second  year.  8.  Jane,  married  John  Gardner; 
died  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Eliza  Ann,  married  William  J, 
Smith;  died  in  California,  October  3,  1869,  aged  forty-two  years.  lo. 
William,  see  forward.  11.  John,  who  became  a  minister  in  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church;  died  in  Wisconsin,  May  10,  1877,  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
four  years.  12.  Nancy,  married  Israel  Van  Gorder;  died  in  New  Wilming- 
ton, Pennsylvania. 

(II)  William  Vance,  son  of  James  and  Annie  (Harris)  Vance,  was 
bom  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  30,  1824,  and  died 
September  20,  1909.  After  his  marriage  he  commenced  to  farm  indepen- 
dently, buying  a  homestead  of  two  hundred  and  thirty  acres.  He  erected 
a  new  house  on  this,  and  in  1861  built  a  large  barn.  He  was  very  pros- 
perous and  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres,  and  another  of  sixty 
acres  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Subse- 
quently he  bought  three  hundred  acres  in  Mercer  county,  three  miles  north- 
west of  New  Wilmington,  lived  there  for  a  time,  and  soon  sold  his  Law- 
rence county  property.  He  finally  took  up  his  permanent  residence  at  New 
Wilmington,  where  he  and  his  wife  died.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  had  served  as  school  director  and  assessor  of  Lawrence  county. 
Mr.  Vance  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Moundsville,  and  he  served  as  an  elder  in  this  institution  for  a  period 
of  thirty  years. 

Mr.  Vance  married  Martha  Leslie,  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  28,  1826,  died  November  29,  1909.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
George  and  Martha  Leslie,  both  born  in  Lawrence  county,  the  former.  May' 
16,   1792,  the  latter,  January  24,   1795.     Their  entire  lives  were   spent  in- 


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their  nativ.e  county,  where  he  was  a  farmer  on  his  own  land.  Both  were 
members  of  the  Seceders'  Church,  and  lived  quiet  and  retired  lives.  He 
died  July  31,  1859,  she  died  May  30,  1865.  They  had  children:  i.  John 
L.,  born  November  29,  1818;  was  a  farmer;  died  in  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  March  29,  1883.  2.  Margaret,  born  in  1820,  died  unmar- 
ried, February  19,  1881.  3.  Agnes,  born  February  21,  1822,  died  July 
14,  1825.  4.  Jane,  born  December  14,  1823;  married  Edward  McMillen; 
died  at  New  Castle,  in  August,  1890.  5.  Martha,  married  William  Vance, 
as  above  stated.  6.  Robert,  born  May  6,  1828,  died  in  New  Castle,  after 
having  retired  to  private  life.  7.  George,  born  November  10,  1831 ;  was 
sexton  of  the  Oak  Park  Cemetery;  died  at  New  Castle.  8.  Harriet,  a 
twin  of  George,  married  Joseph  Barclay;  died  in  Illinois,  January  30,  1871. 
9.  Maria,  born  June  17,  1837,  died  unmarried,  July  10,  1851.  10.  Ellen, 
born  May  10,  1840;  married  William  Fisher;  died  September  10,  1896. 
William  and  Martha  (Leslie)  Vance  had  children:  i.  James  R.,  a  farmer 
near  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania.  2.  George  Leslie,  see  forward.  3.  John' 
H.,  a  physician ;  lives  in  Omaha,  Nebraska.  4.  Clement  Oswin,  a  farmer  in 
Lackawanna  township,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Norman  G.,  a 
farmer  and  stock  dealer;  lives  in  Wilmington  Junction,  Pennsylvania.  6. 
Anna  M.,  unmarried,  lives  in  New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Wil- 
liam Ambrose,  died  at  the  age  of  six  years.  8.  Cyrus  M.,  a  farmer  in 
Lackawanna  township,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(Ill)  George  Leslie  Vance,  son  of  William  and  Martha  (Leslie) 
Vance,  was  born  in  Slippery  Rock  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, May  13,  1857.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  school 
near  his  home,  and  he  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  during  his  spare 
hours.  In  April,  1881,  he  came  to  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  to  take  charge  of  the  one-hundred-acre  farm  here, 
and  he  became  the  owner  of  this  and  has  lived  here  since  that  time.  In 
1889  he  erected  a  large  barn,  and  in  1903  a  new  modern  farm  house.  He 
cultivates  general  produce,  is  also  a  stock  raiser  and  to  some  extent  runs 
a  dairy  and  fruit  farm.  He  is  a  man  of  great  business  ability,  and  is  at 
the  present  time  treasurer  and  director  of  the  Brush  Creek  Valley  Tele- 
phone Company.  He  is  a  Prohibitionist  in  politics  and  has  served  twice  as 
supervisor.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church,  in  which  he  has  served  as  elder  for  a  period  of  thirty  years. 

Mr.  Vance  married,  October  24,  1877,  Sarah  Melinda,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Nancy  (Moyer)  Dindinger. 
She  was  the  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Agnes  Moyer,  both  born  in 
Germany  and  among  the  early  residents  of  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  a  farmer.  She  is  also  the  granddaughter  of  George  and 
Christina  Dindinger,  he  a  native  of  Germany  who  early  settled  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Jacob  Dindinger  was  bom  near  Camp  Run,  and 
his  wife  at  Middle  Lancaster,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  After  mar- 
riage they  lived  in   Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  then  removed  to 


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Perry  township,  in  the  same  county,  where  Mrs.  Dindinger  died  in  1874. 
Mr.  Dindinger  married  (second)  Electha  Powell,  and  is  living  in  Wampum, 
Pennsylvania.  George  Leslie  and  Sarah  Melinda  (Dindinger)  Vance  had 
children:  i.  and  2.  Twin  girls,  who  died  unnamed,  July  27,  1879.  3.  A 
girl,  died  unnamed,  December  5,  1880.  4.  William  Lawrence,  born  April 
27,  1882,  married  Edna  Eleanor  Peirsol,  and  has  a  daughter,  Sarah  Martha. 
5.  Clement  Ross,  born  June  19,  1885,  died  March  24,  1886.  6.  Raymond 
Arwood,  born  February  i,  1888;  lives  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  is  shipping  clerk  at  the  Sanitary  Works,  Monaca,  Beaver  county ; 
married  Emma  Walter,  and  has  two  daughters:  Willa  Emma  and  Sarah 
Melinda.    7.  Homer  Clendenin,  born  November  24,  1897;  resides  at  home. 


The  history  of  the  Mackall  family  in  early  days  is  closely 
MACKALL    intricated  with  that  of  the  name  Dawson,  several  mar- 
riages between  the  two  families  giving  them  a  close  ac- 
quaintance and  a  union  of  interests  that  was  mutually  helpful  and  led  their 
steps  in  parallel  paths. 

(I)  This  record  dates  from  Benjamin  Mackall,  who  represented  the 
name  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  a  native  of  Carroll  county,  Maryland,  al- 
though in  later  life  he  lived  in  Virginia,  supervising  the  cultivation  of  a 
farm  belonging  to  a  half-sister.  In  1802  he  journeyed  to  Georgetown,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  passed  the  summer  at  the  Dawson  home,  but  was  evidently 
little  pleased  with  the  locality,  for  he  returned  to  Virginia  and  made  no 
effort  to  transfer  his  residence  to  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Rebecca 
Dawson,  and  had  children :  Jennie,  born  in  1785 ;  James,  of  whom  further ; 
Thomas,  born  about  1790;  Samuel;  Eleanor,  born  January  10,  1796,  mar- 
ried Benoni  Blackmore;  Nellie;  John  D.,  born  January  i,  1800. 

(II)  James  Mackall,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Dawson)  Mackall, 
was  born  in  Loudon  county,  Virginia,  January  16,  1788.  When  he  was 
fourteen  years  of  age  he  came  to  Pennsylvania,  having  first  lived  for  a 
time  in  Maryland.  His  educational  advantages  had  been  very  limited,  and 
from  a  very  early  age  he  was  self-supporting,  but  in  spite  of  handicaps 
of  this  nature  he  rose  to  a  prominent  position  in  local  affairs,  enjoying 
the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  fellows.  His  home  was  in  Greene  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  he  held  the  numerous  township 
offices,  at  one  time  serving  as  county  commissioner.  He  was  a  lieutenant 
of  militia  but  was  never  called  into  service,  although  at  the  time  of  the 
second  war  with  Great  Britain  the  company  was  expecting  marching  orders 
at  almost  any  time.  He  married  Phoebe  Foster,  bom  near  Brownsville, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Phoebe  (Preston)  Foster,  both 
natives  of  Pennsylvania,  born  near  Brownsville.  They  made  settlement 
in  Georgetown  prior  to  1800,  he  pursuing  his  trade,  that  of  wheelwright, 
and  he  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  the  first  to 
officiate  in  Georgetown.  For  several  years  he  was  known  to  the  traveling 
public  as  the  proprietor  of  the  Georgetown  Tavern,  and  as  a  host  of  genial 


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and  cordial  address  he  became  known  far  and  wide.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, his  second  wife  being  a  widow,  Mrs.  Boyd.  Children  of  first  mar- 
riage: Phoebe,  of  previous  mention,  married  James  Mackall,  Sarah,  Jane, 
Preston.  Children  of  second  marriage:  Thomas  and  John.  Children  of 
James  and  Phoebe  (Foster)  Mackall:  Thomas,  born  December  19,  181 6; 
Rebecca,  1818;  Benjamin,  1820;  Phoebe,  1822;  Jane,  1825;  John  D.,  1828; 
Polly,  1830;  Samuel,  of  whom  further;  James,  1836;  Sarah,  1838;  George 
W.,  1842. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Mackall,  son  of  James  and  Phoebe  (Foster)  Mackall, 
was  bom  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  15, 
1833,  in  early  life  he  was  a  student  in  the  Montgomery  school  of  that  town- 
ship. He  began  work  as  a  young  man  and  was  reared  to  manhood  on  what 
is  now  the  James  Calhoon  farm,  living  on  the  old  place  until  1876,  when 
he  came  to  Georgetown,  remaining  in  that  locality  for  six  years.  He 
then  moved  to  near  his  previous  home,  living  on  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
twelve  acres  until  April,  1908,  when  he  returned  to  Georgetown,  since  that 
year  making  his  home  in  that  place.  He  has  prospered  in  his  farming 
operations  and  has  amassed  a  comfortable  competence. 

Mr.  Mackall  married  (first)  in  1863;  Sarah  Haney,  (second)  August 
3,  1871,  Jennie  Dawson.  Children  of  first  marriage:  i.  George,  mar- 
ried Lizzie  Carnegie;  resides  in  Clinton,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania; 
children:  Stella,  Rea,  Sarah,  Allie,  Clarence,  Samuel,  Bessie.     2.  Rebecca, 

3.  James,  married  Grace  Poe;  resides  in  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania;  chil- 
dren: Fay,  Ruth,  Beula,  Dwight,  Duane.     Children  of  second  marriage: 

4.  Louise,  wife  of  John  Reed,  resides  in  Hookstown,  Pennsylvania;  chil- 
dren: Walter,  Charlie,  Raymond,  John,  Wilmer.  5.  Thomas,  married 
Mary  Pugh;  resides  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania; 
children :  Elma,  Samuel,  Gus,  Lillian,  Nellie.  6.  Samuel,  married  Olive 
Young;  no  children.  7.  Benona,  married  Stella  Pugh;  one  child.  Myrtle. 
8.  Charles.  9.  William,  married  Margaret  Pugh;  children:  Daniel,  Walter. 
ID.  Robert,  married  Augusta  Mautz;  children:  Donald,  Glen.  11.  Edward. 
12.  Nellie. 


The  history  of  the  Flemings  of  Scotland  in  Pennsylvania 
FLEMING  began  when  Robert  Fleming,  a  native  of  Argyleshire, 
Scotland,  born  in  1716,  immigrated  to  America  with  his 
wife  in  1746,  settling  near  Flemington,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  In 
1760  he  moved  to  Cecil  county,  Maryland,  thence  to  the  west  branch  of 
the  Susquehanna,  near  the  mouth  of  Bald  Eagle  creek,  from  which  he  and 
his  family  were  driven  by  the  Indians  in  the  "Great  Runaway."  Until 
the  close  of  the  Revolution  they  located  in  Hanover  township,  then  Lan- 
caster, now  Dauphin  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  about  1784  moved  to  West- 
em  Pennsylvania,  settling  on  Harmons  creek,  in  Washington  county,  where 
Robert  Fleming  died  April  3,  1802.  He  married,  about  1745,  in  the  prov- 
ince of   Ulster,   Ireland,   Jane  Jackson,  born   1719,   died  June    16,    1803. 


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Children  of  Robert  and  Jane  (Jackson)  Fleming:  i.  A  son,  born  in  1746, 
died  and  was  buried  at  sea.  2.  Jesse,  born  1748.  3.  John,  born  in  1752, 
died  in  Montgomery  county,  New  York,  December  15,  1800;  married,  in 
1774,  Mary  Jackson.  4.  Robert,  born  June  6,  1756,  died  February  4, 
1817;  married  Margaret  Wright.  5.  James,  of  whom  further.  6.  Samuel, 
born  October  30,  1761,  died  in  Harrisburg,  Dauphin  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  3,  1851;  married,  September  24,  1789,  Sarah  Becket.  7.  Mary, 
born  February  15,  1767,  died  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  July 
3,  1849;  married,  May  7,  1791,  Alexander  McConnell. 

(II)  James  Fleming,  fifth  son  and  child  of  Robert  and  Jane  (Jack- 
son) Fleming,  was  born  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1758,  died  in 
Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  i,  1830.  He  was,  of  course, 
with  his  father  during  the  latter's  many  changes  of  residence,  and  about 
1781  became  a  resident  of  Hanover  township,  then  a  part  of  Washington 
county.  He  married,  October  5,  1797,  Jane  Glen,  who  died  March  i,  1841. 
Children  of  James  and  Jane  (Glen)  Fleming:  i.  John,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Martha,  born  February  26,  1801,  died  April  i,  1841 ;  married,  October 
17,  1831,  James  Patterson.  3.  Robert,  born  August  23,  1802,  died  July 
8,  1824.  4.  David  S.,  born  August  16,  1804;  married,  August  24,  1841, 
Martha  Steele.  5.  James,  born  August  5,  1806;  married,  October  31,  1829, 
Catherine  B.  Parker.  6.  Samuel,  born  June  20,  181 1;  married,  July  4, 
1839,  Rebecca  McCombs. 

(III)  John  Fleming,  eldest  son  and  child  of  James  and  Jane  (Glen) 
Fleming,  was  bom  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  27,  1799, 
and  there  died.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life,  the  manner  of  his  living 
being  simple  and  unpretentious.  He  became  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  thirty-six  acres.  He  married,  December  24,  1835,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Joseph  McClurg,  who  was  an  early  settler  of  Greene  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  whither  he  came  probably  from  Westmoreland 
county.  Children  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (McClurg)  Fleming:  i.  James, 
born  December  11,  1836;  married  April  17,  1858,  Margaret  Ralston.  2. 
Joseph  M.,  of  whom  further.  3.  Mary  Jane,  born  August  18,  1841.  4. 
Martha  E.,  bom  February  24,  1844.  5-  Sarah  A.,  bom  Febraary  19,  1846, 
died  in  1852.  6.  John  C,  born  February  7,  1848.  7.  Robert  A.,  born  Sep- 
tember 12,  1849.  8.  Rachel  A.,  born  May  18,  1852.  9.  David  H.,  born 
April  IS,  1855. 

(IV)  Joseph  M.  Fleming,  second  child  and  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(McClurg)  Fleming,  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
passed  his  early  life  on  his  father's  farm,  attending  the  public  school  and 
lending  his  services  toward  the  accomplishment  of  the  endless  work  in- 
cident to  farm  life,  where  a  strong,  active  boy  is  so  needed  and  so  useful. 
He  then  became  a  farmer  on  his  own  responsibility,  stopping  his  agricultural 
operations  for  a  sufficient  length  of  time  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  work- 
ing alternately  at  his  two  occupations.  In  1871  he  moved  to  Beaver  county, 
settling  first  in  Hanover  and  later  in  Greene  township,  moving,  after  the  death 


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of  his  wife,  to  Beaver  Falls,  where  his  own  death  occurred.  His  life  was 
lived  along  lines  of  the  strictest  rectitude,  and  in  the  different  localities  in 
which  he  resided  he  bore  a  reputation  beyond  reproach.  He  was  a  regular 
church-goer,  belonging  to  the  Mill  Creek  congregation.  He  married  Isabell, 
daughter  of  Reece  and  Mary  (McKinzie)  Mercer,  the  Mercer  family  having 
early  settled  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Joseph  M.  and 
Isabell  (Mercer)  Fleming:  John  R.,  of  whom  further;  Mary  Elizabeth; 
Sarah  Adeline,  deceased;  Anna  Belle,  died  in  infancy;  Joseph  K. ;  David 
Brainard. 

(V)  John  R.  Fleming,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Joseph  M.  and  Isabell 
(Mercer)  Fleming,  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  30, 
1861.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Washington  and  Beaver  counties, 
and  after  completing  his  studies  engaged  in  farming  as  his  life  occupation. 
His  first  property  was  the  Cole  farm  of  seventy-seven  acres  in  Greene 
township,  and  later  he  rented  another  farm  in  the  same  locality.  This  he 
only  cultivated  for  a  year  and  a  half  before  he  purchased  one  hundred  and 
four  acres  of  land  near  Hookstown,  on  which  he  has  resided  since  1898. 
In  his  operations  he  includes  both  dairying  and  general  farming,  owning 
some  excellent  stock,  and  has  been  uniformly  successful  as  an  agriculturist. 
His  political  support  is  given  to  the  Prohibition  party,  with  whose  prin- 
ciples he  is  in  sympathetic  accord,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Mill  Creek 
Church,  a  communicant  of  the  same  faith  as  his  father.  In  the  spring  of 
1914  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  elders  of  the  congregation. 

Mr.  Fleming  married,  in  April,  1897,  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Cynthia  (Shillito)  Hood.  Aaron  Hood  was  the  son  of  William  and  Eliza 
(Van  Camp)  Hood,  early  residents  of  Greene  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  Cynthia  Shillito  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza 
(Smith)  Shillito. 


The  name  of   Mitchell  has  come  to  this  country   from 
MITCHELL     England,    Scotland,    Ireland   and   Germany,   and   is   now 

known  throughout  the  United  States.  The  bearers  of  it 
have  been  noted  for  the  qualities  of  industry,  thrift  and  stern  adherence' 
to  principle.  They  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  state  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  have  greatly  aided  its  development. 

(I)  James  Mitchell  was  born  in  York  (Little  York),  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  removed  to  Little  Sewickley,  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  now  known  as  the  Watson  farm. 
He  was  a  Jeffersonian  Democrat  in  politics,  and  he  and  his  family  were 
Presbyterians.  His  death  occurred  in  middle  age.  Mr.  Mitchell  mar- 
ried, in  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  Seaton,  and  had  children:     James  W., 

of  further  mention;  John,  who  had  lost  the  sight  of  one  eye,  lived  for  a 
time  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  removed  to  Brownsville  in  the  same 
state,  was  a  coal  operator,  and  had  a  large  family;  George,  a  farmer,  lived 
at  Grafton,  West  Virginia,  was  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  553 

and  was  killed  while  on  duty;  Polly,  married  Thomas  Boggs,  a  farmer 
of  New  Brighton,  and  both  are  now  deceased ;  Wilson. 

(II)  James  W.  Mitchell,  son  of  James  and  (Seaton)   Mitchell, 

was  born  in  Little  Sewickley,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
9,  1811,  died  in  1874.  He  remained  on  this  farm  until  he  had  attained  his 
majority,  then  removed  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  where  he  learned 
the  stone  mason's  and  stone  cutter's  trade.  He  helped  build  the  canal  along 
the  Beaver  river,  and  erected  the  stone  Presbyterian  Church  in  New  Brigh- 
ton. He  was  also  the  proprietor  of  a  marble  yard  for  four  or  five  years.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  influence  and  activity  in  the  community,  and  this  was 
recognized  by  his  election  and  appointment  to  various  public  offices.  He 
gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Republican  party,  and  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace  in  Allegheny  county  and  in  New  Brighton  for  a  period  of 
fifteen  years.  He  had  joined  the  ranks  of  the  Know  Nothing  party  be- 
fore it  became  the  Republican,  and  was  a  strong  Abolitionist.  Physically 
he  was  a  very  large  man,  weighing  over  two  hundred  pounds,  and  strong 
in  proportion  to  his  size.  Mr.  Mitchell  married  Mary  Jane  Neill,  born  in 
county  Antrim,  Ireland,  in  1817,  died  in  1901.  They  had  children:  Thomas, 
was  but  a  young  lad  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Civil  War,  and  died  in 
1867  as  a  result  of  the  hardships  he  had  endured  during  that  struggle; 
Bella,  now  deceased,  married  Garrison  Dirk,  and  lived  in  New  Brighton; 
James  Sidell,  of  further  mention;  Laura,  now  deceased,  married  Albert 
Denning ;  Ella,  married  Henry  Dunham,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton ;  George 
died  in  1862,  at  the  age  of  nine  years ;  Caroline,  married  William  Inky,  both 
deceased;  Juliet,  married  Henry  Geer,  lives  in  New  Brighton;  Benjamin, 
a  painter,  lives  in  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Thomas  Neill,  father  of  Mrs.  Mitchell,  was  born  in  county  Antrim, 
Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  America  in  1822.  He  arrived  at  Hoboken,  New 
Jersey,  from  whence  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
lived  a  few  years.  He  next  removed  to  Big  Sewickley,  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  bought  a  farm,  and  in  old  age  removed  to  New 
Brighton,  Beaver  county,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine  years. 
In  Ireland  he  had  been  a  weaver  and  followed  that  trade  here  until  he 
bought  his  farm.  He  was  a  very  strict  observer  of  the  Presbyterian  faith, 
and  was  an  elder  in  the  Concord  Church  of  that  denomination.    He  married, 

in  Ireland,  Mary ,  who  died  about  1867.    They  had  children :    Thomas 

Jr.,  served  in  the  Mexican  and  Civil  Wars,  was  a  painter  by  trade,  and 
lived  and  died  on  Neville  Island,  Pennsylvania;  Mary  Jane,  married  Mr. 
Mitchell,  as  above  stated;  Eleanor,  married  Frederick  Sidell,  and  lived  in 
East  End,  Pittsburgh;  Elizabeth,  married  (first)  Merriman,  (sec- 
ond)   Deans ;  Margaret,  married  Jacob  Whitesall,  a  lawyer,  and  lived 

in  Sewickley,  Pennsylvania;  Susan,  married  John  Snyder,  deceased,  and  is 
living  near  New  Sheffield,  Pennsylvania;  Delia,  married  Henry  Bryan, 
and  lived  in  Baden,  Pennsylvania;  Martha,  married  Rev.  Matthew  In- 
gram, deceased,  and  is  living  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 


554  PENNSYLVANIA 

(III)  James  Sidell  Mitchell,  son  of  James  W.  and  Mary  Jane  (Neill) 
Mitchell,  was  bom  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1847.  His  education,  which  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools,  was 
a  thorough  one,  and  in  September,  1864,  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he 
enlisted  in  the  Two  Hundred  and  Fourth  Regiment  (Fifth  Artillery), 
Pennsylvania,  and  was  mustered  out,  July  i,  1865.  His  regiment  was  on 
camp  duty  along  the  Orange  Railroad.  They  erected  the  first  monument 
that  was  placed  on  the  battlefield  of  Bull  Run.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  became  an  apprentice  with  Boyd  &  Ingram,  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade, 
at  New  Brighton,  and  after  this  he  had  a  varied  and  interesting  business 
career.  Two  years  were  spent  with  the  above  mentioned  firm;  one  year 
with  Monroe  &  Miller,  of  Rochester;  eleven  years  with  Simon  Harold,  in 
the  Beaver  Falls  Planing  Mill;  and  he  then  associated  himself  with  G.  C. 
Wareham,  under  the  firm  name  of  Wareham  &  Mitchell,  started  a  plan- 
ing mill  and  engaged  in  contract  work.  At  the  end  of  three  years  Mr. 
Mitchell  sold  his  interest  in  this  enterprise,  and  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Mitchell,  Baldwin  &  Otto,  a  partnership  which  was  continued  two 
years,  and  in  1880,  upon  its  dissolution,  Mr.  Mitchell  bought  out  Minor  & 
Company,  of  New  Brighton,  and  conducted  this  business  until  1898.  He 
then  bought  a  planing  mill  in  Beaver  Falls  and  organized  the  company 
of  J.  S.  Mitchell  &  Sons,  which  is  in  a  flourishing  condition  at  the  present 
time.  The  business  consists  of  a  planing  mill,  a  retail  lumber  department, 
and  they  are  also  building  contractors.  They  have  a  planing  mill  in  Monaca, 
which  is  managed  by  the  son,  David  J.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  also  largely  in- 
terested in  real  estate,  and  is  the  owner  of  a  number  of  houses.  He 
is  a  staunch  Republican,  and  has  served  as  registrar  and  recorder  of 
Beaver  county,  1903-06.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Beaver  Falls,  and  fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  United 
Order  of  American  Mechanics,  Knights  of  Pythias,  being  a  charter  member 
of  Social  Lodge,  No.  351,  New  Brighton,  of  that  order.  Mr.  Mitchell 
married,  October  ir,  1868,  Lyda  E.  Johnson,  born  in  Fallston,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  David  and  Maria  Johnson,  of  Braver 
county.  Mrs.  Mitchell  died  September  19,  1912.  They  have  had  children: 
Jennie  M.,  married  John  A.  Elliot,  an  attorney  of  Beaver  Falls;  Fred- 
erick S.,  married  Sarah  Metzgar,  and  is  in  business  with  his  father; 
David  J.,  of  further  mention;  Juliet,  unmarried,  lives  with  her  father, 
is  a  talented  musician,  an  instructor  in  music,  and  plays  the  pipe  organ 
in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

(IV)  David  J.  Mitchell,  son  of  James  Sidell  and  Lyda  E.  (Johnson) 
Mitchell,  was  born  in  New  Brighton, .  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1875.  His  education  was  a  very  comprehensive  one.  At  first 
in  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton  and  Beaver  Falls,  then  in  the  Ohio 
State  University,  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  He  next  matriculated  at  the  Western 
Pennsylvania   University,  now   the  University  of   Pittsburgh,  and   finally 


BEAVER   COUNTY  555 

took  a  course  in  the  commercial  department  of  Beaver  College.  In  1898 
he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Tenth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  United  States 
Volunteers  and  vi^as  mustered  out  as  regimental  commissary  sergeant;  this 
service  was  in  the  Spanish-American  War.  He  returned  to  Beaver  Falls 
in  1901,  and  in  1903  went  to  Monaca,  there  to  take  charge  of  the  planing 
mill  and  lumber  yard  of  the  firm  of  J.  S.  Mitchell  &  Sons.  In  political 
opinion  he  is  a  Republican,  has  served  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  and  was  elected  for  a  third  term  in  the  fall  of  1913.  He  is  a 
member  of  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  283,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks;  New  Brighton  Lodge,  No.  351,  Knights  of  Pythias;  a  charter 
member  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  of  Monaca  and  Rochester.  His 
wife  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Monaca,  and  they  reside  at  No. 
914  Atlantic  avenue. 

Mr.  Mitchell  married,  in  Beaver  Falls,  in  1901,  Mary  E.  Levis,  of 
Rochester,  daughter  of  Henry  M.  and  Sophia  (Myers)  Levis,  the  former 
deceased,  the  latter  living  in  Rochester.  Children:  Catherine,  born  June 
30,  1903;  James  Sidell  (2),  born  January  13,  1905. 


The    Moody    family,   which   is   well    represented   in    Beaver 
MOODY    county,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  present  day,  came  to  this  country 
originally  from  Scotland,  and  has  been  mainly  identified  with 
agricultural  pursuits. 

(I)  Robert  Moody,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the 
Moody  family,  was  born  in  Scotland,  died  near  Philadelphia.  Early  in 
life  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  sail  making.  Upon  his  arrival 
in  America  he  located  in  Northampton  county,  about  ninety  miles  north 
of  Philadelphia,  and  there  engaged  in  farming.  He  gave  his  political  sup- 
port to  the  Whig  party,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  Mary  Hutchison  and  had  children:  i.  James,  married  Isa- 
belle  Ewing.  2.  Anna,  died  young.  3.  Elizabeth,  married  James  Thompson, 
and  lived  in  Catawba,  Ohio.  4.  Margaret,  married  John  Bunting,  and 
lived  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Mary,  married  David  Dungan, 
and  lived  at  Frankfort  Springs,  Pennsylvania.  6.  John,  see  forward.  7. 
Martha,  married  S.  H.  Witherspoon.  8.  Nancy,  died  in  early  youth.  9. 
Samuel,  a  preacher  at  Savannah,  Ohio,  drowned  in  the  Ohio  river,  op- 
posite Wellsville,  April  26,  1856;  he  married  Margaret  A.  Dunawho. 

(II)  John  Moody,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Hutchison)  Moody,  was 
bom  in  Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  16,  1798.  Like  his 
father,  his  chief  occupation  was  that  of  farming,  in  which  he  was  very 
successful.  He  was  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  took  a  deep  interest 
in  whatever  concerned  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  gave  his  political 
allegiance  to  the  Whig  party.  Mr.  Moody  married  Margaret,  born  in 
Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mar- 
garet (McCready)  McClure,  the  former  a  well-known  miller.    Children:  i. 


556  PENNSYLVANIA 

Mary,  born  1833,  died  191 1;  married  Milo  Thompson,  and  lived  in  Hooks- 
town;  had  children:  Lucretia,  married  George  Workman;  Clark,  married 
Ada  Doak,  one  child,  William ;  Harry,  deceased ;  Maggie,  married  John  Cot- 
ter; two  died  in  infancy.  2.  Joseph,  see  forward.  3.  Sarah,  born  1838,  died 
at  the  age  of  ten  years.  4.  Samuel,  see  forward.  5.  Margaret  Ann,  see 
forward.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  1847,  died  at  the  age  of  six  years.  7.  Lucretia, 
born  1849,  died  at  the  age  of  four  years. 

(HI)  Joseph  Moody,  son  of  John  and  Margaret  (McClure)  Moody, 
was  born  in  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  4,  1835. 
His  education  was  the  usual  one  of  a  farmer's  son  at  that  time,  attending 
the  district  school  during  the  winter  months,  and  assisting  in  the  cultiva- 
tion of  the  homestead  farm  during  the  summer.  In  1856,  when  he  had  at- 
tained his  majority,  he  decided  to  branch  out  for  himself,  and  accordingly 
acquired  a  farm  of  thirty  acres  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county.  From 
there  he  went  to  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  purchased  a  farm 
of  eighty-six  acres,  which  he  cultivated  for  a  period  of  seven  years.  He 
then  removed  to  Beaver  county,  where  he  purchased  a  tract  of  seventeen 
and  one-half  acres,  which  he  sold  in  1907.  He  is  still,  however,  the  owner 
of  a  fine  house,  but  lives  retired  from  business  responsibilities.  He  is  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and  his  re- 
ligious affiliations  are  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  On  August  14,  1862, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  H,  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers and  went  to  the  front,  September  i.  He  served  three  years  and  was 
discharged  May  4,  1865,  at  Camp  Reynolds.  Mr.  Moody  is  a  member  of 
Beaver  Post,  No.  473,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  at  the  present  time 
is  quartermaster  of  the  Post.  Mr.  Moody  married  Martha,  born  September 
14,  1835,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susan  (Allen)  Withrow,  and  their  only 
child  is  Maggie  Elmina,  born  February  17,  1878,  who  was  graduated  from 
the  Beaver  High  School,  and  resides  at  home. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Moody,  son  of  John  and  Margaret  (McClure)  Moody, 
was  born  in  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1840.  He  re- 
moved to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Street  Railway  Company  until  the  fall  of  1893,  when  he  returned  to  the 
home  farm,  and  has  since  that -time  assisted  his  sister  in  its  cultivation. 
He  married,  1882,  Mrs.  Martha  (Kennedy)  Hood,  daughter  of  David 
Kennedy,  and  widow  of  Gibson  Hood,  who  had  served  as  a  soldier  during 
the  Civil  War.  By  her  first  marriage  she  had  two  children:  Austin,  de- 
ceased; Jennie,  was  a  resident  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  now  deceased. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moody  had  children:  Margaret,  married  Emmet  Wilson, 
resides  in  Liverpool ;  Bert ;  Bessie,  married  Harry  Boggs ;  Mabel. 

(Ill)  Margaret  Ann  Moody,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (Mc- 
Clure) Moody,  was  born  on  the  Moody  homestead,  south  of  Hookstown, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  1845.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  has  spent  her  entire  life  on  the  home  farm,  where 
she  devoted  herself  to  the  care  of  her  parents  until  their  death  at  an  ad- 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  557 

vanced  age.  She  owns  the  homestead  farm  and  personally  superintends 
all  farm  operations.  The  farm  formerly  consisted  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty-seven  acres,  of  which  Miss  Moody  sold  ninety-six  acres. 


The  emigrant  member  of  the  Engle  family  of  Pennsylvania 
ENGLE  made  the  commonwealth  his  home  by  a  combination  of  cir- 
cumstances that  were,  to  say  the  least,  unusual.  Henry  Engle 
was  born  in  Metz,  Alsace-Lorraine,  Germany,  and  was  one  of  the  army 
that  came  to  America  under  the  French  nobleman,  General  Lafayette,  to 
fight  for  the  Colonists  in  the  war  for  independence.  He  survived  that 
struggle  without  serious  injury,  but  had  imbibed  so  much  of  the  American 
spirit  of  liberty  and  had  become  so  ardent  a  champion  of  the  cause  he  had 
so  bravely  aided  to  defend  that  when  the  foreign  army,  of  which  he  was 
a  part,  embarked  for  Europe  he  and  a  companion  deserted.  Alone  in  a 
country  with  which  they  were  almost  unfamiliar,  except  for  the  part 
over  which  their  campaign  had  carried  them,  they  settled  in  the  eastern 
part  of  Pennsylvania  for  a  short  time,  and  then,  Henry  Engle  and  his 
comrade  separating,  the  former  came  to  what  is  now  Beaver  county.  For 
a  time  he  conducted  farming  operations  near  Industry,  and  there  died  at 
the  home  of  one  of  his  several  children,  George,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  George  Engle,  son  of  Henry  Engle,  was  born  near  Shippensburg, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1790,  died  in  Industry,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  1866. 
He  was  brought  to  Beaver  county  when  a  child  by  his  parents  and  there 
spent  his  entire  life.  He  followed  his  father's  occupation,  that  of  farmer, 
and  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  in  Industry  township,  later 
adding  thirty  acres  to  the  original  tract.  In  1836  he  erected  a  substantial 
brick  house,  now  used  as  a  residence  by  his  son,  Enoch  Engle,  and  here 
his  death  occurred.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  but  later  became  a 
partisan  of  the  Republican  party.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  United  Brethren  Church,  regular  in  their  attendance  and  devout  in 
their  worship. 

He  married  Amy  Dannals,  born  in  Salem  county,  New  Jersey,  in 
1799,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  having  survived  her  husband, 
a  widow  twenty-one  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Stacey  Dannals,  a  Swiss, 
who  came  to  America  prior  to  the  Revolution  and  who  fought  in  that  con- 
flict in  defense  of  the  Colonial  cause.  After  the  war  he  settled  on  a  farm 
in  Brighton  township,  where  his  death  occurred.  He  was  the  father  of 
several  children  by  two  marriages.  Children  of  George  and  Amy  (Dan- 
nals) Engle:  i.  George,  a  carpenter,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
2.  Henry,  deceased,  a  farmer  and  wagon-maker,  was  for  some  years  steward 
of  the  county  almshouse.  3.  Stacey  D.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Jemima,  de- 
ceased, married  Nicholas  Todd.  5.  John,  died  aged  twenty-four  years.  6. 
David,  of  whom  further.  7.  Washington,  a  farmer  of  Brighton  township. 
8.  Franklin,  died  aged  twelve  years.  9.  Joseph,  a  fruit  grower  of  Industry 
township.  ID.  Enoch,  born  November  9,  1839,  a  fruit  grower  on  the  old 
homestead. 


558  PENNSYLVANIA 

(III)  Stacey  Dannals  Engle,  son  of  George  and  Amy  (Dannals)  Engle, 
was  born  near  Industry,  Pennsylvania.  In  1862  Mr.  Engle  removed  to 
Moon  township,  where  he  continued  at  his  trade  of  wagon  building,  and 
combined  this  with  farming,  in  which  he  was  also  successful.  In  1881  he 
removed  to  Green  Garden,  purchasing  seventy-seven  acres  of  land  there, 
which  he  cultivated  until  his  death  in  1883.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Raccoon  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  a  Republican  in  political  opinion. 
He  married  (first)  Mary  Robertson,  and  had  children:  James,  Eliza, 
George  W.,  of  whom  further,  Susan,  Oliver  C.,  of  whom  further,  Ann, 
Enoch  W.  S.,  David  and  an  infant,  both  deceased.  He  married  (second) 
in  1867,  Ann  Jane  Shannon,  and  had  children,  as  follows:  John  G.,  of 
whom  further;  William  Joseph,  of  whom  further;  Walker  Dannals,  of 
whom  further., 

(IV)  George  W.  Engle,  son  of  Stacey  Dannals  and  Mary  (Robert- 
son) Engle,  was  born  in  Vanport,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  that  town  and  the  college  at  Beaver.  For  some 
time  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  school  and  about  eighteen  or  twenty  years 
age  located  on  the  farm  on  which  he  is  living  at  the  present  time.  This 
consists  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  acres,  all  kept  in  a  fine  state  of 
cultivation.  He  married  Mary  Ellen  Shaffer  and  had  children :  James  O., 
see  forward;  Mary,  a  teacher.  Mary  Ellen  (Shaffer)  Engle  was  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Agnes  (McCallister)  Shaffer;  granddaughter  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  (Wade)  Shaffer;  granddaughter  of  James  and  Nancy 
(Hood)  McCallister;  and  great-granddaughter  of  Daniel  Shaffer  Sr.,  who 
was  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  coming  to  that  sec- 
tion about  1800.  The  Shaffer  family  were  in  all  probability  of  German 
origin,  and  they  were  all  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
Samuel  Shaffer  was  a  blacksmith,  and  plied  his  trade  at  New  Scottsville, 
Independence  and  Bunkerhill.  Later  he  was  a  farmer.  His  children 
were:  Mary  Ellen,  who  married  Mr.  Engle;  James  M.,  Ann  Eliza,  Emma 
Rachel,  William  Melvin,  Daniel  Presley,  Nancy  Jane.  Daniel  and  Mary 
(Wade)  Shaffer  had  children:  William;  Samuel,  who  was  born  in  1829, 
became  the  father  of  Mary  Ellen  (Shaffer)  Engle;  John;  Daniel  and 
James,  served  as  soldiers  during  the  Civil  War;  Eliza  Jane;  Johanna; 
Mary;  and  another.  Agnes  (McCallister)  Shaffer  was  the  daughter  of 
James  and  Nancy  (Hood)  McCallister,  all  farmers,  whose  children  were: 
Agnes,  mentioned  above;  David,  who  served  as  a  soldier  during  the  Civil 
War. 

(V)  James  O.  Engle,  only  son  of  George  W.  and  Mary  Ellen 
(Shaffer)  Engle,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, November  2,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  township,  and  very  naturally  drifted  into  the  occupation  of  farm- 
ing. During  the  past  three  years  he  has  also  been  identified  with  the  opera- 
tion of  a  saw  mill  on  the  homestead  farm.  In  both  undertakings  he  has 
been  successful.     He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  all  matters  concerning  the 


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welfare  of  the  community,  and  while  refusing  to  hold  public  office  he  is 
consistent  in  his  support  of  the  Republican  party.  He  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Raccoon  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Engle  mar- 
ried, April  20,  1908,  Rosa  Cochran,  and  they  have  had  children:  Catherine 
Mary,  Enoch  George,  James  Elmer. 

(IV)  Oliver  C.  Engle,  M.  D.,  a  well  known  physician  of  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  now  located  at  Aliquippa,  was  born  at  Vanport, 
Beaver  county,  March  17,  1856,  son  of  Stacey  Dannals  and  Mary  (Robert- 
son) Engle.  His  early  years  were  spent  on  a  farm  in  Moon  township, 
Beaver  county,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  Later  he  became 
a  student  at  Beaver  College  and  the  New  Sheffield  Academy,  and  from 
there  went  to  the  engineering  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 
For  a  period  of  eight  years  he  was  successfully  engaged  as  a  teacher  in 
the  public  schools,  then  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Maryland,  from 
the  medical  department  of  which  he  was  graduated  in  1887  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  at  once  established  himself  in  the  practice  of 
his  chosen  profession,  his  first  location  being  at  New  Sheffield,  where  he 
remained  for  sixteen  years,  and  then  removed  to  Scottdale,  Westmoreland 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  practice  until 
1913.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  is  now  established.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Westmoreland 
County,  the  Beaver  County  and  the  American  Medical  associations.  In 
political  matters  he  is  a  Progressive,  and  has  the  courage  of  his  convictions. 
He  has  never  desired  to  hold  public  office,  preferring  to  give  his  entire 
time  and  attention  to  the  arduous  duties  of  his  professional  work.  He  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 

Dr.  Engle  married,  in  1888,  Rosa  Shannon,  born  in  New  Sheffield, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1864,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(McKee)  Shannon,  both  now  deceased.  They  have  had  children :  Howard, 
graduated  from  the  high  school,  now  with  the  Frick  Company  of  Scott- 
dale,  married  Jessie  Seaman  and  has  one  child,  William  Oliver;  Edna, 
graduated  from  the  Woman's  College  of  Frederick,  Maryland,  now  a  teacher 
in  Domestic  Science  in  the  Normal  School  at  Lebanon,  Virginia ;  Frederick, 
now  a  student  in  the  Pennsylvania  State  College;  Mabel,  attends  the  Alle- 
gheny high  school;  Emma;  Margaret. 

(IV)  John  G.  Engle,  son  of  Stacey  Dannals  and  Ann  Jane  (Shannon) 
Engle,  was  bom  at  Raccoon  Creek,  March  9,  1868.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Bunkerhill  and  Green  Garden  public  schools,  and  supplemented  this 
with  practical  and  extensive  reading  in  later  life.  He  has  always  resided 
at  Green  Garden  since  his  father  took  up  his  residence  there,  and  is  the 
owner  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  land.  In  1882  his  father  had 
planted  two  hundred  peach  trees,  and  Mr.  Engle  has  added  to  this  fruit 
orchard  until  he  now  has  about  three  thousand  peach  trees  in  full  bearing 
condition.  He  is  also  engaged  in  general  farming  to  a  great  extent,  and 
in  addition  grows  other  fruits.     He  makes  a  specialty,  however,  of  the 


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Elberta  peaches.  He  is  a  man  of  remarkable  business  and  executive  abil- 
ity, and  is  personally  connected  with  a  number  of  other  business  enterprises. 
He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  Raccoon  Township  Telephone  Com- 
pany, and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  that  company;  it  consolidated  later 
with  the  Beaver  County  Telephone  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Engle  is  now 
a  stockholder.  He  has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace ;  is  an  elder  and  mem- 
ber of  the  session  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church;  and  is  a 
member  of  the  local  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

Mr.  Engle  married,  November  i6,  1898,  Mary  Belle,  daughter  of 
Alexander  G.  Ewing,  and  they  have  had  children:  Walter  Paul,  Grace 
Elizabeth,  Frank  Alexander,  Jennie  Gertrude,  Donald  Albert. 

(IV)  Rev.  William  Joseph  Engle,  son  of  Stacey  Dannals  and  Ann 
Jane  (Shannon)  Engle,  was  bom  in  Moon  township,  Pennsylvania,  March 
25,  1870.  Until  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  attended  the  public  schools  at 
Bunkerhill,  walking  three  miles  to  school  every  day,  and  then  became  a 
pupil  in  the  Green  Garden  schools,  from  which  he  was  graduated.  He 
then  took  a  preparatory  course  at  the  New  Sheflfield  Academy,  going  from 
there  to  Geneva  College.  In  the  meantime  he  had  taught  several  terms  in 
the  public  schools  and  one  year  in  the  New  Sheffield  Academy.  After 
three  years  spent  in  study  at  the  Allegheny  United  Presbyterian  Seminary, 
he  was  assigned  to  a  pastorate  at  Scroggsfield,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for 
a  period  of  six  years.  The  next  three  years  he  was  the  pastor  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church  in  Toronto,  Ohio,  and  while  there  his  health 
became  impaired  to  such  an  extent  that  he  was  obliged  to  leave  the  ministry 
for  a  time  at  least.  He  accordingly  came  to  Green  Garden,  Pennsylvania, 
March  16,  1910,  and  purchased  a  farm  of  eighty-six  acres,  planted  this 
with  peach  trees,  with  which  industry  he  has  since  been  identified,  and 
now  has  two  thousand  peach  trees  in  fine  bearing  condition.  During  the 
second  year  of  his  residence  at  Green  Garden,  he  became  the  supply 
preacher  at  Service,  and  has  since  acted  in  that  capacity.  While  a  student 
at  college,  Mr.  Engle  was  president  of  his  class  for  three  years ;  was  the 
captain  of  the  football  team  in  his  senior  year ;  in  his  sophomore  year  was 
the  athletic  editor  of  the  college  paper,  the  literary  editor  in  his  junior 
year,  and  editor  in  chief  during  his  senior  year.  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  literary  society  of  the  college,  being  elected  president  of  it  during  his 
senior  year.  He  was  the  second  honor  man  of  his  class,  1898,  doing  the 
work  of  four  years  in  the  course  of  three. 

Rev.  Mr.  Engle  married,  March  i,  1905,  Sarah  Belle  Donelson,  of 
Scroggsfield,  Ohio,  and  they  have  had  children:  Oliver  Donelson,  bom 
August  19,  1909,  at  Toronto,  Ohio;  Ralph  Joseph,  born  May  7,  191 1,  at  the 
homestead  at  Green  Garden,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Dr.  Walker  Dannals  Engle,  son  of  Stacey  Dannals  and  Ann 
Jane  (Shannon)  Engle,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  29, 
1873.  As  a  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools,  Sheffield  Academy,  and 
the   Slippery  Rock,   Pennsylvania,   State   Normal   School.     Leaving  the 


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latter  institution,  he  taught  school  for  several  years,  then  entering  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  at  Pitts- 
burgh (University  of  Pittsburgh),  and  was  graduated  thence  in  1901. 
His  first  practice  was  begun  in  Sheridan,  Pennsylvania,  whence  he  came 
to  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  his  practice  in  that  borough 
dating  from  December  6,  1902,  until  his  death,  January  16,  1913,  almost 
exactly  eleven  years  later.  He  was  a  ceaseless  student  of  the  abstruse 
points  of  his  profession,  and  even  after  becoming  well  established  therein 
took  up  post-graduate  work  at  the  Chicago  Polyclinic  Institute,  also  keei>- 
ing  abreast  of  the  most  modern  developments  in  medicine  by  membership 
in  the  County,  State  and  American  Medical  associations.  From  his  youth 
he  was  reared  in  the  United  Presbyterian  faith,  while  his  wife  was  a  Pres- 
byterian, both  becoming  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Dr. 
Engle,  during  his  lifetime,  was  a  universal  favorite  in  the  community  in 
which  he  lived,  was  admired  as  a  man  of  culture  and  erudition,  and  was 
constantly  busied  at  his  profession.  His  were  all  the  qualities  that  com- 
pose the  ideal  physician,  learning,  tact  and  cordial  address,  closely  intri- 
cated  with  those  attributes  that  are  native  to  a  gentleman,  courtesy,  honor, 
virtue  and  probity. 

Dr.  Engle  married,  June  25,  1902,  Kate  Bayne  Torrence,  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  25,  1876,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Armor  and  Emma  (Withrow)  Torrence,  both  natives  of  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  the  former  bom  in  1840,  the  latter  October  4,  1843,  died  May 
3,  1902.  After  the  death  of  his  wife,  Thomas  Armor  Torrence  married 
a  second  time,  his  wife  being  Mrs.  Elizabeth  White,  of  East  Liverpool, 
Ohio,  the  marriage  being  solemnized  in  1907.  Thomas  Armor  is  a  son  of 
William  and  Angeline  (Armor)  Torrence,  natives  of  Beaver  and  Wash- 
ington counties,  respectively,  their  parents  pioneers  of  both  counties. 
Children  of  Thomas  Armor  and  Emma  (Withrow)  Torrence:  Angeline 
Armor,  died  aged  five  years;  Kate  Bayne,  of  previous  mention,  married 
Walker  Dannals  Engle;  Edna  Frances,  Frederick  Earl,  Alexander  Mor- 
rison, Thomas  Armor  Jr.,  Mary  Emma.  Children  of  Walker  Dannals 
and  Kate  Bayne  (Torrence)  Engle:  Catherine,  bom  December  12,  1903; 
Frances  Jane,  January  10,  1905;  Dorothy,  June  21,  1909,  died  January 
6,  1910. 

(IH)  David  Engle,  son  of  George  and  Amy  (Dannals)  Engle,  was 
born  in  what  is  now  Industry  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  22,  1830,  died  there  May  9,  1864.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the 
home  farm  and  it  was  in  every  way  natural  that  he  should  choose  that 
as  his  life  occupation,  purchasing  a  farm  adjoining  the  old  homestead, 
where  he  resided  at  his  death.  Although  his  manner  of  life  was  quiet 
and  unpretentious,  his  well-known  uprightness  of  character  and  correctness 
of  conduct  often  made  him  the  choice  of  his  neighbors  for  township  offices, 
all  of  which  he  accepted  as  the  representative  of  the  Republican  party.  In 
the  United  Brethren  Church  he  was  a  leading  member,  sincere  and  earnest 


562  PENNSYLVANIA 

in  his  worship,  consistent  in  his  life  and  helpful  in  his  labors  for  the  church. 

He  married  Cynthia  Knight,  born  in  Industry  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January  21,  1832,  died  February  7,  1890,  daughter  of  David 
and  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Knight,  early  residents  of  Industry  township. 
David  Knight  was  a  farmer,  owned  a  large  tract  of  land,  and  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics.  Both  spent  their  entire  lives  in  Industry  township. 
Children  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Knight:  i.  Amos,  deceased; 
was  a  farmer  of  Industry  township.  2.  Lewis,  deceased;  was  a  farmer 
of  Industry  township.  3.  Emanuel,  lives  in  Industry  township.  4.  Cyn- 
thia, of  previous  mention,  married  (first)  David  Engle,  (second)  William 
Ammon.  5.  Elmira,  married  W.  J.  Hoyt,  deceased,  a  soldier  of  the  Civil 
War;  she  lives  in  Industry  township.  6.  Elizabeth,  married  (first)  Thomas 
Exby,  (second)  Jacob  Sierer,  both  deceased;  she  resides  in  Paulding 
county,  Ohio.  7.  Lorenzo  Dow,  died  young.  Children  of  David  and  Cyn- 
thia (Knight)  Engle.  i.  Elizabeth,  born  February  22,  1854;  married 
John  C.  Williams,  and  lives  in  Brighton  township.  2.  Joseph,  born  January 
15,  1856,  died  August  7,  1861,  the  victim  of  an  attack  of  diphtheria.  3. 
Amy,  bom  January  13,  1858,  died  August  13,  1861,  of  the  same  disease 
that  caused  the  death  of  her  brother.  4.  Elmira,  bom  December  30,  i860; 
married  R.  D.  Fleming,  and  lives  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 5.  David  Jackson,  of  whom  further.  Children  of  William  and 
Cynthia  (Knight-Engle)  Ammon:  i.  Jennie,  died  aged  two  years.  2. 
Lydia,  married  William  Davis,  and  lives  on  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead. 
3.  Cynthia  Birdell,  married  Joseph  Russell,  and  lives  in  Beaver,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 4.  Margaret,  married  J.  Albert  Cooley,  and  lives  in  Niantic,  Illi- 
nois. 

(IV)  David  Jackson  Engle,  son  of  David  and  Cynthia  (Knight) 
Engle,  was  born  in  Industry  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  until  sixteen  years  of  age, 
during  that  period  also  acquiring  an  intimate  knowledge  of  farming  opera- 
tions. On  arriving  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  was  placed  in  charge  of 
the  home  farm,  later  became  half  owner  and  continued  its  cultivation 
until  1905.  In  the  latter  year  he  purchased  and  moved  to  a  fifty-seven 
acre  farm  in  Brighton  township,  on  Dutch  Ridge  road,  which  he  success- 
fully operated  until  the  spring  of  1912,  when  he  sold  it  advantageously 
and  bought  a  farm  of  thirty-five  acres  on  the  Tuscarora  road.  Here  he 
erected  a  modem  buff  brick  residence  and  in  the  spring  of  1913  moved 
to  his  new  home.  He  has  always  made  a  specialty  of  fruit  and  vegetable 
farming  and  at  his  present  farm  continues  these  operations  along  the  same 
lines.  Mr.  Engle  is  a  member  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  having  served 
in  various  township  offices.  He  is  a  good  business  man  and  a  thrifty,  suc- 
cessful husbandman. 

Mr.  Engle  married.  May  6,  1891,  Mary  L.,  daughter  of  Homer  Steven- 
son.   Children:    Gertrude,  educated  at  Beaver  high  school,  Beaver  College 


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and  Geneva  College,  now  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Aliquippa, 
Pennsylvania;  Carman,  a  graduate  of  Beaver  high  school;  Margaret,  also 
a  graduate  of  Beaver  high  school;  David,  Pauline,  Earl,  Inez,  Virginia, 
Gale,  Jean,  and  Mary  Louise. 


The  name  of  Shannon  is  well  known  in  the  history  of 
SHANNON     Ireland,  and  to  that  country  all  the  American  Shannons 
trace  their  ancestry.     These  ancestors  lived  on  the  banks 
of  the  river  Shannon,  Ireland,  and  were  mainly  engaged  in  agriculture. 

(I)  Shannon  came  to  America  prior  to  the  days  of  the  American 

Revolution  and  was  engaged  in  the  occupation  of  packing  salt  from  Phila- 
delphia. 

(II)  John  Shannon,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  in  Moon  town- 
ship, Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  family  having  settled  there  at 
an  early  date.  He  married  Elizabeth  Walker,  born  in  Hopewell  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1803,  and  among  their  children  were  the 
following  named :  John  Adams,  see  forward ;  Mrs.  Engle,  who  lives  in  the 
schoolhouse  in  Green  Garden,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Mrs.  Hannah 
Summerville,  who  resides  in  Woodlawn,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(III)  John  Adams  Shannon,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Walker) 
Shannon,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1824,  and  died  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
February,  1899.  He  received  what  was  considered  a  good  education  for 
those  days,  and  for  a  considerable  period  of  time  was  engaged  in  teaching 
school  in  Jackson  county,  Ohio.  Later  he  took  up  the  trade  of  carpentry 
and  also  engaged  in  fanning,  combining  the  two  for  a  period  of  thirty 
years,  when  he  abandoned  the  former,  but  continued  to  reside  upon  his 
farm  on  which  his  death  occurred.  The  farm  consisted  of  two  hundred 
acres  of  well  cultivated  land,  the  products  being  of  a  general  nature.  Mr. 
Shannon  married  Susan  Ewing,  who  was  born  in  1830,  and  who  is  now 
living  with  her  son,  John  W.,  still  in  excellent  health.  They  had  children: 
Margaret,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  James,  see  forward;  Rosa,  John  W. 

(IV)  James  Shannon,  son  of  John  Adams  and  Susan  (Ewing)  Shan- 
non, was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  25, 
1866.  The  public  schools  of  his  section  furnished  him  with  a  sound,  prac- 
tical education,  and  he  gained  his  farming  knowledge  by  actual  experience 
from  his  earliest  years,  his  entire  life  being  spent  on  a  farm.  He  now 
is  the  owner  of  a  fine  place  of  one  hundred  and  forty  acres,  on  which 
he  raises  fruit  and  general  produce,  and  makes  of  this  a  profitable  under- 
taking. He  is  a  member  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church.  His 
political  opinions  are  those  of  the  Republican  party,  and  he  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  the  past  six  years. 

Mr.  Shannon  married,  in  1893,  Minnie  Ramsey,  and  they  have  had 
children  as  follows:    Lossie,  John  A.,  Harper,  Blanche,  Elizabeth,  Walker. 


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James  Kerr  was  born  in  Scotland  and  came  to  the  United 
KERR  States  when  he  was  in  his  early  manhood.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  teamster  at  Salineville,  Ohio,  about  fifteen  miles  from  Wells- 
ville,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  or  seventy-four  years,  and 
was  buried  at  Monroeville.  In  political  matters  he  was  a  consistent  Re- 
publican, and  his  religious  affiliation  was  with  the  Methodist  Church,  to 
which  his  wife  also  belonged.  His  wife,  born  in  Ireland,  died  in  Saline- 
ville, Ohio,  aged  about  seventy-one  or  seventy-three.  Children:  Margaret, 
who  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of  eighty-six,  at  Salineville,  and  is  buried 
there;  Thomas  J.,  see  forward;  John,  deceased,  was  a  resident  of  Saline- 
ville, Ohio. 

(II)  Thomas  J.  Kerr,  son  of  James  Kerr,  was  born  in  Salineville, 
Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  in  1841,  and  died  at  Wellsville,  March  13,  1896. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Salineville,  supplemented  his  education 
there  with  extended  and  diversified  reading,  and  was  considered  a  man 
of  superior  education.  He  engaged  in  railroad  work,  commencing  with  the 
position  of  brakeman,  or  station  caller  as  they  were  then  termed,  until 
he  rose  to  that  of  conductor,  serving  altogether  for  a  period  of  forty-four 
years,  during  thirty-eight  of  which  he  was  a  conductor.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  enlisted,  but  his  father  secured  his  discharge,  considering  him  too 
young  to  endure  the  strain  of  army  life.  He  gave  his  political  support  to 
the  Republican  party.  Mr.  Kerr  married  Elizabeth  McLain,  born  in 
Hammondsville,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Samuel  McLain,  who  was  a  stockman 
and  farmer.  He  drove  stock  over  the  mountains  while  railroads  were 
yet  in  their  infancy,  and  died  in  Hammondsville.  He  married  Mary  Maple, 
and  they  had  children :  Jane,  married  Daniel  Snow ;  Elizabeth,  married  Mr. 
Kerr,  see  above;  Jefferson,  married  (first)  Jennie  Householder,  (second) 
Belle  Jackson,  lives  in  Queen  City;  Carrie,  married  (first)  George  Jackson, 
(second)  James  Hyman,  lives  in  Wellsville;  Albert,  died  in  infancy; 
Daniel,  died  young;  Samuel,  married,  has  one  child,  Jesse,  lives  in  Queen 
City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kerr  have  had  children:  Margaret,  who  lives  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  married  William  Harron,  a  conductor  on  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  and  has  children:  Thomas  and  Ilia;  William,  see  forward; 
Mary,  lives  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  married  Frank  Koontz,  in  the  pro- 
vision business,  and  has  children:  Thomas,  Helen,  Mary;  Roy  Samuel, 
lives  in  Wellsville,  is  an  engineer  on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and 
married  Leona  Moore.  The  mother  of  these  children  lives  in  Wellsville 
where  she  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 

(Ill)  William  Kerr,  son  of  Thomas  John  and  Elizabeth  (McLain) 
Kerr,  was  born  in  Hammondsville,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  July  4,  1872. 
His  early  years  were  spent  in  Wellsville,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  then  took  up  the  business  of  teaming.  He  continued  this  for 
a  time,  then  engaged  in  railroad  work,  but  returned  to  his  former  occu- 
pation, with  which  he  has  been  identified  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  for  the  past  twelve  years.    Two  years  ago  he  also  established 


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himself  in  the  livery  business,  being  the  owner  of  the  only  livery  barn  in 
Freedom,  and  has  been  very  successful  in  this  new  enterprise.  He  gives  his 
political  support  to  the  Republican  party,  and  served  three  years  as  a 
borough  councilman;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
He  has  a  number  of  fraternal  affiliations,  all  of  Freedom,  among  them 
being  the  following:  Trainmen's  Brotherhood,  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
William  Penn  Club,  Improved  Order  of  Eagles,  and  Order  of  the  Moose. 
Mr.  Kerr  married,  November  11,  1896,  Ida  Belle  Graham,  born  in  Enon, 
Pennsylvania,  December  2,  1877,  daughter  of  Franklin  and  Etta  Jane 
(Smith)  Graham.  Mr.  Graham  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania, 
May  6,  1839,  was  married  in  August,  1862,  and  is  now  a  machinist  in  Free- 
dom. Mrs.  Graham  was  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
3,  1838,  and  is  now  living  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  They 
had  children:  i.  Harry,  born  August  16,  1865,  is  a  railroad  man  and  lives 
in  Pittsburgh;  married  Hulda  Zirkel,  who  died  March  18,  1914,  and  their 
children  are:  Helen  and  Lamont.  2.  Clarence,  born  January  31,  1868; 
a  railroad  engineer;  lives  in  Alliance,  Ohio;  married  Jennie  Reader,  and 
has  children:  Clyde  and  Lawrence.  3.  Franklin,  born  May  6,  1871,  died 
in  1877.  4.  Addie  Maria,  born  December  31,  1872,  died  in  1877.  5.  John 
Wilson,  born  April  16,  1875;  an  engine  man;  lives  in  Freedom.  6.  Lee, 
born  October  9,  1880,  died  in  1884.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kerr  have  children: 
Frankland  Fay,  born  September  13,  1899,  and  Russell  Edwin,  born  June  14, 
1906,  both  attending  the  Freedom  graded  school. 


The  Gorsuch  family  has  been  closely  and  beneficially  iden- 
GORSUCH     tified  with  the  interests  of  the  communities  in  which  they 
have  lived  ever  since  their  arrival  in  this  country. 

(I)  David  Gorsuch,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  family,  was  born 
in  Scotland,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state  of  Penn- 
sylvania, later  coming  across  the  mountains  with  his  family  and  settling 
in  Allegheny  county. 

(II)  Robert  Gorsuch,  son  of  David  Gorsuch,  was  but  six  years  of  age 
at  the  time  of  this  migration,  and  practically  his  entire  life  has  been  spent 
in  the  western  part  of  the  state.  In  his  earlier  years  he  was  engaged  in 
digging  coal  in  the  vicinity  of  Pittsburgh,  later  coming  to  Service  and  pur- 
chasing a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  Upper  Service.  This 
was  entirely  timber  land,  and  he  was  obliged  to  fell  the  trees  and  clear  a 
space  in  order  to  erect  the  log  house  in  which  he  and  his  family  lived. 
Having  cleared  a  sufficient  space  to  make  a  productive  farm,  he  was  ac- 
customed to  "pack"  to  Pittsburgh,  taking  all  night  for  the  journey.  He 
would  take  to  the  market  in  Pittsburgh  seventy-eight  cents  worth  of  butter, 
and  with  the  money  thus  realized  would  purchase  and  bring  home  all  of 
those  necessaries  which  the  farm  could  not  produce.  He  remained  on 
the  Upper  Service  farm  about  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  about  1830  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  acres  in   Murdocksville, 


566  PENNSYLVANIA 

where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married  (first)  EHzabeth 
McCoy,  and  had  children:  John,  Robert,  James,  Rachel.  He  married 
(second)  Nancy  Searight,  who  died  when  Samuel  was  about  eight  years 
of  age,  leaving  children  as  follows:  Eliza  Jane,  Margaret,  Samuel,  see 
forward;  David,  Martha,  Mary  Ann.  Mr.  Gorsuch  married  (third)  Nancy 
Cooper.    No  children  by  this  marriage. 

(HI)  Samuel  Gorsuch,  son  of  Robert  and  Nancy  (Searight)  Gorsuch, 
was  born  on  a  farm  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  13,  1845.  He  was  educated  at  the  Gorsuch  school,  and 
at  an  early  age  commenced  to  assist  in  the  farm  labors.  The  live-stock 
of  the  farm  had  an  especial  interest  for  him,  and  as  he  grew  older  he  de- 
voted himself  more  exclusively  to  the  breeding  of  fine  and  highly  valued 
varieties.  He  has  a  flock  of  thoroughbred  Delan  sheep  which  won  a  repu- 
tation many  years  ago.  He  has  made  many  improvements  on  the  farm 
which  he  originally  occupied  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  finest  of  its  kind  and 
size  in  the  township.  He  is  a  strong  supporter  of  Republican  principles, 
and  has  held  official  position  a  number  of  times.  He  was  health  officer  for 
this  township  and  for  Hanover  for  a  period  of  five  years,  and  had  charge 
of  twenty-one  schools.  He  also  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  thirty- 
seven  years.  For  more  than  thirty  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Session  of  Mount  Olivet,  and  is  the  oldest  living  member.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  Mount  Olivet  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Gorsuch  married,  in  1878,  Martha  J.,  daughter  of  John  Brenton, 
of  Independence  township.  Children:  Mary  A.,  married  Robert  Miller, 
of  Independence  township;  Wilson  R.,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years. 


The  name  of  McElhaney  is  of  Scotch  or  Irish  origin, 

McELHANEY     persumably  the  former,  and  the  representatives  of  this 

family   in   the   United    States   have   inherited   the   best 

traits  of  their  ancestors,  as  their  thrift  and  business  ability  have  amply 

proved. 

(I)  George  McElhaney,  the  first  of  the  name  of  whom  we  have  of- 
ficial record  in  this  country,  settled  on  a  large  tract  of  land  prior  to  1800 
and  this  is  still  in  possession  of  the  family. 

(II)  William  McElhaney,  son  of  George  McElhaney,  was  the  owner 
of  eight  hundred  acres  of  land  at  the  time  of  his  death,  a  part  of  this 
being  in  the  state  of  Ohio.  He  was  born  in  Independence  township,  and 
when  he  went  to  the  farm  which  he  later  occupied  he  was  obliged  to  blaze 
his  way  through  the  trackless  forest,  and  clear  the  land  of  the  timber  with 
which  it  was  overgrown.  At  the  time  of  the  Mexican  War  he  enlisted  in 
the  American  army,  but  after  his  arrival  at  Lake  Erie,  he  hired  a  sub- 
stitute and  returned  to  his  family.  Two  of  his  brothers — William  and 
Alexander — were  drafted  during  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War,  and  also 
sent  substitutes.  Mr.  McElhaney  married  Lydia  Strauss,  also  a  resident 
of  Independence  township,  but  a  native  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania. 


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(III)  George  (2)  McElhaney,  son  of  William  and  Lydia  (Strauss) 
McElhaney,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  next  to 
the  one  on  which  his  son,  W.  J.,  now  resides.  He  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools,  and  at  an  early  age  assisted  with  the  labors  of  the  home 
farm.  He  had  a  tract  of  six  hundred  acres  of  land  which  he  cultivated 
to  good  advantage.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Sarah 
(Woods)  McCoy,  all  natives  of  Beaver  county,  in  which  Mr.  McCoy  was 
a  pioneer  settler. 

(IV)  W.  J.  McElhaney,  son  of  George  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (McCoy) 
McElhaney,  was  born  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1845.  The  public  schools  furnished  him  with  a  good  practical 
education,  and  upon  its  completion  he  engaged  in  farming.  In  this  he  has 
been  very  successful,  but  he  has  not  rested  on  these  laurels.  The  field  of 
cattle  raising  appealed  to  him  as  being  an  interesting  and  lucrative  one, 
and  in  this  he  has  not  been  mistaken.  He  has  a  farm  of  four  hundred 
and  thirty  acres  in  Independence  township  and  a  further  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  eighteen  acres,  and  this  is  all  devoted  to  general  farming, 
to  the  raising  of  short  horns,  and  largely  to  the  breeding  of  sheep,  of 
which  he  has  many  fine  varieties.  He  had  installed  all  the  most  modern 
improvements  on  his  farms,  and  work  on  them  is  simplified  and  made  prac- 
tical to  the  utmost.  A  part  of  Mr.  McElhaney's  farm  was  the  old  home- 
stead of  his  grandfather  McElhaney,  in  fact  all  but  thirty-two  acres  of 
what  he  owns  was  the  property  of  his  grandfather.  He  has  made  his  own 
way  from  boyhood,  and  established  himself  independently  when  he  was 
but  twenty-three  years  of  age,  renting  a  farm  of  his  father  for  eight 
years,  paying  two  hundred  dollars  per  year;  he  then  bought  the  place  and 
has  since  made  his  home  on  the  same.  His  patriotism  has  been  a  dis- 
tinguishing trait  in  his  character.  In  the  public  affairs  of  the  township  and 
the  county  he  has  also  been  active  in  behalf  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
has  been  honored  with  public  office  a  number  of  times.  Among  these 
offices  may  be  mentioned:  Road  commissioner  several  times,  auditor  and 
school  director,  in  each  and  all  of  which  he  did  excellent  service.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 

Mr.  McElhaney  married,  in  1867,  Elizabeth  Miller,  and  they  have  had 
children:  Mary;  George,  deceased;  Margaret;  Calvin;  Anna;  Ethel; 
Howard,  deceased. 


EHjah  Barnes  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county, 
BARNES     Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  farmer  for  many  years.    During  the 

Civil  War  he  was  a  member  of  Company  F,  Forty-sixth 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  through  the  entire 
contest.  He  had  an  arm  taken  off  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  was  taken 
prisoner  on  another  occasion.  He  married  Mary  Dunn,  a  native  of  Scot- 
land, and  had  children:  Ella  M.,  Robert,  Walter,  see  forward;  Elvira. 
He  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party,  and  he  and  his  family  were  mem- 


568  PENNSYLVANIA 

bers  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mary  (Dunn)  Barnes  was 
the  daughter  of  Walter  and  Ellen  (Brownlee)  Dunn,  both  born  in  Scotland, 
who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1847  and  located  near  Sewickley,  Penn- 
sylvania. Later  they  removed  to  Bellows ville,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Dunn 
was  a  farmer  both  in  Scotland  and  America,  and  they  had  fifteen  children. 

Walter  Dunn  Barnes,  son  of  Elijah  and  Mary  (Dunn)  Barnes,  was 
born  in  Vanport,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1868.  For  a  time  he 
attended  the  public  schools  in  Bridgewater,  and  at  the  age  of  nine  years  he 
was  sent  to  an  orphans'  school  at  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  remained  until  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  then  transferred  to 
Butler.  He  then  came  to  the  farm  on  which  he  is  residing  at  the  present 
time  in  Shippingport,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  learned  the 
blacksmith's  trade.  He  worked  at  Beaver  Falls  for  six  years,  then  went 
to  McCleary,  and  there  followed  his  calling  for  a  period  of  eighteen  years. 
In  the  spring  of  1913  he  purchased  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  on  which 
he  is  now  living,  and  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He 
has  always  been  active  in  local  political  matters,  and  has  held  the  offices 
of  assessor,  collector  and  constable  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  staunch 
supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  of  the  local  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  Mr. 
Barnes  married,  February  9,  1898,  Jennie  Ewing,  daughter  of  David  and 
Sarah  A.  (Thornburg)  Ewing,  of  Raccoon  township  (see  Ewing  III). 
(The  Ewing  Line.) 

The  Ewings  came  to  America  at  a  very  early  date  and  settled  in 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  migrated  to  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1787,  and  took  up  farming  in  Beaver  county,  about  1802,  on 
Raccoon  creek.  This  was  the  paternal  great-grandfather  of  the  present 
generation,  and  after  a  time  he  presented  to  the  local  government  what 
is  now  Raccoon  township,  and  resided  in  that  region  until  his  death. 

(II)  John  Ewing,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  in  active  service  during 
the  War  of  1812,  and  was  discharged  after  he  had  been  crippled  while  in 
service.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  Jane  McCallister,  of  Irish  descent. 

(III)  David  Ewing,  son  of  John  and  Jane  (McCallister)  Ewing,  was 
born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  but  also  active  as  a 
farmer,  and  bought  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land.  He  was  an  active 
worker  in  the  Republican  party,  and  served  many  years  as  justice  of  the 
peace.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  A.,  born  in  Raccoon  township,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Nancy 

(Bounton)   Thornburg,  and  granddaughter  of  James  and  (Veasey) 

Thornburg.  Children:  Rufus;  Stanton  F.,  see  forward;  Elizabeth  K. ; 
Ellis  and  Willis,  twins,  the  latter  deceased;  Jennie,  married  Walter  Dunn 
Barnes  (see  Barnes). 

(IV)  Stanton  F.  Ewing,  son  of  David  and  Sarah  A.   (Thornburg) 


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Ewing,  was  bom  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1862.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
and  this  was  supplemented  by  tuition  in  a  private  school  at  Shippingport. 
He  took  up  farming  in  the  township  and  is  now  located  on  the  farm  which 
had  belonged  to  his  father.  Like  his  father,  he  has  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  community  affairs  as  a  member  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
has  served  as  school  director,  supervisor,  and  as  county  commissioner,  1909- 
loii.  He  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Ewing 
married,  in  1889,  Elvira  Barnes  and  they  have  children:  Hester  Mary, 
Sarah  Leona,  Nellie  Brownlee,  Myra  Jane,  Henry  Freemont,  Elizabeth 
Vem. 


The  records  of  the  lives  of  our  ancestors  are  of  interest  to 
CONKLE     the  modern  citizen,  not  alone  for  their  historical  value,  which 

is  great,  but  for  the  inspiration  and  example  which  they 
afford.  Among  those  who  have  come  to  this  country  from  Europe,  those 
from  the  land  of  Germany  or  from  German  speaking  countries,  have  done 
particularly  excellent  service.  They  have  been  frugal,  thrifty  and  indus- 
trious, and  have  always  worked  for  the  best  interests  of  the  communities 
in  which  they  have  resided.     To  this  class  belongs  the  Conkle  family. 

(I)  Henry  Conkle,  who  was  born  in  that  part  of  Russia  where  the 
German  language  is  spoken  most  frequently,  was  a  very  young  child  when 
he  came  to  America  with  his  parents,  who  settled  in  Ohio.  In  that  state  he 
grew  to  manhood.  When  he  had  attained  man's  estate,  he  removed  near 
Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  took  up  about  one 
hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  of  land  from  the  government.  He  cleared 
this,  which  was  a  wilderness  when  it  came  into  his  possession,  erected  sub- 
stantial log  buildings  as  a  dwelling  house,  barn,  etc.,  and  died  on  this  land 
in  1840.  He  was  noted  as  an  Indian  scout  and  hunter,  and  his  grandson, 
James  McCready  Conkle,  still  has  in  his  possession  some  of  the  weapons 
used  by  Mr.   Conkle.     Mr.  Conkle  was   twice  married,  his  second  wife 

surviving  him.     Children  by  first  marriage:     Betsey,  who  married  

Lewis,  and  died  in  Ohio ;  Sarah,  married Shalk,  and  died  near  Hooks- 
town;  Polly,  married  Glenn,  and  died  near  Hookstown;  John,  of 

further  mention;  Jacob;  Samuel,  died  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio;  George, 
died  in  Iowa.  Children  of  second  marriage:  Henry,  died  on  the  home- 
stead; William;  Mattie,  married  Twiford,  and  died  in  Iowa;  Mar- 
garet, died  unmarried. 

(II)  John  Conkle,  son  of  Henry  Conkle  and  his  first  wife,  was  bom 
near  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1796,  died  about 
1885.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  a  part  of  the  family  homestead, 
and  there  erected  a  fine  log  house.  He  cultivated  this  property  for  many 
years,  and  late  in  life  removed  to  Hookstown,  where  his  death  occurred. 
He  married  Catherine  Pursley,  born  in  1812,  near  Greensburg,  West- 
moreland county,  Pennsylvania,  the  only  daughter  of  her  father  by  a  sec- 


570  PENNSYLVANIA 

ond  marriage,  and  died  many  years  before  her  husband.  They  had  chil- 
dren :     Henry,  a  carpenter,  died  in  Nebraska ;  Mary  Ann,  married  

Hubbell,  and  died  in  Hookstown;  Jacob,  died  in  infancy;  Margaret,  mar- 
ried Peter  Cook,  and  died  in  Hookstown;  John,  a  carpenter,  died  in 
Urbana,  Illinois;  James  McCready,  of  further  mention;  Milton,  died  while 
in  service  during  the  Civil  War;  William,  a  soldier,  and  later  a  steamboat 
steward,  died  in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania;  Vincent,  an  old  soldier,  now 
lives  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio;  Robert,  deceased,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil 
War  and  served  three  years  in  that  conflict. 

(Ill)  James  McCready  Conkle,  son  of  John  and  Catherine  (Pursley) 
Conkle,  was  born  near  Hookstown,  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  lo,  1832.  After  completing  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  near  his  birthplace,  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  car- 
penter's trade,  with  which  he  was  occupied  until  1852.  He  then  became 
a  millwright,  and  followed  this  calling  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  after 
which  he  went  to  work  as  a  pattern  maker.  In  1864-65  he  was  engaged 
in  transportation  work  on  the  Mississippi  river  for  the  government.  He 
next  settled  at  Island  Run,  Elk  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  drilled  for 
oil  and  remained  one  year.  Removing  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1867,  he  has  lived  there  since  that  time.  He  followed 
his  calling,  however,  in  both  Beaver  Falls  and  in  Pittsburgh.  Some  time 
ago  he  retired  from  active  business  interests,  and  now  lives  at  No.  920 
Eighth  avenue.  He  erected  several  buildings  on  Seventh  avenue,  but  has 
sold  all  of  these  with  the  exception  of  one.  Mr.  Conkle  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the  lodge  and 
encampment  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Conkle  married,  July  26,  1866,  Mary  McKeage,  born  in  Industry, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  16,  1849,  daughter  of  Robert  Mc- 
Keage, born  in  Norristown,  Pennsylvania.  He  came  to  Industry  in  1847, 
and  removed  to  Glasgow  in  the  same  county,  in  i860.  He  was  a  cooper 
by  trade,  following  this  occupation  all  of  his  life,  and  died  in  Philadelphia, 
whither  he  had  removed.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Maria  Ruth,  both  natives  of  Pottstown,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was 
a  tailor.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Conkle,  Robert  McKeage,  was 
also  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  died  in  Philadelphia ;  he  married  Mary  Hetzel, 
both  being  natives  of  Norristown.  Mrs.  Hannah  (Ruth)  McKeage  died  in 
Coraopolis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Conkle  had  children:  Charles  E.,  a  molder, 
lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Walter  B.,  a  molder,  Hves  in  Beaver  Falls;  Paul, 
died  in  infancy;  Roy  E.,  a  clerk,  lives  with  his  parents. 


The  Shane  family,  which  is  now  represented  in  Beaver  county, 
SHANE     Pennsylvania,  has  been   noted   for  some  generations   for  the 

faithful  manner  in  which  they  perform  their  duties  in  the 
various  stations  of  life  to  which  they  have  been  called.  They  came  origin- 
ally from  Ireland,  and  the  fine  dominant  traits  of  that  nation  are  still  ap- 
parent. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  571 

(I)  John  Shane  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1822, 
and  died  1913,  in  Mansfield,  Pennsylvania.  His  education  was  acquired  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  day,  and  for  many  years  he  was  occupied  with 
farming.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  worked  at  his  trade  of  car- 
pentry, then  removed  to  Swaynesville,  where  he  worked  as  a  wagon 
maker.  He  then  removed  to  Mansfield,  Ohio,  where  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Alton  Taylor  Machine  Company  as  a  wagon  builder,  and  then 
again  as  a  carpenter.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Service  Church  during 
the  years  he  lived  in  that  town,  and  joined  the  Mansfield  Church  when 
he  removed  there.  He  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War, 
and  served  a  ninety-day  term.  Mr.  Shane  married  (first)  Mary  Ewing, 
(second)  Belle  Wycoflf.  Children  by  first  marriage:  John  Henry,  de- 
ceased; Helen  Jane;  Angeline;  Caroline,  died  in  early  youth;  Cornelius 
Calvin,  see  forward.  Children  by  second  marriage :  Presley,  deceased ;  Wil- 
liam. 

(II)  Cornelius  Calvin  Shane,  youngest  child  of  John  and  Mary  (Ew- 
ing) Shane,  was  born  in  Service,  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  27,  1857.  ^^  was  but  three  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  the  death  of  his  mother,  and  he  was  taken  to  the  farm  of  his 
maternal  grandparents,  John  and  Jane  (McCallister)  Ewing,  and  there 
his  childhood  and  youth  were  spent,  and  there  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  acquired  his  education.  His  grandparents  were  among  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  that  section  of  the  country  and  were  held  in  high 
esteem.  The  homestead  farm  consisted  of  three  hundred  acres  and  was 
considered  one  of  the  fine  farms  of  that  region.  Mr.  Ewing  died  in  1866. 
Mr.  Shane  has  always  been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He 
has  one  farm  at  Shippingport,  Beaver  county,  which  comprises  one  hun- 
dred acres,  and  another  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  acres,  both  in  a 
fine  state  of  cultivation  for  general  produce.  He  keeps  these  two  farms 
up  to  the  mark  in  every  particular,  providing  them  with  the  latest  im- 
provements in  farm  implements  and  machinery  and  with  the  necessary 
buildings.  The  house  which  is  used  as  a  residence  at  the  present  time  was 
erected  by  William  Ewing  in  1886.  He  has  been  a  very  public-spirited  citi- 
zen, and  as  a  representative  of  the  Republican  party,  he  has  been  elected 
and  appointed  to  a  number  of  public  offices,  which  he  has  filled  with  dignity 
and  with  satisfaction  to  all  concerned.  He  served  as  assessor  and  collector 
of  the  township  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  and  was  constable  for  six 
years.  He  is  a  liberal  member  of  the  Mount  Pleasant  United  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  a  regular  attendant. 

Mr.  Shane  married,  in  the  spring  of  1881,  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Kennedy,  a  stone  mason  of  Greene  township.  They  have  been  blessed 
with  the  following  named  children:  William  E.,  who  lives  in  Monaca, 
Beaver  county ;  Wallace  L.,  Lyle  K.,  Frederick  W.,  Lester  C,  at  home. 


572  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  Henderson  family  of  whom  this  review  treats  is 
HENDERSON     of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  the  family  having  been  orig- 
inally of  Scotland,  from  whence  it  migrated  to  Ireland, 
and  ultimately  came  to  this  country. 

(I)  Joseph  Henderson  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country 
with  his  wife  and  family.  He  landed  at  Philadelphia,  where  his  wife  died 
a  few  days  after  landing.  He  reached  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, about  1848,  and  died  there  after  a  residence  of  about  one  year.  In 
Ireland  he  had  been  a  farmer,  and  followed  the  same  occupation  in  the 
United  States.    He  married  Martha  Hamilton. 

(II)  Robert  Henderson,  son  of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Hamilton) 
Henderson,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  learned  to  read  and  write  after  his 
arrival  in  this  country.  He  was  an  apt  student  and  acquired  knowledge 
rapidly,  and  in  later  life  made  good  use  of  the  advantages  he  had  gained. 
He  went  westward  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  arrived  with  fifty  cents  in  his 
pocket,  and  from  that  city  walked  to  Fallston,  alone,  when  he  was  but 
sixteen  years  of  age.  He  dug  coal,  and  worked  in  a  bucket  factory  in 
Fallston,  and  when  he  had  acquired  a  sufficient  capital,  he  removed  to 
Raccoon  township,  where  he  purchased  land.  At  first  he  bought  one  hun- 
dred acres,  to  this  he  added  fifty-two  as  opportunity  offered,  and  finally 
added  another  hundred.  This  he  cleared  to  a  great  extent  for  general 
farming  purposes,  and  there  he  died,  in  1900.  His  religious  allegiance 
was  with  the  Bethlehem  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  a  staunch  Re- 
publican in  his  political  views,  and  served  as  school  director  and  as  su- 
pervisor. During  the  Civil  War  he  did  excellent  service  as  a  recruiting 
officer.  He  married  Sarah  McCullough,  who  died  in  1905,  daughter  of 
Dr.  William  and  Mary  (Cobbey)  McCullough,  the  former  a  native  of 
Ireland,  the  latter  born  in  England,  who  met  on  the  vessel  on  which  they 
made  the  voyage  to  America,  and  were  married  upon  their  arrival  at 
Philadelphia.  They  settled  in  Georgetown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  a  physician  with  an  excellent  practice.  Dr.  McCullough  had 
been  the  recipient  of  an  excellent  education  in  Ireland,  and  his  brother 
was  county  surveyor,  and  it  is  thought  that  he  laid  out  the  county;  his 
name  was  Hugh  McCullough.  Robert  and  Sarah  (McCullough)  Hender- 
son had  children,  as  follows:  Joseph,  William  John,  Samuel  Tucker, 
Robert  Thomas,  Benjamin  Franklin,  James  Madison. 

(III)  James  Madison  Henderson,  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  (McCul- 
lough) Henderson,  was  born  in  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1857.  With  the  exception  of  a  period  of  six  months  the  entire 
life  of  Mr.  Henderson  has  been  spent  on  the  farm,  the  old  homestead. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  having  a  natural  taste  for 
reading  he  has  become  a  very  well  informed  man.  He  is  engaged  in  gen- 
eral farming  and  stock  raising,  in  both  of  which  fields  he  has  met  with 
decided  success.  He  is  a  wide  awake  and  progressive  man,  keeping  well 
abreast  of  the  times,  and  politically  supports  the  Republican  party.     Al- 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  573 

though  he  has  never  sought  public  office,  he  has  been  honored  by  the 
proffer  of  it,  and  has  served  as  supervisor  of  the  township.  Mr.  Hender- 
son married,  in  1882,  Lettilda  Hineman,  and  they  have  children,  all  of 
whom  have  been  successful  teachers:  Jessie  Mabel,  married  Harry  Thorn- 
burg,  of  Raccoon  township;  Benjamin  Franklin,  married  Mabel  Viola  Hart- 
man;  Samuel  Clarence,  graduated  from  Grove  City  College,  principal  of 
the  high  school  at  Monaca,  and  is  now  preparing  for  entrance  as  a  minister 
into  the  Presbyterian  Church;  Eugene  Leslie,  a  teacher;  Stanley  Osborne, 
a  teacher. 


The   Kennedy   family,   now  of   Beaver   county,   Pennsyl- 
KENNEDY    vania,    while    it   has    not   been    resident    in   this    country 

many  generations,  has  fully  proved  its  worth  as  containing 
earnest  and  patriotic  citizens,  and  men  who  have  risen  to  prominence  in 
various  fields  of  industry. 

(I)  Samuel  Kennedy  was  born  in  Ireland  and  came  to  America  with 
three  sons.  He  located  in  the  Allegheny  mountains,  removing  to  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1790,  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  four  hundred  acres. 
There  he  built  a  cabin  in  which  he  lived  for  a  time,  and  in  1809  erected  a 
stone  dwelling.  This  is  still  standing  in  good  condition  and  is  now  the 
property  of  the  heirs  of  Alexander  Moore.  He  and  his  sons  cleared  much 
of  this  land  and  made  it  very  profitable.  For  a  time  he  was  a  Seceder,  but 
later  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  (first) 
Martha  Bowl,  (second)  Fannie  McClure. 

(H)  Samuel  (2)  Kennedy,  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and  Martha  (Bowl) 
Kennedy,  was  bom  in  Ireland,  March  29,  1797,  and  was  a  child  when  he 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  father.  He  was  educated  in  the  country 
district  schools,  and  was  mainly  engaged  in  farming,  although  he  was  also 
a  woodsman  and  a  carpenter.  Much  of  the  timber  which  he  cut  down  was 
used  in  the  building  of  boats.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-seven  acres,  on  which  he  lived  at  first  in  a  log  house,  built 
by  himself.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  was  in  office  for  a  con- 
siderable length  of  time  as  supervisor  and  also  as  school  director.  For 
many  years  he  was  an  elder  in  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
Mr.  Kennedy  married  Jane,  born  near  the  mouth  of  Service  Creek,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  Bryan,  who  were  early  settlers  in  that  region,  and  also 
members  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church.  They  had  thirteen 
children. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Smith  Kennedy,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Jane  (Bryan) 
Kennedy,  was  born  on  the  homestead  farm,  on  which  he  still  resides, 
October  17,  1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  town- 
ship, and  has  never  been  away  from  his  farm  with  the  exception  of  six 
months  which  he  spent  in  West  Virginia.  He  cultivates  his  farm  for  gen- 
eral produce,  and  is  eminently  successful  in  this  endeavor.  He  and  his 
sons  erected  a  fine  and  commodious  new  house  in  19 10,  and  this  has  been 


574  PENNSYLVANIA 

supplied  with  all  modern  conveniences.  During  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Ken- 
nedy took  no  active  part  in  the  struggle,  as  it  fell  to  his  lot  to  stay  at  home 
and  look  after  the  comfort  and  welfare  of  his  parents,  and  that  of  the 
family  of  his  brother  John,  who  was  drafted.  The  latter  returned  safely 
from  the  war,  and  the  old  order  was  resumed.  Mr.  Kennedy  and  his 
family  were  formerly  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Hookstown,  now  they  are  Seventh  Day  Adventists.  He  casts  his  vote  in 
favor  of  the  Democratic  candidates,  has  served  as  school  director,  and  has 
been  offered  the  post  of  justice  of  the  peace  but  has  declined. 

Mr.  Kennedy  married,  June  9,  1868,  Mary  Jane  Smith,  of  West  Vir- 
ginia, daughter  of  David  Smith,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  Confederate 
army.  They  have  had  children:  Dora  Lena,  Charles  Howard,  Jennie 
Magdala,  Carrie  Elizabeth,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years;  Frank 
Estie,  David  Samuel,  Smith  Albert,  Elisha  Edwin,  Ella  Belle,  Robert 
Livingston,  John  Bryan,  Lily  Vern,  Isalina,  died  in  infancy. 


James  Cargo,  who  was  born  in  Scotland,  emigrated  to  the 
CARGO  United  States  shortly  after  his  marriage.  He  arrived  at  Phila- 
delphia, and  from  there  went  across  the  mountains  and  founded 
a  home  for  himself  and  his  family  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a 
tailor  by  trade,  and  was  the  first  tailor  of  Pittsburgh,  his  place  of  business 
being  at  what  is  now  Liberty  street  and  Sixth  avenue.  He  remained  a 
resident  of  Pittsburgh  until  his  death  which  occurred  in  1847.  He  was  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  Whig  party.  He  and  his  family  were  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married,  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  Mary  Clancy, 
a  native  of  that  city,  who  died  in  Pittsburgh  in  1878,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
two  years.  Children:  Eliza,  John  Alexander,  James,  William,  Sarah, 
Robert,  George,  Joseph  Markel,  see  forward ;  Margaret,  Mary,  died  young ; 
an  infant,  now  deceased. 

(II)  Joseph  Markel  Cargo,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Qaney)  Cargo, 
was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  October  31,  1843.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  in  the  suburbs  of  Pittsburgh,  and  although  he 
was  scarcely  more  than  a  young  lad  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  he  at 
once  offered  his  services  in  defense  of  what  he  considered  the  rights  of 
his  beloved  country.  He  enlisted,  in  i86z,  in  Company  C,  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-fifth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  General  Lee,  and 
was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  A  partial  list  of  the  battles  in 
which  he  participated  is  as  follows :  Fredericksburg,  Antietam,  Chancellors- 
ville,  Gettysburg,  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Cold  Harbor, 
Petersburg,  Bethesda  Church,  Beaver's  Farm,  Boydon  Plank  Road,  Five 
Forks,  and  many  other  skirmishes  and  smaller  engagements.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  returned  to  Pittsburgh  and  there  engaged  in  the  contracting 
business  which  he  followed  for  many  years.  In  1886  he  removed  to  Roch- 
ester and  was  for  a  time  a  contractor  there.     He  was  elected  to  the  office 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  575 

of  justice  of  the  peace  in  1898,  and  is  still  holding  that  position.  In  March, 
1910,  he  was  appointed  burgess  and  is  now  serving  that  term.  Mr.  Cargo 
has  always  been  an  ardent  Republican,  and  cast  his  vote  for  Abraham  Lin- 
coln. He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Beaver  County  Telephone  Company,  and 
is  the  owner  of  much  real  estate  in  Rochester.  He  and  his  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  he  holds  membership  in 
Post  No.  183,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  in  which  he  held  the  office  of 
Post  commander,  and  the  Union  Veterans'  Legion,  Camp  No.  72,  of 
Rochester. 

Mr.   Cargo  married    (first)    January  7,    1867,   Laura   L.  Rhodes,  of 

Allegheny  City,  and  had  children:     Charles,  married  Ada  and  lives 

in  Burlington,  Vermont;  Jane,  deceased,  married  George  Musser,  and  left 
children:  Grover,  Laura  and  Mildred;  William,  a  resident  of  Rochester, 
married  Hattie  Blaine,  and  has  one  child ;  Warren,  resides  in  Buffalo,  New 

York,  married  Clara ,  has  no  children;  Lida,  resides  with  her  father. 

Mr.  Cargo  married  second)  Annabell  Graham,  but  has  no  children  by 
this  marriage. 


Alexander  Kennedy,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  came  to 
KENNEDY     this  country  as  a  young  lad  more  than  a  century  ago.    He, 

in  company  with  his  brother,  located  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  but  they  soon  separated,  each  going  his  own  way.  Alexander 
remained  in  Beaver  county,  wiiere  he  married  at  Links  Bridge,  Emeline 
McMertrie,  who  was  born  there.  Her  father  was  Colonel  McMertrie,  and 
he  and  his  wife  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  section,  coming  there 
when  it  was  still  almost  a  wilderness.  Colonel  McMertrie  brought  his 
possessions  to  the  place  on  a  wheelbarrow,  built  a  log  cabin,  and  cleared 
the  land  for  farming  purposes. 

(II)  John  Kennedy,  son  of  Alexander  and  Emeline  (McMertrie) 
Kennedy,  was  born  at  Seventysix,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  schools  in  Green  Garden,  being  obliged  to  walk 
from  six  to  seven  miles  daily.  He  became  the  owner  of  almost  seven  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  at  Seventysix,  the  greater  part  of  which  he  cleared.  He 
bought  four  hundred  acres  near  Green  Garden,  cleared  and  broke  it,  and 
erected  a  log  house  there,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  where 
he  was  in  business  as  a  live  stock  dealer.  He  lived  in  Pittsburgh  and  its 
vicinity  for  about  seven  years,  then  removed  to  Allegheny  county,  where 
he  purchased  eighty-five  acres,  and  there  his  death  occurred.  He  was  of 
unusually  large  stature  and  of  great  strength.  His  political  affiliation  was 
with  the  Democratic  party,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  David  and  Polly  (Philips) 
Alexander,  who  were  also  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  county.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  David  A.,  see  forward ;  Emeline  Jane,  Sadie,  Matilda,  Mary, 
John,  Louise. 

(III)  David  Alexander  Kennedy,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Alex- 


576  PENNSYLVANIA 

ander)  Kennedy,  was  born  at  Seventysix,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  30,  i868.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county, 
remaining  with  his  father  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  He  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  for  whom  he  had  charge 
of  the  wells  located  between  Sheffield  and  Burgettstown.  After  some  time 
spent  at  Imperial,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  also  in  the  employ  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Company,  he  resigned  his  position  with  them,  and  formed 
a  connection  with  the  Ohio  Valley  Oil  Company,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  a  period  of  eight  years,  in  the  states  of  Ohio  and  West  Virginia.  In 
T907  he  purchased  two  hundred  and  twelve  acres  of  land  in  Hanover  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  devotes  his  entire  time  now  to 
farming  and  stock  raising,  in  which  fields  he  has  achieved  a  very  satisfac- 
tory amount  of  success.  He  has  never  taken  a  very  active  part  in  the 
political  affairs  of  the  community,  but  gives  his  support  to  the  Democratic 
party.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Kennedy  married.  May  5,  1891,  Emma  Cain,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  which  she  has  always  lived,  and  who  was  one 
of  a  family  of  fourteen  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kennedy  have  children: 
Elizabeth,  married  Straus  Keifer,  and  lives  in  West  Virginia;  Eva,  who  is 
at  home  with  her  parents. 


In  the  earlier  half  of  the  nineteenth  century  William  Glenn 
GLENN     with  his  wife  and  family  crossed  the  mountains  and  settled  for 

a  time  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  In  1835  he  re- 
moved to  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land.  Returning  to  Washington  county  alone  for 
a  time,  he  died  and  was  buried  there.  He  married  Mary  Chapman  and 
had  several  children. 

(II)  David  Glenn,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Chapman)  Glenn,  was 
born  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  crossed  the  mountains  with 
his  parents.  He  was  probably  old  enough  to  have  acquired  his  education 
before  this  journey  was  undertaken.  Between  1835  and  1840  he  pur- 
chased two  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Beaver  county,  in  association  with 
his  brother,  but  later  he  owned  it  alone,  having  bought  his  brother's  in- 
terest. He  cleared  a  portion  of  the  land  and  erected  the  necessary  dwelling 
house  as  well  as  barns  and  outhouses,  and  was  engaged  in  general  farming 
and  stock  raising  very  successfully.  He  was  sixty  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  In  political  matters  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
Mary  Conkle,  whose  parents  were  pioneers  near  Hookstown,  and  who  died 
at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  They  were  members  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church,  at  first  going  as  far  as  Hanover  to  attend,  but  later  going 
to  Hookstown.  Of  their  nine  children  the  following  named  grew  to 
maturity:  Margaret  Conkle,  bom  m  1840;  Mary  Jane  Conkle,  William, 
Thomas  C. 

(III)  Thomas  C.  Glenn,  son  of  David  and  Mary   (Conkle)   Glenn, 


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was  born  on  the  Glenn  homestead  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
26,  1850.  He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  which  he  was  obliged  to 
leave  at  an  early  age  in  order  to  assist  in  the  support  of  the  family.  He 
has  always  resided  on  the  homestead  farm,  having  purchased  one  hundred 
acres  of  this  homestead  and  has  improved  it  in  many  directions.  Among 
these  improvements  are  a  number  of  fine  buildings  which  have  been 
erected  by  his  direction  and  at  his  expense.  The  farm  is  still  cultivated  for 
general  produce,  and  is  now  under  the  personal  management  of  a  nephew 
of  Mr.  Glenn,  although  his  is  still  the  guiding  spirit.  For  many  years  he 
has  been  a  factor  to  be  reckoned  with  in  the  councils  of  the  Republican 
party  of  that  section  of  the  country,  and  it  has  greatly  profited  thereby. 
He  has  served  as  auditor  and  supervisor  of  Greene  township,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Republican  county  committee.  His  religious  affiliation  is 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


The  Whitehills  are  of  Scotch  descent,  and  were  first 
WHITEHILL     found  in  America  in  1723.    The  founder  of  the  family 

in  this  country,  James  Whitehill,  was  born  in  Scotland, 
February  i,  1700,  and  came  to  America  in  1723,  at  which  time  he  settled 
in  Pennsylvania.  He  obtained  his  first  warrant  for  land  on  December 
2,  1734,  his  tract  being  situated  near  the  head  of  Pequea  creek,  Lancaster 
county,  Pennsylvania.  For  more  than  one  hundred  years  this  creek  was 
known  as  Whitehill's  Run,  and  is  now  called  Henderson's  Run.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  prospered  and  later  made  other  large  purchases  of  land. 

(I)  James  Whitehill,  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
bom  on  the  family  homestead,  a  little  below  Kendall,  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  his  marriage  took  place.  Shortly 
afterward  he  purchased  a  farm  of  four  hundred  acres  in  Hanover  township, 
on  which  he  built  a  house,  but  about  1850  removed  to  the  Ewing  place  in 
Greene  township ;  he  retained  his  ownership  of  the  farm  in  Hanover  township, 
later  returned  to  it,  and  died  there  in  1856.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Whig  party,  and  served  as  township  assessor  and  as  constable.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Mill  Creek  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
married  Martha  Ewing,  and  had  children:  James,  a  farmer  who  died  in 
Ohio;  John,  a  farmer,  died  in  West  Virginia;  Robert,  died  on  the  home- 
stead; Deborah,  married  William  Ramsey,  and  died  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania ;  Joseph  McCready,  see  forward ;  David,  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Hatcher's  Run  during  the  Civil  War ;  William  Ewing,  see  forward. 
(H)  Joseph  McCready  Whitehill,  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Ewing) 
Whitehill,  was  born  on  the  homestead  below  Kendall,  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  he  was  educated.  He  engaged  in 
farming  independently  when  he  attained  man's  estate,  becoming  the  owner 
of  one  hundred  and  seventeen  acres.  This  he  improved  in  many  directions, 
and  in  addition  to  general  farming  was  extensively  engaged  in  sheep  rais- 
ing.   All  his  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Tomlinson's  Run  United  Pres- 


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byterian  Church.  He  married  Mary  Kerr,  born  near  Comettsburg,  Wash- 
ington county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Andrew  T.  Kerr.  They  had 
children:    Minnie  Luella;  John  Telford,  see  forward;  Thomas  Ewing. 

(Ill)  John  Telford  Whitehill,  son  of  Joseph  McCready  and  Mary 
(Kerr)  Whitehill,  was  born  in  Hanover  township.  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  30,  1879.  He  was  educated  in  his  native  township,  and 
was  a  student  at  the  Frankfort  Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  honor.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  railroad  company,  with 
which  he  remained  six  years,  then  farmed  for  a  time.  At  the  present  time 
he  is  on  the  Hookstown  to  Industry  Star  Route.  He  also  cultivates  ninety- 
six  acres  of  land  for  general  farming  purposes.  His  political  affiliations 
are  with  the  Republican  party,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Mill  Creek 
Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Whitehill  married  (first)  April  29,  1904,  Nora 
Iradell  Ewing,  and  had  one  child:  Joseph  Ewing.  He  married  (second) 
June  21,  191 1,  Cora  Louise  Cameron,  daughter  of  John  O.  and  Minerva 
Ellen  (Tindall)  Cameron,  natives  of  Hancock  county,  West  Virginia,  and 
Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  respectively,  and  has  one  child,  Elizabeth  Ellen. 

(II)  William  Ewing  Whitehill,  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Ewing) 
Whitehill,  was  bom  on  the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides,  August  27, 
1847.  John  Ewing,  his  maternal  grandfather,  was  an  old  resident  of 
Greene  township,  where  he  was  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two 
hundred  acres  of  land,  which  he  farmed.  He  had  children:  John,  died 
on  the  homestead  in  Greene  township,  was  a  farmer;  James,  same  as 
preceding;  Martha,  married  James  Whitehill,  and  became  the  mother  of 
William  E.  Whitehill;  Sarah,  married  Joseph  Moore,  and  died  in  Beaver 
county ;  Mary,  married  Dr.  Coburn,  and  died  in  Ohio ;  Belle,  married  James 
Moody,  and  died  in  Greene  township.  William  Ewing  Whitehill  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  from  an  early  age  assisted  his 
father  in  the  management  and  cultivation  of  the  homestead  farm.  He, 
together  with  his  brothers,  Robert  and  Joseph  McCready,  purchased  the 
interests  of  the  other  heirs  ,and  he  now  owns  one  hundred  and  forty-three 
acres.  He  has  erected  a  fine  dwelling  house  and  a  barn,  and  made  many 
other  improvements.  He  also  devotes  considerable  time  to  stock  raising. 
He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Mill  Creek  Presbyterian  Church,  in 
which  he  has  served  as  a  trustee  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  Republican  party,  and  he  has  served 
as  road  commissioner  and  as  supervisor.  Mr.  Whitehill  married,  in  1870, 
Jennie  Stephenson,  born  in  Greene  township,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Belle  (Stewart)  Stephenson,  and  granddaughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Henderson)  Stewart,  of  Scotch  descent,  who  were  early  settlers  in  Han- 
cock county,  West  Virginia,  near  the  Pennsylvania  line,  where  he  was  a 
farmer,  and  erected  a  brick  house  which  is  still  standing,  and  where  both 
died.  Thomas  and  Jane  (Smith)  Stephenson,  the  paternal  grandparents 
of  Mrs.  Whitehill,  were  old  settlers  near  Hookstown,  where  he  was  an 
extensive  land  owner;  they  had  eleven  or  twelve  children.    WilHam  Ewing 


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and  Jennie  (Stephenson)  Whitehill  had  children:  Belle,  married  E.  H. 
Swearingen,  has  no  children,  and  lives  with  her  father  on  the  homestead; 
Mary,  was  graduated  from  Slippery  Rock  Normal  School,  and  is  a  teacher 
in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 


George  Hartzel  was  born  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania, 
HARTZEL  and  removed  to  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, about  1830.  He  located  on  a  farm  which  is  now 
known  as  the  Michael  Young  farm,  where  he  cleared  the  land  and  pre- 
pared it  for  farming  purposes.  He  died  at  Brush  Creek,  Cranberry  town- 
ship, Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  while  living  with  a  daughter.  He  mar- 
ried Catherine  Cron,  born  in  Germany,  and  they  had  children:  George, 
John,  see  forward;  Jacob,  Michael,  Betsey,  Catherine,  Hannah,  Sarah, 
Maria. 

(II)  John  Hartzel,  son  of  George  and  Catherine  (Cron)  Hartzel,  was 
born  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life,  and 
the  owner  of  about  three  hundred  and  six  acres  of  land,  all  in  Marion 
township.  He  cleared  and  improved  the  land  and  became  a  man  of  in- 
fluence in  the  community.  He  affiliated  with  the  Democratic  party,  and 
served  as  supervisor  and  school  director  for  a  number  of  years.  He  mar- 
ried Dolly  Knauff,  born  in  Germany,  who  came  to  this  country  at  the  age 

of  three  years  with  her  parents,  Michael  and  Knauff,  about  1820. 

They  bought  a  farm  in  Jackson  township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  put  up  the  first  log  buildings.  They  had  ahogether  one  hundred  and 
thirty  acres.  Their  children  were:  Michael,  Nicholas,  Dolly,  married  Mr. 
Hartzel;  Margaret,  Barbara,  Casper.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hartzel: 
George,  see  forward;  Michael,  Catherine,  now  Mrs.  Wolf;  John,  Henry, 
Margaret,  Herman,  Jacob,  Andrew. 

(III)  George  (2)  Hartzel,  son  of  John  and  Dolly  (Knauflf)  Hartzel, 
was  born  in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  24, 
1839.  He  was  educated  in  the  old  log  schoolhouse,  and  has  been  engaged 
in  farming  all  his  life.  At  first  he  resided  on  a  fifty-acre  farm  in  Marion 
township,  then  removed,  July  2,  1889,  to  the  farm  on  which  he  is  residing 
at  the  present  time,  this  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  one  acres.  He  put 
up  excellent  buildings,  and  has  made  many  improvements  in  the  place. 
He  gives  his  political  support  to  the  Democrats,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
German  Lutheran  Church.  Mr.  Hartzel  married  (first)  about  1858,  Mary 
Lutz,  and  had  children:  George,  John  W.,  see  forward;  Albert,  Amos 
and  Mary,  twins.  He  married  (second)  1868,  Anna  Lutz,  a  sister  of  his 
first  wife,  and  had  children:  Edward  and  Harry.  He  married  (third) 
in  January,  1884,  Elizabeth  Luntz,  and  has  one  child,  Charles  P.,  born 
December  15,  1887;  he  has  always  been  engaged  in  general  farming;  he 
married,  March  4,  1908,  Laura  R.  Blinn. 

(IV)  John  W.  Hartzel,  son  of  George  (2)  and  Mary  (Lutz)  Hartzel, 
was  born   in   Marion  township,   Beaver  county.   Pennsylvania,   March    13, 


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1863.  He  was  reared  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  attending  the  com- 
mon schools  there,  later  becoming  an  attendant  at  the  night  schools  and  at 
Peirsol's  Academy  in  Rochester.  He  served  his  apprenticeship  to  the  tin- 
ning and  plumbing  trade,  then  established  himself  in  that  business  in  Roch- 
ester, in  1886,  and  is  still  identified  with  it  very  successfully.  He  has  been 
prominent  in  local  political  circles  as  a  Republican,  and  served  as  sheriff 
of  the  county  from  1908  to  191 1.  He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  Rochester.  As  a  business  man  he  is  held  in  high  esteem, 
and  he  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Beaver  County  Telephone  Company  and  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Rochester. 

Mr.  Hartzel  married,  in  1888,  Kate  A.  Blaine,  a  relative  of  the  noted 
statesman,  James  G.  Blaine.  They  have  had  children:  Ethelinda,  Paul, 
deceased;  Gale,  Mary,  Merle.  The  family  attends  the  Lutheran  Church 
at  Rochester,  and  Mr.  Hartzel  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Junior 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 


Scotland  and  the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century  are  the  two 
NICKLE    essentials   with   which   this   story   of   the   Nickle    family   of 

Beaver  county  begins,  for  it  was  from  that  land  that  David 
Nickle  and  his  wife  came  to  the  United  States. 

(I)  David  Nickle,  the  head  of  the  line  herein  traced,  was  born  in  Scot- 
land in  1 78 1,  died  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
March  6,  1847.  After  his  marriage  in  Scotland  in  1807,  he  came  to 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  remainder  of  his  days  were  spent. 
He  married  Mary  Murray,  born  in  Scotland  in  1790,  died  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  May  18,  1861,  and  was  the  father  of:  James,  born  in  Scot- 
land, January  7,  1808;  George,  William,  David,  Matthew,  of  whom  further; 
Alexander,  Eliza,  Margaret,  all  born  in  Pennsylvania. 

(ID  Matthew  Nickle,  son  of  David  and  Mary  (Murray)  JMickle,  was 
born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  7,  1822,  died 
in  that  county,  September  3,  1904.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  early  in  life  began  farming,  becoming  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  four 
hundred  and  fifty  acres,  much  of  which  he  and  his  sons  cleared.  On  this 
large  farm  he  at  some  times  grazed  several  hundred  sheep,  being  one  of 
the  most  extensive  dealers  in  the  vicinity,  also  conducting  general  farming. 
His  church  was  the  United  Presbyterian,  and  there  were  few  more  earnest 
workers  among  the  members  of  that  organization  than  he,  the  amount  of 
his  beneficences  reaching  far  beyond  the  contribution  of  even  a  generous 
man  of  his  means.  Nor  were  his  church  works  entirely  material,  for  he 
held  the  position  of  elder  in  that  church,  taking  active  part  in  its  varied 
activities  and  by  the  splendid  example  of  his  Christian  life  daily  preaching 
the  gospel  of  right  living  and  love  for  God  and  man.  In  public  life  he 
was  also  active,  taking  a  keen  interest  in  politics,  his  sympathies  being  with 
the  Democratic  party,  and  holding  the  offices  of  road  supervisor  and  school 


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director.  The  devotion  of  his  life  to  reHgious  works  is  at  once  plain  when 
it  is  learned  that  for  forty-seven  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  session  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  many  years  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  sciiool. 

He  married  (first)  August  26,  1847,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Pat- 
terson, of  Carroll  county,  Ohio,  born  January  8,  1828,  died  May  6,  1868. 
After  her  death  he  married  (second)  October  8,  1868,  a  widow,  Jane  (Big- 
ger) Hall,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  December  5,  1895.  Chil- 
dren of  Mlatthew  and  Margaret  (Patterson)  Nickle:  John  Bryan,  born 
July  28,  1848;  Thomas  M.,  of  whom  further;  David  Franklin,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1852;  Alexander  Murray,  of  whom  further;  James,  born  May 
20,  1856;  Mary,  born  July  3,  1857;  Jeanette,  born  July  i,  1861 ;  Margaret 
Robena,  born  March  18,  1865;  William  P.  Scott,  born  July  13,  1867. 

(HI)  Thomas  M.  Nickle,  son  of  Matthew  and  Margaret  (Patterson) 
Nickle,  was  bom  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1849.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm  where  he  was  born,  and 
he  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  vicinity,  living  on  the  homestead  until 
his  marriage,  when  he  moved  to  his  present  farm,  about  one  mile  from  the 
place  of  his  birth.  His  land  is  two  hundred  acres  in  extent,  and  at  the 
present  time,  in  addition  to  conducting  operations  general  in  character, 
maintains  a  large  flock  of  sheep  and  considerable  cattle.  His  church  is 
that  of  his  father,  and  he  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  steadfastly  refusing 
political  preference  of  any  kind.  In  his  business  life,  agriculture  and  stock 
raising,  he  has  been  successful  with  unusual  consistency,  escaping  the  hard- 
est blows  that  occasionally  fall  upon  an  agricultural  community,  and  has 
realized  a  moderate  competence.  Mr.  Nickle  married,  in  1891,  Jennie  M. 
Stewart,  of  Allegheny  county,  Peimsylvania.  Children:  Maggie  Berdella, 
Lolo  Ethel,  Alena  Gertrude,  Mabel  Patterson,  Maude  Stewart. 

(HI)  Alexander  Murray  Nickle,  son  of  Matthew  and  Margaret  (Pat- 
terson) Nickle,  was  born  near  Hookstown,  Greene  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  November  24,  1854.  His  excellent  education  was  obtained 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  locality,  Frankfort  Academy,  Edinboro,  Penn- 
sylvania, State  Normal  School,  and  Grove  City  College.  After  leaving  the 
latter  institution  he  was  for  a  time  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
Beaver  county,  then  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  in 
Hancock  county,  West  Virginia,  his  entire  pedagogical  career  covering  a 
period  of  twelve  years.  In  April,  1887,  he  went  to  East  Liverpool,  Ohio, 
and  entered  the  office  of  Robert  Hall,  a  lumber  dealer,  and  served  for 
fifteen  years,  the  business  being  incorporated  at  the  end  of  that  time  as  the 
Robert  Hall  Lumber  Company,  when  he  was  made  general  manager.  This 
position  he  held  for  three  years,  being  compelled  to  resign  at  that  time  be- 
cause of  an  increasing  nervousness  which  threatened  a  nervous  break- 
down, and  for  two  years  he  took  almost  complete  rest.  In  1906  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  in  the  service  of  the  Limoges  China  Company  as  corres- 
pondence agent,  in  April,  1908,  moving  to  Grove  City,  Pennsylvania,  where 


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he  has  since  followed  the  trade  that  he  learned  earlier  in  life,  that  of  car- 
penter. He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  his  political  convictions  are  strongly  in  favor  of  the  Prohibition  party. 
While  a  resident  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  he  served  for  one  year  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education  of  that  place,  and  for  eight  years  on  the 
board  of  examiners  for  teachers'  certificates. 

Mr.  Nickle  married,  February  15,  1888,  Jennie  Wills  Bigger,  born 
near  Bavington,  Robinson  township,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Donaldson)  Bigger.  James  Bigger  was  a 
life-long  farmer;  his  children:  Jennie  Wills,  of  previous  mention,  mar- 
ried Alexander  Murray  Nickle ;  Isaac  Donaldson ;  James  Walker ;  Ida  Mar- 
garet, twin  of  James  Walker;  Esther,  married  a  Mr.  McBride;  Richard; 
William;  John  McBride. 


William  Chapman,   a  prominent   citizen   and   prosperous 
CHAPMAN     farmer  and  dairyman  of  Hookstown,  Pennsylvania,  is  a 

member  of  a  Pennsylvania  family,  and  was  born  at  Ken- 
dall, Beaver  county,  in  that  state,  August  16,  1867.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, one  of  three  brothers,  was  Samuel  Chapman,  who  in  early  years 
settled  near  Raccoon  Station,  Beaver  county.  William  Chapman,  son  of 
Samuel  Chapman,  was  born  near  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  and  came  to 
Beaver  county  about  1840,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  in  Hanover  town- 
ship. He  married  (first)  Joanna  Hoag,  and  by  her  had  four  children. 
He  married  (second)  Margaret  Nickle,  daughter  of  David  Nickle,  and  a 
sister  of  Matthew  Nickle.  Of  this  union  there  was  but  one  child,  William, 
of  whom  further.  Mr.  Chapman  Sr.  was  an  active  man  in  the  community 
during  his  life,  and  held  the  position  of  road  commissioner.  He  had  a 
farm  of  about  forty  acres  near  Kendall,  Beaver  county,  and  there  lived 
and  died. 

William  Chapman  was  educated  in  the  local  schools  of  Kendall,  and 
took  up  farming  upon  completing  his  studies  in  the  same.  In  the  year 
1905  he  bought  the  old  Nickle  farm,  which  had  been  in  his  mother's  family, 
and  which  contained  two  hundred  and  fifty-two  acres,  and  upon  this  he 
now  lives  and  conducts  a  large  dairy.  The  farm  lies  in  Greene  township 
and  might  serve  as  a  model  for  dairymen.  Mr.  Chapman  has  made  exten- 
sive improvements  upon,  and  highly  developed  his  property.  His  herd  consists 
entirely  of  fine  specimens  of  the  Short  Horn  and  Red  Poll  cattle.  Mr.  Chap- 
man married,  in  1892,  Ella  Andrews,  a  resident  of  the  environs  of  Ken- 
dall, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Andrews.  To 
them  have  been  born  two  children,  George  and  Harry  Chapman,  both  re- 
siding at  home.  Mr.  Chapman  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  the  Mill  Creek  Church. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  583 

The  date  of  the  arrival  of  the  Cooley  family  in  this  country 
COOLEY     cannot  be  established  with  any  degree  of  certainty,  owing  to 
the  destruction  in  various  manners  of  early  records.     They 
have,  however,  been  resident  in  America  for  a  number  of  generations. 

(I)  Frank  Cooley,  who  was  a  farmer  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  in  that  county,  and  had  been  a  highly  respected  member  of  the 
community  in  which  he  lived. 

(II)  Robert  S.  Cooley,  son  of  Frank  Cooley,  was  born  in  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  removed  to  Beaver  county,  in  the  same  state,  at 
a  very  early  day.  He  located  on  a  farm  a  little  below  the  one  on  which 
Joseph  Cooley  Jr.  now  resides,  and  all  the  active  years  of  his  life  were  spent 
in  farming.  He  owned  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land,  which  he 
cleared  and  provided  with  log  buildings  for  all  necessary  purposes.  He 
was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Cooley  married  Jennie 
Smith,  also  a  native  of  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  Among  their  chil- 
dren were :  Joseph,  see  forward ;  Frank,  who  served  in  a  cavalry  regi- 
ment during  the  Civil  War,  and  who  died  in  the  state  of  Kansas. 

(III)  Joseph  Cooley,  son  of  Robert  S.  and  Jennie  (Smith)  Cooley, 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  all 
his  life,  and  was  also  engaged  extensively  in  farming.  He  owned  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  of  land,  a  large  portion  of  which  was  devoted  to  the 
raising  of  sheep,  in  which  he  was  very  successful.  Like  his  father,  he  was 
an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Cooley  married  Matilda  Ander- 
son, born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Matilda 
(Blackamore)  Anderson,  who  were  early  settlers  in  the  county.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Cooley  had  children:  Joseph,  see  forward;  Mary  Ann,  Elizabeth, 
Robert  S.,  Letitia,  Matilda. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2)  Cooley,  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and  Matilda  (Anderson) 
Cooley,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
May,  1849.  Mr.  Cooley  received  the  usual  education  of  a  farmer's  lad, 
in  the  public  schools,  a  goodly  portion  of  his  time,  even  as  a  young  lad, 
being  spent  in  assisting  in  the  farm  labors.  When  he  was  but  three  weeks 
of  age  he  had  been  taken  by  his  grandparents  to  the  farm  on  which  he  is 
living  at  the  present  time.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  three  hundred  and  forty- 
five  acres  of  land,  which  he  has  under  general  cultivation,  and  he  utilizes  a 
large  portion  of  it  for  the  purpose  of  raising  sheep,  in  which  he  has  been 
successful.  He  has  made  many  improvements  on  this  farm  since  it  has 
come  into  his  possession,  installing  the  most  modern  farm  implements,  and 
made  many  innovations  which  simplify  the  ordinary  work.  As  a  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party,  he  has  been  honored  by  election  to  member- 
ship in  the  election  board.  Like  his  forefathers,  he  is  a  staunch  supporter 
of  the  church,  his  membership  being  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Cooley  married,  in  1873,  Elizabeth  Chambers,  and  has  had  chil- 
dren:   I.  Laura,  married  Charles  B.  McMillan,  of  Frankfort  Springs;  have 


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five  children :  Helen  M.,  Elizabeth  J.,  Margaret  A.  L.,  Viola  J.,  Charles  C. 
2.  Chambers,  killed  by  horse  running  away  and  throwing  him  from  the 
cart;  was  in  his  twentieth  year.  3.  Edna.  4.  Dwyte,  married  Laura  B. 
Stevenson,  and  they  reside  on  the  farm.  5.  Leola,  died  while  at  play  about 
an  oil  derrick;  was  six  years  of  age. 


The  present  generation  of  the  Jackson  family,  of  Rochester, 
JACKSON     Beaver   county,    Pennsylvania,    has   been   distinguished   in 
public  life  as  well  as  in  religious  and  social  circles. 

(I)  James  Jackson,  a  native  of  Ireland,  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  at  North  Sewickley,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  early 
part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  He  followed  his  calling  as  a  farmer,  and 
died  there,  after  having  married. 

(II)  Hugh  Jackson,  son  of  James  Jackson,  was  bom  in  North  Sewick- 
ley, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  education  was  as  good  a  one  as  the 
public  schools  of  that  early  day  afforded.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade 
and  followed  that  calling  for  some  time,  later  became  identified  with  the 
building  of  boats  in  Bollesville,  where  he  died  in  May,  1862.  He  was  a 
devout  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  a  Democrat  in  political 
matters.  Mr.  Jackson  married  Ann  Ferguson,  born  in  North  Sewickley 
township,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ferguson,  the  former  a  native 
of  Ireland ;  he  emigrated  to  America  and  was  a  farmer  in  North  Sewickley 
township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jackson  had  children:  Albert;  George,  deceased; 
Even,  deceased ;  Andrew,  deceased ;  Samuel  F.,  deceased ;  Leander  Whistler, 
of  further  mention ;  William,  deceased ;  Sarah  E. 

(III)  Leander  Whistler  Jackson,  son  of  Hugh  and  Ann  (Ferguson) 
Jackson,  was  born  in  Bollesville,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
I,  1853.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Rochester 
township,  and  from  an  early  age  commenced  a  self-supporting  career.  Ambi- 
tious and  energetic  he  made  every  effort  to  acquire  the  necessary  knowledge 
for  the  responsible  work  of  a  stationary  engineer,  and  followed  this  calling 
for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years.  He  then  became  superintendent  for  the 
S.  Barnes  Company  Brick  Works,  at  Bollesville,  retaining  this  position  ten 
years.  In  1910  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  firm  of  Jackson  & 
Gibson,  wholesale  dealers  in  paper  and  paper  products,  in  Rochester,  and 
this  has  proved  a  very  profitable  enterprise,  and  is  successfully  conducted 
up  to  the  present  time.  Mr.  Jackson  is  connected  with  a  number  of  other 
important  business  enterprises,  among  them  being  the  Central  Building  & 
Loan  Association,  of  which  he  is  president.  He  has  always  given  his  con- 
sistent support  to  the  Republican  party,  and  has  served  as  a  member  cf  the 
common  council  of  Rochester.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  has  been  a  trustee  since  1888,  and  secretary 
of  the  Sunday  school  for  the  past  twenty-one  years.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Mr.  Jackson  married,  in  1881, 
Lauraucha  Roberts,  bom  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  who  came  to  Roch- 
ester with  her  parents.    Children :    George  R.,  William  M.,  Mildred. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  585 

The  Shane  family  in  this  country  probably  originally  came 
SHANE    here  from  Ireland,  but  early  records  having  been  lost,  it  is  a 
matter  of  some  difficulty  to  establish  the  connection.     It  is 
certain  that  they  have  now  been  here  for  a  number  of  generations. 

(I)  Neil  Shane  and  tw^o  brothers  w^ere  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  lost  their  way,  and  located  in 
Raccoon  township,  a  portion  of  the  land  on  which  they  settled  still  being  in 
the  possession  of  their  descendants.  Like  all  the  settlers  of  that  time  their 
principal  occupation  was  farming,  and  they  bravely  endured  the  hardships 
of  the  early  settlement  days.     Neil  Shane,  personally,  was  the  owner  of 

between  five  and  six  hundred  acres  of  land.    He  married Bryan,  and 

had  children. 

(II)  Richard  Shane,  son  of  Neil  and  (Bryan)  Shane,  was  born 

in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  homestead  farm,  on  a  part  of 
which  he  is  now  residing,  and  has  been  engaged  in  farming  all  his  life.  His 
farm  consists  of  one  hundred  acres.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  in 
the  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  married  Belle  Craig,  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  John  Craig,  who  was  the  owner 
of  an  adjoining  farm.  They  have  had  children:  James  C,  of  Beaver; 
Thomas  C,  of  Rochester;  Gertrude;  Leon  Bradford,  of  further  mention; 
Charlotte;  Harry  Dallas,  of  further  mention;  Maggie  Pearl;  Olive,  de- 
ceased ;  Jennie,  deceased ;  Grace. 

(III)  Leon  Bradford  Shane,  son  of  Richard  and  Belle  (Craig)  Shane, 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  12,  1874.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Raccoon  township,  and  was  employed  on 
the  home  farm  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company,  with  whom  he  remained  for  six 
years,  after  which  he  went  to  Rochester,  and  there  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade,  with  which  he  has  been  identified,  directly  and  indirectly,  since  that 
time.  In  March,  1912,  he  and  his  brother,  Harry  Dallas  Shane,  established 
themselves  in  the  lumber  business  on  New  York  Avenue  Extension,  Roch- 
ester, and  also  as  building  contractors,  the  name  of  the  firm  being  Shane 
Brothers.  They  have  been  very  successful  up  to  the  present  time,  and  are 
rapidly  building  up  a  business  of  large  proportions.  He  gives  his  political 
support  to  the  Republican  party,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Shane  married,  September  5,  1901, 
Lida  M.  Hood,  born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  Alvin  and  Elizabeth  (Brunton)  Hood,  early  settlers  of  Greene 
township. 

(Ill)  Harry  Dallas  Shane,  son  of  Richard  and  Belle  (Craig)  Shane, 
was  born  on  the  homestead  farm,  August  17,  1877.  He  also  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  1899,  when  he 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  has  followed  it.  He  is  now  associated 
in  business  with  his  brother  as  above  mentioned.  He  married  (first)  Sarah 
Gallagher,  deceased,  of  Greene  township,  and  has  one  son  by  this  marriage, 


5'%  PENNSYLVANIA 

John  Franklin.  He  married  (second)  Nora  Hood,  a  sister  of  his  brother's 
wife,  and  they  have  had  children:  Frederick  Herman  and  Harold  Richard. 
He  is  a  Republican  politically,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 


Colonel  James  Carothers  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Cumber- 
CAROTHERS  land  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1765,  and  was  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.  In  1787  he  came  to  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  purchased  two  hundred  and  twelve  acres  of  government 
land  in  Hanover  township.  This  lay  close  to  the  Washington  county  line, 
and  the  borough  of  Frankfort  Springs  now  stands  in  part  of  it.  He  was  a 
surveyor,  and  served  in  this  capacity  for  the  county.  His  death  occurred 
in  1817.  In  1789  he  returned  to  Carlisle  for  the  purpose  of  marrying 
Alice  Carothers,  of  another  family  of  the  same  name,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty-four  years.  Both  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
They  had  children :  Mary,  married  John  Glasgow,  and  died  in  Canton, 
Ohio;  John,  see  forward;  William,  died  at  Frankfort  Springs,  Pennsyl- 
vania; James,  also  died  at  Frankfort  Springs,  and  both  were  farmers; 
Jesse,  also  deceased,  was  cashier  of  the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers' 
Bank  at  Pittsburgh ;  Matilda,  married  Alexander  Duncan,  died  at  Florence, 
Pennsylvania;  Thomas,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  died  young. 

(II)  John  Carothers,  son  of  Colonel  James  and  AHce  (Carothers) 
Carothers,  was  born  on  the  old  homestead  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1793,  died  December  18,  i860.  His  entire  life 
was  spent  in  Beaver  county.  He  removed  to  Patterson  township,  where 
he  conducted  a  hotel  on  the  old  Darlington  Road  near  Alum  Rocks.  He 
was  prominently  identified  with  public  affairs,  and  was  a  staunch  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party.  For  a  period  of  eighteen  years  he  served  as  as- 
sociate judge  of  Beaver  county,  and  at  various  times  filled  all  the  offices 
in  the  gift  of  the  township.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  Bridgewater,  in  which  he  served  as  elder  many  years. 
He  married  Nancy  McGlester  White,  who  died  June  23,  1881.  They  had 
children:  James,  a  merchant,  was  married  and  died  young;  John  J.,  see 
forward;  Andrew,  a  farmer,  and  once  county  commissioner  of  Beaver 
county,  died  in  Pittsburgh;  Mary,  widow  of  William  Anderson;  Jesse,  a 
farmer,  died  in  Brighton  township;  Jane,  widow  of  Wilson  Cunningham,  a 
prominent  farmer  and  politician;  William  Allen,  see  forward;  Nettie, 
widow  of  Robert  Ferguson.  The  three  widows,  Mary,  Jane  and  Nettie, 
live  in  one  house  in  Beaver. 

(III)  John  J.  Carothers,  son  of  John  and  Nancy  McGlester  (White) 
Carothers,  was  bom  in  Patterson  township,  Pennsylvania,  June  10,  1822, 
died  March  17,  1896.  He  was  the  recipient  of  a  good  education  for  those 
days  and  was  a  student  at  the  Frankfort  Academy,  at  which  time  he  took 
a  great  liking  to  that  section  of  the  country,  and  in  later  life  removed  to 
Hanover  township,  where  he  purchased  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead  and 


BEAVER   COUNTY  587 

made  that  his  permanent  home.  His  farm  consisted  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  land.  In  political  matters  he  was  a  Democrat,  was  once  a 
candidate  for  the  office  of  associate  judge,  and  once  for  that  of  member 
of  the  state  assembly.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  in  office  as  a 
justice  of  the  peace,  having  held  that  position  for  forty  years,  and  being 
the  oldest  in  the  county.  He  acted  many  times  as  administrator  of  estates ; 
was  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Burgettstown  National  Bank;  and 
was  a  trustee  of  the  Frankfort  Academy.  He  and  his  wife  were  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Carothers  married  Ellen  Ewing,  born 
August  30,  1823,  died  November  27,  1898.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Ferguson)  Ewing,  and  a  granddaughter  of  John  Ferguson. 
John  Ewing  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  his  ancestors  had  been  living  in 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  for  some  generations.  He  was  a  tanner  at 
Frankfort,  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  died  in  1863.  He 
had  children :  A  daughter,  who  died  in  infancy ;  Jane,  now  deceased,  mar- 
ried John  Stevenson ;  Ellen,  mentioned  above ;  Sarah  A.,  now  deceased, 
married  John  McCullough ;  Eliza,  deceased,  married  Robert  Withrow; 
James,  deceased,  married  Clara  McGinnis ;  William,  a  farmer,  married  Mar- 
garet Kiefer,  and  died  in  Pittsburgh;  John,  who  married  Martha  Finnegan, 
died  at  Uhrichsville,  Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carothers  had  children;  Emeline, 
born  July  8,  1848,  died  December  31,  1866;  Sarah  Agnes,  born  February 
16,  1852,  died  January  5,  1867;  James  White,  see  forward;  Jeannette,  bom 
March  8,  1857,  died  January  12,  1867;  Ella,  born  June  3,  1864,  married  A. 
D.  Matchett,  a  carpenter,  and  lives  in  Hollidays  Cove,  West  Virginia. 

(IV)  James  White  Carothers,  son  of  John  J.  and  Ellen  (Ewing)  Car- 
others,  was  born  in  the  borough  of  Frankfort  Springs,  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  15,  1855,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Frankfort  Academy.  With  the  exception  of  five 
years  spent  in  the  employ  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  when  he 
lived  at  Pittsburgh,  his  entire  life  has  been  spent  on  the  homestead  farm. 
He  obtained  this  by  inheritance,  and  sold  twelve  acres.  Until  1912  he  was 
a  breeder  of  registered  short  horn  cattle,  and  is  still  engaged  in  breeding 
Delaine  sheep,  and  always  has  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  in  his  flock. 
He  also  has  a  coal  bank  and  has  supplied  the  town  for  about  thirty  years. 
He  and  his  father  erected  a  number  of  new  and  improved  buildings  on  the 
place,  which  are  kept  in  the  best  condition.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party,  but  has  consistently  and  persistently  refused  to 
hold  public  office.  His  fraternal  membership  is  with  Glasgow  Lodge,  No. 
485,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

Mr.  Carothers  married,  December  30,  1880,  Margaret  Forner,  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  18,  i860,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Mary  Janet,  born  January  29,  1882;  she  married  Charles  B.  Scott,  and  lives 
in  Florence,  Pennsylvania.  They  have  two  daughters :  Margaret  Kathryn, 
born  in  October,  1903,  and  Mary  Janet,  born  May  13,  1914.  Mrs.  Car- 
others  is  the  daughter  of  Barnett  and  Mary  (Figley)   Forner,  the  latter 


588  PENNSYLVANIA 

born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  21,  1830,  died  December  5, 
1898.  Barnett  Forner  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  in  February, 
1818,  died  February  8,  1880.  He  came  here  in  young  manhood,  and  was 
at  first  a  miller  at  Florence,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  then  re- 
moved to  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  There  he 
bought  a  mill  on  Raccoon  creek,  which  he  operated  until  his  death. 

(Ill)  William  Allen  Carothers,  son  of  John  and  Nancy  McGlester 
(White)  Carothers,  was  born  in  Patterson  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  30,  1833,  died  in  Chippewa  township,  same  county,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1894.  The  school  at  Patterson  Heights  was  the  scene  of  his  youth- 
ful hours  of  study,  and  when  a  young  man  he  began  cultivating  the  home- 
stead farm,  now  owned  by  the  McHattie  Brothers.  After  his  father's  death 
he  left  the  homestead,  purchasing  his  father-in-law's  farm  in  Chippewa 
township,  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-three  acres.  Before  endeavor- 
ing to  make  his  newly  acquired  property  a  paying  proposition  he  made 
numerous  improvements,  such  as  the  erection  of  new  buildings  for  both 
man  and  beast  and  the  general  renovation  of  the  entire  place.  Farming 
was  the  only  business  to  which  he  devoted  his  attention,  and  to  this  occu- 
pation he  gave  the  methodical,  thorough  care  that  a  business  man  uses  in 
scrutinizing  his  books,  quick  to  adopt  innovations  of  value  and  never  the 
last  to  abandon  habits  and  practices  that  had  outlived  their  day  and  use- 
fulness or  had  been  proven  fallacies.  The  practicality  of  his  method  was  best 
shown  by  his  uniformly  good  crops,  in  which  he  ranked  second  to  none 
of  his  neighbors,  among  whom  were  some  of  the  best  farmers  of  that 
locality.  On  his  farm  he  kept  stock  of  good  blood,  doing  no  dealing  therein 
but  merely  maintaining  sufficient  for  his  farm  and  household  needs,  raising 
a  large  part  of  their  feed  on  his  land.  As  a  Democrat  he  was  elected  to 
numerous  township  offices,  the  duties  of  which  he  faithfully  discharged,  and 
was  with  his  wife  an  adherent  of  the  Presbyterian  faith.  His  only  fraternal 
relation  was  with  the  Masonic  order. 

Mr.  Carothers  married  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  James  and  Rachel 
(Murphy)  Scott,  born  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  July  17, 
1833.  Children  of  William  Allen  and  Mary  Jane  (Scott)  Carothers:  i. 
Jessie,  born  1864,  died  1881,  diphtheria  causing  her  death.  2.  Cora  B.,  born 
February  4,  1866;  married  Gustavus  Brittain;  lives  at  No.  2027  Seventh 
avenue,  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Edna,  born  in  March,  1868,  died 
at  the  same  time  and  of  the  same  cause  as  her  sister,  Jessie.  4.  Mary,  born 
June  3,  1870,  died  unmarried  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  1910.  5.  Wil- 
liam Allen  Scott,  born  April  28,  1872,  the  third  victim  of  the  disease  that 
claimed  his  two  sisters  in  1881.  Since  June,  1907,  Mrs.  Carothers  has 
lived  in  Beaver  Falls,  having  Hved  on  the  farm  from  the  time  of  her  hus- 
band's death  until  that  year. 

James  Scott  was  a  son  of  Hugh  Scott,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and 
who  came  to  America  while  the  war  for  independence  was  being  waged, 
sending  for  his  wife  and  two  children  when  peace  had  been  restored.    Their 


BEAVER   COUNTY  589 

home  was  for  a  time  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  after  which  they 
journeyed  westward  and  located  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  Hugh  Scott  became  owner  of  a  tract  of  one  hundred 
and  eighty-three  acres.  He  prepared  a  place  for  a  house,  built  the  same, 
and  then  began  to  remove  the  dense  woods,  gradually  increasing  his  arable 
area  until  he  had  a  farm  of  generous  dimensions,  capable  of  supplying  the 
needs  of  his  little  family.  He  here  died  while  still  in  the  prime  of  life  and 
with  apparently  many  years  of  active  usefulness  before  him,  his  widow, 
Jane,  living  on  the  home  farm  until  she  attained  a  great  age,  her  death  oc- 
curring in  South  Beaver  township.  Children  of  Hugh  and  Jane  Scott, 
the  first  two  born  in  Ireland,  the  two  others  in  Pennsylvania:  i.  Jane, 
married  Samuel  Cunningham;  died  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  2.  Maria,  married  John  Porter;  died  in  Ohio.  3.  Isabella, 
married  William  Barclay;  died  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  4.  James,  of 
whom  further. 

James  Scott,  son  of  Hugh  and  Jane  Scott,  was  born  in  Chester  county, 
Pennsylvania,  March  i,  1806,  died  in  Patterson  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  October  22,  1856.  When  but  a  child  he  was  brought  to 
Beaver  county  with  his  parents,  and  he  here  grew  to  maturity,  attending  the 
public  schools  and  marrying.  He  acquired  the  shares  of  his  sisters  in  the 
homestead  and  lived  thereon  until  1846,  when  he  bought  the  Murphy  farm, 
there  living  until  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  as  a  Democratic  candidate  was  elected  to  numerous  township  offices, 
being  at  one  time  justice  of  the  peace.  In  military  affairs  he  was  also 
actively  interested,  for  many  years  being  a  captain  of  militia  in  the  local 
organization  of  the  state  troops.  He  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (Stratton)  Murphy,  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
I,  1813,  died  March  8,  1885.  After  his  death  she  married  a  second  time, 
her  husband  being  James  Wrigley.  John  Murphy,  father  of  Rachel  Murphy, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  leaving  his  native  land  for  the  United  States  prior  to 
1812,  settling  in  Patterson  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  from 
which  locality  he  enlisted  in  the  company  being  there  raised  to  go  to  the 
front  in  the  war  of  1812-14.  While  he  was  in  the  army,  his  wife  made  her 
home  with  a  family  by  the  name  of  Brooks,  close  friends  and  neighbors. 
Children  of  John  and  Mary  (Stratton)  Murphy:  i.  Sarah,  died  in  Beaver 
Falls,  Pennsylvania,  aged  ninety-six  years;  married  (first)  Isaiah  Thomas, 
(second)  Hugh  Woods.  2.  Valariah,  married  Frank  Vesey;  died  in  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania.  3.  Rachel,  of  previous  mention,  married  James 
Scott.  4.  Nancy,  married  George  Dunning;  moved  to  Iowa,  where  she 
died.  5.  Sophronia,  married  Alexander  Brown ;  died  in  Illinois.  6.  Grace, 
died  unmarried  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania  7.  Cynthia,  married  John 
Reeves;  died  in  Patterson  Heights,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Mary  Ann,  married 
William  Grant;  died  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Caroline,  married 
John  Knight;  died  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  10.  Samuel,  died  in 
Beaver  Falls.     11.  William,  a  cooper;  died  in  Beaver  Falls.     12.  John,  a 


590  PENNSYLVANIA 

soldier  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War,  died  in  the  service.  Chil- 
dren of  James  and  Rachel  (Murphy)  Scott:  i.  Mary  Jane,  of  previous 
mention,  married  William  Allen  Carothers.  2.  Valariah,  born  December 
21,  1835,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Hugh  Franklin,  bom  December  31,  1836;  a 
carpenter;  enlisted  in  the  Civil  War,  and  after  its  close  died,  the  cause  of 
his  death  being  general  physical  weakness,  the  rigors  of  his  many  campaigns 
having  proved  too  great  a  strain  upon  his  physique.  4.  Sarah  Ann,  born 
February  26,  1839;  married  John  Wells;  died  in  Crestline,  Ohio,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1913.  5.  Maria  Isabel,  bom  April  8,  1841 ;  married  Ethan  Brittain; 
lives  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  6.  John  Jackson,  born  June  8, 
1845,  died  aged  about  eight  years.  7.  Joseph  Frazier,  born  December  8, 
1847,  died  in  childhood.  8.  James,  born  March  4,  1850,  died  aged  twenty 
years. 


The  Cowden  family  has  been  resident  in  the  state  of  Penn- 
COWDEN     sylvania    for   a    number   of    generations,    and    during   the 
greater  number  of  these  years  has  been  prominently  identi- 
fied with  agricultural  interests. 

(I)  John  Cowden  was  born  near  Hickory,  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  died  about  1909.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of 
his  native  county,  and  at  an  early  age  became  active  in  farming  interests. 
He  was  very  systematic  and  painstaking  in  whatever  he  undertook,  and 
worked  his  way  up  from  small  beginnings  to  a  position  of  wealth  and  in- 
fluence. At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  two 
hundred  and  thirty-seven  acres  in  Washington  county,  one  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-six  acres  in  Kansas,  and  a  third  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-six 
acres  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  In  addition  to  farming  he  was 
largely  engaged  in  stock  raising,  in  which  he  was  equally  successful.  While 
he  was  never  desirous  of  holding  public  office,  he  gave  his  political  support 
many  years  to  the  Republican  party,  and  later  joined  the  ranks  of  the 
Prohibitionists.  Until  about  ten  years  prior  to  his  death  he  was  a  member 
of  the  church  at  Venice,  Washington  county,  and  then  joined  the  church  at 
Houston.  Mr.  Cowden  married  Louisa  Scott,  born  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children :  Isaac  Paterson ;  Joseph  Scott ;  Mary 
Bell ;  Esther  Ann ;  Lily,  deceased ;  James  Nelson ;  William  Anderson ;  John 
Alexander,  of  further  mention. 

(II)  John  Alexander  Cowden,  son  of  John  and  Louisa  (Scott) 
Cowden,  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
3,  1872.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Washington  county,  and  this  was  supplemented  by  attendance  at 
the  Hickory  Academy.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  became  an 
active  assistant  of  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  his  various  farms,  and 
became  thoroughly  familiar  with  every  detail  of  farm  management.  About  the 
year  1903  he  removed  to  the  farm  owned  by  his  father  in  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  residing  on  this  at  the  present  time.    He 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  591 

has  brought  it  to  a  fine  and  profitable  state  of  cultivation,  and  is  progres- 
sive in  his  methods.  He  raises  general  farm  products,  and  is  also  to  a  con- 
siderable extent  a  stock  raiser.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  gives  his  political  support  to  the  Republican 
party.  Mr.  Cowden  married,  September  28,  1904,  Mary,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
I.  L.  Campbell.  They  have  no  children  of  their  own,  but  have  given  a  home 
to  David  A.  Kennedy,  whom  they  are  giving  all  the  advantages  in  their 
power.  Mr.  Cowden  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare 
of  the  community,  and  is  a  man  of  unusually  broad-minded  views  on  every 
subject. 


The  ancestry  of  the  Gormley  family  of  Beaver  county  is 
GORMLEY     Irish  and  it  was  from  that  country  that  the  emigrant  an- 
cestry of  the  line  herein  recorded  came  to  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  purchased  a  farm,  married,  and  spent  all  the  years 
of  his  life.    Among  his  children,  of  whom  three  were  sons,  was  Robert,  of 
whom  further. 

(II)  Robert  Gormley  was  born  near  Newcastle,  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  1828.  He  there  spent  his  boyhood  days,  and  when  a  young 
man  purchased  a  farm  in  that  county,  where  he  still  resides.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  Margaret  Moak,  whom  he  survives. 

(III)  Dr.  James  Renwick  Gormley,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret 
(Moak)  Gormley,  was  born  near  Newcastle,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, October  14,  1867.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  old  homestead, 
still  the  home  of  his  father,  and  he  attended  the  public  schools,  later  study- 
ing at  Grove  City  College.  After  his  graduation  from  the  latter  institution 
he  was  for  four  years  a  school  teacher,  later  beginning  the  study  of  medi- 
cine at  Western  Reserve  University,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  completing  his 
medical  education  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  whence  he  was  graduated  in  1893.  For  one  year  after  his 
graduation  he  was  house  physician  in  Christ's  Hospital,  and  in  1894  moved 
to  Monaca,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, his  able  knowledge  of  his  art  speedily  winning  him  a  large  number 
of  patients.  In  1897  he  became  a  member  of  the  Beaver  County  Medical 
Society,  to  which  he  still  belongs,  also  holding  membership  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  and  American  Medical  societies.  A  Republican  in  politics  he 
has  held  both  county  and  local  offices,  having  been  coroner  of  Beaver 
county  for  two  terms,  a  member  of  the  Monaca  council  for  six  years 
and  for  five  years  a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is  a  member  of 
Saint  James  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Eureka  Chapter,  No. 
167,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Commandery  No. 
84,  Knights  Templar,  of  Beaver  Falls ;  and  Saint  George's  Lodge  of 
Perfection,  of  Pittsburgh,  thirty-second  degree.  He  also  affiliates  with 
the   Knights  of   Pythias,  of   Monaca,  and   the   Benevolent   and   Protective 


592  PENNSYLVANIA 

Order  of  Elks,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.     With  his  wife  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Dr.  Gormley  married  Lydia  E.  Ronshausen,  of  New  Brighton,  Penn- 
sylvania. Children:  James  Renwick  (2),  born  April  4,  1909;  Anna  Mar- 
garet, bom  March  13,  1910.  Prominent  in  all  public  works,  conspicuous 
in  fraternal  circles,  and  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the  vicinity.  Dr. 
Gormley's  active  and  successful  career  has  been  both  a  credit  to  him  and 
to  the  town  of  his  adoption. 


This    family  was   originally   resident   in   England,   the 
INGLEFIELD     grandfather  of  the  present  generation  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  having  been  Charles  Inglefield,  a  shoe- 
maker in  Lancaster,  England. 

(II)  William  Inglefield,  son  of  Charles  Inglefield,  was  born  near  Lan- 
caster, England,  and  came  to  America  with  his  wife  and  two  children.  His 
wife  and  the  children  became  very  ill  at  sea  and  died  not  long  after  their 
arrival  in  this  country,  at  Philadelphia,  where  they  were  buried.  Mr. 
Inglefield  migrated  to  the  western  part  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  one  of  the  contractors  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Panhandle 
Railway.  He  had,  however,  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaking  under  the 
supervision  of  his  father,  and  in  later  life  he  took  this  up  again,  at 
Murdocksville,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  Still  later  he  bought  out 
the  general  store  of  McClarn,  and  conducted  this  very  successfully  until 
his  death.  He  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party,  and  was  active  in  the 
interests  of  the  Hebern  Church,  although  he  would  never  consent  to  hold 
office,  either  in  the  church  or  public  matters.  He  was  once  elected  to  serve 
as  elder  in  the  church,  but  declined  the  honor.  He  was  of  a  very  quiet, 
retiring  nature,  always  thoughtful  and  considerate  of  others.  Mr.  Ingle- 
field married  (second)  Hettie  Withrow,  born  September  14,  1833,  at 
Hood's  Mill,  south  of  Murdocksville,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  they  had  children:  Sophia,  now  Mrs.  Oliver;  William  W. ;  R.  B. ; 
John  S.,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  Edward  S.,  see  forward;  James 
Oliver;  Charles  Oxford;  David  Patterson. 

(III)  Edward  S.  Inglefield,  son  of  William  and  Hettie  (Withrow) 
Inglefield,  was  born  at  Murdocksville,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
June  5,  1864.  He  was  educated  at  the  district  schools  of  Murdocksville, 
and  then  engaged  in  farming  with  which  he  has  been  continuously  identified. 
For  the  past  twenty-four  years  he  has  also  made  a  specialty  of  threshing 
and  baling,  and  also  operates  a  saw  mill.  He  is  the  owner  of  sixty-two 
acres  of  land  which  he  keeps  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation.  He  has  been 
active  in  local  politics  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  and  is  now 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  directors.  He  has  also  served 
for  some  years  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Hebern  Church.  Mr.  Ingle- 
field married,  December  23,  1886,  Ada  Martha  Anderson,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  but  reared  in  Washington  county.     They  have  had 


BEAVER   COUNTY  593 

children:  William  Elmer,  of  Murdocksville ;  Sarah  Elizabeth,  married 
Charles  Cain,  and  now  lives  in  Ohio ;  a  son  who  died  unnamed ;  Mary  H. ; 
Ada  B.,  a  teacher;  James  Ralph;  Sophia;  Edward  Earl.  James  R.  Hender- 
son, father  of  Mrs.  Inglefield,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  his  father,  Thomas  Anderson,  had  taken  up  a  tract  of  land,  and 
farmed,  the  land  being  in  the  family  up  to  the  present  day.  James  R. 
Anderson  married  EHzabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Cully,  a  pioneer  farmer 
of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  children:  Edward,  who 
died  in  childhood ;  Ada  Martha,  who  became  Mrs.  Inglefield,  whose  mother 
died  when  she  was  two  years  of  age,  and  she  was  brought  up  by  an 
aunt;  Maria  Armour. 


John  Conkle  came  over  the  mountains  and  settled  in  Hickory, 
CONKLE     Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1700.    He  was  one 

of  the  earliest  settlers  in  that  region.  He  acquired  a  large 
tract  of  land  which  he  cleared  and  cultivated  successfully.  He  lived  until 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-nine  years.  In  1795  his  sons  were  located  at 
the  following  places :  Henry,  at  Hookstown,  Pennsylvania ;  Adam,  at 
Washington,  Pennsylvania;  John,  at  Washington,  Pennsylvania;  Peter,  at 
Little  Beaver,  Ohio;  Jacob,  at  Calcutta,  Ohio;  George,  at  Cannon's  Mill, 
back  of  Liverpool,  Ohio.  He  married  (first)  Charlotte  Settler,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years.  He  married  (second)  Christine  Shaffer, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  sixty  years.  Children  by  first  marriage:  George, 
John,  Jacob,  Samuel,  Sallie,  Polly,  Betsey,  Ann.  Children  by  the  second 
marriage :    William ;  Henry,  see  forward  ;  Mattie,  twin  of  Henry. 

(II)  Henry  Conkle,  son  of  John  and  Christine  (Shaffer)  Conkle,  lived 
to  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  He  had  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  four 
acres.  On  this  he  built  the  first  log  house,  it  being  within  three  rods  of 
the  present  dwelling. 

(III)  Henry,  son  of  Henry  Conkle,  was  born  in  the  log  house  on 
the  family  homestead,  November  2^,  1821,  and  died  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
one  years.  He  built  a  second  log  house  and  put  up  an  addition  to  the  first 
one,  and  still  later  erected  a  frame  house  which  was  burned.  He  married 
Catherine  Metz,  who  died  July  27,  1903.  She  was  born  on  the  Jesse 
Mercer  place  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  great- 
granddaughter  of  Peter  Metz,  who  was  born  east  of  the  mountains,  and 
settled  in  the  western  part  of  the  state  about  1800.  He  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-eight  years.  He  had  a  daughter,  Mary  Camathan,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  forty-four  years,  and  his  son,  Adam  Metz,  who  was  the  father 
of  Mrs.  Conkle,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  Henry  and  Cath- 
erine (Metz)  Conkle  had  children:  Robert  Franklin,  died  in  May,  19 10; 
Anna  Mary ;  Samuel  M. ;  Elihu  R. ;  Sarah  Martha ;  John  S. ;  George  E.  W., 
see  forward;  Hattie  R. 

(IV)  George  E.  W.  Conkle,  son  of  Henry  and  Catherine  (Metz) 
Conkle,  was  born  on  the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides,  in  Greene  town- 


594  PENNSYLVANIA 

ship,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  13,  1861.  He  was  educated 
in  the  pubhc  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Hookstovi^n,  Beaver  county, 
and  then  engaged  in  farming  with  which  he  has  been  identified  all  his 
life  on  the  homestead  farm.  In  1903  he  had  a  fine  house  erected  to  take 
the  place  of  the  one  which  had  been  built  by  his  father  and  destroyed  by 
fire.  His  farm  is  cultivated  for  general  produce,  and  is  a  very  profitable 
one.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  faith,  as  have  been  all  his  an- 
cestors, and  is  an  attendant  at  the  Mill  Creek  Church.  The  political  al- 
legiance of  the  family  has  been  given  to  the  Democratic  party  for  many 
years. 

Mr.  Conkle  married,  in  1897,  Amy  G.  Massey,  and  they  have  had 
children:  Wilbur  Clayton,  Wayne  Hampton,  Robert  Franklin,  Edna  May 
and  Anna  Mildred.  Hampton  Massey,  father  of  Mrs.  Conkle,  was  bom 
October  15,  1850,  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
is  a  son  of  Jesse  and  Caroline  (Adams)  Massey,  of  Columbiana  county, 
Ohio,  where  they  were  farmers.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  was  in 
demand  for  the  erection  of  buildings  in  Beaver  county.  He  married 
Lousia,  daughter  of  Eli  and  Rebecca  (Stephenson)  Massey,  and  they  had 
children :  Nora  May ;  Amy  Georgette,  who  married  Mr.  Conkle ;  Ella 
Viola ;  Charles  Morrison ;  Sarah  Bessie ;  Mary  Ethel ;  Helen.  All  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Massey  family  are  attendants  at  the  Mill  Creek  Presbyterian 
Church. 


The  name    of  Calhoon,  in  various  forms  of  spelling,  is  a 
CALHOON     familiar  one  in  this  country,  and  has  been  borne  by  men 
distinguished  in  various  walks  of  life.     They  have  been 
especially  numerous  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania. 

(I)  Milton  Calhoon,  born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, was  educated  in  the  early  district  schools  there.  He  was  the 
architect  of  his  own  fortunes,  and  from  comparative  poverty,  worked  his 
way  upward  until,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  a  man  of  considerable 
wealth.  During  the  summer  months  he  engaged  in  farming,  occupying 
the  fall  by  towing  keel  boats,  and  in  the  winter  was  a  teamster.  He  never 
wasted  a  minute,  but  was  always  engaged  in  hard  work.  He  commenced 
with  a  small  farm,  to  which  he  added  from  time  to  time,  until  he  was 
possessed  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  later  life  he  was  also  actively  interested  in  sheep  raising,  and  was  suc- 
cessful in  this  undertaking.  In  political  matters  he  cast  his  vote  for  the 
Republican  party,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Hookstown.  M'r.  Calhoon  married  Phoebe  Mackall,  a  sister  of  Samuel 
Mackall,  and  a  native  of  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  where  her 
family  had  long  resided.  They  had  children:  Mary  A.  Elizabeth;  James 
Mackall,  of  further  mention;  Thomas;  William  Walter;  Sarah;  Ida; 
Samuel  E.,  of  whom  further;  Hamilton. 

(II)  James  Mackall,  a  son  of  Milton  and  Phoebe  (Mackall)  Calhoon, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  595 

was  born  one  mile  south  of  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
March  24,  1849.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
township,  and  from  an  early  age  assisted  his  father  in  his  farming  opera- 
tions, and  thus  became  practically  familiar  with  all  farming  details.  He 
very  naturally  turned  to  farming  as  his  lifework,  and  now  is  the  owner  of  a 
fine  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-two  acres  near  Georgetown,  Beaver 
county.  He  and  a  brother  also  own  another  farm  of  eighty  acres  in 
partnership.  Mr.  Calhoon  has  put  many  improvements  on  his  home  farm, 
both  in  the  nature  of  buildings  and  methods  of  cultivation,  and  he  has 
greatly  increased  the  value  of  the  land  since  it  came  into  his  possession.  He 
is  engaged  in  general  farming,  but  makes  somewhat  of  a  specialty  of 
fruit  growing.  He  has  been  active  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  has  filled  the  office  of  road  supervisor  very  capably.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Calhoon  married, 
in  1878,  Adele  Mary,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Laughlin,  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  this  region.  They  have  had  children:  Clara  May;  Phoebe  Maude; 
Sarah,  deceased;  Nellie;  Ada;  Lelia.  A  great-grandfather  of  Mr.  Cal- 
hoon, Benoni  Dawson,  whose  wife  was  a  Mackall,  brought  slaves  to  George- 
town, Beaver  county,  and  later  freed  them. 

(II)  Samuel  E.  Calhoon,  son  of  Milton  and  Phoebe  (Mackall)  Cal- 
hoon, was  born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1863. 
His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  Greene  township,  and 
throughout  his  life  he  has  been  actively  connected  with  farming.  His 
farm  consists  of  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  acres,  on  which  he  raises 
general  produce  and  a  considerable  amount  of  fine  fruit.  He  has  erected  a 
number  of  modern  buildings  on  this  property  and  has  improved  it  in  many 
other  directions,  greatly  increasing  its  original  value. 

Mr.  Calhoon  married  (first)  in  the  fall  of  1889,  Belle  C.  Boyd,  of 
Greene  township;  he  married  (second)  in  1904,  Florence  Adams,  also  of 
Greene  township.  Children  by  the  first  marriage:  Clyde  M.,  who  was 
graduated  as  a  bookkeeper  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  is  now  a  successful 
lumberman  in  Jasper  county,  Missouri;  Ethel  M.,  who  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Woodlawn  High  School.  Mr.  Calhoon  is  a  Republican  in  political  affairs, 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


The  Courtney  family  came  from  England  originally,  and 
COURTNEY  settled  in  Virginia,  from  whence  some  members  migrated 
to  West  Virginia.  John  Courtney  was  bom  in  Wheeling, 
West  Virginia,  and  died  in  1873.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city,  and  there  also  married  Elizabeth  Marsh,  who  was  bom 
in  England,  December  28,  1843.  She  came  to  this  country  in  1858  with  her 
stepfather,  Richard  Burkett,  who  was  a  master  builder  and  went  at  first 
to  Philadelphia  and  then  for  a  time  was  employed  in  Carlisle.  He  re- 
turned to  England  but  after  a  short  time  came  back  to  the  United  States, 
and  found  employment  in  Wheeling,  where  he  died  in  1885  at  the  age  of 


596  PENNSYLVANIA 

sixty-eight  years,  his  widow  dying  in  1889.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Courtney 
was  Daniel  Marsh,  who  Hved  and  died  in  England.  Mrs.  Courtney  is  now 
living  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Courtney  had  children: 
Edwin,  disappeared  at  the  age  of  eight  years,  and  no  trace  of  him  was 
ever  found;  Lewis  Samuel,  of  Canton,  Ohio;  Emma,  married  William 
Britton,  of  Los  Angeles,  California;  Addison,  see  forward. 

Addison  Courtney,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Marsh)  Courtney,  was 
born  at  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  September  30,  1873.  He  was  reared 
by  his  maternal  grandparents  and  educated  in  Wheeling.  Upon  the  com- 
pletion of  his  education  he  entered  upon  his  business  career  by  working  in  a 
glass  factory  in  Wheeling,  remaining  there  until  1889,  when  he  removed 
to  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  found  a  position  in 
the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass  Works,  resigning  it  in  favor  of  one  with  the  Phoenix 
Glass  Company,  with  whom  he  remained  for  a  period  of  eleven  years. 
During  this  time  he  was  foreman  of  the  blowing  department  in  Factory  No. 
2,  during  five  years.  Three  years  were  then  spent  in  the  employ  of  Ben 
Mulheim  &  Son,  and  for  the  past  twenty  years  he  has  lived  in  West  Bridge- 
water.  In  1905  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  with  his  mother-in-law, 
Mrs.  Mary  Barnett,  this  enterprise  having  been  started  by  Mrs.  Barnett 
in  1897.  In  political  matters  Mr.  Courtney  is  a  Republican,  with  a  decided 
inclination  to  the  Prohibition  party.  In  1908  he  was  elected  burgess  on 
the  Prohibition  ticket,  his  term  expiring  January  i,  1914,  and  he  was  the 
only  burgess  elected  in  Pennsylvania  on  the  Prohibition  ticket  at  that 
time.  He  is  acting  chief  of  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department  and  secretary 
of  the  Union  Building  and  Loan  Association.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are 
as  follows:  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  he 
has  been  past  master;  is  also  a  member  of  Eureka  Chapter,  No.  167, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Bridgewater;  McKinley 
Commandery,  Knights  of  Malta,  of  Beaver  Falls;  and  a  member  of  the 
American  Flint  Glass  Workers  Union,  No.  36.  He  was  appointed  tax 
collector  of  West  Bridgewater  in  the  spring  of  1914.  On  January  5, 
1914,  he  was  commissioned  justice  of  the  peace  by  Governor  John  K. 
Tenor,  of  Pennsylvania,  for  a  term  of  six  years,  expiring  January  5, 
1920.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
Mr.  Courtney  married,  in  1897,  Harriet  Ann  Barnett,  bom  in  Bed- 
ford county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Mary  (Ede)  Barnett. 
They  came  from  Tennessee  to  West  Bridgewater,  where  he  was  a  miner. 
They  were  both  natives  of  Cornwall,  England.  He  established  himself 
in  the  grocery  business  in  1895,  and  conducted  this  until  his  death  two 
years  later.  The  business  was  then  conducted  by  Mrs.  Barnett  alone, 
until  her  son-in-law,  Mr.  Courtney,  became  associated  with  her.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Barnett  had  children :  May  Bray,  married  George  Treverton,  of 
West  Bridgewater;  Harriet  Ann,  who  became  Mrs.  Courtney,  as  above 
stated ;  Beatrice,  married  Clarence  E.  Kramer,  of  West  Bridgewater.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Courtney  were  born  the  following  named  children:  Mildred 
M.,  William  E.,  Chester  A.,  Edwin  S. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  597 

Concerning  the  name  Vance,  O'Hart,  in  his  "Irish  Pedigrees," 
VANCE     says,  "this  name  was  at  one  time  De  Vans;  was  modernized 

Vans;  and  more  lately  Vance.  In  Scottish  heraldry  it  is  re- 
corded that  few  of  the  ancient  names  of  Scotland  can  trace  their  origin 
to  a  more  distinguished  foreign  source."  Vances  are  numerous  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  United  States,  many  of  the  families  having  been 
there  settled  by  immigrants  arriving  at  southern  ports  of  entry,  and  still 
others  landing  further  north  and  joining  their  kinsmen  in  the  southland. 

(I)  This  chronicle  begins  with  Colonel  David  Vance,  who  held  a 
position  upon  the  staff  of  General  Washington,  being  an  intimate  friend  of 
that  gallant  officer  and  inspired  statesman.  He  was  compelled  to  resign 
his  honorable  place  as  advisor  to  General  Washington  and  to  retire  from 
active  service  because  of  the  increasing  infirmities  of  fast  approaching 
old  age,  he  being  at  the  time  of  his  military  service  far  past  the  prime  of 
life.  He  married  and  had  issue,  among  whom  was  Robert,  of  whom 
further. 

(II)  Robert  Vance,  son  of  Colonel  David  Vance,  was  born  in  North- 
umberland county,  Virginia,  about  1728.  He  obtained  his  education  in  that 
oldest  of  southern  universities,  William  and  Mary  College,  and  in  his 
later  life,  following  the  example  of*  a  soldier  father,  enlisted  in  the  Colonial 
army  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  Virginia  Cavalry,  and  fought  for  seven 
years  in  the  cause  of  independence.  He  also  served  in  the  American  army 
during  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  was  the  lieutenant  in  charge  of 
the  secret  burial  of  General  Braddock,  after  that  gallant  officer  met  his 
death  at  the  hands  of  his  Indian  foes.  Soon  after  the  capture  of  Fort 
Du  Quesne  he  came  to  Allegheny  county  and  there  purchased  land,  now 
covered  by  the  city  of  Coraopolis,  being  the  first  white  settler  in  the  Ohio 
Valley,  coming  there  the  year  following  Braddock's  defeat.  Here  he 
was  a  farmer,  and  the  danger  from  marauding  and  hostile  Indians  at  that 
time  being  very  great,  and  his  land  being  the  most  central  to  all  the  ad- 
joining farms,  he  and  his  neighbors  there  erected  a  fort,  known  as  "Vance's 
Fort."  Although  dignified  with  this  military  title,  it  was  in  reality  no  more 
than  an  enclosure  or  stockade,  composed  of  long  and  stout  logs  set  so 
deeply  in  the  earth  as  to  be  able  to  withstand  a  rush  and  so  closely  to- 
gether as  to  be  impervious  to  a  storm  of  arrows.  There  were  small 
openings  in  the  wall  of  logs  to  permit  the  besieged  party  to  aim  their 
-rifles  against  their  savage  attackers.  To  this  haven  of  refuge  the  entire 
neighborhood  fled  in  time  of  alarm,  and  by  this  union  of  their  forces  were 
often  able  to  repel  attacks  that,  were  no  such  asylum  at  hand,  would  have 
undoubtedly  been  disastrous,  both  because  of  the  superior  numbers  of  the 
Indians  and  the  wiles  of  their  warfare.  Until  his  death,  in  1818,  Robert 
Vance  was  the  recognized  leader  of  his  community  in  all  public  and 
military  matters,  in  the  latter  because  of  his  wide  experience  as  a  soldier, 
and  in  the  former  because  in  education  and  aptitude  for  leadership  he 
was  far  above  his  neighbors.     He  died  respected  for  his  many  good  works, 


598  PENNSYLVANIA 

and  is  buried  in  the  old  Montour  Cemetery.  He  assisted  in  the  erection  of 
the  old  Montour  Church  and  was  a  member  of  its  first  session.  In  the 
public  records  of  the  day,  regarding  the  various  claims  as  to  the  honor 
of  being  named  as  the  first  settler  of  Beaver  county,  there  is  an  affidavit 
of  Robert  Vance,  sworn  and  subscribed  to  before  John  Way,  a  justice  of 
the  peace  of  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  dated  December  6,  1807, 
wherein  he  declares  that  "he  hath  for  the  past  fifty  years  been  well 
acquainted  with  the  tract  of  land  in  question,  having  lived  upwards  of 
thirty  years  of  the  latter  part  of  that  time  in  the  same  neighborhood;" 
and  "That  the  land  during  that  time  was  in  the  quiet  and  peaceable  pos- 
session of  John  McDonald,  his  heirs,  or  those  under  whom  the  said  John 
McDonald  claims."     The  land  referred  to  was  opposite  Logstown. 

Robert  Vance  married  Jean  White ;  she  was  a  woman  of  exceptional  at- 
tainments and  took  her  part  in  all  the  hardships  incident  to  pioneer  life, 
and  stood  by  her  husband  all  through;  she  was  a  famous  beauty  in  her 
youth,    and    an    accomplished    horsewoman.     Children:      David,    Samuel, 

Joseph,  Robert,  William,  Sarah,  married  Ferguson;  Jennie,  married 

McCabe ;  Elizabeth,  Andrew,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  Andrew  Vance,  youngest  of  the  nine  children  of  Robert  Vance, 
was  born  July  27,  1793,  died  November  19,  1858.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  later  continued  his  education  as  the  opportunity  offered. 
Possessed  of  a  fondness  for  mathematics,  he  indulged  this  liking  by  taking 
up  surveying,  also  cultivating  decided  musical  talent,  and  for  many  years 
was  a  teacher  of  music  and  commercial  branches  in  Allegheny  and  Wash- 
ington counties,  Pennsylvania.  In  1856  he  moved  to  Beaver  county,  in- 
tending to  open  an  academy  at  Frankfort  Springs,  and  for  that  purpose 
purchased  an  old  brick  mansion  near  the  Washington  county  line.  This 
building  had  been  erected  in  1801-02  by  James  Dungan  and  for  a  long 
time  had  been  a  famous  hostelry,  but  before  adequate  arrangements  and 
alterations  had  been  rnade  to  house  the  pupils,  Mr.  Vance's  death  termin- 
ated all  further  plans,  and  the  project  was  abandoned.  He  had  been  the 
owner  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  on  Kings  creek,  Washington 
county,  property  which  was  sold  soon  after  the  Civil  War,  and  thus  left 
the  possession  of  the  family.  He  also  owned  ninety  acres  of  excellent 
farming  land  in  Beaver  county.  Mr.  Vance  was  always  an  ardent  church 
worker,  and  for  a  long  time  was  the  leader  of  singing  in  the  old  Montour 
Church,  his  being  a  familiar  figure  to  the  members  of  that  organization 
as  he  led  the  congregation  in  the  grand  old  hymns,  so  many  of  which 
have  been  supplanted  by  probably  more  artistic,  but  certainly  no  more 
tuneful  melodies.  In  the  Sunday  school  he  was  likewise  prominent,  not  only 
in  the  direction  of  the  singing,  but  as  a  teacher  of  a  class.  He  was  as 
strong  in  his  political  beliefs  as  in  his  religious  faith,  and  all  his  life  sup- 
ported the  Whig  party,  both  with  his  vote  and  his  influence  in  his  neigh- 
borhood. His  private  life  was  lived  in  the  same  simple  and  unpretentious 
channels  as  his  public  life,  and  while  he  was  ever  the  faithful  and  duti- 


BEAVER   COUNTY  599 

ful  husband  and  father,  he  reared  his  family  with  a  hand  governed  by  the 
strictness  born  of  love,  and  a  rigidity  of  conduct  was  required  that  would 
be  exacted  by  none  unless  he  had  the  deepest  good  of  his  children  at  heart. 

Mr.  Vance  married  Nancy,  daughter  of  John  Byers,  of  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  married  Robert  Carothers; 
died  in  the  spring  of  1913,  aged  eighty-two  years.  2.  Anna,  of  whom 
further.  3.  John,  since  1873  a  contractor  of  Newark,  Ohio,  where  he  died; 
he  was  a  soldier  in  Company  H,  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  took  part  in  most  of  the  important 
battles  in  which  that  regiment  was  engaged,  with  the  exception  of  those 
that  took  place  while  he  was  in  the  hospital,  recovering  from  wounds 
received  in  action;  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  he  sustained  an  injury 
from  the  enemy's  fire  that  made  him  a  lifelong  cripple,  also  in  the  first 
charge  of  Hancock's  corps  at  the  famous  "Bloody  Angle"  and  again  a 
slight  wound  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  4.  Robert,  died  at  Hot  Springs, 
Arkansas,  in  January,  1908;  through  an  unfortunate  accident  he  had  lost 
the  sight  of  one  eye.  5.  Alexander,  who  enlisted  in  the  First  Regiment, 
West  Virginia  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  wounded  at  Grafton;  im- 
mediately after  being  discharged  from  the  hospital  he  re-enlisted  in  Com- 
pany A,  Eighty-fifth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
served  in  that  company  until  the  close  of  the  war,  having  veteranized  t>y 
his  third  enlistment;  during  his  service  he  participated  in  twenty-five 
decisively  fought  battles,  including  those  of  the  Peninsular  campaign.  6. 
Mary  I.,  of  whom  further. 

Two  of  the  three  daughters  of  Andrew  Vance,  Anna  and  Mary  I., 
live  in  the  old  mansion  which  was  designed  by  their  father  to  be  his 
academy,  their  home  the  scene  of  his  hopes  and  aspirations,  which  were 
cut  short  so  untimely. 


The  Mitchells  of  Pennsylvania  are  descended  from  many 
MITCHELL  sources  and  are  found  at  early  dates  in  Chester,  Lan- 
caster, Cumberland  and  Montgomery  counties.  They  are 
of  Scotch-Irish  and  English  descent,  and  all  through  the  years  of  their 
residence  in  Pennsylvania  have  produced  men  who  were  leaders  in  law, 
medicine,  politics  and  business.  The  branch  of  the  family  under  discus- 
sion in  this  article  did  not  come  to  America  until  1858,  but  their  influence 
has  been  beneficially  felt. 

(I)  Thomas  Mitchell,  who  was  born  in  county  Monaghan,  Ireland,  died 
in  Williamsport,  Lycoming  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1901,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-eight  years.  He  was  educated  in  Ireland,  and  lived  there  until 
the  age  of  thirty-five  years.  There  he  followed  the  occupation  of  farm- 
ing, but  finding  that  this  was  becoming  an  unprofitable  line  of  industry, 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1858,  being  the  only  one  of  his  family 
to  do  so.  Here  he  became  a  contractor  for  the  Reading  Railroad  Com- 
pany.    He  was  Republican  in  his  political  views,  and  a  member  of  the 


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Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  held  official  position.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Ross,  who  died  in  Ireland,  where  she  was  born,  daughter  of  John 
and  Margaret  (Frazier)  Ross,  the  former  of  whom  died  in  1870;  he 
married  (second)  a  Miss  Cassady  in  England.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ross:  Thomas,  born  in  Ireland;  John,  died  in  New  York;  William,  of 
Belfast,  Ireland;  Margaret,  born  in  Dundee,  Scotland;  Jane,  born  in  Ire- 
land; Susan,  born  in  Ireland;  Mary,  married  Mr.  Mitchell,  as  above  men- 
tioned; John;  Richard.  Mr.  Mitchell  had  children:  John  Ross,  of  further 
mention;  Thomas,  resides  in  Coffeeville;  Robert,  resides  in  Williamsport ; 
Margaret,  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years. 

(II)  John  Ross  Mitchell,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Ross)  Mitchell, 
was  born  in  county  Monaghan,  Ireland,  April  2,  1855.  His  education  was 
acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  Ireland,  for  the  most  part,  but  after 
his  arrival  in  this  country  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Williamsport  for  a  time.  He  then  went  to  Pittsburgh 
and  to  Conway,  and  on  October  15,  1877,  commenced  working  on  the 
Pennsylvania  &  Erie  Railroad.  In  1881  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad  Company.  His  first  position 
on  the  railroad  was  as  brakeman,  which  he  filled  for  two  and  a  half  years; 
he  was  then  fireman  for  four  years;  fireman  for  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort 
Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad  for  seven  years ;  September  18,  1889,  he  was 
promoted  to  the  position  of  freight  engineer,  which  he  held  for  more 
than  twelve  years,  and  was  then  appointed  engineer  on  a  passenger  train, 
an  office  he  is  still  filling.  He  has  always  given  his  political  support  to 
the  Republican  party,  and  served  as  burgess  for  more  than  three  years, 
and  is  now  in  his  twelfth  year  of  service  as  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He  is 
one  of  the  stockholders  in  the  Automatic  Train  Control  Company.  His 
religious  affiliation  is  with  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Relief  Society,  and  the  Brotherhood  of 
Locomotive  Engineers. 

Mr.  Mitchell  married,  August  15,  1881,  Naomi  Pictou,  born  near 
Louisville,  Pennsylvania,  August  i,  1862.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Pictou,  born  in  Wales,  emigrated  to  America  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years, 
was  a  farmer,  and  died  in  Louisville,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four  years.  He  married  Mary  Deater,  born  in  Union  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1825,  now  living  in  Sunbury,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children : 
Thomas,  mrried  a  Miss  West;  Naomi,  mentioned  above.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mitchell  have  one  child,  Evaline,  who  married  E.  J.  Chaisty,  of  Baltimore. 


Michael  Conner,  born  in  Ireland  about  the  year  1804,  died 
CONNER     near  Elkins,  West  Virginia,  in  1894.     He  was  educated  in 

his  native  country,  and  was  still  a  young  lad  when  he  came 
to  the  United  States.  He  settled  near  Elkins,  West  Virginia,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming,  and  was  actively  identified  with  this  occupation  all  his 
life.     He   gave  his  political   allegiance  to  the   Republican   party,   and   in 


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religion  was  of  the  Catholic  faith.  He  married  Sarah  Powers,  born  near 
Elkins,  West  Virginia,  where  her  father  was  a  farmer  and  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy  years.  She  had  three  brothers  and  one  sister  as  follows: 
George,  married  Margaret  Hedrick,  and  had  a  daughter  Deltha,  who  mar- 
ried James  Smith;  William,  married  Lou  Hedrick;  Thomas,  was  killed 
in  the  Civil  War;  Martha,  married  Michael  Ward,  and  had  two  daughters. 
George  and  William  were  also  soldiers  during  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Conner  had  children:  Mary,  married  Patrick  McGinnis,  and  had 
five  children ;  Margaret,  died  unmarried ;  James,  died  unmarried ;  John, 
married  Eliza  Robins,  and  had  three  children,  lives  in  Evart,  Michigan; 
Ellen,  married  James  Crum,  has  four  children,  and  lives  in  Conway, 
Pennsylvania;  Elizabeth,  married  James  McCrackin,  has  four  children, 
and  lives  in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia;  M.  William,  of  further  mention; 
Frank,  died  unmarried;  Anna,  resides  with  her  mother. 

(H)  M.  William  Conner,  son  of  Michael  and  Sarah  (Powers)  Conner, 
was  born  near  Elkins,  West  Virginia,  October  22,  1866.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Elkins,  and  when  he  had  finished  his  education 
followed  various  occupations  for  some  years.  Among  the  firms  with 
whom  he  worked  was  the  Westinghouse  Electric  Company,  with  whom 
he  remained  eight  years.  In  1908  he  established  himself  in  the  butcher 
business,  opening  a  store  in  Conway,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
successfully  carried  on  this  business  up  to  April  i,  1914.  His  store  was 
well  equipped  and  his  business  carried  on  in  a  systematic  and  up-to-date 
manner.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare  of  the 
community,  and  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party.  He  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Conner  married,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1892,  Elizabeth  Burkhart,  born  in  Woodsfield,  Ohio,  December 
31,  1872,  daughter  of  Wendling  Burkhart,  born  in  Germany.  He  came 
to  this  country  in  early  manhood,  and  engaged  in  farming  near  Woods- 
field,  Ohio,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  He  married 
Catherine  Stornochel,  born  in  Germany,  died  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  They 
had  children:  Joseph,  of  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  married  Margaret 
Singer,  and  has  eight  children;  Regina,  married  John  Donnall,  of  Tiffin, 
Ohio,  and  has  two  children;  Margaret,  married  John  Witzberger,  of 
Wheeling,  has  eleven  children;  Catherine,  married  Charles  Witzberger, 
also  of  Wheeling,  and  has  ten  children;  Henry,  of  Kuhn,  Ohio,  married 
Isabella  Kuhn,  and  has  one  child ;  Elizabeth,  married  Mr.  Conner.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Conner  have  no  children. 


The  name  of  McNeese,  originally  spelled  McNees,  is  not 
McNEESE     one   of   frequent  occurrence  in  this  country.     The   family 

had  its  origin  in  Holland,  from  whence  they  went  to  Ire- 
land in  1608,  and  in  1668  the  earliest  member  of  the  family  to  make  her 
home  in  this  country  arrived  in  America.  This  was  Cornelia  Vansant 
(Covert)  McNees,  who  took  up  land  along  the  Harlem  river,  now  a  part  of 
the  New  York  Central  Railroad. 


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(II)  The  next  generation  removed  to  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 
during  the  pioneer  days,  and  w^ere  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  that  county, 
taking  up  large  tracts  of  land.  They  were  active  in  the  early  Colonial  wars, 
and  assisted  materially  in  the  development  of  the  country.  The  McNeese 
of  this  generation  was  twice  married,  the  children  of  the  first  marriage 
being  as  follows:  Marcus,  of  further  mention;  Mary  Ann,  born  February 
4,  1814;  William,  May  13,  1816;  James,  December  2,  1818;  John,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1820,  Rachel,  October  8,  1822.  Children  by  second  marriage:  Eliza- 
beth, born  September  18,  1824;  Retta,  January  i,  1827;  Urich,  July  18, 
1830;  Sarah,  November  27,  1834. 

(III)  Marcus  McNeese,  son  of  the  preceding  by  his  first  wife,  was 
born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  9,  1812,  and  spent  his 
entire  life  in  that  county.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  volunteered 
his  services  but  was  not  accepted  because  of  a  weakness  of  his  ankles. 
He  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Pleasant  Valley  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  an  active  worker  in  its  interests.  He  married  Martha  Adams,  also 
born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children:  William, 
born  August  9,  1833;  Catherine,  December  20,  1836;  Mary,  July  22,  1838; 
Sarah,  June  24,  1840;  Matthew,  July  24,  1843,  was  killed  while  in  service 
during  the  Civil  War;  Samuel,  of  further  mention;  Margaret,  April  16, 
1847;  Ann,  December  26,  1849;  Cornelia,  August  5,  1851. 

(IV)  Samuel  McNeese,  son  of  Marcus  and  Martha  (Adams)  McNeese, 
was  bom  in  Slippery  Rock  township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 
27,  1845.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  log  school  house  near  his 
home,  at  a  time  when  the  country  was  still  so  sparsely  settled  that  on  one 
occasion  a  deer  ran  through  the  school  yard.  He  was  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  his  home  district  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  and  at  once 
tendered  his  services  to  his  country.  He  enlisted  in  December,  1861,  in 
Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Thirteenth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  and  was  discharged,  August  2,  1862.  December  28,  1863, 
he  re-enlisted  in  Company  F,  Twenty-third  Regiment  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  was  mustered  out  at  Cumberland,  in  July,  1865.  At  that 
time  the  late  President  McKinley  was  a  major  in  the  regiment,  and  Presi- 
dent Hayes  was  its  colonel.  He  had  been  living  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio, 
prior  to  the  war,  and  at  its  close  he  returned  to  that  town,  and  for  five 
years  was  a  member  of  the  Columbiana  county  militia.  He  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  Fort  Wayne  Railroad  Company  in  various  capacities.  In 
1886  he  removed  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
has  since  that  time  made  his  home.  He  has  followed  a  variety  of  occu- 
pations, and  was  for  a  time  tax  collector  of  the  third  ward.  He  was  at 
first  connected  with  the  United  Brethren  Church,  later  affiliated  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  is  now  a  Free  Methodist.  He  was  first 
a  Republican,  later  a  Prohibitionist,  and  has  worked  earnestly  for  many 
years  to  forward  the  interests  of  this  party. 

Mr.  McNeese     married,     August     23,     1865,     Lydia     Clupper,     and 


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had  children:  Matthew  Sherman,  born  June  30,  1866,  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  S.  H.  Funkhouser  &  Company,  tinners,  of  New  Brighton;  Anna, 
bom  April  23,  1868;  John  Marcus,  July  8,  1870;  Samuel  Albert,  March 
18,  1876,  died  the  same  day. 


This  record  of  the  Coopers  of  Pennsylvania  begins  with 
COOPER  the  member  of  the  family  who  bore  arms  in  the  American 
army  in  the  war  for  independence,  Mathias  Cooper,  in 
whose  right  his  descendants  hold  membership  in  the  various  patriotic  so- 
cieties in  existence.  He  followed  agricultural  pursuits  all  his  life,  with  the 
exception  of  the  lengthy  period  devoted  to  the  Colonial  service,  and  settled 
in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  whither  he  came  from 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  from  which  locality  he  had  enlisted  in  the 
army.  He  and  his  wife  Christiana  were  the  parents  of  several  children, 
among  whom  was  Daniel. 

(H)  Daniel  Cooper,  son  of  Mathias  and  Christiana  Cooper,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  there  died.  He  became  the  owner  of  two  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  his  native  township,  at  the  time  of  purchase  covered  by  a 
dense  growth  of  timber,  which  almost  impenetrable  forest  he  cleared,  erect- 
ing first  log  buildings,  later  replacing  them  with  frame  structures.  He 
cultivated  this  land  until  his  death,  the  property  now  known  as  the  ShaflFer 
farm.  He  married  Prudence  Hamilton,  and  had  children:  Ann,  Lydia, 
Christiana,  Mathias,  Thomas  Hamilton,  Jane,  Daniel,  Robert,  of  whom 
further;  Sarah,  Prudence,  Mary,  Juliana,  David.  All  of  these  thirteen 
children  grew  to  healthy  and  vigorous  maturity. 

(HI)  Robert  Cooper,  son  of  Daniel  and  Prudence  (Hamilton) 
Cooper,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May 
21,  1817,  died  aged  seventy-six  years.  He  obtained  an  unusually  good 
education  in  the  subscription  and  public  schools,  which  latter  he  attended 
for  one  term.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  specializing  in  that  branch 
of  the  carpenter's  occupation  devoted  to  boat  building,  following  this 
calling  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana.  He  later  cultivated  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
Moon  township,  a  part  of  which  belonged  to  his  father,  and  in  the  clearing 
of  which  he  had  assisted.  He  and  his  family  were  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  more  than  forty  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  session  of  that  denomination.  His  exemplary  life  and  nobility  of  char- 
acter gave  him  unquestioned  prestige  upon  the  board  of  spiritual  advisers 
of  the  church,  and  in  all  the  plans  for  extending  its  work  and  enlarging 
its  capacity  for  well  doing  his  counsel  held  much  weight.  He  married 
(first)  in  1841,  Eliza  Orr,  of  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; (second)  in  1846,  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Purdy) 
Ewing;  (third)  in  1875,  Mrs.  Alice  (Calvert)  Laird,  of  Moon  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Henry  Ewing's  father,  Alexander  Ewing, 
and  a  brother  of  Alexander  Ewing,  Henry,  also  the  father  of  Alexander 


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and  Henry  Ewing,  were  soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  while  James 
Purdy,  father  of  Jane  Purdy,  also  fought  in  that  conflict,  so  that  the 
descendants  of  the  second  marriage  of  Robert  Cooper  have  a  triple  claim 
upon  Revolutionary  ancestors.  Children  of  the  first  marriage  of  Robert 
Cooper:  William  J.  and  Robert  H.  Children  of  the  second  marriage  of 
Robert  Cooper:  Margaret  J.,  a  teacher  in  the  graded  schools  of  Paterson 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  D.  Austin,  Henry  E.,  David  K., 
Mary  Emma,  Elmer  C,  John  P.,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  John  P.  Cooper,  youngest  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Ewing) 
Cooper,  was  born  on  the  homestead  farm  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
December  15,  1863.  He  was  educated  in  the  township  schools.  When  he 
was  nineteen  years  of  age  he  left  the  paternal  farm  and  passed  the  follow- 
ing ten  years  in  the  middle  west,  where  he  taught  school.  In  1893  he  re- 
turned to  the  home  farm  and  at  the  present  time  conducts  general  farming 
operations,  cultivating  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  Good  fortune  has 
attended  his  agricultural  undertaking  and  he  has  derived  from  the  soil 
gratifying  yields,  results  which  give  him  high  place  among  the  farmers 
of  the  locality.  The  Republican  is  the  party  in  which  he  places  his  con- 
fidence, and  in  local  public  afifairs  he  has  ever  taken  an  active  part,  having 
for  nine  years  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  and  was  township  auditor 
for  six  years.  Mr.  Cooper  married,  in  1903,  Olive  L.,  daughter  of  William 
F.  Dodds,  of  Nebraska.  They  have  children:  William  Roy  and  Mary 
Elizabeth. 


The  McNallys  have  come  to  America  at  various  times,  and 
McNALLY     the  greater  number  of  them  have  been  identified  with  in- 
dustrial callings.     Some,  however,  are  also  to  be  found  in 
professional  and  diplomatic  lines. 

(I)  Philip  McNally  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  1896.  He  settled  at  Braddock,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  his  death  occurred  the  following  year,  and  he  is  buried  in  Calvary 
Cemetery,  Pittsburgh.  He  married,  in  Ireland,  Ann  Haney,  also  a  native 
of  that  country,  who  died  in  1891.  They  had  children:  Martin,  see  for- 
ward ;  Hubert ;  Mary,  deceased ;  Bridget,  deceased ;  Michael ;  Patrick,  de- 
ceased; Ann;  John,  deceased. 

(II)  Martin  McNally,  son  of  Philip  and  Ann  (Haney)  McNally,  was 
born  in  county  Galway,  Ireland,  November  8,  1856.  He  emigrated  to 
America  in  1881,  arriving  here  in  the  month  of  May,  and  went  to  Albany, 
New  York,  where  he  was  employed  until  1885.  He  held  a  position  on 
the  steamboat  "St.  John,"  of  the  People's  Line,  and  while  in  the  com- 
pany's employ  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  one  of  his  legs.  For  the  next  three 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  fruit  business,  then  removed  to  Braddock, 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  opened  a  hotel,  of  which  he 
was  the  proprietor  and  manager  until  he  took  a  trip  to  Ireland  in  1902. 
He  remained  in  his  native  land  for  the  period  of  one  year,  then  returned 


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to  Pennsylvania,  and  lived  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  until  1908.  Aliquippa, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  was  the  next  scene  of  his  activities,  and 
there  he  purchased  the  Columbia  Hotel,  and  has  been  its  proprietor  since 
that  time.  It  is  conducted  upon  the  most  modern  and  approved  plan, 
and  is  one  of  the  finest  hotels  of  its  size  and  class.  Mr.  McNally  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Aliquippa  National  Bank,  and  is  one  of  its 
directors.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  "The  Owls,"  which  was  organized 
in  1913,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party.  He  married,  in  1887, 
Bridget  C.  Conway,  born  in  Ireland.    They  have  no  children. 


The  name  of  Whalen  is  one  which  has  always  been  con- 
WHALEN     nected  with  honorable  industrial  enterprises.     It  is  one  of 

frequent  occurrence  in  Ireland,  and  many  of  the  represen- 
tatives of  this  family  have  come  to  the  United  States.  Michael  Whalen 
spent  his  entire  life  in  Ireland,  where  he  married  Mary  Dorsey. 

(II)  Patrick  Whalen,  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Dorsey)  Whalen, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1870.  For  a 
time  he  made  his  home  in  Steubenville,  Ohio,  then  removed  to  CollierSj 
Brooke  county,  West  Virginia,  where  he  died  in  1891.  He  had  been  in 
the  employ  of  the  Panhandle  Traction  Company  for  a  number  of  years. 
His  widow  and  children  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  later  to 
Aliquippa,  where  she  established  herself  in  the  grocery  business  in  which 
she  has  been  eminently  successful  and  has  amassed  a  competence.  She 
is  now  the  owner  of  considerable  real  estate.  Mr.  Whalen  was  a  Demo- 
crat, and  all  of  the  family  are  members  of  the  Catholic  Church.  Mr. 
Whalen  married,  in  Ireland,  in  1868,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Patrick  and 
Mary  (Dorsey)  Trail,  both  of  whom  lived  and  died  in  Ireland.  Patrick 
Trail  was  a  participant  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  and  was  active  in  many 
of  the  battles  which  were  fought  in  the  East  Indies.  They  had  children: 
Mary  Catherine ;  Catherine,  who  married  Patrick  Whalen ;  Bridget.  All 
of  these  daughters  are  living.  Patrick  and  Catherine  (Trail)  Whalen  had 
children  as  follows:  i.  Michael,  was  a  general  yardmaster  at  Connells- 
ville,  Pennsylvania,  for  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  Company;  died 
August  II,  1910;  he  married  Annie  McGuinness,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and 
had  children:  Catherine,  Leo,  Mary  Agnes,  Regis,  Inez.  2.  Mary,  died 
at  the  age  of  nineteen  years.  3.  Margaret,  married  P.  L.  Cox,  of  Hazle- 
wood,  supervisor  of  the  plant  of  Jones  &  Laughlin;  has  one  child,  Eliza- 
beth. 4.  Annie,  married  John  Sullivan,  yardmaster  in  the  Jones  &  Laughlin 
plant  at  Hazlewood;  has  one  child,  Eleanor.  5.  Lizzie,  married  E.  S. 
Gallagher,  an  engineer  at  Aliquippa,  has  one  child,  Francis.  6.  Katie, 
married  Thomas  Jones,  in  the  grocery  business  at  Homestead,  Pennsyl- 
vania; no  children.  7.  Marcus,  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years.  8.  Eleanor, 
married  Thomas  Coyne,  of  No.  104  Thirteenth  street.  North  Braddock, 
Pennsylvania ;  has  children :  Paul  and  Ilene.  9.  James,  an  engineer,  un- 
married, lives  in  Aliquippa.     10.  Patrick,  deceased. 


6o6  PENNSYLVANIA 

Julius  Zimmerman,  born  in  Baden,  Germany,  in  1827, 

ZIMMERMAN     received  an  excellent  educarion  in  his  native  country. 

He  came  to  the  United  States  in  early  manhood,  and 

found  employment  as  a  steward  on  the  "Robert  E.  Lee,"  remaining  in  this 

position  many  years.     His  political  allegiance  was  given  to  the  Democratic 

party.     He  married  Sarah  Ann  Kane,  born  in  Steubenville,  Ohio,   1848, 

daughter  of  and  Ann   (Jones)   Kane,  both  natives  of  the  state  of 

Maine,  and  who  removed  to  Steubenville,  Ohio.  He  was  employed  in 
various  capacities  on  the  river,  and  died  of  yellow  fever  in  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana.  She  removed  to  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
she  died  in  1889.  They  had  children:  i.  A  daughter,  who  died  at  an 
early  age.  2.  Samuel  M.,  who  became  the  general  manager  of  the  Roch- 
ester Tumbler  Works,  and  was  killed  on  the  railroad.  3.  Catherine.  4. 
Sarah  Ann,  who  became  the  wife  of  Julius  Zimmerman;  she  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

(II)  Joseph  J.  Zimmerman,  son  of  Julius  and  Sarah  Ann  (Kane) 
Zimmerman,  was  born  in  Steubenville,  Ohio,  December  25,  1870.  His  early 
years  were  spent  in  that  town  where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
was  then  sent  to  Mount  Pleasant,  in  Western  Pennsylvania.  From  1887 
to  1890  he  was  a  student  at  the  Mount  Pleasant  Qassical  and  Scientific 
Institution,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Military  College,  at  Chester,  Penn- 
sylvania, after  which  he  came  to  Rochester,  Beaver  county.  He 
formed  a  business  connection  with  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Works, 
which  continued  in  force  until  1906,  with  entire  satisfaction  to  all 
interested.  He  had  commenced  in  the  mold  making  department,  and  had 
worked  his  way  upward  through  all  grades  until  in  1900  he  was  made  man- 
ager of  the  Keystone  Tumbler  Plant,  which  had  been  erected  in  1897. 
In  1906  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  glass  manufacturing  business, 
and  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  line,  succeeding  Sharp  &  Hoffman, 
and  was  eminently  successful  until  1909.  He  then  became  the  secretary  of 
the  Rochester  Mold  &  Machine  Company,  an  office  he  is  still  filling  with 
remarkable  executive  ability.  Mr.  Zimmerman  has  been  an  active  worker 
in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  and  was  chosen  as  alternate  dele- 
gate to  the  national  convention  held  in  Chicago,  in  1904,  taking  the  seat 
made  vacant  by  the  death  of  Hon.  M.  S.  Quay.  He  has  aflSliations  with 
numerous  organizations,  among  them  being  the  following:  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Eureka  Chapter,  No.  167,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  New  Castle 
Lodge  of  Perfection ;  and  Scottish  Rite  Masons,  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  for  twelve  years  has  been  the  secretary  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
at  Rochester.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  Mr. 
Zimmerman  is  an  attendant  of  the  same.  In  1896  he  erected  the  beautiful 
dwelling  at  No.  170  West  Park,  in  which  he  now  resides. 

Mr.  Zimmerman  married,  October  12,  1893,  Alice  J.,  born  in  Rochester, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  John  J.  and  Elizabeth  (Johnson)  Hoffman,  the 


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latter  now  deceased.  John  J.  Hoffman  was  a  prominent  merchant  in 
Rochester,  where  he  is  still  living,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Beaver 
Valley  Electric  Company.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zimmerman  have  children:  Eliza- 
beth Bell,  born  July  21,  1894;  Nell  Wilson,  November  17,  1900. 


In  Beaver  county,  a  region  devoted  chiefly  to  agricultural 
McGUIRE     pursuits,   the    McGuires   of   Ireland   have   been   successful 

farmers  ever  since  that  district  has  been  their  home,  which 
has  been  for  one  full  century,  Daniel  McGuire  having  been  the  first  of  his 
branch  of  the  McGuire  family  to  come  to  the  United  States. 

(I)  Daniel  McGuire  was  bom  in  Ireland  about  1763,  and  in  that 
country  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil.  In  181 3  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
landing  in  Pennsylvania,  and  proceeding  immediately  to  Beaver  county, 
where  his  descendants  have  since  lived.  He  made  farming  his  occupation 
in  the  land  of  his  adoption  and  owned  land  in  Economy  township,  dying 
on  the  homestead  there  in  1854.  He  became  a  supporter  of  the  Democratic 
party  as  soon  as  he  obtained  a  thorough  acquaintance  with  American 
politics  and  political  methods,  and  with  his  family  was  a  member  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  Church.  He  married  Mary  O'Connell,  who  died  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  her  birthplace  being  the  same  as  his.  Children  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  (O'Connell)  McGuire,  all  deceased:  i.  Grace,  married 
(first)  a  Mr.  Dougherty,  (second)  John  Ingles.  2.  Charles,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Marjorie,  married  John  Downey.  4.  Nancy,  married  Nathaniel 
Downey. 

(II)  Charles  McGuire,  only  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (O'Connell) 
McGuire,  was  born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  January  i,  1800,  died  in 
Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1854.  His  education, 
begun  in  his  native  land  in  the  private  schools,  was  completed  in  the  United 
States  in  institutions  of  the  same  character,  his  father  having  brought  him 
to  this  country  when  he  was  a  lad  of  thirteen  years.  Completing  his 
studies,  for  a  time  he  rented  land  from  his  father,  on  which  he  conducted 
agricultural  operations,  and  a  few  years  later  purchased  his  father's  farm, 
there  residing  until  his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was  but  little  more 
than  in  the  prime  of  life.  His  religious  convictions  were  those  of  his 
parents,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  faithful  communicants  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church.  In  politics  his  sympathies  were  identical  with  those  of 
his  father,  and  his  political  activity  was  ever  for  the  benefit  and  advance- 
ment of  the  Democratic  party.  Many  township  offices  were  conferred 
upon  him  by  his  neighbors,  including  school  director,  director  of  the  poor, 
road  supervisor,  and  numerous  others,  his  administration  of  all  public 
trusts  being  marked  by  a  willing  and  capable  attitude  that  made  him  an 
ideal  public  servant,  his  efforts  tending  toward  the  best  possible  end,  re- 
gardless of  the  labor  entailed. 

He  married  Catherine  Corby,  bom  in  Limerick,  Ireland,  died  on  the 
home  farm  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  October 


6o8  PENNSYLVANIA 

22,  1874,  daughter  of  John  Corby,  a  merchant  of  Ireland,  who  in  the 
United  States  became  a  farmer,  dying  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.    He 

married  a  Miss  Sheehan.     Children  of  John  and  (Sheehan)   Corby, 

all  deceased:  i.  Catherine,  of  previous  mention,  married  Charles  Mc- 
Guire.  2.  John,  died  in  Missouri;  married  Amanda  Music.  3.  William, 
married,  and  spent  his  life  in  Missouri,  where  his  death  occurred.  4. 
Mary,  died  unmarried.  5.  Bridget,  died  unmarried.  6.  Michael,  died  un- 
married. 7.  Frank  P.,  married  (first) ,  (second)  a  Miss  Robedoux.  Chil- 
dren of  Charles  and  Catherine  (Corby)  McGuire:  i.  Daniel,  died  unmarried. 
2.  John,  deceased ;  married  Ann  Llambias.  3.  Charles,  died  unmarried^ 
4.  Michael,  of  whom  further.  5.  Mary,  died  unmarried.  6.  Joseph,  mar- 
ried Helena  Zink,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh;  they  are  the  parents  of  two 
children,  both  living  at  home,  Charles  and  Mary.  7.  James,  died  aged 
sixteen  years.    8.  Ellen,  died  unmarried. 

(Ill)  Michael  McGuire,  fourth  child  and  son  of  Charles  and  Catherine 
(Corby)  McGuire,  was  born  in  Economy  tovraship,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, February  24,  1839.  As  a  boy  he  attended  the  township  public 
schools,  living  on  the  home  farm,  and  after  the  death  of  his  father  he 
managed  the  home  farm  for  his  mother  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age. 
He  then  purchased  the  interests  of  his  co-heirs  in  the  home  property  and 
became  sole  possessor  of  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  that  had 
comprised  the  old  homestead.  Thus  for  practically  sixty  years  he  has  had 
full  charge  of  the  homestead,  for  the  most  of  that  time  as  owner.  After 
many  years  devoted  to  the  dairy  business,  chiefly  in  the  making  of  butter, 
he  later  confined  himself,  in  a  great  degree,  to  truck  raising.  For  the  first 
named  product  of  his  farm  there  was  ever  a  large  demand  because  of  its 
sweetness,  purity  and  freshness,  and  he  encountered  little  trouble  in  finding  a 
ready  market  for  his  farm  produce.  He  is  now  retired  from  active  pur- 
suits, enjoying  a  well  earned  rest.  While  found  in  his  most  familiar  element 
as  an  agriculturist,  and  the  fact  that  he  is  vice-president  of  the  Beaver 
County  Agricultural  Association  shows  that  his  reputation  among  farmers 
is  one  of  merit  in  that  line,  Mr.  McGuire  has  given  no  small  share  of  his 
time  and  attention  to  business  matters,  having  for  seventeen  years  been 
president  of  the  Wall  Rose  Fire  Insurance  Company,  an  organization  of 
which  he  has  been  secretary  for  the  past  eleven  years,  still  continuing  in 
that  capacity.  As  the  head  of  the  above-mentioned  organization  he  placed 
its  affairs  upon  a  business  basis  of  unshaking  firmness,  and  his  works 
show  to  the  present  day  in  that  it  is  known  as  a  responsible  and  reliable 
institution,  well-officered  and  well-managed.  To  the  public  service  he  has 
also  given  generously,  for  ten  years  directing  the  educational  affairs  of 
the  township  as  school  director,  and  for  six  years  holding  the  office  of 
township  auditor.  The  years  of  his  life,  seventy-five  in  number,  in  1914, 
have  been  spent  in  an  activity  that  always  tended  toward  useful  ends,  and 
the  scope  of  his  connections  bespeaks  a  man  of  wide  sympathies  and 
equally  broad  abilities.     His  entrance  into  political  life  was  as  the  repre- 


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sentative  of  the  Democratic  party,  although  at  the  polls  he  was  accorded 
the  support  of  his  many  friends,  irrespective  of  party  lines,  and  in  religion 
he  adheres  to  the  family  faith,  the  Roman  Catholic,  as  does  his  wife. 

He  married,  June  13,  1871,  Catherine  Moore,  born  in  Sharpsburg, 
Pennsylvania,  May  28,  1851,  daughter  of  George  and  Margaret  (Dorst- 
witz)  Moore,  both  natives  of  Prussia.  George  Moore  was  a  brick  manu- 
facturer and  farmer  during  his  American  residence,  and  died  in  Economy 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  aged  seventy-two  years,  his  wife's 
death  occurring  in  that  place.  Children  of  George  and  Margaret  (Dorst- 
witz)  Moore:  i.  Frederick,  deceased;  married  Elizabeth  Minick.  2.  John, 
served  about  four  years  in  the  Civil  War  in  the  Fourth  Pennsylvania 
Cavalry,  under  Captain  B.  F.  Blood,  was  captured  at  Antietam,  released 
at  close  of  war,  held  at  Andersonville,  Libby  and  Belle  Island  prisons; 
married  Mary  Broadwick;  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  they  are  the 
parents  of :  George ;  Thomas ;  Catherine,  unmarried ;  Clements,  married 
William  Seifker;  Adalaide,  unmarried;  John,  married  Augusta  Moran; 
Lawrence,  unmarried.  3.  Mary,  married  John  Chisler;  lives  in  Canons- 
burg,  Pennsylvania;  children:  Barbara  A.,  married  Matthew  Mallory; 
Margaret,  married  William  Der;  William,  married  Frances  Wright;  Eliza- 
beth, married  John  Davis;  Mary  Estella,  married  Harry  Stewart,  of  Pitts- 
burgh. 4.  Andrew,  unmarried,  lives  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  5.  George,  died  from  disease  contracted  in  the  service  in 
the  Civil  War,  served  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania 
Infantry.  6.  Elizabeth,  lives  unmarried  in  Economy  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Catherine,  of  previous  mention,  married  Michael 
McGuire.  Children  of  Michael  and  Catherine  (Moore)  McGuire:  i. 
Ellen,  married  Gilbert  Foran ;  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  the  mother 
of  Francis,  Charles  and  Lawrence.  2.  Delia,  married  George  H.  Davis; 
lives  in  Leetsdale,  Pennsylvania;  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  James, 
aged  four  years.  3.  Charles,  married  Jennie  Irwin;  lives  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  the  father  of  one  daughter,  Catherine,  aged  six  years.  4. 
John  M.,  married  Gertrude  Styelinger,  deceased;  she  lives  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania.  5.  Mary,  married  William  Hemmerle;  lives  in  Pittsburgh. 
6.  Leo,  married  Ellen  Kratzler;  she  is  deceased.  7.  Grace,  lives  at  home. 
8.  Clair,  lives  at  home. 


The  part  that  German  settlers  have  played  in  Beaver 
HAMMERLE    county  does  not  differ  materially  from  that  which  those 

of  that  nationality  have  to  their  credit  in  other  regions 
of  this  country,  that  of  a  sober,  intelligent,  industrious  people,  who,  es- 
tablishing institutions  and  precedents  as  the  needs  of  their  communities 
called  for  them,  built  them  after  their  own  personalities,  weaving  into  them 
the  elements  of  firmness  and  substantiality  that  make  for  permanence  and 
endurance.  Among  the  many  families  that  Germany  has  given  to  the 
United  States,  and  among  the  large  number  that  have  made  Pennsylvania 


6io  PENNSYLVANIA 

their  home,  is  that  of  Hammerle,  estabHshed  in  the  United  States  by  John 
Hammerle  in  1853. 

(I)  John  Hammerle  was  a  resident  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
for  twenty  years  prior  to  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1873,  when  he  was 
eighty-four  years  of  age.  These  two  decades  had  been  spent  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits,  John  Hammerle  having  been  a  son  of  the  soil  in  the 
Fatherland.  There  is  in  the  possession  of  John  (3)  Hammerle,  grandson 
of  John  (i)  Hammerle,  the  emigrant,  an  old  trunk  in  which  the  first 
John  carried  all  of  his  worldly  goods  when  he  made  the  voyage  from  his 
native  country  to  the  United  States  in  1853.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
German  Lutheran  Church,  then  known  as  the  German  Reformed,  as  was 
his  wife,  and  reared  his  children  in  that  faith.  The  maiden  name  of  his 
wife  was  Kuckenberger,  her  death  taking  place  in  Pennsylvania.  They 
were  the  parents  of :  Leonard,  resident  of  Monroe,  New  York ;  Rudolph, 
deceased;  Lizzie,  lives  unmarried  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania;  Catherine, 

married    (first)    a   Mr.    Thomas,    (second)    Zinkham,   and    lives   in 

Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania;  John,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  John  (2)  Hammerle,  son  of  John  (i)  Hammerle,  was  bom  in 
Baden,  Germany,  in  1832,  died  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  15,  1906.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  Germany,  and  he 
was  there  educated  in  the  schools  for  which  that  land  is  justly  famous, 
coming  to  the  United  States  with  his  father  in  the  year  that  he  attained 
his  majority.  After  his  arrival  he  was  for  a  time  employed  in  Pitts- 
burgh, later  entering  the  agricultural  field,  in  which  he  remained  until  his 
death,  meeting  with  good  success  and  becoming  one  of  the  farmers  of  the 
region  whose  undertakings  were  universally  prosperous.  In  1862  he  en- 
listed in  the  Union  army  and  served  for  a  term  of  nine  months,  at  the  end 
of  that  time  returning  to  the  cultivation  of  his  acres.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
political  sympathies  and  for  three  years  served  the  township  as  school 
director.  For  many  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  his 
wife  holding  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  her  later  years. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Shaffer,  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  who  died  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania,  October  21, 
1912,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Casper  Shaffer, 
a  farmer  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1878.  Chil- 
dren of  Casper  Shaffer:     i.  Elizabeth,  of  previous  mention,  married  John 

(2)  Hammerle.     2.  John,  married  Gudemoth,  and  lives  in  Unionville. 

New  Sewickjey  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  they  are  the 
parents  of:  Callie,  married  Jacob  Shaney,  and  lives  in  Unionville,  Penn- 
sylvania; Nicholas,  married,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania; 
Emma,  married  Frank  Acher,  and  lives  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania ;  Henry, 
married  Louisa  Graham,  and  lives  in  Monaca,  Pennsylvania ;  Joseph,  mar- 
ried, and  lives  with  his  parents;  Walter,  unmarried,  lives  at  Ambridge, 
Pennsylvania;  Harry,  unmarried,  lives  at  Freedom,  Pennsylvania;  Mary, 
lives   at   home.      3.    Henry,   married    Barbara    Eckhart,    and    lives    on    the 


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old  homestead  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania; 
they  are  the  parents  of  several  children.  4.  Eve,  married  John  Knoupfe, 
and  lives  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  mother  of  four  children.  5. 
Mary,  married  Adam  Fleener,  and  lives  in  Dougherty  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  the  mother  of  several  children.  Children  of  John 
(2)  and  Elizabeth  (Shaffer)  Hammerle:  i.  Pauhna,  died  aged  twelve 
years.  2.  John  (3),  of  whom  further.  3.  Benjamin,  deceased.  4.  Oiarles, 
married  Carrie  Kemer,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  the  father  of  two  sons, 
Elmer,  married  Lizzie  Berry,  and  Harry.  5.  Henry,  married  Jennie  Fuller- 
ton,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  the  father  of  two  children,  Claire  and  Cora, 
both  married.  6.  Joseph,  married  Mary  Shirk,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  the  father  of  two  children,  Norman  and  Maria,  aged  sixteen 
and  nine  years,  respectively.  7.  George,  married  Ida  Miller,  and  lives  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  the  father  of  two  daughters,  Esther,  aged  nine, 
and  Mildred,  aged  six  years.  8.  Mary,  died  aged  twelve  years.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, married  W.  E.  McElheny,  and  lives  in  Conway,  Pennsylvania;  they 
are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Walter  and  David,  aged  fourteen  and 
twelve  years,  respectively.  10.  William,  married  Emma  Gross,  deceased; 
lives  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania,  the  father  of  three  children,  Lenhardt, 
aged  eleven  years,  Blanche,  aged  nine  years,  Helda,  aged  seven  years. 

(HI)  John  (3)  Hammerle,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Shaffer) 
Hammerle,  was  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, October  9,  1859.  His  early  years  were  spent  in  Economy  township, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  working  on  his  father's  farm  until 
189 1,  when  he  purchased  eighty-one  acres  of  land,  which  he  has  since  cul- 
tivated with  excellent  success,  both  from  a  financial  standpoint  and  the 
agriculturist's  point  of  view.  He  specializes  in  no  one  branch,  all  of  his 
operations  being  general  in  character  and  varied  to  suit  the  seasons.  Bus- 
iness has  claimed  part  of  Mr.  Hammerle's  time,  his  name  appearing  as  a 
director  and  appraiser  of  the  Wall  Rose  Fire  Insurance  Company  and  as  a 
stockholder  in  the  People's  Telephone  Company.  Politically  he  is  strongly 
partisan,  giving  the  Democratic  party  his  full  support,  having  held  the 
office  of  road  supervisor  for  two  years  and  that  of  school  director  for  five 
years.  The  latter  position  he  still  fills  and  has  been  a  strong  worker  for 
the  cause  of  education  in  the  township.  For  three  years  he  was  also  one 
of  the  township  election  board.  Nor  does  his  field  of  activity  meet  its 
boundary  at  that  point,  but  extends  to  the  offices  of  trustee,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  his  ecclesiastical  duties  receiving 
the  same  thorough  care  that  characterizes  his  actions  in  any  branch  of 
service,  be  it  private,  public  or  business.  His  wife  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Hammerle  married,  December  29,  1881,  Sadie  Filbert,  born  in 
New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  26,  i860, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Jennie  (Bass)  Filbert.  Edward  Filbert  was  born 
in  Germany,  and  was  a   farmer  both   in  that  country  and  in   the   United 


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States,  his  death  occurring  in  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Edward  Filbert: 
I.  John,  deceased.  2.  Maggie,  deceased;  married  L.  Dunbar.  3.  William, 
married,  and  lives  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Edward,  married  Mary 
Peirsol,  and  lives  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania;  they  are  the  parents  of  five 
children,  among  them  George,  Jennie,  Vera,  the  latter  two  married,  Jennie 
to  a  Mr.  Russell,  Vera  to  a  Mr.  Kelly.  5.  Hannah,  married  George 
Lawyer,  and  lives  in  Wilkinsburg,  Pennsylvania;  children:  Frank,  Edward, 
Harvey,  Jennie,  George,  Annie;  all  are  married  with  the  exception  of 
Annie,  who  lives  at  home,  Jennie's  husband  being  David  Livingstone.  6. 
Sadie,  of  previous  mention,  married  John  (3)  Hammerle.  7.  David,  mar- 
ried and  has  several  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Filbert  were  also  the  parents 
of  two  children  who  died  young.  Children  of  John  (3)  and  Sadie  (Filbert) 
Hammerle:  i.  William,  mariied  Mary  McGuire,  and  lives  at  Homewood, 
Pennsylvania.  2.  David,  lives  at  home.  3.  Ralph,  lives  in  Pittsburgh.  4. 
Howard,  lives  at  home.  5.  Mary,  attending  school.  6.  Hazel,  attending 
school. 


The  name  of  Merkel  is  no  uncommon  one  in  this  country, 
MERKEL  and  we  find  that  bearers  of  it  have  come  from  various  sec- 
tions of  Germany.  The  family  here  under  discussion  came 
from  Hessen  Darmstadt,  Germany.  Two  brothers  and  two  sisters  of  this 
family  came  to  this  country:  Justus,  see  forward;  Washington,  a  resident 
of  Richmond,  Virginia;  Margaret,  who  married  a  Mr.  Vollhardt,  of  Wells- 
burg,  West  Virginia ;  Helena  Fisher,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  and  Henry, 
a  brother  of  the  above  mentioned,  remained  in  Hessen  Darmstadt,  but 
his  son  Henry  is  a  resident  of  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

Justus  Merkel  was  born  at  Hessen  Darmstadt,  Germany,  May  3,  1824, 
died  in  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  20,  1907.  His  father 
was  Henry  Merkel,  who  lived  and  died  in  Germany.  Justus  Merkel  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country,  and  was  there  apprenticed 
to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  in  which  he  was  very  successful.  He 
emigrated  to  America  in  1847,  landing  at  Philadelphia  from  whence  he 
migrated  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  About  the  year  1850  he  removed 
to  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 
Throughout  the  years  of  his  residence  in  America  he  followed  the  calling 
with  which  he  had  been  identified  in  his  native  land.  Being  frugal  and 
industrious,  and  possessed  of  much  natural  business  acumen,  he  amassed 
a  considerable  fortune.  He  acquired  a  large  amount  of  real  estate,  por- 
tions of  which  he  sold  very  advantageously  from  time  to  time,  re-invest- 
ing the  profits  of  his  sales.  During  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Merkel  was  a  par- 
ticipant in  the  struggle  while  plying  his  trade.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  Church. 

Mr.  Merkel  married  (first)  Margaret  Mateer,  and  by  this  marriage 
had  no  children.  He  married  (second)  1895,  Marie  Elstner,  born  in 
Germany,  July  24,  1870,  daughter  of  John  and  Agatha  (Palmer)  Elstner, 


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the  former  of  whom  died  in  Germany  about  1876,  the  latter  came  to 
Monaca,  Beaver  county,  1893,  died  there,  June  4,  1907.  They  had  chil- 
dren: Theodore,  of  Charleroi;  Richard,  of  Monaca;  Marie,  who  married 
Mr.  Merkel.  Justus  and  Marie  (Elstner)  Merkel  had  children:  Flora, 
born  April  16,  1896,  married,  November  28,  1912,  Marshall  Finn,  of 
Monaca;  Marie,  born  August  24,  1897;  Ida,  born  October  19,  1898;  Justus, 
born  June  30,  1902. 


Annie  Higby,  mother  of  William  F.  Higby,  was  the  daughter 
HIGBY  of  Dr.  Charles  and  Margaret  (McKenna)  Higby,  her  father 
a  native  of  Massachusetts.  They  were  for  a  time  residents  of 
Pittsburgh,  later  moving  to  Tennessee,  and  finally  settling  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Charles  Higby  was  a  physician  by  profession  and 
was  said  to  have  been  the  first  doctor  of  the  homoeopathic  school  in  Beaver 
county.  They  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Children  of 
Charles  and  Margaret  (McKenna)  Higby:  Charles,  a  farmer,  died  in 
McLoud,  Oklahoma;  Maggie,  married  Dr.  Pyburn,  and  died  in  Greeley, 
Colorado;  Annie,  of  previous  mention,  born  at  Brownstown,  near  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania,  July  4,  1835. 

William  Franklin  Higby  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  September  24,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  New 
Brighton,  completing  his  education  and  studies  at  Smart's  Business  College, 
in  Beaver  Falls,  whence  he  was  graduated  in  r886.  Possessing  the  quality 
of  adapting  himself  to  all  circumstances  and  with  no  obsessing  preferences 
as  to  a  career,  he  spent  several  years  in  diflFerent  positions,  giving  every 
likely  opening  a  fair  trial,  without  finding  an  occupation  particularly  to 
his  liking,  although  there  were  among  those  he  followed  for  a  time  many 
capable  of  yielding  him  a  livelihood.  Inheriting  a  farm  upon  his  mother's 
death,  he  began  to  cultivate  it,  and  in  this  occupation  found  his  true 
calling.  Since  that  time  he  has  also  acquired  the  Mitchell  farm,  which 
adjoins  his  property,  making  a  tract  of  about  eighty  acres.  In  addition 
to  the  general  farming  operations  he  conducts,  he  raises  Jersey  cattle,  and 
among  his  herd  are  none  but  those  of  the  purest  blood,  every  one  a  thor- 
oughbred, and  because  of  the  scientific  care  and  treatment  they  receive, 
his  stock  sells  at  a  marked  advance  above  the  market  price.  For  the  ac- 
commodation of  his  animals  Mr.  Higby  erected,  in  1912,  a  spacious  barn, 
built  not  for  their  mere  shelter,  but  for  comfort  during  the  seasons  in  which 
they  cannot  graze  at  will.  Besides  the  farm  on  which  he  lives,  Mr.  Higby 
is  the  owner  of  considerable  real  estate  in  Rochester  township  and  the 
borough  of  New  Brighton,  including  seven  houses.  A  Republican  in 
politics,  he  has  several  times  been  the  choice  of  his  neighbors  for  local 
offices  and  has  in  each  case  gladly  given  of  his  time  and  service  for  the 
public  good,  holding  the  offices  of  supervisor,  school  director  and  township 
auditor. 

He  married,  September  29,  1885,  Jennie  Harland,  a  native  of  Beaver 


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county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Harland,  deceased.  Children: 
I.  Edward,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Hazel,  lives  at  home.  3.  May,  married 
Lotus  Radcliff,  and  lives  in  Rochester  township;  they  are  the  parents  of 
one  daughter,  Lena.  4.  Henry,  deceased.  5.  Charles,  at  home.  6.  John, 
at  home.     7.  Benjamin,  died  in  infancy. 


James  Louthan,  who  was  born  in  Scotland,  came  to 
LOUTHAN  America  not  long  after  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  settled  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  when  that 
section  of  the  state  was  a  complete  wilderness,  and  bravely  endured  the 
hardships  which  the  hardy  pioneers  were  called  upon  to  combat.  He  soon 
removed  to  Wayne  county,  Ohio,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  of  about  one 
hundred  acres  on  Apple  creek,  and  had  cleared  a  portion  of  this  when  an 
attack  of  pneumonia  caused  his  early  death.  His  widow  sold  the  farm  as 
advantageously  as  possible,  and  then  with  her  young  children  returned  to 
Beaver  county.  She  settled  on  the  farm  on  which  her  grandson,  John  Reed 
Louthan,  now  lives.  Later  she  removed  to  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  where 
her  death  occurred.  She  was  married  to  Mr.  Louthan  in  Scotland,  and 
they  had  children:  Moses,  who  died  at  New  Water  ford,  Ohio;  Sarah,- 
married  Hugh  Sebring,  moved  to  Clay  county,  Indiana,  and  there  died; 
Susan,  married  Samuel  McConnell,  and  died  while  with  her  sister  Eliza 
at  Darlington;  Eliza,  died  unmarried  at  Darlington;  James,  see  forward. 

(II)  James  (2)  Louthan,  son  of  James  (i)  Louthan,  was  born  in 
Wayne  county,  Ohio,  April  8,  1817,  and  was  a  very  young  child  when 
his  widowed  mother  returned  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
was  reared.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  was  employed  in  various 
places  until  he  purchased  a  farm  of  seventy-two  acres  in  South  Beaver 
township.  He  sold  this  to  his  son-in-law,  James  Patterson,  in  1878  and 
after  the  death  of  his  wife  lived  with  his  children  in  Indiana,  Missouri  and 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  part  of  the  time  with  his  sisters  in  Darlington.  After 
the  death  of  his  sisters  he  made  his  home  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Craig, 
in  Beaver  Falls,  and  died  there,  March  6,  1900.  He  was  a  Republican  and 
very  active  in  local  matters.  His  religious  allegiance  was  with  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  held  the  office  of  trustee.  Mr.  Louthan 
married,  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Nancy  Strain,  born  in  Chippewa 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  February,  1817,  died  in  1878.- 
Her  parents  were  natives  of  Ireland,  came  to  America  in  the  early  settle- 
ment days,  and  made  their  home  in  Chippewa  township.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  purchased  the  land  on  which  J.  F.  Naugle  now  lives.  They  had  chil- 
dren: James,  who  moved  to  Iowa  and  died  there;  Mary,  married  Noble 
Rayl,  and  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Rebecca,  married  James 
Hamilton,  and  died  in  Iowa;  Margaret,  married  Robert  Bradshaw,  and 
died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Nancy,  married  James  Louthan,  see 
above;  Lydia,  married  Smiley  Rhodes,  and  died  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania.    James  and  Nancy  (Strain)  Louthan  had  children:     Mary  Ann, 


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widow  of  John  Craig,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Esther,  married  (first)  James 
Martin,  (second)  Samuel  McClure,  lives  in  Florida;  Susan,  married  James 
Hartzell,  lives  in  Missouri;  Rebecca,  married  Bradford  Rayl,  lives  in  Beaver 
Falls;  Elizabeth,  married  Fernando  Cox,  lives  in  Marshall  county,  Indiana; 
Bradford,  a  pottery  manufacturer,  lives  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio;  Alice, 
married  Thomas  Bradshaw,  and  lives  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania;  James,  a  physician,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Nancy, 
married  James  Patterson,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  John  Reed,  see  forward. 

(Ill)  John  Reed  Louthan,  son  of  James  (2)  and  Nancy  (Strain) 
Louthan,  was  born  in  Darlington,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  19, 
1858.  The  public  schools  furnished  him  with  an  excellent  education  for  that 
time,  and  his  early  years  were  spent  entirely  on  the  homestead  farm.  He 
then  worked  for  a  time  in  a  planing  mill,  after  which  he  was  engaged  in 
business  as  a  huckster  for  about  six  years.  Removing  to  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  he  rented  a  farm  and  in  addition  to  this  continued  the  hucks- 
tering business,  which  he  had  established  on  a  paying  basis.  In  1896  he 
had  become  prosperous  enough  to  purchase  the  old  family  homestead  on 
which  he  had  been  born,  and  has  since  that  time  resided  there.  He  has 
completely  remodeled  the  house,  making  it  one  of  modern  conveniences, 
has  made  additions  to  the  barn,  and  added  many  improvements  to  the 
place  in  general.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and  pays  considerable 
attention  to  dairy  farming,  having  a  fine  herd  of  six  selected  cows.  On  the 
farm  there  are  also  two  gas  and  oil  wells,  one  of  them  still  yielding  a 
barrel  per  day.  He  and  his  wife  are  active  members  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church,  in  which  he  holds  office  as  a  trustee,  and  he  is  also  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sabbath  school. 

Mr.  Louthan  married,  in  September,  1880,  Elizabeth  Rhodes,  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Jane  Rhodes. 
They  have  had  children  as  follows:  George  W.,  lives  in  Chippewa  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  married  Laura  Haley,  and  has  two  children,  Ruth 
and  Charles;  Mary  died  at  the  age  of  twenty  years;  James  L.,  unmarried, 
lives  with  his  parents;  Erma,  resides  with  her  parents;  she  attended  the 
Slippery  Rock  Normal  School  and  Geneva  College,  and  is  now  a  school 
teacher  in  the  home  district. 


The  name  of  Wise  is  one  which  has  been  familiar  in  America 
WISE     for  many  generations.     For  many  years  the    family  belonged 

to  what  was  known  as  the  "Pennsylvania  Dutch,"  but  it  is  but 
natural  to  assume  that  the  earliest  bearers  of  this  name  came  to  America 
from  Germany,  where  the  name  is  spelled  Weis  and  Weiss.  They  brought 
to  this  country  the  distinguishing  traits  of  thrift  and  industry  which  are 
so  characteristic  of  the  German  race,  and  these  have  been  transmitted 
to   their   descendants. 

(I)  Wise  was  born  in  Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 

he  was  occupied  as  a  farmer.  He  married  there,  his  wife  being  also  a 


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native  of  Montgomery  county,  and  also  a  descendant  of  an  old  family  of 
the  state,  and  they  belonged  to  the  Mennonite  sect.  They  had  children: 
Jacob,  who  went  to  Western  Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  Butler  county; 
Samuel;  George,  Henry;  Killian;  John  L.,  see  forward;  two  daughters. 

(II)  John  L.  Wise,  son  of  the  preceding  Wise,  was  born  in 

Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1790,  died  in  1855.  Abraham  Zigler, 
an  early  settler,  had  purchased  one  thousand  acres  of  land  belonging  to  the 
Economites,  and  these  he  was  selling  in  smaller  parcels.  From  him  Mr. 
Wise  bought  one  hundred  acres  in  Franklin  township,  and  resided  there 
until  his  death.  He  was  also  a  weaver  by  trade,  and  when  his  sons  were 
old  enough  to  perform  the  labors  of  the  farm,  Mr.  Wise  left  them  to  manage 
the  farm  alone  while  he  devoted  his  entire  time  and  attention  to  his  weaving 
business.  Mr.  Wise  married  Mary  Funk,  born  in  Chester  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1796,  died  about  1876.  Her  parents  were  also  Mennonites  and 
Pennsylvania  Dutch,  and  lived  and  died  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania. 
About  the  year  1830  he  with  his  entire  family  traveled  across  the  mountains 
by  wagon,  to  make  their  home  in  Butler  county,  where  they  settled  at 
Jackson  township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wise  had  children:  Jacob,  a  farmer 
in  Jackson  township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania;  John,  now  dead,  lived 
on  the  homestead  farm;  Killian,  who  was  a  farmer,  died  in  Quincy  county, 
Illinois;  Henry,  died  young;  Samuel  F.,  see  forward;  Catherine,  married 
Moses  Shuntz,  and  lived  in  Jackson  township;  Sarah,  died  unmarried  at 
the  age  of  twenty  years;  Mary,  married  Henry  Moyer,  and  lived  in  Har- 
mony ;  Hannah,  married  John  Y.  Zigler,  both  deceased. 

(III)  Samuel  F.  Wise,  son  of  John  L.  and  Mary  (Funk)  Wise,  was 
born  in  Jackson  township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  27,  183 1. 
During  the  winter  months  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Franklin  town- 
ship three  months,  and  was  obliged  to  assist  his  father  to  the  extent  of  his 
strength  at  an  early  age.  He  remained  on  the  homestead  farm  until  he 
attained  his  majority,  then  married,  and  for  the  next  seven  years  lived  on 
land  which  he  rented  from  his  father-in-law.  He  then  bought  one  hundred 
and  thirty  acres  to  which  he  added  another  thirty  acres  subsequently.  In 
1859  he  built  the  house  of  red  brick  and  had  this  finished  in  a  very  excel- 
lent manner.  For  more  than  half  a  century  he  has  been  engaged  in  farming 
in  the  same  place  and  has  been  very  successful  in  his  operations.  In  politi- 
cal matters  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Emmanuel  Church,  although  formerly  they  were  members  of  the  Mennonite 
Church.  Mr.  Wise  married,  in  1851,  Nancy  Zigler,  born  in  Jackson  town- 
ship, Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1830,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Youter)  Zigler,  and  granddaughter  of  Abraham  Zigler.  who  is  mentioned 
above  as  having  purchased  one  thousand  acres  of  land  from  the  Economites. 
They  probably  all  came  from  Montgomery  county.  Andrew  Zigler  in- 
herited about  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  the  original  tract,  and  was 
always  a  farmer.  They  were  public  spirited  and  liberal  people,  and  the 
Mennonite  Church  in  Harmony  was  erected  in  1804  by  Abraham  Zigler. 


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Andrew  and  Mary  (Youter)  Zigler  had  children:  John  Y.,  lived  in  Frank- 
lin township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Andrew,  was  killed  at  Gettys- 
burg; Jacob,  lives  in  Ogle;  Elizabeth,  married  Henry  Beyer;  Nancy,  men- 
tioned above ;  Kate,  married  John  Peffer ;  Caroline,  married  Samuel  Shearer, 
and  is  living  in  New  Springfield,  Ohio.  Samuel  F.  and  Nancy  (Zigler) 
Wise  have  had  children:  i.  Abraham,  born  November  15,  1851,  married 
Amelia  Goehring;  lives  in  Daugherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 2.  Samuel,  lives  in  Daugherty  township.  3.  John,  was  a  dentist  in 
North  Carolina,  and  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-five  years.  4.  Ezra,  lives  in 
New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Alpheus,  died  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years.  6.  Mary,  deceased;  married  Henry  Brenner;  lived  in 
New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Caroline,  de- 
ceased; married  George  Rosenberger.  8.  Emma,  unmarried,  lives  with 
her  parents.  9.  Annie,  married  John  Schramm ;  lives  in  Marion  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  10.  Nettie,  married  Frank  S.  Martsolf ;  lives 
in  Detroit,   Michigan. 


The  name  of  Dougherty  has  been  well  and  favor- 
DOUGHERTY  ably  known  for  many  years  in  the  industrial  and  finan- 
cial world,  especially  in  connection  with  the  steel  in- 
dustry. As  its  form  indicates,  the  family  originally  came  from  Ireland, 
and  they  brought  with  them  and  transmitted  to  their  descendants  those 
habits  of  thrift,  honesty  and  industry  which  are  so  characteristic  of  the 
Irish  people. 

(I)  James  Dougherty  was  a  resident  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
married  Margaret  Gwynne,  of  the  same  city.  They  became  the  parents 
of  John  Webster,  see  forward,  and  Catherine,  who  is  unmarried. 

(II)  John  Webster  Dougherty,  son  of  James  and  Margaret  (Gwynne) 
Dougherty,  was  bom  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  For  a  time  he  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Boston,  Massachusetts;  the  family  later  removed  to 
Stockton,  where  James  Dougherty  became  one  of  the  superintendents  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Steel  Works,  and  there  John  W.  attended  the  public  schools 
and  graduated  in  the  first  class  that  graduated  from  that  school  and  was 
first  in  the  class;  he  then  became  a  student  at  the  Bethlehem  Preparatory 
School,  from  whence  he  went  to  the  Lehigh  University,  and  was  graduated 
from  this  institution  with  honor.  Even  in  his  early  boyhood  he  had  shown  a 
decided  inclination  for  industrial  pursuits,  and  his  college  vacations  were 
spent  in  the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Steel  Works.  Immediately  after 
his  graduation  he  made  a  more  permanent  connection  with  this  corpora- 
tion, which  was  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  it.  When  he  commenced  work- 
ing for  this  company  it  was  in  the  open  hearth  department,  and  from 
this  he  was  advanced  to  a  position  of  responsibility  in  the  blast  furnace. 
By  successive  gradations  he  ultimately  advanced  to  the  position  of  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Pennsylvania  Steel  Works,  an  office  with  which  he  was 
successfully  identified  until  March  i,  191 1.     The  most  trying  times  in  the 


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history  of  the  Pennsylvania  Steel  Works  occurred  during  the  incumbency 
of  Mr.  Dougherty,  and  it  is  greatly  to  his  credit  that  his  efficient  manage- 
ment enabled  the  company  to  weather  all  difficulties.  He  has  been  identi- 
fied with  the  interests  of  a  number  of  other  corporations  in  official  and 
other  capacity,  a  partial  list  being  as  follows:  Vice-president  of  the 
Crucible  Steel  Works  of  America,  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  president 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Crucible  Steel  Works  at  Midland,  Pennsylvania;  presi- 
dent of  the  Midland  Trust  Company;  president  of  the  Midland  Water 
Works;  president  of  the  Crucible  Coal  Company;  and  a  director  in  the 
Beaver  National  Bank.  It  is  a  fact  worthy  of  mention  that  in  the  history 
of  steel  making  the  Pittsburgh  Crucible  Steel  Works  at  Midland,  Penn- 
sylvania, is  the  only  one  known  to  have  made  perfect  steel  the  first  output. 
Mr.  Dougherty  married  Caroline,  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Catherine 
(Peters)  McNiflf,  and  a  sister  of  Catherine  McNiflf  and  of  Gilbert  McNiflf, 
the  latter  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dougherty  have  chil- 
dren, as  follows :  Margaret  Ruth,  a  student  at  Eden  Hall ;  Marie  Catherine, 
attends  Beaver  College;  James  G. ;  John  Webster  Jr.  The  family  resides 
in  a  fine  residence  in  Beaver,  which  is  the  home  of  hospitality  and  good 
cheer.  Naturally  of  a  social  and  kindly  disposition,  Mr.  Dougherty  has 
made  many  friends  in  private  as  well  as  in  business  life.  His  mind  is 
carefully  disciplined  and  analytical,  and  his  deep  perception  and  quick 
and  lively  sympathy  make  him  a  power  in  his  field  of  labor.  He  is  unosten- 
tatious in  his  charities  and  it  aflfords  him  pleasure  to  assist  his  fellowmen. 


Sweden  is  the  country  to  which  the  Freed  family,  of  Pennsyl- 
FREED     vania,  is  traced.     The  emigrant  ancestor,  upon  coming  to  the 

United  States  from  his  native  land,  made  settlement  in  Penn- 
sylvania, and  in  Bucks  county,  that  state,  was  born  John  Freed,  with  whom 
this  record  begins. 

(I)  John  Freed  left  the  county  of  his  birth  about  1792,  and  came  to 
Beaver  county,  making  his  first  home  in  that  locality  in  North  Sewickley 
township,  later  purchasing  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Big  Beaver  town- 
ship. The  country  at  that  time  was  an  undisturbed  wilderness  and  John 
Freed's  struggle  with  the  forces  of  nature  was  that  of  all  the  settlers  of 
that  day,  stern,  unceasing,  and  fraught  with  danger.  He  married  a  Miss 
Funkhouser  before  his  departure  from  Bucks  county,  she  a  native  of  that 
section,  and  had  children,  among  them  Abraham. 

(II)  Abraham  Freed,  son  of  John  and (Funkhouser)  Freed,  was 

born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  died  in  1879,  aged  eighty- 
five  years.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  his  father's  home,  where  he  per- 
formed the  duties  usually  falling  to  the  lot  of  the  juvenile  members  of  a 
farmer's  family,  attending  the  public  schools  when  sessions  were  held  and 
he  could  be  spared  from  home  labor.  When  of  suitable  age  he  was  given  the 
tract  of  land  known  as  the  old  meadow  on  the  Freed  farm.  He  had 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  devoted  a  part  of  his  time  to  this  trade, 


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and  several  of  his  tools  are  still  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  William 
A.  Freed.  He  cleared  the  tract  by  his  own  efforts  and  thereon  erected  a 
log  cabin,  which  has  long  since  disappeared  before  the  ravages  of  time. 
When  this  had  outlasted  its  usefulness  he  built  another  house,  more  sub- 
stantial and  attractive  than  the  first,  because  he  had  so  well  employed  the 
intervening  time  that  affairs  on  his  farm  were  in  smooth  working  older 
and  he  was  able  to  devote  more  time  and  attention  to  its  construction. 
Here  he  lived  an  active  and  busy  life,  characterized  by  unflagging  industry, 
and  reared  a  large  family,  through  whom  his  name  and  virtues  are  pre- 
served to  the  present  day.  He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  in  this  faith  his  children  grew  to  manhood  and 
womanhood.  He  married  Susan  Showalter,  and  had  issue:  i.  John  W., 
of  whom  further.  2.  William  S.,  a  farmer,  died  on  his  property  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Jonathan,  a  resident  of  Michigan,  died  there  at 
the  age  of  eighty-five  years,  the  same  advanced  age  at  which  his  father's 
death  occurred.  4.  James  Wilson,  lived  near  Unity,  Ohio,  until  his  death, 
February,  1914.  5.  Nancy,  married  Lewis  Sager,  and  died  in  Michigan. 
6.  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried  at  an  advanced  age.  7.  Lucinda,  married 
Samuel  E.  Barnes  Jr.,  and  died  on  the  Barnes  homestead,  their  home,  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Kate,  married  John  Johnson,  and  died  in 
Enon  Valley,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Mary,  married  Isaac 
Funkhouser,  both  are  deceased. 

(HI)  John  W.  Freed,  eldest  child  of  Abraham  and  Susan  (Showalter) 
Freed,  was  bom  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1819,  died  in  the  same  locality,  January  10,  1906.  He  grew  to 
manhood  on  the  home  farm,  attended  the  local  schools,  and  at  his  father's 
death  inherited  the  homestead,  containing  then  about  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres.  His  wife  was  also  the  possessor  of  land  to  the  extent  of 
some  one  hundred  and  fifteen  acres,  so  that  in  all  they  owned  well  over 
two  hundred  acres.  This  he  farmed,  and  in  1862  erected  a  stone  dwelling, 
a  part  of  which  is  still  standing,  the  building  having  fallen  into  disuse  and 
subsequent  decay.  Here  he  lived  until  his  death.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  although  never  seeking  or  holding  public  office.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  and  Annie  (Craig)  Johnston.  She  sur- 
vives him  to  the  present  time  (1913)  daily  enjoying  health  and  happiness. 
She  is  of  Irish  blood,  her  parents  bom  in  Ireland,  which  country  was  also 
the  birthplace  of  their  three  eldest  children.  Upon  coming  to  the  United 
States  they  made  their  home  in  Pennsylvania,  on  Little  Beaver  creek, 
P.eaver  county,  near  the  town  of  New  Galilee.  This  state  was  ever  their 
home,  although  after  a  short  time  spent  in  Beaver  county  they  moved  to  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  and  thirty  acres  near  Enon  Valley,  Lawrence  county. 
This  was  their  residence  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives,  both  being 
called  to  rest  about  1864.  In  both  of  the  regions  in  which  he  had  lived 
during  his  life  in  America  William  Johnston  took  prominent  part  in  all 
public  affairs,  the  novelty  of  organizing  and  maintaining  government  and 


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of  making  laws  appealing  strongly  to  him,  this  being  a  form  of  activity  in 
which  people  of  ordinary  station  had  little  opportunity  to  indulge  in  the 
country  from  which  he  came.  In  church  attendance  he  was  regular,  and 
in  his  worship  devout.  William  and  Annie  (Craig)  Johnston  were  the 
parents  of:  i.  James,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh  in  the  Civil  War.  2. 
William,  a  carpenter,  died  at  Jeflfersonville,  Indiana,  where  he  had 
gone  in  the  pursuit  of  his  trade.  3.  Hugh,  a  farmer,  lives  near  Appleton 
City,  Missouri.  4.  John  died  in  Warrensburg,  Missouri.  5.  Ann  mar- 
ried Hugh  Steen,  and  died  in  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Mary,  married 
a  Mr.  Crumm,  and  died  in  Homewood,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Margaret,  mar- 
ried Robert  Dalzell,  and  died  in  the  Northwest,  probably  in  Oregon.  8. 
Elizabeth,  of  previous  mention,  married  John  W.  Freed.  Children  of 
John  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Johnston)  Freed:  William  Abraham,  of  whom 
further;  Andrew  Johnston. 

(IV)  William  Abraham  Freed,  eldest  of  the  two  sons  of  John  W. 
and  Elizabeth  (Johnston)  Freed,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, September  17,  i860.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  later  Peirsol's 
Academy,  completing  his  studies  at  Geneva  College.  After  leaving  school 
he  engaged  in  farming  and  took  up  the  management  of  the  home  farm, 
which  he  later  inherited,  the  tract  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
five  acres.  Twenty  acres  of  this  is  planted  in  fruit  trees,  and  from  this 
source  he  realizes  a  profitable  revenue,  and  also  raises  garden  truck  in 
large  quantities,  for  which  he  has  a  large  and  steady  demand.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Beaver  County  Agricultural  Association,  of  which  he 
has  been  a  director.  Aside  from  his  farming  operations  he  concerns  him- 
self to  some  extent  with  other  business,  having  previously  a  place  upon 
the  directorate  of  the  Federal  Title  and  Trust  Company,  a  position  he  held 
since  the  organization  of  that  institution  until  191 1,  and  is  president  of 
the  Beaver  County  Triumph  Mutual  Insurance  Company.  He  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  political  belief,  and  for  the  three  years  from  1897  to  1900  served 
the  county  in  the  capacity  of  commissioner.  He  belongs  to  Beaver  Valley 
Lodge,  No.  478,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Beaver  Falls  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  and  Beaver  Falls  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  Mr. 
Freed  is  known  throughout  the  locality  in  which  he  lives  as  a  successful 
and  prosperous  farmer,  a  business  man  of  ability  and  a  neighbor  of  straight- 
forward, honorable  principles. 

He  married,  March  11,  1885,  Mary  F.  Hudson,  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  Ann  (Fry)  Hudson,  born 
February  12,  1864.  Robert  Hudson  was  a  son  of  Richard  D.  and  Beth- 
sheba  (Stockman)  Hudson.  Richard  and  his  wife  were  early  residents  of 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  surveyor, 
doing  much  of  the  surveying  for  the  first  farms  in  that  locality.  He  there 
died,  his  wife  surviving  him  several  years,  her  death  occurring  in  New 
Galilee,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Richard  D.  and  Bethsheba  (Stockman) 
Hudson:     i.  Stockman.     2.  Amanda,  married  H.  J.  Marshall.  3.  Richard. 


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4.  Mary  Jane,  married  David  Knowles.  5.  Bethsheba,  married  Hamilton 
Bannon.  6.  Eliza,  married  Robert  McDowell,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania. 7.  William,  lives  in  Sacramento  Valley,  California.  8.  Isaac, 
died  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  9.  Robert,  of  further  mention.  Robert  Hudson 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  after  his  marriage  lived 
successively  at  Wampum,  Hoytdale  and  New  Galilee.  He  entered  the 
mercantile  business,  was  rewarded  with  a  large  share  of  success,  and  is 
now  living  retired  at  Evans  City,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  married  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Michael  and 
Katherine  (Maloney)  Fry.  Both  were  residents  of  Big  Beaver  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  owned  a  small  farm.  Michael 
Fry  was  of  German  descent,  the  parents  of  his  wife  coming  from  the  Isle 
of  Man,  in  the  Irish  Sea.  They  were  the  parents  of:  i.  Reuben,  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War,  lives  in  the  state  of  Wisconsin.  2.  Mary  Ann,  of  previous 
mention,  married  Robert  Hudson.  3.  Martha,  married  Isaiah  Forbes,  and 
lives  at  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Caroline,  married  Joseph  Malone, 
and  lives  in  New  Galilee,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Uriah,  died  in  Hoytdale  in 
1887.  6.  Eliza,  married  Charles  Shurlock,  and  lives  in  Wisconsin.  Chil- 
dren of  Robert  and  Mary  Ann  (Fry)  Hudson:  i.  George,  a  resident  of 
Starbuck,  Washington.  2.  Mary  F.,  of  previous  mention,  married  Wil- 
liam Abraham  Freed.  3.  William,  a  merchant  of  Evans  City,  Butler 
county,  Pennsylvania.    4.  Kate,  married  A.  S.  Latcshaw,  and  is  deceased. 

5.  Maude,  married  (first)  A.  L.  Wilson,  (second)  F.  A.  Rowland,  and 
lives  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Nina,  married  J.  A.  Dombart, 
and  lives  in  Norwalk,  Ohio.  Children  of  William  Abraham  and  Mary  F. 
(Hudson)  Freed:  i.  Herbert  A.,  an  attendant  of  Geneva  College,  also  the 
engineering  department  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  College ;  married  Maryi 
Boyer.  2.  Elta  M.,  a  graduate  of  Geneva  College,  class  of  1910.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, died  in  infancy  from  an  attack  of  diphtheria.  The  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


The  Peflfer  family  of  Western  Pennsylvania  have  been  iden- 
PEFFER     tified  with  a  variety  of  important  business   interests   since 

their  advent  in  this  country.  They  have  shown  themselves 
to  be  energetic  and  desirable  citizens,  and  have  been  highly  esteemed  in 
the  different  communities  in  which  they  have  resided. 

(I)  Gottlieb  Peffer,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Harmony,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a 
tailor  by  trade,  and  later  purchased  a  farm  north  of  Harmony,  on  which  he 
resided  until  his  death.  He  became  a  very  prosperous  member  of  the 
community,  and  was  liberal  in  proportion  to  his  prosperity.  He  assisted 
generously  in  the  payment  for  the  first  Lutheran  Church  erected  at  Zelien- 
ople,  Butler  county.  He  married  Martha  Rice.  They  had  children:  J. 
Frederick,  went  to  California  in  1849,  established  a  cattle  ranch,  and  died 


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there;  William  H.,  see  forward;  John,  deceased,  was  a  farmer;  Gottlieb, 
a  retired  merchant;  Joseph,  a  farmer,  now  living  retired  in  Harmony; 
Frank,  a  retired  merchant,  lives  in  Ambridge,  Pennsylvania;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Christian  Texter,  and  lives  in  Evans  City;  Rebecca,  deceased;  Emma, 
married  Peter  Scheidemantel ;  Elizabeth,  married  Jacob  Fleming,  and  lives 
in  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania;  C.  G.  L.,  a  resident  of  Harmony. 

(H)  William  H.  Peffer,  son  of  Gottlieb  and  Martha  (Rice)  Peffer, 
was  born  in  Jackson  township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  12,  1828. 
His  entire  life  has  been  spent  in  his  native  county,  where  he  owned  and 
cultivated  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres  in  Lancaster  town- 
ship. He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Grace  Reformed  Church  of 
Harmony.  He  married  Judith  Boehm,  born  in  Bethlehem,  Northampton 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1834,  died  in  February,  1909,  daughter  of  James 
Peter  and  Judith  (Wasser)  Boehm,  both  bom  in  Northampton  county. 
He  taught  in  one  schoolhouse  for  twenty-one  successive  years,  both  the 
English  and  the  German  language.  He  also  followed  the  occupation  of  a 
stone  mason.  He  was  active  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community  in 
which  he  resided,  and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years.  He 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  They  had  children: 
William,  died  in  young  manhood;  Cordelia,  married  C.  V.  Bauer;  Edwin, 
a  teacher;  Frank,  at  one  time  employed  on  the  railroad,  later  a  hotel  pro- 
prietor; Judith,  married  Mr.  Peffer,  as  above  stated;  Mary,  married  Jacob 
Shelley,  and  lived  in  Zelienople,  Pennsylvania.  William  H.  and  Judith 
(Boehm)  Peffer  had  children:  Mary  R.,  was  a  school  teacher,  and  died  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years;  Eliza,  married  James  A.  McGowan,  and  lives 
at  Prospect,  Pennsylvania ;  Clarence  Wesley,  see  forward ;  Jacob  F.,  a  clerk 
in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 

(HI)  Clarence  Wesley  Peffer,  son  of  William  H.  and  Judith  (Boehm) 
Peffer,  was  born  near  Harmony,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  September 
17,  1862.  His  education  was  acquired  in  Peffer  School,  No.  4,  which  he 
attended  for  a  period  of  five  months  each  year.  As  he  was  the  eldest  son, 
some  of  the  more  responsible  duties  of  the  farm  soon  devolved  upon  him, 
and  he  became  the  chief  assistant  of  his  father.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years 
he  accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  store  of  his  uncle,  C.  G.  L.  Peffer,  in  Har- 
mony, remaining  there  two  years.  For  a  period  of  fourteen  years  he  was 
then  a  clerk  for  G.  D.  Swain,  in  Harmony.  At  the  end  of  this  period  he 
became  associated  in  the  lumber  business  with  John  Ifft,  under  the  firm 
name  of  John  Ifft  &  Company,  this  being  continued  for  nine  years.  In  1907 
he  came  to  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  purchased  the  general  store 
of  Jonathan  Marks,  with  which  he  has  been  identified  since  that  time.  He 
has  added  largely  to  the  general  stock  of  the  business  and  increased  its 
capacity  in  every  direction.  In  addition  to  this  he  is  also  interested  in 
farming  lands  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Peffer  married  (first)  September  17,  1896,  Elenora  Ifft,  bom  at 
Petersville,   Pennsylvania,   died   March   26,    1898,   daughter  of   John   and 


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Sophia  Ifft,  of  Zelienople,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  one  child,  Beulah  E., 
born  September  19,  1897.  Mr.  Peffer  married  (second)  August  z8,  1907, 
Margaretta  Christiana  Laderer,  born  in  Lancaster  township,  Butler  county, 
Pennsylvania,  September  15,  1870.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grace  Reformed 
Church,  and  Mrs.  Peffer  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  Her  father, 
Jacob  Laderer,  was  born  in  Erkennbrechts-Weiler,  Upper  Bailiwick,  Nur- 
tingen,  Wuerttemberg,  Germany,  January  12,  1831,  died  February  21,  1909. 
After  being  graduated  from  the  public  schools  he  prepared  himself  for  the 
profession  of  teaching  by  a  course  of  study  at  a  seminary  at  Nurtingen.  He 
then  taught  school  for  a  time  at  Darmsheim,  and  in  1854  emigrated  to 
America  with  his  young  wife.  Having  studied  for  a  time  in  Pittsburgh,  he 
obtained  a  position  at  the  parochial  school  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  in  Zelienople, 
Pennsylvania.  He  also  played  the  pipe  organ  in  that  church  for  a  period 
of  forty  years.  In  addition  to  teaching  in  the  school  he  gave  private  in- 
struction in  music,  on  the  fine  piano  made  in  Stuttgart,  Germany,  which  had 
been  presented  to  him  by  his  mother  upon  his  fourteenth  birthday,  at  which 
time  a  good  instrument  was  a  rare  and  costly  possession.  Mrs.  Peffer  still 
has  this  instrument,  and  it  is  in  remarkably  good  condition.  In  1858  he 
purchased  a  farm  in  Middle  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1864  a  store 
in  Middle  Lancaster,  which  he  conducted  several  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
decided  influence  and  prominence  in  the  community,  filling  the  responsible 
office  of  postmaster  for  eighteen  years;  for  the  same  length  of  time  he 
acted  as  secretary  of  the  German  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Zelienople; 
and  he  was  justice  of  the  peace  and  school  director  for  many  years.  Mr. 
Laderer  married,  in  1853,  Sarah  Geiger,  born  at  Darmsheim,  Upper  Baili- 
wick, Boblingen,  April  30,  1833,  eighth  of  the  nine  children  of  John  Jacob 
and  Dorothea  (Santer)  Geiger,  of  Darmsheim.  Jacob  and  Sarah  (Geiger) 
Laderer  had  children:  Mary  Louisa,  born  September  10,  1854,  married  T. 
D.  McKinney,  of  Independence,  Missouri ;  Henry  Edward,  born  June  4,  1856, 
married  Elizabeth  Dornhoflf,  and  lives  in  Portersville,  Pennsylvania ;  William 
Carl,  born  September  21,  1857,  married  Matilda  Wahl,  and  has  a  carriage 
factory  at  Evans  City,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  also  resides ;  Jacob  Frederick, 
born  February  18,  1859,  married  Emma,  daughter  of  ex-Governor  Rich, 
and  lives  in  McPherson,  Kansas,  where  he  is  the  proprietor  of  several  stores 
for  general  merchandise;  Sara  Matilda,  born  June  27,  1866,  married  John 
Christophel,  a  farmer  at  Middle  Lancaster;  Margaretta  C,  who  married  Mr. 
Pefifer,  as  above  stated.  John  George  Laderer,  the  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Peffer,  was  bom  June  11.  1798,  died  December  27,  1847.  He  married  Mar- 
garethe  Schott,  of  Erkennbrechts-Weiler,  Upper  Bailiwick,  Nurtingen, 
Wuerttemberg,  and  Jacob,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Peffer,  was  their  only  child. 


William  Lafferty,  a  farmer,  whose  entire  life  was  spent  in 
LAFFERTY     Ireland,  married  Ellen  and  had  children:     Barney, 

see  forward  ;  John  :  James  ;  Hugh  ;  Patrick  ;  Mary,  died 

unmarried ;  Maggie,  married  Flannigan ;  Nancy,  died  young.     They 

all  lived  and  died  in  Ireland. 


624  PENNSYLVANIA 

(II)  Barney  Lafferty,  son  of  William  and  Ellen  Lafferty,  was  born  in 
county  Down,  Ireland,  in  1802,  died  in  Darlington,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1879.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  in  addition  to  this 
cultivated  a  farm.  He  married  and  raised  all  of  his  children  in  Ireland, 
but  in  his  old  age  came  to  America  to  live  with  them.  He  married  Mary 
McMullin,  bom  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  died  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-one  years.  She  had  an  only  brother,  Patrick  McMullin.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lafferty  had  children :  William,  deceased,  was  a  farmer  in  Darling- 
ton township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  married  M'argaret  Reynolds; 
Hugh,  died  unmarried ;  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried ;  Barney,  see  forward ; 
Patrick,  died  unmarried  in  April,  1887 ;  Mary  Ann,  unmarried,  lives  on  the 
homestead. 

(III)  Barney  Lafferty,  or,  as  he  was  christened,  Bernard,  son  of  Barney 
and  Mary  (McMullin)  Lafferty,  was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  in 
March,  1836.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  county  Down,  and 
from  an  early  age  assisted  his  father  in  the  labors  of  the  farm.  In  1852 
he  emigrated  to  America,  deciding  that  the  New  World  held  out  better 
prospects  for  advancement  to  a  young  man  of  energy  and  ambition.  In  this 
idea  he  was  not  mistaken,  and  he  has  made  a  success  of  his  career  in  this 
country.  He  selected  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  as  a  suitable  place  for  a  home, 
and  for  the  first  year  worked  as  a  laborer  in  Schuylkill  and  Luzerne  coun- 
ties. He  then  went  westward  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  worked  in  the  coal 
mines.  On  July  5,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  Twenty-sixth  Regiment 
Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  three  years.  He  fought  bravely  at 
Shiloh,  and  later  in  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland.  He  was  once  wounded 
in  the  ankle.  After  the  war  he  came  to  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  his  brother  Hugh  had  settled  in  1851,  and  to  which  sec- 
tion his  brother  Patrick  and  sister  Mary  Ann  had  come  during  the  progress 
of  the  Civil  War.  For  some  time  he  was  employed  at  the  coal  mines,  and 
in  1885  purchased  the  Governor  Todd  farm  of  one  hundred  and  four  acres. 
He  and  all  in  the  family  are  devout  Roman  Catholics,  and  he  gives  his 
political  support  to  the  Democratic  party. 

Mr.  Lafferty  married,  December  i,  1875,  Mary  Roth,  born  in  Germany, 
who  carrte  to  America  with  her  parents  when  she  was  two  years  of  age,  and 
died  in  May,  1892.  They  had  children :  Bernard,  an  engineer  on  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad,  married  Lousia  Steinley,  and  lives  in  Freedom,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  Wilhelmina,  unmarried,  manages  the  household  for  her  father ;  Ellen, 
married  Robert  Myers,  and  lives  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  William,  un- 
married, a  brakeman  in  the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company ; 
John,  has  charge  of  a  stationary  eng'ine  in  a  coal  mine. 


The  Fitzgerald  family  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
FITZGERALD  traces  its  ancestry  to  the  "Emerald  Isle,"  where  the  fore- 
bears were  for  the  most  part  engaged  in  agricultural 

pursuits.    With  a  natural  love  for  the  beautiful  particularly  in  nature,  they 

devoted  themselves  extensively  to  gardening. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  625 

(I)  John  Fitzgerald,  whose  entire  life  was  spent  in  Ireland,  married 
Mary  Conway  and  had  children :    James  and  Thomas. 

(II)  Thomas  Fitzgerald,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Conway)  Fitzgerald, 
was  born  in  county  Kerry,  Ireland,  1846,  and  came  to  the  United  States  at 
the  age  of  twenty-five  years.  The  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  spent  in 
and  in  the  vicinity  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
wealthy  families  as  a  gardener.  He  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  m 
1885,  resided  there  three  years,  then  removed  to  Dixmont,  where  he  remained 
for  a  time,  and  finally  settled  in  Beaver  permanently  ten  years  ago.  He 
married  Mary,  also  a  native  of  Ireland,  daughter  of  Anthony  Healey,  and 
they  have  had  children:  Joseph,  born  June  10,  1865,  died  June  4,  1884; 
John,  born  November  3,  1866,  manager  of  the  Plumbers'  Supply  Company 
in  Erie,  Pennsylvania;  Thomas  M.,  see  forward;  James,  born  September 
16,  1869,  married  Gertrude  Potts  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh ;  Anna,  born  Novem- 
ber 7,  1870,  died,  unmarried,  October  20,  1909;  Mary  Catherine,  born  April 
8,  1875,  died  in  April,  1905,  married  Edward  Kennedy ;  Edward  Lawrence, 
born  August  13,  1879,  married  Catherine  McConnell;  William  A.,  born 
March  20,  1881,  died  November  27,  1884. 

(III)  Thomas  M.  Fitzgerald,  son  of  Thoma^id  Mary  (Healey)  Fitz- 
gerald, was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Q|pns>^^n,  February  27,  1868. 
His  school  education  was  commenced  in  liJKity  ot^ttsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
after  a  time  he  was  sent  to  Ireland,  and  at  the  expiration  of  three  years  re- 
turned to  this  country  and  completed  his  education  in  this  country.  He  has 
always  been  identified  with  business  as  a  florist,  and  has  achieved  a  more  than 
satisfactory  amount  of  success.  He  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
with  a  fortune  consisting  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and  from  this  small  be- 
ginning he  has  attained  his  present  prosperity,  owing  to  his  indefatigable 
energy,  his  perseverance  and  his  excellent  business  methods.  At  first  he 
leased  the  Dravo  place,  remaining  in  that  location  for  a  period  of  eight  years. 
By  this  time  he  had  amassed  a  sufficient  capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  the 
Campbell  place  on  Fifth  street.  At  first  he  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his 
time  to  raising  vegetables,  but  later  turned  his  attention  to  floriculture.  At 
the  present  time  he  has  six  men  constantly  in  his  employ,  and  at  times  is 
obliged  to  add  to  this  number.  He  is  called  upon  to  fill  orders  for  all  parts 
of  the  United  States,  the  superiority  of  his  output  having  become  recognized 
far  and  wide.  He  commenced  with  one  thousand  feet  of  glass,  and  now  has 
about  thirty  thousand ;  at  first  he  had  the  ordinary  wooden  benches  to  sup- 
port his  plants  in  the  greenhouses,  now  he  has  model  cement  benches. 
Altogether  he  now  has  twelve  greenhouses  of  large  size,  covering  a  huge 
tract  of  ground.  He  understands  fully  the  needs  and  requirements  of  the 
diflferent  plants,  the  soil  best  adapted  to  their  growth,  the  temperature  and 
all  the  other  conditions  necessary  to  produce  the  most  healthful  and  beauti- 
ful specimens.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny  Florist 
Association  and  of  the  Horticultural  Association  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Fitzgerald  married,  July  30,  1895,  Nora,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 


626  PENNSYLVANIA 

Catherine  Miniham,  and  has  had  children:  Catherine,  John  and  Joseph, 
twins ;  Helen,  Anna,  Agnes,  all  still  at  home.  The  family  attend  the  Catholic 
Church,  and  Mr.  Fitzgerald  is  Independent  in  his  political  opinions.  He 
keeps  well  in  touch  with  all  important  current  events,  and  takes  pleasure  in 
forming  his  opinions  in  an  unbiased  manner. 


In  view  of  the  amicable  feelings  that  have  always  characterized 
MAY     whatever  dealings  have  existed  between  the  United  States  and 

Germany,  and  in  consideration  of  the  inestimable  aid  that  was 
rendered  the  thirteen  colonies  by  that  country  when  the  United  States  of 
America  was  in  the  process  of  formation  and  the  American  continent  was 
writhing  in  birth  throes  preparatory  to  giving  to  the  world  a  new  nation, 
it  is  pleasant  to  consider  the  vast  number  of  natives  of  Germany  to  whom  the 
United  States  has  offered  a  home.  True,  it  was  but  payment  of  the  debt 
incurred  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  and  the  immigrants  have  again  placed 
our  country  under  lasting  obligations  to  them  by  their  works  in  raising  our 
nation  to  a  position  of  eminence  among  the  other  leaders  of  thought  and 
civilization.  Another  strand  in  the  ties  binding  the  two  lands  was  added 
when  the  May  family  of^^rmany  came  to  the  United  States. 

( I )  George  May,  ^^^ligjgjgt  ancestor,  settled  in  Brighton  township, 
Beaver  county,  Penns)^^nia,  a^B^as  one  of  the  first  t(J  make  a  home  in 
that  sparsely  settled  region.  His  occupation  in  the  fatherland  had  been  that 
of  farmer,  and  so  he  continued  in  his  new  environment,  clearing  the  land 
from  which  he  afterward  derived  a  living.  His  wife  had  come  with  him  to 
his  new  home  and  there  both  died,  she  having  borne  him  several  children. 

(II)  James  May,  son  of  George  May,  was  born  in  Brighton  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in  Fallston,  same  county.  In  his  youth 
he  attended  the  schools  of  his  birthplace,  later  in  life  engaging  in  general 
farming  operations  on  his  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  North  Sewickley 
township.  He  possessed  inherent  skill  in  farming,  and  continued  therein 
with  more  than  ordinary  success,  taking  pride  in  the  excellent  appearance  of 
his  property,  which  he  had  improved  to  a  marked  extent  and  also  enjoying  the 
respect  accorded  him  by  his  neighbors  for  the  profitable  results  that  attended 
his  agricultural  work.  He  married  Mary  Lafferty,  whose  parents  were  both 
natives  of  Ireland  who  had  settled  in  Washington  county,  where  Washington 
now  is  located.  They  were  the  owners  of  three  hundred  acres  in  that 
vicinity,  later  moving  to  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county,  where  they 
died.    James  and  Mary  (Lafferty)  May  were  the  parents  of  ten  children. 

(III)  John  W.  May,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Lafferty)  May,  was 
born  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
15,  1859.  When  he  was  four  years  of  age  he  was  brought  to  Fallston,  and 
in  that  place  attended  school,  obtaining  his  education  in  the  public  institu- 
tions of  that  place.  His  first  employment  was  in  the  keg  works  of  the  M. 
F.  and  S.  Kennedy  Company,  and  on  January  2,  1885,  he  began  in  the 
grocery  business  in  Fallston,  one  room  of  his  house  serving  as  his  store. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  627 

After  seven  years  spent  in  these  quarters  his  business  had  so  expanded  that  it 
justified  the  building  of  a  separate  store,  which  he  did  in  1892,  continuing 
in  business  in  the  place  then  erected  to  the  present  time.  He  handles  an 
excellent  line  of  groceries,  as  well  as  the  numerous  commodities  useful  in 
rural  life,  and  holds  the  patronage  of  a  large  proportion  of  the  residents 
of  the  country-side.  Mr.  May  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  has  served 
his  community  as  member  of  the  school  board  and  as  councilman.  His 
fraternal  society  is  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  with  his 
wife  he  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  May  married,  March  22,  1883,  Emma  Ora  Jackson,  of  Fallston, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  children :  Maude  R. ;  Clark  J.,  lives  at 
home ;  Lester  W.,  a  teamster  and  coal  dealer  of  Fallston,  Pennsylvania. 


America  is  greatly  indebted  for  its  general  prosperity  to  the 
BRAUN     German  nation.    The  emigrants  who  have  come  to  the  United 

States  from  Germany  have  brought  with  them  those  character- 
istics which  make  for  the  progress  and  right  development  of  any  country. 
Progressive  to  a  certain  extent  are  the  Germans,  but  what  they  possess 
in  richest  measure  are  those  qualities  of  thrifta|B|^try  and  conservatism 
without  which  all  progress  is  unprofitab^B|  tni^B  The  Braun  family, 
of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  PeniP^ania,  is  a  case  in  point.  Al- 
though they  have  had  but  two  generations  in  this  country,  they  have 
adapted  themselves  to  conditions  here  with  a  readiness  which  is  admir- 
able, and  have  done  their  duty  with  credit  to  themselves  in  whatever 
sphere  it  has  been  their  fortune  to  live.  The  grandparents  on  the  paternal 
side  of  the  present  generation  lived  and  died  in  Germany. 

(I)  Louis  A.  Braun  was  born  in  Germany  and  was  educated  in  that 
country.  He  learned  the  trade  of  tanning,  at  which  he  became  an  expert, 
and  followed  this  in  his  native  land.  Having  ascertained  that  conditions 
were  better  in  the  United  States  than  in  his  own  country,  Mr.  Braun 
emigrated  to  America,  and  settled  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
for  a  time  he  followed  the  occupation  of  tanning.  Later  he  established 
himself  in  the  grocery  business  in  Allegheny  City,  and  was  successfully 
engaged  in  this  until  his  death.  He  was  a  man  held  in  high  esteem  in  the 
community  in  which  he  lived,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
German  Lutheran  Church.  Mr.  Braun  married,  in  Allegheny,  Elizabeth 
Goetman,  bom  in  Germany,  who  came  to  this  country  with  her  mother 
and  located  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  her  father  having  died  in 
Germany.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Braun  became  the  parents  of  eight  children. 

(II)  Louis  A.  (2)  Braun,  son  of  Louis  A.  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Goetman) 
Braun,  was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  24,  1864. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home, 
and  upon  leaving  school  found  employment  in  a  soap  manufacturing  plant, 
where  he  worked  until  1899.  He  then  removed  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  in  the  hide  and  tallow  business 


628  PENNSYLVANIA 

conducted  by  Fource,  Sour  &  Company,  for  a  period  of  two  years.  At 
the  expiration  of  this  time  he  bought  out  the  plant  of  this  company  and 
operated  it  himself  for  another  two  years.  He  then  organized  the  Brauu 
Rendering  Company,  of  which  he  was  elected  president  and  general  man- 
ager, and  which  has  been  in  a  flourishing  condition  since  its  inception,  owing 
to  the  excellent  management  of  Mr.  Braun.  At  the  time  of  its  organiza- 
tion, this  company  built  its  present  plant  in  Daugherty  township,  near  New 
Brighton,  and  this  is  equipped  with  every  modern  improvement  for  a  plant 
of  its  kind. 

Mr.  Braun  married,  in  1882,  Matilda  Schreader,  of  North  Side, 
Pittsburgh.  They  have  had  children:  Harry,  deceased;  Nelda,  deceased; 
Lawrence;  Elsie,  deceased;  Louis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Braun  are  members  of 
the  German  Lutheran  Church,  and  he  gives  his  political  support  to  the 
Republican  party.  While  he  is  not  desirous  of  holding  public  office,  he 
is  ever  ready  as  a  good  citizen  to  support  any  movement  which  is  for  the 
general  good,  and  gives  liberally  both  of  his  time  and  means  for  any 
purpose  of  this  character. 


During  d^^Bte^ialf  of  the  eighteenth  century  five  families 
ELDER     bearing  ^Him€^MElder  emigrated  from  Ireland  to  America, 

settling  in  variou^^tions  of  what  is  now  the  state  of  Penn- 
sylvania, where  many  of  their  descendants  are  living  at  the  present  time. 
Among  these  emigrants  was  the  direct  ancestor  of  the  branch  under  dis- 
cussion here. 

(I)  John  Elder  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1710,  and  his  father  was  born 
in   1690. 

(II)  John  (2)  Elder,  son  of  John  (i)  Elder,  was  born  in  Ireland  in 
1756,  in  county  Down.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  had  amassed  a  con- 
siderable fortune.  Unfortunately  he  went  on  a  bond  for  an  acquaintance 
in  Ireland,  and  being  compelled  to  pay  this,  was  obliged  to  part  with  all 
of  his  property.  He  married  Mary  Elder,  also  born  in  county  Down, 
Ireland,  and  they  had  children:  John,  born  in  1783,  died  in  1852,  was  a 
farmer  in  Coshocton,  Ohio;  Matthew,  born  in  1788,  died  in  1863,  was  the 
proprietor  of  a  wool  and  flour  mill  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania; 
Thomas,  died  in  1867;  James,  died  in  1835;  William,  see  forward;  Samuel, 
born  in  1804,  died  in  1861 ;  Margaret,  married  John  Gray  in  Ireland,  emi- 
grated to  America,  and  settled  in  Iowa. 

(III)  William  Elder,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary  (Elder)  Elder,  was 
born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  in  1801,  died  in  1862.  He  emigrated  to 
America,  and  in  1827  had  earned  a  sufficient  sum  of  money  to  bring  his 
parents  to  America.  His  brother  Matthew  was  already  located  in  Darling- 
ton township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  Little  Beaver  creek,  and 
Matthew  and  his  brother  William  conducted  a  flour  mill  there  for  many 
years,  taking  the  flour  to  Philadelphia  by  wagon.  William  Elder  finally 
purchased  six  hundred  acres  of  land,  a  part  of  the  farm  of  J.  V.  White, 


BEAVER   COUNTY  629 

which  was  close  by,  and  he  was  engaged  in  farming  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  William  Elder  was  a  Whig,  and  later  an  Abolitionist.  He  and 
his  family  were  members  of  the  Associate  Presbyterian  Church,  better 
known  as  Seceders.  Mr.  Elder  married  Sarah  Stewart,  born  in  county 
Down,  Ireland,  in  1806,  died  in  May,  1888.  They  had  children:  John 
Stewart,  see  forward;  Samuel  Rankin,  now  deceased,  lived  on  a  part  of 
the  homestead  in  South  Beaver  township;  Robert  Boyd,  who  served  in 
the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War,  died  of  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever 
in  South  Carolina;  Mattie  Jane,  married  John  Creighton,  a  farmer,  and  is 
living  in  South  Beaver  township. 

(IV)  John  Stewart  Elder,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Stewart)  Elder, 
was  born  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1835, 
died  September  5,  1886.  He  studied  for  the  ministry  at  Westminster  Col- 
lege, New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  graduated  from  this  institu- 
tion, but  his  heahh  had  become  impaired  by  too  assiduous  application  to  his 
books,  and  he  was  obliged  to  return  to  the  outdoor  occupations  of  the  f^rm. 
After  the  death  of  his  father,  the  farm  was  divided  into  three  parts  and  he 
lived  m  the  house  on  the  old  homestead.  He  and  his  brother  Samuel  R. 
cultivated  five  hundred  acres  in  partnership  un^^he  firm  name  of  Elder 
Brothers,  and  for  many  years  were  extej^kelj^^^eed  in  the  raising  of 
sheep.  John  Stewart  Elder  married  hi^^Br  coi^PPSarah  Ellen  Stewart, 
born  in  Wellsville,  Ohio,  in  1837,  died  dictober  4,  1888,  daughter  of  James 
and  Mary  (McKinzie)  Stewart,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Stewart,  who 
claimed  descent  from  the  royal  house  of  Stuart,  of  Scotland,  in  which 
country  he  was  born,  and  from  whence  he  migrated  to  Ireland.  James 
and  Mary  (McKinzie)  Stewart  emigrated  to  America,  and  settled  on  a  farm 
two  miles  west  of  West  Liverpool,  Ohio.  He  removed  to  Wellsville,  Ohio, 
where  he  became  a  well  known  merchant.  They  had  children:  Martha; 
Sarah  Ellen,  mentioned  above ;  Mary,  married  William  Fulton,  and  lives  at 
Clinton,  Illinois ;  James  Jr. ;  Rachel.  John  Stewart  and  Sarah  Ellen 
(Stewart)  Elder  had  children:  William  S.,  died  in  infancy;  James  S.,  lives 
on  the  old  homestead,  married  Cora  Creighton,  and  has  children:  Ralph, 
Margaret,  Chalmers  and  Newton;  Robert  Boyd,  unmarried,  lives  on  the 
farm ;  William  Carl,  see  forward. 

(V)  William  Carl  Elder,  D.D.S.,  son  of  John  Stewart  and  Sarah  Ellen 
(Stewart)  Elder,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  9,  1875.  He  attended  the  Blue  Ridge  District  School, 
near  his  home,  then  the  Greersburg  Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated. 
He  next  matriculated  at  the  department  of  dentistry,  University  of  Indian- 
apolis, and  was  graduated  from  this  institution  in  1901  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery.  Shortly  after  his  graduation,  in  association  with 
his  college  room-mate,  Michael  William  Taylor,  he  opened  an  office  at  East 
Liverpool,  Ohio,  and  they  practiced  together  for  a  period  of  two  years. 
Mr.  Elder  was  then  the  mail  carrier  on  the  railroad  from  Darlington,  Penn- 
sylvania, for  two  years,  and  in  1906  he  opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of 


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dentistry  in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  been  very  successful  in  his 
cnosen  profession.  He  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of 
the  community,  affiliating  with  the  Republican  party,  and  has  served  as 
burgess  of  Darlington  and  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  married,  October  4,  191 1,  Olive  Gertrude  Taylor, 
born  in  South  Beaver  township.    They  have  no  children. 

Mrs.  Elder  is  the  daughter  of  Samuel  S.  and  Rachel  Elizabeth  (Conkle) 
Taylor.  The  former  was  a  grandson  of  William  Taylor  Sr.,  born  in  Ireland, 
who  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  in  what  is  now  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  William  Jr.,  son  of  WilHam  Tay- 
lor Sr.,  was  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  married 
Mary  Ann  Smith,  also  a  native  of  that  county.  They  had  children: 
Alexander,  who  was  colonel  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment  during  the  Civil 
War,  at  the  close  of  this  struggle  became  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Church;  Samuel  S.,  see  forward;  Wilson,  died  in  Andersonville  Prison; 
Sarah  Jane,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years;  Mary  Ann,  died  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years;  Eliza,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years; 
Albert,  a  soldier  durin^^^  Qvil  War,  died  in  Colorado.  Samuel  S.,  son 
of  William  and  Mar^^^V  (flhl^h)  Taylor,  was  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania  in  FebWJ^  i^^Vied  in  1903.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War  he  enHsted  in  the  (JnPHundred  and  First  Regiment  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  for  three  and  one-half  years.  He 
was  in  Andersonville  Prison  for  a  short  time  and  was  then  exchanged. 
After  the  war  was  over  he  resumed  his  farming  operations  on  his  farm 
of  one  hundred  acres  in  South  Beaver  township,  and  remained  there  until 
his  death.  He  had  a  well  earned  reputation  as  an  auctioneer  at  country 
sales,  and  was  largely  interested  in  money  dealings  in  connection  with  oil 
leases.  He  was  for  many  years  justice  of  the  peace  of  South  Beaver 
township.  He  married  Rachel  Elizabeth  Conkle,  born  in  South  Beaver 
township  in  1842,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Sarah  (Todd)  Conkle,  see 
forward.  They  had  children:  Mary,  married  Frank  Hays;  Sadie  D., 
married  Joseph  Rossell ;  Dr.  C.  C.  Taylor,  married  Flora  Dawson,  and 
resides  in  East  Rochester ;  Michael  W.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-seven 
years,  married  Edith  L.  Calvin;  Olive  Gertrude,  married  William  Carl 
Elder,  D.D.S.,  as  above  stated ;  H.  M.,  unmarried,  a  dentist  in  Rochester, 
Pennsylvania;  Essie  G.,  and  Eva  J.,  unmarried;  Emma  J.,  married  Walter 
E.  Duncan,  and  lives  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania. 

Michael  Conkle,  the  maternal  grandfather  of  Olive  Gertrude  (Taylor) 
Elder,  lived  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  a  farmer  all  his  life.  In  later  life  he  removed  to  Columbiana  county, 
Ohio,  where  his  death  occurred.  He  was  a  very  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  holding  the  office  of  steward,  and  was  noted  for  his 
ability  to  conduct  prayer  meetings  at  the  homes  of  the  members  of  the 
congregation.     He  was  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  the  organization  of 


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the  Brush  Run  Methodist  Church.  He  married  Sarah  Todd,  and  had 
children :  Susan,  married  T.  Huffman ;  Rachel  Elizabeth,  married  Samuel 
S.  Taylor,  as  above  mentioned;  Rev.  J.  H.,  now  living  retired  in  New 
Waterford,  Ohio,  having  resigned  from  his  pastorate  after  service  as  a 
Methodist  minister  for  half  a  century;  Mary,  married  Hugh  Chain,  lives  in 
New  Waterford,  Ohio;  John,  deceased;  Lula,  married  D.  W.  Moore,  and 
lives  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio;  Calvin  K.,  lives  on  his  farm  in  Ohio,  mar- 
ried (first)  Jessie  Burt,  (second)  Delia  Bradshaw. 


Commercial  and  industrial  activity  is  the  life  of  a  community, 
PARK     and  the  wiheels  of   trade  continue   over  the  road  to  success. 

The  man  or  men  who  found  and  keep  in  successful  operation 
extensive  business  interests,  wherein  are  employed  many  workmen,  does 
much  more  for  the  substantial  and  permanent  development  of  a  city  than 
he  who  enriches  it  by  mere  gifts  of  money.  The  Park  family,  of  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  belongs  to  the  former  class. 

(I)  William  Park,  the  first  of  whom  we  have  record  in  this  county, 
came  from  Cookstown,  Ireland,  itqo,  and  was  landed  at  Philadelphia. 
In  that  city  he  learned  the  trade  ^^^^>ne  mason,  and  was  occupied  with 
this  until  1796,  when  he  remov^^TO  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  In  the 
latter  city  he  pursued  his  trade  for  a  iMte,  then  branched  out  into  the 
contracting  business  and  erected  a  number  of  houses  in  Allegheny  county. 
He  settled  in  McMairstown,  now  Wilkinsburg,  and  still  later  purchased  a 
farm  in  Penn  township,  Allegheny  county,  where  his  death  occurred  at  a 
ripe  old  age.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  in  Ireland 
had  joined  the  Order  of  Knights  Templar.  He  married,  and  had  children : 
John,  James,  David,  see  forward ;  William,  Robert,  Thomas,  Jane. 

(II)  David  Park,  son  of  William  Park,  was  a  wagon  maker  by  oc- 
cupation. After  his  marriage  he  settled  in  Wilkinsburg,  Allegheny  county, 
later  removed  to  East  Liberty,  in  the  same  county,  and  about  1844  to 
Beaver  township.  He  purchased  a  farm  in  Sewickley  township,  about  one 
mile  from  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Ann 
Hamilton  and  had  children :  James,  see  forward ;  George ;  William ;  John ; 
David;  Theodore;  Elizabeth,  married  Hiram  Phillip;  M'ary,  married  Rev. 
John  Brown. 

(III)  James  Park,  son  of  David  and  Ann  (Hamilton)  Park,  learned 
the  trade  of  wagon  building  from  his  father,  and  was  thus  occupied  for 
many  years.  He  also  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Freedom,  in 
which  enterprise  he  was  very  successful.  He  married  Emily  McDonald 
and  had  children:     Wliliam  A.,  John  H.,  George  I.,  see  forward;  Anna. 

(IV)  George  I.  Park,  son  of  James  and  Emily  (McDonald)  Park, 
was  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1871.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  township,  and  upon  leaving  these  entered  upon  his  business  career 
with  the  Park  &  Park  Stone  Quarry  Company,  at  New  Galilee,  and  with 


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this  concern  he  rose  to  the  position  of  superintendent.  He  then  went  to 
Conway  in  order  to  assume  the  duties  of  superintendent  of  No.  2,  of  the 
Park  Fire  Clay  Company,  then  to  the  No.  3  Works,  and  from  there  to 
Brady  Run.  He  was  next  transferred  to  Kenilworth,  West  Virginia,  re- 
maining there  for  a  period  of  two  years.  From  there  he  went  to  Galilee. 
For  a  time  he  had  attended  the  Theological  College  at  Greenville,  Mercer 
county,  Pennsylvania,  then  went  to  the  Spencerian  Business  College  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  served  as  superintendent  of  the  Monaca  Brick  Works, 
a  branch  of  the  Pennsylvania  Clay  Company,  and  later,  in  the  year  of  the 
Beaver  Centennial  celebration,  established  himself  in  the  real  estate  bus- 
iness. He  does  not  act  as  a  real  estate  broker,  but  buys  and  sells  inde- 
pendently, and  also  builds  many  houses  and  sells  them.  He  also  established 
the  Carpet  &  Rug  Company  of  Rochester,  which  he  sold  in  1905.  In  1900 
he  established,  in  association  with  Mr.  Mahan,  the  Rochester  Furniture 
and  Auction  Company,  which  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  with  a  volume 
of  business  of  constantly  increasing  proportions.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine 
residence  in  Beaver  at  the  corner  of  East  End  avenue  and  Third  street.  Mr. 
Park  is  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Beaver  County  Telephone  Company.  His 
political  allegiance  is  given  to  the  ^^^Bican  party,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  As  a  bu^Ss  man  Mr.  Park  has  earned  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  all  with  wfcm  he  has  had  dealings,  and  as  a  citizen  he 
bears  the  highest  character.  He  is  devoted  to  his  family  and  friends,  and 
has  done  much  to  contribute  to  the  general  welfare  of  the  community.  Mr. 
Park  married  Ola,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Kennedy,  in  1901,  and  they  have 
children:  Mary,  born  1903;  Olive,  1904;  William,  1905. 


The  United  States  ranks  today  as  the  foremost  nation 
GISHBAUGHER     of  the  modern  civilized  world.     It  has  served  as  the 

melting-pot  of  the  best  characteristics  of  all  other 
nations  and  the  outcome  is  a  fine,  sterling  American  citizenship,  consisting 
of  strong  and  able-bodied  men,  loyal  and  public-spirited  in  civic  life,  honor- 
able in  business,  and  alert  and  enthusiastically  in  sympathy  with  every 
measure  tending  to  further  the  material  welfare  of  the  entire  country. 
The  great  empire  of  Germany  has  contributed  its  fair  quota  to  the  up- 
building of  this  great  nation  and  among  its  representatives  in  this  country 
are  to  be  found  successful  men  in  every  walk  of  life,  including  the  pro- 
fessions as  well  as  the  prosperous  farmers  and  business  men.  The  Gish- 
baugher  family,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  is  no  exception  to  this 
rule.  While  the  family  is  only  in  its  third  generation  in  America,  they 
have  made  their  mark  in  various  directions,  and  have  proved  themselves 
men  of  sterling  worth  in  the  communities  in  which  they  reside. 

(I)  Michael  Gishbaugher,  who  was  born  in  the  Kingdom  of  Baden, 
Germany,  in  1833,  died  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, September  22,  1905.  His  early  years  were  spent  on  the  farm  on 
which  he  was  born,  and  on  which  he  worked  until  he  was  twenty-four  years 


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of  age,  at  which  time  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  America.  He  arrived  at 
Philadelphia,  going  from  this  city  to  Lowell,  Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  and 
worked  there  in  the  iron  furnaces  for  a  period  of  two  years.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
found  employment  in  the  Freeman  Butts  coal  mine,  and  his  connection 
with  this  was  uninterrupted  for  thirty-five  years.  He  purchased  one  hun- 
dred and  fourteen  acres  of  land  one  mile  east  of  the  above  mentioned  mine, 
and  resided  on  this  property  until  his  death.  In  addition  to  his  mining 
labors  he  oversaw  the  cultivation  of  his  farm,  the  actual  work  being  done 
by  his  sons.  In  personal  appearance  he  was  of  medium  height,  very 
corpulent,  and  of  great  strength.  Fifteen  years  prior  to  his  death  he 
opened  a  coal  mine  on  his  own  land  and  this  is  still  in  excellent  operation. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Gishbaugher  married  Clara  Kremer,  born  in  1832,  in  Germany, 
died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1901.  Her  parents  lived  near 
the  Swiss  border,  where  her  father  was  a  molder  by  trade  and  employed 
in  iron  works.  His  widow  came  to  America  about  1850,  settling  in  Darling- 
ton township,  Beaver  county,  at  th|«|i^  of  Mansfield's  Hill.  She  brought 
her  children  with  her  and  they  li-^^lum'  a  log  cabin.  Her  children  were : 
Anna,  married  Adam  Lebbard,  and  lived  in  Canton,  Ohio;  Eve,  Anton, 
Lawrence  and  Christian,  moved  to  Punfem  county,  Ohio,  where  they 
lived  on  farms ;  Clara,  who  married  Mr.  Gishbaugher,  as  above  stated. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gishbaugher  had  children:  Mary  and  Kate,  died  unmarried 
in  1909;  Christian,  married  Irene  Nicely,  and  lives  in  Darlington  township; 
Clara,  married  Philip  Krause,  and  lives  in  Butler,  Pennsylvania;  Anna, 
died  January  28,  1896;  Jennie,  married  Edward  James,  and  Hves  in  New 
Brighton,  Pennsylvania;  Michael  J.,  see  forward;  Maggie,  married  Louis 
Smith,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania;  Sarah,  died  at  the  age  of 
ten  years;  Ella,  died  when  nine  years  of  age. 

(II)  Michael  J.  Gishbaugher,  son  of  Michael  and  Clara  (Kremer) 
Gishbaugher,  was  born  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  21,  1871.  He  was  born  in  a  house  at  the  Butts  Coal  Works, 
and  attended  the  Oakdale  district  school.  He  was  sixteen  years  of  age 
when  his  father  bought  the  home  farm,  on  which  Mr.  Gishbaugher  now 
lives,  and  for  a  period  of  ten  years  Michael  J.  drove  a  mule  in  the  coal 
mine.  He  then  commenced  working  on  the  farm  for  his  father,  an  occu- 
pation with  which  he  was  identified  until  the  death  of  the  latter.  When 
this  death  occurred,  Mr.  Gishbaugher,  together  with  his  sisters,  Mary  and 
Kate,  bought  the  interests  in  the  farm  from  the  other  heirs,  and  now  Mr. 
Gishbaugher  has  acquired  the  sole  right  to  this  property.  He  owns  ninety- 
four  acres  of  land,  which  he  cultivates  to  its  fullest  extent,  making  a 
specialty  of  raising  large  crops  of  potatoes.  He  also  operates  the  coal 
mine  on  the  farm  with  a  marked  degree  of  success.  His  political  affiliations 
are  with  the  Democratic  party,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church. 


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Mr.  Gishbaugher  married,  January  i,  1894,  Margaret  Bratny,  born 
in  Cannelton,  Pennsylvania,  February  15,  1867,  daughter  of  James  and 
Catherine  (Cochran)  Bratny,  the  former  of  whom  died  in  September, 
1906,  the  latter  May  12,  191 1.  She  was  born  in  county  Cork,  and  he  in 
county  Sligo,  Ireland.  He  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  she  nine  years  of 
age,  when  they  emigrated  to  America  with  their  parents,  and  they  both 
grew  up  in  the  city  of  New  York.  James  Bratny  drove  an  omnibus  in 
that  city  for  a  time,  then  removed  to  Cannelton,  where  he  was  a  mule  driver 
in  a  coal  mine  for  many  years.  Later  he  bought  a  farm  on  which  he  resided 
until  his  death.  They  had  children:  Margaret,  mentioned  above  as  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Gishbaugher;  Benjamin  and  Thomas,  twins,  the  latter  em- 
ployed as  a  digger  in  the  coal  mines;  Mary,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gishbaugher  have  had  children :  Michael,  born  December 
5,  1895;  William,  March  23,  1896;  Leo,  February  29,  1898;  Paul,  September 
18,  1899;  Joseph,  October  29,  1901 ;  Catherine,  September  15,  1903;  Louis, 
June  24,  1905 ;  Leonard,  January  28,  1907,  died  in  March  of  the  same 
year;  Clara,  March  11,  1908-;  Helen,  March  14,  1910. 

The  Duff  family  was  lidded  in  this  country  by  John  and 
DUFF     Ann  (Wallace)  Mcllduff,  of  Scotch-Irish  extraction,  who  came 

from  near  Belfast,  Ireland,  about  1775,  and  settled  on  land 
near  what  is  now  known  as  Export,  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  farm  still  in  the  possession  of  some  of  their  descendants.  It  is  a 
matter  of  some  difficulty  to  trace  all  the  lines  uninterruptedly,  as  during 
the  early  disturbances  in  this  country  many  valuable  church  and  other 
official  records  were  lost  or  destroyed  by  the  various  enemies  of  the  new- 
comers in  this  land.  The  Indians  were  particularly  destructive,  as  they 
burned  whenever  the  opportunity  arose.  There  appears  to  be  no  doubt, 
however,  that  all  bearing  the  name  of  Duff  have  this  common  origin. 

(I)  Oliver  Duff  came  with  his  family  to  Darlington  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  probably  from  Westmoreland  county  direct,  or  pos- 
sibly from  the  edge  of  Allegheny  county,  about  1798-99,  and  purchased 
four  hundred  acres  of  land.  One  of  his  great-grandchildren,  William  J. 
Duff,  now  resides  on  a  part  of  this  tract.  Oliver  Duff  died  in  1799, 
leaving  four  sons,  and  he  left  his  estate  of  four  hundred  acres  to  the 
following :  James ;  William,  see  forward ;  Robert ;  John,  who  settled  in 
Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county. 

(II)  William  Duff,  son  of  Oliver  Duff,  lived  and  died  on  his  share 
of  the  estate  left  by  his  father.  He  and  his  brother  Robert  took  an  active 
part  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  he  received  a  patent  for  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land  in  the  state  of  Kansas,  as  payment  for  his  services 
in  this  conflict.  He  and  his  family  were  members  of  the  Seceders'  Church. 
He  married  Esther  Caughey,  of  Irish  extraction,  whose  family  came  to 
Beaver  county  from  Westmoreland  county.  Mrs.  Duff  was  a  very  young 
girl  when  her  mother  died,  and  she  had  many  interesting  experiences  to 


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relate  of  her  girlhood  days.  When  she  and  her  father  came  to  Beaver 
county,  that  section  was  practically  a  wilderness,  and  they  went  before  the 
others  of  the  family  in  order  to  prepare  a  home  for  them.  They  settled 
in  South  Beaver  township,  and  set  about  constructing  a  log  cabin.  They 
were  obliged  to  live  in  this  even  while  it  was  in  course  of  construction,  as 
the  wolves  and  other  wild  animals,  then  infesting  the  woods,  made  life 
very  dangerous,  and  it  was  frequently  a  matter  of  difficulty  to  keep  the 
wolves  at  a  respectful  distance.  William  and  Esther  (Caughey)  Duff  had 
children :  Sarah,  married  David  Wallace,  and  lived  in  Muskingum  county, 
Ohio;  Ellen,  married  Archibald  McNair,  and  lived  in  Mercer  county; 
Samuel  C,  see  forward ;  Mary,  died  unmarried ;  Eliza  Jane,  never  married ; 
Esther,  married  Joseph  Bayless,  and  lived  in  the  state  of  Kansas. 

(III)  Samuel  C.  Duflf,  son  of  William  and  Esther  (Caughey)  Duff, 
was  bom  on  the  homestead  farm  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  October  22,  1822,  died  December  i,  1907.  His  entire  life 
was  spent  on  the  farm  on  which  he  had  been  born.  He  was  not  a  man 
of  much  physical  strength,  but  he  was  possessed  of  wonderful  powers  of 
endurance,  which  enabled  him  to  .iujld  his  own  against  difficulties  which 
would  have  overcome  many  otheAir  He  became  the  sole  owner  of  the 
farm  by  purchasing  the  rights  of  his  sisters,  and  cultivated  it  to  advantage. 
He  preferred  to  lease  the  coal  rights  under  the  farm  rather  than  assume 
the  responsibilities  of  personal  operation.  He  was  an  ardent  advocate  of 
Republican  principles,  and  served  as  township  assessor.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Duff  married 
Emma  C.  Wilson,  born  in  Guernsey  county,  Ohio,  in  1825,  died  in  February, 
1908,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (McCune)  Wilson,  the  latter  born  in 
Guernsey  county,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Captain  William  McCune,  who  was  an 
active  participant  in  the  War  of  1812.  Robert  Wilson  was  bom  in  county 
Down,  Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  early  manhood.  Later 
he  removed  with  his  family,  about  1831,  to  Muskingum  county,  Ohio,  where 
he  owned  a  farm.  They  had  children:  William,  Joseph,  John,  Samuel, 
James,  Andrew,  Maria,  Martha,  Emma  C,  married  Samuel  C.  Duff,  as 
mentioned  above;  Margaret,  Elizabeth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duff  had  children: 
William  J.,  see  forward;  Mary  J.;  Olive,  married  John  Beight,  lives  in 
Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  has  three  children :   Catherine,  Paul,  Doris. 

(IV)  William  J.  Duff,  son  of  Samuel  C.  and  Emma  C.  (Wilson)  Duff, 
was  born  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
1,  1876,  on  the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides.  He  and  his  sisters  attended 
the  Hartshorne  district  school,  from  whence  they  went  to  the  Academy  at 
Dariington,  and  were  graduated  from  this  institution.  In  1913  Mr.  Duff  had 
a  fine  brick  residence  erected  on  the  homestead,  in  which  he  and  his  sister, 
Mary  J.,  now  live.  Up  to  the  present  time  the  entire  life  of  Mr.  Duff  has 
been  spent  on  the  homestead,  which  is  owned  jointly  by  his  sister  and 
himself,  neither  of  them  being  married.  They  are  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Darlington,  and  Mr.  EKiff  takes  a  deep  interest 


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in  all  public  matters  concerning  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  does 
his  best  to  further  community  interests.  He  gives  his  political  support  to 
the  Republican  party. 


Robert  Watt,  who  was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  emigrated 
WATT     to  America  with  his  family  in  1824.     For  a  time  he  made  his 

home  in  Quebec,  Canada,  then  lived  in  Ontario  for  a  short  time. 
In  1825  he  purchased  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres  of  land  in  South 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  life  there.  The  journey  from  Canada  to  Pennsylvania  was  made  by 
wagon,  and  was  a  long  and  tedious  journey.  He  and  his  family  belonged 
to  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  He  married  Isabella  Donahue,  also 
born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  and  they  had  children:  George,  who  went 
to  Mississippi,  where  he  was  a  wealthy  planter,  receiving  three  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars  indemnity  from  the  government  for  the  loss  he 
Lad  sustained  by  the  army  of  Sherman  during  the  Civil  War;  Hugh,  was 
also  a  planter,  seven  miles  from  Vicksburg,  and  died  during  the  progress  of 
the  Civil  War ;  William  James,  a  phy^dan,  who  died  in  Selma,  Alabama ;  a 
daughter  who  died  in  Ireland ;  Reube^Wee  forward ;  a  daughter,  who  mar- 
ried, and  died  at  the  age  of  ninety  years  in  the  state  of  Iowa. 

'(II)  Reuben  Watt,  son  of  Robert  and  Isabella  (Donahue)  Watt,  was 
born  near  Dungarvan,  Ireland,  January  i,  1812,  died  December  5,  1885. 
He  was  twelve  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  America  with  his  parents, 
and  after  they  had  settled  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  he  attended 
the  district  schools  in  the  township  in  which  they  lived.  After  the  death 
of  his  father  he  purchased  all  the  interests  of  the  other  heirs  in  the  home- 
stead farm,  and  in  1863  he  traded  it  for  a  grist  mill  on  Little  Beaver  creek, 
on  the  boundary  line  between  Darlington  and  South  Beaver  townships. 
Jesse  Martin  had  been  the  previous  owner.  The  mill  has  been  operated  in 
the  name  of  Watt  since  that  time  and  has  earned  a  widespread  reputation 
for  the  quality  of  the  flour  it  turns  out.  Mr.  Watt  was  a  staunch  Republican 
and  a  strong  Abolitionist.  He  served  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  the 
office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  and  for  more  than  forty  years  was  connected 
in  official  capacity  with  the  local  school  board.  He  married  Sarah  Ann 
Aylmer,  born  in  Queenstown,  Canada,  in  18 18,  died  in  1906,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Aylmer,  who  with  his  wife,  both  natives  of  England,  emigrated 
from  that  country  to  Canada.  He  was  the  father  of  a  large  family,  and 
after  the  death  of  his  wife,  removed  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  also  settled  in  South  Beaver  township.  His  children  moved  to  the 
larger  river  section  of  Pennsylvania,  where  several  of  them  purchased  an 
entire  township,  while  the  others  became  merchants.  The  mail  service  at 
the  time  was  not  in  its  present  well  ordered  condition,  and  in  the  course 
of  time  the  Watts  and  the  Aylmers  lost  trace  of  each  other.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Watt  had  children:  Thomas,  see  forward;  James,  lives  with  Thomas 
and  assists  in  the  mill  operations;  George,  a  carpenter,  lives  in  North  Gales, 


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Arizona ;  Samuel,  lives  at  Tombstone,  Arizona,  and  works  in  a  gold  mine ; 
Isabella,  married  Robert  Gilchrist,  now  deceased,  and  lives  in  Allegheny, 
Pennsylvania;  Margaret  Ann,  keeps  house  for  her  two  brothers,  Thomas 
and  James,  on  the  homestead.  George  and  Samuel  left  their  home  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1879,  and  have  been  prospecting  in  Nevada, 
Colorado  and  Arizona  since  that  time. 

(Ill)  Thomas  Watt,  eldest  child  of  Reuben  and  Sarah  Ann  (Aylmer) 
Watt,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
December  25,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  Johnson  School  near  his  home. 
August  28,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  One  Hundredth  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  mustered  out,  July  26,  1865,  an 
honorable  and  creditable  record.  He  was  in  Grant's  army  throughout  the 
war,  and  was  in  the  Ninth  Corps  at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  shoulder  by  a  bullet,  June  17,  1864.  At  the  conclusion  of 
the  war  he  went  to  Iowa,  and  spent  somewhat  more  than  a  year  in  looking 
about  the  country.  He  then  returned  to  his  father's  mill,  in  the  operation 
of  which  he  assisted  until  the  death  of  his  father,  since  which  time  he  and 
his  brother  James  have  operated  it  together.  That  the  mill  has  a  reputation 
of  its  own  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  tlftt  people  come  from  hundreds  of  miles 
to  have  their  flour  ground  there.  The  buckwheat  flour  they  turn  out  has 
an  especial  reputation  of  its  own.  Mr.  Watt's  sister  and  brother  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Covenanter  Church  of  Darlington,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church  at  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  He  is  a  Republican, 
and  he  and  his  brother  have  filled  a  number  of  township  offices.  Mr.  Watt 
is  not  married. 


The  WoodruflF  family  is  an  old  one  of  Connecticut,  the 
WOODRUFF    branch  in  Western  Pennsylvania  having  been  introduced 

into  that  section  by  Jemuel  Woodruff,  born  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  who,  deciding  to  leave  New  England,  the  family  home  for 
several  generations,  loaded  the  more  valuable  of  his  possessions  into  a 
wagon,  attached  thereto  one  horse,  all  of  his  live  stock  that  he  retained, 
and  with  his  wife  made  the  journey  to  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  died  in  1900,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-six  years.  In 
this  county  he  engaged  in  furniture  making,  at  one  time  being  the  prcv- 
prietor  of  a  factory  devoted  to  this  industry,  and  was  also  an  undertaker, 
discontinuing  both  of  these  businesses  at  the  time  of  the  gold  discoveries  in 
California,  when  he  joined  the  westward  rush  in  search  of  sudden  riches, 
a  desire  only  realized  in  small  part.  He  married  Julia  Ann  Oatman,  bom 
in  Connecticut,  in  1810,  died  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
about  1897.  Children  of  Jemuel  and  Julia  Ann  (Oatman)  Woodruff: 
Ellen,  died  in  1910;  George  Elmer,  of  whom  further)  ;  Alden,  died  about 
1898.  During  nearly  all  of  his  mature  years  Jemuel  Woodruff  held  member- 
ship in  the  Masonic  Order,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  one  of  the 
oldest  Masons  in  the  United  States. 


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(II)  George  Elmer  Woodruff,  son  of  Jemuel  and  Julia  Ann  (Oatman) 
Woodruff,  was  bom  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1842. 
His  business  has  been,  in  the  main,  lumber  dealing,  at  which  he  has  been 
successful  and  in  which  he  has  prospered.  A  Presbyterian  in  religion,  his 
political  faith  has  ever  been  Republican,  while  fraternally  he  affiliates  with 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging 
to  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  married 
Savilla,  deceased,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Gilchrist)  Wolf.  Henry 
Wolf  was  born  in  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  of  which  county  his  parents 
were  also  natives,  and  as  a  young  man  moved  to  Greensburg,  Pennsylvania, 
entering  the  hotel  business,  and  at  the  death  of  his  father-in-law  engaged  in 
the  management  of  the  hotel  that  comprised  part  of  the  estate.  His  later 
career  took  him  to  many  widely  separated  localities,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  retirement  he  was  engaged  in  business  at  Petersburg,  Ohio,  spending 
the  latter  years  of  his  life  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio,  where  his  death  occurred 
about  1882,  his  wife  dying  in  that  place  in  19C6.  Both  were  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  while  he  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
and  a  Republican  in  politics.  Children  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Gilchrist) 
Wolf:  I.  David,  a  hotel  proprietor,  dfed  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  2.  Mary, 
married  Louis  Reed,  and  died  in  March,  1913,  at  McKeesport,  Pennsylvania. 
3.  Kate,  married  William  Gillian,  and  died  in  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania.  4. 
Henry,  died  in  Butte,  Montana,  about  1890.  5.  John,  a  resident  of  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin.  6.  Savilla,  of  previous  mention,  married  George  El- 
mer Woodruff.  7.  Margaret,  married  Frank  Clifton,  and  lives  at  Knoxville, 
Pennsylvania.  8.  Jerry,  an  employee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  died  at 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  June,  1913.  9.  Lillie  M.,  married  John  R.  Book,  and 
lives  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  10.  Jeannette,  married  William  Koch, 
and  resides  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  Children  of  George  Elmer  and  Savilla 
(Wolf)  Woodruff.  I.  Frank,  of  whom  further.  2.  Annie,  married  Frank 
G.  Throne.  3.  Belle,  married  Dr.  C.  W.  Thomas.  4.  Cora  L.,  married  Frank 
E.  Mathews. 

(III)  Frank  Woodruff,  only  son  of  George  Elmer  and  Savilla  (Wolf) 
Woodruff,  was  bom  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
7,  1865.  After  a  public  school  education  in  the  institutions  of  his  birth- 
place, he  obtained  a  position  with  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Company,  his 
association  with  that  concern  extending  over  a  period  of  eighteen  years. 
He  passed  the  next  three  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Rochester  Glass  Com- 
pany, now  transacting  business  as  the  H.  C.  Fry  Company,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  with  the  Libbey  Glass  Company  of  Toledo,  Ohio.  For  two  years 
he  was  president  of  the  Woodruff  Glass  Mould  Company,  of  Toledo,  Ohio, 
after  which  he  became  sole  owner  of  the  Mould  and  Machine  Company  of 
Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  This  business  was  established  in  1906,  and  con- 
sists of  the  manufacture  of  experimental  machinery,  the  force  of  employees 
varying  from  fifteen  to  thirty.  Since  Mr.  Woodmff's  connection  with 
the  concern  its  scope  of  operation  has  been  widened,  its  equipment  im- 


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proved,  and  its  activities  increased,  so  that  at  the  present  time  he  is  the 
proprietor  of  a  plant  that  yields  a  comfortable  income,  its  prosperity  and 
thriving  condition  resulting  from  the  earnest  labor  he  has  expended  upon 
his  business.     Mr.  Woodruff  holds  independent  political  views. 

Mr.  Woodruff  married,  December  i,  1892,  May  Menuez,  born  in 
Fredericksburg,  Wayne  county,  Ohio,  July  16,  1871,  daughter  of  Theodore 
and  Elizabeth  (First)  Menuez,  her  father  deceased,  her  mother  a  resident 
of  Wayne  county,  Ohio.  Children  of  Frank  and  May  (Menuez)  Wood- 
ruff: I.  Marie,  born  November  28,  1893.  2.  Elma,  bom  in  1897,  died  in 
1901.  3.  Rollin  L.,  born  June  21,  1901.  The  family  attend  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Rochester. 


The  Hotchkiss  family  came  to  this  country  from  Scot- 
HOTCHKISS     land,  and  while  but  a  few  generations  have  lived  here, 

they  have  been  recognized  as  citizens  of  sterling  worth, 
ever  ready  to  bear  their  full  share  of  the  responsibilities  which  came  to 
them.  In  Scotland  all  the  male  members  of  the  family  were  engaged  in 
the  occupation  of  coal  mining,  and  they  were  all  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  Of  the  generation  we  have  first  on  record  we  know  there 
were  the  following:  Edward,  a  coal  miner,  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
but  later  returned  to  England,  where  he  died ;  John,  who  lived  and  died  in 
Scotland,  was  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Glasgow;  Michael,  a  coal  miner 
in  his  youth,  proprietor  of  a  hotel  subsequently,  came  to  the  United  States, 
but  returned  to  England  where  he  died;  Joseph,  see  forward;  Ellen,  who 
died  in  Scotland,  married  John  Hodgett,  who  died  in  New  York  City. 

(II)  Joseph  Hotchkiss,  of  the  second  generation  of  this  family,  was 
born  eight  miles  from  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1810,  died  October  24,  1872. 
He  was  a  coal  miner  all  his  life,  at  first  in  his  native  land,  later  in  America. 
In  Scotland  he  held  the  position  of  foreman  or  mine  boss.  Both  of  his 
marriages  took  place  in  Scotland.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Love,  (second) 
Mary  Cranston,  born  in  England,  where  her  parents  were  visiting,  April 
24,  1828,  died  March  22,  1908.  She  was  the  niece  of  James  Moffit,  a 
Reformed  Presbyterian  minister,  and  daughter  of  James  and  Jennie  (Mof- 
fit) Cranston,  who  had  two  other  children:  Jane,  who  married  Thomas 
Sherry,  a  coal  miner,  and  came  to  East  Palestine,  Ohio;  John,  during  the 
Civil  War  enlisted  at  Peoria,  Illinois,  and  was  never  heard  from  again. 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Cranston)  Hotchkiss  had  children:  Janet,  who  mar- 
ried John  Huffman,  now  deceased,  is  living  on  a  farm  in  Darlington  town- 
ship; Edward,  a  coal  miner  and  lives  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Huffman; 
Jennie,  now  deceased,  married  Finlay  Rhodes;  John,  a  coal  miner,  lives 
in  Burgettstown,  Pennsylvania;  James,  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  has 
been  baggage  master  for  twenty  years  at  the  Union  Station;  Joseph,  a 
prosperous  business  man,  proprietor  of  a  hardware  store  at  Dillonville, 
Ohio;  Michael,  see  forward.  By  his  marriage  with  his  first  wife  Mr. 
Hotchkiss  had  children:     James,  who  was  injured  in  the  mines,  died  at 


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the  age  of  eighteen  years;  John  and  Edward,  died  young;  WilHam,  who 
emigrated  with  his  father,  is  a  coal  miner,  and  Hves  with  his  step-brother, 
Michael.  Joseph  Hotchkiss,  a  few  years  after  his  second  marriage,  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  and  settled  at  Cannelton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  his  death  occurred. 

(Ill)  Michael  Hotchkiss,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Cranston)  Hotch- 
kiss, was  bom  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
5,  1868.  He  was  about  four  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  his 
father,  which  left  his  mother  with  a  large  family  of  small  children  and  no 
means  of  supporting  them.  All  of  the  children  were  obliged  to  help  support 
the  family  to  the  best  of  their  ability,  as  they  were  very  poor,  and  they  have 
all  risen  to  very  comfortable  financial  circumstances.  Michael  at- 
tended the  public  school  at  Cannelton  for  a  short  time,  but  from  his  earliest 
years  was  obliged  to  devote  all  his  spare  time  to  work.  He  was  a  helper  in  a 
blacksmith  shop  and  worked  on  nearby  farms.  Mrs.  Hotchkiss  then  pur- 
chased forty-three  acres  of  land  from  the  Economites  in  Darlington  towti- 
ship,  and  Michael  devoted  all  of  his  time  to  the  cultivation  of  this 
farm,  which  he  developed  into  a  fine  piece  of  property.  Upon  the  death 
of  his  mother,  he  purchased  the  interests  of  the  other  heirs,  and  still  lives 
on  it.  Later  he  purchased  another  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine 
acres,  adjoining  the  first,  and  is  very  successful  in  his  farming  operations. 
He  makes  a  specialty  of  fruit  growing,  devoting  especial  time  and  attention 
to  the  production  of  peaches  and  apples.  He  has  set  out  approximately 
three  thousand  trees,  which  are  all  now  in  fine  bearing  condition.  His 
political  affiliations  are  with  the  Republican  party.  Mr.  Hotchkiss  is  un- 
married. 


The  name  and  the  family  of  Beatty  seems  to  have  had  its 
BEATTY    origin  in  the  northern  lowlands  of  Scotland.     It  extended 

to  the  north  of  Ireland,  in  a  more  limited  degree  to  England, 
and  has  finally  spread  to  all  parts  of  the  world  to  which  these  countries 
have  sent  out  emigrants.  The  name  is  supposed  to  have  been  derived 
from  the  Latin,  Beatus,  which  has  also  made  Beaton.  But  the  name  of 
the  Cardinal  seems  not  to  have  been  popular  among  the  Scotch  Reformers — 
and  Beate  was  preferred — which  after  softening  the  final  letter  into  "ie" 
and  sometimes  duplicating  the  middle  consonant,  gave  either  Beatie  or 
Beattie — the  usual  spelling  in  Scotland.  In  migrating  to  the  other  island 
it  has  changed  the  termination  into  "y."  so  that  commonly  the  Irish  has  the 
spelling  Beaty,  or  more  frequently  Beatty.  In  going  into  the  southern 
kingdom  another  change  took  place,  by  eliminating  the  first  "e"  in  the  name, 
so  that  it  became  either  Baty,  Batty  or  Batey.  Such  are  some  of  the  vari- 
ations of  a  single  common  name,  and  by  the  spelling  it  may  be  generally 
known  whether  the  family  comes  from  Scotland,  Ireland  or  England. 

(I)   The  introduction  of  the  Pennsylvania  branch  of  the  family  into 
the  western  part  of  the  state  was   made  by   Jonathan   Beatty  and  two 


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brothers,  who  settled  on  farms  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  there  reared  large  families.  Jonathan  Beatty  married 
Margaret  McClure,  a  native  of  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
whence  they  came  to  Beaver  county,  and  had  children. 

(II)  William  Beatty,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Margaret  (McClure) 
Beatty,  was  born  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  2,  1832,  died  in  the  same  county,  February  2,  1890.  He  grew  to 
maturity  in  the  place  of  his  birth,  as  a  lad  attending  the  public  schools, 
and  in  young  manhood  assisting  his  father  upon  the  home  farm.  At  the 
death  of  his  father  he  inherited  eighty  acres  of  the  homestead,  land  now 
cultivated  by  his  son,  William  George  Beatty,  later  purchasing  the  Mc- 
Clure farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres,  upon  which  Frank  L. 
Huffman  now  lives.  He  afterward  sold  this  farm  and  purchased  the 
property  that  had  been  his  inheritance,  adding  thereto  eighty  acres  ad- 
joining. He  built  the  house  and  barn  that  are  used  at  the  present  time 
by  his  son.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  his 
wife  still  holds  membership,  and  with  her  was  a  familiar  figure  at  its 
services.  The  Republican  party  had  no  stronger  supporter  or  more  ardent 
sympathizer  in  that  locality  than  Mr.  Beatty,  and  with  vote  and  influence 
he  sought  to  further  its  best  interests.  He  discharged  the  duties  of  good 
citizenship  with  scrupulous  care,  and  was  held  in  excellent  repute  by 
all  who  were  acquainted  with  his  many  amiable  qualities. 

He  married  Sidney  Baker,  born  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  February  16,  1833,  who  survives  him,  aged  eighty  years, 
living  with  her  son,  William  George.  Their  marriage  rites  were  solem- 
nized April  22,  1852.  Sidney  Baker  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Catharine  (Thompson)  Baker.  Richard  Baker  was  born  in  Pennsylvania 
in  1799,  died  in  Beaver  county,  in  that  state,  December  2,  1882.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beaver  county  and  owned  a  farm  near  Hoytdale. 
He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  played  a  prominent  part  in  affairs  of 
local  moment.  His  wife  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1807,  died  in 
Beaver  county,  October  9,  1884.  Richard  Baker  was  a  son  of  Robert 
Baker,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  early  to  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  With  his  wife,  Rachel  (Williams)  Baker,  he  is 
buried  in  Rocky  Spring  Cemetery,  near  New  Galilee.  Richard  and  Cath- 
arine (Thompson)  Baker  were  the  parents  of  twenty  children,  of  whom 
five  died  in  infancy.  Those  who  attained  maturity  were:  i.  James,  fought 
in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War,  was  taken  prisoner,  and  died  in 
Andersonville  Prison.  2.  William,  a  farmer,  died  in  Big  Beaver  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Saphrona,  died  unmarried,  probably  in 
Michigan.  4.  Lorenzo,  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army,  died  from  wounds 
received  in  battle.  5.  Sidney,  of  previous  mlpntion,  married  William 
Beatty.  6.  John,  a  resident  of  Iowa.  7.  Robert,  killed  in  battle  in  the 
Civil  War.  8.  Thompson,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  lives  in  Nebraska. 
9.  Sarah,  married  Benjamin  James,  and  lived  until  her  death  in  Beaver 


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county,  Pennsylvania.  lo.  Mary  Ann,  married  Fred  Straley,  and  lives  at 
Hoytdale,  Pennsylvania,  ii.  Nancy  Jane,  married  Tolbert  Swoggers,  and 
lives  near  Wampum,  Pennsylvania.  12.  Rachel,  married  George  Minner, 
and  lives  at  Wampum,  Pennsylvania.  13.  Matilda,  married  Walter  Craig, 
deceased,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  14.  Catharine,  married 
Robert  Mills,  and  resides  in  Nebraska.  15.  Wesley,  a  resident  of  Nebraska. 
Children  of  William  and  Sidney  (Baker)  Beatty:  i.  Alice  P.,  married 
George  Tarris,  deceased,  and  lives  in  West  Virginia.  2.  Laura  Emma, 
died  in  1888;  married  Robert  Newell,  likewise  deceased.  3.  John  F.,  lived 
for  a  time  on  the  old  homestead,  entered  the  employ  of  the  railroad  and 
met  his  death  in  that  service.  4.  James  R.,  a  farmer  of  Warren,  Ohio. 
5.  William  George,  of  whom  further.  6.  Mary  L.,  married  Isaac  Cox, 
and  lives  in  Homewood,  Pennsylvania.  William  and  Sidney  Beatty  were 
also  the  parents  of  three  other  children,  all  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  William  George  Beatty,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  William 
and  Sidney  (Baker)  Beatty,  was  born  on  the  homestead  farm  in  Big  Beaver 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  15,  1867.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  completed  his  education  with  a  business  course  in  the 
International  Correspondence  Schools  of  Scranton.  His  first  position  was 
as  time-keeper  for  the  Clydesdale  Stone  Company,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  for  four  years.  In  1906  he  became  inspector  of  material  for 
Arthur  Koppel  Company,  a  position  he  still  holds.  In  connection  with  his 
business  he  conducts  general  farming  operations  upon  fifty  acres  of  the 
home  farm,  having  inherited  a  part  of  the  homestead  at  his  father's  death. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has  been  placed  by  his  neighbors  in 
nearly  every  department  of  township  service,  filling  all  with  a  thoroughness 
and  reliability  that  fully  justified  the  repeated  choice  of  his  friends  and 
acquaintances. 

Mr.  Beatty  married,  September  4,  1889,  Olive  L.,  daughter  of  John 
and  Emeline  McCarter,  member  of  a  family  long  seated  in  that  locality. 
Children  of  William  George  and  Olive  L.  Beatty:  Elsie  May,  George 
Curtis,  Clement  Byron.    The  family  are  Presbyterians. 


Samuel  Harper  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  America,  with 
HARPER    his   wife   and   family,   in   1754.     There  are   some  grounds 

for  thinking  that  they  at  first  settled  at  what  is  now  Harper's 
Ferry,  Virginia.  For  many  years  prior  to  his  death  he  lived  on  a  farm 
in  Hopewell  township,  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  within  the  bounds  of 
the  Associate  Presbyterian  congregation  of  Guinston,  in  which  he  was  a 
ruling  elder  until  he  died.  He  marrie:d,  in  Scotland,  Jane  Strang,  and  had 
children:  i.  James,  who  married  but  the  name  of  his  wife  is  not  on  record; 
he  removed  to  Zanesville,  Ohio,  and  some  of  his  descendants  were  living 
there  in  1854.  2.  Samuel  Jr.,  see  forward.  3.  Jane,  married  Archibald 
Richmond,  and  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter;  the  names  of  two  of 
the  sons  are  not  on  record ;  of  the  other  children :     John  married  


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Leeper,   and   had:     James,   William,   and   Esther;   Nancy,   married  

Nelson,  and  lived  at  Cambridge,  Ohio.     4.  Agnes,  married  Harris, 

and  settled  in  Virginia  at  a  place  now  known  as  Harrisville. 

(II)  Samuel  (2)  Harper,  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and  Jane  (Strang) 
Harper,  died  at  Kings  Creek,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  25, 
1814,  while  in  middle  life.  He  resided  in  York  county,  Pennsylvania, 
for  eighteen  years  after  his  marriage,  then  removed  with  his  wife  and 
eight  children  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  settling  in  Hanover  township, 
Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1798.  He  purchased  Judge  Redick's 
mill  on  Big  Travis  Creek,  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
After  his  removal  from  Washington,  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  he  and 
his  wife  and  children  united  with  the  Associate  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Kings  Creek,  then  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.D., 
and  Mr.  Harper  was  shortly  afterwards  elected  a  ruling  elder,  an  office 
he  filled  faithfully  until  his  death.  This  was  caused  by  "camp  fever,"  and 
he  was  interred  in  the  "Old  Kings  Creek  Cemetery."  His  wife  died  of 
the  same  disease  eleven  days  later  and  was  buried  in  her  husband's  grave, 
their  tombstone  being  inscribed  "They  were  lovely  in  their  lives,  and  in 
death  they  were  not  divided." 

Mr.  Harper  married,  May  30,  1780,  Jane  Purdy.  Children:  i.  Agnes, 
born  October  10,  1782;  married  Captain  Robert  Leeper,  and  had  children: 
i.  Jane,  married  William  Carothers;  children:  Robert  Leeper,  William  C, 
Nancy  Jane.  ii.  Margaret  Ann,  married  (first)  William  Wallace;  chil- 
dren: Agnes  and  Ellen;  she  married  (second)  William  Savage;  children: 
Anna  Mary  and  Robert  Leeper.  iii.  Samuel  Harper,  married  Mary  Jane 
Miller;  children:  Joseph  W.,  Robert  N.,  Mary  Agnes,  Estella  S.,  Robert 
C,  James  L.,  Samuel  Harper  Jr.  iv.  Agnes,  married  Jonathan  Duncan; 
children:  Isyphena,  Robert  L.,  Samuel  H.,  James  R.,  Charles,  Janetta, 
Amot,  Frank,  Ida  Belle,  v.  Emeline,  married  Dr.  Hugh  Ramsey ;  children : 
Alvira,  Emmett  F.,  Agnes,  Mary,  Robert  L.  2.  Jane,  bom  August  31, 
1786;  married  Archibald  Richmond;  children:  i.  Narcissa,  was  a  teacher 
in  Pittsburgh  many  years  and  never  married,  ii.  Jane,  same  as  Narcissa. 
iii.  Mary,  married  Rev.  John  Gorsuch ;  one  son,  Alvin,  who  resides  in 
Pittsburgh.  Archibald  and  Jane  (Harper)  Richmond  died  of  cholera 
within  a  few  days  of  each  other  in  September,  1832,  and  are  interred  in 
the  Allegheny  City  Cemetery  with  their  three  daughters  and  their  son- 
in-law  beside  them.  3.  Archibald,  born  June  27,  1788,  died  November 
20,  1829,  buried  in  the  "Old  Kings  Creek  Cemetery;"  he  married.  May 
18,  1814,  Mary  S.  Hay;  children:  i.  Eliza  Ann,  born  November  7,  1817; 
married,  May  25,  1841,  George  Nevin;  children:  a.  Josephine,  married 
John  D.  Irons ;  children :  Eve,  who  married  Frank  McCune,  and  has  one 
daughter,  Beulah ;  Georgie  Anna ;  William ;  Samuel,  b.  Georgie  Anna, 
married   John   I.    Douds,   who   died   in   the   Civil   War   while   serving  his 

country ;  no  children,    c.  Angle  Margaret,  married  McClain ;  one  son, 

Alexander,     d.  Harper,  married  but  had  no  children,     e.  Asenath  Mary, 


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married  T.  McCorkle;  children:  Mary  L.,  Anna  M.,  J.  T.  R.  f.  Jennie 
Sarah,  married  Henry  Cooper;  children:  Laura  Helen,  Ray  Cummings, 
Jean,  John  Fawsett.  g.  George  Orlando,  who  was  serving  his  second  term 
as  county  treasurer  at  the  time  of  his  death,  April  i,  1893;  married  Mar- 
garet Devern,  who  now  lives  in  the  state  of  Washington  with  her  children : 
Martin  Alfred  and  Anna  Eliza,  h.  Samuel  James,  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  months,  August  25,  1856.  ii.  Samuel,  born  April  2,  1820,  died 
March  22,  1856,  buried  in  the  "Old  Kings  Creek  Cemetery;"  he  married 
Maria  Gould;  children:  Lillie  May,  Eddie,  Ada.  iii.  Maria  Denny,  born 
January  i,  1822;  she  married,  April  20,  1846,  Rev.  A.  G.  Shaffer;  children: 
a.  John  Douglas,  a  successful  lawyer  in  Allegheny  City,  (now  judge) 
married,  September  27,  1877,  Rose  Strouss,  now  deceased;  no  children,  b. 
Mary  Hay,  married  the  late  Rev.  James  M.  Fulton,  D.D.,  who  was  pastor 
of  the  Fourth  United  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Allegheny  City;  children: 
Charles  and  Alexander  Harper,  c.  Archibald  Harper,  married  Nellie 
Cook,  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio ;  children :  John  Harper ;  Edward  Pressly, 
drowned  June  20,  1887;  Janette  Agnes,  died  July  13,  1888;  Walter  Pressly; 
James  Fulton;  Rose  Edna.  d.  Sarah  Janette.  e.  Anna,  married,  April 
23,  1890,  James  G.  Berry,  and  resides  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania; 
children:  Martha  Adele  and  John  Shaffer,  f.  Alexander  Pressly,  died  at 
San  Lucas  Springs,  Mexico,  iv.  John  Hay,  born  April  6,  1824;  is  un- 
married and  resides  in  California,  v.  Sarah  Jane,  born  January  6,  1826; 
she  married.  May  31,  1859,  William  Irons;  children:  a.  Joseph  Hanna, 
married  Nancy  Imbrie;  children:  Lawrence  Arville  and  Helen  Imbrie.  b. 
Harper  Samuel,  vi.  Drusilla  C,  born  July  i,  1827;  she  married  May  25, 
1850,  iSamuel  Anderson,  who  died  November  17,  1870;  children:  a. 
Alpheus  A.,  who  died  December  28,  1887,  married,  October  18,  188 1, 
Bella  C.  Norris,  who  died  October  11,  1884;  one  son,  Earl  C.  b.  Llewellyn 
A.,  died  September  21,  1854.  c.  Francis  S.,  died  October  15,  1859.  d. 
Eugene  E.,  died  October  15,  1859.  e.  Clarence  H.,  married,  February  10, 
1886,  Rachel  Love;  one  son  and  one  daughter,  f.  Charles  R.,  married, 
April  25,  1883,  Agnes  Brewer;  children:  John  E.  and  Samuel  H.  g. 
I-uella  M.,  married,  March  14,  1884,  William  T.  Hemphill;  child,  Curtis 
A.  h.  Alfred  J.  vii.  Archibald  Harper  Jr.,  died  at  Vicksburg,  Mississippi. 
4.  James,  see  forward.  5.  William,  born  March  28,  1793,  died  March  4, 
1822;  he  married  Jane  Proudfit,  of  Florence,  Pennsylvania,  and  left  no 
children.  6.  Mary,  born  July  3,  1795;  she  married,  September  7,  1815, 
William  McCandless;  children:  i.  Samuel  Harper,  born  January  27,  1817, 
died  January  20,  1862;  he  married  and  had  children:  a.  Mira.  b.  Reed, 
married,  has  two  daughters,  and  lives  in  York,  Nebraska,  c.  Lucian,  mar- 
ried, has  four  sons,  and  lives  in  Broken  Bow,  Nebraska,  d.  Nettie,  who 
died  July  i,  1890,  married,  and  her  three  children — Lona,  Marion  and 
William  Harper — live  at  McComb,  Illinois,     ii.  Margaret,  who  died  June 

28,  1854,  married  ,  and  had  ten  children,  of  whom  are  now  living: 

Jennie,  Louisa,  Mary.     iii.  William  Jr.,  died  January  13,   1863;  married 


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Sarah  Ann  Duncan;  children:  Mary,  married  and  had  one  child;  Arnott; 
Isa;  Thomas;  Hattie,  married  and  had  one  child;  William,  iv.  Jane,  mar- 
ried    Woods ;  children :  a.  Mary,  who  married  Losshord ;  chil- 
dren: Hattie,  who  married  and  has  children;  they  are  the  great-great- 
grandchildren of  William  and  Mary  (Harper)  McCandless.  b.  William, 
married  and  had  children :  Lillian,  Nellie,  William,  Hugh,  Sidney,  Ralph, 
Frederick,  Retta.     c.  John,  married  and  had :  Estella,  Cloyd,  Oliver,     d. 

Elizabeth,  married  Duncan,  lives  in  Knoxville,  Illinois;  one  child,  J. 

Winfield.  e.  Margaret,  f.  Thomas,  g.  Emma.  h.  Lena.  v.  Harriet  M. 
vi.  Sarah  P.  vii.  Mary.  7.  Esther,  born  January  15,  1798;  married  Hugh 
Leeper.  8.  Sarah  Purdy,  born  September  7,  1800,  died  at  Mount  Gilead, 
Ohio,  February  7,  1867;  she  married,  May  31,  1822,  Samuel  Pollock, 
born   1799,  died  in  June,   1874;  children:     i.   Martha  Jane,  who  died  at 

Mount  Gilead,  Ohio,  March   12,  1871,  married,  in  May,   1856,  Dr.  

Hay.  ii.  Samuel  David,  who  died  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  February  11,  1892, 
married,  March  20,  1851,  Mary  Jane  Taylor,  iii.  Maria  E.,  married,  Jan- 
uary 10,  1854,  G.  W.  Towesley,  and  lives  near  Lodi,  Ohio.  iv.  Joseph 
Harper,  who  has  been  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  at 
Mount  Gilead,  Ohio,  married,  November  28,  1861,  Orlinda  Taylor,  v. 
Rev.  Henry  G.,  has  his  home  and  pastoral  relations  near  Shelbyville, 
Indiana;  he  married  (first)  March  18,  1858,  Sarah  Wise,  (second)  Sophine 
Ethinger,  of  Munfordville,  Kentucky,  vi.  Emeline  L.,  who  died  June 
13,  1883,  at  Seville,  Ohio;  married,  February  20,  1862,  James  B.  Chapin. 
vii.  Louisa  A.  viii.  Sarah  Hortense,  married  F.  J.  Cox;  lives  in  Greens- 
burg,  Indiana.  9.  Joseph,  born  July  31,  1803,  died  unmarried,  1832,  and 
is  buried  in  the  "Old  Kings  Creek  Cemetery ;"  he  was  greatly  beloved. 

(Ill)  Major  James  Harper,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Jane  (Purdy) 
Harper,  was  born  in  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  20,  1790.  He 
was  also  a  miller  and  a  farmer.  He  was  a  major  in  the  old  commission, 
and  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years.  He  married  (first)  May  29, 
1817,  Elizabeth  Hay,  born  1791,  died  June  17,  1838.  He  married  (second) 
September  24,  1844,  Elizabeth  McBurney.  Children:  i.  Clementina,  born 
March  3,  1818,  died  December  25,  1851 ;  she  married,  in  1837,  Robert 
Scott;  children:  i.  David  Walker,  born  in  August,  1839,  died  1865;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Duncan  and  had  one  child,  ii.  James  Harper,  bom  De- 
cember, 1841,  died  1865.  iii.  Elizabeth  Hay,  born  July,  1843,  died  1881 ; 
married  Marshall  McDonald,  now  deceased,  and  had  children:  Clemen- 
tine, deceased;  Luella,  deceased;  M.  Harry;  Jennie,  deceased;  Robert  C. ; 
Emma,  deceased;  Joseph  C. ;  Florence  I.;  Edward  N. ;  Roy,  deceased. 
iv.  Jane,  married  in  January,  1869,  John  T.  Wilson ;  children :  Clementina, 
Martha,  Andrew  Charles,  Elizabeth  Florence,  John  Walker,  David  Paul, 
Harry  Ernest,  Harper  Victor,  v.  Clementina,  born  March  12,  1847,  died 
1870.  vi.  Cyrus  Clark,  born  December  29,  1849,  died  August  25,  1854.  2. 
Anna  Burns,  born  June  4,  1819,  died  in  April,  1857;  she  married,  1841, 
Semple  Bubbett;  children:     Oliver  and  Annie,  deceased;  James  Harper, 


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who  lives  with  his  wife  and  two  children  in  Chicago.  3.  Jannett  Strang, 
bom  July  28,  1822,  died  April  5,  1855;  she  married,  March  31,  1847, 
Samuel  McKibbin;  children:  i.  Vianna,  deceased;  married  February  24, 
1869,  W.  W.  Stewart;  children:  Ina  Vesta,  George  Knowles,  Wilbert 
Benjamin,  Samuel  Jessie,  Clyde  Vance,  ii.  Jannett,  died  May  31,  1850. 
iii.  Evaline,  bom  1850,  died  July  27,  1888;  married,  April  25,  1872,  J. 
Quincy  Vance;  children:  Harper  Patterson,  Ina  Mary,  Jennie  May.  iv. 
James  Harper,  died  June  19,  1853.  4.  James,  see  forward.  5.  Dr.  Joseph 
Thompson,  born  February  15,  1830,  deceased;  was  a  practicing  dentist  in 
Burgettstown,    Pennsylvania;    he    married    Elizabeth    Stewart;    children: 

Laura   Jannette,  married  Gayman  and  has   two   children;  William 

Stewart;  Nancy  Josephine,  married  John  Galbreath  and  has  one  child, 
Frederick  Joseph;  Sarah  Wood;  Edna  Adalene.  6.  David  Hay,  born 
February  24,  1832,  deceased;  married  (first)  August  21,  1856,  Almira 
Witherspoon,  bom  1834,  died  March  28,  1883;  children:  Helen,  bom 
March  17,  1858,  died  November  28,  1880;  Harry  McClelland,  born  August 
2,  1861,  died  November  26,  1863;  Frank  L.,  born  November  16,  1864. 
He  married  (second)  September  12,  1889,  Helena  Lindsay,  of  Salinesville, 
Ohio,  and  has  one  child,  Janette.  Children  by  second  marriage  of  Major 
James  Harper:  7.  Elizabeth  B.,  deceased;  married,  February  16,  1869, 
Alexander  N.  McCartney;  children:  Robert  Massey;  a  daughter  died  in 
infancy;  James  Harper;  Alexander  Orr;  Mary  Eliza;  Joanna  S.,  a  son 
died  in  infancy;  another  son  died  in  infancy;  Sarah  Thompson.  8.  Sarah 
Dickson,  deceased;  married,  December  22,  1874,  M.  L.  Armstrong;  chil- 
dren :  Jennie  L.,  Lyda  Myrtle,  Esther  Nellie,  Rena  Mary,  Harper  Patterson, 
Bella  Bernice,  Ina  Flora. 

(IV)  James  (2)  Harper,  son  of  Major  James  (i)  and  Elizabeth 
(Hay)  Harper,  was  born  June  i,  1828,  died  October,  18,  1908.  He  was  a 
miller  and  surveyor,  being  the  official  surveyor  of  Beaver  county  for 
twenty  years.  He  was  a  supporter  of  the  Whig  party,  and  a  member 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  (first)  September  19, 
1850,  Alice  Ann  Carothers,  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county, 
June  15,  1826,  died  July  3,  1893,  daughter  of  William  C.  and  Elizabeth 
(Gilliland)  Carothers.  He  married  (second)  1898,  Caroling  S.  Aley, 
who  died  June  3,  191 3.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  July  12,  185 1 ;  never 
married.  2.  James,  born  October  15,  1854,  deceased;  he  married,  October 
30,  1890,  Matilda  A.  Wack,  who  died  in  Pittsburgh,  September  i,  1900; 
they  had:  Alice  Catharine,  Elizabeth  Enid.  3.  Clementina,  bora  April 
10,  1857,  died  October  7,  1876.  4.  William  Harvey,  see  forward.  5. 
Elizabeth  Ella,  born  April  21,  1862,  deceased;  married  Calvin  B.  Bell. 

(V)  William  Harvey  Harper,  son  of  James  (2)  and  Alice  Ann 
(Carothers)  Harper,  was  born  in  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, October  24,  1859.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  township,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  accepted  a 
clerkship  in  a  store  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county.    Later  he  returned 


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to  his  grandfather's  farm,  where  he  resided  for  about  three  years.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  identified  with  the  insurance  business,  as  manager 
of  the  insurance  department  of  the  Beaver  Trust  Company,  an  office  of 
great  responsibility.  Mr.  Harper  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
being  raised  a  Mason  in  St.  James  Lodge,  No.  457,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Beaver.  Mr.  Harper  married,  April  23,  1891,  L.  Luella 
Anderson,  daughter  of  Alexander  T.  and  Susan  C.  (Duncan)  Anderson, 
and  they  have  had  children:  Mary  L.,  born  April  2,  1897;  Ruth  E.,  born 
May  19,  1901.  The  family  resides  at  West  View,  above  Beaver  Borough. 
Mr.  Harper  and  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and 
he  has  held  the  office  of  ruling  elder  for  several  years. 


Thomas  White  was  born  in  Ireland  and  when  a  young  child 
WHITE    came  to  America  with  his  parents,  prior  to  the  War  of  the 

Revolution.  They  settled  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Thomas  White  enlisted  in  the  Continental  army  and  bore  his  share  bravely 
in  that  momentous  struggle.  He  also  traveled  extensively  for  that  time, 
on  one  of  his  trips  going  as  far  as  Mexico  and  encountering  many  dangers. 
At  one  time  he  was  held  up  by  a  band  of  robbers,  robbed  of  all  his  pos- 
sessions, and  held  prisoner  for  a  half  year.  Later  he  returned  to  Allegheny 
county,  where  he  bought  four  hundred  acres  of  land.  He  took  up  eight 
hundred  acres  of  land  from  the  government  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  this  is  still  in  the  possession  of  various  of  his 
descendants.  He  was  considered  a  very  wealthy  man  for  those  days.  He 
and  his  family  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.     Mr.  White 

married  Martin,  who  was  also  a  child  when  she  came  from  Ireland 

to  America  with  her  parents,  who  became  farmers  in  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania.  They  had  children:  James,  who  left  home  in  early  man- 
hood and  became  a  farmer  in  Texas ;  Jane,  married  Duncan ;  Susan, 

married  Bums ;  John,  see  forward ;  Joseph ;  Nancy,  married  Judge 

Caruthers. 

(II)   John  White,  son  of  Thomas   and  (Martin)    White,  was 

bom  at  Murdocksville,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  18 10,  and 
died  about  1900.  He  was  very  generally  known  as  "Squire"  White.  He 
grew  to  manhood  in  his  native  township,  where  he  inherited  the  large 
landed  estate  of  his  father.  In  1850  he  sold  this  and  removed  to  Darling- 
ton township,  Beaver  county,  on  property  which  he  purchased  from  Jona- 
than Morris.  He  resided  in  the  brick  house,  erected  in  1837,  now  in  the 
possession  of  the  widow  of  his  son,  Thomas  Martin  White.  He  was 
engaged  in  stock  raising  on  an  extensive  scale,  rarely  having  less  than 
one  thousand  head  of  sheep  each  winter.  In  political  affairs  he  was  a 
Jeffersonian  Democrat,  and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years. 
His  religious  affiliation  was  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  more 
than  six  feet  in  height,  and  broad  and  powerful  in  proportion  to  his 
height.     Mr.  White  married  Polly  Burns,  born  near  Qinton,   Allegheny 


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county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1820,  died  about  1898,  whose  parents  were 
natives  of  Scotland.  Children:  Thomas  Martin,  who  died  in  1909,  lived 
on  a  part  of  the  homestead,  and  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being 
Elizabeth  Hall;  John  Burns,  see  forward;  James,  died  unmarried  at  his 
father's  home;  Mary,  married  Charles  Waterbury,  a  contractor  of  New 
York  City,  and  both  are  now  deceased. 

(Ill)  John  Burns  White,  son  of  John  and  Polly  (Burns)  White, 
was  born  in  Murdocksville,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  30, 
1832.  He  was  a  pupil  at  a  private  school  in  Murdocksville,  then  took 
special  lessons  in  penmanship  at  a  school  for  this  study  in  Pittsburgh,  and 
finally  attended,  for  several  terms.  Duff's  Business  College.  He  was 
eighteen  years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Beaver  county  with 
their  family,  and  he  accepted  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with  the  railroad 
at  the  coal  mines  at  Cannelton.  Later  his  father  gave  him  a  portion  of 
the  farm,  and  to  this  Mr.  White  has  added  by  purchase  until  he  now 
has  a  tract  of  six  hundred  acres.  The  country  house  in  which  he  lives 
was  erected  by  the  Economites,  and  he  has  added  to  this  and  remodeled 
the  older  portion  until,  at  the  present  time,  it  is  a  most  commodious  and 
comfortable  mansion,  and  he  has  been  resident  in  it  for  more  than  thirty 
years.  He  has  been  very  successfully  engaged  in  general  farming  and 
stock  raising  on  an  extensive  scale,  and  has  amassed  a  large  fortune  by 
these  methods.  For  the  past  ten  years  he  has  had  a  coal  and  clay  mine  in 
operation  on  a  portion  of  his  property. 

Mr.  White  married,  in  November,  1857,  Elvira,  born  in  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  James  Hofifman,  who  came  with  his 
wife  and  children  from  Allegheny  to  Beaver  county,  where  he  also  was 
successfully  engaged  in  farming.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White :  John, 
manages  the  farm;  James,  married  Lillian  Patterson  and  has  one  child, 
Nancy  D. ;  Harry ;  Mary.  With  the  exception  of  James  all  of  these  children 
are  unmarried. 


The  American  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  Lockhart 
LOCKHART     family   is    likewise  the   revolutionary  member,   William 

Lockhart,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  having  come  to 
America  from  Ireland  prior  to  the  Revolution.  He  held  a  commission  as 
recruiting  officer  for  the  Continental  army,  and  when  Colonial  indepen- 
dence had  been  achieved,  moved  to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  followed  farming  until  his  death.  He  married  and  had  issue,  two  of 
his  sons  being  Hiram,  Jephtha,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Jephtha  Lockhart,  son  of  William  Lockhart,  was  born  in  Penn- 
sylvania, October  12,  1793.  After  spending  his  boyhood  on  his  father's 
farm,  he  and  his  elder  brother,  Hiram,  went  to  the  western  part  of  their 
native  state,  settling  in  Beaver  county,  where  Jephtha  purchased  a  farm 
that  was  originally  a  part  of  the  Doak  tract,  now  resided  on  by  Samuel 
Scott.    He  here  erected  a  frame  house,  a  part  of  which  is  standing  at  the 


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present  time,  later  replacing  this  with  a  larger  and  more  substantial  dwell- 
ing. All  his  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Mill 
Creek.  He  married  (first)  Margaret  Lockard,  born  February  14,  1798; 
(second)  Ada  Applegate;  (third)  Mrs.  Lovina  (Applegate)  Davis,  a  sister 
of  his  second  wife.  Children  of  first  marriage  of  Jephtha  Lockhart: 
Armeneus,  Elizabeth,  John,  William,  of  whom  further,  Enos,  Joanna, 
Alexander,  Mary,  Margaret,  married  William  Doak,  deceased,  she  being 
the  only  one  of  the  nine  children  of  her  father's  first  marriage  who  is  living 
at  the  present  time  (1913).  Children  of  second  marriage  of  Jephtha 
Lockhart:  Jephtha,  lives  at  Lincoln,  Nebraska;  Eleanor,  deceased;  Sarah 
Hannah,  lives  near  Chicago. 

(HI)  William  Lockhart,  son  of  Jephtha  and  Margaret  (Lockard) 
Lockhart,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
December  14,  1823,  died  April  29,  1912.  He  attended  the  public  schools, 
and  becoming  skilled  in  farming  by  his  activity  on  his  father's  property, 
he  adopted  that  as  his  lifelong  occupation.  He  owned  eighty-five  acres 
near  Hookstown,  and  there  spent  his  entire  life  with  the  exception  of 
nine  years  passed  as  a  resident  of  Hookstown.  He  was  also  the  owner 
of  one  hundred  and  forty-one  acres  of  land  in  Hanover  township,  which 
he  rented,  conducting  general  farming  and  stock-raising  operations  on  the 
home  farm.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  political  sympathy,  although  never 
very  active  in  public  affairs,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
his  wife  belonging  to  the  same  congregation.  His  manner  of  life  was 
plain  and  ordered  upon  principles  of  unswerving  justice  and  fairness  to 
all  with  whom  he  associated  or  came  into  contact.  His  friends  held 
him  in  high  esteem  for  his  many  admirable  qualities,  and  the  respect  of  his 
acquaintances  was  ever  granted  him  in  full  measure. 

He  married  Amanda  Whims,  born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  October  2,  1832,  died  October  25,  1904,  daughter  of  Caleb 
and  Rachel  (Kerr)  Whims.  Caleb  Whims  was  a  son  of  David  Whims, 
of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  his  wife  being  of  Dutch  and  Scotch-Irish  ancestry. 
Both  Caleb  Whims  and  his  wife  were  born  near  Hookstown,  he  spending 
his  early  years  in  the  family  of  Rev.  George  R.  Scott.  After  his  marriage 
he  lived  in  Greene  and  Hanover  townships,  his  death  occurring  in  Hooks- 
town, Mrs.  Whims  dying  in  Nebraska,  whither  she  had  gone  to  make  her 
home  with  one  of  her  children.  In  any  gathering  in  which  he  happened  to 
be  Mr.  Whims  was  conspicuous  because  of  his  remarkable  size,  his  weight 
being  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds.  He  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  the  Hookstown  Presbyterian  Church.  Children  of  Caleb  and 
Rachel  (Kerr)  Whims:  Nancy,  lives  in  Kansas;  Cornelia;  Jane;  Sa- 
mantha,  lives  in  Nebraska;  Amanda,  of  previous  mention,  married  Wil- 
liam Lockhart;  Sarah,  a  resident  of  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania; 
Joshua  Kerr,  died  in  California,  served  in  the  Civil  War  in  Company  H, 
One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
lost  an  arm  in  the  service;  Jasper,  died  in  Kansas,  served  in  the  company 


650  PENNSYLVANIA 

with  his  brothers  in  the  Civil  War,  receiving  a  wound  that  disabled  him 
in  the  same  manner;  Newton  C,  likewise  a  member  of  Company  H,  and 
at  one  time  captain  of  a  colored  regiment,  died  in  California.  Children 
of  William  and  Amanda  (Whims)  Lockhart:  i.  George  Washington, 
died  in  infancy.  2.  Francis  Marion,  died  aged  four  years;  was  the  twin 
of  George  Washington.  3.  John  W.,  a  retired  physician  of  St.  John's, 
Washington;  married  Isabella  Watterman.  4.  Sarah  Geneva,  deceased, 
married  (first)  David  Cummings,  (second)  David  C.  Cameron.  5.  David 
Oscar,  of  whom  further.  6.  Jesse  A.,  a  farmer  of  St.  John's,  Washington; 
married  (first)  Anna  Russler,  (second)  Ada  Blaine.  7.  James  R.,  a  car- 
penter of  Wellsville,  Ohio;  married  Lena  Poe,  who  claims  relationship  with 
Edgar  Allan  Poe,  the  celebrated  author,  and  descendant  of  either  Andrew 
or  Adam  Poe,  the  frontiersmen,  one  of  whom  killed  Big  Foot,  the  Indian 
chief.  8.  Charles  Fulton,  a  railway  engineer,  has  published  two  books  rela- 
tive to  his  hazardous  occupation ;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order ; 
married  Lottie  Poe,  a  sister  of  the  wife  of  his  brother,  James  R.  9.  Lidella 
Maude,  lives  with  her  brother,  David  Oscar,  on  the  home  farm;  she  at- 
tended the  common  schools ;  she  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

(IV)  David  Oscar  Lockhart,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of  William  and 
Amanda  (Whims)  Lockhart,  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  As  a  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools 
and  Frankfort  Academy.  After  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  became 
a  farmer  and  followed  this  occupation  in  the  west  for  a  period  of  twelve 
years,  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  as  a  clerk  in  a  drug  store. 
The  greater  part  of  his  western  residence  was  in  Nebraska  and  the 
Dakotas.  Since  returning  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  he  has  cul- 
tivated the  home  farm,  and  lived  thereon  with  his  sister,  Lidella  Maude. 
From  the  time  of  assuming  the  management  of  the  home  farm  until  their 
deaths  Mr.  Lockhart  gave  to  his  aged  parents  the  kind  consideration  of  a 
devoted  son.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


This  branch  of  the  McElvaney  family  of  Pennsylvania 
McELVANEY  has  had  but  a  short  residence  in  the  western  part  of 
the  state,  Daniel  McElvaney,  born  near  Philadelphia, 
being  the  first  to  make  that  region  the  scene  of  his  life's  activities.  He 
is  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  for  many  years  followed  his  occupation  in 
New  Galilee  and  Beaver  Falls,  changing  his  residence  between  the  two 
places  as  his  business  kept  him  in  the  one  or  the  other.  His  present  home 
is  Marion,  Ohio,  where  he  lives  alone,  having  survived  his  wife,  Mary 
Jane,  who  died  about  1880.  He  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church  and  formerly  worshipped  at  its  services  with  his  wife.  He  married 
Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  John  S.  and  Eliza  J.  (Paden)  Hudson,  who  claim 
membership  in  the  line  of  Hendrick  Hudson,  the  Dutch  navigator,  who 
first  explored  the  Hudson  river,  named  in  his  honor.  Robert  D.  Hudson 
was  an  early  settler  of  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 


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and  became  the  possessor  of  a  large  and  exceedingly  fertile  farm,  whereon 
he  spent  his  entire  life.  He  had  a  son,  John  S.,  who  there  grew  to  man- 
hood, and  after  farming  for  a  time,  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  in 
New  Galilee.  He  then,  in  partnership  with  two  friends,  named  Atchison 
and  Porter,  built  the  Upper  Ten  Mill,  but  after  two  years  he  sold  his 
interest  in  this  venture,  and  entered  the  mercantile  business.  In  this  line 
he  met  with  profitable  success,  and  to  accommodate  his  rapidly  increasing 
patronage,  he  erected  a  building  on  the  corner  of  Monroe  and  Washington 
streets,  his  place  of  business  until  his  retirement.  He  is  now  (1913) 
eighty-five  years  of  age,  and  lives  with  William  Herbert  McElvaney,  his 
grandson.  In  the  closing  years  of  a  long  and  useful  life  he  may  look 
with  approval  and  satisfaction  upon  the  works  that  he  has  wrought,  and 
find  them  good.  John  S.  Hudson  married  (first)  Eliza  J.  Paden,  who 
died  in  1882,  and  (second)  Mrs.  Maria  Rowe,  who  died  January  i,  1908. 
Children  of  John  S.  and  Eliza  J.  (Paden)  Hudson:  i.  James,  a  merchant, 
died  in  Denver,  Colorado.  2.  Milton,  an  employee  of  an  express  company, 
died  in  Petersburg,  Ohio.  3.  Mary  Jane,  of  previous  mention,  married 
Daniel  McElvaney.  4.  Albert,  met  an  accidental  death  in  boyhood.  Chil- 
dren of  Daniel  and  Mary  Jane  (Hudson)  McElvaney:  i.  William  Herbert, 
of  whom  further.    2.  A  daughter,  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  William  Herbert  McElvaney,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Jane 
(Hudson)  McElvaney,  was  born  in  New  Galilee,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  18,  1878.  As  a  boy  he  attended  the  public  schools  of 
New  Galilee,  later  the  Greersburg  Academy  at  Darlington,  completing  his 
studies  with  a  course  in  a  business  college  at  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  He 
was  reared  in  the  home  of  his  Grandfather  Hudson.  As  a  young  man  he 
learned  the  barber's  trade,  moving  then  to  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  In  1907 
he  returned  to  New  Galilee  and  has  since  there  resided,  engaging  in  the 
fire  insurance  business,  representing  at  the  present  time  the  Humboldt  and 
Hartford  Insurance  companies.  As  the  agent  of  two  of  the  most  reputable 
and  reliable  of  insurance  companies  he  has  met  with  very  favorable  results, 
covering  the  surrounding  territory  in  a  capable  manner  and  selling  much 
of  his  company's  paper.  In  1909  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace  for  a  seven-year  term,  his  tenure  of  office  expiring  January 
I,  1916.  The  Masonic  order  is  the  fraternal  society  that  claims  his  mem- 
bership. Meridian  Lodge,  No.  411,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  East 
Liverpool  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  being  the  organizations  to  which 
he  belongs.  With  his  wife,  he  affiliates  with  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Mr.  McElvaney  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  locality  in  which  he 
lives,  popular  with  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances,  and  has  attracted  com- 
plimentary comment  by  his  alert,  energetic  and  forcible  business  tactics. 

He  married,  November  24,  1904,  Daisie  Carrie,  born  in  Columbiana 
county,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Oella  (Conant)  Cope.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McElvaney  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Charles  Herbert,  born  Jan- 
uary 29,  1906. 


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Milton  Smiley,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Koppel,  Beaver 
SMILEY  county,  Pennsylvania,  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  and  was 
bom  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  December  2, 
1858,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  (Beatty)  Smiley. 

Hugh  Smiley,  his  paternal  grandfather,  was  a  native  of  Ireland  but 
of  Scotch  descent.  He  brought  his  wife  to  America  and  settled  near 
Slippery  Rock,  Pennsylvania.  The  location  which  he  chose  for  his  home 
was,  when  he  moved  there,  an  uncleared  wilderness,  but  by  dint  of  hard 
labor  he  cleared  and  cultivated  the  property  and  transformed  it  into  a 
flourishing  farm.  William  Beatty,  maternal  grandfather  of  Milton  Smiley, 
was  a  native  of  Scotland  or  Ireland.  He  also  came  to  Pennsylvania  and 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  the  region  where  the  town  of  Koppel 
now  stands.  Like  Hugh  Smiley,  he,  too,  cleared  and  improved  wild 
property,  transforming  it  into  arable  land,  and  the  farm  which  was  thus 
the  fruit  of  his  labors  descended  to  his  son,  Milton  Beatty,  and  is  now 
owned  by  the  Koppel  Company. 

Andrew  Smiley,  father  of  Milton  Smiley,  was  born  in  the  year  1820, 
near  Slippery  Rock,  Pennsylvania,  and  lived  on  his  father's  farm  for  some 
years.  He  finally  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  eleven  acres  in 
Big  Beaver  township  and  it  is  on  a  part  of  this  property  that  the  town 
of  Koppel  now  stands.  Here  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and 
here  he  died,  April  24,  1894.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  (Beatty)  Smiley,  was 
the  fifth  of  the  eight  children  of  William  Beatty  and  was  born  on  the 
old  Beatty  homestead.  After  her  death  Andrew  Smiley  married  (second) 
Ann  Ferguson.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  prominent 
man  in  the  community,  and  served  for  a  time  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  an  elder  of  the 
same,  and  he  was  also  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
To  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  Smiley  were  born  seven  children,  as  follows: 
Mary,  now  Mrs.  James  Sef ton,  of  Wichita,  Kansas ;  David,  deceased  ; 
Clarinda,  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen ;  Abbey,  now  Mrs.  Coston  Burns,  of 
Ellwood,  Pennsylvania;  Milton,  of  whom  further;  Annie,  deceased,  was 
the  wife  of  John  Huffman,  of  College  Hill,  Pennsylvania;  James,  now  a 
resident  of  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Milton  Smiley  was  educated  in  the  local  schools  and  passed  his  child- 
hood and  youth  on  his  father's  farm.  When  he  was  of  an  age  to  be  actively 
employed,  he  took  up  farming  as  an  occupation  and  bought  a  portion  of 
the  old  homestead,  fifty-nine  acres,  which,  however,  he  eventually  sold  to 
the  founders  of  Koppel,  buying  out  in  turn  his  sister's  share  of  forty-two 
acres,  upon  which  he  erected  in  1909  a  comfortable  house.  In  the  year 
1912  he  became  the  general  foreman  of  the  Clydesdale  Stone  Company, 
a  position  he  still  retains,  and  in  which  he  employs  forty  men.  The  chief 
output  of  this  company  is  bridge  stone.  Mr.  Smiley's  farm  is  also  very 
profitable,  six  acres  of  it  being  devoted  to  fruit  and  the  remainder  to 
general  farming.     Mr.  Smiley,  like  his  father,  is  a  staunch  member  of  the 


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Republican  party,  and  like  father  is  active  in  politics,  having  served  his 
community  in  the  capacity  of  school  director  for  two  terms  and  as  su- 
pervisor for  one  term.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Smiley  married,  September  16,  1885,  Elizabeth  Dunlap,  a  native 
of  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Wallace  and  Lovena  Dunlap,  of 
that  place.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smiley  have  been  born  three  children,  as 
follows :  Leroy,  who  resides  at  home  and  is  employed  as  night  agent  by 
the  Pittsburgh  and  Lake  Erie  Railway;  David,  who  resides  at  home  and  is 
employed  at  Koppel;  Mary  Helen,  who  resides  at  home. 


John  Swick,  the  great-grandfather  of  Dr.  Swick,  was  born  in 
SWICK     New  Jersey.     During  the  Revolutionary  War  he  took  up  the 

cause  of  the  American  patriots,  and  served  his  country  with 
distinction  in  the  capacity  of  drum  major.  About  1790  he  came  to  Franklin 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  took  up  land,  cleared 
and  improved  it,  and  where  his  death  occurred.  He  married  a  Miss  Reno, 
and  by  her  had  the  following  children:  Jesse  Martin;  John,  of  whom 
further;  a  daughter,  who  married  a  Mr.  Reno;  Lucinda,  married  Godfrey 
Yahn;  Nancy,  married  Lewis  Yahn. 

(H)  John  (2)  Swick,  son  of  John  (i)  Swick,  was  born  in  Franklin 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1810.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  day,  and  was  brought  up  to  engage  in  farming, 
an  occupation  he  followed  all  his  life,  and  which  he  pursued  with  such 
success  that  he  was  considered  one  of  the  successful  men  of  his  day. 
Until  1850  he  rented  his  farm,  when  he  purchased  a  farm  in  North 
Sewickley  township,  and  there  remained  until  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics,  but  later  joined  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  held  the  offices  of  school  director  and  supervisor.  In  religious  faith 
he  and  his  family  adhered  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Church  of  God.  He 
married  Nancy  Freed,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Mains)  Freed, 
and  by  her  had  the  following  children :  Addison ;  Jacob  F. ;  Margaret ; 
John,  died  in  Andersonville  prison ;  Daniel  W.,  of  whom  further ;  Mary  J. ; 
David  M.;  Eliza;  Moses  C. 

(Ill)  Daniel  W.  Swick,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Nancy  (Freed)  Swick, 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  i,  1843.  He  grew  to 
manhood  in  that  region,  as  a  boy  attending  the  common  schools  and  assist- 
ing his  father  on  the  homestead  farm.  Later  he  established  in  the  grocery 
business  in  New  Brighton,  remaining  there  for  a  period  of  sixteen  years, 
and  catering  to  a  wide  and  prosperous  trade,  whose  patronage  had  come 
to  him  because  of  the  universally  business-like  and  courteous  reception 
he  ever  accorded  those  engaged  in  dealings  with  him.  After  this  long  stay 
in  New  Brighton  he  moved  to  North  Sewickley  township,  where  he  taught 
school  and  engaged  as  a  farmer.  About  thirty  years  later  he  retired  to 
his  home  in  Beaver  Falls,  where  he  has  since  lived  and  he  has  passed  his 


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days  in  quiet  enjoyment  of  the  material  prosperity  that  has  come  to  him 
after  manly  participation  in  the  world  of  trade.  To  be  sure,  his  thoughts, 
too,  now  and  then  turn  to  his  military  career.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War  he  had  just  attained  the  age  at  which  youths  were  acceptable 
to  the  government  for  military  service,  and  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army, 
being  identified  with  Company  H,  One  Hundred  and  First  Regiment  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer  Infantry,  and  saw  service  at  Antietam,  Fredericksburg 
and  Chancellorsville,  these  three  being  the  most  important  battles  in  which 
he  was  engaged  during  his  two  years  of  service.  He  never  rose  above  the 
rank  of  private;  however,  it  was  the  men  of  the  line  of  his  stamp  that 
made  the  armies  of  the  North  as  well  as  of  the  South  the  terrible  fighting 
machines  they  were.  And  though  it  was  never  his  lot  to  lead  a  spirited 
charge  or  to  direct  a  campaign,  it  was  his  part  to  aid  in  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  brilliant  plans  that  matured  in  the  brains  of  our  geniuses  of 
war,  and  to  brave  the  hail  of  steel  and  the  flare  of  cannon  that  the  cause 
of  universal  freedom  might  conquer.  That  he  returned  from  the  front 
was  due  to  the  watchful  mercy  of  an  all-seeing  Providence,  for  the  call 
to  battle  ever  found  him  in  the  front  rank,  prepared  to  follow  his  leaders 
or  to  march  where  they  might  direct,  trusting  only  that  his  fate  was  kind. 
Because  of  his  military  service  he  is  eligible  to  and  holds  membership 
in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  his  Post  being  No.  164,  of  Beaver 
Falls.  In  political  faith  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  faith  he  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  he  having  been 
for  a  long  time  a  class  leader  and  an  officer  of  the  organization  of  that 
denomination  in  North  Sewickley  township. 

Mr.  Swick  married  Mary  Ann  Boots,  born  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, August  20,  1843,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Harriet  (Wild)  Boots. 
Samuel  Boots  was  a  native  of  England  and  came  to  the  United  States 
when  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  making  his  home  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  grew  to  maturity  and  married.  His  occupations 
were  those  of  cabinetmaker  and  farmer,  and  these  he  followed  all  his  life, 
being  as  well  a  local  preacher  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  for 
which  he  held  frequent  services  in  that  locality.  Both  he  and  his  wife  died 
in  Beaver  county,  his  death  occurring  in  1896,  when  he  was  in  the  eighty- 
first  year  of  his  age,  and  his  wife  dying  in  1875,  aged  sixty-three  years. 
Children  of  Samuel  and  Harriet  (Wild)  Boots:  Maria,  Henry,  Elizabeth, 
Mary  Ann,  of  previous  mention ;  Amos,  George,  Nancy,  Amanda.  Children 
of  Daniel  W.  and  Mary  Ann  (Boots)  Swick:  i.  Minnie  I.,  married  J.  J. 
Stuber;  lives  in  Dougherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  2. 
Elizabeth,  married  E.  L.  Frazier;  lives  in  North  Sewickley  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Samuel,  lives  on  the  homestead  in  North 
Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Harry,  died  in 
1901.  5.  J.  Howard,  of  whom  further.  6.  William  A.,  a  teacher  in  the 
high  school  of  Monongahela  City,  Pennsylvania.  7.  George  B.,  lives  on 
the  homestead  with  his  brother,  Samuel. 


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(IV)  Dr.  J.  Howard  Swick,  son  of  Daniel  W.  and  Mary  Ann  (Boots) 
Swick,  was  born  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August 
6,  1879.  In  his  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools,  later  enrolling  in 
Peirsol's  Academy,  where  he  completed  the  college  preparatory  course. 
For  five  years  after  his  graduation  from  this  institution  he  was  engaged 
in  the  pedagogical  profession,  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  entering 
Geneva  College,  where  he  took  a  two  years  course.  Medicine  was  the  field 
that  made  the  strongest  appeal  to  him,  and  as  it  became  necessary  for  him 
to  decide  upon  a  profession,  he  accordingly  matriculated  at  the  Hahnemann 
Homoeopathic  Medical  College  in  Philadelphia,  whence  he  was  graduated 
in  1906.  During  the  last  two  years  of  his  course  he  served  as  interne  in 
the  Children's  Homoeopathic  Hospital  of  Philadelphia,  performing  the 
duties  of  this  position  in  connection  with  the  demands  of  his  college 
schedule,  which  was  in  itself  adequate  occupation,  and  sufficient  to  busy 
a  student  without  leaving  leisure  in  which  to  idle.  The  energetic  en- 
thusiasm that  prompted  him  to  undertake  this  double  burden,  as  well  as 
to  serve  two  months  as  an  interne  in  the  Pittsburgh  Homoeopathic  Hospital, 
has  marked  his  active  practice,  begun  in  Beaver  Falls  soon  after  he  received 
his  diploma  and  degree  from  the  Hahnemann  Institute.  Since  his  resi- 
dence in  Beaver  Falls  he  has  been  physician-in-charge  of  the  dependents 
of  North  Sewickley  and  Franklin  township,  and  has  likewise  been  a  member 
of  the  health  bureau  for  the  same  length  of  time.  To  a  large  extent  his 
practice  is  general  in  character,  although  he  is  a  specialist  in  the  diseases 
of  childhood,  having  made  that  branch  of  his  profession  the  object  of  the 
most  careful  study  and  investigation.  His  knowledge  of  his  profession  is 
wide  and  accurate,  and  his  large  and  growing  practice  is  ample  evidence 
of  his  popularity  with  his  townsmen.  Dr.  Swick  not  only  adorns  his  pro- 
fession in  Beaver  Falls,  but  he  is  likewise  a  willing  and  useful  worker 
in  the  cause  of  civic  advancement.  Health  is  necessary  to  growth;  and 
by  his  services  he  is  protecting  the  health  of  the  community  as  a  member 
of  the  health  bureau,  and  is  safeguarding  its  inhabitants  from  epidemics,  as 
far  as  lies  within  his  power,  by  his  advocacy  of  sanitary  improvements  and 
his  strict  surveillance  of  conditions  in  the  public  schools.  His  medical 
societies  are:  The  Beaver  County  and  Pennsylvania  State  Homoeopathic 
and  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy.  His  political  support  is 
given  to  the  Republican  party,  and  he  also  affiliates  with  the  Protective 
Home  Circle,  American  Insurance  Union,  and  the  Masonic  Order,  belong- 
ing to  Beaver  Falls  Lodge,  No.  662,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Harmony 
Chapter,  No.  206,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  No. 
84,  Knights  Templar. 

Dr.  Swick  married,  September  19,  1906,  Esther  L.  Duncan,  born  in 
North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Sarah  Duncan.    Children :    Charles  Emerson  and  Florence  Irene. 


6s6  PENNSYLVANIA 

While  not  a  native  born  son  of  Pennsylvania,  William  H.  Rail, 
RALL  of  Brighton  township,  descends  from  parents  both  born  in  this 
state.  He  is  the  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (Coy)  Rail,  who 
prior  to  moving  to  Ohio  resided  at  Hollidaysburg,  Pennsylvania,  where 
William  Rail  conducted  a  blacksmith  shop.  He  had  an  established  business 
there,  but  when  the  Mahoning  canal  was  begun,  he  moved  to  Girard,  Ohio, 
to  take  part  in  its  construction.  He  was  an  expert  smith  and  found 
abundant  opportunity  to  display  his  skill  in  forging  the  plates,  locks,  bolts, 
nuts  and  spikes  used  at  the  locks  and  dams  along  the  route  of  the  canal. 
After  the  canal  was  completed  and  his  services  no  longer  required,  he 
opened  a  shop  in  Girard,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  general  smith  until 
his  death  in  1854.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Disciples 
of  Christ,  both  active  workers,  and  faithful  and  consistent  Christians. 
Margaret  (Coy)  Rail  long  survived  her  husband,  but  did  not  again  marry, 
finally  passing  away  in  the  year  1870.  Children:  Lorenzo,  died  in  child- 
hood; Angeline,  died  in  childhood;  Mary  Jane,  deceased,  married  Thomas 
Randolph;  Lovanchia,  died  in  Wellsville,  Ohio,  in  1912,  married  John  O. 
H.  McNamee ;  Albert,  killed  in  an  accident  on  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan 
Southern  Railroad,  a  brakeman;  Alvernon,  married  Theophilus  Ferguson, 
and  resides  at  Girard,  Ohio;  William  H.,  of  whom  further. 

William  H.  Rail,  youngest  of  the  children  of  William  and  Margaret 
(Coy)  Rail,  was  born  at  Girard,  Ohio,  October  14,  1853.  He  obtained  a 
public  school  education,  and  began  life  as  a  wage  earner  in  the  employ  of 
a  railroad  company.  He  acquired  a  familiar  knowledge  of  machinery  and 
its  operation,  finally  becoming  a  stationary  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the 
Wellsville  Plate  and  Sheet  Iron  Company,  a  position  he  held  for  five  years. 
From  the  engine  room  he  graduated  to  the  rolling  department,  working  as  a 
bar  roller  from  1885  until  1903.  He  had  always  been  a  man  of  thrift, 
saving  his  earnings,  and  in  1893  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
eight  acres  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  These 
acres  he  had  leased  to  others  ever  since  becoming  their  owner,  but  in 
1903  he  abandoned  mill  work  and  moved  to  his  farm.  He  erected  a  new 
barn,  made  other  improvements,  and  now  has  a  well  cultivated  fertile  farm 
devoted  to  general  farming  purposes  and  the  breeding  of  a  high  grade  of 
stock.  While  not  reared  to  farm  labor  he  has  used  wise  judgment  and 
painstaking  care  in  his  operations,  feeling  his  way  until  now  he  has  the 
knowledge  and  experience  necessary  to  insure  success.  He  has  prospered 
both  as  iron  worker  and  farmer,  the  proof  being  his  well  kept  and  profitable 
estate.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has  so  gained  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  his  neighbors  that  he  is  now  serving  them  as  township 
supervisor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  with  his  family  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

Mr.  Rail  married,  July  3,  1882,  Elizabeth  C.  Booth,  at  Bridgewater, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Eliza  (McCabe)  Booth.    Levi  Booth 


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was  born  in  Bridgewater,  Connecticut,  coming  to  Western  Pennsylvania 
when  a  young  man,  there  marrying,  but  later  moving  to  Edinburg,  Ohio. 
He  was  a  dry  goods  merchant  and  late  in  life  established  a  store  in 
Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  having  his  residence  in  Bridgewater,  nearby 
His  wife,  Eliza  (McCabe)  Booth,  was  born  in  Coraopolis,  Pennsylvania. 
Children  of  William  H.  and  Elizabeth  C.  (Booth)  Rail:  i.  Howard  T., 
resides  on  the  home  farm,  his  father's  assistant;  married  (first)  Mary 
Robinson,  who  bore  him  one  child,  Helen;  married  (second)  Pauline 
Geibel,  who  bore  him  two  children:  Albert,  deceased;  William,  living.  2. 
Wade  T.,  also  an  assistant  on  the  home  farm;  married  Mary  Ann  Holt. 
3.  George  W.  4.  Blanche  L.,  married  L.  C.  Wise  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  one  child;  resides  in  Pittsburgh.    5.  Melda. 


The  Ramseys  are  representatives  of  a  family  probably  of 
RAMSEY     Celtic  origin,  which  has  furnished  much  valuable  citizenship 

to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  contributed  greatly 
to  its  industrial  development.  Various  members  of  the  family  have  followed 
diversified  callings — mechanics,  tradesmen,  farmers,  principally  the  latter. 
They  lived  east  of  the  Allegheny  mountains  for  many  years. 

(I)  Robert  Ramsey,  the  first  of  the  line  herein  recorded,  was  born 
in  Maryland.  He  traveled  across  the  mountains  in  the  early  pioneer  days 
of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  and  located  in  Washington  county,  which 
at  that  time  extended  as  far  north  as  the  Ohio  river.  He  married  Mary 
Michel,  who  bore  him  fifteen  children,  six  sons  and  nine  daughters,  all 
married  but  one,  all  had  good-sized  families,  and  all  but  one  attained  an 
age  of  more  than  sixty  years.  The  oldest  son,  Rev.  James  Ramsey,  D.D., 
was  a  professor  in  the  Seceder  Theological  Seminary  at  Canonsburg  and 
pastor  of  the  Canonsburg  Seceder  Church  for  forty  years.  Robert  Ramsey 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Kings  Creek  Seceder  Church,  also  one 
of  its  elders. 

(H)  Robert  (2)  Ramsey,  son  of  Robert  (i)  Ramsey,  was  born  in 
Maryland,  in  1780,  and  removed  with  his  parents  to  Pigeon  Creek,  Wash- 
ington county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1789,  and  they  later  settled  in  Hanover 
township,  same  county,  on  the  farm  later  owned  by  Thomas  Ramsey,  now 
deceased.  After  his  marriage  Robert  Ramsey  Jr.  moved  to  near  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio,  and  subsequently  returned  to  Pennsylvania  and  settled  on  the 
farm  now  owned  by  James  and  Joseph  Ramsey.  He  was  twice  married, 
first  to  Susannah  Leeper,  the  second  time  to  a  widow,  Mrs.  Deborah 
(Stephens)  Whitehill.  Children:  Robert,  lived  on  the  homestead  until 
his  death,  unmarried;  James,  of  whom  further;  William,  died  on  his  farm 
near  Hookstown;  Mary,  married  Robert  Cross,  and  died  in  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania;  Eliza,  married,  her  husband's  surname  being  the 
same  as  her  own,  and  died  in  Hanover  township;  Eli,  of  whom  further; 
James,  the  owner  of  a  farm  near  Hookstown,  where  he  died. 

(Ill)    James  Ramsey,   son   of   Robert    (2)   and   Susannah    (Leeper) 


658  PENNSYLVANIA 

Ramsey,  was  born  near  Youngstown,  Ohio,  in  1812,  died  in  1887,  in  his 
seventy-fifth  year.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter,  at  which  he  worked  a  few  years,  but  this  not  proving 
to  his  liking,  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  in  1847  purchasing  a  part 
of  the  old  homestead  farm  from  Thomas  Moore,  his  wife's  brother,  and 
there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days.  At  first  he  had  but  seventy-five 
acres  of  land,  but  he  increased  this  by  successive  purchases,  until  he  had 
one  hundred  and  eighty  acres  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Stock  raising  also 
engaged  a  large  amount  of  his  attention,  and  he  was  very  successful  in  this 
enterprise.  Mr.  Ramsey  married  Isabel  Martha  Moore,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  18 16,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jeannette  (Mc- 
CoUough)  Moore,  and  granddaughter  of  Robert  Moore,  who  was  one  of 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  where  he  took  up  a  large 
tract  of  land,  a  part  of  which  is  owned  by  the  Ramsey  brothers,  having 
been  in  the  family  line  considerably  more  than  a  hundred  years.  Samuel 
Moore  settled  on  part  of  his  father's  farm;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  War 
of  1812;  he  married,  in  1799,  Jeanette,  daughter  of  Alexander  McCuUough, 
a  pronounced  Scotchman  both  in  lineage  and  character,  familiarly  called 
"Ould  Sawney;"  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Mill  Creek  Church,  in 
which  he  served  as  elder;  he  died  in  1830,  noted  for  his  faith  and  piety. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are 
now  deceased.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ramsey:  Samuel  M.,  of  whom 
further;  Susan  Mary,  bom  1852,  died  in  1905,  married  Dr.  George  Christler, 
of  Hookstown,  Pennsylvania;  Robert  Morton,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Samuel  M.  Ramsey,  son  of  James  Ramsey,  was  born  on  the  farm 
in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  2,  1849.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  township,  and 
his  entire  life  has  been  spent  on  the  homestead  farm.  This  farm  is 
conducted  by  Samuel  and  Robert  M.  Ramsey,  they  conducting  their  opera- 
tions under  the  name  of  Ramsey  Brothers.  They  now  have  under  cultiva- 
tion upward  of  three  hundred  and  thirty-three  acres  of  land,  and  their 
products  are  considered  as  among  the  best  of  their  kind  in  that  section  of 
the  country.  Mr.  Ramsey  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Chester,  West  Virginia. 

(IV)  Robert  Morton  Ramsey,  son  of  James  Ramsey,  was  born  on  the 
homestead  farm  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
I,  1858,  and  his  entire  life  has  been  spent  there.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  has  associated  himself  with  his  brother,  Samuel  M.,  in 
the  management  of  the  farm.  The  brothers  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  Samuel  M.  being  a  member  of  the  session  for  over  thirty 
years  and  has  represented  the  congregation  in  the  general  assembly.  Robert 
M.  Ramsey  is  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Midland.  He  mar- 
ried, August  10,  1899,  Mrs.  Alice  Holmes,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
(Brower)  Todd,  of  Green  Garden,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  both  of 
whom  are  now  deceased,  Mr.  Todd  having  been  one  of  the  most  prominent 


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men  of  the  county,  serving  as  commissioner  of  Beaver  county.  Mrs. 
Ramsey  has  one  daughter  by  her  former  marriage,  Helen  Holmes. 

(HI)  Eli  Ramsey,  son  of  Robert  (2)  and  Deborah  ( Stephens- White- 
hill)  Ramsey,  was  born  in  Hanover  tow^nship,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
December  3,  1822,  died  there  in  July,  1899.  He  spent  his  youth  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  birthplace  and  upon  the  death  of  his  father  inherited  one- 
half  of  the  old  homestead,  there  making  his  life-long  home.  He  was  a 
successful  farmer,  bore  an  excellent  reputation  among  his  neighbors,  and 
was  deeply  interested  in  all  that  pertained  to  the  public  life  of  the  township, 
particularly  things  political.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican  and  among 
his  other  public  services  was  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  With  his  wife  he  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Stephenson,  who  died  June  23,  1850;  (sec- 
ond) Mary  E.  Moore,  who  died  April  28,  1893.  Mary  E.  Moore  was  a 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Eliza  (McCready)  Moore,  both  natives  of  Hooks- 
town,  Pennsylvania.  Andrew  Moore  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  the 
owner  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land  near  Hookstown,  where  both  he  and  his 
wife  died,  and  was  a  Democrat  in  politics.  Children  of  Andrew  and  Eliza 
(McCready)  Moore:  Joseph  M.,  died  on  his  farm  which  adjoined  the  old 
homestead;  William,  married  a  Miss  Moore,  and  spent  his  life  on  the 
homestead;  Belle  M.,  married  John  Nickle,  deceased,  and  hves  in  Hanover 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Margaret,  married  David  Craig, 
and  lives  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Lizzie,  died 
unmarried;  Ellen,  died  unmarried;  Annie,  married  Hampton  R.  Massey, 
and  lives  on  the  Moore  homestead ;  Mary  E.,  of  previous  mention,  married 
Eli  Ramsey.  Children  of  Eli  and  Elizabeth  (Stephenson)  Ramsey:  Thomas 
S.,  Robert  M.,  Louis,  Elizabeth  J.,  died  in  infancy,  all  now  deceased. 
Children  of  second  marriage  of  Eli  Ramsey:  James  P.  M.,  lives  on  a 
part  of  the  Ramsey  homestead;  Andrew  G.,  lives  in  Hancock  county,  West 
Virginia,  just  across  the  Pennsylvania  line,  married  Laura  Whitehill,  de- 
ceased; Joseph  Wilson,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Joseph  Wilson  Ramsey,  youngest  child  of  Eli  and  Mary  E. 
(Moore)  Ramsey,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  30,  1871.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  the 
township  and  spent  his  youthful  life  on  the  farm,  later  taking  up  its 
management  and  finally  becoming  its  owner.  The  ground  is  exceedingly 
fertile  and  he  has  had  extraordinarily  good  success  with  his  general  farming 
operations.  In  addition  to  farming  he  raises  a  great  deal  of  stock,  from 
which  he  realizes  a  comfortable  income.  His  political  creed  is  Republican, 
and  as  a  member  of  this  party  he  has  served  the  county  as  justice  of  the 
peace  for  the  past  three  years.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  the  Mill 
Creek  Presbyterian  Church,  and  assists  in  the  direction  of  the  material 
affairs  of  that  organization  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees.  He 
is  popular  in  the  neighborhood,  and  respected  for  his  manly,  upright  char- 
acter, holding  a  foremost  position  in  the  township. 


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He  was  married  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  1900,  to  Wilda  V.  Cameron, 
born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of 
Thomas  M.  and  Agnes  (Chapman)  Cameron.  Children  of  Joseph  Wilson 
and  Wilda  V.  Ramsey:  Gladys  E.,  Dessa  A.,  Joseph  M.,  Kenneth,  Wayne, 
Dorothy. 


The  Powell  family  has  been  resident  in  the  state  of  Penn- 
POWELL    sylvania  for  a  number  of  generations.     It  is  of  record  that 

bearers  of  this  name  came  from  Wales  to  New  England  in 
the  early  Colonial  days,  but  whether  the  branch  here  under  discussion  is 
related  to  the  New  England  family  or  whether  it  came  to  America  at  a 
later  date  cannot  be  established  with  any  degree  of  certainty. 

(I)  Henry  Powell  was  a  resident  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  there  married  and  had  children. 

(II)  Ivan  Powell,  son  of  Henry  Powell,  was  bom  near  Knob,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  at  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Feb- 
ruary I,  191 1.  He  received  his  education  in  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  county,  and  in  his  earlier  business  years  was  a  blacksmith.  Later 
he  established  himself  in  a  general  store  in  Knob,  Beaver  county,  and  also 
had  charge  of  the  post  office.  In  1882  he  removed  to  Rochester,  Beaver 
county,  being  identified  with  the  line  of  blacksmithing,  and  retired  some 
time  prior  to  his  death.  He  gave  his  political  support  to  the  Democratic 
party,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church.  Mr.  Powell 
married  Mary  Jane  KcKee,  who  was  born  in  Allegheny  or  Westmoreland 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children :  Ella,  now  deceased,  married, 
Harry  Aten ;  Sidney  and  Anna,  living  in  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county  ; 
James,  of  Geneva,  Ohio;  Elmer,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio;  Addison,  lives  in 
Rochester  township,  Beaver  county;  Ira,  of  further  mention. 

(III)  Ira  Powell,  son  of  Ivan  and  Mary  Jane  (McKee)  Powell,  was 
born  at  Knob,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  29,  1877.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Rochester  borough,  and  upon  the  completion 
of  his  education  commenced  to  assist  his  father  in  the  shop  of  the  latter. 
In  1893  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Works,  in  the 
glass  cutting  department,  remaining  with  this  concern  until  1902.  He  then 
formed  a  connection  with  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass  Company,  as  foreman  of  the 
cut  tumbler  department,  continuing  in  this  position  until  1905.  In  that  year 
he  started  in  the  grocery  and  feed  business  at  No.  451  New  York  avenue, 
Rochester,  and  has  been  successfully  identified  with  this  since  that  time. 
Mr.  Powell  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  and  incorporators  of  the  Un- 
Gro-Co  Store  Company,  operating  a  chain  of  stores  throughout  the  Beaver 
Valley  and  is  treasurer  of  the  organization. 

The  company  takes  it  name  from  the  "Un-Gro-Co"  merchandise  line, 
the  largest  exclusive  line  of  food  commodities  and  household  necessities 
of  dependable  quality  and  character  ever  ofifered  the  consuming  public,  of 
which  this  company  owns  and  controls  the  exclusive  sale  in  specific  terri- 


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tory.  This  company  was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and  con- 
ducting Un-Gro-Co  Retail  Grocery  Stores  in  the  cities  of  Rochester,  Monaca, 
New  Brighton,  Beaver  Falls,  Freedom,  Conway,  Aliquippa,  Woodlawn,  Bea- 
ver, West  Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  such  other  towns  as  in  the 
judgment  of  the  board  of  directors  would  be  advisable.  The  purpose  of 
the  company  is  to  purchase  in  different  localities,  established  stores,  which 
have  a  good  business  and  good  location,  or  to  open  entirely  new  stores  with 
good  locations,  equip  each  of  its  stores  and  markets  with  all  of  the  most  mod- 
ern conveniences,  with  the  idea  in  view  of  serving  the  greatest  number  of 
patrons  and  friends  with  the  smallest  possible  cost  to  the  company.  Each  store 
will  be  managed  by  competent  managers,  knowing  the  trade  and  patrons  per- 
sonally, their  responsibility  and  credit  standing,  and  when  in  the  judgment  of 
the  management  a  patron  is  eligible  to  credit  they  will  be  given  a  two  weeks 
or  monthly  credit,  and  merchandise  will  be  sold  them  at  the  very  lowest 
prices  consistent  with  the  kind  and  quality  of  merchandise  they  buy.  A 
discount  will  be  allowed  each  customer  of  3%  on  all  cash  purchases  made, 
checks  will  be  given  with  each  cash  transaction,  and  when  these  3%  discount 
checks  amount  to  $1.00  or  more,  they  will  be  redeemed  by  the  Company 
in  cash  or  merchandise.  Cash  coupon  purchase  books  will  be  sold  by  the 
company  in  denominations  of  $5.00,  $10.00,  $20.00  and  $50.00  for  cash 
at  5%  discount  to  consumers  and  patrons.  The  company  will  handle 
in  large  quantities,  flour,  feed,  produce  of  all  kinds,  the  finest  lines  of 
staple,  standard  and  fancy  grocery  merchandise,  together  with  all  the 
table  delicacies,  and  in  addition  to  all  of  this  the  entire  line  of  Un-Gro-Co 
merchandise,  the  largest,  handsomest,  purest  line  of  food  commodities 
and  household  necessities  of  dependable  quality  and  character  ever  offered 
the  consuming  public;  each  package,  can,  container  or  article  containing 
a  cash  redeemable  coupon  which  averages,  on  the  whole  line  throughout, 
a  discount  of  10%  in  cash  to  the  consumer. 

The  business  ability  of  Mr.  Powell  has  been  recognized  by  his  fellow 
citizens  by  his  election  to  office  as  president  of  the  Retail  Merchants'  As- 
sociation. He  has  also  been  chosen  as  president  of  The  Old  Home  Week 
Association.  For  many  years  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  political  matters 
in  behalf  of  the  Republican  party,  and  was  a  member  of  the  town  council 
for  three  years.  While  a  member  of  this  honorable  body  he  was  chosen 
as  its  president,  although  he  was  the  youngest  member  at  the  time.  At 
present  he  is  doing  excellent  work  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  school 
directors,  and  is  president  of  this  body.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with 
the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  and  is  also  vice-president  of  the  church 
council  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  United  Order  of  American  Mechanics, 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

Mr.  Powell  married,  August  24,  1899,  Orpha  Duncan,  of  Rochester, 
who  was  born  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  they  have  children:  Beatrice 
Elizabeth  and  Zeta  Mary. 


662  PENNSYLVANIA 

Among  the  founders  of  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
GAILEY  sylvania,  were  Joseph  and  EHzabeth  Gailey,  of  EngHsh  de- 
scent. It  is  probable  that  they  moved  thither  from  a  nearby 
county,  but  no  available  records  give  any  clue  as  to  their  former  residence. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  acres  of  land  in  the  township  which  he  cleared,  cultivated,  and  improved 
by  the  erection  of  buildings.  His  death  occurred  thereon  about  1855. 
Children  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Gailey,  all  deceased:  James,  Sarah, 
Maria,  William,  of  whom  further,  and  Angeline. 

(II)  William  Gailey,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Gailey,  was  born 
in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  obtained  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  township  and  there  spent  his  early  life, 
making  that  place  his  home  for  a  short  time  after  his  marriage.  He  later, 
however,  moved  to  South  Beaver  township,  purchased  one  hundred  and 
thirty-five  acres  of  land,  and  there  lived  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
when  he  was  over  eighty-five  years  of  age.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics  and,  as  was  his  wife,  a  member  of  the  Four  Mile  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  married  Mary  Moore,  born  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver-  county, 
Pennsylvania,  died  in  South  Beaver  township,  same  county,  aged  over 
seventy-five  years,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Moore.  Her  parents 
were  early  residents  of  Ohio  township,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  owning 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  ninety  acres,  where  both  lived  and  died. 
Children  of  William  and  Mary  Moore:  Mary,  of  previous  mention,  mar- 
ried William  Gailey;  John,  a  farmer  of  Beaver  county,  died  aged  seventy- 
one  years;  Silas,  died  in  1913,  aged  ninety-four  years.  Children  of  William 
and  Mary  (Moore)  Gailey:  Elizabeth,  deceased,  married  John  Donovan; 
Silas,  of  whom  further;  James,  deceased;  John,  died  in  infancy;  William, 
deceased ;  Daniel,  a  farmer,  lives  in  Beaver ;  Nancy  Jane,  died  unmarried 
aged  thirty  years ;  Samuel,  died  young. 

(III)  Silas  Gailey,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of  William  and  Mary 
(Moore)  Gailey,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  May  23,  1848.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  his  youth 
and  spent  his  early  life  on  the  farm,  following  that  occupation  when  he 
left  his  home  By  purchasing  the  interests  of  his  co-heirs  he  became  the 
owner  of  his  father's  farm.  Here  he  has  ever  since  lived,  greatly  im- 
proving the  property  by  the  erection  of  a  house,  barn  and  necessary  out- 
buildings. He  conducts  general  farming  and  stock  raising  operations,  and 
has  three  acres  of  land  planted  in  apple  trees  of  selected  quality.  In  a 
region  embracing  many  productive  farms,  his  ranks  among  the  best,  and 
under  his  careful  and  skillful  management  his  soil  retains  most  of  i'ls 
richness  and  fertility.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  with  his  wife 
belongs  to  the  Four  Mile  United  Presbyterian  Church,  holding  membership 
in  the  session  of  that  organization. 

Mr.  Gailey  married,  November  28,  1868,  Melissa,  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Glass)  Johnston,  of  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 


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vania.  John  Johnston  was  a  son  of  James  and  Nancy  (Caughey)  Johnston, 
natives  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  the  United  States  soon  after  their  mar- 
riage and  settled  on  what  is  now  the  Goodwin  farm,  of  Ohio  township, 
and  in  this  township  they  died,  near  Smiths  Ferry.  John  Johnston  was 
born  in  Ohio  township  in  181 1,  and  after  his  marriage  purchased  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  twelve  acres  near  Raylton,  Ohio  township,  and  there 
died  in  1895  after  a  busy  and  useful  life.  He  married  Sarah  Glass,  born 
in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  1813,  died  in  1897.  Both  she  and  her  husband 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  was  a  Republican  in 
politics.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Johnston)  Glass.  John 
Glass  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  came  to  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  was  there  a  farmer.  He  was  thrice  married,  Mary 
Johnston  being  his  first  wife,  many  of  the  ten  children  of  that  marriage 
settling  in  Indiana.  In  the  War  of  1812-14  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
American  army.  Children  of  John  and  Sarah  (Glass)  Johnston:  i.  Mary, 
married  William  Slentz,  both  deceased.  2.  Maria  Louisa,  married  Thornton 
Hunter,  deceased,  and  lives  in  Wells  county,  Indiana.  3.  Nancy  Jane, 
unmarried,  lives  with  her  sister,  Maria  Louisa.  4.  Melissa,  of  previous 
mention,  married  Silas  Gailey.  Children  of  Silas  and  Melissa  (Johnston) 
Gailey:  i.  Effie,  married  Rev.  Edward  Curtis  Shumaker,  a  minister  of  the 
Baptist  Church,  and  lives  at  Lorain,  Ohio;  children:  Erie  J.,  a  minister 
of  the  Baptist  Church;  Edna  C,  Helen  C,  Alva,  Clyde.  2.  John  J., 
married  Lillian  Patterson,  and  is  his  father's  assistant  on  the  home  farm; 
children :  William  Nye,  George  J.,  Melissa  Ruth,  Annie  May,  Robert  John. 
3.  William,  a  teamster  of  Beaver;  married  Annie  Dauber.  4.  Bessie,  died 
in  1913;  married  Harry  Bevington;  children:  Samuel,  Harry  W.,  Laura 
Matilda,  Richard,  Clyde,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Ira  Franklin,  lives  at  home, 
and  engages  in  the  oil  business.  6.  Ola  E.,  married  J.  D.  Hostetter,  and 
lives  in  Frederickstown,  Knox  county,  Ohio;  children:  Gailey  J.,  Goldie 
Grace,  Joseph  Ray.  7.  Goldie,  married  Charles  Hostetter;  lives  in  Ohio 
township ;  children :    Gailey  Fred  and  Ola  Fay. 


The  Schaal  family  has  been  resident  in  this  country  only  a 
SCHAAL     few  generations,  but  it  has  already  proved  its  worth  as  having 
men  who  are  good  and  upright  citizens,  and  who  have  proved 
their  worth  in  the  business  and  industrial  circles  of  the  community. 

(I)  Frederick  Schaal  was  born  in  Germany  in  1819,  died  in  his 
native  land  in  1876.  He  was  the  owner  of  about  five  acres  of  land,  which 
he  cultivated  carefully  during  the  summer,  and  occupied  the  winter  months 
by  following  his  trade  of  weaving,  in  this  manner  comfortably  supporting 
his  family.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Evangelical  Church. 
He  married  Marguerite  Kurtz,  bom  in  Germany  in  1816,  died  there  in 
1883.    They  had  one  child. 

(II)  David  Schaal,  only  child  of  Frederick  and  Marguerite  (Kurtz) 
Schaal,  was  born  in  Wuertemberg,  Germany,   September  26,    1855.     He 


664  PENNSYLVANIA 

was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land,  and  at  a  suitable 
age  took  up  the  occupations  of  farming  and  weaving  under  the  supervision 
of  his  father.  Having  come  to  the  conclusion  that  better  opportunities 
were  to  be  found  in  the  United  States  than  his  own  country  afforded,  he 
emigrated  to  America  in  October,  1880,  and  settled  at  Economy,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  for  the  winter  months.  In  the  spring  of  1881  he 
removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  where  for  one  year  he  worked  on 
the  railroad,  in  a  quarry  and  in  the  steel  mills.  Farm  life,  however,  had 
far  greater  attractions  for  him,  and  in  1882  he  purchased  a  plot  of  land, 
one  hundred  by  three  hundred  feet  in  extent,  on  Patterson  Heights,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  to  this  he  has  added  by  purchase  from  time  to  time,  so  that 
he  is  now  the  owner  of  three  and  one-half  acres  of  land.  He  applies 
the  most  modern  and  approved  methods  of  cultivation,  and  raises  general 
market  produce.  For  many  years  he  has  been  an  earnest  advocate  of 
Republican  principles  in  politics,  and  has  served  as  a  school  director  in 
Patterson  Heights  borough,  and  as  a  member  of  its  common  council.  His 
fraternal  connection  is  with  the  Knights  and  Ladies  of  Honor,  and  he  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  Evangelical  Church. 

Mr.  Schaal  married  (first)  in  1877,  Mary  Kurtz,  born  in  Germany, 
died  in  1902,  daughter  of  Andrew  Kurtz.  He  married  (second)  in  1905, 
Mrs.  Mary  Stumbach.  There  were  no  children  by  the  second  marriage. 
By  the  first  there  were  fourteen  children,  seven  of  whom  died  in  infancy, 
the  others  were  named:  i.  Frederick,  a  caretaker  at  College  Hill;  married 
Linny  George  and  has  four  children.  2.  Pauline,  married  George  Irvin; 
lives  at  home;  has  one  child.  3.  Emma,  married  Bert  Carother;  lives  in 
Patterson  Heights;  has  two  children.  4.  Elizabeth,  lives  at  home.  5. 
Charles,  a  gardener,  lives  at  home.  6.  Mary,  married  Benjamin  Boss; 
lives  at  Patterson  Heights;  one  child.  7.  George,  deceased;  married  Pearl 
Baker ;  she  lives  at  Patterson  Heights ;  one  child. 


Stories  of  the  achievements  of  members  of  the  Hunter 
HUNTER     family  in  the  industrial  and  financial  world  are  numerous, 

and  although  the  branch  of  the  family  herein  recorded  chose 
rural  life  and  agricultural  pursuits  as  their  lot,  the  reputation  of  the  family 
for  honorable,  upright  and  successful  dealings  has  ever  been  upheld. 

(I)  The  emigrant  of  the  line  was  the  grandfather  of  Alexander  Hunter, 
a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  for  a 
long  time  lived  near  Smiths  Ferry.     He  was  a  farmer  and  in  the  course 

of  his  life  acquired  large  tracts  of  land  in  the  locality.     He  married  

Morehead.     Upon  emigrating  from  Ireland  he  brought  with  him  his  son, 
Wallace. 

(II)  Wallace  Hunter  grew  to  manhood  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  there  married.  After  his  marriage  he  located  on  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  six  acres  in  Ohio  township,  which  he  had  previously 
purchased,  and  he  and  his  wife  made  their  first  home  in  an  old  log  house 


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erected  thereon  at  an  earlier  date.  In  1865  they  moved  to  an  adjoining 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  acres,  where  his  death  occurred 
m  1874,  his  wife  surviving  him  and  dying  in  1906,  aged  eighty-three  years. 
He  married  Eliza  Ann,  daughter  of  Alexander  Gibb.  He  was  a  Scotch- 
Irish  settler  of  Beaver  county,  a  farmer  who  there  spent  his  life.  Children 
of  Wallace  and  Eliza  Ann  (Gibb)  Hunter:  i.  Jennie,  married  John  M. 
Ewing,  and  died  one  year  after  her  marriage.  2.  Alexander,  of  whom 
further.  3.  John  S.,  was  a  farmer  of  Ohio  township,  died  in  1912;  mar- 
ried Maria  Johnson.  4.  Harry  G.,  was  a  resident  of  Mannington,  West 
Virginia,  the  victim  of  a  railroad  accident  in  1909;  married  Alicia  Todd. 

(HI)  Alexander  Hunter,  son  of  Wallace  and  Eliza  Ann  (Gibb) 
Hunter,  was  born  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June 
5,  1850,  died  April  11,  191 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  county 
and  was  also  a  student  of  Professor  Martin  Knight.  After  completing  his 
studies  he  assumed  the  management  of  the  home  farm  and  continued  in 
this  occupation  for  many  years.  At  his  father's  death  he  purchased  the 
interest  of  the  other  heirs  of  the  homestead,  an  estate  of  two  hundred  and 
thirty-six  acres,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days,  remodeling 
and  adding  to  his  old  home.  He  became  an  extensive  dealer  in  hay,  straw 
and  also  raised  much  fine  stock,  mainly  horses,  his  stock  commanding 
high  prices  and  being  noted  for  its  excellence.  Until  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  many  years 
a  trustee  honored  and  respected  for  the  upright  course  of  his  life.  His 
moral  character  was  beyond  reproach  and  in  public  life,  as  well,  his  record 
was  of  unassailable  integrity.  A  Republican  in  politics,  he  never  held  public 
office,  confining  his  interest  to  casting  an  intelligent  vote  for  the  candidate 
of  the  best  repute. 

Mr.  Hunter  married,  November  25,  1873,  Ida,  daughter  of  William 
Shannon  and  Jane  (Barclay)  Barclay.  William  Shannon  Barclay  was 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  31,  1830,  died  February  16, 
1902,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Shannon)  Barclay.  He  was  for  a  time 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  with  his  father,  later  a  clerk  in  the 
court  house,  and  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Barclay,  bom 
in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  10,  1830.  Children 
of  Alexander  and  Ida  (Barclay)  Hunter:  i.  Jesse  Wallace,  died  aged 
three  years.  2.  Stella,  lives  at  home.  3.  Ethel,  lives  at  home.  4.  Howard 
Leland,  manages  the  home  farm. 


Ireland  is  the  country  that  must  be  searched  for  the  history  of 

MACK    the   Macks   of  early   days,   those  of  that  name  having  been 

resident  in  all  parts  of  that  land,  not  a  few  of  the  family 

having  made  America  their  home.     Such  was  the  case  of  the  line  herein 

recorded,  of  which  but  two  generations  have  had  American  homes,  Frank 

Mack,  born  in  county  Mayo,  Ireland,  being  the  emigrant  ancestor. 

(I)   Frank  Mack  was  a  young  man  at  the  time  of  his  arrival  and 


666  PENNSYLVANIA 

secured  employment  with  the  Atlanta  and  Great  Western  Railway,  now  a 
part  of  the  Erie  system,  in  that  service  meeting  with  the  accident  that 
caused  his  death  in  1868.  He  married  Mary  Dunn,  likewise  a  native  of 
county  Mayo,  Ireland,  who  had  come  to  the  United  States  with  her  sister, 
Elizabeth  and  the  husband  of  Elizabeth,  Mr.  Quinlan.  In  their  native  land 
they  had  been  unacquainted,  but  soon  after  their  meeting  in  Lockport, 
New  York,  they  were  married  in  Jamestown,  of  the  same  state.  She  sur- 
vived him  three  years,  her  death  occurring  in  1871,  both  loyal  lifelong 
members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  They  were  the  parents  of: 
Christopher,  a  resident  of  Glassport,  Pennsylvania,  an  employee  of  the 
American  Axe  and  Tool  Company;  Sarah,  died  in  infancy;  George,  died 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  in  January,  1906;  John,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  John  Mack,  son  of  Frank  and  Sarah  (Dunn)  Mack,  was  born  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  October  21,  1866.  His  parents  dying  when  he 
was  but  a  child  he  became  a  member  of  the  family  of  John  Shean,  and  in 
his  youth  attended  the  public  schools.  When  he  was  twelve  years  of  age 
he  discontinued  his  studies  and  obtained  his  first  employment  in  a  hotel 
at  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  remained  for  a  period  of  three  years.  He 
then  entered  the  axe  factory  of  E.  F.  Carpenter  &  Company,  at  James- 
town, New  York,  being  there  employed  from  1881  until  1890,  serving  in 
all  departments  of  the  works  and  gaining  a  knowledge  that  was  at  once 
thorough  and  practical,  all  of  the  many  processes  of  the  business  becoming 
as  familiar  to  him  as  the  most  commonplace  object.  In  1890  he  became 
associated  with  the  American  Axe  and  Tool  Company,  ten  years  later 
coming  to  Beaver  Falls  in  the  capacity  of  manager  of  their  plant  in  that 
place,  and  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  in  the  town  was  a  director  of  the 
company  employing  him.  The  magnitude  of  the  works  is  apparent  when 
it  is  stated  that  they  employed  about  five  hundred  men,  statistics  that  also 
demonstrate  the  responsibility  of  his  position,  inasmuch  as  the  tactful 
handling  of  men  requires  a  presence  and  a  personality  far  beyond  the  reach 
of  most.  In  1909  the  plant  was  partially  destroyed  by  fire  and  three  years 
later  the  American  Axe  and  Tool  Company  sold  their  property  that  was 
still  undamaged  to  the  Kelly  Axe  Company.  Mr.  Mack  then  resigned  from 
the  service  of  the  company  with  which  he  had  been  associated  for  over  a 
decade  and  purchased  the  Kelly  plant  in  Beaver  Falls,  organizing  the  Mack 
Axe  Company,  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $60,000,  the  board  of 
directors  being  composed  of  John  Mack,  chairman,  Frank  Mack,  J.  M. 
Mack,  and  M.  Mack.  Since  then  Mrs.  Mary  Mack,  now  deceased,  left 
the  board  of  directors,  it  being  the  same  with  that  exception.  Mr.  Mack 
is  the  active  manager  of  the  factory  in  which  an  average  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  men  are  employed,  the  product  of  the  company  being 
shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  world,  consumers  in  Australia,  South  Africa 
and  South  America  receiving  frequent  shipments.  In  the  near  future, 
when  the  organization  of  the  company  is  perfected  and  its  equipment  more 
complete,  the  factory  will  manufacture  edge  tools  of  all  types,  its  present 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  667 

facilities  providing  for  but  the  manufacture  of  axes.  With  Mr.  Mack  as 
its  able  head,  a  prophecy  that  its  future  success  will  far  overreach  the 
expectations  of  the  most  sanguine  is  not  unfounded,  for  in  him  is  contained 
all  of  the  craft  and  skill  of  more  than  thirty  years  connection  with  that 
business,  the  benefits  of  which  his  company  will  reap.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  during  his  residence  in  Jamestown  was  elected  an  alderman 
of  the  city.  He  was  also  a  delegate  to  the  Pennsylvania  Republican  con- 
vention that  nominated  Governor  Tener  for  the  office  to  which  he  was 
afterward  elected,  that  of  governor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  with  his  family  affiliates  with  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church. 

He  married,  in  1889,  Mary  Reed,  bom  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  daughter 
of  Frank  and  Mary  (Sheppard)  Reed;  Mrs.  Mack  died  March  13,  1914, 
aged  forty-five  years.  Children:  Julia  M.,  a  trained  nurse  in  the  Provi- 
dence Hospital,  Beaver  Falls;  Frank,  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
manufacture  of  axes;  Sarah  V.,  Fred,  Mary,  John,  all  residing  at  home. 


Washington  county  is  the  part  of  Pennsylvania  in  which 
HUFFMAN     the   Huffman    family  herein   recorded    first  appears,   the 

first  of  whom  there  is  record,  Grandfather  Huffman,  a 
descendant  of  German  forebears,  settling  there  in  the  early  days  of  the 
county.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  owning  land  in  the  vicinity  of 
Florence.  He  met  an  accidental  death  while  hauling  material  from  Pitts- 
burgh preparatory  to  the  erection  of  a  new  house.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
married  and  spent  her  life  in  Jackson  county,  Ohio,  where  she  died.  2. 
Rebecca,  died  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  George,  a  farmer, 
died  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  William,  a  farmer  of  Ohio, 
where  he  died.  5.  Henry,  a  farmer  in  Illinois,  near  Olida,  where  he  died. 
6.  Jacob,  a  merchant  of  Steubenville,  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  later 
moved  to  a  ranch  in  Nebraska,  and  died  in  that  state.  7.  James,  of  whom 
further.  8.  Thomas,  at  one  time  a  farmer  and  carpenter,  died  retired  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 

(H)  James  Huffman  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1821,  died  in  May,  1893.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  his  native  county, 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  locality,  and  after  his  marriage 
moved  to  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  countj',  where  he  purchased  a 
farm  of  more  than  one  hundred  acres  near  Elder's  Factory.  In  order 
that  he  might  conduct  farming  operations  on  a  larger  scale  he  purchased 
a  large  area  of  land  adjoining  his  property,  cultivating  the  entire  tract. 
He  became  the  owner  of  Watts  ]\Iills,  shipping  his  whole  output  to  Pitts- 
burgh. In  this  occupation  he  gradually  devoted  less  time  to  his  farming, 
later  selling  the  flour  mills  and  giving  his  attention  exclusively  to  his 
land.  He  finally  sold  all  his  property  and  made  his  home  with  his  son, 
Frank  L.,  until  his  death,  aged  seventy-three  years.     His  life  was  one  of 


668  PENNSYLVANIA 

successful  activity,  blessed  with  rich  and  abundant  fruit,  due  in  large 
measure  to  the  hearty  enthusiasm  with  which  he  entered  upon  any  task, 
no  matter  how  distasteful,  and  the  unabating  industry  that  characterized  his 
working  years.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  political  belief,  supporting  that 
party  in  every  issue  requiring  close  party  lines. 

He  married  Jane  Maloney,  born  near  Florence,  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1821,  died  in  December,  1893.  She  was  one  of  a  family 
of  ten  children,  of  whom  eight  were  girls  and  two  boys,  the  two  sons 
dying  in  infancy.  Maternally  she  was  descended  from  the  Morton  family, 
of  New  Jersey,  which  was  planted  in  Pennsylvania  at  an  early  day.  Chil- 
dren of  James  and  Jane  (Maloney)  Huffman:  i.  John  Thomas,  of  whom 
further.    2.  Elvira,  married  J.  B.  White;  lives  in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania. 

3.  William  H.,  a  physician  of  Harrisburg,  holds  a  government  position; 
he  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  served  in  the  Union  army  in 
Company  D,  One  Hundredth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry. 

4.  Frank  L.,  of  whom  further.  5.  Sarah,  married  Thompson  Baker,  an 
ex-sheriff  of  Custer  county,  Nebraska,  in  which  state  they  live.  6.  Samuel, 
a  resident  of  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  laborer.  7.  Josephine, 
died  in  Homestead,  Pennsylvania,  about  1906;  married  Edward  Davis. 

(Ill)  John  Thomas  Huffman,  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Maloney) 
Huffman,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, November  18,  1849,  died  in  Darlington  township,  same  county, 
November  16,  1910.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  South  Beaver  township,  and 
there  attended  the  district  school.  After  his  marriage  he  purchased  forty- 
four  acres  of  land  in  Darlington  township,  later  adding  to  his  possessions 
one  hundred  and  thirty-four  acres  in  South  Beaver  township,  never  re- 
siding thereon,  but  renting  it  during  his  entire  lifetime.  On  his  land  in 
Darlington  township  he  raised  a  great  deal  of  fine  fruit,  specializing  in 
that  branch  of  agricultural  pursuits.  His  peaches  and  apples  always  found 
a  ready  market,  being  of  unusual  size  and  luscious  flavor.  Years  of 
experience  had  taught  him  all  the  skill  of  the  trained  fruit  cultivator,  and 
with  wise  foresight  he  guarded  the  welfare  and  health  of  his  trees,  never 
forcing  them  into  bearing  but  furnishing  them  with  treatment  that  insured 
the  fullest  yield,  and  protecting  them  from  the  numerous  parasitic  scales 
that  bring  destruction  to  so  many  orchards  yearly.  He  was  a  recognized 
neighborhood  authority  on  all  that  pertained  to  the  culture  of  fruit  trees, 
and  was  frequently  consulted  by  his  neighbors  on  topics  of  that  nature,  his 
advice  being  followed  with  strict  care.  Quiet  in  disposition,  Mr.  Huffman 
never  was  actively  engaged  in  public  life  or  affairs,  preferring  the  peaceful 
life  of  his  home  to  the  company  of  his  fellows,  and  in  the  presence  of  his 
wife  and  family  ever  found  true  happiness  and  content.  Solicitous  for 
their  every  need,  in  their  service  he  found  the  greatest  enjoyment,  and 
none  can  know  the  depth  of  grief  or  the  anguish  of  sorrow  that  his  de- 
parture caused  in  that  little  circle,  beside  which  the  sympathizing  regret 
of  friends,  however  sincere,  pales  into  insignificance.     While,  as  has  been 


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written,  Mr.  Hufifman  took  small  part  in  politics  or  public  affairs,  he  yet 
supported  the  Republican  party  at  the  polls.  He  affiliated  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  August  8,  1872,  Janet  Hotchkiss,  born  at  Coat  Bridge, 
eight  miles  from  Glasgow,  Scotland,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Cranston)  Hotchkiss.  The  Hotchkiss  family  had  long  been  resident  in 
Scotland  and  it  was  there  that  Joseph  Hotchkiss  was  born  in  1810,  died 
October  24,  1872.  His  parents  were  natives  of  that  country,  coal  miners 
in  occupation,  in  religious  faith  Presbyterian.  His  brothers  and  sisters 
were:  i.  Edward,  came  to  the  United  States,  but  returned  across  the 
ocean,  settling  in  England.  2.  John,  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  where  he  died.  3.  Michael,  also  came  to  the  United  States, 
but  did  not  make  his  home  here  for  any  considerable  length  of  time, 
recrossing  the  ocean  to  England,  where  he  died.  4.  Ellen,  died  in  Scotland ; 
married  John  Hodgett,  who  died  in  New  York  City,  New  York.  Joseph 
Hotchkiss  married  (iirst)  Mary  Love;  (second)  Mary  Cranston,  born  in 
England,  April  24,  1828,  died  March  22,  1908,  daughter  of  James  and 
Jennie  (Moffit)  Cranston,  both  natives  of  Scotland,  who  afterwards  moved 
to  England.  Jennie  Moffit  was  a  daughter  of  James  Moffit,  a  minister  of 
the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church.  Children  of  James  and  Jennie  (Moffit) 
Cranston:  i.  Jane,  married  Thomas  Sherry;  they  made  their  home  in  East 
Palestine,  Ohio,  where  he  was  a  miner.  2.  Mary,  of  previous  mention, 
the  second  wife  of  Joseph  Hotchkiss.  3.  John,  enlisted  in  the  Union  army 
at  the  time  of  the  Civil  War  from  Peoria,  Illinois,  and  was  never  heard 
from  thereafter,  nor  has  any  trace  of  him  been  found.  Children  of  first 
marriage  of  Joseph  Hotchkiss:  i.  James,  died  aged  eighteen  years,  the 
result  of  injuries  received  while  engaged  in  mine  labor.  2.  John,  died 
young.  3.  Edward,  died  in  boyhood.  4.  William,  a  miner,  lives  in  Darling- 
ton township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  with  Michael  Hotchkiss,  his 
half-brother.  Children  of  second  marriage  of  Joseph  Hotchkiss:  i.  Janet, 
of  previous  mention,  married  John  Thomas  Huffman.  2.  Edward,  lives  in 
Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  home  of  his 
sister,  Janet;  his  occupation  is  that  of  coal  miner.  3.  Jennie,  deceased, 
married  Finley  Rhodes.  4.  John,  a  coal  miner  of  Burgettstown,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 5.  James,  baggage  master  in  the  Union  depot  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  resides.  6.  Joseph,  a  hardware  merchant  of  Dillonville, 
Ohio.  7.  Michael,  a  farmer  of  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. Children  of  John  Thomas  and  Janet  (Hotchkiss)  Huffman:  i. 
Samuel,  born  January  28,  1874;  a  steel-worker  of  East  McKeesport,  Penn- 
sylvania; married  May  Clark;  they  are  the  parents  of  Marguerite,  Gene- 
vieve, Paul,  Walter,  Dorothea.  2.  Mary,  born  August  4,  1877;  married 
Sylvan  Randall;  lives  in  North  Braddock,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Jennie,  born 
July  9,  1885 ;  a  nurse  in  the  West  Penn  Hospital,  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 
4.  Helen  C,  bom  November  17,  1896;  lives  with  her  mother. 

Mrs.  Janet  Huffman  is  a  woman  of  rare  sweetness  and  beauty  of 


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character,  a  mother  of  the  old  school  in  every  fibre  of  her  being.  At  the 
death  of  the  wife  of  her  brother,  John,  his  son,  Cecil  D.,  came  to  make 
his  home  with  his  aunt,  and  has  there  since  lived,  receiving  from  the 
fullness  of  her  great  heart  the  maternal  love  of  which  death  had  attempted 
to  deprive  him. 

(Ill)  Frank  L.  Huffman,  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Maloney)  Huffman, 
was  born  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  28, 
1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Darlington  township,  and 
from  boyhood  was  taught  in  the  ways  of  farm  life,  so  that  he  remained  on 
the  home  acres  as  his  father's  assistant  until  his  marriage.  After  his 
marriage  he  purchased  a  seventy  acre  farm  in  Lawrence  county  and  there 
lived  until  the  spring  of  1900,  when  he  moved  to  Beaver  county,  there 
becoming  the  possessor  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Big 
Beaver  township.  His  home  is  near  the  present  town  of  Koppel,  and  there 
he  has  ever  since  resided.  On  his  land  he  has  erected  several  houses  for 
renting  purposes,  as  well  as  a  large  silo.  This  latter  is  necessary  because 
of  the  comparatively  numerous  stock  he  keeps  in  connection  with  his  dairy 
business,  his  stables  housing  twenty  cows,  all  excellent  stock  and  steady 
producers.  He  conducts  a  retail  milk  business,  covering  all  of  the  neigh- 
boring territory,  and  supplies  his  customers  with  a  rich  and  wholesome 
grade  of  milk,  bottled  in  a  sanitary  manner  in  a  dairy  scrupulously  clean. 
It  is  by  the  sale  of  a  product  with  these  qualities  that  Mr.  Huffman  has 
built  up  a  large  patronage  in  that  locality.  His  farm  at  the  present  time 
consists  of  but  seventy  acres,  fifty  acres  of  his  former  tract  having  been 
purchased  in  1906  by  the  Arthur  Koppel  Company.  He  has  held  numerous 
township  offices,  elected  always  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  with  his  wife 
attends  the  services  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

He  married,  September  6,  1883,  Martha  Jane  Hillman,  bom  in 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  4,  1863,  daughter  of  John  and 
Isabel  (Blair)  Hillman.  John  Hillman  was  a  son  of  John  Frederick  and 
Hannah  Ann  (Wiley)  Hillman,  who  came  to  Beaver  county  from  West- 
moreland county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  bought  two  farms  near  Ellwood, 
where  they  both  died.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  Elizabeth 
Jane,  married  Thomas  Irvin,  and  died  on  the  homestead ;  and  John,  father 
of  Martha  Jane.  John  Hillman  was  born  near  Greensburg,  Pennsylvania, 
September  24,  1833.  When  a  child  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to 
Beaver  county  and  there  grew  to  manhood  and  married,  later  moving  to 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  owned  a  farm.  In  1877-78  he 
returned  to  Beaver  county,  purchasing  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres  where  Frank  L.  Huffman  now  lives.  On  this  property  he  erected 
a  substantial  dwelling  and  in  numerous  other  ways  added  to  its  appearance 
and  convenience,  and  there  died,  in  September,  1903.  His  first  wife, 
Isabel,  died  in  1868,  and  he  married  a  second  time,  his  wife  being  Martha 
Ann,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Isabel  and  Martha  Ann  Blair  were  the 
daughters  of  Samuel  and   Isabel    (Stockman)    Blair.     Samuel  Blair  was 


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bom  on  Manhattan  Island,  New  York,  where  the  family  had  lived  for 
many  generations.  Upon  coming  to  Beaver  county  he  settled  in  Big 
Beaver  township,  there  buying  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres,  on  which  he 
built  a  red  brick  house,  now  used  as  a  dwelling  by  his  grandson,  John  C. 
Blair.  Within  the  walls  of  this  house,  raised  about  1835,  Samuel  Blair 
died.  He  was  the  father  of:  i.  Robert,  a  farmer  of  Kansas,  where  he 
died.  2.  Silas,  killed  in  battle  in  the  Civil  War,  a  soldier  in  the  Union 
army.  3.  Samuel.  4.  John,  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army,  met  his  death  at 
the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks.  5.  Martha  Ann,  the  second  wife  of  John  Hillman. 
6.  Eliza,  died  unmarried  in  Beaver  county.  7.  Isabel,  the  first  wife  of 
John  Hillman,  died  in  Beaver  county.  John  and  Isabel  (Blair)  Hillman 
were  the  parents  of  but  two  daughters,  Martha  Jane,  of  previous  mention, 
married  Frank  L.  Huffman;  and  Anna,  married  William  Wilson,  a  brother 
of  Judge  J.  Sharpe  Wilson.  Children  of  Frank  L.  and  Martha  Jane  (Blair) 
Huffman:  1.  John  Frederick,  a  farmer,  lives  with  his  father.  2.  Harry 
James,  a  farmer  of  Lawrence  county;  married  Matilda  Law,  and  has  one 
son,  Harry  James  Jr.  3.  Roy  Wilbert,  lives  at  home.  4.  Frank  Lloyd, 
lives  at  home.  5.  Martha.  6.  Anna  Elizabeth.  7.  Mildred  Gladys.  8. 
William,  died  in  infancy. 


The  name  of  Davis  is  one  of  common  occurrence  in  this  country 
DAVIS     and   is   found   in   various    forms — Davies,   Davids,   etc.     The 

majority  of  those  bearing  it  are  of  English  descent,  although  the 
German  form  of  the  name  has  become  changed  to  be  like  the  English.  The 
family  under  discussion  here  came  originally  from  Wales,  where  the  great- 
grandfather of  the  present  generation  was  born.  He  was  a  millwright, 
and  about  1840,  with  his  wife  and  family,  emigrated  to  the  United  States. 
He  at  once  went  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  at  his 
calling  until  his  death.  He  married  in  Wales  and  had  children:  Samuel, 
who  was  a  policeman  for  many  years  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh,  is  now 
living  there  in  retirement;  Joseph,  who  had  lost  a  leg  while  in  service 
during  the  Civil  War,  was  drowned  in  the  Ohio  river;  Sarah,  died  in 
Pittsburgh;  Thomas,  see  forward;  Mary,  lives  in  Pittsburgh. 

(II)  Thomas  Davis,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  in  Wales  about 
the  year  1820.  In  1861,  during  the  Civil  War,  he  enlisted  in  a  Pittsburgh 
company  of  infantry,  and  while  he,  his  father  and  his  brother  Joseph  were 
climbing  a  wall  during  a  charge  up  a  hill,  a  cannonball  tore  off  one  of 
Joseph's  legs.  In  the  heat  of  the  battle  father  and  sons  became  separated, 
and  Thomas  Davis  was  never  heard  from  again,  having  probably  died  a 
hero's  death  and  been  buried  in  an  unknown  grave.  Mr.  Davis  married 
Elizabeth  Nottingham,  born  in  Sheffield,  England,  1824,  died  of  Asiatic 
cholera  in  1857.  She  was  the  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Brown) 
Nottingham,  both  natives  of  Sheffield,  England,  where  he  worked  in  a 
cutlery  factory,  and  whence  the  family  emigrated  to  Pittsburgh  when  Mrs. 
Davis  was  a  small  child.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  had  children:    William  F., 


672  PENNSYLVANIA 

see  forward;  Edward,  a  blacksmith  in  Warren  county,  Ohio;  Martha  Jane, 
married  James  Tyley,  and  resides  in  Pittsburgh;  an  infant  of  one  year, 
and  a  recently  born  child  died  at  the  same  time  as  the  mother  of  the  children. 
Mr.  Davis  had  learned  the  trade  of  millwright  and  mechanic  in  his  native 
country,  and  was  nineteen  years  of  age  when  he  emigrated  with  his  parents. 
He  was  a  man  of  large  stature,  being  almost  six  feet  tall,  very  broad 
shouldered,  with  a  deep  chest  and  unusually  well-developed  muscles.  He 
became  a  roller  in  the  iron  mills  in  Pittsburgh,  and  was  noted  as  being  the 
best  worker  in  this  line  during  his  time. 

(HI)  William  F.  Davis,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Not- 
tingham) Davis,  was  born  on  Saw  Mill  Run,  then  Temperanceville,  a  part 
of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  December  15,  1849.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  was  but  eight  years  of  age  when  he  lost  his  mother,  and  four 
years  later  his  father  entered  the  Union  army.  He  and  his  brother  and 
sister  were  placed  in  an  orphan  asylum,  his  father  paying  for  their  support, 
in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania.  They  remained  in  this  institution  two  years, 
at  which  time  the  father  married  a  second  time,  his  wife  being  Mary 
Hargraves.  When  Mr.  Davis  was  twelve  years  of  age,  he  was  taken  from 
the  asylum  by  his  stepmother  and  lived  with  her  six  months,  in  East 
Liverpool,  Ohio,  after  which  he  was  with  a  farmer  in  South  Beaver 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  for  a  period  of  two  years.  He 
then  found  employment  as  a  riverman  on  the  Allegheny  river,  between 
Oil  City  and  Pittsburgh,  remaining  for  two  years.  Three  years  were 
spent  as  light  tender  on  the  steamer  "Belle,"  under  Jim  Conners;  three 
years  for  W.  F.  Logan,  in  Allegheny  township,  Armstrong  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; three  years  working  in  the  orchards  of  the  Hon.  L  F.  Mans- 
field, in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  after  which  he 
removed  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Returning  to  Cannelton,  Pennsylvania,  he 
was  employed  in  the  coal  mines,  at  intervals,  until  1907.  In  1892  he  pur- 
chased a  small  farm  near  Cannelton,  erected  a  house  and  barn  on  this 
heavily  timbered  land,  cleared  it  for  farming  purposes,  and  has  lived  there 
since  that  time.  He  is  a  man  of  great  executive  ability,  was  a  leader  in  the 
Coal  Miners'  Union,  and  president  of  the  local  order.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  Mr.  Davis  has  served  as  clerk 
of  the  finance  board  of  that  institution. 

Mr.  Davis  married,  August  14,  1875,  Sarah  Ann  Beresford,  born  in 
Devonshire,  England,  May  18,  1857,  died  September  26,  1909.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Hall)  Beresford,  both  natives  of  Devon- 
shire, where  he  was  a  coal  miner.  In  1867  he  emigrated  to  America  with 
his  family,  made  his  home  at  Cannelton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
resided  there  until  his  death,  his  occupation  during  this  time  having  been 
that  of  a  miner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  have  had  children:  John,  born 
March  7,  1877,  a  coal  miner,  married  Ida  Serfoss;  Thomas,  born  July  11, 
1880;  William,  born  August  30,  1884;  Joseph,  born  February  29,  1888; 
Samuel,  bom  January  29,  1890;  Eva  Rebecca,  born  February  26,  1899., 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  673 

Of  the  five  children  of  the  Bray  family  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
BRAY    sylvania,  there  is  only  one  living  at  the  present  time,  Eliza. 
The   following  chronicle  is  concerned  with  the  career  of  her 
brother,  James  Henry  Bray.     He  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
September  23,   1842,  son  of  Irish  parents  whose  home  was  in  that  city. 
In  obtaining  his  education  he  never  attended  the  public  schools,  but  was 
instructed  under  the  Rev.  Smith,  of  the  Penn  Institute,  a  private  institution. 
Here,  while  the  surroundings  that  make  for  the  true  democracy  of  the 
public  schools  of  our  county  were  lacking,  he  obtained  an  excellent  edu- 
cation under  a  learned  and  gifted  instructor.    His  first  business  experience 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Allegheny  Valley  Railroad  Company,  where  he 
remained  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.     He  tendered  the  company 
his  resignation  from  the  place  he  then  held  in  its  services,  which  was, 
however,  refused,  the  board  of  directors  of  the  corporation  decreeing  that 
any  who  should  leave  the  company's  employ  to  enter  the  army  of  the 
United  States  would  find  their  positions  awaiting  them  upon  their  return 
from   the    front.      He   immediately   enlisted    in   Company    F,    Forty-sixth 
Regiment   Pennsylvania   Volunteer    Infantry,   and   served   throughout   the 
entire  war.    He  was  in  active  service  all  of  this  time  with  the  exception  of 
three  months  spent  as  a  captive  in  the  Confederate  prisons,  Libby  and 
Belle  Isle.     Of  strong  and  active  frame,  his  incarceration  in  no  way  in- 
capacitated him  for  service,  and  after  his  release  he  speedily  rejoined  his 
regiment.     Although  he  never  held  rank  in  the  regiment,  his  comrades  of 
the  line  were  often  inspired  by  the   fortitude  and  courage  he  displayed 
under  the  most  severe  fire,  and,  encouraged  by  the  bravery  of  his  example, 
were  strengthened  to  withstand  the  terrific  hail  of  death  they  often  faced. 
At   the   close   of   that   memorable    four   years   struggle    that   saw   liberty 
triumphant  over  the  land  he  resumed  his  position  as  an  ordinary  citizen  in 
the  employ  of  the  Allegheny  Valley  Railroad.     In  1874  he  left  the  service 
of  this  company  and  purchased  fifty  acres  of  land  in  Industry  township, 
Beaver  county,  erecting  substantial  buildings  and  in  other  ways  improving 
his  newly-acquired  property.     Here  he  resided  until  his  death,  December 
20,  1912,  cultivating  his  land  and  rearing  his  family  amid  the  healthful 
and  uplifting  influences  of  country  life.     Since  the  casting  of  his  first 
vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  when   that  martyr  was  a  candidate   for   re- 
election, he  ever  supported  the  Republican  party.    He  held  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  the  Masonic  Order,  was  a   Knight  Templar,  and  belonged  to 
Syria  Temple,  at  Pittsburgh. 

Mr.  Bray  married,  in  1868,  Barbara  Catherine  Barth,  a  native  of 
Germany,  daughter  of  Jacob  Barth.  She  came  to  the  United  States  with 
her  parents  when  ten  years  of  age,  her  father  dying  in  New  York,  her 
mother  remarrying  and  moving  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  her 
death  occurred.  Children  of  James  Henry  and  Barbara  Catherine  (Barth) 
Bray:  i.  Emma  Adeline,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Fred  E.,  a  civil  engineer  of 
Pittsburgh,  a  graduate  of  Lehigh  University.    3.  Blanche  A.,  lives  at  home. 


674  PENNSYLVANIA 

4.  Oliver  S.,  died  aged  thirty-one  years.  5.  William  L.,  an  engineer  in 
the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  was  killed  when  the  train  he  was 
driving  was  wrecked.  6.  Edna  G.,  lives  at  home.  7.  George  Garfield,  a 
clerk  in  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  offices  in  Pittsburgh,  married  Emma 
Shuck  and  has  two  children,  Blanche  A.  and  John  Frederick.  8.  Charles, 
a  civil  engineer,  lives  at  home.  9.  Grace  M.,  married  Paul  B.  Allen,  and 
lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  To  his  large  family  James  H.  Bray 
was  a  kind  and  loving  father,  and  in  their  memory,  as  in  that  of  his  widow, 
who  will  ever  mourn  his  loss,  will  remain  the  impression  of  his  tender  and 
affectionate  love. 


Tarentum,  Allegheny  county,  is  the  part  of  Pennsylvania  that 
DAVIS     was   the  original  home  of   the   branch   of  the   Davis   family 

herein  chronicled,  and  it  was  from  this  locality  as  a  center  that 
William  Davis,  grandfather  of  Robert  Charles  Davis,  of  this  record,  con- 
ducted his  oil  operations.  He  was  an  oil  well  contractor  on  an  extensive 
scale,  owning  and  leasing  much  productive  property  and  was  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  industry  all  through  the  state.  Shrewd  and  conservative  in 
judgment,  most  of  his  ventures  were  crowned  with  success,  and  he  became 
possessed  of  a  moderate  competence.  He  married  and  became  the  father 
of  the  following:  i.  James,  died  at  Irwin,  Pennsylvania;  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War.  2.  William,  died  at  Tarentum,  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; was  a  Civil  War  veteran.  Mary  Ann,  deceased;  married  Henry 
Truby.  4.  Lizzie,  deceased;  married  EH  Hemphill.  5.  John  C,  of  whom 
further.    6.  Hannah,  died  unmarried. 

(II)  John  C.  Davis,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  William  Davis,  was 
bom  in  Tarentum,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  Here  his  early  life 
was  spent  and  his  education  obtained,  and  when  a  young  man  he  began 
operations  in  the  oil  field.  He  possessed  much  of  the  ability  in  this  line 
that  had  marked  his  father's  career  and  from  the  start  his  business  dealings 
met  with  favorable  fortune.  He  made  Beaver  county  his  first  field  and 
by  1870  his  interests  in  that  region  had  become  so  firmly  established  and 
were  in  such  regular  operation  that  he  enlarged  his  field  and  moved  to 
Fairview.  Here  he  was  engaged  in  business  for  several  years,  when  he 
severed  all  his  connections  with  oil  producing  industry  and  retired.  He 
made  his  home  in  Allegheny,  where  he  was  proprietor  of  a  livery,  and  was 
for  some  time  an  official  at  the  penitentiary.  When  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 
broke  out  he  enlisted  in  Company  F,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-third 
Regular  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  as  a  private,  and  fought  in  every  battle 
in  which  his  regiment,  which  was  part  of  the  eastern  army,  engaged.  In 
April,  1863,  he  received  a  second  lieutenant's  commission,  which  he  held 
until  his  honorable  discharge  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics,  never  an  office  holder,  and  a  Presbyterian  in  religious  faith.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Mr.  Davis  died  in 
Allegheny  and  his  wife  died  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Robert  Charles,  with 
whom  the  last  days  of  her  life  were  spent. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  67s 

Mr.  Davis  married  Helen,  daughter  of   Robert  and  (Kissick) 

Gilliford.  Robert  Gilliford  was  a  member  of  an  old  New  England  family, 
was  there  a  farmer,  and  on  coming  to  Tarentum  purchased  a  house  and 
there  lived  retired,  becoming  the  owner  of  considerable  property  in  that 
place.  Children  of  Robert  Gilliford:  i.  George,  a  farmer,  died  in  Kansas. 
2.  Helen,  of  previous  mention,  married  John  C.  Davis.  3.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Humes,  a  farmer  of  Butler,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Nancy,  married 
Rev.  J.  C.  Evans,  and  died  in  Nebraska.  5.  Harriet,  married  Alexander 
Esdon,  deceased;  lived  in  Kansas.  6.  Robert  H.,  a  physician  of  Allegheny. 
7.  Allie,  deceased ;  married  Charles  Pillow.  8.  Martha,  married  Dr.  Thomas 
Galbraith,  who  went  to  California  in  1849,  at  the  time  of  the  gold  discovery, 
and  was  very  successful  in  his  search  for  the  precious  metal,  accumulating 
a  considerable  fortune.  Children  of  John  C.  and  Helen  (Gilliford)  Davis: 
Robert  Charles,  of  whom  further;  Frank  L.,  a  blacksmith,  lives  in  the 
west. 

(Ill)  Robert  Charles  Davis,  eldest  of  the  two  sons  of  John  C.  and 
Helen  (Gilliford)  Davis,  was  born  in  Tarentum,  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  18,  1857.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  birth- 
place and  completed  his  studies  at  the  academy  there  located.  During  the 
first  few  years  of  his  business  life  he  engaged  in  teaming,  hauling  oil  from 
the  new  wells  opened  in  the  vicinity.  After  his  marriage  he  rented  and 
cultivated  his  father-in-law's  farm  for  about  seven  years,  in  1890  moving 
to  Fairview  and  establishing  a  general  store.  Here  he  still  continues,  and 
although  at  the  beginning  of  his  enterprise  his  place  of  business  was  small 
and  unpretentious,  his  increased  trade  and  growing  custom  have  made 
necessary  a  store  carrying  a  complete  line  of  general  merchandise,  as  well 
as  all  commodities  needed  by  the  farmers  of  the  region,  feed,  harness  and 
farm  implements.  He  has  recently,  in  connection  with  the  management 
of  his  business,  begun  farming  operations  on  his  father-in-law's  farm, 
an  occupation  to  which  he  has  been  for  a  long  time  unaccustomed,  but  in 
which  he  has  had  considerable  experience.  He  is  a  Republican  in  political 
sympathy,  and  with  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Mr.  Davis  married,  July  7,  1881,  Ida  Olive,  daughter  of  Silas  and 
Mary  (Reed)  Moore.  Silas  Moore,  son  of  William  Moore,  a  pioneer  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  was  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  and  there 
lived  all  his  life,  born  June  i,  1820,  died  March  2,  1913.  He  was  a  land 
owner  and  farmer,  noted  throughout  the  county  for  the  excellent  grade 
of  horses  he  bred  and  for  his  fine  sheep.  He  was  a  Republican  and  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs  and  served  the  township  in  the  capacity  of  supervisor. 
He  and  his  family  were  members  of  the  Four  Mile  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Reed,  an  early  settler 
of  Ohio  township,  likewise  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  who 
died  August  29,  1894.  They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  of  whom 
six  died  when  under  ten  years  of  age.    The  others  are:     i.  Mary,  married 


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Thomas  Shane,  deceased  2.  Agnes.  3.  Jennie.  The  three  above  men- 
tioned Hve  on  the  home  farm,  Agnes  and  Jennie,  both  unmarried.  4.  Ida 
Ohve,  of  previous  mention,  married  Robert  Charles  Davis.  Child  of  Robert 
Charles  and  Ida  Olive  (Moore)  Davis,  Zelia,  died  aged  twelve  years. 


The  parents  of  John  Robertson,  of  Washington  county, 
ROBERTSON     Pennsylvania,  were  among  the  pioneer  settlers  in  that 

section  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  and  bore  their 
share  bravely  in  the  upbuilding  of  that  region.  John  Robertson  was  l?orn 
in  Washington  county,  and  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  that 
day.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  about  1820  located  in  Hanover 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  this  calling 
until  his  death,  November  16,  1862.  He  married  Elizabeth  Shillito,  whose 
father,  George  Shillito,  had  served  as  a  soldier  during  the  War  of  1812. 
He  boarded  the  students  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Seminary 
when  the  country  roundabout  was  still  primeval  forest.  Dr.  Anderson  was 
teacher  and  preacher  at  the  time.  Mr.  Robertson  and  his  family  were 
members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  supported  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  had  children:  George  Louis,  Alexander  Allison,  see 
forward;  Margaret;  Nancy,  Samuel  Shillito,  Jane,  William  Wallace. 

(II)  Alexander  Allison  Robertson,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Shil- 
lito) Robertson,  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, September  24,  1823,  died  May  5,  1912.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  at  Service,  and  at  a  suitable  age  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  did  under  the  supervision  of  General  John 
S.  Little,  of  Hbokstown.  He  was  obliged  to  abandon  this  trade  when  he 
took  charge  of  the  home  farm  for  his  parents,  and  since  that  time  he  has 
been  engaged  in  general  farming.  He  has  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  acres,  on  which  he  has  erected  all  the  necessary  buildings.  He 
has  been  a  Republican  for  twenty-one  years,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Prohibition  party.  He  has  served  as  a  school  director  and  as  a  member 
of  the  board  of  road  commissioners.  For  the  unusually  long  period  of  half 
a  century  he  has  served  as  an  elder  in  the  Service  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  married,  in  October,  1849,  Margaret,  born  December  24, 
1830,  daughter  of  Richard  Calhoon.  Margaret  (Calhoon)  Robertson  is 
still  living,  making  her  home  with  her  son  George  S. ;  also  the  sister  of 
Mr.  Robertson,  Mrs.  Mehaffy,  resides  with  him.  A.  A.  Robertson  had  chil- 
dren: I.  Sarah  Calhoon,  married,  February  20,  1870,  Joseph  Mehaflfy,  a 
merchant,  who  died  December  27,  1912;  children:  Lily  Dixon;  Frederick 
Ardon,  married  Sadie  Fulton,  of  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  had 
children:  Byron  Allison,  Arthur,  Joseph  Harold  and  Frank  Fulton.  2. 
George  Shillito,  see  forward. 

(III)  George  Shillito  Robertson,  son  of  Alexander  Allison  and  Mar- 
garet (Calhoon)  Robertson,  was  born  September  3,  1854.  Until  the  age 
of  twenty-two  years  he  was  occupied  solely  with  agricultural  pursuits,  and 


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then  took  up  undertaking  in  connection  with  his  farm  work.  In  his  under- 
taking business  he  attends  to  a  considerable  clientele.  He  keeps  a  full 
equipment  and  is  a  certified  embalmer,  having  taken  his  instructions  in 
Pittsburgh.  He  cultivates  the  farm  in  Hanover  township,  near  Mechanics- 
burg,  for  general  products,  and  has  been  very  successful.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church  with  his  family  for  many 
years,  and  is  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Prohibition  party.  He  has  filled 
very  capably  the  offices  of  township  commissioner  and  of  road  commissioner. 
Mr.  Robertson  married,  June  26,  1879,  Mary  Eflfey  Brunton,  of  Salem, 
Illinois,  daughter  of  William  and  Cynthia  (Morris)  Brunton,  natives  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  Salem,  Illinois.  Children:  Claudie 
Oscar,  of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  married  Emma  Barow,  of  East 
Liverpool,  Ohio;  Maggie  May,  deceased;  Allison  Eldon,  deceased. 


The  Robertsons  of  Scotland  are  members  of  the  Clan 
ROBERTSON     Donnachaidh,  or  Duncan,   so   called,   it  is  said,   from 

Duncan,  its  founder,  a  descendant  of  the  earls  of  Athol. 
He  was  born  about  1275,  and  inherited  from  his  father,  Andrew,  a  portion 
of  the  earldom  of  Athol,  and  was  the  first  of  the  lairds  of  Struan  or 
Strowan.  He  was  an  adherent  of  Robert  Bruce,  and  entertained  and 
protected  that  king  and  his  queen  when  in  hiding  after  the  defeat  at 
Methven  in  1306.  The  clan  has  distinguished  itself  in  many  wars,  and  is 
said  to  have  saved  the  day  at  Bannockburn.  Many  distinguished  men  in 
Europe  and  America  are  descended  from  the  Robertsons  of  Struan.  After 
the  Scottish  rebellions  many  Robertsons  fled  to  Ireland,  whence  they  or 
their  descendants  came  to  America.  For  the  most  part  these  were  engaged 
in  agriculture.  They  have  been  energetic  and  progressive,  and  have  engaged 
in  industrial  pursuits  greatly  to  the  benefit  of  the  country. 

(I)  John  Robertson,  the  first  of  the  line  under  discussion  here,  was 
born  in  Scotland,  and  died  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  whither  he  had 
migrated. 

(II)  William  Robertson,  son  of  John  Robertson,  was  born  in  Tivaney, 
county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  in  1753,  died  in  1791.  He  married  Margaret 
Denny. 

(III)  Matthew  Robertson,  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (Denny) 
Robertson,  was  bom  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland.  He  and  his  wife  and 
children  were  captured  by  the  British  during  the  War  of  1812,  and  were 
taken  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty- 
seven  years.  His  widow,  Rebecca,  with  her  children :  William,  Archibald, 
James  and  Margaret — later  removed  to  near  Coshocton,  Ohio,  where,  al- 
though she  had  but  limited  means,  she  contrived  to  keep  her  family  together 
and  raise  them  up  to  be  good  and  useful  citizens. 

(IV)  Archibald  Robertson,  son  of  Matthew  and  Rebecca  Robertson, 
was  born  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland.  He  came  to  America  with  his  parents 
during  the  War  of  1812,  when  they  were  taken  to  Halifax  as  above  related. 


678  PENNSYLVANIA 

He  was  but  a  few  years  old  at  this  time,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
pubHc  schools  of  Ohio,  walking  four  miles  to  the  nearest  school.  This 
was  held  in  a  small  log  cabin  with  oiled  paper  in  lieu  of  window  panes. 
He  was  early  apprenticed  to  learn  the  millwright's  trade,  in  which  he 
became  proficient,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years,  in  1829,  built  a 
steam  paper  mill  at  Beaver  Falls  and  operated  it  until  1849.  He  then 
erected  a  water  power  mill  of  the  same  kind  at  Adamsville  (a  part  of 
Beaver  Falls).  He  retired  from  active  business  life  two  or  three  years 
prior  to  his  death  which  occurred  July  i,  1871.  He  was  prominently  in  the 
public  eye  in  political  matters,  representing  his  section  in  the  state  senate 
in  1851-52,  and  was  collector  of  internal  revenue,  1866-67-68-69.  He  and 
his  family  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Ann 
Ray  Baker,  of  Baltimore,  and  they  had  two  daughters  and  four  sons. 

(V)  William  (2)  Robertson,  son  of  Archibald  and  Ann  Ray  (Baker) 
Robertson,  was  born  in  Old  Brighton  (Beaver  Falls),  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  September  25,  1844.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  Brighton,  and  at  Dufif's  Business  College,  in  Pittsburgh. 
Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  entered  the  employ  of  Scott  & 
Company,  as  clerk,  they  being  coal  shippers  at  Clinton,  Pennsylvania.  His 
next  position  was  with  the  Pittsburgh  Hinge  Company,  at  Beaver  Falls, 
this  later  becoming  the  Baker  Chain  Company,  and  in  1900,  the  Standard 
Chain  Company,  located  in  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Robertson  becoming  assistant 
treasurer,  and  in  1903  treasurer  of  this  corporation,  and  still  holding  that 
office.  In  1907  he  and  his  son  James  L.  engaged  in  the  clay  shipping  bus- 
iness, their  plant  being  located  in  Dougherty  township,  just  outside  of 
New  Brighton.  The  family  home  is  also  in  that  location,  but  from  1891 
to  1903  they  resided  at  Bellevue,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Robertson  married, 
November  12,  1868,  Harriet  W.  Wendt,  of  South  Side,  Pittsburgh,  who 
died  September  26,  191 1.  They  had  three  children:  Anna  R..  married 
E.  W.  Arthur,  of  Cheswick,  Pennsylvania;  Margaret,  married  J.  E. 
Douglas;  James  Lovejoy,  unmarried.  The  family  attends  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 


The  family  to  which  William  Shannon,  of  Beaver  county, 
SHANNON  Pennsylvania,  belongs,  traces  its  family  residence  to  Ire- 
land, the  garden  spot  of  the  British  Isles.  The  home  of 
the  emigrant  ancestor  was  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Shannon,  but  whether 
the  family  derived  its  surname  because  of  its  close  association  with  the 
river,  or  the  latter  was  named  from  the  family,  is  uncertain.  However,  it 
is  from  that  locality  that  the  American  ancestor  came,  and  it  is  highly 
probable  that  some  such  relation  existed  between  the  name  of  the  family 
and  that  of  the  water-course. 

(I)  Robert  Shannon,  the  father  of  William  Shannon,  was  born  in 
Huntingdon  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  18,  1799,  died  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  March  8,  1868.    His  youthful  life  was  passed  in  the 


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locality  of  his  birth,  and  after  his  marriage,  which  was  solemnized  in 
Butler  county,  made  his  home  in  the  region  north  of  Pittsburgh.  In  1828- 
29  he  came  to  Beaver  county  and  purchased  one  hundred  and  six  acres  of 
land  in  Big  Beaver  township,  continuing  in  his  life-long  occupation,  that 
of  farming.  The  farm  was  partially  cleared  and  was  graced  with  a  log 
structure  occupied  by  the  former  owner.  Mr.  Shannon's  first  improvement 
was  the  erection  of  a  barn  to  shelter  his  live  stock,  and  after  the  completion 
of  that  work  he  finished  the  task  of  removing  the  timber  and  underbrush 
from  the  land.  By  the  time  this  was  accomplished  he  felt  the  need  of  a 
new  dwelling  and  caused  a  substantial  frame  building  to  be  raised  to  take 
the  place  of  the  cabin  that  had  been  the  home  of  Mr.  Shannon's  predecessor 
in  possession.  Before  his  death  he  had  acquired  two  adjoining  farms,  one 
of  fifty  and  the  other  of  ninety  acres  area,  and  had  both  under  profitable 
cultivation.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  political  faith,  although  not  a  public 
servant,  and  was,  with  his  wife,  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  lies  beside  his  wife  in  the  Rocky  Spring  Cemetery,  finishing 
out  with  her  his  earthly  residence  in  the  body,  while  their  spirits  are 
joined  in  the  land  of  eternal  day.  He  married,  in  Butler  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Nellie  Miller,  born  February  28,  1797,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  9,  1876.  Children  of  Robert  and  Nellie  (Miller) 
Shannon:  i.  Jerusha,  bom  August  12,  1820;  married  John  Dillan;  died 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Aaron,  born  June  3,  1825,  died  in 
Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Joseph,  born  November  27,  1826;  a  farmer; 
married  Eliza  Jane  Beatty ;  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Samuel, 
born  September  25,  1828;  a  farmer  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  died.  5.  Nellie,  born  June  15,  1830;  married  Levi  Dillan;  died  in  Big 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Robert,  born  September 
19,  1831 ;  a  farmer  of  Big  Beaver  township,  where  he  died.  7.  Mary,  born 
October  2,  1834 ;  married  William  Baker,  a  farmer ;  died  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  8.  George,  born  October  i,  1836;  a  farmer  of  Kansas; 
died  in  that  state.  9.  Rachel,  born  November  22,  1838,  died  young.  10. 
William,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  William  Shannon,  youngest  of  the  ten  children  of  Robert  and 
Nellie  (Miller)  Shannon,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on 
the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  October  4,  1840.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Big  Beaver  township,  and  by  experience  on  the  home  farm 
was  fitted  for  the  life  of  a  farmer,  which  he  has  since  followed,  with  the 
exception  of  three  years  devoted  to  the  cause  of  the  Union.  He  enlisted 
on  June  20,  1861,  in  Company  K,  Tenth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Reserves. 
Among  the  battles  in  which  his  regiment  was  actively  engaged  were  Dranes- 
ville,  Mechanicsville,  Gaines'  Mill,  Charles  City  Cross  Roads,  Hethesda 
Church,  Malvern  Hill,  Groveton,  Second  Bull  Run,  Antietam,  Fredericks- 
burg, Gettysburg,  Bristoe  Station,  Mine  Run,  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania, 
North  Anne  River,  and  Tolopotamy,  in  all  of  which  he  participated.  He 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  enemy  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  and  for 


68o  PENNSYLVANIA 

twenty-eight  days  was  confined  in  Libby  Prison,  but  after  that  time  was 
placed  under  less  strict  guard,  and  in  the  following  April  was  exchanged, 
returning  to  his  regiment  in  the  latter  part  of  that  month.  After  his 
return  from  the  front  he  assumed  the  management  of  the  home  farm  and 
upon  the  death  of  his  father  inherited  the  place  of  one  hundred  acres. 
He  has  prospered  in  the  various  operations  that  he  has  undertaken,  mainly 
general  farming  and  stock  raising,  and  has  added  to  the  property  be- 
queathed him,  now  having  one  hundred  and  eighty  acres.  On  this  property 
he  built,  in  1890,  a  spacious  barn,  well-lighted  and  ventilated,  in  which  his 
stock  is  surrounded  with  the  most  healthful  of  conditions,  their  quarters 
being  warm  and  snug  in  winter  and  as  cool  as  the  outside  temperature  will 
permit  in  summer.  In  1908  he  remodeled  his  house,  making  it  still  more 
comfortable  and  convenient  than  in  its  former  condition.  A  Democrat  in 
political  action,  Mr.  Shannon  has  served  the  township  as  school  director, 
supervisor  and  judge  of  elections.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Veteran 
Legion. 

Mr.  Shannon  married,  November  18,  1867,  Mary  Alloway,  born  in 
Blair  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  5,  1845,  daughter  of  Ajalon  and  Eliza 
Jane  Perkins  Alloway.  Ajalon  Alloway  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  after  his  marriage  in  Woodbury,  Bedford 
county,  Pennsylvania,  moved  to  Blair  county,  in  that  state,  where  he 
died  in  November,  1882.  His  wife  was  born  in  Louden,  Pennsylvania, 
and  survived  her  husband  eight  years,  dying  in  Blair  county,  in  1890. 
Children  of  WilHam  and  Mary  (Alloway)  Shannon:  i.  Robert,  bom 
August  25,  1868;  a  train-dispatcher  in  the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad;  lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  2.  Aaron,  born  November  11,  1870;  city 
ticket  agent  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania ;  lives  at  Beaver  Falls.  3.  James, 
born  October  25,  1873 ;  manages  the  homestead.  4.  Elmer,  born  May  30, 
1876;  a  physician  of  Ivoryton,  Connecticut.  5.  Nellie,  born  February  11, 
1879;  married  Edmund  Blair;  lives  at  Koppel,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Royal, 
born  November  11,  1881 ;  a  stenographer  of  Beaver  Falls.  7.  William, 
born  March  9,  1884;  an  electrician  of  Woodlawn.  8.  Annie,  born  October 
20,   1887;  lives  at  home,  unmarried. 

Mr.  Shannon  has  recently  celebrated  his  seventy-third  birthday  and 
for  one  of  that  age  leads  a  remarkably  active  and  useful  life.  He  at- 
tends to  regular  duties  on  his  farm  and  has  recently  assisted  in  the 
hauling  of  coal  taken  from  a  three-foot  vein  extending  under  his  entire 
farm,  strenuous  labor  for  one  of  his  years.  In  the  summer  of  1913  he 
attended  the  reunion  of  the  veterans  of  the  northern  and  southern  armies 
at  the  historic  battle-field  of  Gettysburg,  and  with  the  thousands  of  his 
old  comrades  and  enemies  he  lived  over  in  memory  the  scenes  of  those 
terrible  years  and  joined  hands  with  their  former  foes.  During  this 
time  Mr.  Shannon  slept  in  a  tent,  ate  his  meals  at  the  common  mess, 
and  observed  the  military  routine  that  governed  the  encampment  except 
during  the  special  features  provided  for  the  delectation  of  the  veterans. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  68i 

As  did  the  most  of  the  soldiers,  he  endured  the  trip  and  the  stay  at  the 
battle-field  excellently,  deriving  therefrom  much  of  pleasure  and  en- 
joyment. Mr.  Shannon  attributes  the  fact  of  his  strong  and  vigorous 
physical  condition  to  his  abstinence  from  tobacco  or  alcohol  in  any  form, 
and  is  earnest  and  sincere  in  his  warnings  to  youths  to  avoid  the  cultiva- 
tion of  habits  involving  the  use  of  these  narcotics,  a  caution  that  may 
well  be  heeded,  especially  when  confirmed  and  reiterated  by  reputable 
and  well-known  authorities.  Mrs.  Shannon  is  also  a  very  well  preserved 
woman  for  one  of  her  years  and  still  presides  over  the  homestead,  being 
as  spry  and  active  as  many  women  many  years  younger. 


This  well-known  Beaver  county  name  was  worthily  borne  by 
HOLT  the  late  William  Humphrey  Holt,  a  prosperous  farmer  of 
Brighton  township,  a  life-long  resident  of  that  township.  He 
was  a  son  of  Samuel  Jacob  and  Mary  Ann  (Taylor)  Holt,  and  a  brother 
of  Richard  Smith  Holt,  now  president  judge  of  the  thirty-sixth  judicial 
district  of  Pennsylvania.  The  father,  Samuel  Jacob  Holt,  was  a  farmer 
of  Brighton  township  and  one  of  the  progressive  men  of  his  day. 

William  Humphrey  Holt  was  bom  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  September  i8,  1858,  died  January  19,  1912.  He 
obtained  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  township,  and 
remained  at  the  home  farm  until  his  marriage.  He  was  early  taught  the 
value  of  industry  and  from  boyhood  until  assuming  man's  responsibilities 
was  his  father's  assistant.  He  began  life  for  himself  on  a  rented  farm, 
prospered,  and  later  purchased  a  farm  of  fifty  acres  in  Brighton  township. 
Here  he  erected  a  comfortable  dwelling,  and  lived  a  useful  and  contented 
life  until  his  death.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  RepubHcan  party, 
serving  his  township  as  school  director  and  in  other  positions  of  trust. 
He  was  public-  spirited  and  progressive,  holding  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  his  community.  He  was  a  warm  friend  of  the  Patrons  of 
Husbandry,  labored  for  the  prosperity  of  the  local  grange,  which  he 
served  also  as  master.  He  was  also  interested  in  other  township  enter- 
prises and  organizations  and  helpful  in  all  things. 

Mr.  Holt  married,  December  17,  1884,  Rachel  Caroline  Hamilton, 
born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  William  Densmore  and 
Amanda  Hamilton,  both  born  in  Pittsburgh  and  there  married.  William 
Densmore  Hamilton  in  early  life  was  a  carpenter,  but  in  1870  moved  to 
Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  shortly  afterward  purchasing  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  in  Brighton  township,  where  both  he  and  his  wife 
resided  until  death.  Of  the  eight  children  of  WilHam  Densmore  Hamil- 
ton two  yet  survive,  Mrs.  Rachel  C.  Holt  and  William  Densmore  (2) 
Hamilton.  Children  of  William  Humphrey  and  Rachel  C.  Holt:  i. 
Amanda  Viola,  who  attended  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county  and 
a  Methodist  Episcopal  Female  College;  graduated  as  a  deaconess  and 
has  served  as  a  missionary  since;  she  is  now  stationed  at  the  Crittenden 


682  PENNSYLVANIA 

Home,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  she  was  also  city  missionary  at  Akron,  Ohio, 
and  served  as  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Crittenden  Home  there; 
she  has  been  very  successful  in  her  chosen  field.  2.  Agnes  Ferguson, 
married  Howard  C.  Young,  has  two  daughters,  Mary  Caroline  and  Ida 
May  Young;  resides  in  Ohio  township.  3.  John  K.,  died  aged  two  years. 
4.  Richard  Smith,  named  for  his  uncle.  Judge  Richard  S.  Holt.  5.  Mary 
Ann,  married  Wade  F.  Rail.  6.  and  7.  William  Humphrey  (2)  and 
Samuel  J.,  twins.  8.  Sarah  Elizabeth.  Mrs.  Rachel  Holt  survives  her 
husband  and  continues  her  residence  in  Brighton  township. 


Altoona,  Pennsylvania,  was  the  birthplace  of  Thomas  Rice, 
RICE  born  in  1845,  who  for  many  years  was  connected  with  rail- 
roading, bridge-building,  and  steel  manufacturing  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  Having  filled  the  required  term  of 
service  and  having  attained  the  necessary  age  he  was  retired  from  active 
labor  and  is  a  beneficiary  of  his  former  employer's  pension  system. 
Thomas  Rice  married  (first)  Margaret  Quinn,  born  at  St.  Mary's,  Mary- 
land, in  1848,  died  in  1880;  (second)  Mary  Keliher,  of  Hamilton,  Canada, 
died  in  1913.  His  residence  is  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Rice 
is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 
By  his  first  marriage  he  became  the  father  of  five  children,  of  whom 
four  died  in  childhood,  the  fifth,  William  C,  of  further  mention.  He  has 
one  child  by  his  second  marriage,  John  M.,  an  engineer,  who  has  been 
identified  with  the  Pittsburgh  filtration  plant,  chief  draughtsman  during 
construction,  the  Pittsburgh  City  Engineering  Corps  and  the  Alabama 
Power  Company,  of  Birmingham,  Alabama,  in  the  capacity  of  chief 
draughtsman  and  designing  engineer,  holding  the  latter  position  with 
the  two  last  named;  he  is  at  present  connected  with  Morris  Knowles,  the 
eminent  consulting  engineer  of  Pittsburgh. 

William  C.  Rice,  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Quinn)  Rice,  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  12,  1874.  He 
obtained  his  early  education  in  St.  Mary's  Parochial  School  and  received 
instruction  in  business  forms  and  methods  in  a  night  class  at  Duff's 
Business  College,  of  Pittsburgh.  After  completing  his  education  he 
began  a  connection  with  steel  manufacturing  and  construction  that  lasted 
for  many  years,  his  beginning  being  made  in  the  capacity  of  rivet  heater 
for  the  Keystone  Bridge  Company  at  Pittsburgh.  This  continued  for 
one  year,  when  he  became  a  machinist  in  the  employ  of  the  H.  K.  Porter 
Locomotive  Works,  remaining  there  four  years.  He  next  held  positions 
with  the  Pittsburgh  Car  Works,  the  New  York  Car  Wheel  Company,  of 
New  York  City,  and  the  Consolidated  Traction  Company,  of  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  holding  the  position  of  foreman  in  the  latter  company.  He 
then  entered  the  employ  of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge  Company, 
m  the  mechanical  department,  leaving  after  a  year's  service  to  engage 
in  the  erection  of  pig  iron  casting  machinery  for  the  Carnegie  Steel 


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Company  at  the  Lucy  Furnace  Plant,  Pittsburgh,  and  in  the  direction  of 
experiments  in  the  manner  of  construction  best  adapted  to  their  uses. 
He  was  afterward  employed  in  a  similar  capacity  for  the  firm  of  Jones 
&  Laughlin,  still  later  spending  a  year  at  Struthers,  Ohio,  and  the  same 
length  of  time  at  the  Carrie  Furnace  department  of  the  Homestead  Steel 
Works.  For  the  next  three  years  he  held  the  position  of  inspector  with 
the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  after  which  time  he  discontinued  all  his 
relations  with  the  industry  he  had  followed  for  so  long  and  with  which 
he  had  gained  a  commanding  familiarity.  Real  estate  operations  next 
claimed  his  attention  and  he  located  at  Swissvale,  Pennsylvania,  be- 
coming a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Rice  &  Facius,  a  connection  still  binding, 
the  company  maintaining  offices  in  both  Pittsburgh  and  Swissvale. 
While  a  resident  of  the  latter  town,  Mr.  Rice  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  borough  council.  In  1906  he  came  to  Midland  in  the  employ  of  the 
Midland  Steel  Company  sold  its  interests  to  the  Crucible  Steel  Corn- 
town.  This  position  he  filled  with  the  greatest  satisfaction  to  his  em- 
ployers, attending  to  the  sale  of  ground,  laying  out  and  naming  of  the 
streets,  superintending  the  erection  of  houses  for  the  employees  of  the 
company  and  collecting  the  rents  therefor.  When  in  August,  1912,  the 
Midland  Steel  Company  sold  their  interests  to  the  Crucible  Steel  Com- 
pany, Mr.  Rice  had  so  ably  discharged  the  duties  of  his  responsible 
position  that  he  was  requested  to  remain  in  his  former  capacity,  an 
offer  he  accepted.  Possibly  no  one  has  been  so  closely  connected  with 
all  of  the  influences  that  have  had  their  effect  upon  the  expansion  and 
growth  of  Midland  as  Mr.  Rice.  Beginning  his  relations  therewith 
when  it  consisted  of  nothing  but  eleven  hundred  acres  of  farm  land, 
•owned  by  Messrs.  Neele,  Kane,  Briicker  and  McCoy,  he  has  watched 
the  seeds  of  population  sprout  and  its  habitations  grow  until  the  town 
now  numbers  five  thousand  inhabitants.  His  part  in  the  development 
of  Midland  has  been  that  of  the  diligent  promoter  and  in  all  matters  of 
municipal  organization  and  government  his  services  have  been  freely 
and  willingly  rendered.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Midland  Savings  and 
Trust  Company,  in  whose  formation  he  assisted.  He  is  an  Independent 
in  political  action,  and  with  his  wife  belongs  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church.  Mr.  Rice  holds  membership  in  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  of  Rochester,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Pittsburgh 
Athletic  Club,  and  the  Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  Rice  married,  in  February,  1907,  Tirzah  M.  Farrell,  of  Pitts- 
"burgh,  daughter  of  William  J.  and  Ida  (McLaughlin)  Farrell.  William  J. 
Farrell  was  a  member  of  an  old  Maryland  family,  and  was  born  in  Cum- 
berland, that  state.  Following  contracting  as  an  occupation  he  came  to 
Pittsburgh  where  he  married  in  1880,  and  where  he  was  residing  at  his 
death  in  1905.  His  wife,  Ida,  was  a  daughter  of  James  and  Tirzah 
(Patch)  McLaughHn,  her  mother  a  native  of  England  and  her  father 
of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.     Her  father  was  captain  of  a  steamboat 


684  PENNSYLVANIA 

plying  the  Ohio  river,  and  during  the  Civil  war  was  in  the  Union  service. 
The  mother  of  Mrs.  Farrell  is  still  living,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Wil- 
liam J.  and  Ida  (McLaughlin)  Farrell  were  the  parents  of  eleven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  seven  are  living. 

Children  of  William  C.  and  Tirzah  M.  (Farrell)  Rice:  George  H., 
William  C.  (2),  Thomas  J.  Mr.  Rice's  home  is  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania, 
although  business  interests  require  that  he  spend  much  of  his  time  in 
Midland  and  Pittsburgh. 


Brauer  is  a  name  which  is  frequently  heard  in  this  country, 
BRAUER     and  the  original  holder  of  it  was  probably  engaged  in 
brewing,  as  it  literally  signifies  a  brewer. 

(I)  John  Brauer  was  born  in  Germany,  October  17,  1836,  died  March 
25,  1914.  He  went  with  his  wife  to  Pomeroy,  Meigs  county,  Ohio,  in 
the  year  1870.  He  remained  there  until  1881,  working  in  the  salt  mines, 
and  then  removed  to  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
obtained  employment  in  the  tumbler  works.  In  1898  he  retired  to  spend 
the  remainder  of  his  days  in  quiet  and  comfort.  He  was  an  Independent 
in  his  political  opinions,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church.  He 
married,  in  Germany,  Catherine  Bauer,  born  November  8,  1843,  and  has 
children :  Frank  W.,  see  forward ;  Catherine,  John  Jr.,  Henry  and  Tillie, 
all  now  living. 

(II)  Frank  W.  Brauer,  son  of  John  and  Catherine  (Bauer)  Brauer, 
was  born  in  Germany,  April  5,  1867.  He  was  but  three  years  of  age 
when  he  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his  parents,  and  he  was  reared 
and  educated  in  Pomeroy,  Ohio.  When  he  came  to  Freedom,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  he  also  found  employment  in  the  tumbler  factory, 
and  remained  with  this  concern  until  1889.  He  then  removed  to  East 
Liverpool,  Ohio,  where  he  worked  in  a  glass  house  for  a  period  of  six 
years,  and  in  1895  returned  to  Freedom.  He  obtained  a  position  in  the 
wholesale  house  of  P.  F.  Lewis,  and  in  1904  became  associated  with 
Simon  E.  Holsinger,  wholesale  liquor  dealer.  About  two  years  later  he 
severed  this  connection  and  removed  to  Aliquippa,  where  he  established 
himself  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  newspapers,  books,  confectionery,  and 
combined  with  this  a  five  and  ten-cent  store.  He  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful in  this  enterprise.  He  gives  his  political  support  to  the  Republi- 
can party,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Brauer  married,  February  10,  1904,  Mary  Magdalena,  bom  in 
Germany,  October  5,  1879,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Rosena  (Ullrich) 
Waechtler,  natives  of  Germany,  the  former  named  born  September  18, 
1856,  and  the  latter  named  born  October  31,  1855,  who  came  to  Pitts- 
burgh in  1891,  removed  to  Aliquippa  in  1895,  and  still  reside  there.  They 
have  children :  Mary  Magdalena,  mentioned  above ;  Conrad,  Barbara  and 
George.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brauer  have  children;  George  Francis,  born 
November  8,  1904;  Herman,  born  May  17,  1907;  Anna,  born  November 
12,  1908;  Catherine,  born  April  6,  1910. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  685 

This  is  a  German  name,  represented    in    Beaver    county, 
MAJORS     Pennsylvania,   seemingly  by   the  descendants  of  several 
immigrants  who  came  to  Pennsylvania  at  various  times 
from  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century  down  to  recent  years. 

(I)  Samuel  Majors  was  born  and  reared  in  Virginia,  from  whence 
he  migrated  to  Dougherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  George  Majors,  son  of  Samuel  Majors,  was  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1805,  died  in  1888.  He  was  the  owner  of  two 
fine  farms,  one  in  Daugherty  township,  the  other  in  New  Sewickley 
township.  He  was  a  Democrat,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  church.  He  married  Martha  Musser,  also  a  native  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children:  Mary,  married 
John  Eaton,  both  deceased;  Sarah  Jane,  now  deceased,  married  Jackson 
Boggs;  Martha,  married  CorneHus  Miller,  and  lives  in  New  Sewickley 
township ;  Abner,  see  forward ;  Robinson,  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years. 

(III)  Abner  Majors,  son  of  George  and  Martha  (Musser)  Majors, 
was  born  in  Daugherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  4, 
1837,  died  September  4,  1910.  He  was  reared  on  the  homestead  farm, 
and  upon  the  death  of  his  father  he  purchased  the  interests  in  this  farm 
of  the  other  heirs,  and  in  the  course  of  time  added  more  land  to  it,  so 
that  at  the  time  of  his  death  it  contained  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
acres.  While  he  was  engaged  to  a  certain  extent  in  general  farming, 
he  made  more  of  a  specialty  of  fruit  growing,  and  his  orchard  fruits  and 
strawberries  were  justly  celebrated.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  gave  his  political  support  to  the  Republican 
party.  He  married,  August  26,  1854,  Mary  Ann  Paine,  born  in  Daugherty 
township,  Beaver  county,  November  18,  1836.  She  was  a  daughter  of  David 
Paine,  who  died  in  1844,  and  Ura  (Majors)  Paine,  who  died  in  1888,  and 
who  married  (second)  Conrad  Frederick,  but  had  no  children  by  her  second 
marriage.  Mary  Ann  (Paine)  Majors  had  sisters  and  brothers  as  follows: 
Eliza,  married  Sam  Musser,  both  deceased;  Nancy,  married  John  Hickey, 
both  deceased;  Samuel,  died  in  early  youth;  Samuel,  deceased.  Abner  and 
Mary  Ann  (Paine)  Majors  had  children:  William,  died  at  the  age  of  three 
weeks;  John,  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years;  a  son,  died 
when  a  few  weeks  old;  George  Henry,  see  forward;  Alfred,  a  farmer,  mar- 
ried Anna  McKee,  and  lives  in  Daugherty  township;  Harley,  also  a  farmer, 
married  Rebecca  Stanley;  Frank  C,  married  Mary  Rhodes;  Benjamin,  a 
farmer,  married  Elsie  Blinn ;  Hugh,  married  Mary  E.  Swartz ;  Emma,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Brewer. 

(IV)  George  Henry  Majors,  son  of  Abner  and  Mary  Ann  (Paine) 
Majors,  was  born  in  Daugherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  No- 
vember 28,  1859.  He  attended  what  was  known  as  the  Kettlewood  District 
School,  where  he  acquired  a  fairly  good  education  for  that  time.  He  was 
the  able  assistant  of  his  father  in  the  conduct  and  management  of  the  farm, 


686  PENNSYLVANIA 

and  after  his  marriage  he  purchased  nineteen  acres  for  himself.  He  con- 
tinued to  work  for  his  father  until  1905,  and  since  that  time  has  devoted 
himself  to  the  raising  of  asparagus,  grapes,  and  orchard  fruits  of  fine 
varieties.  In  191 1  he  built  a  new  house  for  himself  which  is  fitted  up  with 
all  modern  conveniences.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  whatever  concerns 
the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Oak  Grove  Presby- 
terian Church.  Mr.  Majors  married,  April  6,  1905,  Mary  Christina  Koch, 
bom  in  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  29,  1862, 
daughter  of  Powell  and  Christina  (Swientzburg)  Koch,  the  former  having 
been  a  farmer,  and  both  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Majors  have  no 
children. 


It  is  interesting  and  curious  to  note  that  of  the  three  gen- 
McGEORGE  erations  of  this  branch  of  the  McGeorge  family  in  a  direct 
line  who  have  been  residents  in  America  and  the  United 
States,  only  one  has  been  American-born,  the  emigrant,  William,  claiming 
Scotland  as  his  birthplace,  his  son,  William,  first  seeing  light  on  the  high 
seas,  and  finally  James,  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  As  to 
the  name  McGeorge,  and  the  fact  of  the  residence  of  the  family  in  the  ex- 
treme southern  portion  of  Scotland,  there  is  a  tradition  to  the  effect  that 
they  were  originally  of  the  McGregor  clan,  but  that,  because  of  religious 
differences,  they  renounced  relation  to  that  race  of  warriors  and  founded 
the  family  of  McGeorge  in  the  south  of  Scotland. 

In  this  region  this  record  begins  with  two  brothers,  the  first  of  a  line 
of  three  Williams  and  Cornelius.  Cornelius  McGeorge  entered  the  Pres- 
byterian ministry  and  gave  his  life  to  the  service  of  that  church,  leaving 
Scotland  and  coming  to  the  colonies  in  1768,  settling  in  Chenango  county, 
New  York,  there  laboring  in  the  cause  of  the  Master  until  his  death,  or- 
ganizing several  small  churches  throughout  the  county  and  holding  services 
in  all  its  districts  as  frequently  as  he  could  complete  the  circuit  of  towns 
and  villages. 

(I)  William  McGeorge  remained  in  his  native  land,  and  over  its  hills 
and  in  its  valleys  watched  his  sheep  until  his  death,  just  as  over  the  sea, 
three  thousand  miles  distant,  his  brother  shepherded  his  human  flocks  and 
guided  them  into  the  fold.  William  McGeorge  had  a  son,  William,  the 
American  emigrant. 

(II)  William  (2)  McGeorge,  before  his  departure  for  the  colonies, 
married  Julia  Haden.  The  story  of  his  courtship  and  successful  wooing 
has  a  touch  of  human  nature  that  renders  it  of  more  than  passing  interest. 
Julia  Haden  was  the  daughter  of  a  retired  sea  captain,  who  in  his  maritime 
ventures  had  amassed  abundant  wealth.  Although  the  father  of  his  daugh- 
ter's suitor  was  a  gentleman  highly  regarded  in  the  neighborhood  and  was  the 
possessor  of  a  comfortable  fortune  from  the  successful  tending  of  his  flocks, 
Captain  Haden  was  irrevocably  opposed  to  the  match,  even,  so  the  story 


BEAVER   COUNTY  687 

runs,  going  to  the  lengths  of  offering  his  daughter  as  many  gold  pieces  as 
would  cover  the  top  of  a  Spanish  table.  That  the  young  English  girl  (her 
father's  estate  was  just  across  the  boundary)  married  William  (2)  Mc- 
George  in  1792  is  sufficient  proof  of  the  futility  of  her  father's  efforts  to 
dissuade  her  from  the  course  upon  which  she  had  decided.  The  following 
year  they  immigrated  to  the  United  States,  their  first  child  being  born  on 
the  way  across,  and  settled  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  ten 
miles  south  of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.  He  never  purchased  in  that  county, 
but  in  1798  journeyed  to  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  and  there 
bought  a  farm,  although  he  did  not  make  his  home  there  until  1806.  In 
Allegheny  county  he  rented  farms,  which  he  cultivated  with  profitable  suc- 
cess, each  fall  making  a  practice  of  loading  a  large  wagon,  drawn  by  four 
horses,  with  the  products  of  his  farm,  and  crossing  the  mountains  to  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  sold  his  products,  receiving  in  payment  provisions  and 
other  articles  and  commodities  necessary  and  difficult  to  obtain  in  the  west. 
Upon  his  return  to  his  home,  he  drove  through  the  surrounding  neighbor- 
hood with  his  loaded  team,  finding  a  ready  market  for  his  goods  and  reap- 
ing a  much  larger  profit  than  had  be  accepted  cash  for  his  farm  products. 
He  was  a  shrewd  business  man  and  in  a  later  day  and  generation,  with  wider 
fields  of  endeavor  and  opportunity,  would  have  proved  his  worth  among  the 
ablest  of  financiers.  In  the  season  when  farm  work  was  not  particularly 
pressing  he  sold  goods  between  Pittsburgh  and  Qeveland,  carrying  his 
wares  in  large  saddle-bags.  He  came  to  Beaver  county  in  1798,  first  pur- 
chasing two  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Darlington  township,  where  James 
McGeorge  now  lives,  and  later  four  hundred  acres  additional,  later  occupied 
by  his  son,  James.  William  McGeorge  was  a  member  of  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Church,  regular  in  his  attendance  and  strict  in  his  observance 
of  all  religious  laws,  especially  of  those  regarding  manual  labor  on  the  Sab- 
bath. His  children  he  reared  in  strict  loyalty  and  obedience,  and  despite 
the  many  chafing  regulations  of  conduct  that  he  imposed  upon  them,  held 
their  loving  regard,  for  there  was  no  rule  which  they  were  compelled  to  obey 
that  was  not  binding  upon  him.  He  donated  the  ground  upon  which  the 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  was  later  built,  but  died  before  its  erection, 
his  death  occurring  in  1815,  aged  fifty-five  years.  His  wife,  Julia,  attained 
the  unusual  age  of  ninety-seven  years,  although  in  her  younger  days  she  had 
been  considered  of  frail  and  delicate  health.  Children  of  William  (2)  and 
Julia  (Haden)  McGeorge:  i.  William,  of  whom  further.  2.  James,  died 
upon  the  part  of  his  father's  estate  that  he  inherited  at  the  latter's  death. 
3.  Jane,  married  William  Jones;  lived  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Sarah,  married  William  Young;  their  home  was 
in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Mary,  married 
Joseph  Gibson;  resided  in  South  Beaver  township. 

(Ill)  William  (3)  McGeorge,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Julia  (Haden) 
McGeorge,  was  born  on  a  ship  bound  for  the  American  shore  in  mid-ocean, 
1793,  died  October  11,  1854.     His  early  boyhood  was  spent  in  Allegheny 


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county,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1806  he  came  to  Darlington  township  with 
his  father  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the  homestead  in  that  township.  As 
his  share  of  the  Darlington  township  farm  he  received  two  hundred  acres, 
later  buying  one  hundred  acres  of  land  now  occupied  by  the  town  of  Enon, 
and  assisted  in  laying  out  the  lots.  He  also  acquired,  for  three  dollars  an 
acre,  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  which 
was  sold  by  his  heirs,  and  is  now  valued  at  two  hundred  dollars  an  acre, 
rich  oil  wells  having  been  struck  on  the  property.  In  his  manhood  he  ad- 
hered to  the  religion  of  his  youth,  the  Reformed  Presbyterian,  and  being 
active  in  church  work,  he  lived  a  model  and  exemplary  existence  in  his 
daily  life.  In  the  latter  years  of  his  life  he  became  an  extensive  sheep 
raiser,  owned  large  flocks,  and  was  uniformly  successful  in  that  occupation, 
which  his  grandfather,  the  first  William,  had  followed  in  Scotland  many 
years  before.  He  married  Nancy  A.  Young,  born  in  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  February  15,  1798,  died  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  June  14,  1886,  daughter  of  John  Young.  John  Young 
was  bom  in  Ireland,  and  there  married,  coming  with  four  brothers  to  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  settling  on  rented  farms  south  of  the  Ohio  river. 
He  was  frugal  and  saving  in  his  manner  of  life  and  soon  possessed  suffi- 
cient funds  to  purchase  a  farm  in  Big  Beaver  township,  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  He  was  an  elder  of  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Church.  His  children:  i.  William,  made  his  home  in  Logan 
county,  Ohio.  2.  John,  lived  near  his  brother,  William.  3.  Robert,  a  farmer 
of  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Rebecca,  married  William  Scott; 
resided  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Jane,  mar- 
ried William  McCampbell ;  lived  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  7. 
Nancy  A.,  of  previous  mention,  married  William  (3)  McGeorge.  Children 
of  William  (3)  and  Nancy  A.  (Young)  McGeorge:  i.  Margery  Jane,  de- 
ceased; married  John  Gibson,  who  survives  her,  living  in  Bellevue,  Penn- 
sylvania. 2.  Mary  Ann,  married  James  McKinney;  lived  first  in  Butler 
county,  later  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  3.  James,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Elizabeth,  deceased;  married  (first)  Rev.  Samuel  Sterrett,  deceased;  (sec- 
ond) Michael  George,  who  lived  in  Mansfield,  Ohio.  5.  Margaret,  died  aged 
seventeen  years.  6.  Jemimah,  deceased;  married  Isaac  Kitchen;  lived  in 
East  Liberty,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  James  McGeorge,  only  son  and  third  child  of  William  (3)  and 
Nancy  A.  (Young)  McGeorge,  was  born  in  a  log  house  on  the  farm  where 
he  now  lives,  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  5, 
1833.  He  grew  to  maturity  on  his  father's  farm,  attending  a  small  brick 
school  in  the  woods  known  as  the  McGeorge  school,  finishing  his  studies  at 
the  Greersburg  Academy,  where  Samuel  B.  Wilson  and  James  Scott  were  the 
masters  who  directed  the  schooling.  The  only  boy  in  a  family  of  six,  there 
were  many  duties  for  him  to  perform  on  the  home  farm,  and  he  remained 
at  home  until  his  father's  death,  when  he  inherited  the  homestead,  where 
he  resides  at  the  present  time.    The  house  in  which  he  lives,  a  fine,  sub- 


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stantial  country  residence,  was  built  by  his  father  in  1846,  the  large  barns 
on  the  property  antedating  the  house  by  two  years.  These  last  are  occupied 
by  a  herd  of  short-horn  cattle  of  excellent  stock,  from  which  he  obtains  a 
large  quantity  of  milk  daily,  and  has  for  the  past  thirty  years  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  milk  business,  supplying  the  local  dealers  with  much  of  their 
product.  Mr.  McGeorge  is  a  communicant  of  the  family  faith,  belonging 
to  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  and  is  the  oldest  member  of  the  con- 
gregation. Four  times  he  has  been  honored  by  election  to  the  office  of  elder 
in  the  organization,  but  each  time  has  refused  the  election,  his  modest  and 
unassuming  nature  making  his  loath  to  place  himself  in  the  public  eye.  He 
has  been  prominent  in  local  affairs  as  a  private  citizen,  never  having  entered 
the  public  service,  and  in  the  cause  of  municipal  improvements  has  labored 
with  good  effect.  One  of  the  patriarchs  of  the  locality,  he  still  is  actively 
interested  in  all  affairs  of  the  day,  and  bears  his  four-score  years  remark- 
ably well,  his  five  feet  eleven  inches  of  sturdy  height  belying  the  weight  of 
so  great  a  burden. 

He  married,  November  17,  1864,  Fannie  Gettis  Craig,  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  February  18,  1847,  died  August  8,  1910,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Margaret  (Gettis)  Craig.  Both  of  her  parents  were  natives  of  Ireland, 
he  born  in  Belfast,  about  1798,  she  in  county  Down,  about  1807.  They  were 
married  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  September  2,  1825,  in  which  city  he 
was  a  manufacturer  of  hand-made  nails.  Their  home  was  on  the  present 
site  of  the  Nixon  Theatre.  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Gettis)  Craig  were  the 
parents  of:  i.  Jane,  born  September  22,  1826,  died  March  2,  1828.  2. 
Hamilton,  born  July  18,  1828,  died  March  26,  1908;  married  Martha  Bacon; 
in  partnership  with  two  of  his  brothers,  he  operated  a  brass  foundry  in  Pitts- 
burgh which  he  conducted  for  many  years.  3.  Thomas  J.,  born  November 
12,  1830,  died  August  21,  1856.  4.  Margaret  J.,  born  September  12,  1832, 
died  March  11,  1889;  married  Brice  McGinston;  lived  in  Pittsburgh.  5. 
Mary  Ann,  born  May  19,  1834,  died  October  9,  1837.  6.  Elizabeth,  born 
April  4,  1836,  died  April  27,  1837.  7.  Mary,  born  February  18,  1838,  died 
November  25,  1856.  8.  James,  born  June  i,  1840,  died  February  3,  1899; 
married  Anna  Armstrong;  he  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  captain  of  Com- 
pany H,  Twenty-third  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry  and  was 
wounded  at  Cold  Harbor.  9.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  bom  June  18,  1842,  unmar- 
ried; has  lived  with  her  brother-in-law,  James  McGeorge,  since  the  death 
of  his  wife.  10.  David  Kerr,  born  October  12,  1844,  died  February  12,  1872, 
unmarried.  11.  Fannie  Gettis,  of  previous  mention,  married  James  Mc- 
George. 12.  Minerva  Y.,  born  June  16,  1849,  died  in  February,  1913 ;  mar- 
ried Thomas  C.  McAnlis;  lived  at  Wampum,  Pennsylvania. 

Children  of  James  and  Fannie  Gettis  (Craig)  McGeorge:  i.  Margaret 
Blanche,  born  September  29,  1866;  married  Joseph  Richards,  a  ranch-owner 
of  Pacific  Beach,  San  Diego  county,  California,  their  home.  2.  William 
Qiffton,  born  April  14,  1870;  manages  the  home  farm  for  his  father.  3. 
Minerva  Craig,  born  November  i,  1873 ;  lives  unmarried  at  home.  4.  Thomas 


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Hamilton,  born  March  6,  1876;  at  the  present  time  (1913)  traveling  in 
California.  5.  Elizabeth  Sterrett,  born  April  23,  1878;  married  Knox 
Young,  a  real  estate  dealer;  lives  in  Belleview,  a  suburb  of  Pittsburgh.  6. 
Fannie,  born  February  9,  1880,  died  October  13,  1881.  7.  Edward  Glenn, 
born  July  23,  1882,  died  October  28,  1887. 


This  is  one  of  the  many  Scotch  names  which  have  been 
McHATTIE     imported  either  directly  or  by  way  of  Northern  Ireland, 

and  whose  representatives  have  contributed  to  the  material 
and  moral  advancement  of  the  nation.  A  considerable  number  of  these 
families  still  demonstrate  the  Scotch  characteristics  of  thrift  and  industry 
which  make  for  the  best  form  of  citizenship. 

(I)  Peter  McHattie,  a  native  of  Scotland,  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1859,  with  his  wife,  Isabella,  also  born  in  Scotland,  to  make  his  home  with 
his  son,  James,  who  had  already  established  himself  at  Leetsdale,  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania.  In  this  home  he  and  his  wife  spent  the  remainder 
of  their  lives,  retired  from  business  cares.  Both  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  Children:  i.  George,  married  Jane  Jelly;  died  at  Patter- 
son Heights,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.    2.  James,  see  forward.    3.  Peter, 

married  Elsie  Dufif ;  lives  near  EUwood.    4.  William,  married ,  and  lives 

retired  at  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Adam,  a  merchant 
in  California.  6.  Belle,  married  William  Russell;  died  at  Sewickley,  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Ellen,  married  Lyman  Woodworth;  lives 
at  McKeesport,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Jessie,  married  Edward 
Tracy;  died  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Elsie,  deceased;  married  John 
Probert;  lived  in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania.  10.  Jane,  died  in  early  youth 
in  Scotland. 

(II)  James  McHattie,  son  of  Peter  and  Isabella  McHattie,  was  born 
near  Glasgow,  Scotland,  March  7,  1828,  died  in  1883.  His  education  was 
acquired  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  land,  and  he  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  the  company  of  an  elder  brother,  George.  They  settled  at 
first  near  Pittsburgh  and  a  few  years  later  rented  a  farm  near  Leetsdale,  Al- 
legheny county,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  lived  for  some  years.  In  1875  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifteen  acres  in  Big  Beaver  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  which  he  resided  until  his  death,  and  on 
which  some  of  his  daughters  are  living  at  the  present  time.  His  methodical 
and  progressive  management  of  this  land  was  not  without  the  desired 
results,  and  he  became  very  prosperous.  He  erected  a  number  of  modern 
and  commodious  buildings,  and  improved  the  property  to  the  utmost.  He 
gave  his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party,  in  whose  behalf  he  was 
an  ardent  worker,  and  always  took  the  deepest  interest  in  whatever  concerned 
the  welfare  of  the  community  in  which  he  resided.  Mr.  McHattie  married, 
in  October,  1858,  Grace  Lafiferty,  born  in  Ireland,  died  in  New  Galilee, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Her  parents  spent  their  entire  lives  in  Ireland, 
and  she  had  a  brother,  William,  and  two  sisters,  Nancy  (LaflFerty)  Waugh, 


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and  Margaret  (Lafferty)  McLaughlin,  who  came  to  America,  and  are  now 
also  deceased.  Mrs.  McHattie  died  February  27,  191 1,  at  the  age  of  almost 
eighty  years.  She  and  her  husband  were  members  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church.  They  had  children:  i.  Rebecca  W.,  married  Charles  Walker; 
lives  in  New  Galilee;  they  have  children:  James  Arnot,  a  student  in  the 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  in  Philadelphia;  Wendell  Norwood,  a  farmer, 
lives  at  home.  2.  James  L.,  a  farmer;  married  Anna  Marshall,  and  has 
children:  Grace  Elizabeth  and  James  Dale;  he  lives  at  New  Galilee.  3. 
William  G.,  a  farmer  of  Big  Beaver  township ;  married  Eva  Patterson,  and 
has  children :  Norman  Patterson  and  Kenneth  Wayne.  4.  Anna  S.  5.  Edith 
F.    6.  Isabella,  died  in  infancy.    7.  Jennie,  also  died  in  infancy. 


Henry  McKallip,  a  resident  of  Leechburg,  Armstrong 
McKALLIP  county,  Pennsylvania,  was  a  merchant  conducting  a  gen- 
eral store  in  that  town  until  his  death.  He  and  his  wife 
were  Presbyterians.  He  married  Mary  Keely,  and  had  children:  Labanna, 
now  deceased,  was  a  resident  of  Pittsburgh ;  Amanda,  married  Dr.  Arm- 
strong, now  lives  in  Leechburg,  Pennsylvania ;  Josephine,  married  a  Mr.  Pin- 
kerton,  of  Leechburg,  now  deceased;  John  Keely,  see  forward;  James  A., 
of  Leechburg;  Mary  H.,  married  Henry  Caldwell,  and  lives  in  New  Ken- 
sington, Pennsylvania. 

Rev.  John  Keely  McKallip,  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Keely)  McKal- 
lip, was  born  in  Leechburg,  Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania,  September 
19,  1846,  died  July  17,  1903.  His  preparatory  education  was  obtained  in 
the  schools  in  Leechburg,  and  he  then  became  a  student  at  the  Washington 
and  Jefferson  University,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1870. 
He  next  matriculated  at  the  Western  Theological  School  in  Allegheny,  and 
in  due  time  was  ordained  a  Presbyterian  minister.  His  first  charge  was  at 
Elizabethtown,  Kentucky,  and  from  there  he  went  in  succession  to  Bellaire, 
Ohio,  seven  years;  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  eight  years;  Punxsutawney, 
Pennsylvania,  three  years ;  East  Brady,  Pennsylvania,  two  years ;  about  this 
time  his  health  had  become  so  impaired  by  reason  of  his  devoted  and  strenu- 
ous labors  that  he  was  obliged  to  retire  to  Parnassus,  Pennsylvania,  where 
his  death  occurred.  Rev.  McKallip  was  a  fine  orator  and  a  successful 
preacher.  After  his  death  his  widow  returned  to  the  homestead  farm  in 
Borough  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  her  mother  and  her 
brother  and  sister,  John  and  Virginia,  were  living.  Her  mother  died  in  1907, 
but  she  is  still  living  there  with  her  brother  and  sister,  on  the  old  home  place 
on  the  bluffs  overlooking  the  Ohio  river,  the  city  of  Beaver  and  the  village 
of  Vanport,  Pennsylvania.  Rev.  McKallip  married,  December  11,  1888, 
Katherine  M.  Latshaw,  born  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa  (see  Latshaw  IV).  They 
had  children:  Elizabeth,  born  October  19,  1889,  married  George  Dando, 
manager  of  the  Dando  Brick  Works,  at  Vanport,  Pennsylvania;  Archibald 
H.,  born  January  27,  1891,  resides  with  his  mother;  Catherine  Virginia, 
born  January  i,  1899,  died  August  25,  1908. 


692  PENNSYLVANIA 

(The  Latshaw  Line.) 

(I)  Peter  Latshaw,  born  on  the  French  borders  of  the  Rhine  in  Alsace- 
Lorraine,  emigrated  with  three  bothers  to  America.  One  of  these  died 
at  sea.  Another,  a  jeweler  by  trade,  settled  in  Baltimore,  and  was  murdered 
there.  Another,  Christopher  Latshaw,  took  up  a  section  of  land  near  Paris, 
Ontario,  Canada,  and  was  a  millwright  by  trade.  His  descendants  are  still 
living  there.  Peter  Latshaw,  the  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Katherine  M. 
(Latshaw)  McKallip,  was  a  farmer  and  settled  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 
That  he  was  a  man  of  wealth  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  there  is  in  the 
possession  of  his  great-grandchildren  a  fine  oil  painting  of  him,  a  luxury 
which  could  be  indulged  in  only  by  the  very  wealthy  in  those  days.  He 
married  Anne  Chase  and  had  children  as  follows:  John,  see  forward; 
Joseph,  Christian,  Sarah,  Anne,  Harriet,  Elizabeth  (Polly),  Rebecca,  Bar- 
bara, Mary. 

(H)  John  Latshaw,  son  of  Peter  Latshaw,  was  bom  in  Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1786,  died  in  1848.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  the  town  of 
his  birth,  and  then  engaged  in  the  livery  business,  in  which  he  was  very 
successful.  He  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  of 
which  his  parents  had  been  members.  He  married  Catherine  Haines  and 
they  had  one  child. 

(HI)  Peter  William  Henry  Latshaw,  son  of  John  and  Catherine 
(Haines)  Latshaw,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  in  1826,  died 
in  1881.  At  the  age  of  about  eighteen  years  he  went  to  Pittsburgh,  and 
there  obtained  a  clerical  position.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business,  with  which  he  was  iden- 
tified for  a  period  of  seven  years.  While  there  he  was  active  in  the  interests 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  served  a  term  as  mayor  of  the  city  of  Des 
Moines.  He  then  returned  to  Pittsburgh,  where  for  a  time  he  held  a  posi- 
tion as  bookkeeper  and  then  established  himself  in  the  malting  business.  He 
was  also  associated  with  Joshua  W.  Rose  in  the  conduct  and  operation  of  the 
Eagle  Cotton  Mills.  During  two  years  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  located  at 
Indianapolis  and  Columbus,  as  paymaster.  He  and  his  wife  were  members 
of  the  Lutheran  Church.  He  married  Elizabeth  C.  Aughinbaugh,  born  in 
Chambersburg,  Pennsylvania,  June  6,  1833,  died  in  December,  1907.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Anne  (Cook)  Aughinbaugh,  both  born 
near  Chambersburg,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  school  teacher.  When 
he  had  reached  middle  age  he  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-six  years.  They  had  children :  Mary,  died  in  childhood ; 
David,  a  tinner  by  trade;  Susan;  Anne;  Eleanor;  Sarah;  Elizabeth  C,  mar- 
ried Peter  William  Henry  Latshaw;  Thomas,  twin  of  Elizabeth  C,  died  in 
infancy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Latshaw  had  children:  i.  Virginia,  unmarried,  lives 
en  the  old  homestead.  2.  John  A.,  born  November  6,  1852;  spent  his  early 
years  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  attended  the  Birmingham  and  first  ward 
schools;  he  was  but  fourteen  years  of  age  when  he  commenced  to  work 
for  the  Eagle  Cotton  Mills,  remaining  with  them  until  he  was  twenty  years 


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of  age;  he  next  spent  several  years  in  farming,  mostly  near  Smithfield, 
Ohio,  and  in  i88i,  with  his  mother,  two  sisters  and  brother,  Joseph,  came 
to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  purchased  the  Oak  Hill  Farm, 
in  Borough  township,  which  he  has  since  cultivated  very  successfully;  he 
has  served  as  township  commissioner  and  as  school  directcor  and  is  an  influ- 
ential member  of  the  Washington  party ;  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Luth- 
eran Church  since  his  boyhood;  he  is  unmarried.  3.  William  H.,  who  died 
in  191 1,  was  vice-president  of  the  National  Tube  Company,  and  lived  in 
Pittsburgh ;  he  married  Annie  W.  Filman,  and  had  children :  Frances, 
Henry,  William.  4.  Joseph  W.,  manager  of  the  Pennsylvania  Tube  Works, 
of  Pittsburgh;  married  (first)  Alice  Scott,  (second)  Laura  Bebout;  chil- 
dren: Chester,  Walter,  Hart,  Dorothy,  Helen  and  an  infant.  5.  Katherine 
M.,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Katherine  M.  Latshaw,  daughter  of  Peter  William  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  C.  (Aughinbaugh)  Latshaw,  married  Rev.  John  Keely  McKalHp 
(see  McKallip). 


The  Douthitt   family  has  been  resident  in  the  state  of 
DOUTHITT     Pennsylvania  for  a  number  of  generations,  and  they  were 

among  the  pioneer  settlers  in  some  sections  of  the  state. 
At  first  they  were  only  heard  of  in  the  eastern  portion,  but  now  they  are  to 
be  found  throughout  the  state. 

(I)  Joseph  Douthitt,  who  was  born  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, came  to  Beaver  county,  that  state,  with  his  parents,  who  located  on 
a  farm  which  still  is  the  old  Douthitt  place  in  Chippewa  township.  They 
next  removed  to  Darlington  township  in  the  same  county,  and  settled  for 
the  time  on  Little  Beaver  creek.  Later  they  purchased  two  hundred  acres, 
this  constituting  a  farm  on  which  their  granddaughter,  Emma  (Douthitt) 
Douthitt,  now  resides.  Joseph  Douthitt  was  an  extensive  cattle  raiser,  and 
the  house  in  which  he  lived  was  on  the  old  stage  road  between  Pittsburgh 
and  Cleveland.  He  kept  a  tavern  on  the  farm  for  twenty-five  years.  He 
was  a  prominent  factor  in  Democratic  councils  and  served  as  director  of 
the  poor  for  Beaver  county  for  many  years.  He  married  Jane  McMinn, 
also  bom  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children:  i. 
Robert,  fell  off  a  load  of  coal  in  childhood  and  was  killed.  2.  Emeline,  mar- 
ried John  McCarter;  lived  in  Chippewa  township;  both  now  deceased.  3. 
Caroline,  married  Charles  Walker;  lived  in  Missouri.  4.  Maria,  married 
Frederick  Beck;  lived  near  Cleveland,  Ohio.  5.  Henry,  see  forward.  6. 
Eliza  Jane,  married  Robert  Barnes ;  lives  in  Tennessee. 

(H)  Henry  Douthitt,  son  of  Joseph  and  Jane  (McMinn)  Douthitt,  was 
born  on  the  homestead  farm  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, March  2,  1838,  died  October  10,  1899.  He  was  reared  on  the 
home  farm,  with  the  cultivation  of  which  he  assisted  at  a  very  early  age. 
After  the  death  of  his  father  he  purchased  the  interests  of  the  other  heirs, 
and  successfully  managed  it  alone  until  his  death.    He  was  extensively  en- 


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gaged  in  the  dairy  business,  and  had  a  herd  of  about  forty  cattle  He  owned  two 
hundred  and  fifty-two  acres  of  land,  and  his  farm  was  considered  a  model 
of  its  size  and  kind  in  the  section.  He  was  a  strong  Democrat  in  his  politi- 
cal views,  and  filled  all  the  local  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  township.  Henry 
Douthitt  married  Mary  Kane,  born  near  Cannelton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  2,  1838,  died  July  6,  1872  (see  Kane  H).  They  had  children: 
I.  Frank  Kane,  born  August  28,  1863,  died  August  17,  1887.  2.  Emma, 
see  forward.  3.  Joseph  E.,  born  March  29,  1867,  died  September  26,  1900. 
4.  Marian,  died  in  infancy. 

(HI)  Emma  Douthitt,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Kane)  Douthitt, 
was  born  on  the  homestead  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, December  9,  1865.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  the  Greersburg  Academy  at  Darlington.  She  married,  December  5,  1900, 
Alexander  C.  Douthitt,  born  near  Indiana,  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  22,  1850.  He  attended  the  schools  of  his  native  county,  and 
then  learned  the  trade  of  bricklaying  under  the  supervision  of  his  father. 
Later  he  worked  in  Pittsburgh,  and  after  his  marriage  he  took  charge  of  the 
farm  owned  by  his  wife.  In  December,  1912,  he  was  stricken  with  paraly- 
sis, and  has  been  in  poor  health  since  that  time.  Politically  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat, and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  is  the  son  of  John  Douthitt,  born  in  Chippewa  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  17,  1816,  died  in  January,  1902,  and 
Jane  (Howe)  Douthitt,  who  was  born  in  Wales  in  1822,  died  in  this  coun- 
try in  1900,  having  come  here  in  childhood.  John  Douthitt  was  a  bricklayer 
by  trade  and  during  his  early  manhood  traveled  to  the  west.  He  lived  in 
Indiana  county  for  many  years  and  was  a  man  of  fine  physique.  At  the 
age  of  eighty-four  years  he  built  an  addition  to  the  house  in  which  his 
daughter  still  resides.  He  had  children:  i.  Martin,  deceased;  was  a  news- 
paper reporter  and  lived  in  Pittsburgh.  2.  John,  a  bricklayer ;  lives  in  Pitts- 
burgh. 3.  Alexander  C,  who  married  Emma  Douthitt,  as  above  mentioned. 
4.  Joseph,  a  bricklayer;  lives  in  Oklahoma.  5.  Edward,  a  bricklayer.  6. 
Richard,  unmarried;  lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  7.  Minerva,  died  young.  8. 
Ruth,  unmarried ;  lives  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  Alexander  C.  and  Emma 
(Douthitt)  Douthitt  have  had  children:  i.  Henry  Alexander,  bom  October 
21,  1903.  2.  Clifford  Taylor,  born  January  17,  1906.  3.  Richard  Kane, 
bom  September  23,  1909. 

(The  Kane  Line.) 

(I)  James  Kane  was  born  in  Ireland  and  came  to  the  United  States 
in  early  manhood.  He  located  at  Marietta,  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  followed  his  trade  as  a  carpenter,  or  "nailer"  as  it  was  called  in 
Ireland.  His  death  occurred  in  1821.  He  married  Jane  Getty,  also  a  native 
of  Ireland,  and  also  young  when  she  came  to  this  city,  residing  at  Marietta, 
and  they  had  children:  i.  John,  see  forward.  2.  Sarah,  married  Thomas 
Morgan,  and  after  the  death  of  her  husband  she  returned  to  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  made  her  home  with  her  mother.    3.  James,  employed  on 


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the  Ohio,  was  considered  one  of  the  strongest  men  on  the  river;  he  was  very 
tall  of  stature,  and  it  is  said  of  him  that  he  picked  up  a  refractory  mule  and 
carried  it  on  the  boat;  after  the  death  of  James  Kane,  his  widow  married 
(second)  James  McCartney,  also  of  the  Presbyterian  denomination;  he  died 
in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  widow  removed  with  her  family 
to  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-five  years ;  by  her  second  marriage  she  had  a  son,  Washington 
McCartney,  a  farmer  in  New  Brighton;  Mrs.  McCartney  was  very  strict 
in  conforming  to  religious  services,  and  her  children  were  obliged  to  conform 
to  her  ideas. 

(II)  John  Kane,  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Getty)  Kane,  was  born  in 
Marietta,  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  9,  1814,  died  March  24, 
1901.  He  was  but  seven  years  of  age  when  his  father  died,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  the  family  removed  to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  From  his 
tenth  to  his  fourteenth  year  he  was  bound  out  to  a  Mr.  Hood  to  learn  the 
tanner's  trade.  He  then  became  manager  of  the  farm  of  John  White, 
while  his  mother  assisted  in  the  management  of  the  house  at  the  same  place, 
which  was  near  Clinton,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  she  met  Mr.  McCartney, 
whom  she  later  married.  In  February,  1841,  they  removed  to  Darlington 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  order  to  take  charge  there  of  a 
tract  of  land  owned  by  Squire  White,  and  they  were  very  successful  in  this 
undertaking.  During  one  period  they  kept,  raised  and  fed  one  thousand 
head  of  sheep  for  several  years.  All  the  male  members  of  the  Kane  family 
were  more  than  ordinarily  large  and  strong  men.  Mr.  Kane  was  a  very 
uncompromising  Democrat  in  politics,  and  served  as  a  school  director.  Being 
frugal  and  industrious,  he  succeeded  in  amassing  a  sufficient  capital  to 
enable  him  to  buy  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  this  being  a  part  of  the  White 
farm,  and  on  this  he  lived  until  his  death. 

He  married  Sarah  Brown  Mahon,  born  near  the  town  of  Clinton,  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania,  July  16,  1817,  died  April  i,  1870,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Brown)  Mahon,  the  former  born  in  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  farmer  near  Qinton,  the  latter  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia. They  were  strict  Presbyterians.  They  had  children:  i.  Josiah,  a 
teacher.  2.  John,  a  farmer  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Sarah  Brown, 
mentioned  above.  4.  Nancy,  married  T.  B.  Stewart;  lived  in  Pittsburgh. 
5.  William,  a  farmer  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Elizabeth,  died 
unmarried.  There  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants  a  brush,  which 
was  used  by  Isaac  Mahon,  a  great-uncle  of  Mrs.  Kane,  during  the  American 
Revolution,  to  brush  his  clothes  while  in  service  in  the  Continental  army. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kane  had  children:  i.  Mary,  deceased;  married  Henry  Douth- 
ift  (see  Douthitt  II).  2.  Margaret,  deceased;  married  John  C.  Dilworth. 
3.  James,  deceased;  lived  in  Wilkinsburg,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Eliza,  unmar- 
ried ;  lives  on  the  homestead ;  she  acquired  a  fine  education,  mainly  by  her 
own  unaided  efforts,  taught  school  for  a  number  of  years,  and  is  recognized 
az  one  of  the  best  informed  women  of  that  section  of  the  country.    5.  John 


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M.,  the  leading  spirit  in  the  management  of  the  homestead  farm.  6.  Frank, 
employed  in  the  Penn  Bridge  Works;  lives  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania. 
7.  William  B.,  a  miller;  Hves  in  Chester,  Illinois.  8.  Ella,  married  (first) 
Dr.  James  Sanger,  (second)  a  Mr.  Fowler.  9.  Harry,  a  farmer;  lives  on  the 
family  homestead.  10.  Ida,  unmarried;  lives  on  the  homestead.  11.  Dwight, 
lives  on  the  homestead,  takes  an  active  part  in  local  politics,  and  has  served 
as  school  director  and  as  secretary  of  the  board  of  township  supervisors. 


The  name  of  Moore  is  one  of  frequent  occurrence  in  Penn- 
MOORE     sylvania  and  other  parts  of  the    United    States.     Both    in 

America  and  abroad,  many  of  this  name  have  attained  distinc- 
tion. The  family  under  consideration  in  this  sketch  is  probably  of  the 
Scotch-Irish  stock  so  important  an  element  in  the  settlement  of  this  state. 
Jefferson  county,  Pennsylvania,  was  largely  settled  by  the  Moores,  and  many 
of  them  also  settled  in  the  state  of  Ohio. 

(I)  Robert  Moore  was  the  first  of  his  family  to  settle  in  South  Beaver 
township,  where  he  became  an  extensive  land  owner,  and  where  his  death 
occurred.  He  married,  and  had  children;  George,  Robert,  David,  Joseph, 
of  further  mention;  and  several  daughters. 

(II)  Joseph  Moore,  son  of  Robert  Moore,  was  an  old  resident  of  South 
Beaver  township,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  land  owner.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Jane  Warrick  and 
they  had  children:  Margaret,  married  J.  W.  Rhodes,  and  lives  in  Beaver 
Falls,  Pennsylvania;  Nannie,  married  W.  J.  McMillen,  and  lives  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio ;  Alexander  W.,  of  further  mention ;  Mary,  married  Robert  Dales, 
and  died  in  Ohio. 

(III)  Alexander  W.  Moore,  son  of  Joseph  and  Jane  (Warrick)  Moore, 
was  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1849.  He  there  grew  to 
maturity  and  followed  the  occupation  of  farming.  After  his  marriage  he 
bought  a  farm  in  Chippewa  township,  settling  on  a  place  of  one  hundred 
acres.  Later  he  sold  this  and  retired  to  Patterson  Heights,  where  he  is  now 
living.  He  is  a  Republican  in  political  matters,  and  has  been  honored  with 
practically  all  the  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  township.  He  is  a  Presbyterian 
in  his  religious  affiliations,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Moore  married  Matilda 
Veon,  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1855.  They  have  had  children:  Florence,  married  Scott  Moore  and  lives 
in  Riverview,  Pennsylvania ;  Chalmers  B.,  of  further  mention ;  John,  a  mer- 
chant, who  lives  in  Patterson  Heights;  James  W.,  a  fireman,  who  lives  in 
Beaver  Falls;  Belle,  died  young;  Lilly,  married  Elmer  May,  lives  in  Falls- 
ton;  Jesse,  at  home;  Edith,  a  student  at  the  Missionary  School  in  Nyack, 
New  York ;  Nannie,  married  Arthur  Wall,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton. 

Matilda  (Veon)  Moore  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza  (Christy) 
Veon,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Henry  Veon,  of  German  descent.  He  owned 
a  farm  in  Darlington  township,  where  he  died.    He  married  and  had  chil- 


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dren :  John,  of  further  mention ;  Henry ;  Scott ;  Dessie,  married  James  Cal- 
hoon;  Eliza,  married  Smith  Miller;  Maria,  married  Alexander  Miller; 
Nancy,  married  Samuel  Gibson ;  Amanda,  married  James  McClymonds ; 
Matilda,  married  William  Calhoon. 

John,  son  of  Henry  Veon,  was  born  in  Darlington  township  about  1816, 
and  there  grew  to  maturity.  He  was  a  farmer  and  owned  considerable  land 
in  Darlington  township.  He  was  prominent  in  local  political  affairs  as  a 
supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  His  widow,  Eliza  (Christy)  Veon,  of  Washing- 
ton county,  is  still  living,  at  the  age  of  ninety-four  years.  They  had  children : 
Robert,  deceased ;  Walter,  who  lives  on  the  homestead ;  Henry,  a  farmer  of 
Darlington  township;  Albert,  the  owner  of  a  farm  near  the  homestead; 
Frank,  a  farmer  in  Darlington  township;  Nan,  married  Joshua  Newell,  and 
lives  in  Darlington  township ;  Matilda,  married  Alexander  W.  Moore,  afore- 
mentioned; Eliza,  married  John  Mellon,  and  lives  in  Signet,  Ohio;  Belle, 
married  John  Collins,  and  died  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Jessie, 
married  Jesse  Moore,  and  lives  in  Darlington  township ;  Mamie,  died  young ; 
Clara  and  Melinda,  deceased. 

(IV)  Dr.  Chalmers  B.  Moore,  son  of  Alexander  W.  and  Matilda 
(Veon)  Moore,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  4, 
1879.  His  elementary  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  township,  and  this  was  supplemented  by  a  course  at  Peirsol's  Acad- 
emy, after  which  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  period  of  four  years. 
He  then  studied  at  Beaver  College  and  at  Geneva  College,  at  Beaver  Falls, 
and  finally  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  from  the  medical 
department  of  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1910,  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  being  conferred  upon  him.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Holt, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  removing  at  the  end  of  one  year  to  New 
Galilee,  Beaver  county,  where  he  is  rapidly  gaining  a  lucrative  and  extensive 
practice.  He  has  the  happy  faculty  of  gaining  the  affection  as  well  as  the 
confidence  of  his  patients,  and  he  has  won  the  esteem  of  his  colleagues  by 
his  conscientious  labors.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Beaver  County  Medical 
Society.  His  political  support  is  given  to  the  Republican  party,  and  his 
religious  connection  is  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Dr.  Moore  married, 
in  1910,  Belle,  born  in  Beaver  Falls,  a  daughter  of  J.  S.  Donaldson.  They 
have  had  children:  Chalmers  Donaldson,  who  died  in  infancy,  and  Louisa 
May  Blanche. 


The  name  of  Jeffreys  is  of  Welsh  origin,  and  is  to  be 
JEFFREYS     found  in  a  variety  of  forms — Geoffrey,  GeofTries,  Jeffries, 
etc.    The  form  at  the  head  of  this  review  is  met  with  fre- 
quently. 

(I)  John  Jeffreys  was  born  in  Wales,  where  his  entire  life  was  spent. 
His  death  occurred  in  1878  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.     He  married 


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Emma,  also  born  in  Wales,  daughter  of  Robert  Harry.  They  had  children : 
Susannah,  Ann,  Emma,  John,  Ellen,  deceased;  Robert,  married  Jane  Jones, 
and  had  thirteen  children,  all  now  living;  an  unnamed  daughter,  who  died  in 
infancy;  Richard,  of  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Lettes,  de- 
ceased; George,  see  forward;  two  daughters,  who  died  unnamed  in  infancy. 
Mrs.  Jeffreys  died  in  1880  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years. 

(II)  George  Jeffreys,  son  of  John  and  Emma  (Harry)  Jeffreys,  was 
born  in  Wales,  October  21,  1841.  He  received  his  education  in  his  native 
country,  where  he  was  later  engaged  in  farming.  Coming  to  America  in 
1870,  he  lived  for  a  time  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  in  business  as  a  con- 
tractor. During  the  first  five  years  after  his  marriage  he  was  successfully 
engaged  as  a  dairy  farmer,  and  later  became  a  hotel  proprietor.  Removing 
to  Homestead,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1880,  he  built  five  houses 
there  and  established  himself  in  the  grocery  business,  and  later  the  ice  busi- 
ness. In  1892  he  removed  to  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
there  built  the  Central  Hotel,  of  which  he  was  the  proprietor  and  manager 
until  1903,  when  he  retired  to  private  life  in  Aliquippa  Park,  there  owning  a. 
beautiful  home.  In  1905  he  removed  to  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  and  erected 
a  fine  residence  on  Wilson  avenue,  which  he  is  occupying  at  the  present 
time.  Mr.  Jeffreys  built  seven  houses  and  a  hotel  in  Aliquippa,  and  four 
houses  and  storerooms  in  Midland,  Pennsylvania.  He  has  shown  himself 
to  be  a  financier  of  remarkable  ability  and  was  the  leading  spirit  in  some  of 
the  most  important  financial  enterprises  of  the  county.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  and  is  now  a  stockholder  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Aliquippa ; 
he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  is  now  a  director  of  the  Aliquippa  National 
Bank;  is  one  of  the  directors  and  a  stockholder  of  the  National  Bank  of 
Midland;  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  National  Bank  of  Monaca, 
Pennsylvania;  is  a  stockholder  of  the  Woodlawn  Trust  Company.  Mr. 
Jeffreys  is  a  Republican  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  first  council  of 
Aliquippa.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Catholic  Church,  and  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Holy  Name  Society. 

Mr.  Jeffreys  married,  November  i,  1873,  Sarah,  born  in  Ireland,  1851, 
daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  (Gavin)  Holland,  the  former  of  whom  died 
in  1906,  the  latter  in  1904.  They  had  other  children:  William,  Elizabeth, 
Catherine,  John,  James.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jeffreys  had  children :  i.  John  How- 
ard, see  forward.  2.  Emma,  married  D.  C.  Campbell,  of  Syracuse,  New 
York,  who  is  now  in  the  employ  of  the  steel  works  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county ; 
they  have  children:  Sarah,  Ella  and  George  Henry  Francis.  3.  George 
Francis,  of  Jamestown,  New  York;  married  Ella  FoUand,  of  Monaca,  Penn- 
sylvania, now  deceased,  and  they  had  one  child,  Dorothy.  4.  William  Ray- 
mond, manager  of  the  Jeffreys  Amusement  House  at  Midland,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

(III)  John  Howard  Jeffreys,  son  of  George  and  Sarah  (Holland) 
Jeffreys,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  South  Side,  Pennsylvania,  August  i,  1875. 
His  early  life  was  spent  in  this  locality,  and  his  education  was  obtained  in 


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the  public  schools  of  Homestead,  being  completed  with  his  graduation  from 
the  high  school  of  that  place.  In  April,  1892,  he  came  to  Aliquippa,  Penn- 
sylvania, entering  the  contracting  business  with  his  father,  both  abandoning 
contracting  to  manage  the  Central  Hotel,  which  George  Jeffreys  had  erected 
in  1892.  From  that  time  until  1903  he  was  his  father's  assistant  in  attending 
to  the  many  details  of  the  business,  in  the  latter  year  becoming  sole  pro- 
prietor, as  he  has  since  continued.  His  management  of  the  hotel  has  been 
along  the  strictest  business  lines,  and  under  his  careful  supervision  the  house 
has  prospered.  His  only  other  business  interest  in  Aliquippa  is  as  director 
of  the  Aliquippa  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers. 
His  political  action  is  in  accord  with  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party, 
his  first  presidential  vote  having  formed  part  of  the  plurality  of  William 
McKinley  in  the  election  of  1897.  Mr.  Jeffreys  has  always  evinced  a  deep 
interest  in  borough  affairs,  and  has  served  as  member  of  the  council,  and 
aside  from  official  matters  has  always  stood  ready  to  forward  any  movement 
for  the  public  good.  His  faith  is  the  Catholic,  his  wife  and  son  being  mem- 
bers of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  fraternizes  with  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  belonging  to  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  283,  and  the 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  Coraopolis  Lodge,  No.  1133. 

Mr.  Jeffreys  married,  December  10,  1902,  Celia  Marion,  daughter  of 
D.  R.  Porter,  of  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  John  Howard 
and  Celia  Marion  (Porter)  Jeffreys  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Howard 
Porter,  born  November  4,  1903. 


The  Riedel  family,  now  represented  jn  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
RIEDEL  county,  Pennsylvania,  has  been  well  known  in  Germany  for 
many  hundred  years.  In  the  year  1600  they  adopted  the 
Protestant  faith,  and  thereby  incurred  the  displeasure  of  the  King  of  Ger- 
many. Matters  became  very  unpleasant  for  them  in  consequence  of  this 
proceeding,  and  the  family  left  Saxony  in  1618,  and  took  up  their  residence 
in  Austria,  returning  to  Saxony  in  1648.  One  of  the  earliest  ancestors  was 
a  head  forester,  who  received  his  appointment  from  the  king. 

(II)  Karl  Riedel,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  in  Saxony  where  he 
was  an  extensive  land  owner.  He  inherited  the  "Right  of  the  Court,"  that 
is,  he  acted  as  a  local  justice  to  decide  questions  of  inheritance,  etc.  He 
married  Hannah  Gottlief,  also  bom  in  Saxony. 

(III)  Karl  Gottholdt  Riedel,  son  of  Karl  and  Hannah  (Gottlief)  Riedel, 
was  born  in  Saxony.  He  learned  the  jeweler's  trade,  and  was  well  estab- 
lished in  that  business.  He  married  Christiana  Schwartzenberg,  a  native 
of  Saxony. 

(IV)  Karl  Gottholdt  (2)  Riedel,  son  of  Karl  Gottholdt  (i)  and  Chris- 
tiana (Schwartzenberg)  Riedel,  was  born  in  Saxony.  He  also  followed  the 
jewelry  business.  He  married  Wilhelmina  an  der  Stanel,  who  was  born  in 
Saxony.  Her  father,  Gottholdt  an  der  Stanel,  took  an  active  part  in  the 
Napoleonic  wars,  and  lived  to  be  more  than  one  hundred  years  of  age. 


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(V)  Gustav  Herman  Riedel,  son  of  Karl  Gottholdt  (2)  and  Wilhelmina 
(an  der  Stand)  Riedel,  was  born  in  Saxony,  January  7,  1866.  After  the 
customary  elementary  education  he  was  sent  to  a  technical  school  at  Mid- 
waida,  where  he  specialized  in  chemistry  and  metallurgy,  and  was  graduated 
in  1886.  He  then  spent  two  years  in  study  along  the  same  lines  in  Leipsic, 
and  a  further  six  months  in  metallurgy  at  Aue.  He  was  then  appointed  to 
the  position  of  assistant  superintendent  at  Chemnitz,  and  six  months  later 
was  advanced  to  the  position  of  superintendent.  July  4,  1892,  saw  him  on 
his  way  to  New  York,  as  an  electrical  chemist,  from  whence  he  went  to 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  after  a  time  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  held  an  important  position  in  the  Westinghouse  plant.  He  removed  to 
New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  8,  1892,  and  there 
established  himself  as  a  manufacturer  of  enameled  figures,  letters  and  signs, 
locating  his  plant  below  the  old  city  mill.  He  conducted  this  enterprise  alone 
for  a  considerable  length  of  time,  later  admitting  his  sons  to  the  business, 
when  it  became  known  as  G.  H.  Riedel  &  Sons.  They  erected  buildings  on 
Marion  Hill,  New  Brighton,  and  also  have  a  fine  residence  on  the  same  piece 
of  property.  The  family  are  members  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 
Mr.  Riedel  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 

Mr.  Riedel  married  Caroline  Bertha  Hofifman,  and  they  have  children: 
Gustav,  Herman,  Erich,  Charles,  Curtis,  George,  Roy,  Spencer. 


The  name  Chatley  is  another  of  the  many  Beaver  county 
CHATLEY     surnames  that  trace  their  origin  to  Scotland,  whence,  for 

religious  reasons,  the  family  came  to  Ireland,  in  which 
country  Francis  Chatley,  grandfather  of  William  Sherman  Chatley,  of 
further  mention  in  this  record,  was  born. 

(I)  The  birthplace  of  Francis  Chatley  was  in  the  northern  part  of 
the  island,  where  his  parents,  Seceders  in  religion,  had  settled.  He  married 
in  that  country,  his  wife  being  a  native  of  his  birthplace,  and  soon  after- 
ward emigrated,  in  1797  making  their  home  in  Darlington  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  descendants  of  the  name  have  ever 
since  resided,  some  on  a  part  of  the  homestead  of  four  hundred  acres  that 
Francis  Chatley  bought  upon  his  arrival.  The  holder  of  the  land  at  the 
time  of  the  purchase  by  Grandfather  Chatley  was  the  government,  and  it 
was  through  dealings  with  that  august  body  that  he  became  possessor  of 
the  property.  Finding  after  some  time  that  the  task  of  cultivating  such 
an  extensive  area  was  rather  more  than  stood  within  the  capabilities  of 
one  man,  he  disposed  of  three-fourths  of  it,  retaining  title  to  only  one 
hundred  acres,  on  which  he  erected  a  capacious,  comfortable  farmhouse, 
and  barns  of  exceptional  size  for  that  time,  since  hewed  logs  were  about 
the  only  building  material  available.  In  this  country  the  family  affiliated 
with  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  their  church,  the  Seceders,  not  being  repre- 
sented in  that  locality.  He  died  on  his  farm  in  Darlington  township,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1849,  aged  seventy-six  years,  his  wife's  death  occurring  April  4, 


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1852,  aged  seventy-two  years.  He  married  Rebecca  Speer,  and  by  this 
marriage  was  the  father  of:  i.  Samuel,  a  farmer  of  Mercer  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; married  Catherine  Carr.  2.  Andrew,  also  a  farmer  of  Mercer 
county,  Pennsylvania;  married  Rebecca  Robbins.  3.  John,  a  farmer  of 
the  same  locality ;  married  Catherine  Bowman.  4.  Martha,  married  Joseph 
McClintock;  resided  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Margaret, 
married  Sheldon  Crooks ;  lived  in  Trumbull  county,  Ohio.  6.  Jane,  married 
William  Andrews;  their  home  was  in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  7. 
Polly,  married  James  Steen;  lived  in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  8.  A 
daughter,  died  in  infancy,  unnamed.  9.  Elizabeth,  married  John  Campbell, 
of  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.     10.  Ahijah,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Ahijah  Chatley,  fourth  son  and  youngest  of  the  ten  children  of 
Francis  and  Rebecca  (Speer)  Chatley,  was  born  in  Darlington  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  7,  1822,  died  there  November  12, 
1897.  His  life-long  home  was  on  the  old  homestead,  where  he  first  saw 
the  light,  the  other  heirs  of  his  father  surrendering  their  inheritances  in 
the  farm  to  him  through  purchase.  He  was  active  in  agricultural  opera- 
tions and  prospered,  much  of  his  early  life  being  devoted  to  the  raising 
of  sheep,  a  subject  to  which  he  gave  considerable  time,  carefully  studying 
the  best  methods  in  their  care  and  reaping  a  gratifying  profit  both  from  the 
sale  of  the  wool  and  by  selling  them  to  the  local  butchers,  who  did  the 
greater  part  of  their  slaughtering  at  their  shops,  there  being  no  large 
abattoirs  near  by.  He  was  a  Democrat  of  the  Jacksonian  school,  strong 
in  his  political  convictions  and  heartily  loyal  to  the  interests  of  the  party. 
He  held  the  offices  of  school  director  and  township  supervisor.  He  was 
reared  in  the  church  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  and  in  his  manhood  clung 
to  that  faith,  to  which  his  wife  was  also  an  adherent,  and  held  the  position 
of  elder  in  its  organization.  He  married  Ann  Fowler,  born  in  South 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  21,  1829,  died 
November  10,  1905,  daughter  of  William  and  Nancy  (Mitchell)  Fowler. 
William  Fowler  came  to  Beaver  county  from  eastern  Pennsylvania  and 
rented  farms,  first  in  South  Beaver  and  later  in  Darlington  townships. 
His  wife  was  reared  in  South  Beaver  township,  the  daughter  of  parents 
of  Irish  birth,  and  was  born  November  30,  1799.  Her  father,  Oliver 
Mitchell,  was  bom  April  29,  1762,  her  mother,  Jane  Mitchell,  in  May, 
1769.  Children  of  William  and  Nancy  (Mitchell)  Fowler:  i.  Jane,  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Overlander;  moved  to  Forest  county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Ann, 
of  previous  mention,  married  Ahijah  Chatley.  3.  Samuel  Mitchell,  a 
corporal  of  Company  M,  Eleventh  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Cavalry,  his  company  being  commanded  by  Captain  Reynolds,  contracted 
while  in  the  service  a  disease  that  caused  his  death  soon  after  he  had  re- 
ceived his  honorable  discharge  at  the  close  of  the  war.  4.  William,  died 
aged  two  years,  scarlet  fever  being  the  disease  that  caused  his  death.  5. 
Isabella,  was  drowned  in  a  spring  when  but  two  years  of  age.  Children 
of  Ahijah  and  Ann  (Fowler)  Chatley:    i.  Nancy  Jane,  died  aged  seventeen 


702  PENNSYLVANIA 

years.  2.  William  Sherman,  of  whom  further.  3.  Samuel,  a  grocer  of 
Warren,  Ohio.  4.  Frank,  a  partner  in  business  with  his  brother  Samuel 
in  Warren,  Ohio;  married  June  McDermott.  5.  Perry,  married  Laura 
Young;  lives  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Mitchell,  a  minister 
of  the  church  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ;  married  Pearl  Grove;  lives  at 
Rock  Island,  Illinois,  where  his  church  is  located. 

(Ill)  William  Sherman  Chatley,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of  the  six 
children  of  Ahijah  and  Ann  (Fowler)  Chatley,  was  born  in  Darlington 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives 
and  which  was  the  birthplace  of  his  father,  November  28,  1861.  When  a 
youth  he  attended  the  Douthitt  district  school,  situated  near  the  home  farm, 
and  was  his  father's  assistant  on  the  farm  until  his  death,  when  he  pur- 
chased the  homestead,  a  place  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  acres,  and  there 
resides  at  the  present  time.  His  land,  farmed  by  three  generations  of  his 
family,  is  rich  and  fertile,  and  yields  abundantly  to  the  skillful  care  of  the 
experienced  agriculturist,  words  well  applied  to  IVTr.  Chatley,  who  has  spent 
his  entire  life  in  that  business  and  is  a  practical  farmer  of  a  modern  type. 
The  Democratic  party  holds  his  allegiance  in  all  political  issues,  and  his 
support  of  that  organization  is  as  enthusiastic  as  that  which  characterized 
the  political  action  of  his  father.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  to 
which  church  his  wife  also  belongs. 

Mr.  Chatley  married,  June  16,  1909,  Martha  Anderson,  born  in 
Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Alexander 
and  Rebecca  (Reed)  Anderson.  Alexander  Anderson  was  born  in  Hope- 
well township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  22,  1833,  died  April 
8,  1898,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Patton)  Anderson,  the  former  probably 
a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  latter  a  native  of  Ireland.  In 
1858  Alexander  Anderson  bought  what  is  now  the  Ira  Duncan  farm  in 
Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  and  there  lived  until  his  death.  For  a 
time  he  conducted  general  farming  operations,  in  his  later  years  engaging 
in  the  dairy  business  with  good  success.  For  many  years  he  was  an  elder 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  to  which  both  he  and  his  wife  belonged.  His 
wife,  Rebecca,  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Thompson) 
Reed,  Samuel  being  a  farmer  of  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, both  of  Irish  descent,  she  born  in  Ireland.  Children  of  Alexander 
and  Rebecca  (Reed)  Anderson:  i.  William  T.,  married  Jane  McElwee; 
lives  on  a  farm  in  Beaver  county,  near  Enon,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Jane, 
married  W.  S.  Cook;  lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  3.  Maud,  died  aged  two 
months.  4.  Madge  (Margaret),  married  Joseph  Biggerstaff;  lives  in  New- 
castle, Pennsylvania.  5.  Martha,  married  William  Sherman  Chatley,  both 
of  previous  mention.  6.  Laura,  died  in  1890,  aged  fifteen  years.  7.  Frank, 
purchasing  agent  in  the  employ  of  a  steel  mill  at  Sharon,  Pennsylvania; 
married  Mabel  Beggs ;  their  residence  is  in  Sharon. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  703 

Thomas  S.  Hoyt,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Koppel,  Beaver  county, 
HOYT  Pennsylvania,  is  of  half  New  England,  half  old  Pennsylvania 
ancestry,  and  was  born  at  Rochester  in  that  state,  a  son  of 
Thomas  Morgan  and  Margaret  (Gordon)  Hoyt.  His  paternal  grand- 
father was  Thomas  Hoyt,  a  farmer  and  large  landowner  of  Saco,  Maine, 
where  he  was  born,  lived  and  died,  and  where  he  left  a  family  of  four 
children,  of  whom  Thomas  Morgan,  of  whom  further,  was  the  youngest. 

(H)  Thomas  Morgan  Hoyt  was  born  in  Maine  and  appears  to  have 
been  a  delicate  boy  as  we  learn  of  his  going  to  sea  for  his  health  and  re- 
maining for  four  or  five  years.  Somewhere  about  1832  or  the  year  fol- 
lowing, he  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  met  and  was 
married  to  Margaret  Gordon,  a  daughter  of  an  old  Beaver  county  family. 
Here  Mr.  Hoyt  found  employment  as  a  steward  on  the  Ohio  river 
steamers,  and  worked  at  this  for  thirty-three  years  before  retiring.  He 
was  a  strong  Democrat  in  politics,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  death  occurred  in  1890  and  hers 
in  1900.  To  them  were  born  eleven  children,  as  follows :  Lydia,  now  Mrs. 
Moses  Debee,  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio;  Nancy,  now  Mrs.  Jack  Brown,  of 
Monaca,  Pennsylvania;  Minerva,  deceased;  Rachel,  deceased;  Katherine, 
now  Mrs.  Harry  Streit,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Maggie,  now  Mrs. 
B.  Lazarus,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Jeannette,  now  Mrs.  Thomas  B. 
Price,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Henry,  died  in  infancy;  Clinton,  died 
in  infancy;  George  B.,  a  resident  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  and  an 
employee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad ;  Thomas  S.,  of  whom  further. 

(HI)  Thomas  S.  Hoyt  was  educated  in  the  local  schools,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  glass  cutting,  finding  employment  in  this  industry  in  both 
West  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania.  In  191Z  he  removed  to  Koppel,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  bought  the  hotel  there.  This  is  a  good  sized 
building  three  stories  in  height  and  containing  thirteen  sleeping  rooms,  and 
measuring  one  hundred  by  twenty-five  feet.  Its  construction  is  of  brick. 
Here  Mr.  Hoyt  has  been  located  since  1912  and  here  he  is  doing  a  thriving 
business.  Mr.  Hoyt  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  takes  an  active  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  the  community.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  of  the  American  Mechanics, 
and  of  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 

Mr.  Hoyt  married,  December  13,  1887,  Kate  C.  Franklin,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Rachel  (Frank)  Franklin.  Mr.  Franklin  was  a  native  of 
Maryland,  and  came  when  young  to  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
married  Rachel  Frank,  a  native  of  Monaca,  Pennsylvania;  he  engaged  in 
the  business  of  making  cigars  for  many  years.  His  wife  died  in  1866, 
and  five  years  later  Mr.  Frank  disappeared  and  was  never  heard  from.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoyt  have  been  born  six  children,  George  Morgan,  born 
July  1,  1888;  Hazel  May,  born  June  4,  1890,  died  September  9,  1897; 
James  Alexander,  bom  May  10,  1892,  died  in  infancy;  Jeannette  Price, 
born  February  22,  1894;  Josephine  Franklin,  born  June  22,  1896;  Blanche 
Minerva,  born  July  19,  1898. 


704  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  Mitchells  of  Pennsylvania  descend  from  many  sources 
MITCHELL    and    are    found    at    early    dates    in    Chester,    Lancaster, 

Cumberland  and  Montgomery  counties.  They  are  of 
Scotch-Irish  and  English  descent,  and  all  through  the  years  in  Pennsylvania 
have  produced  leading  men  in  law,  medicine,  politics,  business  and  agri- 
culture. The  direct  antecedents  of  the  branch  under  review  here  cannot 
be  traced  in  an  uninterrupted  line  as  some  of  the  early  records  have  been 
destroyed. 

(I)  Robert  Mitchell,  who  was  born  in  Scotland,   came  to  America 

either  shortly  before  or  shortly  after  his  marriage  to  Susan  .     He 

located  on  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now  Rochester, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  his  death  occurred.  This  land  was 
only  partly  cleared  when  he  took  possession  of  it,  and  he  did  a  great  deal 
to  leave  it  in  an  improved  condition.  He  had  children:  David,  see 
forward;  Hugh,  Robert,  John,  Elizabeth,  Peggy. 

(II)  David  Mitchell,  son  of  Robert  and  Susan  Mitchell,  was  born  on 
the  Mitchell  homestead  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 
4,  1801,  died  in  1876.  All  his  life  he  was  engaged  in  general  farming,  and 
after  the  death  of  his  father  purchased  a  portion  of  the  homestead  farm 
from  the  other  heirs,  so  that  he  was  the  owner  of  about  one  hundred 
acres.  He  sold  a  large  portion  of  this  land  for  building  lots,  factories, 
etc.  He  married,  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Jane  Davidson,  bom  in 
1803,  in  Delaware,  while  her  parents  were  on  their  way  to  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  died  about  1881.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  Her  parents,  James  and  Ann  Davidson,  were  natives  of  Belfast, 
Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  America  after  the  Revolution,  settling  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer,  owning  one  hundred  acres  of  land 
in  Rochester  township,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  War  of  1812.  They 
had  children:  William,  John,  Alexander,  Nancy,  Jane,  who  married  David 
Mitchell;  Samuel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  had  children:  Ann,  died  un- 
married; Caroline;  Mary  Jane;  Emeline;  Sabina,  died  in  infancy;  James 
R.,  married  a  Miss  Rogers,  lives  in  Ohio,  and  has  five  children ;  Charles  D., 
see  forward. 

(III)  Charles  D.  Mitchell,  son  of  David  and  Jane  (Davidson)  Mitchell, 
was  born  in  the  borough  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  12,  1845.  His  education  was  an  excellent  one,  being  acquired  in 
the  public  schools,  and  in  Duff's  Business  College.  He  assisted  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  home  farm,  and  inherited  a  large  part  of  it  which  he 
sold  in  June,  191 1,  to  William  F.  Higby,  with  whom  he  has  made  his 
home  since  the  sale  went  into  effect.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  has  served  in  a  number  of  township  offices.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.    Mr.  Mitchell  is  unmarried. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  705 

The  ancestors  of  the  Allison  family  of  Pennsylvania  were 
ALLISON  oj-iginally  natives  of  Scotland  who  later  made  their  homes 
in  Ireland,  in  consequence  of  which  all  of  the  name  are 
referred  to  as  being  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  While  for  ordinary  purposes 
of  identification  this  appellation  serves  well  its  purpose,  by  showing  that 
the  family  came  from  Scotland  to  Ireland,  the  truth  is  that  in  their  posterity 
the  blood  of  the  old  Scotch  forebears  runs  as  pure  as  though  it  had  never 
undergone  foreign  residence.  This  is  because  most  of  the  Scotch  families, 
though  on  terms  of  friendly  intercourse  with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
that  received  them,  refrained  from  contracting  marriage  alliances  except 
with  those  of  their  own  race,  and  there  were  places  in  Ireland  as  distinc- 
tively Scotch  as  any  village  in  the  highlands  of  Scotland,  a  fact  which 
was  even  true  of  America  in  the  early  days  of  colonization.  The  Allisons 
as,  after  many  changes,  the  majority  of  the  family  spell  the  name,  have 
spread  widely  over  all  the  eastern  part  of  the  United  States,  and  in  the 
land  to  the  west  the  family  is  well  represented. 

Among  the  early  residents  of  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, was  Alexander  Allison,  who  was  a  son  of  James  Allison,  who 
had  children,  as  follows:  William,  Alexander,  Samuel,  John,  James,  Jane. 
The  occupation  of  Alexander  Allison  was  that  of  farmer,  and  in  its  pur- 
suit he  spent  his  entire  life.  He  married  and  among  his  children  were 
James,  of  whom  further;  William,  a  carpenter  of  West  Virginia,  died  as 
a  result  of  injuries  sustained  in  a  fall  while  working  at  his  trade;  John, 
died  in  the  west,  whither  he  had  gone  to  make  his  home;  Alexander,  de- 
ceased, a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War;  Joseph,  a 
cooper  of  East  Liverpool,  where  he  died;  Jane,  married  a  Mr.  Hawthorne, 
and  died  in  West  Virginia ;  Mary. 

(II)  James  Allison,  son  of  Alexander  Allison,  was  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  April  13,  1813,  died  in  the  same  county,  December 
26,  1857.  He  attended  the  local  schools,  and  was  his  father's  farm  as- 
sistant until  he  attained  his  majority.  He  moved  to  Hanover  township 
and  purchased  land  near  Harshaville,  which  he  only  cultivated  for  a  short 
time  before  he  abandoned  agricultural  pursuits  and  became  operator  of 
McCausland's  Mill  on  Kings  Creek.  While  engaged  in  this  business,  milling 
being  a  trade  he  had  learned  in  his  youth,  he  met  with  an  accident  that 
proved  fatal,  bringing  his  life  to  an  untimely  close  at  the  age  of  forty- 
four  years.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  with  his  wife  was  a 
member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time 
a  trustee. 

He  married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Miller.  Samuel 
Miller  had  been  a  soldier  in  the  Continental  army  in  the  war  for  inde^ 
pendence.  He  married  (second)  June  26,  1849,  Margaret  Nickle,  bom 
June  12,  1826,  died  in  May,  1887.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mar- 
garet (Nickle)  Allison  married,  in  1865,  William  Chapman,  and  became  the 
mother  of  one  son,  William,  born  August  16,  1867,  a  farmer  of  Greene 


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township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  married  Ella  Andrews.  Margaret 
Nickle  was  the  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  (Murray)  Nickle,  both  natives 
of  Scotland,  where  they  were  married.  They  left  the  land  of  their  birth 
in  1823  and  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Farming  was  the  occupation  he  had  fol- 
lowed in  Scotland,  and  upon  his  arrival  in  Hanover  township  he  invested 
part  of  his  scanty  resources  in  a  farm,  now  the  property  of  the  heirs 
of  J.  H.  Nickle.  He  lived  in  a  simple  and  frugal  manner,  working  with 
busy  industry  upon  his  farm,  with  gratifying  success.  With  the  returns 
from  his  agricultural  operations  he  invested  in  more  land  in  that  locality, 
and  at  his  death  was  one  of  the  most  prosperous  men  of  the  neighborhood, 
owning  many  of  the  surrounding  farms,  the  result  of  self-denial  and 
energetic  labor.  Both  were  members  of  the  United  Pi-esbyterian  Church, 
he  belonging  to  the  session  of  that  organization.  Mrs.  Nickle  died  about 
1859,  surviving  her  husband  by  many  years.  David  and  Mary  (Murray) 
Nickle  were  the  parents  of:  i.  James,  a  farmer  of  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died.  2.  George,  died  in  the  west. 
3.  William,  moved  to  the  west  and  there  died.  4.  Eliza,  died  young.  5. 
David,  a  farmer,  died  in  Hanover  township.  6.  Matthew,  a  farmer  of 
Greene  township,  there  died.  7.  Alexander,  a  farmer,  died  in  Hanover 
township.  8.  Margaret,  of  previous  mention,  married  James  Allison. 
Children  of  James  and  Margaret  (Nickle)  Allison:  i.  Elizabeth  J.,  bom 
May  13,  1850,  died  September  30,  1853.  2.  Mary,  born  November  2,  1851, 
died  September  23,  1853.  3.  James  Miller,  of  whom  further.  4.  Margaret 
Agnes,  born  July  24,  1856,  married  Thomas  Cameron;  lives  in  Kendall, 
Pennsylvania. 

(HI)  James  Miller  Allison,  only  son  and  third  child  of  James  and 
Margaret  (Nickle)  Allison,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1854.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  and  under  the  capable  instruction  of  the  masters  at  Frankfort  and 
Hookstown  academies.  Becoming  a  farmer,  he  was  employed  for  two 
years  on  the  farm  of  his  uncle  in  Hanover  township,  in  1878  purchasing 
a  farm  of  about  one  hundred  acres  in  the  same  township.  This  he  im- 
proved with  a  new  dwelling  and  barn,  in  1893  replacing  the  house. he  had 
first  erected  with  one  even  more  substantial  and  commodious.  He  does 
not  specialize  in  any  one  department  of  agriculture,  but  conducts  general 
operations  upon  his  large  and  fertile  tract.  Although  his  political  prefer- 
ences incline  toward  the  Democratic  party,  most  of  his  political  action  is 
taken  without  regard  to  party  or  faction,  and  he  has  several  times  been 
the  choice  of  his  neighbors  for  local  office.  With  his  wife  he  belongs 
to  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 

He  married,  October  19,  1875,  Nancy  Jane  Kevan,  born  in  Hanover 
township,  August  3,  1846,  daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  (McHenry) 
Kevan.  William  Kevan  was  born  at  Barledzied,  parish  of  Sarty,  Scotland, 
October  16,  1791.    He  married  (first)  in  his  native  country,  June  21,  1821, 


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ceremony  performed  by  the  Rev.  John  Smith,  of  Whithorn,  Margaret 
Murray.  Two  years  later  he  came  to  the  United  States,  making  his  home 
in  New  York  City,  moving  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1831.  His 
wife  died  July  25,  1840.  He  married  (second)  October  zi,  1841,  Mar- 
garet McHenry,  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  who  died  April  30,  1849.  He 
was  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Beaver  county, 
which  he  cleared  in  part  and  erected  thereon  suitable  buildings.  He  was  a 
Seceder  in  his  native  country,  and  when  he  came  to  Beaver  county  joined 
Dr.  McElwee's  church  at  King's  Creek.  At  his  death  he  was  a  ruling 
elder  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  at  Tomlinson's  Run.  Children 
of  William  and  Margaret  (Murray)  Kevan:  i.  Peter,  born  at  Whithorn, 
Scotland,  November  17,  1822,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 

4,  1905.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  in  New  York,  July  18,  1824,  died  on  the  day 
of  her  birth.  3.  Agnes,  born  May  24,  1826.  4.  James,  born  May  18,  1828, 
died  October  27,  1912,  at  his  home  in  California.     5.  William,  born  May 

5,  1830,  died  July  24,  1910;  lived  on  the  old  homestead.  6.  Andrew,  born 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  resident  of  Iowa.  7.  Mary,  born  April 
I3>  1835,  died  August  29,  191 1;  married  James  Miller.  8.  John,  bom 
March  18,  1838;  a  shoemaker  by  trade;  lives  retired  at  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania. 9.  Samuel,  born  October  21,  1839;  lived  at  Hookstown,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  died  December  18,  19 13,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  John  Swearengen.  Children  of  William  and  Margaret  (McHenry) 
Kevan:  10.  Carlisle,  born  September  17,  1842;  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  during  the  Civil  War  and  died  in  that  service.  11.  Margaret  Ann, 
born  December  24,  1844,  died  February  20,  1872;  married  John  Nickle. 
12.  Nancy  Jane,  of  previous  mention,  married  James  Miller  Allison.  13. 
Alexander,  born  April  8,  1848-49,  died  August  20,  1848-49.  Children  of 
James  Miller  and  Nancy  Jane  (Kevan)  Allison:  i.  A  son,  died  unnamed 
in  1876.  2.  Edith,  born  November  9,  1878;  married  Moore  Craig,  lives 
in  Lawrenceville,  West  Virgina;  children:  Gertrude,  Edna,  Zelma,  Viva. 
3.  A  son  died  in  infancy,  unnamed. 


Tracing  three  generations  of  this  branch  of  the  Jones  family 

JONES     leads  to  residence  in  three  states,  West  Virginia,  Ohio  and 

Pennsylvania,  the  first  settlement  in  the  latter  state  being  made 

at  East  McKeesport  by  Thomas  Jefiferson  Jones,  now  a  prosperous  dairy 

farmer  of  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county. 

(I)  Louis  Jones  was  a  large  wool  grower,  farmer  and  land  owner  of 
Pleasants  county,  West  Virginia.  He  was  a  pillar  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
and  a  man  of  influence  in  his  community.  After  a  second  marriage  he 
moved  to  Missouri,  where  he  died.  He  left  sons:  Daniel,  Simpson, 
Greenberry,  Hiram. 

(H)  Hiram  Jones,  son  of  Louis  Jones,  was  born  in  Pleasants  county. 
West  Virginia,  there  grew  to  manhood,  married  and  resided  until  1883. 
In  March  of  that  year  he  moved  to  Meigs  county,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged 


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in  farming,  an  occupation  he  had  followed  in  West  Virginia  in  connection 
with  lumbering  and  river  rafting  of  logs  down  the  Ohio  to  Louisville. 
In  Ohio  he  first  worked  a  rented  farm,  prospered,  later  buying  a  farm  at 
Long  Bottom,  which  he  cultivated  until  his  death.  His  life  was  one  of  toil, 
but  he  gave  fully  of  his  time  to  the  public  service,  was  a  captain  of 
militia  and  aided  in  raising  troops  during  the  war  between  the  states, 
his  sympathies  being  with  the  Union.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church,  rearing  his 
large  family  in  the  same  faith.  He  married  Ann  Eliza  Cox,  born  in  Penn- 
sylvania, but  taken  when  a  child  to  West  Virginia  by  her  parents  and  was 
there  married.  Children:  R.  E.,  now  living  in  California;  Amos  C,  now 
living  in  Nebraska;  Sarah,  deceased;  Ann  Eliza,  deceased;  Albert,  died 
young;  Margaret  A.,  died  young;  Grace  S.,  married  (first)  Harvey  Cald- 
well, (second)  Fred  Macumber;  Thomas  Jeflferson,  of  whom  further; 
John  Robert,  now  living  in  Racine,  Ohio;  Hiram  Millard,  now  living  in 
Missouri;  Ella,  married  Henry  Bartels,  and  resides  in  Syracuse,  Ohio; 
Clinton  B.,  now  residing  in  the  town  of  Crawford,  Nebraska,  neighboring 
his  brother,  Amos  C.  Jones ;  a  son  died  unnamed. 

(Ill)  Thomas  Jeflferson  Jones,  eighth  child  of  Hiram  and  Ann  Eliza 
(Cox)  Jones,  was  born  in  Pleasants  county.  West  Virginia,  October  lo, 
1865.  He  began  attending  public  school  at  his  native  town,  continuing 
his  studies  in  Ohio  schools,  after  his  parents  moved  to  Meigs  county, 
that  state.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  home  farm  and  has  since  been 
devoted  to  agriculture  in  its  varied  forms.  After  leaving  home  he  worked 
a  rented  farm  in  Meigs  county,  Ohio,  moving  later  to  East  McKeesport, 
Pennsylvania,  where  for  a  time  he  conducted  a  dairy.  He  later  sold  this 
business  and  established  a  meat  market,  but  did  not  long  continue  its 
operation.  He  next  purchased  a  farm  in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  near 
Shakeleyville,  but  in  less  than  a  year  sold  out,  and  in  December,  1909, 
bought  his  present  farm  of  one  hundred  and  six  acres  in  Brighton  town- 
ship, Beaver  county.  This  property  he  has  developed  as  a  dairying  enter- 
prise, maintaining  a  herd  of  from  ten  to  fifteen  cows,  whose  product  is 
marketed  in  New  Brighton  and  Fallston.  He  has  prospered  in  all  his 
undertakings  and  gained  the  respect  of  his  neighbors  in  the  different  com- 
munities in  which  his  lot  has  been  cast.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and 
serves  as  school  director  of  Brighton  township.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  com- 
municants of  the  Baptist  Church. 

Mr.  Jones  married,  December  3,  1893,  Rosetta  Gillilan,  born  in  Meigs 
county,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Alanson  Gillilan.  Children:  i.  Rosa  Vernice, 
married  R.  C.  McKee;  resides  at  College  Hill  near  Beaver  Falls;  they 
have  one  child,  Jefferson  Glenn..  2.  Paul  A.,  died  aged  nine  months.  3. 
Hiram  A.,  residing  at  home.  4.  Lubert  Forris,  residing  at  home.  5,  A 
daughter  died  unnamed.  6.  A  son  died  unnamed.  7.  Jefferson  Morgan. 
Mr.  Jones'  post  office  address  is  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  his  farm  being 
on  one  of  the  rural  delivery  routes  radiating  from  that  place. 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  709 

The  name  of  Jones  is  of  Welsh  origin,  being  in  the  posses- 
JONES  sive  case,  so  to  speak,  and  is  derived  from  the  Christian  name 
John.  The  Welsh  distinguished  themselves  one  from  another 
by  employing  the  Welsh  preposition  "ap"  which,  literally  rendered,  means 
"the  son  of,"  and  if  a  Welshman  named  John  had  a  son  named  Thomas,  the 
son  was  called,  for  distinction,  "Thomas  ap  John,"  or,  Thomas,  the  son  of 
John.  Later  an  "s"  was  added,  also  an  "e"  inserted,  for  the  sake  of 
euphony,  and  the  "h"  dropped — Johns,  Johnes,  Jones.  The  great  warrior 
and  crusader.  Sir  Hugh  Johnys,  or  Jones,  derived  his  name  in  this  way. 

(I)  Jones  was  a  native  of  Wales  and  emigrated  to  the  United 

States  with  his  wife.  He  was  drowned  in  the  Ohio  river  before  the  birth 
of  his  child.  His  wife,  who  was  a  Miss  McKee,  died  at  McKees  Rocks, 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  shortly  after  the  birth  of  her  child,  James. 

(H)  James  Jones,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  at  McKees  Rocks, 
Pennsylvania,  November  28,  1812.  Thus  early  orphaned,  he  was  reared 
and  educated  in  the  place  of  his  birth,  and  became  a  coal  boat  pilot.  He 
fell  heir  to  a  farm  of  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres,  where 
Woodlawn  is  now  located,  this  having  come  to  him  from  his  great-grand- 
father, James  McKee,  who  emigrated  to  America  in  1834,  lived  at  South 
Side,  Pittsburgh,  then  went  to  Evansville,  Indiana,  where  he  and  his  wife 
died.  Mr.  Jones,  upon  the  acquisition  of  this  farm,  became  engaged  in  its 
cultivation,  with  which  he  was  occupied  until  his  death  in  1887.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Baird,  born  in  Germany,  November  28,  1822,  died  in  1892 
on  her  husband's  farm.  They  had  children:  Margaret,  born  May  12, 
1841,  married  D.  A.  McDonald,  died  March  20,  1866;  Maria,  born  Jan- 
uary 21,  1843,  died  June  4,  1857;  John  B.,  born  September  17,  1845,  '^^^'^ 
April  25,  1880;  James  T.,  born  February  19,  1849,  died  December  18, 
1899;  Alexander  McKee,  see  forward;  Thomas  M.,  born  April  15,  1857, 
died  June  27,  1904;  Thaddeus  F.,  see  forward;  Charles  Albert,  born 
November  27,  1862,  died  December  24,  1865 ;  Ulysses  Grant,  born  March  3, 
1865,  died  April  25,  191 1. 

(IH)  Thaddeus  F.  Jones,  son  of  James  and  Hannah  (Baird)  Jones, 
was  born  in  Logstown,  now  Aliquippa  and  Woodlawn,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January  24,  i860.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
district  and  his  early  years  were  passed  on  the  homestead  farm.  He  com- 
menced his  business  career  as  a  pilot  on  the  river,  and  was  thus  occupied 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  then  became  ferryman,  and  also  rented  pleasure 
boats  to  the  people  in  general,  and  amassed  a  considerable  fortune.  He  and 
his  brothers  sold  the  homestead  farm  to  the  Jones  &  Laughlin  Steel  Com- 
pany in  1907,  and  since  that  time  Mr.  Jones  has  lived  retired  from  business 
aflfairs.  He  had  a  fine  residence  erected  at  Allegheny  avenue  and  Sixth 
street,  in  which  he  is  living  at  the  present  time.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter 
of  Republican  principles,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.    His  fraternal  connections  are  with  the  following  organizations: 


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Woodlawn  Lodge,  No.  1221,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of 
Aliquippa;  Lodge  No.  1708,  Improved  Order  of  Eagles,  of  Aliquippa; 
Russell  Lodge,  No.  1065,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Wood- 
lawn. 

Mr.  Jones  married,  September  18,  1885,  Henrietta  Swagger,  of  Wood- 
lawn,  and  they  have  had  children:  Fannie  L.,  married  Samuel  Peckard, 
chief  electrician  of  the  Lake  Erie  Railroad ;  Hannah,  married  John  Mackey, 
of  McKees  Rocks,  has  a  daughter,  Madeline;  Alma,  married  Milton  Boyd, 
has  a  child,  Alexander  Donald;  Thomas  James,  married  Lillian  Carney, 
of  Sharon,  Pennsylvania,  and  now  lives  in  Youngstown,  Ohio ;  John  McKee, 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1914  of  the  Aliquippa  high  school;  Edgar,  study- 
ing as  a  machinist  and  electrician  at  the  McKees  Rocks  shops ;  Elmo  Judson, 
died  in  infancy;  Edith  Angeline,  attends  school  at  Aliquippa. 


(Ill)  Alexander  McKee  Jones,  third  son  and  fifth  child 
JONES  of  James  and  Hannah  (Baird)  Jones,  was  born  at  Logs- 
town,  now  Woodlawn,  Pennsylvania,  March  17,  1854,  died 
in  Aliquippa,  Pennsylvania,  April  9,  1913.  He  was  reared  on 
the  homestead  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  beginning 
early  in  life  to  prepare  for  his  life  work,  farming.  After  the 
death  of  his  father  he  managed  the  paternal  estate,  having  received  as 
his  share  the  house  and  thirty  acres  of  the  surrounding  land,  cultivating  the 
same  until  a  favorable  opportunity  to  sell  the  property  presented  itself, 
when  he  disposed  of  his  possessions  and  moved  to  Aliquippa,  Pennsylvania, 
where  his  death  occurred.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  his  allegiance 
to  this  party  always  being  offered  as  a  member  of  the  rank  and  file,  never 
as  a  public  servant,  and  he  worshipped  in  the  Lutheran  faith,  his  wife  being 
a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Jones  married,  October  22,  1884,  Blanche,  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  March  23,  1857,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  (Haz- 
lett)  Tindle.  Alexander  Tindle's  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  American 
army  in  the  second  war  with  Great  Britain,  and  met  his  death  in  one  of 
the  battles  of  that  struggle,  his  wife,  Olivia  (Mears)  Tindle,  dying  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Alexander  Tindle  was  born  in  Wilmington, 
Delaware,  and  for  many  years  was  a  trunk  maker  and  saddler  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania,  in  which  city  he  died,  his  wife,  a  native  of  Lancaster 
county,  Pennsylvania,  dying  in  the  same  city.  Alexander  Tindle,  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  was  the  oldest  mason,  in  point  of  age,  in  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania,  having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree  in  that  order  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Pittsburgh  Dollar 
Savings  Bank,  and  his  name  was  the  first  placed  upon  the  depositors'  books 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Bank  for  Savings,  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and 
Smithfield  street.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Hazlett,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  who  came  to  this  country  in  young  manhood,  marrying  Mary 
Hasson,  who  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  spent  her  early  life  in  Lancaster 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  7" 

county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  Pittsburgh,  where  his  death  also  oc- 
curred. Children  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  (Hazlett)  Tindle:  Olivia,  de- 
ceased; Albert,  deceased;  George  D. ;  Alexander;  Allen;  Blanche,  of  pre- 
vious mention,  married  Alexander  McKee  Jones ;  Herbert.  Since  the  death 
of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Jones  has  lived  at  No.  446  East  End  avenue,  Beaver, 
Pennsylvania,  although  she  still  holds  title  to  the  home  in  Aliquippa. 


It  is  believed  that  George  Mason,  the  first  of  the  line  herein 
MASON     recorded  of  whom  definite  information  is  obtainable,  was  a 

descendant  of  the  New  England  family  of  Mason,  an  itinerant 
member  of  the  family  having  come  from  New  England  to  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  Revolutionary  times.  George  Mason  was  a  farmer,  pros- 
pered in  his  calling,  and  was  a  large  landowner  in  the  county,  his  home 
being  in  Industry  township.  He  married  and  had  several  children,  among 
whom  was  John,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  John  Mason,  son  of  George  Mason,  was  born  in  Industry  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died.  He  was  heir  to  a 
portion  of  his  father's  estate  and  thereon  conducted  farming  operations 
until  his  death.  The  family  faith  was  the  Episcopal,  and  his  political  sup- 
port was  tendered  the  Republican  party.  He  married  Ann  Hoyt,  a  native 
of  Industry  township,  where  her  death  occurred.  Children  of  John  and 
Ann  (Hoyt)  Mason:  i.  George,  died  aged  twenty- three  years.  2.  Thomas, 
a  farmer  in  Ohio  township.  3.  Mary,  married  Robert  Lutton;  died  in 
Fulton  county,  Ohio.  4.  Reno,  of  whom  further.  5.  Martin,  a  farmer  of 
Fulton  county,  Ohio,  where  he  died.  6.  John,  a  farmer,  died  retired  at  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  7.  Sarah  Ann,  married  Ira  Neville ;  died  in  Fulton  county, 
Ohio.  8.  Milo,  an  oil  operator;  died  in  Ohio  township.  9.  Samuel,  lived 
and  died  in  Industry. 

(III)  Reno  Mason,  son  of  John  and  Ann  (Hoyt)  Mason,  was  born  in 
Industry  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  4,  1826,  died 
in  Ohio  township,  same  county,  March  3,  1906.  His  youthful  years  were 
spent  in  the  township  of  his  birth,  and  when  he  attained  his  majority  he 
there  rented  a  farm,  which  he  cultivated  until  he  moved  to  Ohio  township, 
where  his  death  occurred.  Like  his  father  he  adhered  to  the  Episcopal 
Church,  and  like  him  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  holding  the  office  of 
supervisor.  He  married  Nancy,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rosanna  Lutton. 
Both  of  her  parents  were  from  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  early 
settlers  in  Industry  township  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  the  possessor 
of  considerable  land.  Among  their  large  family,  all  of  whom  are  deceased, 
were:  George,  Robert,  Jane,  Christina,  Nancy,  of  previous  mention,  mar- 
ried Reno  Mason,  Milo,  Matthew,  Garrett.  Children  of  Reno  and  Nancy 
(Lutton)  Mason:  i.  Ann  Eliza,  married  John  McGaffick;  resides  at  East 
Liverpool,  Ohio;  children:  Charles,  Annie,  Harry,  Edna,  Myrtle,  Roy. 
2.  William  Adderly,  a  farmer  of  Illinois ;  married  Arabella  Shipley ;  three 
children:     Electa,  Carrie,  Oliver.     3.  John  Anderson  Fremont,  a  resident 


712  PENNSYLVANIA 

of  Fairview,  Pennsylvania;  married  Mary  Dawson;  she  died  and  left  one 
child,  Florence.  4.  Isaac  Newton,  an  insurance  agent  of  Beaver  Falls; 
married  Nannie  Capron;  no  issue.  5.  Harvey  Reno,  of  whom  further.  6. 
Nancy  Jane,  unmarried,  lives  with  her  brother,  Harvey  Reno.  7.  Mary 
Alice,  married  John  Barclay,  deceased;  lives  in  Ohio  township;  has  seven 
children:  Charles,  Nellie,  Ida,  Edith,  Fern,  Mary,  John.  8.  Abraham 
Lincoln,  a  farmer  of  Ohio  township.  9.  Ida  Lucretia,  unmarried,  lives  with 
her  brother,  Harvey  Reno. 

(IV)  Harvey  Reno  Mason,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of  Reno  and 
Nancy  (Lutton)  Mason,  was  born  in  Industry  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  October  15,  1858.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  In- 
dustry township,  spending  the  early  life  on  the  home  farm,  later  engaging  in 
farming  occupations  independently,  on  rented  ground.  In  1884  he  rented 
the  old  Dawson  farm,  near  Fairview,  and  although  he  has  become  the 
possessor  of  land,  still  makes  his  home  in  that  place.  In  1904  he  purchased 
the  Thomas  Moore  farm,  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  later 
disposing  of  one-half  of  it,  retaining  possession  of  eighty  acres.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  political  belief,  belongs  to  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and 
for  sixteen  years  was  treasurer  of  the  "Creamery  Association,  of  Ohio 
Township."  He  embraces  the  family  faith,  the  Episcopal,  and  is  a  regular 
attendant  of  its  services.  Although  never  active  in  public  life,  Mr.  Mason 
is  public-spirited  in  his  support  of  all  plans  for  local  improvement,  and  is 
highly  regarded  in  his  community  for  his  upright  and  honorable  attributes. 


The  Rawls  of  America  came  to  this  country  from  England,  and 
RAWL  members  of  this  family  are  to  be  met  with  throughout  the 
Union. 
(I)  James  Rawl  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in 
1872.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  in  active  service  during  the  Civil  War.  His 
religious  affiliations  were  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Eliza 
McCurdy,  bom  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  now  living  in  West  Bridge- 
water,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  children:  Matilda,  married  Frank  Mans- 
field, a  machinist,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county;  Harry  Mc- 
Curdy, of  further  mention;  Jane,  died  at  the  age  of  six  years.  After  the 
death  of  her  first  husband,  Mrs.  Rawl  married  William  Tindell,  a  farmer, 
and  they  lived  in  Raccoon  township.  By  this  marriage  she  had  children : 
James  H.,  killed  in  an  accident  at  Conway,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  yards,  and  whose  wife  was  Rosanna  (Fuller)  Rawl;  Fannie, 
married  William  Ritz,  a  tailor,  and  lives  in  West  Bridgewater,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Lina,  also  married,  and  also  lives  in  West  Bridgewater.  Eliza  (Mc- 
Curdy-Rawl)  Tindell,  who  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county, 

Pennsylvania,  in  July,  1842,  was  the  daughter  of and  Hannah  (Wigley) 

McCurdy,  the  former  born  in  Ireland,  and  the  latter  in  England,  ^e  came 
to  the  United  States  with  her  parents  when  she  was  twelve  years  of  age. 
The  Wigleys  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  Beaver  county,  and  were 


BEAVER   COUNTY  713 

Presbyterians.  He  died  in  middle  age,  and  she  married  (second)  Abraham 
Vaughn,  who  died  in  1890  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine  years.  They  lived  on  a 
farm  in  Raccoon  township,  where  she  died  in  1893  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years.  and  Hannah  (Wigley)  McCurdy  had  children:  Eliza- 
beth, married  David  Pence,  and  lived  in  Raccoon  township;  John,  lived  in 
Monaca,  Pennsylvania;  Mary,  married  Richard  Dean,  and  lived  in  Sewickley, 
Pennsylvania;  Eliza,  married  James  Rawl,  as  above  mentioned;  Cynthia, 

married  Applegirth,  and  lives  in  Kansas.     By  her  second  marriage 

Hannah  (Wigley-McCurdy)  Vaughn  had  children:    Louisa,  widow  of 

Baker,  and  lives  in  West  Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania;  Olive,  married  John 
Galleher,  and  lives  in  West  Bridgewater ;  Philip,  a  farmer  and  oil  operator, 
lives  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

(II)  Harry  McCurdy  Rawl,  son  of  James  and  Eliza  (McCurdy)  Rawl, 
was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  just  across 
the  river  from  Industry,  Pennsylvania,  February  7,  1867.  He  was  but  five 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  his  father,  and  he  was  sent  to  live 
with  H.  E.  and  S.  W.  Douglas,  who  resided  in  New  Sewickley  township, 
Beaver  county,  on  a  farm,  and  there  he  made  his  home  until  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age.  He  was  educated  in  the  Knob  District  School.  He  then  came 
to  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  with  the  Bentley  &  Gerwig 
Machine  Works  for  four  years,  obtaining  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
machinist's  trade,  and  attending  night  school  during  the  evenings.  He  was 
then  employed  as  follows  for  some  years:  The  C.  C.  and  E.  P.  Townsend 
Company  for  six  months;  the  Keystone  Driller  Company  of  Beaver  Falls 
for  eighteen  months ;  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  of  Beaver  Falls  for  four 
years;  then  machinist  for  the  Pierce-Crouch  Gas  Engine  Company,  of 
New  Brighton.  For  this  last  named  firm  he  did  installation  work  all  over 
the  United  States,  and  finally  filled  the  position  of  foreman  of  their  plant 
for  a  period  of  four  years.  August  29,  1906,  Mr.  Rawl,  in  association  with 
J.  M.  Vandervort,  and  T.  J.  Cartney,  established  the  Valley  Machine  Com- 
pany, which  is  among  the  representative  industries  of  Beaver  Falls.  It  is 
located  on  First  avenue,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  streets,  at  which  place 
the  company  occupies  a  large,  modern  brick  building,  equipped  with  the 
most  up-to-date  machinery.  Twelve  able  and  experienced  assistants  are 
employed  in  the  various  departments.  The  products  manufactured  and 
repaired  are:  Automobiles,  gas  and  gasoline  engines,  a  general  line  of 
supplies  such  as  ignition  tubes,  batteries,  hangers,  belts  and  oil,  and 
automobile  accessories.  The  company  does  a  large  jobbing  business, 
and  the  territory  they  cover  is  an  extensive  one,  embracing  principally 
Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and  West  Virginia.  Mr.  Rawl  is  a  Republican  in 
political  matters,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  common  council  of  New 
Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  four  years.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Church  of  God  at  New  Brighton,  and  his  fraternal  connections  are  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  Workmen  of  the  World,  at  Beaver  Falls. 

Mr.  Rawl  married,  April  14,  1893,  Lena  C,  born  in  New  Brighton, 


714  PENNSYLVANIA 

August  14,  1871,  daughter  of  Casimir  and  Lena  Helble,  both  of  whom 
came  to  this  country  from  Germany,  and  settled  at  New  Brighton,  where 
he  followed  the  stone  mason's  trade.  Mr.  and  Mts.  Rawl  have  children: 
Raymond  L.,  born  April  9,  1895,  a  student  at  the  high  school;  Margaret, 
born  June  18,  1900,  also  attending  school. 


The  McBride  family  has  been  represented  in  the  state  of 
McBRIDE     Pennsylvania  for  many  generations,  and  a  number  of  mem- 
bers of  it  have  been  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  state. 

(I)  Andrew  McBride,  the  first  of  whom  we  have  definite  record,  was 

a  farmer  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.    He  married  Neva ,  of  Butler 

county,  and  had  children :  Dennis  J.,  see  forward ;  John,  Edward  and  James, 
deceased ;  Andrew ;  Sarah,  unmarried,  lives  with  her  brother  Andrew ; 
Mary,  married  William  Magee;  Susan. 

(II)  Dennis  J.  McBride,  son  of  Andrew  McBride,  was  born  in 
Butler  county  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  representative  of  a  Philadelphia 
company,  and  had  charge  of  the  gas  pipe  lines  east  of  Pittsburgh.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church,  and  gave  his  political  support  to 
the  Democratic  party.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Stoddard  and  Mary 
McDonald,  and  a  sister  of  John,  Elmer,  Susanna  and  Alford  (twins), 
Nancy  J.,  Margaret  and  Rebecca.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McBride  had  children: 
Charles  F.,  see  forward;  Blanche,  unmarried  and  lives  with  an  aunt  at 
Wilkinsburg,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Bride are  no  longer  living. 

(HI)  Charles  F.  McBride,  son  of  Dennis  J.  and  Mary  (McDonald) 
McBride,  was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  29,  1886. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh,  and  was  graduated 
from  DufT's  Business  College  in  the  class  of  1901.  He  at  once  entered 
upon  his  business  career,  accepting  a  position  with  the  National  Tube 
Company  of  Pittsburgh,  in  the  traffic  department.  He  resigned  from  this 
at  the  expiration  of  two  and  one-half  years  in  order  to  accept  a  more 
advantageous  one  with  the  Gulf  Refining  Company,  but  at  the  end  of 
five  months  formed  a  connection  with  the  Rock  Island  lines.  At  the 
present  time  he  is  traveling  freight  agent  for  the  Rock  Island  Railroad 
Company.  He  married,  in  1907,  Cora  L.  Taylor,  born  in  Beaver,  Penn- 
sylvania, daughter  of  Avin  M.  and  Josephine  (Landis)  Taylor,  and  they 
lived  in  Beaver  for  a  period  of  four  years.    They  have  no  children. 


The   Paulson   family,   of   New   Brighton,   Beaver   county, 
PAULSON     Pennsylvania,  has  been  resident  there   for  a  number  of 
generations,    and    in    every    generation    they    have    proved 
their  worth  as  good  citizens  and  as  valuable  members  of  society. 

(I)  Henry  Paulson  was  a  machinist  by  trade.    He  married  Julia  Ann 
Alexander,  born  in   New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Joseph  Fillmore  Paulson,  son  of  Henry  and  Julia  Ann   (Alex- 


BEAVER   COUNTY  715 

ander)  Paulson,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
May  21,  1867.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton, 
and  at  an  early  age  learned  the  trade  of  brick  laying,  with  which  he  has 
been  identified  since  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  United  Order  of  American  Mechanics,  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
Mr.  Paulson  married,  December  8,  1887,  Gertrude  Drusilla  Funkhouser, 
whose  ancestral  history  follows  this  sketch.  They  have  had  children: 
Alma  Gertrude,  Carrie  Marie,  Lila  Catherine,  Ruth  May,  Lois  Christine, 
Joseph  Osman,  Dorothy  Eleanor,  Cromwell  Truby,  Virginia  Elizabeth,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  eight  months. 

(The  Funkhouser  Line.) 

(I)  Samuel  Funkhouser  was  born  in  North  Sewickley  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  his  entire  life  was  spent  in  New  Brighton. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  a  man  of  great  physical  strength.  He 
was  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  county.  He  married  Caroline,  born 
in  what  is  now  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  John  Osmon, 
who  was  an  English  sea  captain,  and  became  a  farmer  at  Beaver  Falls, 
about  1780  or  1790.  Children:  Jacob  Osmon,  of  further  mention;  James 
Madison,  who  served  in  the  Civil  War;  George  Dallas,  served  in  the 
Civil  War;  Charles  B.,  who  also  served  in  the  Civil  War. 

(H)  Jacob  Osmon  Funkhouser,  son  of  Samuel  and  Caroline  (Osmon) 
Funkhouser,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  10,  1839.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  his  father,  and  worked  with  the  latter  until  the  Civil  War.  He 
enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth  Regiment  Pensnylvania 
Volunteers.  Upon  the  conclusion  of  this  struggle  Mr.  Funkhouser  estab- 
lished himself  in  his  trade  independently,  and  when  he  retired  from  this 
calling,  he  became  toll  taker  at  the  bridge  between  New  Brighton  and 
Beaver  Falls.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  com- 
munity as  an  adherent  of  the  Republican  party,  and  served  as  high  con- 
stable and  tax  collector  of  the  borough.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  local  post  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  also  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  Mr.  Funkhouser  married  (first)  Margaret  Hays,  (second)  Cath- 
■erine  UflFerman,  of  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  by  first  mar- 
riage: Dallas,  Caroline,  and  an  infant  who  died  young.  Children  by 
second  marriage:  Gertrude  Drusilla,  who  married  Mr.  Paulson  (see  Paul- 
son II) ;  Samuel  Henry,  Virginia  May,  Harvey  Allen. 


This  name  is  found  in  England,  Ireland  and  Scotland.    It 

HINEMAN     also  occurs  in  Germany,  but  there  it  is  spelled  Hinmann. 

Another  form  of  the  name  is  Inman.    It  is  not  of  record 

-where  the  earliest  bearers  of  the  name  in  this  country  came  from,  but  it  is 

certain  that  they  were  in  Pennsylvania  during  the  very  early  colonial  days. 

(I)    John  Hineman,  at  an  early  day,  settled  in  the  southern  part  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  and  owned  a  con- 


7i6  PENNSYLVANIA 

siderable  tract  of  land.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Venango  county, 
Pennsylvania,  purchased  a  farm  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  that 
county.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  his  death  occurred  in  1875.  Children:  David,  deceased; 
John  McConnell,  of  further  mention;  Philip,  deceased;  Alexander,  a  resi- 
dent of  West  Virginia;  James,  lives  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania; 
Susan,  now  deceased,  married  Daniel  Howell;  Agnes,  married  Jerry  Mc- 
Clellan,  resides  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania;  Elizabeth,  deceased. 

(H)  John  McConnell  Hineman,  son  of  John  Hineman,  was  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1825,  died  December  25,  1901.  After 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  then 
removed  to  Venango  county,  and  there  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
acres.  He  sold  this  in  1865  and  removed  to  Brighton  township,  Beaver 
county,  where  he  bought  two  farms,  of  about  there  hundred  acres  all  told, 
and  there  his  death  occurred.  He  was  an  active  worker  in  the  interests 
of  the  Democratic  party,  held  a  number  of  local  offices,  among  them  being 
those  of  school  director  and  supervisor.  He  lived  in  Bridgewater  for  a 
few  years,  and  while  there  was  elected  a  burgess  of  the  town.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  at  one  time  affiliated  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married  Mary  Ann  Hartford, 
bom  April  19,  1828,  died  February  28,  1910.  They  had  children:  Mary, 
now  deceased,  married  D.  A.  Collins ;  Margaret,  married  Homer  Stevenson ; 
Mary  Agnes,  died  in  infancy;  John  Oliver,  died  at  Monaca;  Cordelia,  mar- 
ried W.  J.  Newingham,  and  died  at  Los  Angeles,  California;  James  Madi- 
son, of  further  mention;  Susan,  deceased,  married  B.  F.  Carothers,  and 
lived  in  Brighton  township;  Matilda,  married  Weston  Hum,  and  lives  in 
New  Brighton;  Charles,  lives  in  New  Brighton;  Belle,  married  George  W. 
Johnson,  and  lives  in  Ohio  township;  Annie,  married  C.  H.  McCready, 
and  lives  in  Bartlesville,  Oklahoma  Territory. 

James  Hartford,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Hineman,  and  his  brother- 
in-law,  Thomas  Anderson,  were  the  very  first  settlers  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  James  Hartford  probably  came  from  Ireland,  and  he  and 
Thomas  Anderson  married  sisters  by  the  name  of  Armor.  They  settled 
in  what  is  now  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  before  the  present 
division  of  the  counties  had  gone  into  effect.  This  was  prior  to  the  defeat 
of  Braddock,  and  they  were  driven  away  from  their  home  by  the  French 
and  Indians.  Three  years  later,  when  the  Indians  were  not  so  frequently 
to  be  met  with  in  that  locality,  they  returned,  and  spent  the  remainder  of 
their  lives  there.  The  log  house  in  which  they  lived  was  considered  the 
finest  and  best  in  the  entire  community.  Mr.  Hartford  was  small  of 
stature.  His  son,  John  Hartford,  father  of  Mrs.  Hineman,  was  born  in 
Hanover  township,  about  a  half  mile  from  the  Washington  county  line, 
not  far  from  Frankfort.  He  inherited  one  hundred  acres  of  land  as  his 
share  of  the  paternal  estate,  and  this  was  the  eastern  portion  of  the  farm. 
On  this  he  erected  a  number  of  comfortable  buildings  and  made  numerous 


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other  improvements.  While  on  a  visit  to  the  old  home  of  his  father  one 
day,  he  suddenly  dropped  dead.  He  had  been  one  of  the  leading  and  most 
prosperous  farmers  of  the  section.  He  married  Margaret  Elder,  who 
survived  him  many  years,  and  died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Hine- 
man.  John  and  Margaret  (Elder)  Hartford  had  children:  Nancy,  mar- 
ried James  Alexander,  and  died  at  Coraopolis,  Pennsylvania,  when  she 
was  more  than  ninety  years  of  age;  Jane,  married  McClure  Dunlap,  and 
died  in  Butler  county ;  Eliza,  married  James  Gonzalez,  and  died  in  Hanover 
township,  Beaver  county;  Samantha,  married  James  Reagan,  and  died  in 
Michigan;  Abraham,  a  farmer,  died  in  Venango  county;  Mary  Ann,  mar- 
ried Mr.  Hineman,  as  above  mentioned;  Caroline,  married  Joseph  Gun- 
nett,  and  died  near  Springfield,  Illinois. 

(HI)  James  Madison  Hineman,  son  of  John  McConnell  and  Mary 
Ann  (Hartford)  Hineman,  was  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  28,  i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
township,  and  then  very  naturally  took  up  farming  on  the  homestead.  He 
managed  this  farm  very  successfully  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years,  then 
removed  to  Industry  township,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  two  acres,  on  which  he  has  resided  since  1893.  He  has  made  many 
improvements  on  this  property,  among  them  being  the  erection  of  a  fine 
barn,  and  he  has  remodeled  and  improved  the  dwelling  house.  In  1909 
he  bought  another  farm  in  Industry  township,  this  containing  one  hundred 
and  twelve  acres,  and  now  cultivates  both.  He  has  cultivated  his  farms 
for  general  produce  for  the  greater  part  of  this  time,  but  in  recent  years 
he  has  gradually  branched  out  into  fruit  growing,  and  now  has  about 
eight  acres  planted  with  finely  bearing  young  apple  trees,  five  acres  with 
peach  trees,  and  one  acre  with  plums,  pears  and  cherries.  He  is  a  staunch 
supporter  of  Democratic  principles,  has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  from 
1895  to  1900,  and  as  school  director  for  the  past  six  years. 

Mr.  Hineman  married,  December  17,  1885,  Blanche  Knight,  daughter 
of  Lewis  Knight  (see  Knight  II),  and  has  had  children:  Park,  who  died 
in  infancy;  Earl  J.,  was  graduated  from  the  Beaver  County  Commercial 
College,  and  now  assists  his  father  in  the  management  of  the  farms ;  Harry, 
died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  Lulu  B.,  was  graduated  from  the  Slippery 
Rock  Normal  School  and  is  now  teaching;  Lois  E.,  a  student  in  the  public 
schools. 

(The  Knight  Line.) 

(I)  David  Knight  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  one  of  the  prosperous  farmers  of  the  section. 
He  was  a  shrewd  business  man,  and  marketed  the  greater  part  of  his 
products  in  New  Orleans,  to  which  place  he  took  them  by  boat.  He  owned 
about  two  hundred  and  seventy  acres  of  land,  all  in  one  parcel.  He  cast 
his  vote  regularly  for  the  Democratic  candidates  but  never  desired  public 
office  for  himself.  He  married  Elizabeth,  a  daughter  of  George  Mason, 
also  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beaver  county,  his  farm  there  containing 


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about  six  hundred  and  forty  acres.  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Knight  was  born 
on  the  Mason  homestead  in  Industry  township,  and  after  her  marriage 
continued  living  there,  and  there  all  of  her  children  were  born.  They  were 
twelve  in  number,  among  whom  were :  Lewis,  of  further  mention ;  Almira, 
now  the  widow  of  Jasper  Hoyt,  lives  in  Industry  township;  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Jacob  Sears,  lives  in  Ohio.  Almira,  Emanuel  and  Elizabeth  are 
the  three  now  living. 

(II)  Lewis  Knight,  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Knight, 
was  born  in  Industry  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in 
the  same  township,  in  December,  1896.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  but 
later  abandoned  this  in  favor  of  farming.  After  his  marriage  he  purchased 
a  homestead  of  one  hundred  acres,  to  which  he  later  added  five  acres.  On 
this  addition  he  erected  a  commodious  residence  in  which  his  son  now 
lives.  He  married  Elizabeth  (Faucet)  Gardner,  who  was  born  in  Ireland, 
died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  September,  1903.  She  was  very 
young  when  she  was  deprived  by  death  of  both  of  her  parents,  and  was 
sent  to  an  aunt  to  be  cared  for.  Here,  however,  she  was  treated  very 
badly,  and  she  found  a  way  out  of  her  difficulties  by  running  away  and 
joining  a  party  who  were  coming  to  America.  Upon  her  arrival  here  she 
went  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  after  a  time  she  married 
(first)  Jeremiah  Gardner,  by  whom  she  had  children:  Vfirginia  and  Jerry, 
both  now  deceased.  By  her  marriage  with  Mr.  Lewis  Knight  there  were 
children:  David,  of  further  mention,  and  Blanche,  who  married  James 
Madison  Hineman  (see  Hineman  III). 

(III)  David  (2)  Knight,  son  of  Lewis  and  Elizabeth  (Faucet-Gardner) 
Knight,  was  born  on  the  farm  on  which  he  now  lives  in  Industry  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  5,  1857. 


The  surname  of  Patterson  or  Paterson  simply  means 
PATTERSON     the  son  of   Patrick,  and  belongs  to  a  large  class  of 

surnames  similarly  formed.  Many  of  the  name  are  to 
be  found  in  Scotland,  in  Stirlingshire,  Aberdeenshire  and  Dumfriesshire, 
where  the  spelling  is  generally  Paterson;  in  Ireland  this  surname  is  very 
numerous  in  the  counties  of  Antrim,  Down,  Armagh,  Londonderry  and 
Tyrone,  where  the  spelling  is  usually  Patterson.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
Bishop  of  Ross,  a  member  of  the  Paterson  family  is :  Argent  three  pelicans 
feeding  their  young  or  in  nests  vert  on  a  chief  azure  as  many  mullets  of  the 
field.  The  other  Patterson  arms  vary  but  slightly  from  this  or  are  similiar 
to  it. 

(I)  James  Patterson,  the  first  of  the  branch  here  under  discussion  of 
whom  we  have  definite  record,  was  bom  in  county  Armagh,  Ireland,  in 
1779,  died  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1862.  He  settled  in 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  181 5,  having  probably  come  to  America 
in  that  year.  He  bought  two  hundred  acres  of  land  from  the  government 
in  Big  Beaver  township,  paying  at  the  rate  of  six  dollars  an  acre.     In 


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addition  to  farming  he  did  a  great  deal  of  contract  work,  and  constructed 
several  miles  of  the  old  Beaver  Valley  Canal.  He  and  his  family  were 
Covenanters.  In  stature  he  was  very  tall  and  erect,  and  he  was  the  only 
child  of  his  parents.  Mr.  Patterson  married  twice,  his  first  wife  dying 
in  Ireland,  where  he  also  married  (second)  Jane  Bammer,  also  born  in 
county  Armagh.  Children  by  first  marriage:  William,  who  lived  in  Big 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  George,  lived  in  Neshannock 
Falls,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania;  Sallie,  married  John  Peoples,  and 
lived  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania;  Mary.  Children  by  second  mar- 
riage: James,  a  farmer,  carpenter  and  contractor  in  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania ;  John,  a  carpenter,  who  lived  in  Hickory  township,  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania;  Robert,  of  further  mention;  Jane,  married  Robert 
McAnlis,  and  lived  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

(II)  Robert  Patterson,  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Bammer)  Patterson, 
was  born  in  county  Armagh,  Ireland,  February  i,  1812,  died  in  Big  Beaver 
township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  February,  1877.  He  was 
about  three  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  America  with  his  parents,  and 
he  was  reared  on  the  homestead  farm.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father  he 
took  charge  of  one  hundred  acres  of  the  family  homestead  as  his  share, 
and  spent  his  life  in  its  cultivation.  He  and  his  family  were  members 
of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  was  an  active  worker 
in  church  interests.  For  many  years  he  led  the  singing  at  the  "White 
Church."  In  his  younger  days  he  was  a  member  of  the  Whig  party,  joining 
the  ranks  of  the  Republicans  when  that  party  was  organized.  He  married 
(first)  Martha  McClure,  born  in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1821, 
died  in  1856;  he  married  (second)  Martha  Gormley,  who  died  in  1879. 
Children  by  first  marriage:  Jane,  married  A.  Beattie,  and  lived  in  Big 
Beaver  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania;  James  R.,  of  further 
mention;  John,  lives  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Children  of  second  marriage:  Margaret,  who  died  unmarried; 
Robert,  a  preacher  of  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  denomination,  and  lives  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  William,  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years;  Anna  Mary, 
married  John  McKinney,  and  lives  on  the  original  Patterson  homestead. 

Martha  (McClure)  Patterson  was  the  daughter  of  John  McClure  Jr.* 
and  the  granddaughter  of  John  McClure  Sr.,  the  latter  born  about  1755, 
probably  in  Scotland.  He  came  to  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  between 
1785  and  1790,  and  purchased  a  large  farm  east  of  the  town  of  Lancaster, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  which  is  still  in  the  possession 
of  some  of  his  descendants.  His  children  were :  i.  John  Jr.,  a  farmer  in 
Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  became  the  father  of  Mrs.  Patterson. 
2.  William,  born  in  1795,  died  in  December,  1879;  in  1818  he  made  his 
way  on  foot  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  located  in  Big  Beaver 
township,  near  the  present  town  of  New  Galilee;  he  was  the  owner  of  a 
blacksmith's  shop  there  for  many  years,  then  bought  a  nearby  farm  of  three 


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hundred  and  fifty-nine  acres,  on  which  his  son,  William  J.,  now  lives.  3. 
Thomas,  a  merchant  in  Lancaster.  4.  Francis,  was  a  merchant  in  Lewistown, 
Pennsylvania.  5.  Joseph,  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. 6.  Martha,  married  Thomas  Withero,  and  moved  to  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  their  descendants  still  live. 

(III)  James  R.  Patterson,  son  of  Robert  and  Martha  (McClure)  Pat- 
terson, was  born  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  27,  1853.  He  attended  McAnlis  district  school  near  his  home,  and 
worked  on  the  homestead  farm  until  his  marriage.  He  then  bought  a  farm 
m  the  same  township,  lived  on  it  five  years,  then  sold  it  and  purchased  a 
farm  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  and  removed  to  that.  At 
the  end  of  three  years,  1886,  he  removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  and  there  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  lumber  business.  He,  in  association  with  some  other 
men,  organized  a  company  which  was  called  the  Co-operative  Planing 
Mill.  Mr.  Patterson  sold  his  interests  in  this  concern  at  the  expiration  of 
three  years  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  with  which  he  has  been 
identified  since  that  time.  He  is  also  a  director  and  vice-president  of  the 
Dime  Savings  and  Loan  Association  of  Beaver  Falls.  His  public  service 
is  as  follows:  Member  of  the  common  council  of  Beaver  Falls,  three  years; 
member  of  the  board  of  health,  six  years ;  constable,  three  years.  He  gives 
his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party,  and  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
that  institution  for  a  period  of  three  years.  Mr.  Patterson  married,  October 
26,  1876,  Nannie  (Nancy)  E.  Louthan,  born  in  South  Beaver  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  19,  1856  (see  Louthan  III).  Chil- 
di  en :  Robert  M.,  a  physician  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania ;  John  Louthan, 
of  further  mention;  Bessie,  married  Thomas  Campbell,  and  lives  in  Beaver 
Falls ;  Jessie,  unmarried,  a  clerk  in  the  post  office ;  Elda,  at  home. 

(IV)  John  Louthan  Patterson,  son  of  James  R.  and  Nannie  (Nancy) 
E.  (Louthan)  Patterson,  was  bom  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania,  November  8,  1879.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  Galilee  for  one  year,  after  which  the  family  removed  to 
Beaver  Falls,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools  until  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of  Chandley  Brothers,  plumbers, 
with  whom  he  learned  the  plumbing  trade,  and  remained  with  them  until 
1904.  In  that  year  he  established  himself  in  that  line  of  trade  at  No.  1509 
Seventh  avenue,  where  he  is  doing  a  very  successful  business.  His  work 
is  of  a  general  nature,  and  it  includes  all  kinds  of  heating.  Mr.  Patterson  is 
unmarried,  and  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 

(The  Louthan  Line.) 
(I)  Moses  Louthan  and  his  parents,  all  natives  of  Scotland,  emigrated 
to  America,  and  settled  in  Virginia.  There  young  Moses  Louthan  engaged 
in  farming.  Later  he  removed  to  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers,  and  where  he  lived  to 
be  more  than  eighty  years  of  age.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Salem  Church 


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congregation  and  one  of  its  first  elders.     He  married  Betsey  ,  and 

they  had  children:    James,  of  further  mention;  George,  William,  Samuel, 
Henry,  Betsey. 

(II)  James  Louthan,  son  of  Moses  and  Betsey  Louthan,  was  born  in 
South  Beaver  township,  and  later  settled  on  a  farm  adjoining  the  homestead 
of  his  father.  Subsequently  he  sold  this  property  and  removed  to  Wayne 
county,  Ohio,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  forty-three  years.  He  married 
Anna,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Brad- 
shaw,  of  South  Beaver  township;  as  her  husband  died  when  their  children 
were  all  small,  she  deserves  the  most  credit  for  their  responsible  bringing 

up.     They  were:  Moses;  Sarah,  married Sebring;  Eliza;  Susan, 

married    ^''' '  "  McConnell ;  James,  of  further  mention. 

(III)  James  (2)  Louthan,  son  of  James  (i)  and  Anna  (Bradshaw) 
Louthan,  was  bom  near  Wooster,  Wayne  county,  Ohio.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  South  Beaver  township,  whither  his 
mother  had  removed  soon  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  at  which  time 
young  James  was  six  years  of  age.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  educa- 
tion he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade  at  New  Brighton, 
and  following  this  occupation  he  was  engaged  in  putting  in  the  woodwork 
in  the  first  brick  building  in  that  borough,  and  has  followed  his  trade  con- 
tinuously in  South  Beaver  township  for  forty  years.  In  addition  to  this 
activity,  he  carefully  cultivated  a  farm  of  sixty  acres  of  which  he  was 
the  owner.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  sold  this  farm  and  removed 
to  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  until  1896,  then  made 
his  home  in  Beaver  Falls,  where  his  death  occurred  in  1906.  He  was  in 
political  opinion,  successively  a  Whig,  Free  Soiler  and  Republican,  and  a 
Covenanter  in  religious  belief.  Mr.  Louthan  married,  in  1838,  Nancy, 
who  died  in  June,  1879,  a  daughter  of  James  Strain,  of  Chippewa  township, 

Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.    They  had  children :  Mary  A.,  married 

Craig;  Asa,  married  Martin;  Rebecca,  married  John  R.  Rayle,  a 

grocer  of  Beaver  Falls ;  Susan  M.,  married Hartzell ;  Elizabeth  W., 

married  Cox;  Bradford;  Allie,  married  Bradshaw;  James 

S.,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  Beaver  Falls,  married  May  Johnson; 
Nannie  (Nancy)  E.,  married  James  R.  Patterson  (see  Patterson  III)  ;  John. 


The  founding  of  this  branch  of  the  McCullough  family 
McCULLOUGH     in  the  United  States  is  recorded  by  the  immigration 

of  John  and  Ellen  (Neal)  McCullough,  who  came 
thither  from  Ireland,  settling  in  Philadelphia  about  1832.  They  had  been 
married  in  Ireland,  and  after  a  short  stay  in  Philadelphia  moved  westward 
to  Beaver  county,  in  which  locality  both  died.  They  were  the  parents  of 
four  children,  of  whom  two  were  sons,  both  serving  in  the  Tenth  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Reserves  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  War,  the  names  of  John  and 
James  McCullough  appearing  upon  the  roll  of  that  regiment. 

(II)  John  (2)  McCullough,  son  of  John  (i)  and  Ellen  (Neal)  Mc- 


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Cullough,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  September  9,  1833,  died 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  obtained  his  schooling  in  the  public 
institutions  of  Pittsburgh,  in  later  life  becoming  a  follower  of  the  carpen- 
ter's trade,  in  which  he  continued  for  many  years.  In  1907  he  was  appointed 
tipstaff  of  the  county  court.  He  was  in  politics  a  Republican,  his  military 
service  giving  him  membership  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married, 
October  9,  1859,  Sarah  Jane  Caldwell,  born  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  March  25,  1836-37,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Rebecca 
(Johnston)  Caldwell,  both  natives  of  Huntingdon  county,  Pennsylvania.  The 
Caldwell  family  was  among  the  earliest  in  Beaver  county,  and  Robert  Cald- 
well, by  his  marriage  with  Rebecca  Johnston,  allied  his  line  with  that  of 
the  Deans,  that  being  the  maiden  name  of  her  mother.  Children  of  Robert 
and  Rebecca  (Johnston)  Caldwell:  Harriett,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Sarah  Jane, 
of  previous  mention,  married  John  (2)  McCuUough;  Margaret,  William, 
Rebecca,  Robert,  Minerva,  James,  Calvin.  Children  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
Jane  (Caldwell)  McCullough:  Lucien  Emmett,  of  whom  further;  Elmer; 
Rebecca;  William;  Alva,  died  in  infancy;  Robert  C,  of  whom  further;  Eva; 
Belle;  Ida,  deceased;  Fred. 

(Ill)  Lucien  Emmett  McCullough,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah  Jane 
(Caldwell)  McCullough,  was  born  in  Vanport,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  14,  i860.  The  public  schools  in  which  he  obtained  his  scholastic 
training  were  those  of  Vanport  and  Beaver,  his  studies  being  discontinued 
when  he  was  eleven  years  of  age  to  permit  him  to  accept  a  position  in  a 
brick-yard  in  which  his  father  was  interested.  He  was  later  employed  by 
Welch  Gloninger  and  Pendleton  Brothers,  in  1888  entering  the  service  of 
what  was  then  Welch  Gloninger  &  Company,  now  known  as  Gloninger  & 
Company,  the  plant  of  the  concern  being  located  below  Vanport.  His 
connection  with  this  firm  began  in  the  capacity  of  laborer,  but  his  exhi- 
bition of  his  knowledge  of  the  business  and  his  evident  executive  ability 
won  him  a  promotion  to  the  position  of  superintendent  after  six  years  of 
steady  rise  in  the  estimation  of  his  employers.  He  still  discharges  the 
many  duties  of  that  office  in  the  capable  and  confident  manner  that  has 
marked  his  entire  administration  of  the  position.  Besides  his  relation 
with  the  firm  of  Gloninger  &  Company,  Mr.  McCullough  holds  an  interest  in 
the  Standard  Fire  Clay  Company,  whose  plant  is  located  at  Fallston.  In 
political  afifairs  of  national  import,  Mr.  McCullough  is  in  sympathy  with  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  platform,  but  in  the  casting  of  his  ballot  in  local 
elections  he  is  guided  solely  by  the  merits  of  the  individual  candidates,  having 
served  as  school  director  of  Vanport  for  a  period  of  three  years.  He  holds 
membership  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Vanport. 

Mr.  McCullough  married  Mary  Waters,  a  native  of  Vanport,  Beaver 
ccunty,  Pennsylvania.  Children :  i.  Sadie,  married  George  Miller,  of  Beaver, 
Pennsylvania,  and  is  the  mother  of  one  son,  James  L.  2.  Leah,  deceased. 
3.  James,  deceased. 


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(III)  Robert  C.  McCullough,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah  Jane  (Cald- 
well) McCullough,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  24, 
1873.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Vanport,  there  obtaining  the  greater 
part  of  his  education,  and  in  1895  entered  the  employ  of  the  United  States 
government  at  the  Davis  Island  Dam,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  after- 
ward becoming  lock  tender  at  the  same  place.  In  1904  he  was  appointed 
lock  master  at  the  Merrill  dam  below  Vanport,  and  after  filling  this  position 
for  a  number  of  years  was  elevated  to  the  responsible  office  of  superintendent 
of  the  locks  on  the  Ohio  river  between  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  and  as  such  still  continues  in  the  service,  his  years  of  em- 
ployment with  the  government  covering  a  period  of  eighteen  years,  which 
have  witnessed  his  steady  advance  to  his  present  position,  so  competently 
f:iled.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  tlie  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  the  Masonic  order.  His  religious  convictions  are  in  accord 
with  the  beliefs  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  political  action  he  is  a 
Republican. 

Mr.  McCullough  married,  April  14,  1904,  Stella  Marie  Mengel,  of  Belle- 
vue,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  are  the  parents  of  five  children : 
Stella  Helen,  Robert  Mengel,  Howard  Caldwell,  Martha  Marie,  Joseph 
Edward. 


There  is,  in  the  record  of  the  two  generations  of  Hummels 
HUMMEL    who  have  made  Pennsylvania  their  home,  a  story  of  energy 

and  determination  that  in  the  simple  telling  reveals  more 
courage  of  character  and  more  undismayed  perseverance  than  the  fanciful 
hero  of  fiction  dares  to  boast.  It  is  a  story,  not  of  thrilling  deeds  and  hair- 
breadth escapes  from  threatening  dangers,  but  a  hand-to-hand  struggle  with 
adversity  and  misfortune,  with  daily  bread  as  the  prize.  Its  beginning  leads 
tr  Wittenberg,  Germany,  where  John  Hummel  was  born  in  1816.  Here  his 
early  life  was  spent  and  here  he  married.  After  he  had  become  firmly  con- 
vinced of  the  greater  abundance  of  opportunity  in  the  United  States  than 
in  his  home-land,  he  came  thither  in  1850,  leaving  behind  him  his  wife  and 
family  until  he  should  be  able  to  provide  for  them  a  comfortable  home. 
This  he  was  able  to  do  two  years  later,  when  he  had  saved  a  sufficient  sum 
from  his  wages  as  butcher  and  soap  manufacturer,  occupations  he  had 
followed  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  The  reunion  after  the  two  years 
of  separation  was  a  most  happy  one,  Mr.  Hummel  meeting  his  wife  and 
three  children  as  the  boat  docked.  In  1854  he  moved  to  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
and  was  there  employed  in  Cole's  slaughter  house  for  many  years,  leaving 
Cleveland  in  1867  and  moving  to  Titusville,  Pennsylvania.  He  rented  a 
farm  and  there  resided  until  his  wife's  death,  which  occurred  in  1870, 
in  that  year  establishing  a  butcher  shop  at  Franklin,  Pennsylvania.  For  five 
years  he  continued  in  that  business  and  then  retired  from  active  participa- 
tion in  aflfairs,  spending  the  latter  years  of  his  life  with  his  son.  Casper  J., 
in  ease,  comfort  and  quiet,  his  death  occurring  in  1899.     He  was  the  pos- 


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sessor  of  a  military  record  of  six  years  service  in  the  German  army.  From 
the  time  of  his  first  interest  in  poHtical  issues  and  questions  he  was  a  sup- 
porter of  Democratic  principles,  changing  his  allegiance  in  i88l,  at  the 
time  of  Garfield's  election,  to  the  Republican  party. 

He  married,  in  Wittenberg,  Germany,  Regina  Hipp.  Children  of  John 
and  Regina  Hummel:  i.  Margaret,  deceased;  married  Nicholas  Ikehorn. 
2.  John,  a  resident  of  Haysville,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Casper 
J.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Martin,  died  in  infancy  in  Germany.  5.  Eli,  a  con- 
tractor and  oil  well  driller;  resides  at  Titusville,  Venango  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 6.  Magdalena,  married  J.  A.  Roth,  a  barber;  lives  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania.  7.  Mary,  married  Stephen  Finch,  an  inspector  of  armor  plate 
for  battleships,  in  the  employ  of  the  United  States  government.  8.  Cyril 
Wells  worth,  a  contractor  and  oil  well  driller  of  Wyoming. 

(H)  Casper  J.  Hummel,  third  child  and  second  son  of  John  and  Regina 
(Hipp)  Hummel,  was  born  at  Wittenberg,  Germany,  June  8,  1848.  He  was 
a  child  two  years  of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  the  United  States, 
and  until  he  was  eight  years  of  age  he  attended  the  public  schools.  At 
that  age  he  began  to  contribute  his  mite  toward  the  support  of  the  family 
by  buying  and  selling  slab  wood.  Two  years  later  he  obtained  a  position 
with  a  threshing  outfit  and  was  employed  therewith  for  about  five  years, 
leaving  to  enlist  in  the  Union  army.  Although  he  was  but  fifteen  years 
and  three  months  of  age,  he  nevertheless  evaded  the  questions  of  the 
recruiting  ofiicer  and  was  accepted,  possibly  because  his  appearance  was 
so  much  older  than  his  years.  His  company  was  Company  E,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Eighty-eighth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  during  the  eight 
months  of  his  service  he  was  engaged  in  several  skirmishes  in  the  middle 
West  and  South.  While  a  member  of  this  company  he  accidentally  broke 
his  left  arm,  but  refused  to  accept  a  furlough  to  allow  his  injury  to  mend. 

Returning  from  the  field  he  began  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  work- 
ing at  it  for  one  year,  leaving  to  become  a  sailor  on  the  Great  Lakes.  In 
three  months,  so  quickly  had  he  absorbed  the  necessary  knowledge,  he  was 
made  a  pilot  under  Captain  Thorne.  He  was  compelled  to  give  up  this  posi- 
tion in  order  to  come  to  the  assistance  of  his  father,  who  had  failed  in  busi- 
ness and  was  having  difficulty  in  obtaining  a  fresh  start.  Accordingly  he 
engaged  in  teaming  until  1868,  when  he  drove  to  Titusville,  Pennsylvania, 
and  hauled  oil  for  two  years,  the  wages  for  this  labor  being  considerably 
higher  than  those  paid  for  similar  services  in  other  sections.  In  1870  he 
married  Anna  Rickert,  and  soon  after  became  his  father-in-law's  assistant 
on  his  farm  at  Angola,  New  York,  remaining  with  him  for  a  year  and  a 
half.  His  next  occupation  was  in  Titusville,  where  he  learned  the  tool 
dresser's  trade,  and  then  became  an  oil  pumper.  In  1873  all  his  savings 
and  possessions  were  lost  in  the  panic,  and  his  position  became  decidedly 
precarious,  inasmuch  as  he  had  neither  money  nor  a  home  left.  Disap- 
pointed by  his  ill  fortune,  but  with  confidence  and  faith  in  his  own  strength 
and  a  benign  Providence,  he  accepted  the  first  available  situation  and  was 


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employed  in  a  Titusville  barrel  works  at  a  dollar  and  a  half  a  day.  While 
there  was  nothing  princely  about  his  position  it  was  very  acceptable  in  his 
time  of  dire  need,  but  unkind  fate  still  pursued  him  and  four  weeks  later 
his  employer  was  forced  to  shut  down  his  factory  and  Mr.  Hummel  was 
once  more  left  without  visible  means  of  support.  He  then  obtained  a  posi- 
tion with  I.  O.  Shink,  the  employer  for  whom  his  brother  worked,  and 
performed  general  duties  about  his  grocery  store  and  at  his  oil  wells.  For 
a  year  he  held  this  position,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  devoted  his  entire 
time  to  the  management  of  the  oil  wells,  with  an  attendant  large  increase  in 
salary,  and  was  finally  made  superintendent.  In  1876  he  became  the  sole 
proprietor  of  two  wells  and  ever  since  that  time  has  conducted  independent 
operations  in  connection  with  whatever  position  he  has  held.  His  employer 
voicing  objections  to  the  continuance  of  outside  business  relations,  Mr. 
Hummel,  to  avoid  unpleasant  complications,  resigned  his  position  and  imme- 
diately accepted  another  of  similar  nature  at  an  advanced  salary.  Shortly 
afterward  his  former  employer  requested  him  to  return  to  his  old  position, 
to  which  he  consented,  first  giving  his  new  employer  two  weeks'  notice  of 
his  intended  leave-taking.  This  was  one  of  the  principles  he  had  incorpor- 
ated in  his  business  creed  and  he  was  never  known  to  leave  an  employer 
without  giving  due  notice  of  his  intentions.  In  his  later  life,  nothing  could 
convince  him  so  quickly  of  a  man's  worthlessness  as  the  knowledge  he 
had  deserted  his  position.  For  a  time  he  managed  the  affairs  of  both  men, 
receiving  an  excellent  salary,  and  in  1879  moved  to  Bradford,  where  he 
became  an  oil  and  gas  well-driller.  In  this  occupation  he  became  excep- 
tionally skilled  and  earned,  among  his  associates,  the  sobriquet  "Wild  Cat 
Driller,"  having  kept  as  many  as  nine  sets  of  drills  in  operation  at  one  time. 
In  his  varied  operations  he  has  included  Bradford  and  McKean  counties, 
employing  on  an  average  thirty  men.  His  business  has  also  taken  him  to 
Warren,  Forest  and  Potter  counties,  in  1884  Allegheny  county,  later  Ems- 
worth  and  Baden,  Beaver  county ;  Evansville,  Indiana ;  Lawrence  county, 
Ohio ;  Lawrence  county,  West  Virginia ;  and  Belmont  and  Monroe  counties, 
Ohio.  He  has  been  remarkably  successful  in  his  business,  competency  and 
determination  being  prime  factors  in  the  pleasing  record  he  has  established. 
His  only  other  business  relations  have  been  in  the  manufacture  of  novelties 
and  electrical  supplies,  in  neither  of  which  he  holds  interest  at  the  present 
time.  In  1889  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-two  acres 
in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  following  year  made 
extensive  improvements  to  the  property  and  erected  a  new  barn.  Here  he 
resides  at  the  present  time,  conducting  general  farming  operations  and  rais- 
ing stock  of  high  grade.  With  his  wife,  he  belongs  to  the  Reformed  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  in  political  belief  is  a  Progressive.  His  public  service 
has  been  confined  to  holding  a  position  on  the  school  board. 

Mr.  Hummel  married  Anna,  daughter  of  John  Rickert,  a  native  of 
Titusville,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Fred  W.,  a  well  driller  of  Robison, 
Illinois.    2.  Rudolph,  a  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  now  a  min- 


726  PENNSYLVANIA 

ister  in  California.  3.  Edna,  died  aged  six  years.  4.  Laura  V.,  married 
Jesse  Hicks;  lives  in  Ohio.  5.  Helen,  married  Dr.  M.  A.  Swaney.  6.  Clin- 
ton R.,  a  resident  of  California.  7.  Casper  J.  (2),  died  aged  fourteen  years. 
8.  Eleanor.    9.  Alice,  twin  of  Eleanor,  died  aged  four  years. 


This  is  an  old  and  honored  family  of  Ireland,  and  is 
McCANDLESS     now  in  its  fifth  generation  in  this  country.     The  first 
generation  came  to  the  United  States  when  their  chil- 
dren were  small,  and  settled  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Robert  McCandless  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  was  a  very  young 
child  when  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents.  He  was  educated  and 
grew  to  maturity  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  farming.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  a  farm  in  Center  town- 
ship, where  both  he  and  his  wife  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  Both 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  McCandless  married  Mary, 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  Jack,  of  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  had  chil- 
dren: George  J.,  of  further  mention;  Jane,  married  Samuel  Irwin,  and  died 
in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Mary,  married  Eli  Eagle,  and  lives  in  Union- 
ville,  Pennsylvania ;  Elizabeth,  married  Frank  Fligger,  and  died  in  Butler 
county,  Pennsylvania;  child,  died  unnamed. 

(III)  George  J.  McCandless,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Jack)  Mc- 
Candless, was  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  15,  1838, 
died  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  October  4,  1898.  Like  his  father,  he 
engaged  in  farming,  and  after  his  marriage  bought  about  one  hundred  and 
fifteen  acres  of  land  in  Butler  county,  on  which  he  lived  many  years.  He 
then  purchased  an  old  grist  mill  in  Conoquenessing  township,  and  operated 
this  about  ten  years.  In  1888  he  removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  where  he  lived 
a  retired  life  until  his  death.  During  the  Civil  War  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  served  for  a  period  of  seven  months,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  was  an  active  participant  in  several  skirmishes,  and  was 
then  honorably  discharged  by  reason  of  ill  health.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  had  been 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  for  a  number  of  years. 
Mr.  McCandless  married,  September  30,  1862,  Samantha  Young,  born  in 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  17,  1843,  now  living  in  Beaver  Falls, 
where  she  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  They  had  chil- 
dren :  Addison  Young,  a  grocer  of  Beaver  Falls,  married  Annie  Heaven ; 
Joanna,  married  Wesley  Raisley,  and  lives  in  College  Hill ;  Marcus  William, 
a  grocer,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls,  married  Mary  Cox ;  Robert  Presley,  a  grocer 
in  Beaver  Falls;  Beriah  Nelson,  superintendent  of  a  nail  mill  at  Struthers, 
Ohio ;  Oren  Leonidas,  a  grocer  in  Beaver  Falls ;  Josiah  Convert,  of  further 
mention ;  James,  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years ;  Samantha  Jane,  died  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  months;  Edith  Lena,  died  at  the  age  of  seven  weeks; 
child,  died  unnamed;  Sylvester  Merle,  a  plumber,  resides  with  his  mother. 

Robert  Young,  paternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Samantha  (Young)  Mc- 


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Candless,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  America  in  his  early  youth. 
He  settled  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  an  extensive 
land  owner  and  farmer.  He  married  and  had  children.  Matthew  Young, 
son  of  Robert  Young,  and  father  of  Mrs.  McCandless,  was  born  in  Law- 
rence county,  Pennsylvania,  and  learned  the  trade  of  tanning.  He  became 
the  owner  of  a  tannery  in  Wolf  Creek  township,  Mercer  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  in  addition  he  had  a  farm  of  seventy-five  acres,  which  he  culti- 
vated. He  died  there  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven  years.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  political  matters,  and  a  member  of  the  Covenanters  Church. 
He  married  Joanna  Couvert,  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  re- 
sided on  the  farm  in  Mercer  county  until  one  year  prior  to  her  death  at  the 
age  of  seventy-eight  years,  when  she  lived  with  her  daughter  Samantha,  in 
Butler  county,  having  never  remarried.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Covenan- 
ters Church.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Colonel  John  and (Bennett)  Cou- 
vert. Colonel  John  Couvert  was  a  veteran  of  the  War  of  1812.  He  lived 
about  four  miles  from  Centerville,  on  a  large  farm  which  he  owned  and  culti- 
vated, and  died  there  when  above  ninety-four  years  of  age.  He  was  a  Presby- 
terian. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  had  children:  Sylvester  M.,  a  merchant,  died 
at  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania;  Caroline,  married  James  Vogand,  and  died  in 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania;  Matilda,  married  William  McKee,  and  died 
in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania;  Amanda,  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six  years ;  Sarah  Jane,  married  James  Johnson,  and  died  at  Oil  City, 
Venango  county,  Pennsylvania;  Samantha,  married  Mr.  McCandless,  as 
above  mentioned;  Marcus  C,  a  carpenter  and  contractor,  who  lives  at 
Youngstown,  Ohio;  Professor  William  H.,  an  instructor  in  music,  of  New 
Castle,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Josiah  Couvert  McCandless,  son  of  George  J.  and  Samantha 
(Young)  McCandless,  was  born  in  Center  township,  Butler  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  20,  1874.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  Butler  county,  and  in  those  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  Hav- 
ing completed  his  education  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  he  found  employ- 
ment in  a  nail  factory  for  two  years,  his  especial  work  being  the  heading  of 
the  kegs.  The  record  of  his  business  activities  until  the  present  time  is  as  fol- 
lows :  In  the  employ  of  the  Dietrich  Glass  Company ;  as  a  glass  cutter,  for  six 
years,  for  F.  A.  Eberline,  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county ;  six  months  with 
the  Pennsylvania  Bridge  Company ;  seven  years  as  salesman  for  the  National 
Biscuit  Company ;  removed  to  Buiifalo,  New  York,  and  was  salesman  for  the 
New  England  Specialty  Company  (groceries)  for  some  time;  returned  to 
Beaver  Falls,  and  continued  working  for  the  last  mentioned  concern ;  in  1908 
he  opened  a  grocery  and  delicatessen  store  at  No.  201 1  Seventh  avenue, 
Beaver  Falls,  selling  this  on  February  10,  1913.  He  then  removed  to  a  farm 
in  Adams  township,  Butler  county,  and  in  November  of  the  same  year  re- 
turned to  Beaver  Falls,  and  accepted  a  position  with  the  J.  B.  Lytle  Company, 
wholesale  confectioners.  Mr.  McCandless  is  an  independent  in  political 
opinion,  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  directors.    He 


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and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Brethren  Church,  in  which  insti- 
tution he  has  served  as  a  trustee  for  several  years.  Fraternally,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Americans  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  McCandless  married,  December  25,  1892,  Mary  Jane  Snyder,  born 
in  Lowellville,  Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  and  they  have  had  children:  Jay 
Young,  born  April  15,  1894,  died  in  July  of  the  same  year;  Laura  Samantha, 
born  August  10,  1895,  married,  November  11,  1913,  William  Karl  Hespen- 
heide,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Molly  Joanna,  born  July  31,  1897,  lives 
with  her  parents. 

William  James  Snyder,  father  of  Mrs.  McCandless,  was  of  German 
parentage,  his  parents  having  emigrated  from  Germany  and  purchased  a 
farm  in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  William  James  was  their  only  child. 
His  mother  died  when  he  was  two  years  old,  and  his  father  when  he  was 
four  years  of  age.  He  was  taken  in  charge  by  William  Graham,  and  his 
treatment  was  evidently  not  of  the  kindliest,  as  he  ran  away  three  times, 
and  finally  joined  the  army  as  a  drummer  boy  when  he  was  fourteen  years 
old.  He  was  captured  by  the  Confederate  soldiers,  taken  a  prisoner  to 
Andersonville  Prison,  and  while  there  lived  on  raw  onions.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  returned  to  the  Graham  family  and  lived  on  a  farm  three 
miles  from  Mercer  until  he  had  attained  maturity.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
iron  working  in  New  Castle,  and  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life  there  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  years.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of  a  boss  in  the  furnace, 
later  becoming  a  stable  boss  at  a  livery  stable,  a  position  he  held  until  his 
death.  He  and  his  wife  were  Methodists.  He  married  Laura  Simmons, 
born  in  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Nancy  (Wat- 
terson)  Simmons,  the  former  born  in  Germany,  emigrated  to  America,  and 
located  on  a  farm  he  purchased  near  New  Castle,  Lawrence  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. William  James  and  Laura  (Simmons)  Snyder  had  children: 
Minnie  Belle,  married  John  N.  Frazier,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Charles  B., 
a  stationary  engineer,  married  (first)  Myrtle  Seafrost,  (second)  Jennie 
Young,  lives  in  Deerfield,  Ohio;  Mary  Jane,  married  Mr.  McCandless,  as 
above  stated;  Sarah  Elizabeth,  married  Albert  Bohemus,  and  lives  on  a 
farm  at  Deerfield,  Ohio;  Benjamin  Franklin,  deceased,  married  Maud  Teaf- 
enbaugh,  and  lived  at  Beaver  Falls;  William  John,  died  at  the  age  of  four 
months;  James  Clyde,  employed  on  the  ships  on  the  Great  Lakes,  married 
Elsie  Canarem,  now  deceased. 


Hesse-Cassel,  formerly  an  independent  state  of  the  Ger- 
KORNMANN     man  Empire,  since  1866  incorporated  with  the  Prussian 

state,  and  now  a  part  of  the  province  of  Hesse-Nassau, 
has  long  been  the  seat  of  the  family  of  Kornmann,  represented  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  by  Frederick  Kornmann,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  and 
his  children.  The  history  of  the  name  in  the  German  Empire  covers  genera- 
tions, during  which  time  its  members  bravely  sought  out  their  end  and 
destiny  in  whatever  fields  they  were  placed,  gave  willingly  of  their  services 


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to  defend  the  homeland  from  the  conquest  of  the  invader,  and  in  all  things 
deported  themselves  as  true  men  and  as  true  Germans. 

This  record  begins  with  Frederick  Kornmann,  bom  in  that  part 
of  Germany,  where  he  lived  and  died.  His  trade  was  that  of  nail-maker, 
and  as  such  passed  all  of  his  years.  For  several  years  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
German  army,  engaging  in  many  battles,  his  foes  in  some  instances  being  the 
army  of  no  less  worthy  an  opponent  than  Napoleon  of  France.  His  death 
occurred  when  he  was  seventy  years  of  age,  his  wife's  age  sixty-six.  He 
married  Gertrude  Brandt,  a  native  of  the  same  part  of  Germany  as  he,  and 
had  children:  i.  Jacob,  died  in  Germany;  was  a  disciple  of  the  trade  of  his 
father,  later  a  farmer.  2.  Conrad,  ran  away  from  home  more  than  sixty 
years  ago,  since  which  time  no  reports  have  been  received  from  him  by 
his  family.  3.  Frederick,  of  whom  further.  4.  Mary,  married,  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  James  Harsha;  died  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania; 
one  of  their  sons,  Frederick,  resides  in  New  Brighton  at  the  present  time. 
5.  John,  came  to  America  and  later  returned  to  his  native  land,  where  he 
died.    6.  Catharine,  unmarried. 

Frederick  (2)  Kornmann,  son  of  Frederick  (i)  and  Gertrude  (Brandt) 
Kornmann,  was  born  in  Hesse-Cassel,  Prussia,  Germany,  November  22, 
1833.  He  was  nineteen  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
having  as  a  boy  attended  the  common  schools  of  his  homeland,  and  he  came 
at  once  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  apprenticing  himself  to  the  black- 
smith's trade  in  Freedom.  He  worked  at  this  trade  until  he  was  thirty-three 
years  of  age,  and  with  his  savings  purchased  a  farm  of  forty  acres  at  Smiths 
Ferry,  Pennsylvania,  selling  his  property  after  one  year  and  buying  ninety 
acres  of  well-improved  land  in  New  Sewickley  township,  in  which  place  he 
has  since  resided.  This  land  he  has  caused  to  yield  plentifully,  and  has 
acquired  title  to  two  others  of  like  size  in  the  same  township,  witnesses  to 
the  careful  investment  he  has  made  of  his  profits  as  they  accumulated  from 
his  industrious  labor.  At  one  time  he  raised  full-blooded  Holstein  cattle  upon 
his  farm  and  conducted  a  dairy  business,  but  from  this  line  of  activity  he 
retired  some  years  since.  He  was  skilled  in  the  care  and  breeding  of  cattle, 
his  stock  comparing  favorably  with  that  of  any  farmer  in  the  neighborhood, 
and  the  products  that  he  distributed  through  the  medium  of  his  dairy  were 
of  the  highest  quality  and  purity.  A  Democrat  politically,  he  served  the 
township  as  school  director  and  as  supervisor,  while  he  was  a  member,  with 
his  wife,  of  the  Lutheran  Church. 

Mr.  Kornmann  married,  in  1856,  Barbara,  born  in  Hesse-Cassel,  Ger- 
many, who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1852,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, May  22,  1913,  aged  eighty-two  years,  daughter  of  George  and 
Mary  (Jahn)  Schueler.  Children  of  Frederick  (2)  and  Barbara  (Schueler) 
Kornmann:  i.  Mary.  2.  Jeannette,  married  George  Franz,  deceased;  lives 
in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Frederick  Jr.,  a  farmer  of  Rochester  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Adam,  a  resident  of  Rochester,  Penn- 
sylvania, engages  in  the  moving  picture  business.    5.  Catherine,  deceased; 


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married  John  Grossman.  6.  George,  lives  on  a  farm  owned  by  his  father. 
7.  Charles,  a  stationary  engineer,  resides  in  Freedom,  Pennsylvania.  8. 
Margaret,  lives  unmarried  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  9.  John,  an  elec- 
trician, of  Rochester. 


The  founder  of  the  Swiss  family  of  Amsler  in  the  United 
AMSLER  States  was  the  grandfather  of  William  Hammann  Amsler, 
of  this  narrative,  who  before  his  immigration  to  the  United 
States  in  1834,  held  rank  in  the  regular  army  of  Switzerland.  His  occu- 
pation in  the  homeland,  before  and  after  his  military  service,  was  that  of 
farmer,  and  that  was  his  calling  after  his  settlement  in  Beaver  county, 
whither  he  had  come  soon  after  his  arrival  in  the  United  States  and  where 
he  died,  aged  eighty-two  years.  His  wife,  Mary  (Havily)  Amsler,  likewise 
died  in  that  locality,  both  being  members  of  the  Reformed  Evangelical 
Church.  They  were  the  parents  of  several  children,  of  whom  five  grew  to 
maturity;  Jacob,  died  in  Switzerland;  John  Gottlieb,  died  in  Rochester, 
New  York;  Rose,  deceased,  married  Samuel  Doublebiss;  Lucetta,  deceased, 
married  Fred  Bock;  Charles  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  Charles  Henry  Amsler  was  born  in  Switzerland,  May  21,  1831, 
and  when  three  years  of  age  was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  par- 
ents. His  early  life  was  spent  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  family 
home  being  on  the  Brownsville  road,  in  Baldwin  township,  and  in  that  local- 
ity he  attended  school.  When  a  young  man  of  about  nineteen  years  he 
began  independent  farming  operations  on  a  rented  tract  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-six  acres,  which  he  later  purchased,  and  all  his  active  life  was 
an  enthusiastic  and  successful  agriculturist.  He  now  lives  retired  in  Leets- 
dale,  Pennsylvania,  aged  eighty-three  years.  His  has  not  been  a  life  of 
"ignoble  ease,"  which  one  of  our  greatest  statesmen  decries,  but  has  been 
filled  with  diligent  toil,  and  that  his  final  years  may  be  spent  in  peaceful 
quietude  is  a  fitting  respite  from  the  labor  of  years.  His  lifelong  faith 
has  been  that  of  the  Reformed  Evangelical  Church,  to  which  his  wife  also 
belonged,  and  in  which  he  held  office,  while  his  political  support  has  ever 
been  accorded  the  Democratic  party. 

He  married  Christina  Hammann,  born  in  Economy  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-two  years, 
her  husband  never  marrying  a  second  time.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Philip 
Hammann,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  in  that  country  was  a  baker,  continu- 
ing at  his  trade  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  for  eighteen  years  after  his 
immigration  to  the  United  States.  He  later  bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  six  acres  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  on  Shield's  first  survey, 
and  there  died.  He  married  Elizabeth  Britenstein,  and  had  the  following 
children,  all  of  whom  are  deceased :  Elizabeth,  married  William  B.  Junker ; 
William,  unmarried ;  Christina,  of  previous  mention,  married  Charles  Henry 
Amsler.  Children  of  Charles  Henry  and  Christina  (Hammann)  Amsler: 
I.  Emilia,  married  Dr.  William  Linnenbrink,  deceased;  lives  in  Ambridge; 


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children:  Cora,  married  Lesley  Meek,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
v.mia;  Teny,  married  Harvey  Patterson,  and  lives  in  Wisconsin,  the  mother 
of  four  children;  Alma,  lives  at  home,  unmarried;  Charles,  died  aged  about 
three  years.  2.  Sophia,  married  William  Sohm;  lives  in  Leetsdale,  Penn- 
sylvania; they  have:  Archie,  married  V.  O.  Williams,  and  lives  in  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania,  the  parent  of  one  child,  Jene,  aged  three  years ;  Al- 
bert, lives  at  home,  unmarried;  Viola,  lives  unmarried  at  home.  3.  William 
Hammann,  of  whom  further.  4.  Henry,  married  Annie  Otto ;  lives  in  Econ- 
omy township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  they  have :  A  child,  who  died 
in  infancy,  unnamed ;  Charles,  twin  of  the  first,  died  aged  two  years ;  Walter, 
lives  with  his  parents,  as  do  Lawrence,  Olive,  Howard.  5.  Mary,  married 
Albert  Gross,  deceased;  lives  in  Leetsdale,  Pennsylvania. 

(HI)  William  Hammann  Amsler,  third  child  and  first  son  of  Charles 
Henry  and  Christina  (Hammann)  Amsler,  was  born  in  Economy  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  12,  i860.  Until  he  was  twenty-four  years 
of  age  he  lived  on  his  father's  farm,  in  boyhood  attending  the  public  schools 
and  later  assisting  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  his  acres  and  the  per- 
formance of  the  many  duties  incident  to  farm  life.  Since  that  time  he  has 
lived  on  his  own  farm  and  conducted  agricultural  operations  independently 
with  excellent  success,  his  land  being  of  the  best  in  the  neighborhood  and 
his  methods  of  cultivation  modern,  modeled  after  the  scientific  experiments 
that  have  been  productive  of  the  best  results.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  political 
belief  and  for  ten  years  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  in  Economy  township, 
an  office  to  which  he  was  recently  re-elected,  but  which  he  declined  to  accept, 
feeling  that  in  that  department  of  public  service  he  had  more  than  done 
all  that  loyalty  to  his  township  and  the  duties  of  good  citizenship  demanded. 
For  several  terms  he  was  also  supervisor  of  roads  in  the  township,  and  dur- 
ing his  tenure  of  office  was  instrumental  in  procuring  for  the  locality  many 
highway  improvements.  Mr.  Amsler  holds  membership  in  the  Beaver  County 
Agricultural  Association,  an  organization  that  has  done  a  valuable  work  in 
introducing  to  the  farmers  of  the  region  the  results  of  the  new  scientific 
methods  practicalized  for  daily  use  and  in  disseminating  information  on 
topics  of  interest  and  benefit  to  its  members,  and  as  one  of  the  executive 
committee  has  been  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  many  practically  helpful 
projects  of  the  association. 

He  married,  April  23,  1884,  Sophia  Frey,  born  in  Marshall  township, 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  26,  1866,  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Knoderer)  Frey,  the  latter  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came 
to  the  United  States  when  twelve  years  of  age.  She  was  born  in  183 1,  and 
is  now  living  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Frederick  Knoderer,  who  spent  many 
years  in  the  military  service  of  his  country,  and  was  with  Napoleon  on  his 
trip  through  Russia.  John  Frey  was  brought  to  this  country  when  a  boy 
of  four  years  of  age,  and  all  his  life  was  a  farmer  in  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  his  death  occurred.    John  and  Sarah  (Knoderer)  Frey 


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were  the  parents  of:  i.  Christina,  married  John  Leathen;  lives  in  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania;  their  children:  John,  unmarried;  Margaret, 
married  Samuel  Warrick,  and  has  one  child ;  Sadie,  deceased,  married  Lester 
Bohmer,  and  had  three  children,  her  husband  living  in  Ohio;  William,  mar- 
ried Mary  Warrick,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  the  father  of  one  child ;  Homer, 
lives  unmarried  at  home ;  Roy,  lives  at  home,  unmarried.  2.  Elizabeth,  died 
aged  nineteen  years.  3.  Catherine,  married  Fred  George ;  lives  in  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania;  their  children:  William;  Mary,  married  John  Zort- 
man,  and  lives  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania;  Minnie,  married  Frank 
Eickley,  and  lives  in  Allegheny  county,  the  mother  of  two  children,  one  of 
whom  is  deceased;  John,  married  a  Miss  Neely,  and  lives  in  Sewickley, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Clara,  married  Albert  Sheib,  and  lives  in 
Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  mother  of  two  chil- 
dren; Christian,  lives  at  home,  unmarried;  Carl,  lives  unmarried  at  home. 
4.  Margaret,  married  Henry  Marr;  lives  in  Economy  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania ;  their  children :  Clara,  lives  at  home,  unmarried ;  Flora, 
lives  at  home,  unmarried ;  Lester,  married  Edith  Taubit,  and  lives  in  Econ- 
omy township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  father  of  one  daughter, 
Florence;  Margaret,  married  James  Fegley,  and  lives  in  Gary,  Indiana,  the 
mother  of  three  children :  Margaret,  James,  and  an  infant ;  Stella  and  Hazel, 
live  at  home,  unmarried.  5.  Henrietta,  married  Henry  Gross ;  lives  in  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania;  they  are  the  parents  of  two  sons:  Irwin,  mar- 
iied  Clara  Arnold,  and  has  three  children:  Gladys,  Alvin,  and  an  infant; 
Arthur,  at  home.  7.  William,  died  aged  two  years.  8.  Christian,  married 
Lucinda  Roll,  deceased;  lives  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  with  his 
four  children,  all  of  whom  live  at  home :  Edith,  Ruth,  Margaret,  Raymond. 
9.  Emma,  married  John  Graff ;  lives  in  Ohio,  the  mother  of  four  children,  of 
whom  Edna,  Mabel  and  Emma  Jane,  are  three,  the  first  two  married,  Edna 
being  the  mother  of  two  children.  10.  Sophia,  of  previous  mention,  married 
William  H.  Amsler.  11.  Anna,  died  aged  two  years.  12.  Ida,  married 
William  Black,  and  lives  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  the  mother  of 
three  children,  all  of  whom  live  at  home,  Clyde,  Elmer,  Edith.  13.  Clara, 
married  Albert  Hillman,  and  has  three  children,  all  living  at  home,  Mildred, 
Erma,  Herbert. 

Children  of  William  Hammann  and  Sophia  (Frey)  Amsler:  i.  Edith, 
born  April  15,  1886,  a  student  of  theology  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  she  is 
taking  up  a  special  course.  2.  Albert,  born  July  18,  1888,  married  Clara 
Charleston,  and  lives  on  the  home  farm;  children:  Ethel,  died  aged  two 
years,  and  Florence,  aged  eighteen  months.  3.  Grace,  born  November  29, 
1891 ;  married  Raymond  Bruce,  and  has  one  child,  Helen.  4.  Emma,  born 
July  16,  1894;  lives  at  home.  5.  Charles,  born  May  14,  1897;  lives  at  home. 
6.  Marie,  born  November  14,  1900.  7.  Helen,  bom  April  12,  191 1.  Mr. 
Amsler's  post  office  address  is  Baden,  Pennsylvania,  Rural  Free  Delivery, 
No.  2. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  733 

Although  Pennsylvania  can  lay  claim  to  but  little  as  the 
THOMPSON  scene  of  the  life  and  labors  of  William  Thompson,  the 
founder  of  this  line  of  the  Thompson  family,  in  America, 
the  state  nevertheless  was  the  first  home  of  the  emigrant  in  the  United  States. 
William  Thompson  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  one  of  her  sons  who  despaired  of 
finding  opportunity  in  his  homeland,  and  came  to  the  United  States  when  a 
young  man,  making  his  first  home  near  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania.  He  here 
m.arried  and  for  a  time  engaged  in  general  farming,  later  moving  to  Cal- 
cutta, Ohio,  and  became  the  proprietor  of  the  general  store  so  well  known 
to  rural  districts.  He  continued  in  this  line  until  his  death,  prominent  in 
the  community,  and  popular  as  well,  the  first  by  virtue  of  the  conspicuous 
part  he  played  in  the  town  life,  his  store  being  the  sole  "mart  of  trade,"  the 
second  because  of  his  genial  and  aflfable  manner.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  and  generous  contributors  to  the  support  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  Children,  the  first  six  deceased,  their  entire  lives  having 
been  spent  in  Ohio :  William,  Josiah,  Matthew,  John,  George,  Samuel ;  Mary, 
widow  of  Dr.  Scroggs  Sr.,  lives  in  California,  in  her  eighty-eighth  year; 
David  Clark,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  David  Clark  Thompson,  son  of  William  Thompson,  was  born  in 
Georgetown,  Pennsylvania,  in  1817,  died  in  Glasgow,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1898.  He  spent  his  adolescent  years  in  the  former  locality, 
and  when  a  young  man  entered  the  mercantile  business  in  Glasgow,  selling 
his  store  to  enter  upon  farming  operations.  After  following  this  occupation 
for  a  time  he  became  interested  in  oil  operations,  with  moderate  success. 
His  death  occurred  on  his  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  near  Smiths 
Ferry.  His  political  belief  was  Republican,  although  he  never  took  part  in 
the  activities  of  the  organization,  and  with  his  wife  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Ann  Rayl,  born  about  1820, 
died  in  1859,  (second)  Clarinda  Rayl,  daughter  of  Noble  Rayl,  and  a  relative 
cf  his  first  wife.  Children  of  the  first  marriage:  r.  Susan,  married  Dr. 
Nevin,  and  lives  in  Negley,  Ohio,  where  he  is  engaged  in  practice.  2.  Ella, 
married  Dr.  William  Sawyer,  a  practitioner  of  Darlington,  Pennsylvania.  3. 
William  R.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Matilda,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Mary  Ann, 
married  Monroe  Patterson,  and  lives  at  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  Children 
of  second  marriage:  6.  Ida,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  lives  at  home. 
7.  Maria,  lives  at  home,  unmarried.  8.  Samuel,  a  merchant  of  Shamokin, 
Pennsylvania.  9.  George,  a  lawyer  practicing  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  10. 
Laura,  formerly  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  now  living  at  home. 

(Ill)  William  R.  Thompson,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of  David  Clark 
and  Mary  Ann  (Rayl)  Thompson,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  May  10,  1853.  He  attended  the  Rockport  school  at  Smiths 
Ferry  and  there  obtained  his  entire  education.  Until  1893  he  was  connected 
with  the  oil  fields  in  various  capacities,  finally  as  operator,  discontinuing  his 
relations  with  that  industry  to  engage  in  farming,  cultivating  a  rented  farm 
near  Black  Hawk,  Pennsylvania.     Six  years  later  he  purchased  a  tract  of 


734  PENNSYLVANIA 

one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  acres  in  Industry  township,  which  he  named 
"Calamity  Farm"  and  has  there  ever  since  resided.  If  ever  a  title  was  a 
misnomer  it  is  surely  "Calamity  Farm,"  for  his  operations  along  agricul- 
tural lines  have  met  with  all  good  fortune,  and  have  been  attended  by  their 
due  share  of  profit.  Here,  in  addition  to  his  grain  and  vegetables,  he  devotes 
a  great  deal  of  time  and  space  to  the  cultivation  of  fruit  trees,  his  apples  and 
peaches  ranking  with  the  best  raised  in  the  region.  Plums  are  also  the  object 
of  his  constant  care  and  attention,  a  very  high  grade  of  fruit  resulting  there- 
from. He  also  operates  two  oil  wells,  both  of  steady  flow,  from  which  he 
realizes  a  substantial  income.  Mr.  Thompson  has  ever  been  a  supporter  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  substantial  member  of  the  community,  a 
farmer  along  modem  lines,  and  has  behind  him  an  honorable  record  in 
business  life. 

He  married,  in  1880,  Mary  Irene  Stewart,  a  native  of  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Catherine  (Bruce)  Stewart.  Daniel 
Stewart,  born  in  Hancock  county,  Virginia,  now  West  Virginia,  October  28, 
1830,  died  in  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania;  he  was  a  carpenter;  married  Cathe- 
rine Bruce,  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  12,  1833, 
now  living  with  her  son,  William  R.,  aged  eighty  years.  Although  at  such 
an  advanced  age  her  health  is  good,  her  faculties  clear,  and  her  capacity  for 
the  enjoyment  of  life  unimpaired.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
Bruce,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  on  coming  to  the  United  States  settled  in 
Allegheny,  Pennsylvania,  later  moving  to  Hancock  county,  West  Virginia, 
where  began  the  courtship  that  terminated  in  her  marriage  to  Daniel  Stewart. 
Children  of  Daniel  and  Catherine  (Bruce)  Stewart:  i.  Mary  Irene,  of  pre- 
vious mention,  married  William  R.  Thompson.  2.  Camelia,  deceased;  mar- 
ried Isaac  Dougherty.  3.  Alice,  deceased ;  married  George  D.  Dawson.  4. 
Jennie,  married  Howard  Davis ;  lives  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  5.  George,  acci- 
dentally killed  in  November,  1906.  6.  Bertha,  married  John  Sebastian ;  lives 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Children  of  William  R.  and  Mary  Irene  (Stewart) 
Thompson:  i.  Clark  Stewart;  lives  at  home.  2.  Mary  Ann.  3.  Irene,  mar- 
ried George  McKee;  resides  at  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  4.  Clara,  twin  of 
Iiene,  married  Charles  Baxter;  lives  at  Wellsville,  Ohio. 

Mr.  Thompson's  residence  near  Industry,  Pennsylvania,  is  linked  with 
the  pioneer  days  of  the  county  in  no  uncertain  manner.  The  east  wing  of 
the  house  is  composed  of  the  original  log  cabin  erected  on  the  site,  although 
the  roughly  hewn  timbers  have  been  weatherboarded  so  that  its  antiquity  is 
not  discernible  at  a  glance.  This  part  is  more  than  a  century  and  a  half  old, 
tradition  recording  that  in  its  spacious  chimney,  leading  upward  from  an 
open  fire-place,  an  Indian  was  shot  and  killed  by  Aunt  Betty  Reed,  who  was 
alone  in  the  house,  guarding  it  from  savage  depredations.  It  is  indeed  inter- 
esting to  discover  such  landmarks  connecting  so  closely  with  the  thrilling 
d.'iys  of  the  past,  so  rapidly  fading  in  time's  mists. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  735 

John  Thompson  was  born  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state 
THOMPSON  of  Pennsylvania,  and  later  journeyed  across  the  moun- 
tains and  took  up  his  residence  in  Greene  township, 
Beaver  county,  with  the  interests  of  which  section  this  family  has  since  been 
closely  identified.  In  1787  he  was  awarded  a  grant  of  land  of  sixty  acres, 
and  this  he  cleared  and  cultivated.  He  was  accidentally  killed  during  the 
construction  of  the  public  road  which  now  passes  the  family  residence.  He 
married  and  had  several  children. 

(H)  William  Thompson,  son  of  John  Thompson,  was  born  in  Greene 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  educated  in  the  subscrip- 
tion schools  of  that  period.  His  entire  life  was  spent  on  the  homestead 
where  he  had  been  bom,  and  to  which  he  added  one  hundred  and  forty  acres. 
He  and  his  family  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married 
Ruth  Conner,  and  had  children.  Ursula;  Jane;  Mary;  Ann;  Milo,  see 
forward ;  Samuel ;  William. 

(HI)  Milo  Thompson,  son  of  William  and  Ruth  (Conner)  Thompson, 
was  bom  on  the  family  homestead  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  educated  in  the  township  schools.  During  his  youth  he 
assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm,  then  engaged  in 
work  on  a  steamboat,  and  was  thus  occupied  on  the  lower  Mississippi  river 
for  a  period  of  twenty  years.  He  then  returned  to  the  homestead,  and 
followed  the  occupation  of  farming  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In 
political  matters  he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  and  his  family  were  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Mary  Moody,  born  on  the  Moody 
homestead,  just  south  of  Hookstown,  and  they  had  children:  i.  Lucretia, 
married  G.  W.  Workman.  2.  Clark,  see  forward.  3.  Margaret,  who  mar- 
ried John  P.  Cotter,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Harry  L.,  deceased, 
who  received  his  degree  as  Civil  Engineer  from  Purdue  University,  Lafay- 
ette, Indiana.  In  1903,  while  he  was  still  a  student  at  the  university,  a 
train  which  carried  him  and  a  number  of  the  other  students,  was  wrecked 
near  Indianapolis  and  Mr.  Thompson  \^s  seriously  injured.  He  completed 
his  course,  but  his  injuries  were  of  so  serious  a  nature  that  he  eventually 
died  as  a  result  of  them,  never  having  been  able  to  practice  his  profession. 

(IV)  Clark  Thompson,  son  of  Milo  and  Mary  (Moody)  Thompson, 
was  born  on  the  Thompson  homestead  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  August  10,  1867.  He  acquired  an  excellent  practical  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  township,  and  from  his  earliest  years  assisted 
materially  in  the  labors  of  the  farm.  In  this  manner  he  obtained  a  thorough 
working  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of  farm  cultivation,  and  when  the  entire 
management  rested  in  his  hands,  in  the  course  of  time,  he  was  able  to  take 
up  these  responsibilities  in  a  capable  manner.  He  has  displayed  an  unusual 
amount  of  financial  and  executive  ability  and  has  been  identified  with  some 
of  the  most  prominent  enterprises  in  this  section  of  the  country.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Triumph  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
July  23,  1907,  and  has  been  secretary  and  treasurer  since  its  inception.    He 


736  PENNSYLVANIA 

is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Midland  Bank.  In  political 
matters  he  has  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  and  prefers  to  form  his  opin- 
ions independently  rather  than  be  bound  by  ties  of  partisanship.  He  is  a 
member  of  Glasgow  Lodge,  No.  485,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  In  re- 
ligious faith  he  adheres  to  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  Mr.  Thompson 
married,  January  12,  1902,  Ada  M.,  daughter  of  Stephen  Doak,  of  Beaver 
county;  one  child,  William  Harry,  born  December  9,  1913. 


Originating  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  this  branch  of  the  Baker 
BAKER     family  had  its  beginning  in  America  in  the  persons  of  four 

immigrants  whose  arrival  was  as  unwelcome  as  such  an  event 
could  be.  They  were  Hessians,  and  their  arrival  in  this  country  was  as  the 
pledged  foe  of  the  thirteen  colonies  that  had  recently  banded  themselves 
together  to  resist  the  oppressions  of  tyranny  and  the  unjust  exactions  of  the 
ruling  monarch  of  the  mother  country.  It  was  here  that  the  Baker  immi- 
grants displayed  the  qualities  that  had  induced  the  imminent  conflict,  and, 
after  viewing  the  Colonial  situation  from  both  sides  with  the  unimpassioned 
judgment  of  the  foreigner,  arrived  at  the  decision  that  they  could  not  con- 
scientiously fight  against  a  people  whose  wrongs  were  so  obvious  and  whose 
grievances  so  well  founded.  They  came  of  sturdy  stock  and  the  light  of 
duty  was  a  beacon  that  had  guided  the  race  for  generations,  and  they  felt 
iio  disloyalty  in  deserting  the  cause  of  their  English  masters  and  in  allying 
themselves  with  the  Colonial  forces.  Ever  after  their  arrival  on  the  Ameri- 
can continent  they  were  at  heart  Americans  of  the  truest  type,  and  fought  for 
independence  with  the  same  loyal  zeal  that  inspired  those  who  had  suffered 
under  royal  rule  in  the  colonies. 

There  were  three  brothers — George,  Jacob  and  Peter — who  came  with 
their  father,  George  Baker,  while  Elizabeth  and  Henry,  two  other  children, 
remained  at  their  birthplace,  Strassberg,  Germany. 

(I)  George  Baker,  born  in  1732,  died  April  17,  1802.  He  came  to 
America  about  1750,  and  located  on  Raccoon  creek,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  the  first  permanent  settler  in  his  section  of  the  country,  which 
was  in  what  is  now  Moon  township.  He  located  at  Baker's  Station  in  1774, 
and  took  part  in  the  Dunmore  War,  a  blockhouse  having  been  previously 
erected.  The  cabin  in  which  they  lived  with  their  children — George,  Daniel 
and  Michael — was  attacked  by  the  Indians.  One  Indian  came  down  the 
chimney  and  attacked  Mr.  Baker  with  a  large  knife.  The  blow  was  warded 
oflf  by  Mr.  Baker,  who  seized  the  knife  and  was  severely  cut  across  the  fin- 
gers. The  entire  family  was  captured  and  taken  to  Detroit,  where  they  were 
made  to  run  the  gauntlet.  They  were  then  sold  to  British  officers,  who  took 
them  to  Quebec,  and  resold  them  to  the  highest  bidder.  After  the  surrender 
of  Burgoyne  they  were  exchanged  to  the  south  branch  of  tlie  Potomac  river 
and  in  1785  reached  their  old  home  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. George  Baker  married  Elizabeth  Nickelson,  an  Englishwoman  of 
exceptional  talent  and  beauty.    She  sent  to  England  for  her  wedding  trous- 


BEAVER    COUNTY  737 

seau  and  the  ceremony  was  in  all  probability  performed  in  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia. She  died  in  the  autumn  of  1812,  and  they  are  both  buried  in  the 
graveyard  on  the  land  which  he  originally  took  up.  They  had  children: 
George,  see  forward;  Daniel,  born  in  1768,  died  April  26,  1843;  Michael  and 
John,  no  record;  Henry  G.,  died  October  S,  1839,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six 
years. 

(II)  George  (2)  Baker,  son  of  George  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Nickelson) 
Baker,  was  born  February  20,  1762,  died  at  the  age  of  ninety  years,  two 
months  and  eleven  days.  He  married,  June  3,  1794,  Jane  Quinn,  born  in 
1772,  died  October  3,  1857.-  They  had  children:  i.  Eleanor,  born  April  30, 
1797,  died  August  28,  1865 ;  married  Samuel  Nelson.  2.  George,  born  June 
II,  1799,  died  in  his  seventy-sixth  year;  married  Elizabeth  Hall.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, born  March  31,  1802.  4.  Michael,  see  forward.  5.  Isabel,  born  July 
14,  1807,  died  June  19,  1858;  married  James  F.  Hall,  born  January  28,  1801, 
died  March  12,  1889.  6.  Charles  Quinn,  born  May  20,  1810,  died  June  i, 
1886;  married  Elizabeth  Ann  Nickem,  born  March  6,  1812,  died  April  17, 
1893.  7.  John  G.,  born  June  6,  1813,  died  January  6,  1896;  married  Mar- 
garet Shroades.  8.  Mary  Jane,  born  February  3,  1816,  died  August  10, 
1881 ;  married  Wilson  Uselton,  April  30,  1855,  who  died  November  14,  1881. 

(III)  Michael  Baker,  son  of  George  (2)  and  Jane  (Quinn)  Baker,  was 
born  September  26,  1804,  died  April  16,  1881.  For  many  years  he  lived  on 
the  land  on  which  his  grandson,  James  Orin  Baker,  now  lives.  He  came  to 
the  place  about  1840,  cleared  the  land  and  cultivated  it  for  general  produce. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  political  matters,  and  a  member  of  Mount  Carmel 
Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Baker  married  Mary  Jane  Nickem,  who  died 
April  I,  1869,  in  her  sixty-first  year.  Children:  John;  George,  see  for- 
ward; Joseph,  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  killed  in  action  at  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville ;  Martha,  Eliza  J.,  Melinda,  Isabella,  Adeline,  Mary. 

(IV)  George  (3)  Baker,  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  Jane  (Nickem) 
Baker,  was  born  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  district.  He  was  a  farmer 
all  his  life  on  a  farm  now  owned  by  Dr.  Joseph  H.  Baker,  remaining  there 
from  1865  to  1900,  when  his  death  occurred.  His  political  affiliations  were 
with  the  Republican  party.  After  the  death  of  George  Baker  his  widow 
removed  to  Georgetown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  now  resides  in 
Beaver.  He  married,  November  5,  1857,  Emeline  Wamock,  and  they  had 
children:  James  Orin,  see  forward;  Calvin  Quinn,  deceased;  Daniel  W.,  a 
practicing  physician ;  Joseph  Henry,  see  forward ;  Michael ;  Edward ;  Lillian, 
married  Calvin  Kronk,  and  resides  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania;  Vesta  Agnes 
and  Vinie  J.,  twins ;  Vesta  A.,  married  Frederick  Patton,  and  Vinie  J.,  mar- 
ried John  H.  Glasser;  Edwin,  deceased. 

Joseph  Warnock,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Baker,  was  an  early  settler  near 
Sheffield,  and  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  there,  comprising  several  hundred 
acres.  He  married,  and  had  children:  James,  see  forward;  John,  Nancy, 
Margaret,  Mary. 


738  PENNSYLVANIA 

James  Warnock,  son  of  Joseph  Warnock,  was  born  near  Sheffield, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  From  a  very  early  age  he  commenced  to 
manage  a  farm.  Later  he  was  a  constable,  and  also  carried  the  mail  from 
where  Woodlawn  is  now  located  to  Hookstown.  After  he  had  sold  suffi- 
cient of  his  land  to  furnish  the  present  site  of  Sheffield,  he  still  retained 
one  hundred  and  six  acres  for  his  private  use.  He  was  a  Republican,  and 
a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Warnock  married  Agnes 
Christy,  born  near  New  Sheffield,  a  member  of  an  old  family  of  settlers. 
They  had  children:  Rebecca;  Mary;  Emeline,  married  George  Baker; 
Joseph,  Daniel,  who  was  killed  during  the  Civil  War  at  the  Second  Battle 
of  Bull  Run. 

(V)  James  Orin  Baker,  son  of  George  (3)  and  Emeline  (Warnock) 
Baker,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August 
4,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  township,  and  has 
been  engaged  in  farming  all  of  his  life.  He  is  the  owner  of  seventy-six 
acres  of  fine  farming  land,  which  was  a  part  of  the  tract  originally  taken 
up  by  his  grandfather.  In  191 1  he  had  a  very  fine  and  commodious  barn 
erected,  and  he  devotes  a  good  part  of  his  farm  to  dairying,  in  which  he  is 
very  successful,  selling  his  milk  at  Woodlawn.  He  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  local  political  matters,  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  and  has 
filled  the  office  of  supervisor  for  the  past  seven  years.  His  religious  affilia- 
tions are  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Baker  married  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth White,  and  they  have  had  children :  Harry  D.,  Euphemia  C,  George, 
Grace,  Arthur,  Martha,  Emeline,  Sarah. 

(V)  Dr.  Joseph  Henry  Baker,  son  of  George  (3)  and  Emeline  (War- 
nock) Baker,  was  born  in  New  Sheffield,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
October  27,  1864.  He  passed  his  early  life  on  the  home  farm  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  after  preliminary  studies  in  the  public  schools 
entered  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Western  Pennsylvania, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  M.  D.  in  the  class  of  1893.  Soon  after  receiv- 
ing his  degree  he  established  in  practice  at  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  was  a  well  known  and  active  physician  for  eighteen  years,  in  191 1 
moving  to  Woodlawn,  Pennsylvania,  his  present  residence.  Dr.  Baker's 
professional  career  has  been  characterized  by  the  influence  his  warmly  sym- 
pathetic nature  has  had  upon  his  actions,  for  none  in  need  of  medical  care 
and  attention  was  ever  refused  admission  at  his  office,  nor  was  he  ever  called 
in  vain.  He  is  a  physician  of  high  rank,  a  ceaseless  student  of  all  modern 
discoveries  that  affect  his  profession,  and  is  regarded  with  respect  and 
deference  by  his  medical  brethren.  He  owns  property  in  Rochester,  that 
at  No.  150  Madison  street.  Dr.  Baker  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Rochester  Presbyterian  Church. 

Dr.  Baker  married,  in  1884,  Adda  Luella,  daughter  of  Arthur  (de- 
ceased) and  Angeline  (Meaner)  White.  Children:  i.  Hazel,  educated  for 
the  teacher's  profession  in  the  Slippery  Rock  State  Normal  School,  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools  of  Rochester  and  Woodlawn.     2.  Joseph  De  Witt,  a 


a^"^ 


BEAVER   COUNTY  739 

graduate  of  the  Woodlawn  high  school,  class  of  1914.    3.  Lawrence  W.,  a 
student  in  the  public  schools. 


(V)  Thomas  Howard  White,  son  of  Chamberlain  (q.  v.)  and 
WHITE     Sarah  M.  (Elliot)  White,  was  born  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county, 

Pennsylvania,  August  17,  1873.  Until  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  Falls,  and  his  life  was  the  usual 
one  of  a  boy  living  in  a  city  of  moderate  size.  He  then  obtained  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Art  Tile  Factory,  where  he  learned  to  make  and  decorate  tiles, 
and  followed  this  occupation  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He 
then  organized  and  built  the  White  Steam  Laundry,  operating  this  in 
Beaver  Falls,  with  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  custom  for  a  period 
of  twelve  years.  The  public  offices  held  by  his  father  had  always  been  of 
the  greatest  interest  to  Mr.  White,  and  he  had  frequently  assisted  him  in 
some  of  his  detective  work,  showing  marked  ability  along  these  lines.  In 
1908  he  was  appointed  as  a  policeman  at  Woodlawn,  Pennsylvania,  and 
after  holding  that  position  for  one  and  one-half  years  was  appointed,  in 
1910,  a  patrolman  on  the  Beaver  Falls  police  force.  His  work  in  this 
capacity  was  of  a  very  efficient  character,  and  in  the  spring  of  1913  he  was 
advanced  to  the  rank  of  a  lieutenant,  an  office  he  is  filling  very  capably 
at  the  present  time.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  whatever  concerns  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity. 

Mr.  White  married,  September  15,  1893,  Ella  Blanch  Devine,  born 
in  Pittsburgh,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Rebecca  Devine,  the  former  now 
living  in  Beaver  Falls.  Henry  Devine  was  a  shovel  maker,  and  for  thirty 
years  was  in  the  employ  of  the  H.  Myers  Shovel  Works,  in  Beaver  Falls; 
he  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  have  had  children:  Medora; 
Howard;  a  child  who  died  at  the  age  of  six  years;  William;  Minnie; 
Janet. 


The  branch  of  the  Weir  family  treated  of  in  this  review,  while 
WEIR    only  in  the  United  States  a  few  generations,  has  amply  proved 

its  worth  to  the  country  both  in  public  and  in  private  life. 
(I)  James  K.  Weir,  the  first  of  the  family  to  become  a  resident  of 
this  country,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  died  in  1866  while  living  in  New 
Galilee,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  taken  to  Scotland  when 
two  years  of  age  and  educated  there,  and  was  still  very  young  when  he 
emigrated  to  the  United  States.  He  settled  at  New  Galilee,  and  was  a 
traveling  salesman  for  a  number  of  years.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served 
as  postmaster  of  New  Galilee.  Mr.  Weir  married  Margaret  J.  Johnston, 
born  in  Middletown,  Ohio,  November  17,  1833,  and  there  the  marriage 
took  place.  Her  parents  were  Germans  and  early  settlers  in  Middletown, 
where  they  died.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Weir,  Mrs.  Weir  married  (sec- 
ond) Thomas  M.  Miller,  lived  in  succession  in  Enon  Valley,  New  Galilee 


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and  Homewood,  and  died  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Charles  David,  in  Beaver 
Falls,  in  Novernber,  1907.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weir  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  he  was  a  Democrat.  They  had  chil- 
dren: Thomas  A.,  deceased;  William  Ashford,  died  at  the  age  of  two 
years;  Charles  David,  of  further  mention.  By  the  second  marriage  there 
were :  Sarah  E.,  married  Lucien  Beaner  and  died  in  Beaver  Falls ;  Harriet 
Luella,  died  at  the  age  of  nineteen. 

(II)  Charles  David  Weir,  son  of  James  K.  and  Margaret  J.  (Johnston) 
Weir,  was  born  in  New  Galilee,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August 
26,  1861.  He  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Enon 
and  New  Castle,  and  attended  the  high  school  in  New  Castle.  He  then 
took  up  the  study  of  telegraphy  and  upon  its  completion  entered  the 
service  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  with  whom  he  remained 
nine  years.  At  the  end  of  this  period  he  opened  a  restaurant  at  the  corner 
of  Eleventh  street  and  Seventh  avenue,  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania, 
which  he  conducted  for  twenty  years.  He  had  a  substantial  buildmg 
erected,  twenty-two  by  one  hundred  feet,  and  this  was  equipped  in  the 
most  modern  manner.  The  cuisine  of  this  establishment  was  of  a  superior 
character  and  the  service  of  most  excellent  quality.  It  enjoyed  a  large  patron- 
age and  was  a  most  successful  undertaking.  In  August,  191 1,  Mr.  Weir  entered 
the  service  of  the  Pinkerton  Tobacco  Company,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  and 
retains  this  position  up  to  the  present  time.  His  territory  covers  western 
Pennsylvania  and  southern  Ohio,  comprising  twenty-three  counties  al- 
together. Mr.  Weir  has  always  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  has  served  three  terms  as  auditor  of  Beaver  Falls.  He  resides 
at  No.  720  Thirty-fourth  street,  Beaver  Falls,  and  he  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  fraternal  membership 
is  with  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks. 

Mr.  Weir  married,  in  September,  1892,  Mary  E.  Hickman,  born  in 
Beaver  Falls,  daughter  of  Jerry  and  Catherine  (Loomis)  Hickman,  the 
former  born  in  Ohio,  the  latter  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  They 
settled  in  Beaver  Falls,  where  he  was  a  blacksmith  and  stationary  en- 
gineer, and  died  in  1876,  the  mother  being  still  living.  The  paternal 
grandparents  of  Mrs.  Weir  were  Levi  and  Alice  Ann  (Webster)  Hick- 
man, residents  of  Ohio.  The  maternal  grandparents  of  Mrs.  Weir  were 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Sweezy)  Loomis,  old  residents  of  Beaver  county, 
who  came  there  from  eastern  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a 
paper  manufacturer,  and  came  originally  from  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Weir  have  had  children:  Willard  J.,  a  student  in  Beaver  Falls 
high  school;  Clare  D. ;  Helen  T.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  Fay  I. 


The  early  descent  of  the  Russells  and  their  derivation  from 

RUSSELL    the   Du   Rozels,   of    Normandy,   has   been   traced   by   Mr. 

Wiflfen,  in  his  "Historical  Memoirs  of  the  House  of  Rus- 


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sell."  The  name  comes  from  one  of  the  fiefs  which  the  first  Christian 
of  that  surname  possessed,  anterior  to  the  Conquest  of  England,  in  Lower 
Normany,  in  the  ancient  barony  of  Briquebec.  Among  the  early  settlers 
of  New  England  and  Virginia  were  many  bearing  the  name  of  Russell, 
but  from  what  part  of  England  they  came,  or  to  what  particular  family 
they  belong,  there  is  no  reliable  record. 

(I)  Of  the  branch  herein  recorded,  there  is  no  authentic  information 
dating  back  further  than  William  Russell,  one  of  the  earliest  residents  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  lived  and  died  on  a  farm  near  Smiths 
Ferry.  He  was  quiet  and  unostentious  in  his  manner  of  life,  shunning  the 
public  eye,  married  and  became  the  father  of  eight  children :  James ; 
Hugh,  of  whom  futher;  William;  John;  Calvin;  Susan,  married  Daniel 
Braden,  and  died  in  Indiana;  Sarah  Ann,  married  David  Calhoun,  and  died 

in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Eliza,  married Childs,  and  died  in  the 

west. 

(II)  Hugh  Russell,  son  of  William  Russell,  was  bom  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1810,  died  there  in  1895.  He  followed  the  occupation 
of  his  father,  that  of  farmer,  and  spent  his  entire  life  in  Beaver  county. 
Before  the  dawn  of  the  era  that  brought  us  the  forefather  of  our  modern 
express  he  was  a  stage  driver,  his  route  being  from  Bridgewater,  Penn- 
sylvania, to  Lisbon,  Ohio.  A  Democrat  in  politics  he  was  an  earnest 
worker  for  the  interests  of  that  party  in  local  affairs.  He  married  Nancy, 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  September,  1824,  died  there  in 
November.  1885,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (Phillis)  Campbell. 
Samuel  Campbell  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  to  the  United  States 
prior  to  the  War  of  1812-14  in  which  he  participated  as  a  private  in  the 
American  army,  receiving  a  severe  wound  in  the  thigh.  He  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Charles  Phillis.  The  latter  in  1792,  settled  on  Phillis  Island, 
in  the  Ohio  river.  He  built  a  block  house  and  a  distillery  on  the  mainland, 
the  site  now  a  part  of  the  James  Bray  farm.  He  was  a  large  land  owner 
and  a  man  of  importance  in  the  community.  He  died  while  on  a  trip  to 
Ohio,  the  circumstances  attending  his  death  giving  rise  to  the  suspicion 
that  it  had  not  occurred  from  natural  causes.  Samuel  Campbell  and  Re- 
becca, his  wife,  lived  on  a  farm  of  fifty  acres  inherited  from  her  father, 
where  she  died  in  1862.  His  death  took  place  in  1874,  when  he  was  nearly 
ninety  years  of  age.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (Phillis)  Campbell: 
1.  Alfred,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Harrison,  died  in 
Louisiana.  3.  Charles,  died  when  eight  years  of  age.  4.  Elizabeth,  married 
Joseph  Ammon,  both  deceased.  5.  Rebecca,  married  Thomas  Russell,  both 
deceased.  6.  Nancy,  of  previous  mention,  married  Hugh  Russell.  Children 
of  Hugh  and  Nancy  (Campbell)  Russell:  i.  Sarah  Ann,  born  1842;  mar- 
ried William  Metzgar;  lives  in  Wellsville,  Ohio;  child  living,  George  T.  2. 
Rebecca,  born  1844;  lives  with  her  brother,  Samuel  Charles,  in  Industry. 
3.  John  Alfred,  a  farmer  of  Industry  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania; married  Amelia  S.  Gebhart;  five  children:     Ford  R.,  married  Ola 


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Althar ;  Bessie  L.,  deceased ;  Etta  May,  deceased ;  Charles  H.,  married 
Martha  Cristler  and  they  have  one  child,  Helen  Elizabeth;  Samuel  C.  4. 
Samuel  Charles,  of  whom  further.  5.  James  W.,  born  1858,  died  aged 
three  years. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Charles  Russell,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Hugh  and 
Nancy  (Campbell)  Russell,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July 
2,  1849.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  spent  his  early  life  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  chose  agriculture  as  his  life  occupation,  and  in  1882 
purchased  a  farm  of  sixty-three  acres  in  Industry  township,  and  has  there 
ever  since  resided.  He  has  erected  a  comfortable  dwelling  thereon  and 
there  he  and  his  sister,  Rebecca,  make  their  home,  Mr.  Russell  never  having 
married.  He  confines  his  operations  to  general  farming,  and  is  known 
throughout  the  locality  for  his  uniform  success  in  his  farming.  He  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  has  held  all  the  township  offices,  at  the  present 
time  serving  his  fourth  term  as  supervisor,  mute  testimony  to  the  regard 
in  which  he  is  held  by  his  neighbors. 


The  greater  number  of  those  bearing  the  name  of  Russell 
RUSSELL    in  this  country  trace  their  descent  to  Sir  John  Russell  of 

England.  This  is  probably  the  case  with  the  branch  under 
review  in  this  sketch,  although  the  connection  cannot  at  the  present  time 
be  established  with  certainty.  James  Russell  was  born  in  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania,  near  the  North  Star  Post  Office,  and  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  farmers  of  that  section.    He  married  Rachel ,  and  had  children. 

(II)  James  (2)  Russell,  son  of  James  (i)  and  Rachel  Russell,  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  educated  in  the  district 
school.  He  assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  farm  of  fifteen  acres 
in  Washington  county  until  1866,  when  he  removed  to  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  located  on  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-four 
acres  in  Independence  township,  which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his  son. 
He  repaired  and  remodeled  the  house  which  was  on  this  land,  and  erected 
a  number  of  smaller  buildings.  He  was  an  active  supporter  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  Mr.  Russell  married  Mary  C.  Dunlap,  also  born  in  Wash- 
ington county,  whose  parents  were  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  region. 
They  had  children:  Daniel,  died  in  infancy;  James  Finley,  died  about  1908; 
Franklin,  see  forward;  William,  died  at  about  two  years  of  age. 

(III)  Franklin  Russell,  only  surviving  son  and  child  of  James  (2) 
and  Mary  C.  (Dunlap)  Russell,  was  bom  in  Washington  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1863.  He  was  but  three  years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed 
to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  his  school  education  was  ac- 
quired. In  association  with  his  father  he  took  up  farming  for  some  time, 
then  engaged  in  the  livery  business  in  Midway  and  McKees  Rocks.  With 
this  he  combined  horse  dealing,  and  he  has  become  an  expert  judge  of 
horseflesh.  About  1909  he  returned  to  his  farm,  but  has  utilized  it  princi- 
pally for  the  breeding  of  blooded  horses  and  fine  breeds  of  Holstein  and 


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Jersey  cattle.  He  is  now  making  a  specialty  of  breeding  fine  driving 
horses,  and  altogether  utilizes  four  hundred  and  sixty-seven  acres.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  has  always  given  it  his  earnest 
support,  but  has  never  desired  to  hold  public  office.  His  religious  affiliations 
are  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Russell  married  Nancy  J.,  daughter 
of  Jacob  Figley,  and  has  had  the  following  named  children :  Perry  M., 
married  Blanche  Davison,  two  children,  Jeneveive  and  Carmaleta;  James 
M.,  married  Ethel  Schoaler,  two  children,  Ruth  and  Eugene ;  Martha  Olive, 
married  Earle  McNamee,  two  children,  Etta  Jane  and  Dorothy;  Earl  D. ; 
Jacob. 


Jacob  Stoffel,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Ambridge,  Pennsyl- 
STOFFEL  vania,  is  of  German-American  ancestry,  his  father  having 
been  a  native  of  Germany,  where  he  was  born,  and  his 
mother  a  native  of  Harmony,  Pennsylvania.  John  Stoffel,  the  father,  was 
not  only  born  in  Germany,  but  was  reared  and  educated  and  spent  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  his  life  in  that  country.  He  lived  upon  the  river 
Rhine  and  there  married  his  first  wife,  by  whom  he  had  two  children, 
Christina  and  Michael,  the  former  now  Mrs.  Wiffer,  of  Ohio,  the  latter 
deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stoffel  came  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  in  the 
early  days,  and  later  removed  to  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  where  they  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  where  Mrs.  Stoffel  died.  Mr.  Stoffel  later  met  Marie 
Miller,  of  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  her  parents  were  early  settlers  in 
that  region,  and  to  her  he  was  married  in  Pittsburgh.  By  his  second  wife, 
Mr.  Stoffel  had  seven  children,  Margaret,  John,  Frederick,  Henry,  Jacob, 
George,  Marie. 

Jacob  Stoffel  was  born  May  23,  1856,  in  Monroe  county,  Ohio,  and  was 
there  reared  up  to  his  sixth  year,  when  his  family  removed  to  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  received  his  education  in  the  first  ward  school.  Upon  the  com- 
pletion of  his  education,  he  entered  a  mercantile  business,  and  on  September 
23,  1875,  removed  to  old  Economy,  Pennsylvania,  where,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  a  few  years  spent  in  the  west,  he  made  his  home  until  the  year  1904. 
While  a  resident  of  this  town,  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  general  con- 
tracting, and  built  up  for  himself  a  successful  business.  In  1904  he  re- 
moved to  Ambridge,  and  at  the  time  of  its  incorporation  was  elected  chief 
of  police,  which  position  he  has  since  held.  He  has  also  been  street  com- 
missioner for  the  past  two  years.  Mr.  Stoffel's  residence  is  at  No.  161 3 
Church  street,  Ambridge,  Pennsylvania.  He  occupies  an  important  position 
among  the  citizens  of  Ambridge  and  is  active  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics. 

Mr.  Stoffel  married,  1881,  Margaret  Strobel,  of  Marshall  township, 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  by  her  has  had  children,  as  follows: 
Nicholas,  Hattie,  Mary  Elnora,  deceased;  Lottie,  deceased;  Anna,  Myrtle, 
Clifford,  deceased;  Louis.  Mr.  Stoffel  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Lutheran  Church. 


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This  is  an  old  Pennsylvania   family  of  Holland  descent, 
SHAFFER    but  as  ancestral  records   have  disappeared   in  the  course 
of  time  it  is  a  matter  of  considerable  difficulty  to  trace  the 
early  history. 

(I)  Shaffer  -was  a  native  of  Holland  and  emigrated  to  America 

at  an  early  date.  It  is  known  that  he  settled  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania, 
but  all  further  information  is  lacking. 

(II)  James  Shaffer,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  in  1804.  He  mar- 
ried Magdalene  Kligensmith,  of  German  descent. 

(III)  William  Shaffer,  son  of  James  and  Magdalene  (Klingensmith) 
Shaffer,  lived  in  various  counties  in  Pennsylvania.  He  came  from 
Westmoreland  county  in  1836,  located  in  Lawrence  county,  then  a 
part  of  Beaver  county,  lived  for  a  time  in  Venango  county,  then 
returned     to  Lawrence    county,    where    his    death    occurred.      He    was 

a  farmer  by  occupation.    He  married  Hannah ,  and  they  had  twelve 

children.    Five  of  their  sons — William  K.,  Abraham,  Jacob,  John  and , 

were  in  active  service  during  the  Civil  War,  and  Jacob  and  Abraham  also 
served  during  the  Mexican  War.  John  Shaffer  was  killed  at  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg. 

(IV)  William  K.  Shaffer,  son  of  William  and  Hannah  Shaffer,  was 
bom  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  19,  1838,  died  June  i,  1911. 
His  education  was  a  very  limited  one,  being  confined  to  attendance  at 
school  during  a  period  of  four  months.  By  his  own  efforts,  however,  in 
his  spare  moments,  all  of  which  he  devoted  to  study,  he  acquired  sufficient 
knowledge  to  enable  him  to  become  a  teacher  in  tlie  public  school,  in  which 
occupation  he  was  engaged  for  many  years.  Intensely  patriotic,  as  was 
the  entire  family,  he  enlisted  as  a  private,  September  30,  1861,  being  as- 
signed to  the  Eleventh  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Cavalry.  This 
regiment  was  engaged  in  scout  duty  until  the  last  year  of  the  war,  during 
which  it  participated  in  all  the  battles  which  took  place  in  the  vicinity  of 
Petersburg.  Mr.  Shaffer  witnessed  the  memorable  fight  between  the  "Moni- 
tor" and  the  "Merrimac."  The  regiment  of  which  he  was  a  member  lost 
more  men  then  any  other  cavalry  regiment  in  the  service,  and  he  was 
honorably  discharged,  August  13,  1865,  with  the  rank  of  sergeant.  Upon 
the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Shaffer  returned  to  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  resumed  his  occupations  of  teaching  and  farming,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  In  1889  he  removed  to  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  located  on  a  farm  back  of  Beaver  Falls, 
and  in  1895  settled  at  Economy,  Pennsylvania.  While  living  in  Venango 
township,  Mr.  Shaffer  served  as  constable  of  that  section,  and  as  commis- 
sioner of  Venanga  county,  and  he  was  serving  his  second  term  as  justice 
of  the  peace  in  Economy  when  he  died.  He  and  his  family  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Shaffer  married,  August  19,  1858, 
Sophronia  Parker,  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  19,  1848. 
They  had  children:    Albert;  Scott;  Calvin;  Frank;  Lorenzo  Dow,  of  fur- 


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ther  mention;  Lemuel;  Juliet,  married Nicholas;  Myrtle,  married 

Straub;  Prinley;  Clara. 

William  Parker,  grandfather  of  Mrs.   Shaffer,   lived  many  years  in 

Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  married  Rebecca ,  virho  v^fas  born 

in  Scotland.  Their  son,  also  William  Parker,  father  of  Mrs.  Shaffer,  was 
born  in  1800,  died  in  1864.  He  was  master  of  a  variety  of  occupations, 
being  a  cooper,  carpenter,  blacksmith  and  shoemaker.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, his  second  wife  being  Elizabeth  Blosser,  a  widow,  and  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Straw.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Straw  were  Pennsylvania  Dutch,  and 
came  across  the  Allegheny  mountains  by  wagon,  and  were  the  owners  of  a 
large  farm.  William  Parker  and  his  first  wife  and  their  two  eldest  children 
were  going  by  boat  to  Cincinnati.  They  had  just  seated  themselves  for 
a  meal,  and  he  had  placed  his  money  at  the  side  of  his  plate,  when  the  boiler 
of  the  ship  blew  up,  and  he  never  saw  wife,  children  or  money  again. 
He  then  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  and  there  married  a  second  time.  He 
bought  a  farm  in  Venango  county  and  lived  there  until  his  death.  By  his 
first  marriage  he  had  three  children:  Elizabeth  (Straw-Blosser)  Parker, 
died  in  1882. 

(V)  Lorenzo  Dow  Shaffer,  son  of  William  K.  and  Sophronia  (Par- 
ker) Shaffer,  was  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  18,  1869.  At 
an  early  age  he  was  obliged  to  assist  in  the  labors  of  the  farm,  and  this 
left  him  but  little  time  to  acquire  a  school  education.  When  he  was  but 
fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  already  doing  a  man's  work  on  the  farm 
and  assuming  a  man's  responsibilities.  When  he  had  attained  the  age  of 
seventeen  years  the  entire  family  removed  to  Oil  City,  Venango  county, 
and  there  for  a  period  of  one  year  he  worked  as  a  gardener.  The  family 
having  settled  at  Sugar  Creek,  Ohio,  the  father  established  himself  there  in 
the  grocery  business,  and  there  Lorenzo  Dow  assisted  him  for  a  time.  He 
then  went  to  the  oil  fields  of  Ohio  with  his  brother  Albert,  and  they  were 
engaged  in  constructing  derricks  for  one  year.  He  then  returned  to  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  has  been  identified  as  a  contractor  in  the  same  line,  of 
business  since  that  time.  His  work  has  been  all  around  the  city  of  Pittsburgh, 
and  he  has  also  been  engaged  to  a  considerable  extent  in  building  houses, 
in  which  he  has  also  been  successful. 

Mr.  Shaffer  married,  August  4,  1890,  Anna  McDonald,  and  they  have 
children:  George,  Grace,  William,  Bernard,  Irene.  Mr.  Shaffer  is  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  Prohibition  party,  and  he  and  his  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Christian  Missionary  Alliance  Church. 


The  Wilson  family  of  Beaver  county,  in  both  generations 
WILSON     that  have  lived  there,  have  been  tillers  of  the  soil.     George 

Wilson,  a  native  of  county  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  was  a  farmer 
in  his  home  country,  and  on  coming  to  the  United  States,  about  1820, 
made  that  his  occupation.  Upon  coming  to  Beaver  county,  he  visited  at 
the  home  of  a  friend,  on  the  Ohio  river  near  Industry,  until  he  could  find 


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a  suitable  location  on  which  to  make  his  home.  This  spot  he  selected  on 
the  Tuscarroras  road,  but  soon  after  settling  there  sold  his  property  and 
purchased  two  hundred  acres  in  Industry  township.  This  was  an  ideal 
site  for  a  home,  situated  in  a  sheltered  ravine,  close  to  a  spring.  He  built 
a  temporary  log  cabin  residence,  later  replacing  it  with  one  of  hewn  logs, 
on  the  site  of  the  present  Wilson  home.  George  Wilson  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  although  he  performed  with  punctilious 
care  the  duties  of  a  good  citizen,  he  always  preferred  to  pay  close  atten- 
tion to  his  home  affairs  and  to  his  family  rather  than  to  take  part  in  public 
or  political  activity. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Lindsey,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  in  which 
country  they  met  and  were  married.  Children  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
Wilson:  i.  Thomas,  of  whom  further.  2.  Catherine,  married  William 
Humphrey;  both  died  in  Ohio.  3.  John,  at  one  time  county  commissioner, 
died  on  the  old  homestead  in  Industry  township.  4.  Margaret,  married 
William  Sutherland;  both  died  in  Ohio.  5.  James,  a  minister  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church;  married  Nancy  White;  died  near  St.  Louis, 
Missouri.    6.  George,  a  plasterer,  died  in  Beaver  county. 

(II)  Thomas  Wilson,  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Lindsey)  Wilson, 
was  born  in  county  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  in  181 1.  After  attending  the 
public  schools,  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  and  in  a  few  years  relieved 
his  father  of  the  entire  responsibility  of  its  management.  In  addition  to 
conducting  operations  on  the  home  farm  he  purchased  an  adjoining  tract 
and  added  to  it  a  portion  of  the  homestead  as  his  personal  property. 
Shortly  after  he  purchased  sixty  acres  more  of  the  original  property  and 
was  then  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  acres  of  the  best  farm 
land  in  the  region.  This  he  cultivated  with  skill  gained  in  the  school  of 
experience,  and  in  the  production  of  paying  crops  was  very  successful, 
his  well  directed  and  untiring  efforts  receiving  a  bountiful  reward.  One 
of  the  improvements  to  the  property  for  which  he  was  responsible  was  the 
erection  of  a  substantial  frame  dwelling  on  the  site  formerly  occupied  by 
the  structure  built  of  logs.  Nor  was  he  only  prominent  in  the  community 
because  of  his  success  in  agricultural  operations,  for  in  all  the  public 
aflfairs  of  the  township  he  was  a  leading  spirit.  As  a  Republican  he  held 
the  offices  of  supervisor  and  school  director,  and  was  intimately  connected 
with  all  projects  designed  for  the  advancement  of  the  township's  interest. 
He  was  held  in  respectful  regard  by  his  fellow  citizens  as  a  man  of  unsel- 
fishness of  purpose  and  openness  of  character,  unassuming  and  modest, 
but  of  sterling  worth  and  merit.  In  his  home  relations  the  true  warmth  and 
depth  of  his  nature  was  keenly  seen  and  felt.  Loving  and  considerate  as  a 
husband,  as  a  father  he  was  affectionate  and  kind,  honored,  revered  and 
loved  with  the  purest  of  affection  by  all  of  his  family.  In  them  was  his 
delight  and  pleasure  and  he  could  feel  no  keener  joy  than  that  which  pos- 
sessed him  at  the  sight  of  their  happiness.  With  his  wife  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


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He  married  Jane  Burnside,  a  native  of  county  Fermanagh,  Ireland, 
whence  her  parents,  Thomas  and  Margaret  Burnside,  came  to  the  United 
States,  settHng  in  Ohio.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Wilson:  i.  George 
Lindsey,  a  farmer  of  Beaver  county,  died  in  1901,  unmarried.  2.  Margaret 
Christey,  married  Charles  Bowers,  deceased;  lives  on  the  homestead  in 
Industry  township  with  her  sister  Eliza;  she  is  the  mother  of  two  children: 
Thomas  Wilson  and  Jane  Burnside.  3.  John  Burnside,  lives  retired  in  Los 
Angeles,  California;  married  Matilda  Aiken  and  has  children,  Mary  E., 
Genevieve,  Royal.  4.  Eliza,  lives  on  the  old  homestead.  5.  An  infant, 
deceased. 

The  oldest  and  the  youngest  of  the  children  of  Thomas  and  Jane 
(Burnside)  Wilson,  George  and  Eliza,  never  married,  but  after  the  death 
of  their  father  continued  their  residence  on  the  home  farm  until  the  death 
of  the  former  in  1901.  The  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilson,  Margaret 
C,  since  becoming  a  widow,  has  made  her  home  with  her  sister,  Eliza. 
Always  the  best  companions  in  their  youth,  the  reunion  is  indeed  a  happy 
one  and  full  of  blessing  to  both,  their  natures  being  most  congenial. 


The  Wilson  family  is  of  that  splendid  Scotch-Irish  stock 
WILSON  which  has  left  indelible  marks  upon  American  history.  Of 
this  race  were  a  great  mass  of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers 
of  Pennsylvania  known  as  "the  backbone  of  Washington's  army,"  and  also 
founders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America,  and  of  that  great  in- 
stitution of  learning  known  as  Princeton  University.  In  the  agricultural 
interests  of  the  country  they  have  held  a  pre-eminent  place,  and  their  in- 
fluence has  been  felt  throughout  the  country. 

(I)  John  Wilson  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  Late[  .in  life  he  removed  to 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  making  his  home  near  Little  Lancaster, 
and  there  his  death  occurred.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Eliza  Martin,  whose  father,  Joseph 
Martin,  was  at  one  time  the  owner  of  an  enormous  estate  in  South  Beaver 
township.  They  had  children:  Russell,  see  forward;  Horace,  a  farmer  in 
Pulaski  township;  Add,  who  was  a  soldier  during  the  Civil  War,  resides 
in  California;  John,  also  a  soldier  died  on  his  way  to  his  home  from  the 
battlefield. 

(II)  Russell  Wilson,  son  of  John  and  Eliza  (Martin)  Wilson,  was 
born  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
after  his  marriage  settled  on  a  farm  in  South  Beaver  township.  He  bought 
a  farm  of  thirty  acres,  on  which  he  died  in  April,  1909.  He  married  Mary 
Jane,  bom  in  May,  1841,  daughter  of  Richmond  and  Mary  (Fink)  Hart, 
and  she  now  lives  with  her  son,  Richard  Hart  Wilson.  Richmond  Hart  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  North  Sewickley  township,  where  he  was  a 
land  owner  and  a  carpenter,  and  where  he  died.  He  married  Mary  Fink, 
who  died  in  West  Virginia,  where  she  was  living  with  one  of  her  sons. 


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They  had  children :  Mary  Jane,  married  Russell  Wilson,  see  above ;  Sarah, 
married  Samuel  Boots,  and  lives  in  North  Sewickley  township;  Annie, 
married  Amos  Boots,  and  also  lives  in  North  Sewickley  township;  John, 
who  died  in  early  boyhood;  Richard,  a  farmer  in  Indiana;  James,  married 
Annie  Whisler  and  lives  in  North  Sewickley  township;  Edward,  a  black- 
smith, lives  in  West  Virginia.  Russell  and  Mary  Jane  (Hart)  Wilson 
had  children:  Mary,  married  Willis  Reed  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  John, 
unmarried,  lives  in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania;  Eliza,  widow  of  John  Allen, 
lives  in  South  Beaver  township;  Lillian,  unmarried;  Richard  Hart,  see 
forward;  Add,  died  at  home  after  his  return  from  the  Philippine  Islands 
during  the  Spanish- American  War;  Daisy,  married  Will  Peterson,  and 
lives  in  McKeesport;  Willard,  lives  in  South  Beaver  township;  James, 
died  unmarried,  in  1893. 

(Ill)  Richard  Hart  Wilson,  son  of  Russell  and  Mary  Jane  (Hart) 
Wilson,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  14,  1875.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  where  he  acquired  an 
excellent  education,  and  upon  its  completion  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Standard  Guage  Steel  Company,  of  Beaver  Falls,  with  whom  he  remained 
thirteen  years.  In  1908  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  four 
acres,  near  the  homestead  of  his  father,  and  erected  a  number  of  substan- 
tial outbuildings  upon  it  and  made  numerous  other  improvements.  He 
cultivates  general  produce  and  has  been  very  successful  in  this  enterprise. 
His  political  support  is  given  to  the  Democratic  party,  and  he  has  served 
several  years  as  school  director.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  of  the  Knights  of  Malta.  Mr.  Wilson  married,  March  12, 
1914,  Fannie  B.  Jackson,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Craft)  Jack- 
son, who  live  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 


The  Wilson  family  is  an  ancient  one  in  Pennsylvania  and 
WILSON     the  line  herein  traced  has  added  to  its  historical  and  genea- 
logical  interest   by   alliances   with   the   Garrett  and    Beatty 
families. 

(I)  The  first  of  this  branch  of  whom  there  is  definite  and  authentic 
record  is  James  Wilson,  born  in  1758,  died  in  1792,  who  came  from 
Bedford  county,  Pennsylvania,  to  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1781.  By  his  will  be  left  to  his  wife,  Margaret,  two  hundred  acres  of  land 
adjoining  the  borough  of  Washington  to  be  held  in  trust  until  his  youngest 
son,  James  (2),  should  become  of  age,  when  it  should  be  divided  among 
his  sons,  James,  Thomas,  John. 

(II)  James  (2)  Wilson,  son  of  James  (i)  and  Margaret  Wilson,  was 
born  about  1780.  He  learned  the  trade  of  coppersmith  and  followed  that 
occupation  in  Washington  county  until  1813,  when  he  moved  to  Beaver 
county.  He  made  his  home  in  South  Beaver  township,  there  purchased 
land  and  at  his  death  was  a  farmer  on  a  generous  scale  and  a  large  land 
owner. 


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(III)  George  Wilson,  son  of  James  (2)  Wilson,  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1809,  died  in  South  Beaver  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  As  a  child  of  three  he  was  brought  to 
Beaver  county  by  his  parents  and  one  of  his  earliest  recollections  was  of  the 
soldiers  recruited  in  the  vicinity  returning  from  the  War  of  1812-14.  Here 
his  entire  life  was  spent  as  a  farmer,  and  at  his  death  he  owned  three 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  South  Beaver  and  Ohio  townships.  His  last 
home,  a  frame  structure  erected  in  1861,  is  still  standing,  in  good  condition, 
and  is  used  as  a  residence.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Whig  party  for  many 
years,  and  at  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party  transferred  his  al- 
legiance thereto.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  living  useful  and  quiet  Christian  lives.  He  married  Par- 
melia  McMillan.  Children:  i.  Rebecca,  died  unmarried.  2.  James  Martin, 
died  in  Warren,  Ohio,  aged  sixty-five  years.  3.  John  Arbuckle,  died 
aged  twenty-four  years.  4.  George  Ralston,  of  whom  further.  5.  Zimri 
W.,  died  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  6.  Mary  S.,  for  many  years  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools.  7.  Eliza  Jane,  died  in  infancy.  8.  Annie  E.,  deceased, 
married  J.  L.  Elliott.  9.  Joseph  M.,  died  in  1910.  10.  Cordelia  Florence, 
married  Miles  Deane,  and  lives  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio. 

(IV)  George  Ralston  Wilson,  third  child  and  second  son  of  George 
and  Parmelia  (McMillan)  Wilson,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, June  20,  1840,  died  in  Salem,  Ohio,  November  5,  1902.  He  grew 
to  man's  estate  in  Beaver  county,  attending  the  public  schools,  later  fol- 
lowing the  occupation  of  a  farmer,  was  there  married  on  December  15, 
1868,  afterward  moving  to  Salem,  Ohio,  where  his  death  occurred.  He 
was  an  energetic  and  hardworking  farmer  and  in  his  agricultural  pursuits 
met  with  gratifying  and  profitable  success.  He  was  a  Republican  in  political 
sympathies,  and  in  religious  belief  was  a  Presbyterian,  to  which  church 
both  he  and  his  wife  belonged.  He  married  Victoria  Beatty,  born  October 
31,  1851,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  10,  1893,  daughter 
of  Rev.  James  and  Elizabeth  Ann  Rose  (Garrett)  Beatty.  The  Beatty 
family's  original  American  home  was  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  where 
William  Beatty  settled.  He  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  a  large  holder 
of  land,  which  many  tenants  cultivated,  according  to  the  system  then  in 
vogue  in  that  country.  Becoming  involved  in  difficulties  with  the  English 
crown,  his  estate  was  confiscated  and  a  price  set  upon  his  head  for  his 
capture.  Forced  into  hiding,  where  he  was  protected  by  the  good  offices  of 
his  many  friends,  a  year  later  he  contrived  to  obtain  passage  on  an  Amer- 
ican-bound vessel.  Upon  his  arrival  he  continued  westward  until  he  arrived 
in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  where  he  invested  his  entire  remaining  funds 
in  farm  land.  Here  he  married  and  his  son.  Rev.  James  Beatty,  was  born. 
James,  in  his  youth,  voiced  a  desire  to  enter  the  ministry  and  was  educated 
to  that  end,  graduating  from  Allegheny  College  and  teaching  school  for  a 
few  years  before  being  ordained.  After  his  ordination  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  ministry  his  first  charge  was  in  Ohio,  but  he  soon  accepted  a 


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PENNSYLVANIA 


call  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  for  many  years  wras  a  familiar 
and  conspicuous  figure  in  the  work  of  that  denomination  in  the  county. 
Although  a  sincere,  devout  and  faithful  teacher  of  the  Word  he  did  not 
confine  his  good  works  strictly  to  the  pulpit,  but  believing  that  there  was 
as  wide  a  field  and  one  as  ripe  for  the  harvest  in  public  life,  as  in  the 
church,  gave  much  of  his  time  and  attention  to  public  and  political  affairs. 
A  forceful  and  convincing  speaker,  one  who  made  an  appeal  to  classes 
widely  separated,  he  wielded  a  vast  influence  throughout  the  locality,  where 
he  was  respected  for  the  manly  manner  in  which  he  met  everyday  issues 
in  person,  and  not  as  an  adviser  from  a  height  of  ecclesiastical  superiority. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Ann  Rose,  daughter  of  Isaac  Garrett,  a  member 
of  an  old  New  England  family  of  "Mayflower"  lineage.  Isaac  Garrett 
came  to  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  among  the  first  settlers  and  there  be- 
came the  owner  of  a  large  estate  and  the  possessor  of  a  considerable 
fortune,  all  of  which  was  swept  away  by  a  bank  failure  and  several  unwise 
business  ventures.  Children  of  Rev.  James  and  Elizabeth  Ann  Rose 
(Garret)  Beatty:  i.  Victoria,  of  previous  mention,  married  George  Ral- 
ston Wilson.  2.  Nettie,  married  H.  B.  Cowan,  a  resident  of  South  Beaver 
township.  3.  Leonidas,  died  in  infancy.  Children  of  George  Ralston  and 
Victoria  (Beatty)  Wilson:  Leonidas  L.,  of  whom  further;  Nettie 
Florence,  married  John  Carr. 

(V)  Leonidas  L.  Wilson,  eldest  child  and  only  son  of  George  Ralston 
and  Victoria  (Beatty)  Wilson,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  October  12,  1869.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  spent  his  youthful  life  on  his  farm,  when  a  young  man  learning  the 
baker's  trade.  This  he  followed  for  a  few  years  at  Wellsville,  Ohio, 
abandoning  it  to  engage  in  farming  operations.  This  he  only  continued 
for  a  short  time  and  then  accepted  a  position  as  general  agent  of  the 
Millson  Rendering  Company  of  Buffalo,  New  York.  The  next  thirteen 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  as  proprietor  of  a  livery  stable  at  East  Palestine, 
Ohio,  where  in  connection  with  the  general  routine  of  a  livery,  he  did  a 
great  deal  of  grade  and  excavation  contracting.  He  also  acquired  real 
estate  holdings  of  value  in  this  town,  still  retaining  title  to  several  proper- 
ties. On  October  31,  1912,  he  moved  to  his  present  home  in  the  newly 
platted  town  of  Midland,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  continues  in  the  con- 
tracting business,  on  a  larger  scale  than  heretofore,  employing  forty  men 
and  keeping  eleven  teams  in  constant  use.  His  judgment  in  moving  to  a 
town  then  in  the  first  stage  of  growth  and  as  yet  not  fully  developed  has 
been  proven  of  the  best,  as  he  has  been  awarded  the  contracts  for  many 
operations  as  the  limits  of  the  town  have  been  extended  to  accommodate  the 
increasing  population.  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  affiliates 
with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Owls. 

He  married,  December  27,  1899,  Elizabeth  Ellen  Shasteen,  daughter 
of  Andrew  Jackson  and  Lucinda  (Wymer)  Shasteen,  of  Darlington,  Penn- 
sylvania. Children:  Lena  F.,  Glenn  L.,  Everett  D.,  Helen  E.,  George  E., 
Gladys  M. 


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i  Three  generations  of  this  family,  including  the  present,  have 

SEANOR    borne  the  given  name  John  G.,  the  first,  owning  Germany 
as  his  birthplace  and  coming  to  the  United  States  with  his 
five  sons.    He  located  at  Greensburg,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  became  pro- 
prietor of  a  hotel. 

(II)  John  G.  (2)  Seanor,  son  of  John  G.  (i)  Seanor,  was  born  in 
Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1896.  He  was  educated  for  the  legal  profession  but  was  compelled  to 
abandon  his  intention  of  following  that  calling  by  failing  eyesight.  He 
then  devoted  his  attention  to  the  coal  industry,  engaging  in  business  at 
Penn  Station,  Pennsylvania.  He  forsook  this  occupation  to  begin  farming 
operations,  which  he  conducted  on  his  farm  in  Lawrence  county  until 
1874.  Although  continuing  in  the  same  line  of  activity,  in  this  year  he 
changed  his  residence  from  Lawrence  to  Beaver  county.  He  was  uniformly 
successful  in  his  agricultural  undertakings,  and  besides  the  prominence 
always  accorded  one  who  has  accomplished  something  well  he  held  an  im- 
portant place  among  his  fellowmen  because  of  his  activity  in  public  affairs. 
A  strong  Republican,  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  of  Lawrence 
county  by  Governor  Andrew  Curtin,  governor  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  time 
of  the  Civil  War.  John  G.  Seanor  married  Susan  Gasser;  children:  Eliz- 
abeth, Lottie,  Sallie,  Frank,  Katherine,  John  G.,  of  whom  further,  Harvey. 
(HI)  John  G.  (3)  Seanor,  son  of  John  G.  (2)  and  Susan  (Gasser) 
Seanor,  was  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  2,  1864.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Lawrence  and  Beaver  counties,  and  when  a 
young  man  learned  the  business  of  well  drilling  for  both  gas  and  oil.  This 
occupation  he  has  ever  since  followed  and  at  the  present  time  bears  a 
reputation  as  one  of  the  most  skillful  and  capable  drillers  in  western 
Pennsylvania.  As  the  discoveries  of  oil  and  gas  have  been  made  in  different 
parts  of  the  country,  masters  of  his  craft  have  been  needed  to  open  the  way 
to  the  subterranean  flow,  and  in  the  pursuance  of  his  occupation  he  has 
drilled  wells  in  twenty-two  states  of  the  United  States  and  also  in  Canada 
and  Cuba.  He  has  prospered  in  his  business,  and  in  1912,  in  partnership 
with  J.  H.  Williamson,  he  purchased  property  on  Seventh  avenue  and 
there  erected  a  commodious  and  splendid  equipped  garage,  which  bus- 
iness showed  steady  growth  and  justified  the  application  of  the  term 
"success,"  becoming  a  lucrative  source  of  income.  He  disposed  of  his 
interest  in  the  garage,  August  i,  1913,  and  devotes  his  time  to  his  former 
occupation.  He  affiliates  with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  belonging  to  Union 
Valley  Lodge,  No.  411,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  the  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion, of  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  the 
World. 

Mr.  Seanor  married  Belle,  daughter  of  Samuel  Blair,  of  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  Children  of  John  G.  (3)  and  Belle  (Blair)  Seanor:  Luella, 
Margaret,  Elizabeth,  Dorothy,  Isabella,  John  G.  (4). 


752  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  family  bearing  this  name  has  been  distinguished  for  some 
ELZE    generations   for   the   number   of   its   members   who   have   been 
prominent  in  professional  work,  notably  in  the  profession  of 
music. 

(I)  William   Elze,   a   resident  of  Dessau,   Anhalt,   Germany,   was  a 

dean  of  a  college  there  for  many  years.     He  married  Elisa  and  they 

had   children:     Julius,   of   further   mention;   Karl,   a   Lutheran   minister; 

Guido,  a  director  and  noted  composer  of  music  in  Italy ; ,  a  well  known 

writer  and  translator;  Augusta,  Minerva  and  Celia,  all  deceased. 

(II)  Julius  Elze,  son  of  William  and  Elisa  Elze,  was  born  in  Oranien- 
baum,  Germany,  and  was  cabinet  minister  in  Anhalt.  He  married  Anna 
Werner,  born  in  Dessau,  Germany.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Karl  and 
Lena  (Gelbke)  Werner,  the  former,  who  was  born  at  Coswig,  holding 
office  as  a  director  of  public  safety  throughout  the  active  years  of  his 
life,  and  after  fifty  years'  service  he  was  pensioned  with  full  salary. 
They  had  children:  i.  Otto,  who  was  a  general  in  the  German  army, 
serving  in  the  wars  of  i860,  1866  and  1870-71 ;  at  the  battle  of  Spichem 
he  led  his  regiment  up  Spichern  Hill,  and  so  strenuously  was  he  engaged 
in  this  action  that  for  a  time  his  hearing  was  desroyed,  but  it  was  later 
restored  and  he  returned  to  military  duty.  2.  Karl,  was  an  extensive 
landed  proprietor,  his  land  being  rented  in  farms  to  tenants  who  cul- 
tivated it.  3.  Paul,  who  was  a  piano  manufacturer  at  Dresden,  Germany, 
and  was  manufacturer  to  the  court.  4.  Max,  a  wholesale  merchant  in 
Leipsic,  doing  an  international  business.  5.  and  6.  Elisa  and  Anna.  7. 
Charles  William  Julius,  of  further  mention. 

(III)  Charles  William  Julius  Elze,  son  of  Julius  and  Anna  (Werner) 
Elze,  was  born  in  Dessau,  Anhalt,  Germany,  May  22,  1859.  One  part  of 
his  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his  birthplace,  where  he  also 
took  a  special  course  in  music,  and  he  then  spent  two  years  in  Leipsic,  where 
he  completed  his  musical  education.  While  in  Leipsic  he  was  engaged  in 
business  with  his  uncle.  Max  Werner.  He  served  one  year  in  the  German 
army,  and  held  the  rank  of  lieutenant  in  the  Ninety-third  Regiment.  When 
he  was  about  twenty-seven  years  of  age  he  decided  to  come  to  America, 
and  upon  his  arrival  here,  located  in  the  City  of  New  York.  There  he 
devoted  his  entire  attention  to  music,  being  mainly  associated  with  operatic 
companies.  About  1888  he  removed  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  piano  business,  in  the 
sale  of  which  he  has  been  eminently  successful.  He  handles  as  manufac- 
turer and  distributor  all  the  leading  makes  of  pianos  and  player-pianos,  also 
grafonolas  and  small  instruments;  his  place  of  business  is  at  No.  921 
Seventh  avenue,  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  He  erected  a  beautiful  and 
commodious  residence  for  himself  and  family  in  1895.  His  fraternal 
affiliations  are  with  the  Masonic  Order,  in  which  he  has  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree.  Mr.  Elze  married,  in  1895,  Hattie  Hageman;  children: 
Frances,  Werner,  deceased. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  753 

The  name  of  Wallace  was  one  of  the  most  numerous 
WALLACE  among  the  immigrants  to  this  country  during  the  early 
days  of  settlement.  There  were  other  early  immigrants 
bearing  the  name  af  Wallis,  the  two  spellings  appearing  interchangeable, 
but  all  came  from  the  same  Scotch  ancestry.  From  Scotland  they  migrated 
to  Ireland,  founding  the  town  of  Londonderry,  there  being  no  less  than 
four  of  this  name  in  the  enterprise.  They  have  been  distinguished  in  the 
old  country  and  the  new  by  their  sterling  worth  and  their  successful  bus- 
iness careers. 

(I)  Patrick  Wallace  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  about  1794  emigrated 
to  America.  He  located  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  farm  which 
is  now  in  the  possession  of  one  of  his  grandsons.  At  that  time  there  were 
no  railroads  in  this  country,  and  the  toilsome  and  tiresome  journey  across 

the  mountains  had  to  be  made  by  wagon.     He  married,  in  Ireland,  ■ 

McAdams,  also  a  native  of  that  country.  They  had  children:  Benjamin, 
a  farmer  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  John,  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years;  David,  see  forward;  Sarah,  married  David  Luke,  and  lived  in 
Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Jennie,  married  James 
Cook,  and  lived  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  David  Wallace,  son  of  Patrick  and  (McAdams)  Wallace, 

was  born  in  Ireland  in  1786,  died  about  1870.  He  came  to  America  at 
the  same  time  as  his  father,  and  shared  the  same  hardships.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  given  a  grant  of  land  of  forty  acres, 
and  later  another  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  payment  for  his 
services.  He  was  not  naturalized  until  he  was  sixty  years  of  age.  They 
were  Covenanters  in  religion,  and  later  became  New  Side  Covenanters.  He 
married  Jane  Scott,  born  in   Ireland  in  1796,  died  in   1868,  daughter  of 

John   and   (Crawford)    Scott,   bom   and   married   in   Ireland,   who 

emigrated  to  Delaware,  and  remained  there  until  the  remainder  of  the  family 
came  there.  He  finally  removed  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  settled  on  a  farm,  and  his  remaining  years  were  spent  there.  They  had 
children:  William,  a  farmer  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; James,  a  farmer  in  Big  Beaver  township;  John,  a  farmer  in 
Chippewa  township;  Jane,  married  David  Wallace,  as  above  mentioned. 
David  and  Jane  (Scott)  Wallace  had  children:  i.  John,  deceased;  was  a 
farmer  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  David,  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty- four  years.  3.  William,  deceased ;  was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and  lived 
in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania.  4.  James,  deceased ;  was  a  school  teacher,  and 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years.  5.  Robert,  deceased,  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade  and  the  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  in  Petersburg,  Ohio;  was  in 
a  company  of  Zouaves,  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  during  the  Civil  War,  and 
lost  a  leg  in  this  time  of  strife.  6.  Benjamin,  deceased;  was  a  carpenter  and 
lived  in  Beaver  Falls.  7.  Matthew,  deceased;  for  many  years  lived  with 
his  father  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  finally  died  on  a  farm  in  Mahoning 
county,  Ohio,  which  he  had  purchased  from  his  father.     8.   Samuel,  de- 


754  PENNSYLVANIA 

ceased ;  was  a  plasterer  and  also  gave  instruction  in  music ;  lived  in  Peters- 
burg, Ohio.  9.  George  Gillespie,  see  forward.  10.  A  son,  who  died  in 
infancy.  11.  Ellen,  deceased;  married  William  Young;  lived  in  Ohio.  12. 
Elizabeth,  died  unmarried  in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania.  13.  Margaret,  died 
unmarried.     14.  Ann  Jane,  died  unmarried. 

(Ill)  George  Gillespie  Wallace,  son  of  David  and  Jane  (Scott)  Wal- 
lace, was  born  on  the  farm  on  which  he  still  lives,  in  Darlington  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  23,  1838.  He  was  educated  in  the 
old  brick  district  school  building  near  his  home.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  he  purchased  all  the  rights  of  the  other  heirs  to  the  homestead  estate, 
and  now  owns  the  one  hundred  and  ninety-six  acres.  His  father  had  sold 
a  part  of  the  farm  to  a  coal  company,  but  George  G.  Wallace  repurchased 
it.  He  sold  the  coal  to  the  State  Line  Coal  Company,  and  it  became  known 
as  No.  6  Mine.  He  has  been  a  staunch  Republican,  and  has  served  as 
town  auditor,  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  as  school  director.  He  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Wallace  mar- 
ried, in  1872,  Amy  Anna  Mead,  bom  at  Middletown,  Mahoning  county, 
Ohio,  June  26,  1843,  died  June  16,  1894,  daughter  of  H.  D.  and  Sarah 
(Reed)  Mead,  the  former  a  harness  maker  by  trade.  They  had  children: 
I.  Sarah  Jane,  born  August  29,  1874,  died  November  29,  1891.  2.  Florence, 
born  July  11,  1876;  married  Leander  Burns;  lives  in  Darlington  township. 
3.  Frances  Amy,  born  February  28,  1882;  married  Charles  Douglas;  lives 
in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  David  Scott,  born  May  27,  1884; 
assists  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  farm,  and  also  works  in  the  coal 
mines. 


The   agricultural   interests  of   the   state  of   Pennsylvania 
WALLACE    have  been  benefited  for  a  number  of  generations  by  the 
efforts  in  this  direction  of  the  Wallace  family  of  Beaver 
county. 

(I)  Joseph  Wallace,  who  was  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, was  for  a  time  engaged  in  boat  building,  and  later  purchased  a 
farm,  which  he  cultivated  in  a  most  modern  manner  for  the  period  in 
which  he  lived.  When  he  purchased  his  farm  he  paid  at  the  rate  of  six 
dollars  per  acre,  but  it  has  largely  increased  in  value  since  that  time.  He 
erected  a  commodious  and  fine  looking  dwelling  upon  his  land,  and  added 
other  buildings  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion  demanded.  Mr.  Wallace 
married  Rachel  Spence,  who  was  born  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  named  children :  Mary,  James  N., 
Nancy,  Washington,  Joseph  R.,  Rachel,  Elizabeth,  John  Spence,  see  for- 
ward ;  Virginia,  William.  Mr.  Wallace  was  a  Diemocrat  in  his  political 
opinions.  He  was  an  earnest  and  devout  member  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church. 

(II)  John  Spence  Wallace,  son  of  Joseph  and  Rachel  (Spence)  Wal- 
lace, was  born  on  the  homestead   farm  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  755 

December  29,  1849.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  township.  At  an  early  age  he  commenced  to  assist  his  father 
in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm,  and  in  this  manner  acquired  a  thorough 
and  practical  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of  farm  life.  He  was  always 
energetic  and  progressive  in  his  farming  as  well  as  his  business  methods. 
When  he  had  attained  manhood  he  purchased  a  farm  for  him- 
self, and  the  cultivation  of  this  property  engaged  his  time  and  attention 
for  many  years.  It  consists  of  two  hundred  and  thirty-six  acres,  some  of 
it  used  for  pasturage,  some  for  fruit  growing  and  some  for  general  produce. 
He  was  eminently  successful  in  his  operations.  Mr.  Wallace's  religious 
adherence  was  with  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 


The  English  family  of  Phillis  has  been  long  identified  with 
PHILLIS  Beaver  county,  whither  the  emigrant,  Joseph  Phillis,  came 
from  his  native  land.  Joseph  Phillis,  he  from  whom  the 
branch  herein  recorded  descends,  was  born  in  England  in  1694,  died  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  wonderful  age  of  one  hundred  and 
seven  years,  taking  his  place  among  the  centenarians,  few  in  number,  who 
have  lived  in  that  founty.  It  is  from  a  descendant  of  his,  another  Joseph 
Phillis,  that  a  continuous  line  to  Lemoyne  E.  Phillis  is  followed. 

(I)  This  Joseph  Phillis  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  about  1789,  and  in  his  active  life  there  owned  a  farm  of 
considerable  acreage,  performing  also  the  work  of  a  wheelwright  until  his 
early  death.  He  married  Elizabeth  Cowen,  a  native  of  the  township  in 
which  he  was  born,  and  had  children:  i.  Henry,  deceased;  was  a  farmer 
of  Dougherty  township,  Beaver  county,  after  his  retirement  living  in  Beaver 
Falls  until  his  death.  2.  Joseph,  of  whom  further.  3.  William,  died  in 
Missouri,  where  his  active  life  had  been  passed.  4.  Cowen,  for  some 
time  a  resident  of  Dougherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
moved  to  Missouri  and  there  died.  5.  Thomas,  a  farmer  of  Marion  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  moved  to  Zelienople,  Butler  county, 
Pennsylvania,  dying  in  that  place.  6.  Jane,  died  unmarried.  7.  Eliza, 
married  Paul  Greer,  deceased;  she  lives  in  Hubbard,  Ohio.  8.  Agnes,  died 
in  1912;  married  Henry  Alcorn,  lived  for  a  time  in  Ohio,  later  moving  to 
Morgantown,  West  Virginia.  9.  Ellen,  married  Horace  Bouch,  deceased; 
lived  in  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  her  present  home 
being  Zelienople,  Pennsylvania.  10.  Sarah,  lives  unmarried  in  Zelienople, 
Pennsylvania.  11.  John  A.,  captain  of  a  boat  on  the  Ohio  river.  12. 
Alice,  married  Samuel  White. 

(II)  Joseph  (2)  Phillis,  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Cowen) 
Phillis  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1821,  died  in  1895.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  the  place  of  his  birth,  his 
education  being  obtained  in  the  local  schools,  and  after  his  marriage  he 
moved  to  West  Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  a  builder 
of  canal  boats,  many  of  his  bulky  craft  finding  service  on  the  waters  of 


7S6  PENNSYLVANIA 

the  region,  others  travehng  far  from  the  place  of  their  manufacture.  Re- 
tiring from  this  business  he  purchased  a  farm  in  FrankHn  township,  cul- 
tivating that  land  until  his  subsequent  acquisition  of  the  Fombelle  estate, 
which  he  owned  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Farming  was  but  one  branch 
of  his  activities,  for  over  his  broad  acres  hundreds  of  sheep  grazed,  bring- 
ing him  substantial  gain  while  their  wool  was  marketable  and  greater  in- 
crease when  led  to  the  slaughter  house.  The  United  Presbyterian  Church 
was  that  of  Mr.  Phillis  and  his  wife,  while  he  was  a  staunch  champion 
of  Republicanism  throughout  his  entire  life.  His  reputation  among  his 
fellows  was  that  of  a  Christian  gentleman  to  whom  the  creditable  per- 
formance of  duty  was  of  paramount  importance,  whatever  the  personal 
sacrifice  or  discomfort  entailed,  and  by  strict  adherence  to  this  simple  creed, 
which  contains  the  essence  of  right  living,  he  gained  the  admiration  and 
approbation  of  his  friends  and  neighbors.  His  uncompromising  upright- 
ness was  blended  with  a  warm  and  sympathetic  nature  that  softened  the 
strictness  of  his  moral  outlook  and  gave  him  influence  among  others  of 
more  flexible  determination  and  less  strict  conduct. 

He  married,  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Vic- 
toria Fombelle,  born  in  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1829,  died  in  1899,  surviving  her  husband  four  years.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Alexander  and  Delilah  (Magaw)  Fombelle,  Alexander  being 
a  son  of  Lucien  Fombelle.  Lucien  Fombelle  was  a  native  of  France,  in 
his  homeland  owning  vineyards  of  wide  extent  and  also  being  proprietor 
of  a  jewelry  business.  Religious  unrest  and  persecution  drove  him  from 
his  native  land  with  a  band  of  Huguenots  who  came  to  the  United  States 
in  the  post-revolutionary  period.  He  brought  with  him  all  of  his  large 
fortune  that  he  could  convert  into  currency  or  portable  securities,  one  of 
the  items  being  several  boxes  of  hand-wrought  jewelry  taken  from  his 
store,  pieces  of  which,  with  the  ancient  price  tags  still  fastened  thereto, 
are  in  the  possession  of  Lemoyne  E.  Phillis  at  the  present  time,  historic 
heirlooms  dearly  treasured.  The  total  value  of  his  belongings  was  estimated 
at  about  $60,000,  and  soon  after  he  and  his  wife  landed  in  this  country  he 
invested  a  part  of  this  sum  in  several  tracts  of  land,  one  of  fourteen  hun- 
dred acres  in  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  another 
near  Wampum,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  Lucien  Fombelle  had 
hoped  to  be  able  to  raise  vineyards  that  would  rival  those  of  his  homeland, 
but  several  unsuccessful  attempts  showed  him  the  futility  of  such  an  effort, 
the  soil  being  totally  unsuited  to  such  an  endeavor.  He  became  a  person 
of  importance  in  the  county,  and  in  many  cases  accommodated  his  neigh- 
bors and  added  to  his  wealth  by  lending  of  his  fortune  to  those  of  his 
acquaintance  in  need  of  cash  to  tide  them  over  some  financial  stringency 
or  to  promote  some  needed  improvement  on  their  property.  He  regarded 
such  dealings  as  purely  business  and  not  as  friendly  transactions,  and  as 
his  rates  of  interest  never  savored  of  usury  his  money  was  the  means  of 
aiding  many  who  would  have  been  uncomfortably  embarrassed  had  they 


BEAVER    COUNTY  757 

not  had  access  to  his  plentiful  store.  Lucien  Fombelle  was  the  father  of 
two  sons,  Alexander,  of  whom  further,  and  Lucien  (2),  who  married 
Eunice  Magaw,  a  sister  of  the  wife  of  his  brother,  Alexander.  Lucien  (2) 
Fombelle  was  a  farmer  of  Franklin  township,  after  his  retirement  making 
his  home  in  New  Brighton,  his  death  taking  place  in  that  town.  He  had 
two  children,  both  of  whom  died  unmarried.  Alexander  Fombelle  was 
born  in  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  there 
reared  to  manhood,  becoming  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  seven  hundred 
acres.  Both  through  inheritance  and  his  own  efforts  he  possessed  a  fortune 
of  unusual  size  for  that  period,  and  in  later  life  moved  to  New  Brighton, 
where,  retired,  he  died.  He  married  Delilah  Magaw  and  had  children: 
I.  Gabriel,  an  attorney,  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  judiciary  of  Illinois, 
living  in  the  southern  part  of  that  state,  died  in  Denver,  Colorado;  he  was 
a  student,  the  range  of  whose  application  was  wide,  and  he  was  an  in- 
teresting converser  in  five  languages.  2.  James,  a  farmer  of  central  Illinois, 
died  unmarried.  3.  Alexander  (2),  owned  a  farm  near  Decatur,  Illinois, 
where  he  died.  4.  Justin,  a  merchant  of  southern  Illinois,  moved  to  a  farm 
near  Decatur,  Illinois,  and  there  owns  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  living 
retired.  5.  Victoria,  of  previous  mention,  married  Joseph  Phillis.  6. 
Fannie,  married  Charles  Wooster,  and  moved  to  Missouri,  where  she 
died.  7.  Jane,  married  James  Fombelle,  a  first  cousin,  and  is  now  deceased. 
8.  Elvira,  married  Henry  Metz,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  9. 
Louise,  married  Robert  Strobridge,  and  lived  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Children  of  Joseph  and  Victoria  (Fombelle)  Phillis:  i.  Oliver,  a 
builder  and  contractor  of  Youngstown,  Ohio;  married  Nannie  Duer.  2. 
Joseph,  a  dentist,  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  North  Side,  Pennsylvania.  3. 
Lemoyne  E.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Frank  I.,  a  farmer  near  New  Bedford, 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Homer  G.,  lives  on  the  old  Fombelle 
homestead  at  Fombelle,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  there  proprietor  of  a  general 
store.  6.  Jane,  died  in  1870,  unmarried.  7.  Agnes,  married  Frank  Alcorn, 
of  Dougherty  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Caroline,  mar- 
ried David  Moyer;  lives  in  Ellwood  City,  Pennsylvania. 

(Ill)  Lemoyne  E.  Phillis,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Victoria  (Fombelle) 
Phillis,  was  born  in  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
28,  1862.  He  began  his  education  in  a  country  school  near  his  home,  com- 
pleting his  studies  in  Grove  City  College.  For  thirteen  years  he  was  a 
school  teacher,  holding  positions  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  in 
Macon  county,  Illinois,  after  which  he  was  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Wurtemberg,  Pennsylvania,  in  which  place  he  was  postmaster  for  three 
years.  He  moved  to  Ellwood  City,  Pennsylvania,  and  for  eight  years  was 
a  contractor,  owning  and  conducting  a  lumber  yard  in  connection  with  his 
first-named  line,  for  the  five  years  following  being  proprietor  of  a  grocery 
store.  Selling  this  business,  after  one  year  as  a  wholesale  liquor  dealer, 
he  moved  to  Beaver  Falls,  where  under  his  direction  a  new  building  which 
had  been  erected  at  the  corner  of  Fourteenth  street  and  Seventh  avenue 


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was  converted  into  a  modernly  equipped  hotel,  which  since  1906  has  been 
conducted  by  him  as  the  Hotel  Phillis,  with  profit  and  success.  The  re- 
ceipts of  the  house  and  the  approval  that  it  has  found  with  its  patrons 
show  that  it  has  taken  its  place  among  the  most  prosperous  houses  of  en- 
tertainment in  the  city,  a  fact  gratifying  and  pleasing  to  its  founder.  Mr. 
Phillis  adheres  to  the  Republican  party,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Knights  of  Honor,  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

He  married,  March  27,  1889,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Potter,  her 
father  a  farmer  of  Franklin  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  They 
are  the  parents  of  one  son:    Kenneth  R.,  born  April  12,  1892. 


The    Phillis    family   of    Beaver    county,    Pennsylvania,    has 
PHILLIS     figured  to  good  advantage  in  the  industrial  life  of  the  com- 
munity   for   many   years,    and   the   various   members   have 
always  earned  commendation  for  the  faithful  manner  in  which  they  have 
performed  their  duties  as  citizens. 

(I)  Jacob  Phillis,  the  first  of  this  family  of  whom  we  have  definite 
record,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Beaver  county,  his  farm  being 
located  in  Brighton  township.  He  married  Margaret  Hartford,  and  had 
children,  as  follows:  Janies  M.,  Thomas  Jefiferson,  see  forward;  Wash- 
ington, Jacob,  William,  Mary,  Tamer,  Matilda,  Rachel,  Nancy. 

(II)  Thomas  Jefiferson  Phillis,  son  of  Jacob  and  Margaret  (Hartford) 
Phillis,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  (first) 
Susan  Wyant,  and  had  children:     Elizabeth,  who  married  James  Berry; 

Rachael,  who  married  Pate;  James  M.,  see  forward.     He  married 

(second)   Anna   Bates  and  had  children  by  this  marriage:     Homer  and 
Mary. 

(III)  James  M.  Phillis,  son  of  Thomas  Jefiferson  and  Susan  (Wyant) 
Phillis,  was  born  on  the  family  homestead  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  December  7,  1839.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  township  and  was  graduated  from  them  with  honor. 
He  then  became  a  student  at  Beaver  College,  but  abandoned  his  collegiate 
studies  upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  when  he  was  active  in  the 
defence  of  the  rights  of  his  country.  His  health  became  impaired  as  a 
result  of  the  exposure  and  hardships  he  had  endured  during  the  progress 
of  the  war.  He  was  very  successful  as  a  school  teacher  and  as  a  teacher 
of  music,  and  won  a  wide-spread  reputation  in  both  of  these  branches.  Mr. 
Phillis  married  Nancy  Phillis,  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1848.  She  has  spent  her  entire  life  in  Beaver  county,  and  has 
lived  in  Beaver  since  1870.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Madison  and  Mary 
(Ewing)  Phillis,  who  had  children:  Dallas,  unmarried;  Nancy,  who  mar- 
ried Mr.  Phillis;  Stanton,  who  died  young;  Allen,  unmarried;  Melissa, 
married  John  Lloyd ;  Margaret,  married  Charles  Colbert ;  Jennie,  married 
Thomas   Bromley;   Ella   F.,   married    George   Embaugh.     James   M.   and 


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Nancy  (Phillis)  Phillis  had  children  as  follows:  i.  Mary  Susan,  born 
July  7,  1866,  died  in  March,  1895;  she  married  Elmer  Jones  and  had 
children:  Alethea  Phillis  and  Phillis  Elmer.  2.  Charles  L.,  born  July 
14,  1868,  died  September  30,  1905 ;  he  married  Estelle  Brown.  3.  John  M., 
born  November  2,  1870 ;  he  married  Estelle  Mariman,  who  died  at  Monaca, 
Pennsylvania.  4.  James  J.,  born  March  7,  1876;  he  married  Etta  Kirk. 
5.  Riley  Taylor,  twin  of  James  J.,  died  September  22,  1905. 


The  name  of  Potter  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  numerous 
POTTER    in  the  United  States,  no  less  than  eleven  settlers   of  that 

name  coming  to  New  England  during  the  seventeenth 
century.  The  branch  herein  recorded  does  not  date  to  these  settlers,  how- 
ever, but  to  Robert  Potter,  who  came  from  Ireland  to  Pennsylvania  in 
1774,  settling  soon  afterward  in  Allegheny  county,  where  he  died  leaving 
issue. 

(II)  James  Potter,  son  of  Robert  Potter,  was  born  in  Western  Penn- 
sylvania about  1775.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  Allegheny  county,  later 
removed  to  Venango  county,  remaining  there  until  1812,  when  he  moved 
to  Beaver  county,  which  was  his  home  until  he  died.  He  was  a  stone 
mason  by  trade  and  a  contractor.  After  his  removal  in  1812  to  his  farm, 
four  miles  from  Beaver,  he  erected  a  stone  house  thereon  which  is  yet 
standing.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  as  were 
his  children.  He  died  in  Industry  township,  and  is  buried  in  the  Old  Beaver 
Cemetery.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Quigley,  who  bore  him  seven  children: 
Robert,  see  forward ;  James,  John  K.,  Enoch,  Calvin,  Emily,  Margaret.  He 
married  (second)  a  Miss  Christie,  who  bore  him  one  child,  Hannah,  married 
Robert  Barclay,  now  (1913)  the  only  survivor  of  the  family.  Both  wives 
died  in  Industry  township. 

(III)  Robert  (2)  Potter,  eldest  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Quigley) 
Potter,  was  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  10,  1806,  died 
January  i,  1894.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county  and 
later  studied  civil  engineering  and  surveying.  On  November  19,  1836,  he 
purchased  a  farm  in  Raccoon  township,  on  which  he  lived  until  his  death  at 
the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  He  was  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  the 
county,  served  one  appointive  and  one  elective  term  as  county  commis- 
sioner; was  justice  of  the  peace  for  Raccoon  township  for  thirty  years; 
was  also  school  director  and  supervisor.  Mr.  Potter  married  (first)  Octo- 
ber 10,  1835,  Margaret  Irvin  Braden,  born  in  Raccoon  township,  daughter 
of  John  Braden,  a  farmer  of  the  township;  she  died  in  1843.  He  married 
(second)  January  11,  1855,  Rosanna  Reed,  born  in  Raccoon  township, 
died  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  15,  1903, 
daughter  of  James  and  Agnes  Reed,  the  former  named  a  farmer  of  the 
township.  She  was  the  fourth  of  a  family  of  whom  the  following  grew 
to  manhood  and  womanhood:  Harriet,  married  Daniel  Baker;  Jennie, 
married  Cornelius  Weygandt;  Washington  B.,  married  Eliza  Kerr;  Ros- 


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anna,  married  Robert  Potter,  as  above  stated;  John,  married  Ruth  Ann 
Allen;  Bettie,  married  John  Bryan;  Jesse,  married  Martha  Jane  Kennedy; 
all  of  these  are  now  deceased.  Children  of  Mr.  Potter  by  first  marriage :  i. 
Lieutenant  James,  born  September  8,  1836;  an  officer  of  Company  A, 
Seventeenth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Cavalry  Company,  was  killed  at  Shep- 
herdstown.  West  Virginia,  in  1862.  2.  John  Braden,  see  forward.  3.  Mary, 
born  February  13,  1841,  died  in  infancy.  4.  William  B.,  bom  September 
I.  1843.  5.  Emily,  born  September  7,  1846;  married  Walter  S.  Dunn. 
Children  by  second  marriage:  6.  Ida  Mary,  born  October  5,  i860,  died 
unmarried,  December  13,  1887.  7.  Robert  Calvin,  see  forward.  8.  Wash- 
ington M.,  born  September  8,  1864;  a  lawyer  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  a  well  known  business  man;  married  Cora  A.,  daughter  of 
John  and  Catherine  (Hartman)  Mengel,  the  former  named  a  native  of 
Germany,  the  latter  named  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Potter  have  two  children:  Catherine  Hartman,  born  in  Freedom, 
May  13,  1905,  and  Mary  Mengel,  born  October  10,  1913. 

(IV)  Robert  Calvin  Potter,  son  of  Robert  (2)  and  Rosanna  (Reed) 
Potter,  was  bom  on  the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides  in  Potter  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  6,  1862.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  county,  and  with  the  exception  of  two  years  has 
spent  his  life  on  the  homestead  farm.  The  homestead  consists  of  three 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land,  and  Mr.  Potter  rented  it  in  1894,  cultivat- 
ing it  as  a  farm  for  general  products.  His  political  allegiance  is  given  to  the 
Democratic  party.  Mr.  Potter  married,  in  1894,  Maude  L.,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Calhoun,  and  they  have  three  children:  George  A.,  Charles  M., 
IdaB. 


(IV)  John  Braden  Potter,  son  of  Robert  (q.  v.)  and  Margaret 
POTTER  I.  (Braden)  Potter,  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  October  25,  1838.  There  he  was  a  far- 
mer. He  came  to  Monaca  in  1884,  where  he  engaged  in  teaming,  and  where 
he  died,  October  20,  1903.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Margaret  Shroads,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  in  1843,  died  in  1880.  They  had  children:  William  James,  deceased 
John  Presley,  see  forward;  Washington  Shroads;  Hester  Lowson;  Ada 
Agatha;  Ella  Olive;  an  infant  daughter,  twin  of  Ella  Olive,  now  deceased. 
William  Shroads,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Potter,  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1807, 
died  June  9,  1885.  He  cultivated  his  farm,  and  was  also  an  auctioneer  for 
half  a  century.  He  was  active  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party,  serving 
in  a  number  of  local  offices.  He  was  a  constable  for  thirteen  years,  and  a 
justice  of  the  peace  for  thirty  years.  He  married  Margaret  Baker,  born  in 
Virginia  in  July,  181 1,  died  March  22,  1881,  daughter  of  Anthony  Baker, 
who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  They 
had  children :  George  W. ;  Mary,  now  deceased,  married  Dr.  David  Miller ; 
Margaret,  married  John  Braden  Potter,  as  above  stated,  Martha  B.,  married 


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John  C.  Dunn;  Lowson  V.,  married  B.  F.  Badders;  William  James  E. 
George  Shroads,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Potter,  was  a  farmer  in  Allegheny 
county,  Ohio,  and  in  Virginia.  In  1824  he  came  to  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  farmed  at  Vanport.  He  died  in  Moon  township  at  the  age  of 
sixty-seven  years.  He  married  Mary  Miner,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
five  years,  and  they  had  children :  Jacob,  William,  mentioned  above ;  Samuel, 
Margaret,  Eliza,  John.  Jacob  Shroads,  the  great-grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Potter,  was  bom  in  Germany  and  came  to  Pittsburgh  when  that  city  was 
still  a  borough.  He  located  in  Moon  township,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
farming,  and  was  killed  in  an  accident. 

(V)  John  Presley  Potter,  son  of  John  Braden  and  Margaret  (Shroads) 
Potter,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 
23,  1876.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Monaca,  and  in  1882  took  up  his  residence  in  Monaca.  He  was  as- 
sociated with  his  father  in  the  teaming  and  contracting  business,  and  took 
up  coal  in  addition  to  these  lines.  He  has  been  very  successful  in  bus- 
iness, and  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  house  at  No.  612  Washington  avenue. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Mr.  Potter  married,  in  1891,  Alice  Figley,  born  in  Moon  township,  in 
1879,  daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Susan  (Kennedy)  Figley.  Zachariah 
Figley  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  11,  1825,  died  Feb- 
ruary S,  1902.  His  wife  was  born  February  12,  1838,  died  August  9,  1897. 
He  was  a  son  of  William  and  Nancy  (Baker)  Figley,  the  former  born 
June  I,  1794,  died. May  15,  1857.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mar- 
garet (Hart)  Baker,  the  former  born  in  1786,  died  April  26,  1843,  the 
latter  died  August  6,  1840,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  Daniel  Baker 
was  a  son  of  George  Baker,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Potter  had  children:  Zachariah,  John  B., 
Robert  Glenn,  William,  Raymond,  Charles,  Margaret,  Lillian,  Alice. 


For  many  generations  the  Montgomery  family,  now 
MONTGOMERY  represented  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  has 
been  identified  with  agricultural  interests,  thereby 
adding  to  the  prosperity  of  the  state. 

(I)  James  Montgomery,  the  first  of  whom  we  have  record,  was  a 
native  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  successful  millwright  and 
farmer  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  whither  he  had  removed  from  his 
native  state,  and  where  his  death  occurred.    He  married Hoy. 

(H)  James  Montgomery,  son  of  James  and (Hoy)  Montgomery, 

was  born  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  and  received  a  part  of  his  education 
there  and  a  part  in  Frankford,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  sent  after 
the  early  death  of  his  mother.  At  Frankford  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn 
the  tanner's  trade,  a  calling  he  followed  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years,  at 
Frankford,  Burgettstown,  and  in  Columbiana  county.  After  this  he  was 
occupied  on  the  river  at  intervals,  as  assistant  on  a  flat  boat.     He  then 


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took  up  farming  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  purchased  one  hundred  acres  and  improved  this  property;  he  then 
removed  to  Greene  township,  where  his  son  is  now  located,  and  there  his 
death  occurred.  He  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  Sarah  Stephenson,  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  (Hooper)  Stephenson,  the  latter  of  Alle- 
gheny county,  the  former  of  Maryland,  later  of  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  was  a  farmer.  James  and  Sarah  (Stephenson)  Mont- 
gomery had  children :    John,  see  forward ;  Nancy  J. 

(HI)  John  Montgomery,  only  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Stephenson) 
Montgomery,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
March  13,  1849.  He  attended  the  schools,  however,  in  Greene  township, 
in  the  same  county,  coming  to  the  farm  at  Hookstown,  on  which  he  resides 
at  the  present  time,  when  he  was  about  six  years  of  age,  and  has  lived  on  it 
continuously  since  that  time.  As  soon  as  he  was  old  enough  to  handle  the 
plow  he  commenced  to  work  in  the  fields,  his  life  being  spent  in  the  usual 
uneventful  manner  of  a  farmer's  boy  of  that  period.  Upon  the  comple- 
tion of  his  education  the  labors  of  the  farm  absorbed  all  of  his  time  and 
attention,  and  he  has  since  devoted  his  energies  to  the  cultivation  of  his 
land.  He  has  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  under  cultivation,  and  has  made 
many  improvements  on  the  property.  Among  these  is  the  erection  of  a 
modern,  well-equipped  house,  fitted  up  with  all  possible  conveniences.  Mr. 
Montgomery  takes  an  intelligent  and  earnest  interest  in  the  political  situa- 
tion of  his  section,  as  well  as  in  that  of  the  entire  country,  and  casts  his 
vote  in  favor  of  the  Republican  party,  but  he  has  never  as  yet  desired  to 
hold  public  office. 


This  is  a  name  which  is  found  very  frequently  in  the  United 
MILLER     States,  and  has  come  here   from  several  countries.     In  its 

unaltered  form  it  has  come  to  us  directly  and  indirectly,  by 
way  of  Scotland  and  Ireland,  from  England.  In  another  form — Moeller  and 
Mueller — it  came  here  from  France  and  Germany,  and  in  the  course  of  time 
assumed  its  present  form. 

(I)  Peter  Miller  was  born  in  Strassburg,  then  France,  now  a  German 
possession,  in  1810,  and  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1830.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  boiler  making  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  became 
foreman  in  the  first  boiler  works  in  that  city.  About  1856  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  Watson  &  Monroe,  and  subsequently,  about  i868,  he  formed  a 
connection  with  Karl  &  Snyder,  with  whom  he  remained  until  he  retired 
from  active  work.  He  had  been  a  soldier  in  the  Fernch  army  and  always 
retained  his  soldierly  bearing.  He  was  an  Independent  in  political  opinion, 
and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Catholic  church.  He  married 
Catherine  Arbogast,  who  was  born  on  board  ship  while  her  parents  were 
on  their  way  to  this  country,  and  she  died  in  November,  1888.    The  mar- 


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riage  took  place  in  Pittsburgh,  and  they  were  blessed  with  twenty-one 
children. 

(II)  Charles  Miller,  son  of  Peter  and  Catherine  (Arbogast)  Miller, 
was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  June  11,  1849.  His  education,  which 
was  a  limited  one,  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  ten 
years  he  commenced  the  more  serious  business  of  life  by  working  for  a 
tobacconist.  At  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  he  was  engaged 
at  blowing  the  bellows  for  a  blacksmith,  and  was  then  apprenticed  to  learn 
the  boilermaker's  trade.  Until  1878  he  was  employed  in  this  calling  in  Pitts- 
burgh, becoming  manager  for  Rider  &  Connelly,  and  in  that  year  purchased 
a  boiler  shop  at  Edenburg,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  until  1883.  He 
sold  this  to  advantage,  then  returned  to  Pittsburgh  and  resumed  his  trade 
there  until  1884.  In  that  year  he  went  to  Steubenville,  Ohio,  but  only  re- 
mained there  a  short  time.  November  9,  1884,  he  removed  to  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  later  crossed  the  river  to  Beaver  Falls, 
where  he  resides  at  the  present  time.  For  a  short  period  of  time  he  rented  a 
shop,  but  his  work  soon  outgrew  the  capacity  of  this  and  he  built  a  shop, 
which  he  subsequently  sold  to  the  Connecting  Rod  Company.  In  the  same 
year  that  he  built  this  shop,  1893,  he  also  erected  a  fine  residence  on  nearby 
property,  and  has  lived  there  since  that  time.  He  employs  from  eight  to  ten 
men,  and  his  works  are  known  as  the  Beaver  Valley  Boiler  Company.  His 
was  the  first  boiler  company  in  Beaver  county,  and  has  the  honor  of  building 
the  first  steam  boiler  in  the  county.  It  is  now  largely  engaged  in  general  re- 
pair and  special  construction  work.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Catholic  church,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  has 
never  desired  to  hold  public  office,  but  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Re- 
publican party. 

Mr.  Miller  married,  April  7,  1874,  Emma  Lee  Davis,  born  in  Port 
Washington,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Barney  and  Margaret  (Cogan)  Davis.  They 
had  children :  Catherine,  born  at  Port  Washington,  Ohio,  February  22,  1875, 
unmarried;  Charles,  born  December  17,  1877,  a  boilermaker  at  Beaver  Falls; 
Martha,  born  February  25,  1880,  married  Clinton  Weikart,  and  lives  in 
New  Brighton,  Beaver  county;  G.  Alger,  born  February  19,  1882,  also  a 
boilermaker;  Josephine,  born  September  27,  1884,  married  P.  J.  Thompson, 
and  lives  at  College  Hill,  Beaver  county;  Emma,  born  November  12,  1886, 
unmarried,  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company ;  Harry, 
born  March  i,  1889,  a  structural  steel  worker,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls; 
Joseph  and  Peter,  twins,  born  February  i,  1891,  died  in  infancy;  Frederick, 
born  March  24,  1892,  a  boilermaker  in  the  employ  of  his  father;  Sigismund 
Francis,  born  October  27,  1895. 


Frank  C.  O'Rourke  is  numbered  among  the  citizens  of 
O'ROURKE    New   Brighton  who  have  ever  been  identified  with   the 
most  important  of  the  city's  institutions,   following  the 
example  of  an  honored  father. 


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(I)  Christopher  O'Rourke,  father  of  Frank  C.  O'Rourke,  was  born  at 
Milton,  Northumberland  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1832,  and  although  his 
death  occurred  thirty-two  years  ago  he  is  still  held  in  respectful  and  reverent 
remembrance  by  his  many  friends.  Christopher  O'Rourke's  death  was  the 
result  of  an  accident  that  occurs  with  appalling  frequency  and  nearly  always 
with  fatal  results.  He  was  a  passenger  on  the  eastbound  Pacific  Express 
which  was  scheduled  to  stop  at  New  Brighton,  his  home.  The  probabilities 
are  that  as  the  speed  of  the  train  decreased  when  entering  the  town,  Mr. 
O'Rourke  swung  off  the  steps  before  it  had  come  to  a  full  stop  and  was 
hurled  to  the  ground,  receiving  injuries  that  caused  his  death.  At  the  time 
he  was  in  full  vigor  of  a  useful  existence,  holding  prominent  place  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town  and  wielding  a  great  influence  in  the  community.  His 
absence  from  his  unusually  large  circle  of  friends  caused  a  void  by  no  means 
easy  to  fill,  their  sincere  grief  constituting  a  perfect  tribute  to  the  lofty 
character  they  had  come  to  love  so  well.  His  presence  in  a  gathering  seemed 
to  bind  the  members  thereof  in  sympathetic  understanding,  while  his  easy, 
ready  flow  of  charming  conversation  provided  topics  of  common  interest. 
Without  being  in  the  least  aggressive  or  dictatorial  he  appeared  to  dominate 
any  enterprise  or  undertaking  with  which  he  was  connected,  his  companions 
and  colleagues  always  looking  to  him  for  direction  and  guidance.  Nor  was 
he  so  accustomed  to  rule  that  he  became  unused  to  the  gentler  arts.  In  his 
family  relations  he  was  the  ideal  husband  and  father,  affectionate  and 
thoughtful,  and  in  all  private  connection  was  ever  the  considerate  kindly 
gentleman.  Generous  to  a  fault,  the  need  of  a  friend  needed  no  explanation 
to  receive  his  immediate  assistance.  His  public  charities  were  irrespective 
of  color,  race  or  creed,  widely  diversified  and  wisely  bestowed.  An  admir- 
able character  in  every  relation  to  his  fellowmen  and  living  a  life  beyond 
reproach  by  any  man,  he  was  called  into  the  presence  of  his  Maker  with  no 
preparation  other  than  that  of  a  soul  pure  and  undefiled  and  an  all  embracing 
love  for  his  final  Judge.  None  who  knew  of  his  exemplary  career  could 
fear  for  the  security  of  his  eternal  rest. 

He  married  Emma,  daughter  of  James  Edgar,  who  married  (second) 
Daniel  C.  Schofield.  Children  of  Christopher  and  Emma  (Edgar)  O'Rourke: 
Frank  C,  of  whom  further;  Louis  E.,  drowned  in  1880,  aged  thirteen  years. 

(II)  Frank  C.  O'Rourke,  son  of  Christopher  and  Emma  (Edgar) 
O'Rourke,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June 
13,  1870.  He  obtained  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  birthplace,  and  upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  accepted  a 
position  in  1888  as  bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  Martsolf  Brothers,  of  New 
Brighton,  remaining  there  until  1891.  Two  years  later  he  returned  to  their 
employ  in  the  capacity  of  clerk  and  bookkeeper  and  in  1906  the  concern 
was  incorporated  as  Martsolf  Brothers  Company  when  he  was  admitted  to 
partnership  in  the  firm,  with  the  office  of  secretary  in  the  company's  organi- 
zation. Besides  his  connection  with  the  business  of  Martsolf  Brothers  Com- 
pany, he  is  a  director  of  the  old  National  Bank  of  New  Brighton,  secretary 


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and  treasurer  of  tlie  New  Brighton  Masonic  Building  Association,  and 
secretary  of  the  New  Brighton  Borough  Council,  and  director  of  the  Manu- 
facturers' Association  of  Beaver  County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  Church,  and  director  of  the  New  Brighton  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  and  is  also  prominent  fraternally,  being  past  master  of  New 
Brighton  Lodge,  No.  259,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  past  high  priest  of 
Harmony  Chapter,  No.  206,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Beaver  Falls;  member 
of  Pittsburgh  Commandery,  No.  i,  Knights  Templar;  Hiram  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters,  of  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania;  thrice  potent  master  of 
Newcastle  Lodge  of  Perfectiori,  Fourteenth  Degree,  of  Newcastle,  Penn- 
sylvania; Pittsburgh  Consistory,  Thirty-second  Degree,  Sovereign  Princes 
of  the  Royal  Secret;  Syria  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  and  a 
member  of  the  Supreme  Council,  thirty-third  degree.  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite,  and  Royal  Order  of  Scotland;  district  deputy  grand  master 
of  the  Thirty-seventh  District  of  Pennsylvania.  He  also  belongs  to  the  New 
Brighton  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias;  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  of  Beaver  Falls;  and  the  New  Brighton  Knights  of  Maccabees. 

Mr.  O'Rourke  married  (first)  Vesta  S.,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
Morrow,  who  died  in  1901 ;  (second)  in  1905,  Harriet  F.  Bradshaw,  of 
New  Brighton;  children:  Frank  C.  (2)  and  Mabel  Elizabeth. 

Mr.  O'Rourke  is  firmly  established  in  the  high  estimation  and  respect 
of  his  business  associates,  and  plays  an  important  part  in  the  administration 
of  its  varied  affairs.  Well  liked  and  universally  popular,  he  is  worthy  of 
both,  his  genial  and  friendly  characteristics  being  the  means  by  which  he 
retains  a  large  number  of  firm  friends. 


The  name  of  Bruce  has  been  so  intimately  connected  with  the 
BRUCE  history  of  Scotland  that  it  is  unnecessary  here  to  enter  into 
any  of  the  details  concerning  the  earlier  life  of  this  family. 
While  the  connection  between  the  Bruce  family  of  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  the  beloved  hero  of  Scottish  history  cannot  be  clearly  estab- 
lished, it  is  but  fair  to  assume  that  they  had  a  common  origin. 

(I)  Charles  Bruce  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  in  early  years  emigrated 
to  the  United  States.  He  became  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Raccoon 
Creek,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  bravely  endured  all  the  hardships 

with  which  the  early  settlers  had  to  contend.     He  married  Christina  , 

and  reared  a  large  family  of  boys,  among  them  being:  George,  of  further 
mention,  and  Rodgers,  who  was  actively  engaged  in  the  Civil  War  and  is 
supposed  to  have  died  in  Andersonville  Prison. 

(H)  George  Bruce,  son  of  Charles  and  Christina  Bruce,  was  born  on 
South  Side,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  near  Sheffield.  His  occupations  were  those  connected  with  farm- 
ing and  the  butcher  business,  and  he  and  his  three  brothers  were  the  owners 
of  the  first  separator  in  that  section  of  the  country,  and  operated  it  success- 
fully for  a  number  of  years.    Later  he  opened  a  store  in  Beaver  Falls,  be- 


766  PENNSYLVANIA 

came  the  ticket  agent  at  Geneva  Station,  and  also  conducted  a  grocery  store. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Mount  Carmel  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  Mary,  born  near  Kittanning,  Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania,  a 

daughter  of  John  Wilson.     They  had  children:  Ellen,  who  married  

McClearly;  Lina  Jane;  Robert  Clarence,  of  further  mention;  Charles  W.j 
Amanda;  George. 

(HI)  Robert  Clarence  Bruce,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Wilson)  Bruce, 
was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
27,  1854.  He  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
township,  and  was  then  apprenticed  to  learn  the  stone  mason's  trade  and  that 
of  brick  laying.  Having  mastered  these  callings,  he  followed  them  success- 
fully for  a  number  of  years.  For  a  period  of  four  years  he  then  operated 
the  ferry  at  South  Heights,  after  which  he  resumed  his  former  occupations, 
with  which  he  is  identified  at  the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  former  years  he  was  very  active  in  political 
affairs  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  and  for  a  time  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Republican  county  committee.  Mr.  Bruce  married,  December 
25,  1878,  Mamie  J.  Davidson,  born  in  New  Scottsville,  Hopewell  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  She  was  graduated  with  honor  from  the  old 
Beaver  Seminary,  and  was  engaged  in  teaching  during  the  two  years  prior 
to  her  marriage.  Her  parents  were  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Hamilton)  David- 
son, the  former  born  in  Ireland,  the  latter  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, of  Scotch  descent.  The  maternal  grandmother  of  Mrs.  Bruce  was 
Mary  Snodgrass.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bruce:  Oliver,  of  Webb  City, 
Missouri ;  Mary,  with  her  parents ;  Bertha,  at  Woodlawn ;  Homer,  of  Stutes- 
bury,  Pennsylvania ;  Mabel,  deceased ;  Jay,  of  Pankuska,  Oklahoma ;  Charles ; 
Grace ;  Vallie ;  Mabel. 


The  life  of  James  Markey  is  typical  of  the  enterprise  and 
MARKEY  energy  which  so  strongly  characterizes  the  men  of  this  age 
and  clime,  and  which  seems  largely  the  result  of  the  inter- 
mixture of  our  American  stock  with  the  strong  and  healthy  peoples  who, 
lured  by  the  promise  of  freedom  and  opportunity,  continue  to  pour  in  upon 
us  from  across  the  seas.  His  maternal  forebears  were  Americans,  his  grand- 
father having  fought  in  the  cause  of  freedom  during  the  Revolution,  and  an 
uncle  in  the  War  of  1812.  The  revolutionary  soldier  and  his  father,  a  native 
of  Ireland,  were  among  the  pioneers  who  settled  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. Our  subject's  father,  on  the  contrary,  was  a  native  of  Ireland, 
bom  in  that  country  in  1809,  and  coming  thence,  first  to  New  York,  then 
to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  to  Beaver  county  in  that  state. 
He  was  by  trade  a  tanner  and  currier  and  was  regarded  as  among  the  best 
in  western  Pennsylvania.  On  his  arrival  in  Beaver  county,  he  worked  for 
a  time  for  a  Mr.  Stokes,  of  Beaver,  but  soon  found  employment  in  a  tan- 
nery in  Monaca,  eventually  buying  out  the  owner,  Avery  Graham,  and 


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conducting  so  large  a  business  that  he  was  enabled  to  retire  some  time  prior 
to  his  death  in  1881. 

James  Markey  was  born  in  Monaca,  Pennsylvania,  January  25,  1845,  a 
son  of  Peter  and  Nancy  (Steward)  Markey,  Mrs.  Markey  being  a  native 
of  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  one  of  three  children,  they 
being:  Mary  Jane,  Elizabeth,  James,  all  residents  of  Monaca.  Mr.  Markey 
has  spent  his  life  in  his  native  town,  and  obtained  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  region.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years  proprietor  of 
the  Central  Hotel,  Monaca,  but  is  now  retired  from  active  business.  He  has 
always  been  interested  in  real  estate  and  owns  considerable  property  in 
Beaver  county.  Mr.  Markey  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  has  held  a  num- 
ber of  local  offices.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229,  Free 
and  accepted  Masons.  Mr.  Markey  married  a  Miss  Graham,  of  West 
Pittsburgh,  their  union  being  blessed  with  two  children :  Ettie,  now  the  wife 
of  John  Pettit,  of  Monaca,  and  Edie,  now  the  wife  of  David  Berry,  of  the 
same  place. 


John  Gordon,  who  was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  emi- 
GORDON     grated  to  the  United  States  at  an  early  date,  and  spent  the 

remainder  of  his  life  here.  He  was  a  good  citizen,  thor- 
oughly patriotic,  and  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  married 
and  had  children: 

(II)  William  Gordon,  son  of  John  Gordon,  was  a  pilot  on  the  Ohio 
river,  and  died  in  1845  in  early  manhood.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Levi  Merriman,  who  lived  between  Rochester  and  Pittsburgh.  They  had 
children :  John,  married  Rachel  Nanna,  and  lived  just  below  the  residence  of 
Major  John  Linton;  Sarah;  Margaret;  James;  George,  died  young;  Thomas, 
died  young;  Levi,  died  young;  Robert,  married  Catherine  Marsh;  Henry,  of 
whom  further.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Gordon  removed 
with  her  family  to  Rochester,  where  she  at  first  resided  in  the  "Leaf  House," 
and  later  in  a  small  house  which  was  located  where  Hoffman's  store  now 
stands.  They  lived  there  twelve  years.  The  place  was  celebrated  in  all  the 
country  roundabout  for  the  clearness  and  purity  of  a  spring  which  was  at 
the  roadside  there.  Travelers  came  from  far  and  near  to  enjoy  its  cool 
freshness,  and  the  supply  was  a  plentiful  one  until  about  1899,  when  the 
digging  of  a  well  in  the  vicinity  was  the  cause  of  the  supply  failing  at  the 
spring. 

(III)  Captain  Henry  Gordon,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Merriman) 
Gordon,  was  born  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February 
22,  1838,  died  at  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  July  5,  1914.  From  the  time 
he  was  nine  years  of  age  he  was  self-supporting,  finding  suitable  occu- 
pation on  the  river.  His  first  position  was  on  the  "Michigan,"  and  he 
then  passed  through  various  grades  until  he  was  able  to  fill  the  position 
of  engineer.  He  remained  in  active  service  on  the  river  for  a  period  of 
fifty  years,  then  retired.    He  served  as  a  park  commissioner  during  a  term 


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of  two  years,  and  the  beauty  and  general  fine  condition  of  the  parks  during 
his  term  of  office  is  a  sufficient  testimony  to  his  executive  ability  and  artistic 
sense,  and  after  this  service  he  served  as  janitor  in  the  Adams  street  school 
for  a  period  of  eight  years.  During  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Gordon  carried 
soldiers  and  provisions  on  the  river  for  the  government.  At  that  time 
he  was  mate  of  the  vessel  on  which  he  was  employed,  and  later  held  the 
rank  of  captain.  Mr.  Gordon  married,  August  5,  1862,  Anstis  R.  Davis, 
born  in  Bedford  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  John  M.  Davis,  who 
came  to  Rochester  in  the  forties,  when  he  was  a  young  man,  as  a  stage 
driver,  and  in  1853  settled  in  Phillipsburg,  now  Monaca.  John  Gulp,  the 
maternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Gordon,  was  in  Rochester  in  1795,  at  which 
time  there  was  a  solitary  dwelling  there,  which  was  occupied  by  the  ferry- 
man at  the  point.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  resided  on  Adams  street,  Rochester. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon:  i.  Mary  Emma.  2.  Millard  Fillmore,  who 
was  for  many  years  employed  at  glass  manufacturing,  is  at  present  (1914) 
with  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass  Company,  and  is  an  expert  glass  worker ;  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James  Coulter,  of  Rochester  township.  3.  John 
Henry,  who  was  employed  for  some  time  in  the  Point  Bottle  Works ;  at 
present  with  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass  Company,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
town  council  of  Rochester;  married  Mary  Kaufman,  whose  mother  resides 
in  Butler,  Pennsylvania.  4.  William  T.,  of  whom  further.  Henry  Gordon 
died  July  5,  1914.    Mrs.  Gordon  resides  at  the  home  place. 

(IV)  William  T.  Gordon,  son  of  Henry  and  Anstis  R.  (Davis)  Gor- 
don, was  born  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  10,  1870. 
His  elementary  and  college  preparatory  education  were  acquired  in  the 
public  schools  of  Rochester  and  at  Peirsol's  Academy,  and  he  took  a  full 
course  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  at  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  being 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  the  class  of  1894  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.  G.  Prior  to  taking  up  the  study  of  pharmacy  at  the  college  theoretically, 
he  had  been  engaged  in  the  practical  study  of  it  since  1886.  At  first  he  was 
in  the  employ  of  James  R.  Lloyd,  a  druggist  in  Rochester,  at  the  same  time 
delivering  the  Pittsburgh  morning  papers,  1884  to  1888,  then  was  employed 
with  H.  L.  Schweppe,  druggist,  of  New  Brighton,  1889,  until  the  opening 
of  a  drug  store  with  John  F.  Gordon.  In  1892  he  entered  college,  but  re- 
tained his  interest  in  this  business,  and  after  his  graduation  he  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  business  associate  and  became  the  sole  proprietor  of  this 
enterprise.  Since  then  he  has  managed  it  personally,  making  it  a  very 
successful  business,  and  in  1903  removed  to  his  present  location  at  the  corner 
of  Adams  street  and  New  York  avenue.  Mr.  Gordon  has  executive  ability 
of  an  unusually  high  order,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers,  and  is  now 
a  director  of  the  Rochester  Trust  Company. 

In  political  matters  Mr.  Gordon  was  formerly  a  Democrat,  but  he  has 
been  a  staunch  Republican  since  1896.  He  served  for  twelve  years  as  a 
school  director,  is  now  (1914)  serving  another  six-year  term  in  the  same 
office,  and  has  been  honored  by  election  to  the  presidency  of  this  honorable 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  769 

body.  As  borough  auditor  he  served  in  1892-93-94,  and  he  was  at  one 
time  Republican  candidate  for  the  assembly,  and  made  a  brave  fight  for  the 
office,  declining  the  endorsement  of  the  liquor  interests.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  state  convention  held  in  Harrisburgh  in  1908.  His  fraternal 
affiliations  are  also  of  an  important  nature.  He  is  a  member  of  Rochester 
Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Eureka  Chapter,  No.  167, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  No.  84,  Knights  Templar ; 
Gourgas  Lodge  of  Perfection,  thirty-second  degree,  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite;  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle;  Independent  Order  of  Ameri- 
cans, but  perhaps  his  most  important  work  in  fraternal  circles  has  been  done 
in  connection  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  For  a  period  of  sixteen 
years  he  served  as  clerk  of  the  local  camp  of  this  order,  and  also  clerk  of 
the  head  camp  in  Jurisdiction  G,  comprising  the  states  of  Pennsylvania  and 
New  Jersey,  four  years,  and  later  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  head  coun- 
cil and  served  on  the  law  committee  of  the  Sovereign  Camp,  1909  to  191 1. 
He  has  passed  nearly  all  the  state  chairs.  Under  his  leadership 
the  local  camp  grew  from  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  to 
five  hundred  and  fifty,  this  now  being  one  of  the  largest  camps  in  the  state. 
He  is  now  district  manager  of  Western  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Gordon  is  a 
member  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Mr.  Gordon  married,  in  1890,  Emma  E.  Pregenzer,  of  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  Walter  A.  and  Sarah  A.  Walter 
A.  is  assistant  to  his  father;  he  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Pitts- 
burgh, department  of  pharmacy,  class  of  1914;  he  is  a  noted  athlete  and 
holds  several  medals,  winning  second  place  in  the  Great  Marathon  held  in 
the  Exposition  Building  in  Pittsburgh,  1908.  Mr.  Gordon  and  his  family  are 
members  of  Grace  Lutheran  Church,  he  serving  as  a  member  of  the  church 
council. 


Scotch-Irish  ancestry  is  attributed  to  the  Magaw  family  of 
MAGAW     Pennsylvania,  founded  in  that  state  upon  the  arrival  of  the 

father  of  James  Magaw  from  Ireland,  his  home,  who  died 
in  Pennsylvania  at  an  age  considerably  more  than  four  score  years. 

(II)  James  Magaw  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was 
the  owner  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  North  Sewickley 
township,  which  he  cultivated  until  his  death.  He  married  Eunice  Dye, 
born  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  there 
aged  seventy-nine  years.  Children  of  James  and  Eunice  (Dye)  Magaw: 
I.  Samuel,  for  many  years  a  well-known  attorney  of  Beaver,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 2.  David,  of  whom  further.  3.  Daniel,  a  stone  mason  in  early 
life,  later  a  farmer.  4.  James,  a  farmer.  5.  John,  deceased,  a  farmer.  6. 
Enoch,  a  farmer,  moved  to  Indiana  and  located  on  a  farm  near  Indian- 
polls.  7.  Eunice,  married  Lucien  Fombelle  and  lived  in  North  Sewickley 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Delilah,  married  Alexander 
Fombelle. 


770  PENNSYLVANIA 

(III)  David  Magaw,  son  of  James  and  Eunice  (Dye)  Magaw,  was 
born  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  i8, 
1820,  died  in  Beaver  Falls,  same  county,  April  28,  1893.  His  boyhood  was 
spent  on  the  home  farm  in  North  Sewickley  township,  and  he  obtained  an 
excellent  education,  partly  through  instruction  in  the  public  schools,  mainly 
through  solitary  reading  and  study,  both  of  which  he  was  very  fond. 
Discovering  that  he  possessed  remarkable  aptness  in  communicating  his 
knowledge  and  ideas  to  others  he  began  teaching,  and  was  rewarded  by 
such  excellent  results  that  he  continued  as  a  school  teacher  for  fourteen 
years.  In  1850  he  entered  the  mercantile  business  in  New  Brighton,  general 
merchandise  being  his  line,  and  in  this  he  continued  for  three  years,  for  the 
six  following  years  being  proprietor  of  a  saw  mill  and  owner  of  a  lumber 
yard.  Retiring  from  the  last  named  business  he  was  for  two  years  rail- 
road division  superintendent,  then  became  proprietor  of  the  Park  Hotel,  of 
New  Brighton,  which  he  established,  in  1890  selling  this  property  and  be- 
coming owner  of  the  Central  Hotel  of  Beaver  Falls,  which  he  conducted 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  farmer  for  three  years,  from  1884  until  1887, 
having  purchased  a  farm  of  vast  acreage  in  Macon  county,  near  Decatur, 
Illinois.  During  the  last  few  months  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  a  member  of 
a  regiment  of  volunteers,  but  his  regiment  was  never  pressed  into  active 
service.  With  his  wife,  he  held  membership  in  the  Baptist  church,  and 
although  never  an  office  holder  he  was  a  sturdy  champion  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  was  a  man  of  cheery,  genial  nature,  and  as  a  hotel  proprietor  was 
famous  for  the  entertainment  he  afforded  his  guests  and  the  high  plane 
upon  which  his  house  was  maintained.  He  married,  May  21,  1856,  Elvira 
Dicky  Braden,  born  in  the  locality  now  known  as  College  Hill,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  October  17,  1834,  died  July  17,  1861,  daughter  of 
John  and  Catherine  (McEntyre)  Braden.  Children  of  David  and  Elvira 
Dicky  (Braden)  Magaw:  i.  James  A.,  born  March  17,  1857,  died  unmar- 
ried, January  24,  1885.  2.  John  McEntyre,  of  whom  further.  3.  Davis,  born 
December  9,  1859,  died  February  4,  1861. 

(IV)  John  McEntyre  Magaw,  second  of  the  three  sons  and  children 
of  David  and  Elvira  Dicky  (Braden)  Magaw,  was  born  in  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  27,  1858.  In  that  place  he  spent  his  youth, 
attending  the  public  schools  until  his  entrance  into  Beaver  College.  During 
the  three  years  that  the  family  residence  was  in  Macon  county,  Illinois,  he 
assisted  his  father  in  discharging  the  duties  of  the  management  of  their 
large  estate,  and  he  also  employed  himself  in  various  ways  in  the  hotel  at 
New  Brighton.  In  1890,  when  his  father  became  owner  of  the  Central 
Hotel  of  Beaver  Falls,  John  M.  Magaw  was  admitted  into  partnership,  and 
since  the  death  of  his  parent  in  1893  he  has  been  sole  proprietor  and  mana- 
ger of  the  hotel,  which  is  located  at  the  intersection  of  Sixth  avenue.  Third 
avenue,  and  Sixth  street.  The  hotel  is  of  red  brick,  four  stories,  and  its 
rooms  are  commodious,  tastefully  furnished,  and  comfortable.  Mr.  Magaw 
has  inherited  his  father's  genius  for  pleasing  and  satisfying  the  guests  of  his 


BEAVER   COUNTY  771 

house,  and  the  hotel  has  gained  rather  than  lost  prestige  among  establish- 
ments of  a  similar  nature  in  Beaver  Falls.  In  or  outside  of  business  rela- 
tions Mr.  Magaw  is  a  kindly,  courteous  gentleman,  whose  services  are  always 
at  the  disposal  of  his  many  friends,  and  a  fair,  honest,  straightforward 
method  of  procedure  is  a  marked  characteristic  in  all  that  he  does,  in 
business  or  in  private  life.  Political  office  has  never  been  one  of  his  desires 
or  aspirations  and  the  support  he  has  given  the  Republican  party  has  been 
without  thought  or  hope  of  return.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Magaw  married,  in  February,  1895,  Margaret  Smith,  daughter  of 
Pym  Kuhn,  her  father  having  been  at  one  time  a  prominent  attorney  of 
Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  a  position  her  brother  now  holds.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Magaw  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Eunice  Gray,  born  December  18, 
1897,  a  student  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  high  school. 


The  Maloney  family,  numerous  in  the  British  Isles,  has  in 
MALONEY  its  adopted  home,  the  United  States,  also  gained  a  strong 
footing,  branches  thereof  being  found  in  nearly  all  sec- 
tions of  the  country.  The  branch  of  those  who  are  herein  recorded  is  not 
numerous  in  this  land,  the  latter  half  of  the  nineteenth  century  seeing  the 
first  member  come  to  the  United  States.  This  was  James  Maloney,  born  in 
the  northern  part  of  England  in  1849,  who  came  to  Pennsylvania  as  a  young 
man,  immediately  identifying  himself  with  the  steel  industry  of  that  state. 
He  was  an  employee  in  the  steel  mills  at  Homestead,  Pennsylvania,  before 
they  became  the  property  of  the  United  States  Steel  Company,  and  there 
continued  after  the  Carnegie  interests  had  assumed  control.  He  now  lives 
retired,  making  his  home  near  the  scene  of  his  earlier  labors,  his  residence 
being  in  Munhall,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  faith  is  the  Roman 
Catholic,  and  his  political  sympathies  are  with  the  Democratic  party.  He 
married  Mary  Foley,  born  in  the  northern  part  of  England  in  1853.  Chil- 
dren: Hannah,  John  F.,  of  whom  further,  James,  Thomas,  Catherine,  Wil- 
liam, Joseph,  Edward. 

John  F.  Maloney,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Foley)  Maloney,  was  born 
in  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  19,  1877.  His  boyhood  home  was 
Homestead,  their  residence  there  being  necessitated  by  his  father's  busi- 
ness interests,  and  in  that  town  he  attended  the  public  schools.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  his  first  business  venture  was  in  the  wholesale  confec- 
tionery line,  which  he  followed  in  Allegheny  under  the  name  of  the  American 
Candy  Company.  He  continued  in  this  business  for  three  years,  abandoning 
it  in  favor  of  real  estate  dealings  in  Homestead,  in  connection  with  which 
he  sold  fire  insurance.  Homestead  was  the  field  of  his  operations  until 
1903,  when  he  came  to  Ambridge,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
has  since  been  located.  His  business  remains  the  same,  and  he  is  the  owner 
of  considerable  real  estate  in  that  place,  some  of  which  he  rents,  the  re- 
mainder being  held  for  sale.    During  his  Ambridge  residence  he  has  been 


772  PENNSYLVANIA 

the  promoter  of  several  operations  involving  numerous  dwellings,  all  of 
excellent  grade  and  such  as  made  an  appeal  to  a  highly  desirable  class  of 
citizens.  Fire  insurance  is  still  a  branch  of  his  business  and  his  agency- 
protects  many  of  the  city's  buildings.  Mr.  Maloney  is  a  stockholder  of  the 
Ambridge  Savings  and  Trust  Company.  Progressive  and  modern  in  his 
ideas  and  mode  of  business,  genial  and  agreeable  of  manner,  keen  and  de- 
cisive in  dealings  with  his  fellows,  his  likeable  personal  attributes  have 
done  much  toward  making  his  business  of  its  present  generous  dimensions. 
Honor  and  integrity  form  the  major  part  of  his  business  code,  it  being  diffi- 
cult to  overestimate  their  component  values  in  a  structure  such  as  he  has 
erected  among  his  co-workers  and  competitors.  A  Republican  in  politics, 
he  confines  his  activities  in  matters  public  and  political  to  the  casting  of  his 
vote,  and  his  religious  faith  is  the  Roman  Catholic.  He  holds  membership 
in  Pittsburgh  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  Saint  Veronica's  Holy 
Name  Society. 

Mr.  Maloney  married,  in  September,  1906,  Mary  E.  McKay,  born  in 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Michael  McKay,  formerly  of 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  now  living  in  California. 


Prominence   in   the   industrial    world    of    one   country   and 
EARNER     eminence  in  the  educational  and  religious  life  of  another  is 

the  fortune  that  has  fallen  to  two  generations  of  Earners,  the 
lot  of  one  cast  in  Germany,  that  of  the  other  in  the  United  States.  This 
record  has  as  its  first  object  of  mention  Carl  Earner,  born  in  Germany  in 
1840,  a  manufacturer  of  leather.  He  was  connected  with  this  industry  all 
of  his  life,  and  in  addition  to  the  manufacture  of  his  product  was  the  pro- 
prietor of  a  large  wholesale  house  distributing  the  same.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Lutheran  church,  in  which  faith  their  children  were 
reared.  He  married  Augusta  Otto,  born  in  Germany  in  1848.  She  came 
of  a  family  all  of  whom  were  educators,  minister  and  professors.  Children : 
Robert,  of  whom  further;  Paul,  Martha,  Elizabeth,  a  child  who  died  in 
infancy;  Ernest,  William,  Margaret.  Carl  Earner's  death  occurred  in  1903, 
he  having  survived  his  wife  ten  years. 

(H)  Rev.  Robert  Earner,  eldest  of  the  eight  children  of  Carl  and 
Augusta  (Otto)  Earner,  was  born  in  Germany,  October  10,  1866.  He  there 
obtained  his  education,  attending  the  public  schools,  and  for  his  more  ad- 
vanced studies  attending  the  Latin  School  and  Academy  of  Prussia,  at 
Schivelbein,  Pommem.  At  the  completion  of  his  classical  education  he 
entered  the  Kropp  Theological  Seminary  at  Schleswig,  where  he  finished 
the  course  prescribed  for  ministers.  He  then  came  to  Harrietsville,  Ohio, 
and  became  the  pastor  of  the  German  Lutheran  church,  continuing  in  that 
field  for  three  years,  in  1891  accepting  a  similar  position  in  Kittanning, 
Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania.  While  in  Kittanning  he  began  his  work 
along  educational  lines  by  becoming  principal  of  tlie  Academy  at  that  place, 
and  was  so  engaged,  in  connection  with  his  pastoral  work,  until  1906,  when 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  773 

he  came  to  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  as  pastor  of  St.  Paul's 
Lutheran  Church.  Here  he  remains  to  the  present  time  and,  as  in  Kittan- 
ning,  he  has  added  scholastic  duties  to  those  of  the  church,  having  been  a 
professor  in  Beaver  College,  and  for  the  last  two  years  instructor  in  German 
in  the  Rochester  high  school.  His  value  to  the  institution  with  which  he  is 
identified  at  the  present  time  is  immeasurable,  his  complete  mastery  of  his 
native  tongue  and  his  familiar  knowledge  of  all  of  the  idioms  so  bewildering 
to  a  teacher  who  has  been  compelled  to  study  ceaselessly  for  his  knowledge, 
give  him  unsurpassed  prestige  as  an  instructor.  His  broad  culture  along 
other  lines  and  his  intimacy  with  other  scholarly  pursuits  furthers  his 
progress  toward  the  goal  of  the  ideal  teacher,  and  the  results  he  obtains  from 
his  classes  is  gratifying  in  the  extreme,  both  to  the  students  benefited  and 
to  those  whose  interest  it  is  to  guard  the  welfare  of  the  institution.  Rev. 
Bamer's  work  among  the  youth  of  Rochester  lends  to  his  ecclesiastical  value 
to  the  community,  and  were  his  achievements  confined  to  but  one  field  or 
the  other  his  life  would  be  indeed  well  spent.  He  is  an  earnest,  inspired  and 
eloquent  preacher,  having  a  deep  and  firm  conviction  in  the  doctrines  he  ex- 
pounds, and  preaches  with  a  heart-felt  care  for  his  parishioners.  He  does 
not  confine  his  labors  in  their  behalf  to  weekly  orations  from  the  pulpit,  but 
in  their  need  or  extremity  none  ever  lacks  his  aid,  lighting  the  darkness, 
explaining  the  misunderstood,  and  freshening  the  faith  of  those  who  had 
begun  to  doubt  the  omniscience  and  mercy  of  an  all-seeing  Providence.  This 
is  the  place  that  Rev.  Barner  has  made  for  himself  in  the  Rochester  com- 
munity, this  the  outline  of  the  richly  rewarded  labors  in  which  he  daily 
engages.  In  19 13  he  passed  several  months  in  visiting  his  homeland  and  in 
a  tour  of  Switzerland,  returning  from  his  most  enjoyable  vacation  invig- 
orated and  strengthened  for  the  resumption  of  his  duties  which  he  has 
since  carried  forward  with  fresh  enthusiasm.  He  inclines  toward  sympathy 
with  the  principles  of  the  Republican  platform,  but  has  never  been  actively 
associated  with  any  political  party. 

He  married,  in  1890,  Mary  Lauer,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Kloss) 
Lauer,  born  in  Warner,  Washington  county,  Ohio,  January  10,  1871,  died 
in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  14,  1907.  Her  parents 
were  born  in  Germany  and  early  in  their  married  life  came  to  Washington 
county,  Ohio,  where  their  deaths  occurred.  Children  of  Rev.  Robert  and 
Mary  (Lauer)  Barner,  all  born  in  Kittanning,  Armstrong  county,  Penn- 
sylvania: I.  Robert  Paul,  bom  November  15,  1891 ;  educated  in  music  at 
Beaver  College,  from  which  he  graduated  with  degree  of  M.  B.  and  M.  M. ; 
Geneva  College;  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  University  of  Chicago; 
now  Professor  of  Music  in  Beaver  College.  2.  Luther  W.,  born  April  10, 
1893 ;  a  graduate  of  the  Rochester  high  school,  and  Geneva  College ;  now  a 
senior  in  Washington  and  Jeflferson  College,  Washington,  Pennsylvania. 
3.  Armin  K.,  born  September  4,  1896 ;  a  student  in  the  Rochester  high  school. 


774  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  Kinney  family  which  is  now  so  prominently  represented 
KINNEY     in   Beaver  county,   Pennsylvania,    probably    came    to    this 

country  either  from  Scotland  or  Ireland.  They  were  located 
at  first  in  various  parts  of  New  England,  and  from  there  branched  out  to 
other  sections. 

(I)  Nathan  Kinney  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  from  there  mi- 
grated to  Kinsman,  Ohio,  where  he  became  occupied  with  farming.  He 
married  Ann  Fry,  probably  a  native  of  Kinsman. 

(II)  John  Kinney,  son  of  Nathan  and  Ann  (Fry)  Kinney,  was  bom  in 
Kinsman,  Ohio,  in  1847,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  February, 
1910.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Kinsman,  and  later  established 
himself  in  the  lumber  business,  partly  in  Ohio  and  partly  in  Pennsylvania. 
He  removed  to  Forest  Grove,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1895,  and 
to  Beaver  county  in  the  same  state  in  1910.  Mr.  Kinney  married,  July  3, 
1869,  Hannah  Maria  Pennell,  bom  in  Austintown,  Ohio.  She  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Sarah  (Oliver)  Pennell,  she  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  he 
born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  he  was  four- 
teen years  of  age.  They  located  in  Austintown,  Ohio.  The  maternal  grand- 
parents of  Mrs.  Kinney  were  Andrew  and  Belle  Oliver.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kin- 
ney have  had  children :  Albert  Milton,  see  forward ;  John  Prosser,  George, 
Frederick  Alvin,  Emma  Mary.  They  are  all  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 

(III)  Albert  Milton  Kinney,  son  of  John  and  Hannah  Maria  (Pen- 
nell) Kinney,  was  born  in  Kinsman,  Ohio,  May  28,  1871.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  both  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania,  attending  the  latter 
but  a  short  time.  For  a  time  he  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  contractor 
but  abandoned  this  in  order  to  become  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
lumber  business,  an  association  which  was  continued  until  1901.  At  that 
time  he  established  himself  in  the  same  line  independently,  with  his  head- 
quarters at  Pittsburgh.  Two  years  later  he  organized  a  corporation  which 
bore  the  name  of  The  A.  M.  Kinney  Lumber  Company,  Mr.  Kinney  hold- 
ing the  office  of  general  manager  and  treasurer.  The  company  passed  out 
of  existence  in  January,  1912,  when  Mr.  Kinney  bought  out  the  entire 
stock,  and  has  since  conducted  it  as  a  private  enterprise,  but  retaining  the 
corporation  name.  He  is  also  extensively  interested  in  oil  enterprises.  He 
resided  at  Forest  Grove,  Allegheny  county,  until  1909,  when  he  removed 
to  a  farm  which  he  had  purchased  in  1908  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  has  a  fine  country  home,  and  also  a  fine 
stud  of  racing  horses,  which  is  one  of  the  especial  pleasures  of  Mr.  Kinney. 
In  national  politics  Mr.  Kinney  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  but  locally  he  is  an 
Independent.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

Mr.  Kinney  married,  March  27,  1894,  Sarah  R.  Whittier,  of  Smithfield, 
Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  and  they  have  had  children:  Dorothea  Maria, 
Frederick  Lester,  Helen  May. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  775 

Representatives  of  the  Keeler  family  came  to  America  at 
KEELER  an  early  date,  and  for  a  number  of  generations  they  have 
shown  mechanical  ability  of  a  more  than  ordinary  degree  of 
excellence. 

(I)  Edward  Lockwood  Keeler  was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
died  at  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  1909.  He  early  showed 
decided  mechanical  genius,  and  as  his  parents  died  while  he  was  still  a 
young  child,  he  was  taken  to  Pittsburgh  and  there  worked  in  various  shops 
as  a  machinist.  Finally  he  rose  to  the  position  of  an  inspector  in  Graft's 
Axe  Works,  and  in  1867,  when  the  Joseph  Graft  Company  removed  their 
plant  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Mr.  Keeler  went  with  them  as  fore- 
man, a  position  he  held  for  many  years.  He  had  a  sister,  Deborah,  who 
lived  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  an  uncle,  William  Keeler,  a  very  wealthy 
man,  who  also  lived  in  Brooklyn.  He  was  of  a  quiet  and  retiring  disposition 
and  never  spoke  much  of  his  family.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Keeler  married,  while  living  in  Pitts- 
burgh, Sarah  Ann  Myers  (see  Myers  H),  and  they  had  children:  William 
E.,  of  further  mention;  John  M.,  lives  in  New  Brighton,  is  a  foreman  at 
the  wire  mills  in  Fallston,  and  married  Laura  Welsh ;  Emma,  unmarried, 
lives  at  Beaver  Falls ;  Cora,  married  William  E.  Boyce,  lives  in  New  Castle, 
Pennsylvania;  Charles,  unmarried,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  Mrs.  Keeler 
died  in  February,  1912. 

(H)  William  E.  Keeler,  son  of  Edward  Lockwood  and  Sarah  Ann 
(Myers)  Keeler,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  July  8,  1857.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Allegheny  until  he  was  nine  years  of  age, 
and  then  devoted  himself  to  mechanical  work,  for  which  he  was  naturally 
gifted.  His  first  position  was  with  the  Newmyer  &  Graft  Hinge  Manu- 
facturing Company,  where  he  served  his  apprenticeship  and  became  a 
journeyman  mechanic.  When  the  factory  removed  to  Beaver  Falls  in  1867 
he  went  with  it,  and  remained  with  this  concern  until  1879,  by  which  time 
he  had  become  a  mechanic  of  unusual  ability.  He  then  formed  a  connection 
with  his  uncle's  firm,  the  H.  M.  Myers'  Company,  shovel  manufacturers, 
and  filled  the  position  of  engineer  for  this  firm  until  1893,  when  he  was 
appointed  master  mechanic  of  the  company,  an  office  he  is  still  filling  with 
marked  executive  ability.  Since  Mr.  Keeler  was  first  associated  with  this 
firm  the  name  has  been  changed  to  that  of  the  Ames  Shovel  and  Tool  Com- 
pany, but  his  position  has  remained  unchanged.  When  running  at  full 
capacity  this  company  employs  in  the  neighborhood  of  two  hundred  men, 
and  Mr.  Keeler  has  full  control  of  these.  He  is  recognized  as  an  expert 
in  his  line,  and  has  invented  and  patented  an  electric  level  shovel,  selling 
the  patent  rights  to  the  company  in  whose  interests  he  has  been  so  efficiently 
working.  He  has  frequently  received  advantageous  oflFers  from  other  con- 
cerns, but  is  true  to  his  allegiance  to  the  company  with  which  he  has  so 
long  a  time  been  associated.  He  owns  the  house  in  which  he  lives.  No. 
1317  Third  avenue,  Beaver  Falls,  as  also  a  number  of  other  houses  in  the 


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city.  He  is  Republican  in  political  opinion,  and  a  member  of  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Protective  Home  Circle. 

Mr.  Keeler  married  Mary  Catherine  Lozier,  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, now  deceased;  she  was  a  daughter  of  Edward  L.  Lozier,  also  de- 
ceased, who  was  for  many  years  engineer  on  a  river  boat,  and  lived  at 
Beaver  Falls.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keeler  had  children:  Eva  H.,  unmarried, 
lives  with  her  parents ;  Edward  L.,  a  machinist,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls ;  Ida 
M.,  married  R.  F.  Alstman,  lives  above  Pittsburgh. 
(The  Myers  Line.) 

(I)  Henry  Milton  Myers  was  born  in  eastern  Pennsylvania,  of  Ger- 
man descent,  and  there  grew  to  maturity.  About  1800  he  migrated  with  his 
family  to  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  about  four 
miles  east  of  Columbiana.  At  that  time  the  country  in  that  section  was 
primeval  forest,  and  Indians  as  well  as  wild  animals  were  both  numerous 
and  dangerous.  He  cleared  the  land,  and  by  industry  and  economy  died 
a  comparatively  wealthy  man,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  He  and  his 
family  were  of  the  Lutheran  denomination  in  religious  belief.     Mr.  Myers 

married,  before  he  "came  over  the  mountains,"  Mary  ,  also  born  in 

Eastern  Pennsylvania  of  German  descent,  and  they  had  children:  John, 
who  became  a  farmer  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio;  Henry,  had  a  farm 
near  the  homestead  in  Ohio,  later  removing  to  Elkhart  county,  Indiana, 
where  he  also  located  on  a  farm;  Joseph,  studied  medicine  and  was  a 
physician  at  Cary,  Ohio ;  Noah,  a  physician  in  practice  at  Erie,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Mary,  married  Levi  Jennings,  and  lived  on  a  farm  in  Columbiana 

county,  Ohio;  Susan,  married  Rickabroat,  and  lived  in  Ohio;  David, 

lived  on  a  farm  in  Ohio;  Samuel,  of  further  mention;  Jacob,  lived  on  a 
farm   in   Ohio. 

(II)  Dr.  Samuel  Myers,  son  of  Henry  Milton  and  Mary  Myers,  was 
born  near  Columbiana,  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  1806,  died  in  Elkhart, 
Indiana,  1861.  His  early  years  were  passed  in  the  usual  manner  of  a 
farmer's  son,  and  he  then  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  went  to 
Jamestown,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  to  establish  himself  in  his  call- 
ing there,  and  while  there  made  the  acquaintance  of  several  doctors  there. 
They  became  interested  in  the  intelligence  and  bright  wit  of  the  young 
man  and  induced  him  to  abandon  his  trade  and  take  up  the  study  of 
medicine.  For  some  years  he  studied  in  the  offices  of  Dr.  Gibson  and  Dr. 
Clark,  and  then  his  father  offered  him  all  the  profits  of  the  farm  if  he  would 
come  there  and  take  charge  of  it  and  him.  Considering  it  his  duty  to  com- 
ply with  the  earnest  request  of  his  father,  Samuel  Myers  returned  to  the 
homestead  farm  in  Columbiana  county,  and  remained  there  until  the  death 
of  his  father.  He  then  removed  to  Elkhart,  Elkhart  county,  Indiana,  and 
there  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  the  medical  profession,  with 
which  he  was  successfully  identified  until  his  untimely  and  deeply  deplored 
death.  He  was  thrown  from  his  horse  and  injured,  and  before  he  had  fully 
recovered  from  these  hurts  he  succumbed  to  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever, 


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which  his  undermined  constitution  could  not  withstand.  He  was  tall  of 
stature,  being  more  than  six  feet  in  height,  and  stately  and  well  propor- 
tioned. Dr.  Myers  married,  in  Jamestown,  Matilda  Muntz,  born  in  Balti- 
more, Maryland,  1821,  died  1890.  She  was  robbed  of  both  of  her  parents 
by  death  before  she  was  ten  years  of  age,  and  then  made  her  home  with 
her  sister,  Mrs.  John  Heffley,  near  Jamestown,  Pennsylvania.  Here  she 
met  Dr.  Myers  and  married  him  when  she  was  only  sixteen  years  of  age. 
Her  only  sister  was  the  Mary  who  married  John  Heffley,  and  her  only 
brother  was  William,  who  lived  in  Baltimore,  M'aryland.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Myers  had  children:  i.  William,  who  died  young.  2.  Henry  Milton,  located 
in  Beaver  Falls,  where  he  died  a  very  wealthy  man ;  he  was  the  founder  of 
the  H.  M.  Myers  Shovel  and  Tool  Company,  which  later  became  merged 
in  the  Ames  Shovel  and  Tool  Company;  his  widow,  Ella  (Miller)  Myers, 
lives  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  3.  Noah,  married  Mary  Truby;  worked  with 
his  brother,  Henry  Milton,  and  died  in  Beaver  Falls.  4.  Joseph,  died  in 
infancy.  5.  Mary,  widow  of  John  W.  Fry;  lives  at  No.  945  Western  ave- 
nue, North  Side,  Pittsburgh.  6.  Sarah  Ann,  married  Mr.  Keeler  (see 
Keeler  I).  7.  Elmira,  now  deceased;  married  Clark  Hill;  lived  at  Brook- 
ville,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Matilda,  married  William  Matthews;  lived  at 
Beaver  Falls,  both  deceased.  9.  John,  enlisted  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
and  served  throughout  the  Civil  War,  is  now  deceased;  married  Jeannette 
Mayer,  also  deceased,  and  lived  at  Beaver  Falls. 


An  interesting  point  that  would  be  immediately  observed 
HOFFMANN     by  one  reading  a  record  of  the  Hoffmann  family  herein 

chronicled  is  the  continued  use  of  the  name  George  for 
the  eldest  son  of  each  generation.  Another  fact  that  is  unusual  throughout 
so  long  a  period  of  time  is  that  in  each  case  the  eldest  child  has  been  a  son, 
so  that  the  first  born  of  each  generation  has  been  a  George.  The  George 
with  whom  this  record  begins  is  George  Von  Hoffmann,  who  held  the  title 
of  major  in  the  army  of  Napoleon  I.  In  the  host  of  that  commander  he 
had  risen  from  the  rank  of  private  and  held  an  honored  position,  standing 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  leader.  He  was  one  of  the  vast  army  of  more 
than  half  a  million  men  who  invaded  Russia  under  Napoleon's  command, 
and  penetrating  as  far  as  Moscow  were  there  compelled  by  famine  and 
suffering  to  retrace  their  steps,  more  than  three-fourths  of  the  gallant  band 
that  had  so  boldly  set  out  upon  what  they  were  confident  would  be  a  con- 
tinuation of  their  successful  compaigns  falling  by  the  wayside,  victims  either 
of  exposure  or  the  deadly  attacks  of  the  Cossacks.  George  Von  Hoffmann 
was  one  of  the  survivors  of  this  disastrous  retreat,  and  died  in  Bavaria, 
his  birthplace. 

(II)  George  (2)  Hoffmann,  son  of  George  (i)  Von  Hoffmann,  was 
born  in  Germany,  as  was  his  wife,  and  there  lived  until  1845,  when  after 
his  marriage  he  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Allegheny  City 
(Pittsburgh,  North  Side),  Pennsylvania.    He  later  moved  to  Monongahela 


778  PENNSYLVANIA 

City,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  coming  there  in  1858,  and  there 
died  in  1898,  aged  eighty-one  years,  his  wife's  death  occurring  in  that 
place  five  years  later.  He  married  Barbara  Hoffmann,  in  all  probability  a 
relative  of  his.  Among  their  children  was  George  Andrew,  of  whom 
further. 

(HI)  George  Andrew  Hoffmann,  son  of  George  (2)  and  Barbara 
(Hoffmann)  Hoffmann,  was  born  in  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  in  1845,  died 
in  Pennsylvania  in  1893.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  Wesleyan 
College,  of  Delavan,  Ohio,  and  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College.  After 
receiving  his  degree  from  the  latter  institution  he  creditably  passed  the 
examinations  for  admission  to  the  bars  of  Allegheny  and  Washington  coun- 
ties, and  from  that  time  until  his  death  steadily  gained  in  prestige  and 
reputation  among  his  legal  brethren,  two  years  prior  to  his  death,  1890-91, 
filling  the  position  of  district  attorney.  His  power  and  influence  as  an 
advocate  was  known  throughout  the  state,  and  few  were  the  adverse  deci- 
sions that  fell  to  his  lot.  Forceful,  able  and  convincing  in  argument,  in  the 
presentation  of  his  cases  he  combined  direct  strength  of  statement  with  elo- 
quence of  expression,  his  appeal  being  always  to  the  reason  rather  than  the 
sentiments  of  his  hearers.  He  spoke  and  acted  from  a  close  familiarity 
with  all  of  the  complex  and  perplexing  technicalities  of  our  legal  code,  his 
clients  being  benefited  by  his  years  of  assiduous  study.  He  supported,  with 
the  influence  a  highly  regarded  legal  light  always  wields,  the  Republican 
party,  and  belonged  to  Henry  M.  Phillips  Lodge,  No.  645,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons.  He  married  Margaret  Aughindobler,  born  in  Germany, 
now  living  in  Monogahela  City,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  at  the 
home  of  her  daughter,  Mary  Elizabeth.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Elizabeth  (Zeh)  Aughindobler,  both  natives  of  Bavaria,  Germany,  who 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1852,  settling  in  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. In  that  place  he  was  a  farmer,  in  1872  making  his  home  in  Monon- 
gahela  City,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1908,  aged 
seventy-eight  years,  his  wife's  death  occurring  in  1913,  when  she  had  attained 
the  unusual  age  of  ninety-three  years.  Children  of  Adam  and  Elizabeth 
(Zeh)  Aughindobler:  i.  Margaret,  of  previous  mention,  married  George 
Andrew  Hoffmann.  2.  Jane,  married  James  Dickey,  of  Monongahela  City, 
Pennsylvania.  3.  Anna,  married  John  Starb,  of  Monongahela  City,  Penn- 
sylvania. Children  of  George  Andrew  and  Margaret  (Aughindobler)  Hoff- 
mann: I.  George  Andrew,  of  whom  further.  2.  Joseph  Adolphus,  a  resi- 
dent of  Monongahela  City,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  married  Dr. 
George  H.  Murphy,  a  physician  of  Monongahela  City,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  George  Andrew  (2)  Hoffmann,  son  of  George  Andrew  (i)  and 
Margaret  (Aughindobler)  Hoffmann,  was  bom  in  Monogahela  City,  Wash- 
ington county,  Pennsylvania,  November  5,  1877.  His  public  school  educa- 
tion was  completed  in  1896,  when  he  was  graduated  from  the  Monongahela 
high  school,  after  which  he  enrolled  at  Curry  University,  of  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  took  a  business  course.     Finishing  this  course  of  study  he  pre- 


BEAVER    COUNTY  779 

pared  at  Pittsburgh  Academy  for  entrance  at  Washington  and  Jefferson 
College,  later  matriculating  at  that  latter  institution.  He  never  received 
his  degree  from  Washington  and  Jefferson,  being  compelled  to  leave  the 
college  and  enter  business.  His  first  venture  was  in  the  hardware  business 
in  Monongahela  City,  in  partnersip  with  a  cousin,  where  he  remained  for 
three  years,  then  accepted  a  position  with  the  Crucible  Steel  Company  of 
America.  After  two  years'  service  with  this  company  he  became  identified 
with  the  Valley  Electrical  Company,  now  operating  under  the  name  of  the 
Beaver  Valley  Light  Company,  being  thus  employed  for  a  period  of  nine 
years.  His  next  field  was  the  automobile  business,  and  since  his  retirement 
therefrom  he  has  not  associated  himself  with  any  other  venture,  living  free 
from  all  business  cares  at  his  home  on  River  avenue,  a  handsome  residence 
-which  was  completed  for  his  use  in  1903.  Mr.  Hoffmann  afiiliated  with 
Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  later  having  his 
membership  transferred  to  Woodlawn  Lodge,  No.  672.  In  that  fraternity 
he  holds  the  thirty-second  degree,  belonging  to  Pennsylvania  Consistory, 
Valley  of  Pittsburgh,  receiving  that  degree  November  17,  1905.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  Woodlawn  Lodge,  No.  1221,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  communicant  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  of  Aliquippa. 

He  married,  in  1899,  Florence  McDonald,  born  in  Woodlawn,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  7,  1879,  daughter  of  Captain  David  Alexander  and  Mary 
Francis  (Woods)  McDonald,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children 
■of  George  Andrew  and  Florence  (McDonald)  Hoffmann:  i.  George  An- 
drew, Jr.,  born  March  25,  19CX5.    2.  John  Kenneth,  bom  January  15,  1907. 


In  its  German  home  this  family  claimed  as  members 
ESTERMYER    many  whose  pursuits  were  of  the  nature  that  have  given 

Germany  its  standing  as  one  of  the  foremost  of  manu- 
facturing nations,  while  still  others  clung  to  agricultural  lives  and  took  upon 
themselves  a  share  in  the  task  of  sustaining  those  of  the  first-named  class 
by  the  production  of  foodstuffs.  In  this  country  the  members  thereof  have 
been  identified  with  the  glass  manufacturing  industry,  one  of  the  present 
generation,  Louis  Joseph  Estermyer,  having  attained  an  influential  position 
in  the  public  life  of  his  locality.  The  seat  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in 
the  homeland  was  Byron,  and  it  was  in  this  division,  near  Metting,  in  Ger- 
many, that  Joseph  Estermyer  was  born,  February  5,  1801,  and  died  there, 
aged  sixty-five  years.  Agriculture  was  his  lifelong  occupation,  his  fertile 
farm  of  300  acres  supplying  the  family  with  a  comfortable  living,  as  their 
needs,  like  their  lives,  were  simple.  The  Catholic  church  was  that  to  which 
all  of  the  family  belonged,  the  faith  of  their  ancestors  transmitted  to  their 
descendants.  Joseph  and  Theresa  Estermyer  were  the  parents  of  three 
sons  and  one  daughter,  all  but  one,  Alouis,  father  of  Louis  Joseph  Ester- 
myer, passing  their  entire  lives  in  Germany. 

(II)   Alouis  Estermyer,  son  of  Joseph  and  Theresa  Estermyer,  was 


78o  PENNSYLVANIA 

born  near  Metting,  Byron,  Germany,  county  Straubing,  June  lo,  1842,  died 
in  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  15,  1908.  As  a  boy  he 
studied  in  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  in  young  manhood  found 
employment  upon  his  father's  farm,  later  serving  the  required  time  in  the 
German  army.  He  belonged  to  the  cavalry,  and  upon  his  discharge  received 
honorable  mention  for  his  unquestioning  subservience  to  the  orders  of  his 
superiors  as  a  private,  for  the  wisdom  that  governed  his  authority  as  he 
advanced  in  rank,  and  for  his  soldierly  conduct  during  his  term  of  service. 
Six  years  after  his  marriage  he  determined  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States, 
being  the  first  of  his  family  to  do  so.  He  accordingly  left  Germany,  March 
7,  1870,  on  the  steamer  "Rhine,"  accompanied  by  his  wife,  her  widowed 
mother,  and  two  children — Louis  and  John.  They  arrived  safe  at  Castle 
Garden,  New  York  City,  March  25,  1870,  after  a  voyage  of  eighteen  days  of 
stormy  weather.  It  being  Saturday,  they  could  not  land  until  Monday,  the 
27th,  on  which  day  at  4  p.  m.  they  left  for  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  arriv- 
ing there  on  the  29th  at  2  p.  m.  They  resided  in  Pittsburgh  for  ten  years, 
during  which  time  Mr.  Estermyer  was  employed  as  "teaser"  in  a  glass  fac- 
tory, an  operation  and  an  employee  that  have  passed  into  retirement  with 
the  invention  and  practical  adaptation  of  modern  and  improved  machinery. 
In  1879  a  universal  strike  of  glass-blowers  in  Pittsburgh  threw  him  out  of 
a  situation,  and  for  a  time  he  was  at  a  loss  as  to  what  employment  to  find, 
a  problem  he  solved  in  the  first  part  of  May  of  1880,  by  walking  thirty  miles 
to  Beaver  Falls,  there  obtaining  work  in  the  Co-operative  Glass  Works. 
Two  months  later,  on  July  28th,  he  moved  his  family  to  Beaver  Falls,  and 
was  there  employed  until  still  more  recent  inventions  made  it  possible  for 
manufacturers  of  glass  to  reduce  their  working  forces  to  still  less  propor- 
tions. In  his  later  years  he  became  a  night  watchman,  and  was  thus  en- 
gaged at  his  death.  He  was  a  devout,  faithful  Catholic,  and  one  of  the 
early  members  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  who  laid  the  foundation  for  its 
present  prosperity  by  their  whole-hearted  devotion  and  willing  self-sacrifice. 
He  was  married  in  Liberfing,  county  Straubing,  Germany,  March  17,  1864, 
to  Magdalena  Kine,  born  in  Ruzenbough,  Germany,  now  living  in  Beaver 
Falls,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Alouis  and  Magdalena  (Kine)  Ester- 
myer: I.  Louis  Joseph,  of  whom  further.  2.  John,  born  April  12,  1868, 
died  in  July,  1898;  a  glass  worker;  married  Bertha  Schell;  no  children.  3. 
Theresa,  died  aged  nine  years.  4-5-6-7.  Two  sons  and  two  daughters,  all 
died  in  infancy.  8.  Mary,  born  November  30,  1879;  married  William 
Beighley ;  their  residence  is  at  No.  2535  Eighth  avenue,  Beaver  Falls,  Penn- 
sylvania. 9.  Lena,  born  July  27,  1881 ;  married  Ernest  Lynn,  and  resides  at 
No.  mo  Sixth  avenue,  Beaver  Falls.  10.  Peter,  born  July  19,  1884;  an 
electrical  worker;  resides  in  Toledo,  Ohio;  married  to  Frances  Dickson. 
(Ill)  Louis  Joseph  Estermyer,  eldest  of  the  ten  children  of  Alouis  and 
Magdalena  (Kine)  Estermyer,  was  born  near  Ruzenbough,  county  of 
Straubing,  Germany,  January  31,  1865,  and  lived  in  that  country  until  five 
years  of  age,  when  he  was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents- 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  781 

and  was  placed  in  St.  Michael's  Parochial  School  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  attended  this  institution  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  when 
he  left  school  to  lend  his  efforts  to  contribute  to  the  support  of  the  family. 
His  first  employment  was  in  McCally's  Glass  Works,  28th  street,  Pitts- 
burgh, as  "carrying  over"  boy.  Here,  in  addition  to  performing  a  days 
labor  that  would  tire  any  youth,  even  one  of  his  rugged  constitution,  it  was 
necessary  for  him  to  walk  between  four  and  five  miles  to  and  from  work, 
morning  and  evening,  from  i8th  street,  South  Side,  to  28th  street,  Pitts- 
burgh, his  remuneration  being  the  sum  of  thirty-seven  and  a  half  cents  per 
day.  The  following  year  the  family  home  was  changed  to  the  corner  of 
28th  street  and  Smallman  street,  Pittsburgh,  where  they  resided  for  one 
year,  and  lived  on  South  Side,  Pittsburgh,  for  nine  years,  Mr.  Estermyer 
being  employed  during  that  time  in  various  glass  factories.  In  1880,  when 
he  went  with  his  father  to  Beaver  Falls,  he  began  a  connection  with  the 
Co-operative  Glass  Company  that  lasted  for  twenty-seven  years,  first  as 
"sticking-up"  boy  and  later  as  a  glass  presser,  in  which  latter  department 
he  became  most  skillful  and  adept,  continuing  as  such  until  his  retirement 
in  1907  from  glass  manufacturing.  Since  that  year  he  has  been  part  pro- 
prietor of  a  wholesale  liquor  store  on  Seventh  avenue,  Beaver  Falls,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Estermyer  &  Groth.  Mr.  Estermyer  has  always  been 
an  active  political  worker,  and  as  a  Democrat  served  one  term  as  council- 
man for  the  Fifth  Ward.  His  influence  among  his  countrymen  in  his 
district  is  strong,  and  he  is  one  of  the  leaders  of  his  party  in  the  city.  In 
1894  he  was  a  Democratic  candidate  for  the  State  legislature,  and  was 
defeated,  although  he  made  a  valiant  fight  and  ran  far  ahead  of  his  ticket 
in  Beaver  Falls,  threatening  the  leaders  in  a  Republican  stronghold.  Mr. 
Estermyer  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
and  he  belongs  to  the  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit  Association. 

He  married.  May  7,  1890,  Sarah  Ellen  Gould,  born  at  Tiger  Flats, 
Wood  county.  West  Virginia.  Children:  i.  Lillian  Helena,  born  August 
24,  1891.  2.  Louis  Joseph  Jr.,  born  June  10,  1892.  3.  John  Thomas,  born 
February  10,  1894.  4.  Charles  Edward,  born  June  21,  1896.  5.  Sarah 
Ellen,  born  August  i,  1898,  lived  twenty-three  days,  weighed  one  pound. 
6.  Helen  Marie,  born  November  14,  1901.  7.  Florence  Beatrice,  born 
October  7,  1903.  8.  Clarence  Paul,  born  September  3,  1905.  9.  Richard 
Holt,  born  January  9,  1907.  10.  Sarah  Evelyn,  born  October  23,  1909. 
II.  Wilber  Howard  Gould,  born  September  5,  191 1. 

The  family  home  is  at  No.  2003  Fifth  avenue,  which  property  Mr. 
Estermyer  purchased   in    1902. 


Thomas  J.  Galvin,  a  prominent  citizen  of  New  Brighton, 
GALVIN     Pennsylvania,  is  of  Irish  parentage,  and  was  born  in  Beaver 

county,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  place  now  known  as  Highland 
Cut,  August  19,  1861.  The  paternal  grandparents  on  both  sides  of  the 
house  were  natives  of  Ireland,  and  came  from  that  country  to  America 


782  PENNSYLVANIA 

in  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth  century,  and  settled  at  Bridgewater,  Penn- 
sylvania. The  paternal  grandfather  was  a  laborer  and  remained  in  Bridge- 
water  until  his  death. 

Maurice  Galvin,  the  father  of  Thomas  J.  Galvin,  was  also  born  in 
Ireland  and  was  educated  there.  He  came  to  America  with  his  parents  in 
1843,  and  like  his  father  was  a  laborer  in  Bridgewater  until  the  loss  of  a 
limb  disabled  him.  For  several  years  after  that  event  he  taught  school  at 
what  is  now  Cannelton,  Pennsylvania.  About  the  year  1859  he  removed 
to  New  Galilee,  Pennsylvania,  and  later  to  a  large  number  of  places, 
including  Highland  Cut,  where  Thomas  J.  Galvin  was  born,  Pittsburgh, 
and  finally  to  East  Palestine,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1881.  He 
had  three  brothers,  all  of  whom  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  at  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War.  Maurice  Galvin  also  desired  to  enter  the  serv- 
ice, but  was  prevented  by  the  physical  disability  dependent  on  the  loss 
of  his  limb.  While  still  resident  in  Bridgewater  he  met  and  married 
Ann  Connell,  who  like  himself  had  come  from  Ireland  with  her  parents 
and  settled  there.  To  them  were  born  six  children,  as  follows:  Mary, 
Catherine,  John,  Thomas  J.,  Robert,  George. 

Thomas  J.  Galvin  was  educated  in  the  ninth  ward  school  in  the  city 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  later,  when  only  fourteen  years  of  age,  entered  the 
mines  at  Palestine,  Pennsylvania,  and  remained  there  six  years,  until  1881. 
He  then  obtained  a  position  as  fireman  on  the  Fort  Wayne  Railway,  a 
branch  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  has  remained  ever  since  in  the 
employ  of  the  latter.  He  lived  in  East  Palestine  until  the  death  of  his 
father,  and  then  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  and  worked  for  a  time  as  fireman 
on  the  Beaver  Falls  accommodation.  In  1887  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  engineer  on  a  through  freight,  and  in  1909  became  engineer  on  the  Beaver 
Falls  local,  a  position  he  still  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood 
of  Locomotive  Engineers. 

Mr.  Galvin  married,  December  16,  1886,  Anna  M.  Dunbar,  and  they 
have  one  son,  Ralph  M.,  who  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  his 
birthplace,  attending  the  local  high  school  for  two  years,  and  finally  took 
a  four  years'  course  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  winning  the  degree 
of  D.D.S.  He  now  lives  at  home  and  is  a  practicing  dentist.  Mrs.  Galvin 
and  her  son  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church. 


The  middle  of  the  nineteenth  century  marked  the  introduction 
DREW     into  the  United  States  of  the  branch  of  the  Drew  family  of 
which  John  Drew  is  the  present  representative. 
(I)   John  Drew,  the  first  of  the  Hne  herein  recorded,  was  a  native 
of  Ireland,  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  bringing  his  wife,  Mar- 
garet, and  his  family.     General  contracting  was  the  business  he  had  fol- 
lowed  in  his  native  country,  and  it  was   in  this  pursuit  that  he   found 
occupation  after  his  arrival  in  Pennsylvania.     In  this  he  continued  until 
his  death,  mainly  on  railroad  construction  or  repair,  one  of  his  other  con- 


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tracts  being  that  for  the  erection  of  the  water  works  at  Washington  City. 
He  married  Margaret  Fitzgerald  and  became  the  father  of  several  children, 
among  whom  was  John,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  John  (2)  Drew,  son  of  John  (i)  and  Margaret  (Fitzgerald) 
Drew,  was  born  in  Ireland,  May  13,  1848.  When  two  years  of  age  he  came 
with  his  parents  to  the  United  tSates,  and  was  here  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  For  many  years  he  followed  the  business  of  his  father  and  en- 
gaged in  railroad  contracting,  which  he  abandoned,  after  having  been  very 
successful,  to  become  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh. 
This  is  his  present  occupation,  besides  which  he  is  superintendent  of  the 
Glenndrew  Stock  Farm  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
This  is  five  hundred  acres  in  extent  and  here  he  raises  fine  blooded  trotting 
horses.  Mr.  Drew  is  an  excellent  judge  of  horses,  skilled  in  their  care, 
and  has  raised  some  trotters  of  remarkable  speed.     He  married,  in  1873, 

Martha  Anrock,  and  has  the   following  children:    May,   married  

Dolen;  James  B.;  John,  deceased;  Edwin,  deceased;  Martha,  deceased; 
Irene,  deceased ;  Thomas ;  Helen ;  Joseph,  deceased ;  Raymond ;  Hilda. 


The  name  of  Dockter  is  one  which  has  been  prominently 
DOCKTER     identified  with  agricultural  interests  in  the  western  part  of 
the  state  of  Pennsylvania  for  a  number  of  generations. 

(I)  Christian  Dockter,  the  first  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  record, 
came  to  America  with  his  wife  and  several  children  at  a  very  early  date. 
He  located  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  that  county.  Among  his  chil- 
dren were :    George,  see  forward ;  Christian. 

(II)  George  Dockter,  son  of  Christian  Dockter,  was  born  in  Alsace, 
France,  and  was  nineteen  years  of  age  at  the  time  he  emigrated  to  this 
country  with  his  parents.  His  education  was  received  in  Germany,  and 
when  he  came  to  the  United  States  he  worked  in  a  brickyard  for  a 
period  of  four  years.  In  addition  to  this  employment  he  commenced  to 
farm,  and  purchased  land  on  which  his  son,  George  Jr.,  is  now  living, 
this  having  been  bought  in  1866.  He  had,  however,  lived  in  Butler  county 
until  two  years  previous  to  this  time.  This  farm  consisted  of  one  hundred 
acres,  which  he  increased  so  that  at  one  time  his  property  comprised  five 
hundred  acres.  He  was  very  successful,  at  one  time  owning  the  property 
known  as  Dockter's  Heights,  and  now  lives  there  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness responsibilities.  Mr.  Dockter  married  Elizabeth  Evert,  born  in  Hesse- 
Darmstadt,  Germany,  and  they  had  children:  Frederick;  George,  see  for- 
ward ;  Christion,  see  forward ;  Charles ;  Caroline ;  Henry ;  one  child  who 
died  at  the  age  of  six  months. 

(III)  George  (2)  Dockter,  son  of  George  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Evert) 
Dockter,  was  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  23,  1861.  His 
education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  Moon  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  at  an  early  age  he  commenced  his  farming  labors. 


784  PENNSYLVANIA 

For  many  years  he  had  under  cultivation  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight 
acres  of  land,  but  recently  he  gave  twenty-eight  acres  of  this  property  to 
his  sons.  In  addition  to  general  farming  Mr.  Dockter  is  extensively  en- 
gaged in  stock  raising.  His  political  affiliations  are  with  the  Republican 
party,  and  he  has  served  in  public  office  as  supervisor.  He  was  reared  in 
the  Lutheran  faith,  his  wife  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal,  and  they  now 
attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Dockter  married,  January  16,  1889, 
Ida  Hamilton,  a  daughter  of  Oscar  and  Catherine  (Craig)  Hamilton,  both 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  granddaughter  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth (Weigle)   Hamilton,  both  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 

a  great-granddaughter  of  Hamilton,  who  came  to  America   from 

Scotland,  and  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Beaver  county.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dockter  have  had  children:  Clarence  Nelson,  William  Harper,  Ella 
Elizabeth. 

(Ill)  Christian  Dockter,  son  of  George  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Evert) 
Dockter,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May 
4,  1871.  He  was  also  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Moon  township, 
and  has  always  been  engaged  in  farming  with  the  exception  of  three  years 
spent  in  the  employ  of  the  Phoenix  Glass  Works,  at  Monaca.  He  now 
owns  a  farm  of  sixty-five  acres,  on  which  he  erected  a  fine  dwelling  house  in 
1910.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  his  political  alle- 
giance is  with  the  Republican  party.  Mr.  Dockter  married,  in  1890,  Mary 
Ann  Johnston,  and  has  had  children:  Clifford  Andrew,  Laura  Rose,  Elva 
Mabel,  Tessie  Olive,  John  Walker. 


The  present  Pennsylvania  representative  of  the  Knoed- 
KNOEDLER  ler  family  is  also  the  emigrant,  all  the  previous  genera- 
tions   of   his   line   owning    Kingdom    of    Wuertemberg, 

Germany,  as  their  birthplace  and  as  their  life-long  home.     This  chronicle 

records : 

(I)  Christian  Knoedler  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Treiber)  Knoedler 
( great-great-grandparents ) . 

(II)  Christof  Knoedler,  born  November  4,  1740,  and  died  1779,  and 
his  wife,  Barbara  (Stohrer)  Knoedler,  born  December  4,  1751,  and  died 
1806  (great-grandparents). 

(III)  Johann  Christof  Knoedler,  born  March  18,  1791,  and  his  wife, 
Anna  Maria  (Reick)  Knoedler,  bom  September  9,  1798,  and  died  August 
8,   1868    (grandparents). 

(IV)  Matthaeus  Knoedler,  born  May  10,  1823,  and  died  May  14,  1874 
(father). 

Also,  on  mother's  side,  the  following: 

(I)  Leonhardt  Michael  Sing  and  his  wife,  Ursula  (Strohmaier)  Sing 
(great-great-grandparents) . 

(II)  Johannes  Sing,  born  November  29,  1767,  and  died  February  14, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  785 

1829,  and  his  wife,  Anna  Dorothy  (Treiber)  Sing,  born  July  28,  1768, 
and  died  December  19,  1832  (great-grandparents). 

(III)  Johannes  Sing,  born  October  2,  1794,  and  died  May  18,  1870, 
and  his  wife,  Maria  (Haegenlauer)  Sing,  born  May  17,  1793,  and  died 
May  4,  1842  (grandparents). 

(IV)  Magdalena  Sing,  born  July  22,  1830,  and  died  1891   (mother). 
Children  of  Matthaeus  Knoedler  and  Magdalena  (Sing)  Knoedler:     i. 

Pauline,  born  January  10,  1864;  lives  in  her  native  land,  Kingdom  of  Wuer- 
temberg,  Germany.    2.  John  Frederick,  of  whom  further. 

John  Frederick,  only  son  of  Matthaeus  and  Magdalena  (Sing)  Knoed- 
ler, was  bom  in  Germany,  May  22,  1867.  His  boyhood  was  spent  in  that 
land  and  he  was  there  educated,  his  scholastic  training  being  of  a  high  order, 
as  would  be  expected  from  the  excellent  reputation  borne  by  Germany's 
educational  system,  public  and  private.  In  1883  he  left  the  land  of  his 
birth,  on  May  21st  of  that  year  finding  work  with  the  Harmony  Society 
of  Beaver  county,  laboring  for  a  time  as  farm  hand,  finally  becoming  con- 
stable and  policeman  for  the  society,  his  election  taking  place  February  21, 
1893.  This  position  he  held  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years,  his  income  aug- 
mented by  his  salary  as  agent  of  the  Beaver  County  Land  Company  in 
the  four  years  from  1908  until  1912.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  is  now  serving  in  that  capacity,  having  been  nomi- 
nated as  the  candidate  of  the  Democratic  party.  His  church  is  the  German 
Lutheran. 

Mr.  Knoedler  married,  October  i,  1890,  Christiana  Kroll,  born  in  Ger- 
many, who  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1880,  and  whose  chron- 
icle records  the  following: 

(I)  Andreas  Kroll,  born  October  14,  1795,  and  his  wife,  Margaretta 
(Schneller)  Kroll,  born  1796  (grandparents). 

(II)  George  Gottlieb  Kroll,  born  October  12,  1827,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 27,  1883  (father). 

Also,  on  the  mother's  side,  the  following: 

(I)  Conrad  Adam  Meixner  and  his  wife,  Magdalena  (Meixner)  Meix- 
ner   (  grandparents ) . 

(II)  Christiana  Katharina  Meixner,  born  February  27,  1846,  and  died 
April  3,  1907  (mother),  all  of  whom  were  born  in  the  Kingdom  of  Wuert- 
emberg,  and  all  of  whom  died  there  with  the  exception  of  George  Gottlieb 
Kroll  and  his  wife,  Christiana  Katharina  (Meixner)  Kroll,  who  came  to 
Economy,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1880,  and  who  died  in  that 
locality. 

Children  of  Gottlieb  and  Christiana  Kroll:  i.  Christiana.  2.  Jacob. 
3.  Fredericka,  deceased.  4.  Christian.  5.  Frederick,  deceased.  6.  Caroline. 
7.  Minnie. 

Children  of  John  Frederick  and  Christiana  (Kroll)  Knoedler:  i. 
Katie,  born  April  20,  1891.  2.  Elsie,  born  January  12,  1895.  3.  Christiana, 
bom  March  3,  1899.    4.  Frederick  M.,  born  May  14,  1900. 


786  PENNSYLVANIA 

Mr.  Knoedler  affiliates  with  the  Schwabenverein  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
the  German  Beneficial  Association,  District  No.  87,  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  Order,  No.  504. 


Faithlegg    House,    Fathlegg,    county    Waterford,    was    the 
BOLTON     ancient  seat  of  the  Bolton  and  Power  families.     Tradition 

tells  us  that  the  manor  house  was  built  by  Richard  Alyward, 
Esq.,  when  it  was  denominated  Fathlecke.  He  married  Catherine,  sister  of 
Sir  Almore  Gras.  In  the  year  1469  the  estate  changed  hands,  having  been 
granted  by  Oliver  Cromwell  to  Captain  William  Bolton,  an  officer  in  the 
old  army,  and  one  of  those  chosen  by  lot  at  Whitehall,  on  Friday,  April  20, 
in  the  same  year,  to  go  to  the  service  of  Ireland.  Here  flourished  in  1719 
a  great  cleric,  the  Very  Rev.  Hugh  Bolton,  dean  of  Waterford,  and  uncle 
to  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Raphoe,  the  Right  Rev.  James  Hawkins,  with  whose 
immediate  descendants  the  property  remained  until  the  death  of  John  Bol- 
ton, in  1792,  father  of  Lieutenant  General  Sir  Robert  Bolton,  G.  C.  B., 
when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Power  family.  The  ancient  castle  of 
Faithlegg  or  Fatlock,  and  the  picturesque  ruins  of  the  little  church,  sur- 
rounded by  its  venerable  ash  trees,  are  near  the  peaceful  resting  place  of 
many  generations  of  the  Bolton  family.  Seats  of  the  family  were :  Bolton 
of  Bective  Abbey,  county  Meath;  Brazille,  county  Dublin;  The  Island, 
county  Wexford;  Lullydonell,  county  Louth;  Bolton  of  Wakefield,  York- 
shire, Blackburn,  Lancashire;  Avanmore,  Eastbourne,  Charles  Walter  Bol- 
ton, J.  P. ;  Duchray  Castle,  Aberfoyle,  Edwin  Bolton,  M.  P. ;  Highbrake, 
Huncoat,  Lancashire,  H.  H.  Bolton,  J.  P.;  London,  Sir  Frederick  Bolton, 
Major  General  R.  H.  Bolton ;  The  Island  Oulart,  county  Wexford,  William 
Bolton,  J.  P.;  Turkdean  Manor,  Northbeach,  Gloucester,  Lady  Bolton. 

The  members  of  the  Bolton  family  have  long  been  prominent  in  the 
social  and  business  circles  of  Pennsylvania,  and  several  members  of  this 
and  allied  families  have  rendered  distinguished  service  in  defense  of  the 
rights  of  their  country. 

(I)  Joseph  Bolton,  the  American  progenitor  of  the  family,  was  born 
in  Blackburn,  Lancashire,  England,  where  he  was  a  miller  by  occupation. 
Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  emigrated  to  America,  and  settled  in  Norris- 
town,  Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  obtained  employment 
in  a  flour  mill,  and  lived  to  an  advanced  age.  He  married  in  England,  his 
wife  being  also  a  native  of  Blackburn,  and  they  had  children:  Joseph,  now 
deceased,  was  a  captain  in  the  Civil  War,  and  lived  in  Norristown ;  William 
J.,  of  further  mention;  Rebecca,  died  unmarried;  John,  died  unmarried. 

(II)  William  J.  Bolton,  son  of  Joseph  Bolton,  was  born  in  Norristown, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1834,  and  died  in  October,  1908.  He  received  an  excel- 
lent education  for  his  time,  and  was  graduated  from  the  seminary  con- 
ducted by  Samuel  Aaron.  He  learned  the  machinist's  trade,  and  prior  to 
the  Civil  War  he  worked  in  Jamison's  Cotton  Mill,  on  DeKalb  street.  After 
the  war  he  established  himself  in  the  wall  paper  business,  having  a  store  at  a 


BEAVER    COUNTY  787 

corner  on  Sweden  street.  He  was  prominent  in  the  public  affairs  of  the 
community,  and  among  the  offices  held  by  him  were :  Sheriff  of  Norristown, 
having  been  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket;  collector  of  customs  at  the 
port  of  Philadelphia,  which  office  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr. 
Bolton  was  the  first  man  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  to  enlist  under  Gover- 
nor Curtin.  He  commenced  his  service,  which  lasted  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  as  captain  in  the  Fifty-first  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  also  at  the  time 
of  the  explosion  before  Petersburg.  The  Fifty-first  Regiment  was  the  one 
ordered  by  General  Burnside  to  take  the  bridge  at  Antietam — and  they 
did  take  it — but  there  was  a  great  loss  of  life.  Captain  Bolton  was  advanced 
to  the  rank  of  colonel,  and  when  the  war  closed  had  risen  to  the  rank  of 
brigadier-general.  The  Fifty-first  Regiment  was  the  only  regiment  of  the 
Ninth  Army  Corps  which  participated  in  all  the  battles  of  the  corps,  this 
being  the  "wandering  corps  of  the  army,"  a  corps  as  an  independent  com- 
mand, that  never  lost  a  battle  nor  a  gun.  Mr.  Bolton  was  appointed  a  mem- 
ber of  a  commission  having  in  charge  the  unveiling  of  a  monument  on  the 
battlefield  of  Antietam,  and  upon  this  occasion  he  caught  a  severe  cold,  from 
the  effects  of  which  he  died.  Mr.  Bolton  married  Wilhelmina  Hall,  born 
at  Mill  Creek,  near  Norristown,  Pennsylvania,  July  20,  1836,  died  in  No- 
vember, 1908,  concerning  whose  family  see  below.  They  had  one  child: 
Joseph  Jurdin,  of  further  mention.  They  separated  in  1859.  Mr.  Bolton 
married  (second)  Emma  Rupert,  of  Bloomsburg,  Pennsylvania.  There  was 
one  daughter  by  the  second  marriage :  May  R.,  who  is  unmarried  and  live* 
in  Philadelphia.  The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Bolton  married  (second)  James  H. 
Wood  and  resided  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  They  had  children:  Jessie,  married 
William  Brant;  Sevilla,  married  Albert  Miller;  Luella,  married  Herbert 
L.  Brainard.  All  live  in  Cleveland,  where  Mr.  Brainard  is  secretary  of 
the  Grossman  Paper  Box  Company. 

The  Hall  family,  of  which  Wilhelmina  (Hall-Bolton)  Wood  was  a 
descendant,  were  Quakers  and  came  to  this  country  from  Kent,  England. 
George  Hall  was  married  in  England,  and  came  to  this  country  with  his 
wife  and  one  son,  George,  and  after  they  came  here  they  had  another  son, 
Townsend. 

Townsend  Hall,  son  of  George  Hall,  married  Elizabeth  Dickson,  and 
they  had  eleven  sons  and  ten  daughters.  Her  maternal  uncle  was  Andrew 
Ellicutt,  who  was  the  owner  of  the  largest  calico  mills  in  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land. 

Joseph  D.  Hall,  son  of  Townsend  and  Elizabeth  (Dickson)  Hall,  was 
born  December  25,  1803,  in  Soulesberry  township,  Bucks  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  in  Hiram  township,  Portage  county,  Ohio,  June  19,  1894.  He 
was  a  carpenter  and  shoemaker  by  occupation  and  removed  to  Ohio  in  July, 
1866.  He  was  considered  the  best  cradler  and  mower  in  the  township,  and 
mowed  five  acres  in  one  day.  The  mowing  was  always  done  by  hand  and 
he  was  picked  to  lead  the  field  of  from  ten  to  twelve  mowing  at  a  time. 


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He  married  Rachel  Bowne,  born  May  26,  1804,  at  Shamokin  Post  Office, 
died  at  Mantua  Station,  Portage  county,  Ohio,  March  21,  1870.  Her  father 
was  a  well-known  teacher  and  poet,  and  had  four  other  daughters  and  three 
sons.  Joseph  D.  and  Rachel  (Bowne)  Hall  had  children:  Nelson,  was  an 
engineer  on  an  ocean  steamship,  and  was  washed  off  the  deck  during  a 
storm  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico;  Louisa,  married  Daniel  Goodman,  is  living 
at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years  at  Youngstown,  Ohio;  Wilhelmina,  men- 
tioned above ;  Pierson  M.,  a  prosperous  and  retired  merchant  of  Qeveland, 
Ohio.  Nelson  Hall  served  during  the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of  the  Cam- 
eron Dragoons.  Pierson  M.,  who  was  born  in  1839,  served  as  a  member 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  was  detailed  as  government  inspector  in  the  arsenal  at  Phila- 
delphia. 

(Ill)  Joseph  Jurdin  Bolton,  son  of  William  J.  and  Wilhelmina  (Hall) 
Bolton,  was  born  in  Norristown,  Pennsylvania,  September  29,  1856.  He 
went  to  Ohio  with  his  maternal  grandparents  in  1866,  and  lived  on  the  farm 
in  Portage  county,  and  there  attended  the  district  school.  When  he  was 
thirteen  years  of  age  he  removed  to  Cleveland  and  lived  with  his  mother, 
and  attended  school  for  a  time.  He  commenced  working  in  the  Cleveland 
Woolen  Mills  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  then  learned  the  trade  of  wire 
drawing  in  the  Cleveland  Roller  Mill,  and  remained  there  seven  years.  One 
year  was  then  spent  in  the  employ  of  R.  H.  Wolf  &  Company,  of  Nefw 
York,  and  in  1885  he  came  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  as  an  expert  fine  wire  drawer  formed  a  connection  with  the  Carnegie 
Steel  Mill  Company  which  remained  unbroken  for  fourteen  years.  He 
was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  mill  in  1896.  Three  years  later  this 
company  sold  out  to  the  American  Wire  Company,  and  Mr.  Bolton  severed 
his  connection  with  it.  Mr.  Bolton  then  engaged  in  business  as  a  florist, 
and  he  has  met  with  the  success  which  his  work  richly  merits.  He  com- 
menced with  a  greenhouse  twelve  by  twenty  feet,  and  now  has  five  large 
greenhouses  in  Big  Beaver  township,  near  Homewood.  His  greenhouses 
are  supplied  with  all  the  conveniences  known  to  floriculture,  and  form  a 
picture  to  delight  the  most  artistic  eye.  He  deals  in  both  cut  flowers  and 
potted  plants,  and  his  grounds  are  renowned  far  and  wide.  He  has  rebuilt 
the  house  in  which  he  now  lives,  and  has  remodeled  it  along  the  most  mod- 
ern ideas.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party,  and  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum. 

Mr.  Bolton  married  (first)  in  August,  1878,  Jane  Lewis,  born  in  Wales, 
died  in  1883,  a  daughter  of  Francis  Lewis,  an  ironworker  in  mills  at  Cleve- 
land; he  married  (second)  February  25,  1887,  Maria  E.  Holmes,  born  in 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  John  T.  and  Margaret  A. 
(Lockhart)  Holmes.  Children  by  the  first  marriage:  Viola,  married 
Charles  McNally,  an  electrician  in  Pittsburgh,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Donald;  Francis,  is  unmarried,  and  lives  in  Florida.  There  are  no  children 
by  the  second  marriage. 


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John  T.  Holmes,  father  of  Mrs.  Bolton,  was  a  manufacturer  of  the 
Holmes  axe  the  factory  at  Temperanceville,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  moved  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Patterson  Mitchel,  manufacturing  axes.  They 
are  both  dead,  John  T.  Holmes  dying  February  14,  1887. 


The  name  of  Temple  is  a  very  ancient  one  and  is  known 
TEMPLE     throughout  the  civilized  world.    As,  in  former  times,  people 

took  their  names  from  their  occupations,  it  is  more  than 
likely  that  the  original  bearers  of  the  name  of  Temple  were  in  office  in  a 
temple  or  some  house  of  worship.  The  family  of  which  this  sketch  treats 
came  to  this  country  probably  from  England  or  Wales,  as  the  name  is  of 
frequent  occurrence  there. 

(I)  In  the  troublesome  times  at  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War, 
many  who  thought  well  of  America  saw  fit  to  come  to  this  country  in 
search  of  homes,  and  among  such  was  a  widower  by  the  name  of  Robert 
Temple,  who  left  a  large  family  in  central  England,  presumably  in  York- 
shire. Whether  he  was  in  any  way  related  to  the  unfortunate  Charlotte 
Temple,  buried  in  Trinity  Church  Yard,  New  York  City,  or  to  the  noted 
Archbishop  Temple,  of  recent  date,  is  by  no  means  certain,  or  proven, 
although  very  probable.  After  residing  for  about  two  years  in  this  coun- 
try, he  married  and  settled  on  what  is  now  known  as  Johnson's  Hill,  near 
New  Sheffield,  Pennsylvania,  and  reclaimed  from  the  wilderness,  as  it  then 
was,  a  considerable  portion  of  his  claim,  sixty  acres  of  which  are  still  in  the 
possession  of  William  M.  Temple.  He  was  killed  by  falling  timber  in  the 
forest  surrounding  his  hardly  won  homestead,  some  time  in  the  spring  of 
1788. 

(H)  Robert  (2)  Temple,  son  of  Robert  (i)  Temple,  was  born  in 
1788.  In  youth  he  was  bound  out,  as  was  the  custom  of  those  days,  and 
he  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker,  which  he  followed  for  many  years.  He 
served  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  was  a  staunch  Abolitionist.  He  was  the 
owner  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  near  Hopewell,  Hopewell  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  there,  March  20,  1870.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Davis,  born  in  1793  in  Hopewell  township,  died  there  July  20,  1854. 

He  married  (second)  .     Children,  all  by  first  marriage:    i.  Isabel, 

born  July  10,  1815,  died  August  30,   1896.     2.  Jane,  born  July  5,   1816; 

married  Harris.     3.  William,  born  December  22,  1817,  died  May 

23,  1892.  4.  Henry  of  further  mention.  5.  Johnson,  born  June  3,  1820, 
died  March  30,  1846.  6.  Mary,  born  November  14,  1821,  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1889;  married  Hustleton.     7.  Robert,  of  further  mention.     8. 

Margaret,  born  October  24,  1823,  died  in  June,  1870;  married Hous- 
ton.    9.    Esther,    the    only   one   now    living,    born    September    15,    1825; 

married  Smith,  and  lives  in  Marion,  Ohio.     10.  Anderson,  born 

December  4,  1830,  was  killed  while  in  service  during  the  Civil  War,  Feb- 


790  PENNSYLVANIA 

ruary  lo,  1865.  11.  Ray,  born  July  23,  1828,  died  November  2,  1881 ;  was 
also  a  soldier  during  the  Civil  War.  12.  Rachel,  born  June  i,  1834,  died 
March  6,  1888.  13.  Alexander,  bom  November  16,  1836,  died  August 
II,  1890. 

(III)  Henry  Temple,  son  of  Robert  (2)  and  Mary  (Davis)  Temple, 
was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  10,  1819, 
died  July  8,  1895.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  a  farm  adjoining  the 
old  Temple  homestead,  purchasing  one  hundred  acres,  which  he  cleared 
and  cultivated.  Some  time  later  he  purchased  an  additional  sixty  acres 
and  still  later  another  plot  of  fifty-three  acres.  He  had  acquired  a  fairly 
good  education,  and  in  his  earlier  years  taught  school  for  a  time.  He  served 
as  an  elder  in  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  at  Raccoon,  and  was  gener- 
ally active  in  church  aflfairs.  He  married  Margaret,  born  in  Little  Beaver, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  Buchanan; 
she  died  in  February,  1905.  Children:  i.  Vianna,  died  in  infancy,  August 
20,  1856.  2.  Ida,  born  October  i,  1858,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty  years. 
3.  Wilda,  born  July  24,  i860;  married  Robert  S.  Burneson,  and  lives  at 
West  Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Rose,  born  October  6,  1862 ;  married 
J.  Elmer  Craig,  and  lives  in  Hanover  township,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Nettie, 
born  October  14,  1864;  married  J.  W.  Irwin,  and  died  in  Greene  township, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1892.  6.  Alva  Henry,  of  further  mention.  7.  Tina 
Louisa,  born  March  20,  1869 ;  married  John  Fetzer,  and  lives  at  Aliquippa, 
Pennsylvania.  8.  Austin,  bom  December  31,  1871 ;  a  furniture  dealer  at 
AHquippa,   Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Alva  Henry  Temple,  son  of  Henry  and  Margaret  (Buchanan) 
Temple,  was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  II,  1866.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
township,  and  was  then  a  student  for  a  time  at  the  Canfield  Academy,  Ohio. 
He  took  up  farming  on  the  homestead  and  was  soon  in  entire  management 
of  the  place.  He  retained  this  position  until  the  death  of  his  father,  when 
he  purchased  the  shares  of  two  of  the  other  heirs,  combined  them  with  his 
own  share,  and  made  in  all  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  thirteen  acres.  In 
February,  1905,  he  sold  this  and  bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
four  acres  in  Hanover  township,  where  he  has  lived  since  that  time.  Very 
recently  he  purchased  a  plot  of  fourteen  acres  near  Woodlawn.  He  is 
very  successfully  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  and  his 
products  are  considered  of  the  highest  standard.  In  political  matters  he 
affiliates  with  the  Republican  party,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Temple  married,  November  29,  1893,  Orpha 
A.  Todd,  born  at  Raccoon  creek.  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania (see  Todd  II).  Children:  Clare,  at  present  a  student  at  the  Hooks- 
town  high  school ;  Frederick,  Clifford,  Whitham,  Austin. 

(The  Todd  Line.) 
The  Todds  were  an  ancient  family  of  Scotland,  at  one  time  owning 
land  where  the  city  of  Glasgow  is  now  located.    Because  of  religious  perse- 


BEAVER    COUNTY  791 

cutions  they  emigrated  to  America,  settling  on  Raccoon  creek,  Hopewell 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  have  now  lived  for 
many  generations. 

(I)  Thomas  Todd  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  was  brought  to  this 
country  by  his  parents  when  he  was  a  very  young  child.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  land  owner.  The  farm  of  two  hundred  acres,  taken  up  by  him  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  years  ago,  is  still  in  the  possession  of  members 
of  the  Todd  family.  He  died  in  July  or  August,  1873.  He  married  Eliza 
Spaulding,  born  in  Scotland,  and  also  brought  to  this  country  at  a  very 
early  age. 

(H)  John  S.  Todd,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza  (Spaulding)  Todd, 
was  bom  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  April, 
1840,  died  near  Woodlawn,  Hopewell  township,  in  August,  1893.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  cultivated  the  land  which  he  had  inherited.  He  married 
Hannah  Bruce,  born  in  Hopewell  township,  in  April,  1839,  died  in  1893. 
They  had  children:  i.  Ira,  a  dentist  at  Monaca,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Frank, 
a  fanner  of  Hopewell  township.  3.  Orpha  A.,  married  Alva  Henry  Temple 
(see  Temple  IV).  3.  Sena  Jane,  married  William  Temple,  and  lives  near 
Woodlawn,  Pennsylvania. 

Abraham  Bruce,  father  of  Mrs.  Todd,  was  born  in  Hopewell  township, 
where  he  became  a  prosperous  farmer  and  land  owner  at  Raccoon  creek. 
There  also  his  death  occurred.  He  married  Christine  Cooper,  who  survived 
him  many  years,  dying  August  28,  1893,  at  the  age  of  about  eighty-seven 
years.  She  was  born  in  Moon  township,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
Cooper,  granddaughter  of  Matthias  Cooper,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county.  She  was  a  member  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  Raccoon.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bruce  had  children:  i.  Emma 
J.,  married  (first)  William  Creighton,  and  lived  in  Kansas;  married  (second) 

Cline;  is  again  a  widow  and  now  lives  in  Wilkinsburg,  Pennsylvania. 

2.  Hannah,  married  John  S.  Todd,  as  above  mentioned.  3.  Maria,  married 
James  Warnock,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  4.  Wiliam  R.,  now  deceased,  was 
a  soldier  in  active  service  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  later  a  minister  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  5.  George  W.,  now  retired  from  business 
affairs,  was  a  soldier  during  the  Civil  War.  6.  Abraham  G.,  a  dentist  in 
Wilkinsburg,  Pennsylvania.    7.  Charles  H.,  a  Presbyterian  minister. 


(Ill)  Robert  (3)  Temple,  son  of  Robert  (2)  (q.  v.)  and 
TEMPLE     Mary  (Davis)  Temple,  was  born  on  the  old  homestead,  July 

7,  1822,  died  February  8,  1899.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
blacksmith,  after  completing  his  studies  in  the  district  school,  and  later  set- 
tled at  New  Sheffield,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  for  ten 
years.  In  1862  he  moved  to  the  farm  on  which  his  son,  William  M.  Temple, 
now  resides,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  served  as  school 
director  for  several  years,  also  held  other  offices  of  trust ;  was  a  member  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church ;  was  liberal  in  his  political  views,  and  was 


792  PENNSYLVANIA 

upright  and  conscientious  in  everything  he  did.  Mr.  Temple  married  (first) 
Mary  Jane  Craig,  who  died  in  1864,  and  who  bore  him  six  children,  namely : 
James  Craig,  a  physician ;  Robert  A.,  now  residing  near  Alliance,  Ohio ;  John 
M.,  who  lives  on  the  home  farm;  H.  C,  a  physician  of  Alliance,  Ohio;  A. 
B.,  a  physician,  practicing  his  profession  first  in  Allegheny  City  and  Beaver, 
Pennsylvania,  later  at  Chetopa,  Kansas,  for  twenty  years,  and  finally  at 
Tulsa,  Oklahoma,  where  he  died  in  1903  and  his  remains  are  buried  in 
Labette  county,  Kansas;  Mary  E.,  who  married  J.  E.  Summerville  and  re- 
sides at  Woodlawn,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Temple  married  (second)  Catherine 
Winkle,  who  is  still  living  on  the  old  farm.  Three  children  were  born  of 
this  union:  William  M.,  of  whom  further;  Emma  Jean,  died  in  infancy; 
Rachel  A.,  who  became  the  wife  of  L.  F.  Windle. 

(IV)  William  M.  Temple,  son  of  Robert  (3)  and  Catherine  (Winkle) 
Temple,  was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  10,  1865,  near  where  he  now  lives.  He  was  educated  at  the  Mount 
Vernon  School.  He  has  always  followed  the  occupation  of  farming,  the 
scene  of  his  labors  being  the  sixty  acres  which  he  owns  of  the  original 
Temple  Ridge  Farm.  His  interests  and  activities  have  not  been  confined 
to  his  personal  affairs,  but  on  the  contrary  have  embraced  the  public  affairs 
of  the  community  where  he  lives.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  though 
extremely  independent  in  his  opinions,  and  an  ardent  opponent  of  the  liquor 
business.  In  1898  he  was  made  tax  collector  for  Hopewell  township  and 
served  for  six  years,  and  in  1905  he  was  elected  assessor  and  served  for  a 
similar  period,  and  in  1912  was  again  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the 
office  of  tax  collector,  also  in  1913  was  elected  to  the  same  office,  serving  in 
that  capacity  at  the  present  time  (1914),  also  as  assessor  of  the  precinct.  In 
addition  to  these  public  offices,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Democratic  county 
committee  for  upward  of  fifteen  years. 

Mr.  Temple  married,  May  8,  1895,  Jennie  S.  Todd,  of  Moon  township, 
Pennsylvania,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children:  Howard  C.  and 
Pearl  I.  Mr.  Temple  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  First  United  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Woodlawn,  of  which  he  is  a  member  of  the  session. 


Alvin  M.  Bickerstaff,  a  prominent  and  successful  citi- 
BICKERSTAFF     zen  of  Monaca,  Pennsylvania,  is  a  member  of  an  old 

Pennsylvania  family,  originally  of  German  origin  in 
the  direct  line.  He  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  April  14,  1858,  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Elizabeth  (Manor)  Bickerstaff. 

The  paternal  great-grandfather  of  Alvin  M.  Bickerstaff  was  a  native  of 
Germany,  and  a  pioneer  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  settled 
and  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Moon  township.  His  son,  James  Bicker- 
staff, was  married  to  a  Mrs.  Weigle,  and  to  them  in  turn  was  born  William 
Bickerstaff,  the  father  of  Alvin  M.  Bickerstaff.  William  Bickerstaff  was 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  year  1814,  and  was  a  very  suc- 
cessful farmer  there.    He  later  became  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Monaca 


BEAVER    COUNTY  793 

and  there  conducted  so  lucrative  a  business  that  he  was  enabled  to  live  re- 
tired for  several  years.  His  death  occurred  in  that  town,  September  2,  1893. 
He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Manor,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Grimes)  Manor,  and  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  she 
was  born  in  the  year  181 5.  She  survived  her  husband  seven  weeks,  her 
death  occurring  October  23,  1893.  To  them  were  bom  eight  children,  as 
follows :  Samuel,  deceased ;  James,  deceased ;  Jefferson,  deceased ;  Isaac,  de- 
ceased; Alvin  M.,  of  whom  further;  Minerva,  deceased;  Nancy;  Diantha. 
Mr.  Bickerstaff  Sr.  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church. 

Alvin  M.  Bickerstaff  was  born  at  a  point  about  two  miles  from  Monaca, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  old  stone  house  belonging  to  the  family. 
He  was  educated  in  the  local  public  schools.  After  completing  his  studies, 
he  found  employment  for  a  short  time  as  a  riverman,  and  shortly  afterward 
joined  his  father  in  the  hotel  business,  which  the  latter  was  conducting  in 
Monaca.  The  first  house  they  thus  conducted  was  known  as  the  Farmer's 
Hotel,  which  they  operated  for  a  number  of  years,  and  then  disposed  of  to 
become  the  proprietors  of  the  Monaca  Hotel.  This  he  finally  sold  to  accept 
a  position  with  the  Phoenix  Glass  Company,  with  which  he  remained  for  a 
number  of  years.  Mr.  Bickerstaff  is  at  present  employed  in  the  Colonial 
Steel  Mill.  Besides  this  position,  he  is  the  owner  of  considerable  amount  of 
valuable  property  in  Monaca.  Mr.  Bickerstaff  is  a  man  of  affairs  and  very 
active  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Democratic  party  and  on  that 
ticket  was  elected  to  the  Monaca  council,  an  office  he  has  held  for  three 
years.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Monaca  Lodge  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  a  member  of  the  Junior  Order  of  American 
Mechanics. 

Mr.  Bickerstaff  married,  July  22,  1902,  Mrs.  Clara  Leffert,  daughter 
of  William  and  Wilhelmina  (Morh)  Schnoble,  and  a  native  of  Freedom, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  was  bom  September  22,  1863.  Her 
father  was  born  in  Monaca  in  the  year  1833,  her  mother  in  Germany,  two 
years  later.  Both  her  paternal  and  maternal  grandparents  were  pioneers  in 
Beaver  county ;  the  former  being  John  Schnoble,  and  the  latter  George  and 
Catherine  (Bush)  Mohr,  both  natives  of  Germany.  By  her  former  mar- 
riage Mrs.  Bickerstaff  is  the  mother  of  two  children,  George  Leffert,  de- 
ceased, and  Frances  Wilhelmina,  who  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Monaca  and  the  Business  College  of  Beaver,  and  is  now  a  stenographer  at 
Dixmont,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  has  been  for  nearly  four  years.  Mr. 
Bickerstaff  was  baptized  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  Mrs.  Bickerstaff 
is  a  Lutheran. 


The  Mercers  for  the  greater  part  are  of  Scotch  origin,  and 

MERCER     for  centuries  before  the  coming  of  persons  of  their  blood  to 

this  country  the  name  was  a  distinguished  one  in  commercial 

and  industrial  life.    From  Scotland  they  branched  out  to  England  and  Ire- 


794  PENNSYLVANIA 

land,  and  they  are  represented  in  those  countries  at  the  present  day.  Thomas 
Mercer  came  to  America  from  England  about  1666,  and  made  his  home  in 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.    He  married  and  had  children. 

(II)  Thomas  (2)  Mercer,  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Mercer,  also  married  and 
had  children. 

(III)  Robert  Mercer,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Mercer,  was  born  in  1741, 
died  in  1820.  He  married  Betsey  Brown,  and  they  had  children :  Olive,  born 
1767,  died  young;  John,  bom  1768,  married  Ann  Bafif ;  Joseph,  see  forward; 
Robert,  born  in  1772,  married  Hannah  Mercer;  Eli,  born  1774,  died  of 
smallpox  and  left  no  heirs;  Martha,  born  1776,  died  young;  William,  born 

in  1778,  married  (first)  Taylor,  (second)  Wishart,  (third)  

Hart;  Levi,  born  in  1780,  married  Sarah  Martin;  Elizabeth,  born  in  1783, 

died  unmarried;  Rachel,  married Peters;  Abner,  born  in  1787,  married 

Mary  Brand;  Leah,  born  1791,  married  Robert  Mercer. 

(IV)  Joseph  Mercer,  son  of  Robert  and  Betsey  (Brown)  Mercer,  was 
born  in  1770.  He  located  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
at  a  very  early  date,  being  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  region.  In  later 
life  he  removed  to  Jackson  county,  Virginia,  where  his  death  occurred.  He 
married  Comfort  Nuttingham,  and  had  children:  Nuttingham,  married 
Hannah  Traxler ;  Elizabeth,  married  E.  Boggs ;  Robert,  see  forward ;  Mary, 
born  1797,  married  Robert  Clear;  Phoebe,  born  in  1797,  married  William 
Campbell;  Joseph,  born  in  1804,  married  Mary  A.  Day. 

(V)  Robert  Mercer,  son  of  Joseph  and  Comfort  (Nuttingham)  Mercer, 
was  born  in  1795,  probably  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  and  two  sisters  remained  in  Beaver  county  when  the  other  members  of 
the  family  removed  to  Virginia.  He  married  Betsey  Smith,  born  in  i8or, 
probably  on  the  old  Smith  farm  on  which  James  Smith  now  resides.  He  had 
children :  D.  Smith,  who  married  Margaret  Thomburg  and  lives  in  Illinois ; 
Joseph,  see  forward ;  and  Mary  Jane,  who  died  leaving  no  heirs. 

(VI)  Joseph  Mercer,  son  of  Robert  and  Betsey  (Smith)  Mercer,  was 
born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  14,  1829.  His 
earliest  education  was  obtained  in  the  schoolhouse  which  stood  on  Service 
creek,  Beaver  county,  and  when  the  township  erected  better  school  build- 
ings, he  was  an  attendant  at  them.  The  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been 
spent  in  agricultural  pursuits,  although  he  went  to  Shippingport,  Beaver 
county,  and  was  there  engaged  in  boat  building  for  a  time.  After  three  years 
spent  in  this  town  as  a  carpenter  and  boat  builder,  he  bought  the  farm  on 
which  he  is  still  living,  comprising  ninety  acres.  He  has  greatly  improved 
the  farm  and  the  buildings  on  it,  and  also  devoted  considerable  time  to  stock 
raising.  During  the  Civil  War  he  volunteered  for  service  in  the  army  but 
was  rejected  because  of  his  wearing  artificial  teeth. 

Mr.  Mercer  married  (first)  in  1852,  Eliza  Swaney,  who  died  September 
28,  1870.  He  married  (second)  January  24,  1872,  Mary  Hannah  Eakin, 
born  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  died  December  9,  1894.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Eakin,  born  in  1810,  a  son  of  William  Eakin.    John  Eakin  was 


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a  wagon  builder,  and  lived  in  Calcutta,  Ohio.  He  married  (first)  Susan 
Davison,  born  December  5,  1812,  (second)  March  14,  1837,  Tamer  Cobern, 
born  April  8,  181 1,  and  by  the  first  marriage  had :  William,  born  August  29, 
1833;  by  the  second  marriage  he  had:  Margaret  Ann,  bom  in  1839,  died 
in  childhood ;  Mary  Hannah,  mentioned  above.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Eliza 
(Swaney)  Mercer:  i.  Belle  C,  born  April  18,  1854.  2.  Robert  S.,  born 
September  11,  1856,  is  a  merchant  in  New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania.  He 
married  and  has  had  children :  i.  Corinne  B.,  who  was  graduated  from  the 
Beaver  High  School,  then  from  the  Westminster  College  at  New  Wilming- 
ton, where  she  is  now  an  instructor  in  music,  ii.  Edith,  who  was  also 
graduated  from  Westminster  College,  married  Reed  Veasy,  a  professor  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  iii.  Joseph  Roy,  was  graduated  from  Westminster  College, 
and  taught  for  several  years.  He  then  became  a  student  at  the  Ann  Arbor 
Law  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  at  New  Castle,  iv.  Inez,  a  student  in  the  high  school  in  New 
Wilmington.  3.  Thomas  S.,  born  February  19,  1859,  is  in  the  wholesale  shoe 
business  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.  He  married  and  has  children :  i.  George, 
after  being  graduated  from  the  schools  of  Pittsburgh,  entered  into  business 
with  his  father,  ii.  Earl  E.,  is  a  student  in  Westminster  College.  4.  James 
Elmer,  bom  October  4,  1861,  is  in  the  shoe  business  in  Denver,  Colorado. 
He  married  and  has  children:  Lelia  and  Lura,  both  graduates  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado,  and  now  engaged  in  teaching;  Donald,  is  a  pupil  in  the 
Denver  High  School.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Hannah  (Eakin)  Mer- 
cer: 5.  Jennie  T.,  born  February  2,  1873,  married  Rev.  F.  G.  Wright,  of 
Guthrie,  Oklahoma.  6.  John  N.,  see  forward.  7.  Elizabeth  M.,  born 
November  i,  1877,  married  Owen  Ramsey,  a  foreman  in  an  oil  refinery  at 
Lawrenceville,  Illinois.  8.  William  D.,  born  June  13,  1882,  is  a  United 
Presbyterian  missionary,  now  at  Salkote,  India. 

(VII)  John  N.  Mercer,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Hannah  (Eakin,) 
Mercer,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  i,  1874,  on  the 
farm  on  which  he  is  still  living.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Greene  township,  and  at  the  academy  at  Hookstown,  from  which  he  was 
graduated.  One  year  was  then  spent  at  the  Beaver  High  School  and 
another  at  Beaver  College.  He  cultivates  the  homestead  farm  on  which  he 
was  born,  making  a  decided  success  of  this  enterprise.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  been  an  exceptionally  active  worker  in 
its  interests.  He  has  been  honored  by  election  and  appointment  to  a 
number  of  public  offices,  among  these  being  road  commissioner,  which 
office  he  filled  for  three  years ;  during  this  time  he  was  also  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  board;  as  auditor  he  rendered  excellent  service  to  the 
community.  Mr.  Mercer  married,  December  17,  1905,  Effie  L.,  daughter 
of  Alexander  L.  Moore,  of  Beaver  county.  They  have  children:  Mary 
Elizabeth  and  Joseph  Alexander.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mercer  are  members  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 


796  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  introduction  of  the  Dawson  family  into  England,  ac- 
DAWSON     cording  to  Burke  and  other  writers  on  the  British  peerage, 

was  in  1066,  Sir  Marmaduke  D'Ossone  having  been  one 
of  the  Norman  noblemen  who  were  in  the  company  of  William  the  Con- 
queror. For  services  rendered  in  battle  he  is  said  to  have  received  a 
grant  of  an  estate  from  his  successful  leader,  and  to  have  resided  in 
England  for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  By  an  easy  process  the  name  be- 
came Anglicized  to  Dawson,  as  it  has  since  been  retained,  with  the  many 
variations,  Dowson,  Dowse,  Dowsing  and  Dowsett.  Bearers  of  the  name  are 
found  in  all  English  speaking  countries  and  colonies,  and  it  may  be  safely 
asserted  that  it  has  penetrated  to  nearly  all  Christian  and  heathen  lands, 
carried  forward  by  the  commercial  enterprise  and  the  religious  zeal  of  in- 
dividuals. 

(I)  The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  branch  of  the  Dawson  family  of 
whom  complete  record  is  herein  given,  was  John  Dawson,  who  came  from 
the  north  of  England,  either  from  Whitehaven,  in  Cumberland,  or  from 
Yorkshire,  to  Maryland,  previous  to  1700.  It  is  uncertain  whether  he 
made  direct  settlement  in  Maryland  or  found  his  way  to  that  colony  by 
way  of  Philadelphia.  It  is  recorded  that  he  emigrated  when  a  young  man 
and  was  quite  advanced  in  years  when  his  death  occurred.  This  is  sup- 
posed to  have  taken  place  before  1720,  from  the  fact  that  his  son  Thomas, 
who  died  in  1800,  aged  ninety-two  years,  barely  remembered  the  event  as 
one  which  happened  in  his  childhood.  He  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
John  Doyne,  who  was  an  Irish  gentleman  who  held  a  grant  of  land  on 
Chickamoxon  creek,  in  Charles  county,  about  thirty  miles  below  the  present 
site  of  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C.  They  made  their  home  on  Broad 
creek,  in  Prince  George  county,  where  he  died.  Children  of  John  and 
Rebecca  (Doyne)  Dawson:  i.  John,  died  unmarried  in  early  life.  2. 
George,  a  resident  of  Montgomery  county,  Maryland.  3.  William,  died 
in  early  life,  unmarried.  4.  Thomas,  of  whom  further.  5.  Nicholas,  lived 
in  Loudon  county,  Virginia.     6.  Eleanor,  married  a  Mr.  Bayne. 

(II)  Thomas  Dawson,  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Doyne)  Dawson,  was 
bom  at  Broad  Creek,  Prince  George  county,  Maryland,  in  1708,  died  in 
Montgomery  county,  Maryland,  in  August,  1800.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Lowe,  of  Prince  George  county,  Maryland,  who  was 
an  ancestor  of  Governor  Lowe,  of  Maryland.  Children  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Lowe)  Dawson:  i.  Benoni,  of  whom  further.  2.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Mackall,  the  second  of  her  family  to  marry  into  the  Mackall 
family,  her  brother  Nicholas  L.  being  the  third.  3.  Sarah,  married  William 
Blackmore.  4.  Eleanor,  married  Lawrence  Allnut.  5.  Nicholas  L.,  born 
1751,  died  in  Montgomery  county,  Maryland,  1831,  married  Mary  Mackall. 
6.  Verlinda  H.,  married  James  Allnut,  a  brother  of  Lawrence,  husband  of 
her  sister  Eleanor.  7.  Robert  Doyne,  born  1758;  married  Sarah  N.  Chis- 
well ;  died  in  Montgomery  county,  Maryland,  in  August,  1824.  8.  Eliza- 
beth, died  unmarried.     9.  Rebecca,  married  Benjamin  Mackall,  nephew  of 


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Benjamin  Mackall,  husband  of  her  sister  Mary.  10.  Jane,  married  Weaver 
Johns. 

(III)  Benoni  Dawson,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Lowe) 
Dawson,  was  born  in  Maryland,  1742,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, May  6,  1806.  After  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania (now  Fayette  county)  where  he  joined  the  family  of  his  uncle, 
George  Dawson,  who  had  preceded  him  into  that  locality.  After  a  short 
stay  with  his  relatives  he  continued  his  westward  way  and  settled  in  the 
lower  corner  of  what  is  now  Beaver  county,  the  town  of  Georgetown  being 
situated  on  land  once  his  property.  He  had  brought  with  him  his  family 
and  all  his  possessions,  including  seven  slaves,  and  while  in  Fayette  county 
sent  men  ahead  with  his  cattle,  having  given  them  orders  to  clear  land  for 
a  homestead.  He  built  a  mill  on  Mill  Creek.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  and  is  quoted  as  being  "a  good  man  to  the  poor."  In 
the  new  community  his  wise  and  just  judgment  was  widely  felt  for  good, 
the  strength  of  his  character  lending  weight  to  his  counsel.  He  married 
Rebecca  Mackall.  Children  of  Benoni  and  Rebecca  (Mackall)  Dawson: 
I.  Thomas,  born  about  1765,  died  at  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania,  aged 
fifty-two  years;  married  Nancy  Dawson,  and  became  the  father  of  nine 
children.  2.  Benoni,  of  whom  further.  3.  George,  lived  on  Mill  Creek, 
died  aged  about  fifty  years;  married  Jane  Mackall,  and  of  this  marriage 
five  children  were  born.  4.  Mackall,  lived  and  died  near  Georgetown, 
Pennsylvania;  married  and  had  children.  5.  Nicholas,  born  1772,  died  near 
Calcutta,  Ohio,  in  1855;  married  Rachel  Moore,  born  August  31,  1777, 
died  July  19,  1846;  they  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children.  6.  Mary, 
married  James  Blackmore,  and  became  the  mother  of  four  children.  7. 
Elizabeth,  married  Charles  Blackmore,  and  had  three  children.  8.  Rebecca 
Mackall,  married  William  White;  they  were  the  parents  of  nine  children. 

9.  Nancy  Brooks,  married  John  Beaver,  and  was  the  mother  of  one  child. 

10.  John  L.,  died  near  Wooster,  Ohio;  married  Mary  Cotton;  of  this 
marriage  were  born  eight  children.  11.  Benjamin,  of  whom  further.  12. 
Robert  D.,  died  aged  twenty-one  years,  unmarried.  13.  James  M.,  died 
without  issue. 

(IV)  Benoni  (2)  Dawson,  second  son  and  child  of  Benoni  (i)  and 
Rebecca  (Mackall)  Dawson,  was  born  in  Frederick,  Maryland,  August 
20,  1768,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvaina,  November  14,  1844.  He 
moved  from  the  south  to  the  north  side  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  there  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  (now  owned  by  Lewis 
Davidson),  clearing  and  cultivating  the  same.  He  served  two  terms,  of 
six  months  each,  as  a  frontier  guard  against  hostile  Indians,  the  service 
being  known  among  those  engaged  therein  as  "standing  on  the  station." 
He  married  Katherine  P.  D.  McKennon,  a  native  of  Scotland,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Daniel  McKennon,  born  in  Annapolis,  Maryland,  October  20,  1775, 
died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  18,  1848.  Children  of 
Benoni  (2)  and  Katherine  P.  D.  (McKennon)  Dawson:    i.  Elizabeth,  born 


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April  22,  1794,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  unmarried.  2.  Benja- 
min, born  June  20,  1796,  died  October  22,  1817;  married  Sarah  Bayne. 
3.  Rebecca,  born  October  11,  1798,  died  February  5,  1844;  married,  April 
5,  1838,  John  Cristler.  4.  Robert,  of  whom  further.  5.  James,  of  whom 
further.  6.  Sarah,  born  December  20,  1806,  died  unmarried.  7.  Ruth, 
born  July  30,  1809;  married,  November  3,  1837,  Isaac  Evans. 

(V)  Robert  Dawson,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Benoni  (2)  and 
Katherine  P.  D.  (McKennon)  Dawson,  was  born  on  his  father's  farm 
near  Ohioville,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  30,  1801.  He  followed 
the  farmer's  occupation  throughout  his  entire  active  career.  After  his 
marriage  he  lived  for  two  years  in  Ohio  township,  then  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  later  returning  to  his  native  place 
and  settling  on  land  now  a  part  of  the  Ferguson  farm,  there  residing  for 
eight  years.  He  then  purchased  one  hundred  acres  of  land  near  Fairview, 
thereon  erecting  a  substantial  brick  house,  still  used  as  a  residence  by  his 
daughter  Catherine,  also  building  a  smaller  house  of  brick,  which  is  also 
standing  at  the  present  time.  Before  his  death,  December  2,  1882,  he  had 
acquired  two  hundred  acres'  adjoining,  making  his  farm  three  hundred 
acres  in  extent.  Honor  and  industry  were  the  two  cardinal  principles  of 
his  daily  life,  the  first  gaining  for  him  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his 
friends  and  neighbors,  the  second  providing  him  and  his  family  with 
plenty  of  the  goods  of  this  world.  He  continued  in  the  faith  of  his  fathers 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  supported  the  Whig 
party  in  all  political  issues. 

He  married,  February  9,  1826,  EHzabeth,  daughter  of  Ruel  Reed, 
who  died  October  22,  1864.  Children  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Dawson 
(of  whom  only  one  is  living) :  i.  Mary  Ann,  died  unmarried  in  1909.  2. 
Catharine,  aged  eighty-five  years,  lives  in  the  old  brick  house  erected  by 
her  father,  the  only  survivor  of  her  generation.  3.  Benoni,  a  farmer  of 
Ohio  township,  died  in  1909.  4.  Ruel  Reed,  a  resident  of  the  state  of 
Washington,  died  in  1908;  married  Salina  Reed,  who  died  in  Kansas;  they 
were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all  of  whom  live  in  the  west.  5. 
Robert  Doyne,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  served  in  the  One  Hundredth 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  was  for  a  long  time  confined 
in  Libby  Prison.  6.  Rebecca,  died  unmarried,  October  29,  1864.  7.  Daniel, 
Debolt,  of  whom  further.     8.  Willam  M.,  died  unmarried  in  1887. 

(VI)  Daniel  Debolt  Dawson,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Robert 
and  Elizabeth  (Reed)  Dawson,  was  born  on  the  old  homestead  near  Fair- 
view,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  14,  1844,  died  near  there 
August  18,  1908.  Here  his  early  life  was  spent  and  in  young  manhood  he 
became  a  farmer,  inheriting  a  portion  of  his  father's  estate  he  added  some 
land  to  his  share  and  became  the  owner  of  seventy-five  acres.  He  built  a 
substantial  dwelling  and  remodeled  a  barn  that  stood  on  the  property, 
there  residing  until  his  death.  With  his  wife  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Reformed  Church.     In  political  life  he  had  always  adhered  to  the  prin- 


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ciples  of  the  Republican  party,  but  in  his  later  life,  when  the  question  of 
temperance  became  more  and  more  of  a  national  issue,  he  took  a  firm 
stand  for  the  Prohibition  party,  using  his  utmost  effort  and  every  influence 
in  its  behalf.  In  the  early  part  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  when  it  was 
thought  that  a  few  battles  would  cause  the  conflict  to  come  to  a  decisive 
end,  he  enlisted  for  ninety  days  in  Knapp's  Battalion  of  Heavy  Artillery. 
When  at  the  expiration  of  that  term  of  service  the  end  of  the  struggle 
seemed  so  indeterminate,  he  re-enlisted  in  the  One  Hundrdth  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  at  Appomattox  Court  House 
just  prior  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

He  married,  May  28,  1868,  Sarah  Jane,  born  April  6,  1841,  daughter 
of  John  and  Jane  Cochran,  natives  of  near  Venice,  Pennsylvania.  Children 
of  Daniel  Debolt  and  Sarah  Dawson:  i.  Robert  Doyne,  a  farmer,  lives 
near  New  Galloway.  2.  Stewart  Cochran,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Jennie 
Elder,  married  W.  H.  Speerhas,  and  lives  in  Industry.  4.  John  Alfred,  a 
dairyman  of  near  New  Middletown,  Ohio.  5.  Ruel  Reed,  a  farmer  of 
Alberta,  Canada.  6.  Cochran,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Howard  Debolt,  of  whom 
further.  8.  Eva  Matilda,  married  Harry  A.  Henderson,  and  lives  in  Ohio 
township. 

(VII)  Howard  Debolt  Dawson,  sixth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Daniel 
Debolt  and  Sarah  Jane  (Cochran)  Dawson,  was  born  in  Ohio  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  old  homestead,  October  3,  1883.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  township  and  completed  his 
studies  at  Pennsylvania  State  College.  After  his  graduation  from  the  latter 
institution  he  engaged  in  farming  on  the  homestead,  later  purchasing  the 
interests  of  the  several  heirs  and  becoming  sole  owner  of  that  property, 
where  he  now  makes  his  home.  Although  general  farming  plays  a  prom- 
inent part  in  his  operations,  he  gives  his  most  careful  attention  to  the  cul- 
tivation of  fruit  and  vegetables.  Applying  the  newest  and  most  scientific 
methods  to  the  culture  of  these  specialties  he  has  met  with  remarkably 
consistent  success,  gaining  a  wide  reputation  for  the  excellency  of  his 
products.  Upon  his  property  are  four  wells,  whence  flow  both  oil  and  gas, 
about  two  barrels  daily  being  the  amount  of  the  former  product  obtained 
therefrom.  For  the  purpose  of  closer  relations  with  others  engaged  in 
his  pursuits.  Mr.  Dawson  is  a  member  of  the  Local  Grange  of  the  Patrons 
of  Husbandry.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Reformed 
Church,  and  in  his  national  political  action  he  supports  the  Progressive 
party,  although  locally  his  stand  is  taken  firmly  for  Prohibition. 

Mr.  Dawson  married,  June  15,  1909,  Ethel  A.,  a  native  of  Ohio  town- 
ship, daughter  of  Frank  R.  and  Nettie  (McMahan)  Wright.  Children  of 
Howard  Debolt  and  Ethel  A.  Dawson:  i.  John  Debolt,  born  May  z8, 
1910.  2.  Elsie  Ruth,  born  October  16,  191 1.  3.  Robert  Doyne,  born  July 
17,  1913,  died  in  infancy. 


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(IV)  Benjamin  Dawson,  son  of  Benoni  (q.  v.)  and 
DAWSON  Rebecca  (Mackall)  Dawson,  was  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  died,  aged  about  fifty  years.  His 
occupation  was  that  of  ferry-master  on  the  Ohio  river.  He  married  EHza- 
beth  Wilkinson,  who  lived  to  a  very  great  age,  hers  being  the  unusual  dis- 
tinction of  seeing  her  granddaughter's  grandchildren.  Children  of  Benja- 
min and  Elizabeth  (Wilkinson)  Dawson:  i.  Amos,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Joshua  Wilkinson,  married  Mary  McLaughlin;  died  in  Greene  county, 
Indiana.  3.  George,  born  July  12,  1804,  died  near  Calcutta,  Ohio,  August 
9,  1866;  married  Narcissa  Beaver  Dawson.  4.  John  Low,  married  Phoebe 
Dix.  5.  Nancy,  married  Thomas  Blackmore.  6.  Catharine,  married  Dr. 
John  Dixon,  and  lived  in  Athens  county,  Ohio.  7.  Olivia,  married  Harrison 
Harvey;  died  in  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia.  8.  Rebecca,  married  Peter 
Fisher;  lived  in  Cameron,  Missouri.  9.  Eliza,  married  Michael  Fisher; 
lived  near  Calcutta,  Ohio.  10.  Amassa,  married  Henry  Fisher;  lived  near 
Calcutta,  Ohio.     11.  Myrtilla,  married  Dr.  James  Scroggs. 

(V)  Amos  Dawson,  eldest  child  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Wilkin- 
son) Dawson,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  met 
his  accidental  death  in  1852.  After  his  marriage  he  and  his  wife  for  a 
time  made  their  home  upon  the  old  homestead,  later  moving  to  a  triangular 
tract  of  land,  one  hundred  acres  in  extent,  west  of  Little  Beaver  creek, 
and  near  the  Ohio  state  boundary  line.  He  was  an  ardent  Democrat,  sin- 
cere and  earnest  in  his  efforts  for  the  advancement  of  that  party.  He 
met  his  death  in  Little  Beaver  creek,  being  drowned  while  washing  a  flock 
of  sheep.  He  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Mackall  Dawson,  his  first 
cousin.  Children  of  Amos  and  Rebecca  Dawson:  i.  Benjamin,  married 
Susan  Hughes;  dies  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  2. 
Mackall,  of  whom  further.  3.  Joshua,  deceased;  married  Margaret  Camp. 
4.  James  L.  B.,  married  Mary  Ann  Smith;  lives  at  Beaver  Falls,  Penn- 
sylvania. 5.  Thomas,  a  captain  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War, 
lives  in  Nebraska.  6.  Scroggs,  deceased;  married  Arvilla  Calhoun;  lived 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Amos,  deceased;  married  a  Miss 
Hamilton;  lived  near  Smiths  Ferry,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Cynthia,  married 
Benoni  Dawson,  who  afterward  married  Ann  E.  Johnson.  9.  Benoni,  de- 
ceased.   Two  other  children  who  never  attained  maturity. 

(VI)  Mackall  Dawson,  son  of  Amos  and  Rebecca  (Dawson)  Dawson, 
was  born  near  Ohioville,  Pennsylvania,  in  1827,  died  in  Darlington  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  February,  1901.  He  spent  his  early 
life  in  the  vicinity  of  his  birthplace,  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
worked  on  the  home  farm.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  a  farm  owned 
by  his  father  near  Ohioville  and  there  remained  for  eight  years,  living 
for  two  more  years  on  a  near-by  farm.  He  then  entered  the  oil  business 
and  was  a  producer  at  Smiths  Ferry  for  a  period  covering  twenty  years. 
His  ventures  in  this  industry  were  rewarded  with  remunerative  success 
and  during  his  continuance  in  the  same  he  had  amassed  a  comfortable 


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competence.  In  1890  he  moved  to  Brighton  township,  residing  there  for 
but  a  short  time  before  he  went  to  Darlington  township,  purchasing  a 
farm  of  sixty-five  acres  in  the  southeast  corner  of  the  township,  where 
he  lived  until  his  death.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  his  political  faith  was  strongly  Republican.  In  all  of  his 
business  transactions  his  dealings  bore  the  stamp  of  the  strictest  integrity 
and  he  held  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  associates. 

He  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Eliza  (Dawson)  Fisher, 
born  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  in  1831.  The  wedding  ceremony  was 
solemnized  at  Bridgewater,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Eliza  (Dawson) 
Fisher  was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Dawson,  and  a  sister  of  Amos  Dawson, 
the  father  of  Mackall.  Michael  Fisher  was  a  son  of  Paul  Fisher,  and 
was  born  in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  which  was  also  the  birth- 
place of  his  father.  Michael  Fisher  moved  early  in  life  to  a  farm  near 
Calcutta,  Ohio,  which  he  cultivated,  also  becoming  the  owner  of  a  great 
deal  of  land  in  that  vicinity.  He  was  the  father  of  the  following  children : 
I.  Elizabeth,  deceased;  married  Samuel  Richardson.  2.  Rebecca,  deceased; 
married  Dr.  Manuel  George.  3.  Mary  Jane,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; married  Amos  Wilkinson.  4.  Susan,  of  previous  mention,  mar- 
ried Mackall  Dawson,  whom  she  survives  to  the  present  time.  5.  George 
D.,  died  near  Ohioville,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Myrtilla,  died  unmarried  in 
Pennsylvania.  7.  Nancy,  unmarried,  lives  at  Smiths  Ferry.  8.  John,  died 
in  Meigs  county,  Ohio.  9.  Minerva,  died  in  young  womanhood.  10. 
Catharine,  married  John  Montgomery;  lives  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. II.  Benjamin,  lives  on  the  old  homestead.  Children  of  Mackall 
and  Susan  (Fisher)  Dawson:  i.  Amos,  died  aged  eight  years.  2.  Blanche, 
died  aged  six  years.  3.  Jennie,  married  Albert  Veon;  lives  in  Darlington 
township;  has  five  children;  John,  Delbert  R.,  Walter,  Carl,  Edmund.  4. 
Laura,  unmarried.  5.  Edmund,  of  whom  further.  6.  John,  died  aged 
twenty-six  years.  7.  An  infant,  died  unnamed.  8.  Elizabeth,  died  in 
infancy. 

(VII)  Edmund  Dawson,  son  of  Mackall  and  Susan  (Fisher)  Daw- 
son, was  born  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
6,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Ohio  township,  and  for  a  time 
was  his  father's  assistant  on  the  farm  and  in  the  oil  business.  Since  the 
death  of  his  father  in  190 1  he  has  conducted  operation  on  the  home  farm, 
where  he  specializes  in  dairying,  also  doing  general  farming.  He  is  a 
Progressive  in  all  political  action,  and  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
in  which  he  is  an  elder.  Mr.  Dawson's  knowledge  along  agricultural  lines 
is  wide  and  thorough,  gained  through  a  life-long  acquaintance  with  farms 
and  farming,  and  he  is  known  as  one  of  the  successful  agriculturists  of 
the  locality.  Although  never  given  to  public  service,  he  is  held  in  high 
esteem  by  his  neighbors,  and  fulfills  all  the  duties  of  good  citizenship. 


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(V)  Dr.  James  Dawson,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Benoni 
DAWSON  (2)  and  Katharine  P.  D.  (McKennon)  Dawson,  was  born 
on  the  old  Captain  Daniel  Dawson  farm  in  Ohio  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  25,  1804,  died  August  21,  1846.  The 
farm  on  which  he  spent  his  early  life  is  now  the  property  of  Lewis  Davidson, 
of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  As  a  boy  James  Dawson  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Ohio  township,  and  worked  on  the  home  farm.  In  young  manhood 
he  held  the  ambition  for  the  life  of  a  physician,  casting  over  such  a  profes- 
sion the  mantle  lent  by  youthful  simplicity  and  innocence,  which  saw  only 
the  beauty  of  such  a  life  of  service.  For  this  he  studied  diligently  and  was 
rewarded  with  a  diploma  entitling  him  to  practice  medicine.  Soon  after 
his  marriage  he  moved  to  Pughtown,  West  Virginia,  and  there  engaged  in 
professional  work,  becoming  one  of  the  most  popular  physicians  in  that 
region.  In  maturity  the  occupation  he  had  chosen  became  even  more  full 
of  interest  and  fascination  to  him,  and  although  the  rosy  dreams  of  youth 
were  erased  by  the  stern  realities  of  the  life  of  self-sacrifice  demanded  of 
a  doctor  in  many  ways,  he  became  only  the  more  zealous  in  its  pursuit. 
After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  remarried,  and  a  few  years  later  returned 
to  the  county  of  his  birth,  settling  in  Ohioville,  where  he  continued  in  the 
practice  of  medicine.  He  was  an  indefatigable  worker,  and  in  the  pressure 
of  work  neglected  the  care  of  his  own  physical  condition,  so  weakening 
himself  that  he  succumbed  to  a  severe  attack  of  illness  in  the  forty-second 
year  of  his  age.  He  who  had  so  unfailingly  relieved  the  pain  of  others,  who 
had  restored  the  blessing  of  life  to  not  a  few,  bringing  them  back  from  the 
Valley  of  the  Shadow,  was  unable  to  lift  a  finger  to  stay  his  soul  in  its 
homeward  flight,  nor  could  all  the  skill  of  the  profession  of  which  he  was 
an  able  master  keep  him  in  the  presence  of  his  loved  ones,  and  Dr.  James 
Dawson  passed  from  this  life  amid  the  whispered  blessings  of  those  who 
knew  the  purity,  sweetness  and  goodness  of  his  character.  Dr.  Dawson 
was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  as  regular  in  attendance  at 
its  services  as  the  exigencies  of  his  profession  would  permit.  The  same 
influences  prevented  him  from  taking  the  position  he  was  qualified  to  fill 
in  the  public  life  of  the  communities  in  which  he  resided,  and  although  he 
personally  supported  the  Republican  party,  was  debarred  from  the  par- 
ticipation in  political  action  that  he  would  have  enjoyed. 

He  married  (first)  Mertilla  White,  born  on  the  farm  now  owned 
by  William  Hunter,  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 15,  1807,  died  in  Pughtown,  West  Virginia,  June  9,  1833;  (second) 
Mrs.  Rachel  Moore,  who  after  his  death  remarried,  her  second  husband 
being  Henry  Pittinger.  She  died  about  1900.  The  only  child  of  the  first 
marriage  of  Dr.  James  Dawson  was  William  White,  of  whom  further. 
Children  of  the  second  marriage  of  Dr.  James  Dawson:  i.  Mertilla,  married 
Milo  Reed,  and  both  are  deceased.  2.  Benoni,  died  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1912;  married  (first)  Mary  Mansfield;  (second)  Matilda 
Thayer;  (third)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  .    3.  Catherine,  married  W.  F.  Lyon; 


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lives  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Henry  Clay,  died  in  young  manhood. 
5.  James,  killed  in  Colorado  by  hostile  Indians. 

(VI)  WiUiam  White  Dawson,  son  of  Dr.  James  and  Mertilla  (White) 
Dawson,  was  bom  at  Pughtown  (then  Fairview),  West  Virginia,  May 
27,  1833,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  9,  1908.  In 
graded  instruction  he  never  advanced  further  than  the  public  schools,  but 
being  of  a  naturally  studious  nature,  he  read  much  of  the  world's  best 
literature  and  in  every  way  that  presented  itself  improved  his  store  of 
general  knowledge.  His  mother  dying  when  he  was  an  infant  in  arms, 
he  spent  his  early  life  under  the  care  of  his  two  maiden  aunts  and  an 
uncle,  living  on  their  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty  acres.  His  life  with 
these  relatives  was  of  the  happiest,  and  though  the  tenderness  of  mother 
love  was  denied  him  by  adverse  fortune,  all  the  refining  and  uplifting 
influences  of  a  Christian  home  were  his.  At  the  death  of  his  aunts  and 
uncle  he  inherited  the  farm  on  which  he  had  been  reared,  and  there  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  generosity  and  liberality  were  proverbial 
throughout  the  neighborhood,  qualities  probably  induced  by  the  realization 
of  the  advantages  that  had  been  his  through  the  presence  of  those  virtues 
in  others.  The  operations  that  he  conducted  upon  his  farm  were  general 
in  character,  and  his  stables  were  well-filled  with  stock  of  excellent  grade. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  chosen  by  his  neighbors  to  fill 
nearly  every  township  office,  holding  office  during  the  greater  part  of  his 
long,  active  and  well-spent  life. 

He  married.  May  27,  1858,  Elizabeth,  bom  June  i,  1835,  daughter 
of  Alexander  and  Christina  (Knight)  Ewing.  Both  Alexander  Ewing 
and  his  wife  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  settled  early  in  Industry  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  eighty  acres,  on  which  they  both  died.  Alexander  Ewing  was  a  son 
of  Samuel  and  Nancy  Ewing,  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  of  Irish 
descent,  and  settlers  of  Beaver  county.  Elizabeth  Knight  is  a  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Knight,  old  residents  of  Beaver  county,  in  their 
native  state,  who  moved  to  Wooster,  Ohio,  and  finally  to  Bluffton,  Indiana, 
where  they  both  died.  Children  of  William  White  and  Elizabeth  (Ewing) 
Dawson:  1.  James  Alexander,  a  farmer  of  Ovid,  Colorado.  2.  Benoni 
White,  died  at  Honolulu,  Hawaii,  while  on  his  way  to  the  Philippines, 
November  24,  1898.  3.  Harry  Grant,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Margaret  Mer- 
tilla, married  John  W.  Ramsey,  who  manages  the  old  homestead.  5.  Wil- 
liam Riley,  died  aged  four  years.  William  White  Dawson  is  survived  by 
his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Ewing)  Dawson. 


Descending  from  Holland  ancestry  and  at  an  early  date 
NEWKIRK     found  in  Pennsylvania,  those  of  the  name  Newkirk  have 

been  and  are  particularly  numerous  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  resided  Shipman  Newkirk,  a  farmer,  grandfather  of 
Henry  H.  Newkirk,  of  this  chronicle.     Early  lists  and  land  transactions 


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contain  the  name  frequently,  its  bearers  appearing  to  have  been  men  of 
many  affairs,  active  in  the  business  of  their  locality. 

(II)  John  F.  Newkirk,  son  of  Shipman  Newkirk,  was  a  farmer  and 
hotel  proprietor  of  West  Midddlesex,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  The 
former  occupation  was  his  calling  in  early  life,  which  he  later  forsook 
to  engage  in  business  in  the  latter  line.  He  married  Elizabeth  McBride, 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  had 
issue:  Mary  Ann,  Rebecca,  Matilda,  Christiana,  Eliza,  John  F.  Jr.,  Min- 
erva, Henry  H.,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Henry  H.  Newkirk,  son  of  John  F.  and  Elizabeth  (McBride) 
Newkirk,  was  born  in  West  Middlesex,  Mercer  county,  Pennslyvania,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1844.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the  common  schools  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  birthplace.  His  first  position  was  as  head  clerk  for  Senate 
&  Warren,  iron  manufacturers  of  West  Middlesex,  and  with  this  concern 
he  remained  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1862  he  established  in  the  bus- 
iness with  which  he  is  now  identified,  hardware  dealing,  and  continued 
successfully  in  that  line  until  1895,  having  in  1891  changed  the  seat  of  his 
operations  to  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  In  the  latter  place  prosperity  at- 
tended him  as  before,  and  upon  his  retirement  in  1895  he  was  numbered 
among  the  leading  merchants  of  Rochester.  Although  he  disposed  of  his 
store  with  the  intention  of  making  his  retirement  permanent  he  found  an 
inactive  life  little  to  his  liking,  and  in  1897  he  opened  his  present  store  on 
New  York  avenue,  where  he  conducts  a  general  hardware  and  tinsmith 
business.  He  transacts  business  as  the  Newkirk  Hardware  Company,  his 
last  being  the  strongest  and  most  flourishing  of  his  business  ventures.  His 
line  of  light  hardware  is  attractive  and  complete,  while  for  heavier  tools 
and  implements  which  he  does  not  carry  in  stock  he  holds  agencies  with 
reliable  established  manufacturers. 

A  long  business  experience  under  all  conditions  of  trade  has  taught 
Mr.  Newkirk  the  need  and  value  of  organization  among  merchants  and 
business  men,  and  in  1892  he  organized  the  Business  Men's  Association 
of  Rochester,  the  original  membership  of  the  association  being  three  of 
the  borough's  merchants.  At  the  present  time  practically  every  man  in 
business  in  Rochester  is  included  in  the  association,  which  has  proved  its 
worth  as  a  desirable  and  necessary  medium  of  intercourse  between  those 
who  carry  on  the  town's  business  and  has  resulted  in  the  upbuilding  of 
better  conditions  of  trade  and  a  spirit  of  healthy  co-operation  among  its 
members  for  the  best  good  of  the  borough.  Mr.  Newkirk  is  president  of 
the  Business  Men's  Association,  and  during  the  existence  of  the  Buildei's' 
Exchange  was  for  several  years  its  president.  He  is  also  treasurer  of  the 
John  Devoe  Waterways  Society  and  a  member  of  the  Ohio  River  Im- 
provement Company,  and  holds  stock  in  the  Rochester  Trust  Company. 
Although  an  active  political  worker,  he  has  found  his  best  efficiency  in 
striving  for  his  party,  the  Democratic,  outside  of  public  office,  although 
from  1876  until  1891  he  filled  the  office  of  burgess  of  West  Middlesex, 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  805 

Mercer  county,  his  administration  having  been  a  most  satisfactory  and 
agreeable  one,  as  shown  by  his  long  term  of  office.  He  is  a  member  ot 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  in  religion  is  a  Methodist, 
holding  the  position  of  steward  in  the  church  organization. 

Faith  in  the  possibilities  and  future  of  Rochester  have  been  control- 
ling beliefs  in  Mr.  Newkirk's  efforts  for  the  general  advancement  of  the 
borough.  There  is  probably  no  other  man  in  Rochester  who  has  gained 
subscriptions  for  public  improvements  totaling  such  a  vast  amount,  and 
for  any  service  he  is  ever  ready,  giving  of  his  time,  means  and  influence  to 
projects  for  civil  betterment.  His  name  has  always  appeared  in  a  promi- 
nent place  on  any  list  to  which  he  has  asked  others  to  subscribe,  his  gener- 
osity inciting  others  to  the  same  free-handed  gifts.  Rochester's  growing 
prosperity  and  general  expansion  have  justified  his  faith  and  labors,  and 
it  is  giving  him  no  undue  credit  when  it  is  written  that  his  share  in  this 
growth  and  advancement  has  been  no  mean  one.  Mr.  Newkirk  was 
selected  at  a  mass  meeting,  unsolicited,  as  a  delegate  to  Harrisburg,  June 
17,  1914,  to  represent  the  people  of  Rochester  to  advise  ways  and  means 
to  repeal  the  public-service  commission,  which  commission  was  passed  by 
the  legislature  of  1913-14.  This  is  only  one  of  many  honors  bestowed 
upon  Mr.  Newkirk. 

Mr.  Newkirk  married,  in  1861,  Victoria  Aiken,  a  native  of  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  her  father  having  come  to  Beaver,  Pennsylvania, 
from  Ireland,  his  birthplace.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newkirk  have  had  one  son, 
Charles  Aiken,  who  was  born  in  West  Middlesex,  Mercer  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  place,  graduating 
with  high  honors  from  the  high  school,  then  continuing  his  studies  in 
Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  whence  he  was  graduated  in 
1884.  His  education  completed  he  became  his  father's  business  assistant, 
and  was  thus  engaged  until  his  early  death.  He  was  a  youth  of  scholarly 
attributes,  and  was  especially  proficient  in  German  and  French,  while  his 
mastery  of  his  native  tongue  was  complete  and  easy.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order  and  was  prominent  in  church  work,  being  superin- 
tendent of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Sunday  school.  He  was  a  youth  of 
clean  habits  and  upright  life,  living  beyond  reproach  and  dedicating  him- 
self to  the  highest  service  of  those  about  him,  and  at  his  death  left  a 
memory  of  unfailing  comfort  to  those  who  mourned  his  loss. 


The  American  progenitor  of  Professor  Floyd  Atwell,  of 
ATWELL     New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  is  Robert  Atwell,  who  came 

to  Pennsylvania  from  Ireland,  settling  in  what  is  now  Scrub- 
grass  township,  Venango  county,  prior  to  the  year  1800.  He  had  surveyed 
to  him  on  October  24,  1801,  one  hundred  and  ninety  acres  of  land  which 
he  improved  and  cultivated  until  1816,  when  he  moved  to  Marion  town- 
ship, Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  then  cleared  and  improved  a  farm 
upon  which  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1840.     He  was  a  soldier  of  the 


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War  of  1812,  industrious  and  thrifty  in  his  habits,  and  a  member  of  the 
Associate  Reformed  Church,  known  at  that  time  as  the  Seceder  Church. 
He  married  (first)  Mary  Dixon,  who  bore  him  a  son  Dixon.  He  married 
(second)  Margaret  Russell;  children:  Ellen,  married  William  Brandon; 
William  George,  born  1808,  died  1877;  John;  James,  of  whom  further; 
Robert;  Mary,  married  Alexander  Watt. 

(H)  James  Atwell,  son  of  Robert  and  Margaret  (Russell)  Atwell, 
was  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1812,  and  was  brought  to 
Butler  county  by  his  parents  in  1816.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
Marion  township  farm  and  continued  in  Butler  county  engaged  in  farming 
until  his  death.    He  married  Martha  Byler,  and  left  issue. 

(IH)  John  B.  Atwell,  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Byler)  Atwell,  was 
born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  being  bereft  of  a  father's  care  at 
seven  years  of  age.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  followed  that 
as  his  occupation  for  several  years,  forsaking  it  to  engage  in  farming 
operations  in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  labors  were  interrupted 
by  the  beginning  of  active  conflict  between  the  North  and  South  when  he 
enlisted  in  the  Sixteenth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Cavalry.  In 
all  the  battles  participated  in  by  his  regiment  he  was  in  the  ranks,  fighting 
at  Malvern  Hill,  where  he  was  wounded,  and  at  Gettysburg.  He  was  a 
gallant  soldier,  daring  in  action  and  deported  himself  under  fire  with  true 
bravery.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home  and  continued 
work  on  his  farm  until  the  present  time  (1914).  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and  a  member  of  the  session  of  that  denomination. 
He  married  Olivia  Perry.  Children  of  John  B.  and  Olivia  Atwell:  James 
M. ;  Anna  A.,  wife  of  David  W.  Lockhard;  Floyd,  of  whom  further; 
Frank  L. ;  Harriet  V.,  married  L.  E.  Sutton ;  Mary  L.,  married  Clarence 
Baird ;  Lottie  E. ;  David  P. ;  Susan. 

(IV)  Professor  Floyd  Atwell,  son  of  John  B.  and  Olivia  (Perry) 
Atwell,  was  born  in  Emlenton,  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
12,  1871.  He  obtained  an  excellent  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
by  a  year's  attendance  at  a  private  academy.  He  then  taught  school  for 
four  years,  discontinuing  the  practice  of  what  afterwards  became  his  pro- 
fession, to  enter  Grove  City  College.  Completing  his  collegiate  course, 
he  decided  to  follow  teaching  as  his  life  work,  and,  after  holding  a  position 
in  the  Emlenton  school  for  three  years,  received  an  appointment  as  prin- 
cipal of  the  Pleasantville  public  school.  He  held  this  office  for  five  years 
and  served  in  the  same  capacity  in  the  Ambridge  public  school  for  six 
years.  In  191 1  he  accepted  his  present  position  as  superintendent  of  the 
schools  of  New  Brighton,  and  has  there,  during  his  short  stay,  done  much 
toward  improving  the  school  system,  raising  its  standard,  and  increasing 
its  efficiency  as  an  educational  unit.  He  has  conducted  his  work  with 
tactful  ability  and  has  in  most  cases  succeeded  in  establishing  needed  re- 
forms or  innovations  with  little  opposition.  His  own  youthful  days  are 
not  so  far  past  but  he  can  recall  them  vividly,  and  with  this  in  his  favor 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  807 

to  bring  him  into  understanding  and  sympathy  with  the  juvenile  spirits 
over  which  he  has  control,  he  advocates  regulations  that  will  conflict  as 
little  as  possible  with  the  preference  of  the  pupils  of  the  city's  schools. 
For  the  varied  departments  of  the  schools  he  has  assisted  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  curricula  of  wide  scope,  offering  thorough  and  liberal  instruction 
to  the  studious,  and  in  all  phases  of  his  work  has  discharged  his  duties 
with  the  assurance  and  ease  of  the  trained  educator.  Professor  Atwell 
belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  is  a  member  of  the  session.  He 
affiliates  with  the  Titusville,  Pennsylvania,  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  Oil  Creek  Lodge,  No.  303,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, in  which  latter  he  is  past  noble  grand. 

Professor  Atwell  married,  in  August,  1898,  Mary  M.  Crawford, 
daughter  of  E.  H.  and  Jane  Crawford,  of  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Children :    Loyal  P.,  Floyd  Carroll. 


If  the  man  who  makes  two  blades  of  grain  grow  where  but 
BANKS     one  grew  before  is  to  be  held  up  as  a  benefactor  of  his  race, 

then  certainly  the  people  of  Ireland  and  their  descendants 
are  to  be  held  up  as  world  benefactors.  Energetic,  honest  and  public- 
spirited,  they  have  ever  given  their  best  efforts  in  behalf  of  their  own 
country  and  to  America  after  they  had  emigrated  thither.  A  family 
which  is  especially  worthy  of  record  in  this  direction  is  the  Banks  family, 
of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(I)  Matthew  Banks  was  born  in  county  Donegal,  Ireland,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  in  his  early  youth.  He  settled  near  Parkers  Landing, 
Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  later  removed  to  Butler  county  in  the 
same  state.  There  he  bought  a  farm  of  approximately  one  hundred  and 
seventy  acres,  and  remained  there  for  some  years,  being  associated  for  a 
part  of  this  time  with  his  son,  Samuel  Rogers  Banks.  After  the  death  of 
his  wife  he  removed  to  Beaver  county  and  located  on  a  small  farm  near 
the  crossroads  in  Brighton  township.  He  married  Elizabeth  Rogers,  who 
was  also  born  in  county  Donegal,  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country  at  a 
very  early  age.  They  were  married  near  the  village  of  Perryville  on  the 
Clarion  side.  Children :  Samuel  Rogers,  see  forward ;  Matthew,  resides 
at  Beaver  Falls;  William  Thomas,  see  forward;  Robert  George,  lives  in 
the  state  of  Oregon;  Eliza  Jane,  married  Matthew  Logan  and  lives  at 
Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Margaret  Ellen,  married 
Robert  Gailey,  and  lives  near  Beaver  Terrace,  a  suburb  of  Beaver ;  Rebecca, 
now  deceased,  married  Nathaniel  Blair,  also  deceased;  Mary  Ann,  mar- 
ried William  Bartley,  and  lives  in  Oklahoma;  Rosetta,  married  John  B. 
Long,  and  lives  at  College  Hill,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Samuel  Rogers  Banks,  son  of  Matthew  and  Elizabeth  (Rogers) 
Banks,  was  born  in  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  5,  1842.  His 
education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  Butler  county,  where  his 
boyhood  and  early  youth  were  passed,  and  where  his  spare  time  was  spent 


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in  assisting  his  father  in  his  agricultural  labors.  He  was  of  an  intensely 
patriotic  nature  and  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  War  enlisted  in  Company  M, 
Fourteenth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  was  subsequently  trans- 
ferred to  Company  F.  While  he  was  in  a  number  of  engagements,  he  was 
fortunate  to  escape  without  a  wound.  He  was,  however,  twice  taken  a 
prisoner,  being  exchanged  the  first  time.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  re- 
turned to  the  farm  of  his  father  in  Butler  county,  then  made  an  extended 
trip  to  the  West,  and  after  being  occupied  for  some  time  with  oil  interests 
near  Parker,  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  he  decided  to  engage  in  farm- 
ing. In  1879  he  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  purchased 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  ninety-six  acres  in  Brighton  township.  He 
erected  large  and  improved  modern  farm  buildings,  and  employed  the 
latest  scientific  methods  in  the  cultivation  of  this  property  on  which  he 
resided  until  his  death,  August  12,  1912.  He  was  a  public-spirited  citizen, 
who  gave  his  support  to  all  projects  for  the  improvement  and  development 
of  the  community  in  which  he  resided.  His  political  allegiance  was  given 
to  the  Democratic  party,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  He  served  his  township  for  a  considerable  length  of 
time  as  a  school  director,  being  always  greatly  interested  in  the  cause  of 
education. 

Since  his  death,  his  widow  still  resides  on  the  farm,  which  she  man- 
ages with  a  very  creditable  amount  of  executive  ability.  Mr.  Banks  mar- 
ried, August  23,  1865,  Margaret  E.  Logan,  a  native  of  Clarion  county, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  Logan,  both  natives  of  Ire- 
land, where  they  were  married  and  four  of  their  children  were  born.  After 
their  arrival  in  this  country  they  had  four  more  children,  but  of  all  of 
these  the  only  ones  now  living  are  Mrs.  Banks  and  Mary  Jane  Stahl,  who 
resides  in  Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania,  near  Monterey.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Banks  had  children:  Edgar  T.,  now  deceased,  married  Etta  McBride;  Ada 
Lena,  married  I.  W.  Morgan,  and  resides  near  the  old  homestead;  Myrtle 
Cora,  married  Junius  W.  McBride,  and  lives  in  Beaver ;  Elizabeth  Ann  mar- 
ried John  McPherson,  and  lives  in  Beaver;  Charles,  a  physician  in  Hart- 
ford, Ohio;  Herbert  M.,  engaged  in  the  oil  business  and  lives  in  Oklahoma; 
Jessie  May,  married  Thomas  Garrett,  and  lives  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 
Mr.  Banks  was  a  man  of  domestic  tastes,  devoted  to  his  family,  and  a 
faithful  friend.  His  charities,  which  were  numerous,  were  invariably 
bestowed  in  an  unostentatious  manner,  and  only  the  recipients  of  these 
benefactions  know  the  extent  of  them. 


(II)  William  Thomas  Banks,  son  of  Matthew  Banks  (q.  v.), 
BANKS    was  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  185 1,  died  near 
Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1902.  About  a  year  or 
two  after  his  marriage  he  located  in  Beaver  county,  on  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  which  he  had  purchased  in  South  Beaver  township,  and 
on  this  he  lived  until  his  death.   He  married,  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  809 

Huldah,  born  in  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1849,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander McCall.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Banks,  she  married  (second)  Peter 
Peters,  and  again  lives  in  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Banks  had  children:  Herman  J.,  a  farmer  in  Oregon,  married  Annie 
Brittain;  Matthew  Cleveland,  see  forward.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Banks  were 
members  of  the  Mount  Pleasant  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  was  a  staunch 
Democrat.  Alexander  McCall,  father  of  Mrs.  Banks,  was  a  farmer  and 
land  owner  in  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  associate  judge  of 
the  county  for  many  years.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

(HI)  Matthew  Cleveland  Banks,  son  of  William  Thomas  and  Huldah 
(McCall)  Banks,  was  born  on  the  homestead  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  9,  1885.  His  education  was  a  comprehensive  one,  and  was 
acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  section  and  at  Pollock's  Commercial 
College  at  Beaver,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  the  book- 
keeping department,  in  1906.  He  then  took  up  the  study  of  stenography, 
and  held  an  excellent  position  for  eighteen  months  in  Pittsburgh.  He 
was  obliged  to  resign  this  because  of  impaired  health,  and  returned  to  the 
more  healthful,  outdoor  occupations  of  the  farm.  He  became  the  man- 
ager of  the  homestead  farm,  and  has  been  thus  employed  up  to  the  present 
time.  He  has  about  ten  acres  devoted  exclusively  to  th  cultivation  of 
fruit,  and  the  remainder  is  for  general  produce.  He  conducts  his  farming 
operations  on  the  latest  scientific  methods,  and  has  met  with  proportionate 
success.  He  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party,  and  has 
served  as  election  inspector.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Mount 
Pleasant  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  local  Grange, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry.  Mr.  Banks  married,  December  31,  1908,  Maude 
E.,  born  near  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  John 
W.  and  Ada  Gillespie.     They  have  no  children. 


This  family  is  of  ancient  Scotch  origin,  and  is  identical  with 
EWING     Ewen  and  McEwen.     The  family  seat  was  in  Aberdeenshire 

and  Edinburghshire  from  early  times.  The  Ewing  family 
from  the  North  of  Ireland,  from  which  most  of  the  older  Ewing  families 
of  this  country  are  descended,  trace  their  ancestry  to  Major  Finlay  Ewing, 
who  received  a  grant  of  land  for  military  service,  three  hundred  acres,  in 
county  Antrim,  Ireland.  One  of  the  first  of  the  name  in  America  was 
Richard  Ewen,  who  settled  in  Maryland  prior  to  1659.  Many  of  his 
descendants  are  numerous  in  Pennsylvania,  Tennessee  and  the  Middle 
West.  Uninterrupted  connection  cannot  always  be  established,  owing  to 
the  loss  and  destruction  of  early  records. 

(I)  Alexander  Ewing,  a  farmer,  removed  from  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  to  Beaver  county,  in  the  same  state,  in  1786,  and  settled 
there.     He  married McConnell. 

(II)  James  Ewing,  son  of  Alexander  and  (McConnell)  Ewing, 


8ro  PENNSYLVANIA 

was  a  farmer  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  his 
farm  of  two  hundred  acres  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Todd,  and  had  children :  Alexander  G.,  John,  James 
D.,  Henry  B.,  Susan,  Walter  Todd,  Eliza. 

(HI)  Walter  Todd  Ewing,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Todd)  Ewing, 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1834,  and  is  now  living, 
retired,  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and 
followed  his  calling  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  married  Nancy  Mor- 
row, and  has  had  children:  i.  James  Henry,  married  (first)  Ella  Wade, 
and  had  children:  Anna,  Mary,  Walter,  Eleanor;  he  married  (second) 
Laura  Brown,  and  has  had  children:  Sarah,  Grace,  Jane.  2.  Edgar  A., 
married  Lelia  Leaf,  and  has  children:  Edward  and  Franklin.  3.  Frank 
A.,  born  October  3,  1869;  has  been  engaged  in  the  clothing  business  in 
New  Brighton  for  the  past  twenty-five  years ;  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church;  married,  July  12,  1899, 
Bertha,  daughter  of  T.  M.  Boal,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  they  have  had 
children:  Helen  Morrow,  born  May  19,  1901 ;  Charles  Boal,  May  16, 
1904;  Margie  Harbison,  June  i,  1909.  4.  Mary  A.  5.  Homer  H.,  as- 
sociated in  the  clothing  business  with  his  brother  Frank  A. ;  he  is  un- 
married. 


While  the  family  bearing  this  name  has  only  come 
STROHBACH  to  the  United  States  in  recent  years,  they  have  already 
demonstrated  their  value  to  the  country  in  various 
lines,  and  have  shown  the  qualities  of  excellent  and  patriotic  citizenship. 

(I)  Gottlieb  Strohbach  spent  his  entire  life  in  Germany,  where  he 
was  a  farmer,  and  died  at  the  age  of  forty-two  years.  He  was  a  Con- 
servative in  his  political  views,  and  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  Protestant 
Church.  He  married  and  had  children:  Frederick  C,  of  further  men- 
tion; Catherine  M.,  now  deceased,  who  married  Sevring,  and  never 

came  to  this  country. 

(H)  Frederick  C.  Strohbach,  son  of  Gottlieb  Strohbach,  was  born  in 
Germany,  and  died  there  at  the  age  of  about  sixty-four  years.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  country,  and  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  years  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  tailor's  trade.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  entered  the  Prussian  army,  in  which  he  served  bravely 
for  a  period  of  nine  years,  in  an  infantry  regiment,  during  this  time  taking 
part  in  the  Polish  War.  He  then  returned  to  the  tailoring  trade,  with  which 
he  was  identified  altogether  for  a  period  of  forty  years.  He  was  a  Con- 
servative in  political  affairs,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Evangelical  Protestant  Church.  He  married  Caroline  Gebhart,  born  in 
Germany,  and  died  there  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years,  daughter  of 
Christian  Gebhart,  a  contractor  and  builder  in  Germany.  They  had  chil- 
dren: Frederick,  now  deceased;  Gottfried,  also  deceased;  Caroline,  men- 
tioned above.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Strohbach  had  children:     Charles  Frederick, 


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of  further  mention;  Frederick,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  Caroline,  died 
unmarried  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years. 

(Ill)  Charles  Frederick  Strohbach,  son  of  Frederick  C.  and  Caroline 
(Gebhart)  Strohbach,  was  born  in  Prussia,  Germany,  July  26,  1837,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land.  He  was  apprenticed 
to  learn  the  trade  of  shoemaking,  and  upon  the  completion  of  this  ap- 
prenticeship entered  upon  his  military  duties,  serving  in  the  Prussian  army 
somewhat  more  than  four  years.  He  then  resumed  his  occupation  of 
shoemaking,  and  was  engaged  in  this  until  he  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1866.  Here  he  followed  the  occupation  with  which  he  had  been  iden- 
tified in  Germany,  and  located  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
In  addition  to  this  occupation,  he  took  up  farming,  which  line  he  continued 
for  seven  years,  but  now  only  manufactures  shoes  for  the  members  of  his 
own  family.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  taken  a  prominent 
part  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  community.  He  is  a  member  of  the  school 
board  of  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  and  has  served  as  secretary 
of  this  body  for  three  years.  At  the  same  time  he  was  assistant  assessor 
of  the  township.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church, 
and  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  Associated  Church. 

Mr.  Strohbach  married,  May  3,  1868,  Fredrika  Duerr,  born  on  the 
Winebiddle  Farm  in  East  Liberty,  now  East  End,  Pittsburgh,  September 
12,  1844,  daughter  of  Zachariah  Duerr,  who  was  born  in  Wertenberg, 
Germany,  and  died  in  New  Sewickley,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-three  years.  He  was  eleven  years  of  age  when  he  came 
to  this  country,  and  was  a  farmer  all  the  active  years  of  his  life.  He 
married  Sarah  Laudenshalager,  also  born  in  Wertenberg,  Germany,  died 
in  New  Sewickley  in  1897.  They  had  children:  John  Martin,  of  New 
Sewickley,  married  Margaret  Post,  and  had  six  children;  Christena,  now 
deceased,  married  Andrew  Fisher;  Fredrika,  mentioned  above  as  the  wife 
of  Mr.  Strohbach.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Strohbach  had  children,  i.  Franklin 
Arthur,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years.  2.  Lydia  Louisa,  married  T. 
S.  Hare,  of  Conway,  Pennsylvania,  has  three  children.  3.  William  Henry, 
deceased ;  married  Lillian  Evans ;  has  three  children.  4.  Otto  Albert,  of 
Terre  Haute,  Indiana ;  married  Susan  Goodnight ;  no  children.  5.  Josiah 
R.,  of  further  mention.  6.  Joseph,  unmarried.  7.  Sarah,  married  Thomas 
Dawson,  of  Freedom ;  has  two  children.  8.  Emma,  married  David  Daw- 
son, of  Freedom;  has  one  child,  Lillian,  now  four  and  a  half  years  old.  9. 
John,  died  aged  seventeen  years,  January  5,  1902.  10.  Edward  Charles, 
married  Gertrude  Carey ;  resides  in  Freedom. 

(IV)  Josiah  R.  Strohbach,  son  of  Charles  Frederick  and  Fredrika 
(Duerr)  Strohbach,  was  born  in  Etna,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  3,  1877.  He  attended  school  in  New  Sewickley,  and  upon  the 
completion  of  his  studies  accepted  a  position  in  the  Glass  House,  Roch- 
ester, Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  employed  for  sixteen  years,  and 
then  came  to  Conway,  Pennsylvania,  and  accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in 


8i2  PENNSYLVANIA 

the  employ  of  his  brother-in-law,  Thomas  S.  Hare',  these  being  the  only 
two  positions  he  has  occupied,  a  fact  which  testifies  to  his  capability  and 
efficiency.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  served  for  several 
times  as  a  member  of  the  election  board.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Associated  Church,  of  Freedom,  National  Order  of  Kings,  of  Free- 
dom, and  a  charter  member  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  of  Roch- 
ester. 


Many  of  the  Harris  surname  in  the  United  States  are  de- 
HARRIS     scendants  of  English  ancestors,  those  of  this  record  are  of 

Welsh  descent.  Settlements  by  those  of  the  name  was  gen- 
eral in  character  and  confined  to  no  one  region  or  locality,  in  consequence 
of  which  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  England  families  are  found 
bearing,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  no  relation  to  each  other,  excepting 
the  identity  of  name.  Harris,  both  as  a  name  of  persons  and  of  places, 
was  early  introduced  into  Western  Pennsylvania  by  Ephraim  Harris,  who 
came  to  Butler  county  from  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  there 
settled.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  in  1825  caused  the  town  of 
Harrisville  to  be  laid  out,  the  sale  of  lots  in  the  place  commencing  on 
April  II  of  that  year.  Soon  after  the  surveying  of  the  site  and  the  first 
sale  of  property,  a  post-office  was  established,  Ephraim  Harris  being  the 
first  postmaster,  succeeded  in  the  following  year  by  his  son,  Samuel  E. 
Another  of  his  sons,  Major  John  R.,  established  there,  two  years  after 
the  survey  of  the  town  site,  as  a  merchant,  built  a  carding  mill,  opened 
a  tavern,  and  there  continued  in  trade  until  his  death  in  1874. 

(H)  Samuel  E.  Harris,  son  of  Ephraim  Harris,  was  born  in  Harris- 
ville, died  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  obtained 
a  common  school  education  and  was  ever  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  at  one  time 
being  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Butler  county,  which  he  sold  when  he  went 
to  New  Brighton,  where  his  death  occurred.  In  his  active  life  he  was  in- 
dustrious, thrifty,  and  energetic,  never  devoting  much  time  to  public 
affairs,  but  holding  firm  and  decided  views  upon  all  of  the  momentous 
questions  of  the  day,  his  feeling  rising  strongly  against  the  system  of 
human  servitude  as  then  practiced.  He  married  and  had  children,  one 
of  his  sons  being  Ephraim,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  Ephraim  Harris,  son  of  Samuel  E.  Harris,  was  born  in  Harris- 
ville, Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  In  his  boyhood  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Harris- 
ville, and  as  a  young  man  went  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  learned  the  painter's 
trade,  following  that  as  his  life  occupation.  He  was  married  in  Pitts- 
burgh and  in  1848  moved  to  New  Brighton,  the  scene  of  his  activities  until 
his  final  summons.  He  was  a  man  of  simple  principles,  doing  his  duty 
according  to  the  light  furnished  him,  and  lived  quietly  and  peacefully  among 
his  neighbors,  his  daily  contact  with  them  being  most  cordial  and  his 
public  relations  enjoyable.     All  forms  of  church  work  received  his  warm 


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support,  personal  and  financial,  and  he  filled  the  offices  of  trustee  and 
steward  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  married  Martha  Crilly, 
born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  her  father,  a  ship  carpenter,  being  of 
Irish  descent.  Children  of  Ephraim  and  Martha  (Crilly)  Harris:  Homer 
H.,  lives  in  Oregon;  Mary,  deceased;  OHver  C,  of  whom  further;  Anna, 
a  resident  of  Salem,  Ohio;  Charles  F.,  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania; 
Harriet  J.  and  Robert  R.,  both  of  New  Brighton. 

(IV)  Oliver  C.  Harris,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Martha  (Crilly)  Harris, 
was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  19, 
1849.  After  completing  a  course  of  study  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
birthplace  he  learned  his  father's  trade  with  that  artisan  and  for  many 
years  made  that  his  business.  In  later  years  he  still  contracts  for  such 
work,  but  performs  little  of  the  actual  labor  involved  personally,  a  corps 
of  workmen  executing  the  contracts  awarded  him.  Mr.  Harris  has  been 
prominently  identified  with  public  affairs  in  the  county  for  many  years,  as 
a  Republican  having  been  elected  judge  of  elections  on  several  occasions, 
for  twenty-two  years  a  member  of  the  New  Brighton  school  board,  and 
was  in  1900  elected  register  and  recorder  for  a  term  of  three  years,  ful- 
filling the  duties  of  his  office  faithfully  and  well  for  that  length  of  time. 
Besides  his  work  at  his  trade,  his  only  other  business  connection  has  been 
as  director  of  the  Beaver  County  Building  and  Loan  Association,  an  in- 
stitution of  firm  founding,  a  position  he  held  for  a  number  of  years.  The 
Sunday  school  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  New  Brighton 
felt  the  beneficial  effects  of  his  earnest  workings  for  sixteen  years,  during 
which  time  he  was  at  its  head  as  superintendent,  when  the  Sunday  school 
had  a  larger  enrollment  than  that  of  any  other  school  in  the  county. 
During  his  administration  as  superintendent  worthy  results  for  the  church 
and  community  were  achieved  through  the  Sunday  school,  his  agency 
guiding  the  excellent  work  that  was  done.  His  fraternal  relations  are 
with  the  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the  Protective 
Home  Circle. 

Mr.  Harris  married,  August  4,  1870,  Elizabeth  A.  Ross.  Children: 
I.  Lois,  deceased.  2.  Wilbur  R.,  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
Brighton,  was  for  two  terms  prothonotary  of  Beaver  county,  now  con- 
nected with  the  Federal  Court  at  Pittsburgh.  In  the  Spanish  War  he  held 
the  rank  of  adjutant ;  is  now  serving  on  the  colonel's  staff  of  the  Tenth 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  National  Guard.  3.  Walter  W.,  a  painter, 
lives  in  New  Brighton,  also  was  in  the  Tenth  Regiment  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War.  He  married  Nellie  McGee ;  children :  Oliver,  Paul,  Walter, 
Frances  and  Elizabeth.  4.  Ida  B.,  married  Herbert  Douglas,  and  has 
two  children:     Helen  and  Herbert. 


The  name  of  Stewart,  originally  spelled  Steward,  is  de- 

STEWART     rived  from  the  occupation  of  him  who  first  used  it.     The 

steward  of  an  estate  was  a  man  of  consequence  in  the 


8i4  PENNSYLVANIA 

days  when   surnames   were   assumed,   as   well   as   since.     One   family  of 
Stewarts  furnished  four  kings  of  England. 

(I)  William  Stewart  was  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and  at  first  settled  in 
Pennsylvania  where  Allegheny  City  now  stands.  Later  he  removed  to 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  settled  near  Monaca,  and  engaged 
in  farming.  He  was  twice  married.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  children: 
William,  Charles,  David,  Andrew,  Archibald,  John,  of  further  mention. 
By  the  second  marriage  he  had:    James  and  Jane. 

(II)  John  Stewart,  son  of  William  Stewart,  was  born  in  Moon  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  followed  farming  all  his  life.  He 
married  Barbara  Ann  Kronk,  and  had  children:  Mary  Ann,  born  August 
17,  1842;  married,  in  1875,  John  Hutchinson,  and  had  one  child,  Catherine, 
born  February  24,  1877.  2.  Archibald,  born  January  29,  1844;  married, 
June  22,  1880,  Gertrude  Miller,  and  had  children:  Anna  Legina,  born  April 
25,  1881 ;  John  A.  M.,  born  December  19,  1886;  Carl  W.,  born  December 
9,  1888,  died  young.  3.  Elizabeth  Jane,  born  May  18,  1848;  married  John 
Smiley,  and  has  one  child,  John  Stewart.  4.  Joseph  Kronk,  deceased.  5. 
Catherine  N.,  married,  February  18,  1896,  Dr.  C.  C.  Bippis.  6.  William 
James,  of  further  mention.  7.  Sarah  Emma,  deceased.  8.  John  S.,  died 
young. 

(HI)  William  James  Stewart,  son  of  John  and  Barbara  Ann  (Kronk) 
Stewart,  was  born  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
27,  1854.  There  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  labored  on  the 
farm  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  For  the  next  eleven  years  he  was 
employed  on  the  Ohio  river  as  an  engineer  on  tug  boats,  after  which  he 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  bricks,  and  was  general  manager  of  the 
Fallston  Fire  Clay  Brick  Company.  He  sold  out  his  interests  in  this  con- 
cern in  1913,  and  since  that  time  has  been  engaged  in  real  estate  operations 
in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  He  has  been  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  has  served  thirteen  years  as  a  member  of  the  borough  council,  being 
chairman  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners  during  six  of  them.  Mr. 
Stewart  married,  December  25,  1878,  Ella  S.,  a  daughter  of  W.  G.  Taylor, 
M.  D.,  and  has  had  children:  i.  William  James  Jr.,  born  April  23,  1880; 
now  superintendent  of  the  repair  department  of  the  Buick  Motor  Company, 
of  Pittsburgh;  married,  February  26,  1913,  Matilda  Dawson.  2.  Herbert 
Thompson,  born  February  7,  1882;  in  the  employ  of  the  Studebaker  Auto 
Company,  of  Detroit,  Michigan.  3.  Ethel  Taylor,  born  March  25,  1885; 
married,  July  5,  1905,  Charles  Albert  Patterson,  bookkeeper  for  the  Im- 
pervious Sheet  Metal  Company,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  children: 
James  Stewart,  born  February  13,  1906;  Charles  Albert,  born  February 
10,  1912. 


Samuel  Funkhouser,  of  German  descent,  was  born  in 
FUNKHOUSER     North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  his  entire  life  was  spent  in  New  Brighton. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  815 

He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  a  man  of  great  physical  strength,  and  was 
among  the  early  settlers  of  the  county.  He  married  Caroline  Osman,  born 
in  what  is  now  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  John  Osman,  who 
was  an  English  sea  captain,  and  became  a  farmer  at  Beaver  Falls,  about 
1780  or  1790.  Children  :  Jacob  Osman,  of  further  mention  ;  James  Madison, 
who  served  throughout  the  Civil  War  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
fourth  or  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teer Infantry;  George  Dallas,  Charles  and  Denny,  who  also  served  in  the 
Civil  War. 

(H)  Jacob  Osman  Funkhouser,  son  of  Samuel  and  Caroline  (Osman) 
Funkhouser,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  10,  1839,  died  in  New  Brighton.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade 
under  the  supervision  of  his  father,  and  worked  with  the  latter  until  the 
Civil  War.  Upon  the  conclusion  of  this  struggle  Mr.  Funkhouser  estab- 
lished himself  in  this  trade  independently,  later  becoming  a  tinner,  and  when 
he  retired  from  this  calling  was  toll  taker  at  tlie  bridge  between  New 
Brighton  and  Beaver  Falls  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community  as  an  adherent  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  served  as  high  constable  and  tax  collector  of  the  borough.  For 
a  period  of  nine  months  he  was  in  active  service  during  the  Civil  War.  He 
was  brought  up  in  the  faith  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  but  later 
affiliated  with  that  of  the  Lutheran  denomination.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr.  Funkhouser  married  (first)  Margaret  Hays,  (sec- 
ond) Catherine  Ufferman,  bom  in  Whitestown,  Butler  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, of  German  descent.  Children  by  first  marriage:  Dallas,  Caroline, 
and  an  infant,  the  last  mentioned  dying  young;  children  by  second  marriage: 
Drusilla,  who  married  Joseph  Fillmore  Paulson,  of  New  Brighton,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  Samuel  Hendrick,  of  further  mention ;  Virginia  May ;  Harvey 
Allen. 

(HI)  Samuel  Hendrick  Funkhouser,  son  of  Jacob  Osman  and  Catherine 
(Ufferman)  Funkhouser,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  16,  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
Brighton,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
tinner's  trade  with  Charles  Bracken.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  appren- 
ticeship he  worked  for  some  years  as  a  journeyman,  then,  in  association 
with  his  brother,  Harvey  Allen,  organized  the  firm  of  Funkhouser  Brothers, 
tinners,  which  was  in  existence  for  thirteen  years.  The  brothers  then  ad- 
mitted Sherman  McNeese  to  a  partnership,  the  firm  becoming  S.  H.  Funk- 
houser &  Company,  engaged  in  the  general  tinning  business,  and  they  erected 
their  present  building  in  1905.  They  have  executed  many  important  con- 
tracts, and  the  greatest  attention  is  paid  to  every  detail  of  any  work  they 
undertake,  whether  it  be  a  large  or  a  small  contract.  Mr.  Funkhouser  mar- 
ried, November  27,  1890,  Cornelia  Ann  McNeese,  and  they  have  had  chil- 
dren: Howard  Clifton,  Lydia  Catherine,  Mendal  Titus,  Clare  McNeese  and 
Helen  Whitcomb.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Funkhouser  are  members  of  the  Free 
Methodist  church. 


8i6  PENNSYLVANIA 

Jacob  Blinn,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
BLINN  vania,  is  a  member  of  a  Pennsylvania  family,  though  of  Ger- 
man parentage  on  his  mother's  side.  He  was  born  April  15, 
1857,  in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth 
(Schwartz)  Blinn.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  was  bom 
in  the  year  1834,  died  in  1905  on  the  farm  which  in  his  youth  he  had  cleared 
and  cultivated,  replacing  the  old  log  buildings  with  a  frame  house  in  1872 
and  barn  in  1878.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  Schwartz,  was  born  in  Germany, 
December  27,  1832,  and  came  to  America  with  her  grandfather  when  she 
was  but  sixteen  years  old.  They  settled  at  first  in  Defiance  county,  Ohio, 
but  later  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  where  Miss  Schwartz  met  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Jacob  Blinn  Sr.  in  the  month  of  May,  1856.  Mrs.  Blinn  is  still  living 
with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Philip  Householder,  of  Marion  township.  The 
paternal  grandparents  of  our  subject  were  residents  of  Sewickley  township 
during  Mr.  Blinn's  life,  after  which  Mrs.  Blinn  removed  to  Marion  town- 
ship, where  she  died  in  the  year  1877  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years.  To 
the  parents  of  our  subject  were  born  five  children,  as  follows:  Jacob,  our 
subject ;  Amelia,  now  Mrs.  Philip  Householder,  of  Marion  township ;  Mary, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Christopher  Metz  and  died  March  17,  1912;  Caro- 
line, of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania;  William,  a  resident  of  Marion  town- 
ship. 

Jacob  Blinn  Jr.  was  educated  in  Marion  township,  and  save  for  a 
residence  of  fourteen  years  in  New  Brighton,  has  always  lived  there  on  the 
home  place,  which  he  and  his  brother  helped  their  father  to  clear.  He  has 
now  lived  continuously  on  his  eighty-eight  acre  farm,  for  twenty-one  years, 
and  works  the  same  for  general  farming  purposes.  Mr.  Blinn  is  a  member 
of  the  Democratic  party,  and  is  extremely  active  in  local  politics,  having 
held  every  ofiice  in  the  gift  of  the  township  (except  that  of  tax  collector) 
including  the  office  of  judge  of  elections. 

Mr.  Blinn  was  married,  in  1879,  to  Elizabeth  Knepp,  of  Franklin  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  To  them  have  been  born  six  children, 
as  follows:  Morris  Ellwood;  Laura,  now  Mrs.  Charles  Hartzell;  Elsie 
Majors ;  Howard,  a  resident  of  Marion  township ;  Lawrence,  educated  at  the 
High  School  at  Zelienople,  Pennsylvania,  and  at  college  at  Beaver  Falls, 
Pennsylvania,  now  a  teacher;  Harvey,  who  lives  at  home.  Mr.  Blinn  is  a 
member  of  Burry's  Presbyterian  Church  and  his  wife  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Zelienople. 


Casper  Zahn,  who  was  for  many  years  a  well  known  farmer  in 
ZAHN     Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  was  a  fine  example  of  a  self-made 

man.  He  was  born  in  the  Duchy  of  Hesse,  Germany,  and  emi- 
grated to  America  when  he  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age.  At  that  time 
steamships  were  unknown  and  he  came  across  in  a  sailing  vessel,  the  voyage 
lasting  forty-eight  days.  During  this  trip  Mr.  Zahn  was  robbed  of  all  his 
possessions  by  some  unprincipled  fellow  traveler,  and  arrived  here  absolutely 


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penniless.  He  was  obliged  to  borrow  five  dollars  from  a  friend  in  order  to 
make  his  way  to  Pittsburgh,  and  this  sum  was  completely  expended  during 
the  journey.  Compelled  to  take  the  first  employment  which  offered  itself, 
in  order  to  obtain  the  bare  necessities  of  life,  Mr.  Zahn  became  a  mine 
worker,  and  for  a  period  of  seven  years  dug  coal  in  Pittsburgh  and  its 
vicinity.  Naturally  industrious  and  economical,  he  managed  to  save  up  a 
sufficient  sum  of  money  to  enable  him  to  purchase  a  farm  of  seventy-five 
acres  in  Beaver  county,  on  which  his  son,  William  Charles,  now  resides  in 
New  Sewickley  township.  He  continued  his  industrious  career,  making  a  de- 
cided success  of  his  farming  operations,  and  in  the  course  of  a  few  years 
was  able  to  purchase  another  farm,  the  old  Grimm  place,  consisting  of  one 
hundred  and  six  acres  in  the  same  township,  near  Unionville.  Finally  he 
retired  to  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  where  his  death  occurred,  February 
IS>  1905-  He  was  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  served  for  a  time  as  school 
director.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 
Zahn  married  Mary  Noell,  a  daughter  of  John  Noell,  born  in  Germany, 
who  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Beaver  county,  where  he  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  at  Unionville,  having  been  a  widower  many  years.  He  had  chil- 
dren: Margaret,  married  John  Wolfe,  died  in  Ohio;  Catherine,  married 
Philip  Wolfe,  died  in  Ohio;  Mary,  who  married  Mr.  Zahn,  as  stated  above; 
Elizabeth,  married  George  Ift;  Marie,  married  Sebastian  Butt.  Mrs.  Zahn 
was  seventy-eight  years  old,  November  i,  1913.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zahn  had 
children:  John,  a  carpenter,  who  died  in  Pittsburgh;  George,  a  farmer  in 
New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county;  Annie,  widow  of  John  E.  Schmidt, 
lives  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county;  Casper,  a  farmer  in  Beaver  county; 
Nicholas,  lives  in  Rochester  with  his  mother;  Catherine,  married  (first) 
William  Rosenberger,  (second)  Nicholas  Lotz;  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy; 
Margaret,  married  Martin  Hartman,  and  lives  in  Rochester;  William 
Charles,  see  forward ;  Sophie,  w'idow  of  Charles  Conrad,  lives  in  Rochester. 
(H)  William  Charles  Zahn,  son  of  Casper  and  Mary  (Noell)  Zahn, 
was  born  on  the  farm  on  which  he  is  at  present  living,  in  New  Sewickley 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  2,  1872.  His  education 
was  acquired  in  the  Knob  schoolhouse,  and  all  his  life  has  been  spent  on 
the  farm.  From  a  very  early  age  he  was  obliged  to  assist  his  father  in  the 
farm  labors,  and  in  this  way  obtained  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge 
of  all  the  details  of  farm  work.  In  1899  he  purchased  the  farm  of  seventy- 
five  acres,  and  has  cultivated  it  for  general  farming.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
political  matters,  having  been  active  in  the  interest  of  the  party  with  which 
he  affiliates,  and  has  held  office  as  tax  collector.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Zahn  married,  February  13, 
T895,  Annie  S.  Young,  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January  18,  1869,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sophia  (Goehring) 
Young  (see  Young  line).  They  have  had  children:  Melvin  W.  O. ;  Hazel 
G. ;  Esther  S. ;  Milton  A.,  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  months;  Forrest  A. 


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(The  Young  Line.) 
(I)  Jacob  Young,  born  in  Germany,  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
about  1850,  with  his  wife  and  four  children,  and  located  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  for  a  number  of  years  conducted 
his  operations  on  leased  ground,  but  finally  bought  160  acres  in  Marion 
township,  on  which  he  lived  until  his  death.  Politically  he  was  a  Democrat 
and  served  one  term  as  supervisor.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
United  Evangelical  Protestant  Church,  and  for  some  years  he  was  secretary 
of  this  institution.  He  married  Catherine  Miller  and  they  had  children,  of 
whom  the  first  four  were  born  in  Germany :  Jacob,  see  forward ;  Philopena, 
married  her  first  cousin,  Charles  Young,  and  both  died  in  Zelienople ;  Cathe- 
rine, married  John  Slipper  and  died  at  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania;  Daniel, 
died  unmarried  in  Marion  township;  Philip,  died  in  Marion  township; 
Elizabeth,  the  widow  of  Joseph  Miller,  lives  in  Harmony;  Margaret,  de- 
ceased, married  Adam  Remler,  who  now  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Caroline, 
died  in  young  girlhood;  Michael,  a  farmer,  lives  in  Marion  township. 

(H)  Jacob  Young,  son  of  Jacob  and  Catherine  (Miller)  Young,  was 
born  in  Germany,  February  13,  1838.  He  received  a  good,  public  school 
education,  and  was  reared  on  a  farm,  and  always  identified  with  farming 
interests.  In  1863  he  took  up  farming  independently,  buying  a  farm  of 
160  acres  in  New  Sewickley  township,  and  in  1878  erected  a  large  brick 
house,  in  which  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1901.  He  also  put  up  a  barn 
and  a  number  of  other  buildings  on  this  property.  He  always  gave  his 
political  support  to  the  Democratic  party,  and  was  a  member  of  the  same 
church  as  his  parents.  Mr.  Young  married,  in  1863,  Sophia  Goehring,  bom 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  10,  1842,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Marguerite  (Barton)  Goehring.  John  Goehring  was  born  in  Germany,  and 
came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  he  was  eight  years  old.  His  mar- 
riage occurred  in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  from  whence  he  removed  to 
Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  he  bought  a  farm  in  Franklin 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  which  he  died  in  1898.  He 
married  Marguerite  Barton,  also  born  in  Germany,  who  came  to  this  coun- 
try with  her  parents  when  she  was  twenty  years  of  age,  and  died  on  the 
farm  purchased  by  her  husband,  in  October,  1894.  They  had  children: 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Jacob  Brenner,  lives  in  Butler  county;  Mary,  married 
Peter  Brewey,  and  lives  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania;  Sophia,  who 
married  Mr.  Young,  as  above  stated;  Catherine,  deceased,  married  John 
Brewey;  William,  is  a  farmer  near  New  Castle,  Lawrence  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; Charles,  a  farmer  in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Young  had  children :  Catherine  Marguerita,  widow  of  Charles  Holtz- 
man,  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Elizabeth  Matilda,  married  Charles  Klein,  and 
lives  in  Dougherty  township;  Emma  Virginia,  married  John  Sheiderline, 
and  lives  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county ;  Annie,  married  William  Charles 
Zahn  (see  Zahn  II)  ;  Bertha,  married  John  Shaffer,  and  lives  in  Beaver 
Falls;  Charles,  is  a  farmer  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county; 


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Molly,  unmarried,  lives  in  California;  Walter,  died  in  infancy;  Albert; 
Amanda,  married  Harry  George,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  John  William, 
is  a  tinner,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county. 


This  branch  of  the  Marquis  family,  originally  of  England, 
MARQUIS  first  appears  in  Pennsylvania  in  the  person  of  David  Mar- 
quis, who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Potato  Garden 
Run,  Washington  county,  later  coming  to  Beaver  county.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  followed  tliis  occupation  in  both  of  his  Pennsylvania  residences,  con- 
tinuing in  the  latter  place  until  his  death.  With  his  wife  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Salem  Presbyterian  Church,  the  faith  of  which  the  family  have  long 
been  communicants.  He  married  and  had  issue,  among  whom  were  several 
sons,  one  of  them  David. 

(H)  David  (2)  Marquis,  son  of  David  (i)  Marquis,  was  born  in 
Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1793,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1884.  He  obtained  the  usual  amount  of  schooling  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  day  and  when  quite  a  youth  apprenticed  himself  to  the  saddler 
and  harnessmaker's  trade  at  Noblestown,  Washington  county.  Completing 
the  term  of  his  apprenticeship,  he  followed  the  trade  for  a  few  years  in 
the  place  where  he  had  learned  it  and  then  came  to  Beaver.  Here  he 
still  worked  actively  at  his  trade,  continuing  so  all  his  life.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  political  action  and  was  at  one  time  supervisor  of  Rochester 
township,  taking  besides  a  prominent  part  in  all  public  matters.  Although 
it  was  rather  a  departure  from  the  regular  channels  of  his  trade,  he  was 
engaged  to  bore  out  the  logs  that  served  as  the  first  pipes  for  the  distribution 
of  the  water  supplied  by  the  first  waterworks  of  Beaver,  that  being  long 
before  the  day  of  terra  cotta  or  metal  pipes.  His  shop  was  located  on 
Third  street,  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Mayo  Drug  Store.  In  his  later 
years  David  Marquis  retired  from  active  work  at  his  trade  and  purchased 
about  thirty-five  acres  of  his  father-in-law's  estate,  erecting  thereon  a 
large  brick  house,  and  there  spending  the  last  days  of  an  extraordinarily 
long  and  useful  life,  his  death  occurring  when  he  was  aged  ninety-one  years. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

He  married,  in  1814,  Mary  Moore,  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1797,  died  in  the  same  county  in  1883,  preceding  her  husband  to 
the  grave  by  the  short  space  of  twelve  months,  their  married  life  having 
covered  a  period  of  sixty-nine  years,  blessed  with  happiness  and  the  joy 
of  children.  Mary  Moore  was  the  daughter  of  Lieutenant  James  and  Isa- 
bella (Stewart)  Moore.  Lieutenant  James  Moore  was  born  at  Londonderry, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1747.  He  gained  his  military  title  as  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution, fighting  in  that  war  with  the  troops  of  Charlotte  county.  New  York, 
in  Captain  Barnes'  company,  connected  with  the  regiment  commanded  by 
Colonel  Jacobus  Swartmont.  He  saw  more  of  the  different  phases  of  mili- 
tary life  than  those  ordinarily  revealed  to  a  common  soldier,  and  besides 
engaging  in  the  important  battles  at  Bennington,  Stillwater  and  Saratoga, 


820  PENNSYLVANIA 

as  a  private,  was  several  times  dispatched  by  his  regiment  commander 
as  a  spy  upon  the  British  forces.  In  this  capacity  his  services  were  of  such 
value  to  the  Continental  army  and  his  own  daring  bravery  so  conspicuous 
that  he  was  rewarded  with  a  first  lieutenancy.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
settled  on  a  grant  of  land  on  the  Beaver  river,  Pennsylvania,  received  from 
the  national  government  in  return  for  his  services  in  the  war  for  inde- 
pendence, which  extended  back  to  the  Rochester  Hill  road,  covering  two 
hundred  and  nineteen  acres,  for  which  he  received  the  deed  and  record 
of  survey  in  1803.  He  was  married  in  1783  and  it  is  probable  that  he  made 
his  home  on  his  newly  received  property  at  once.  Certain  it  is  that  he  lived 
here  until  his  death  in  1833,  aged  eighty-six  years.  He  married  Isabella 
Stewart,  born  in  1764,  died  in  1853,  surviving  her  husband  twenty  years. 
The  family  of  which  she  was  a  member  were  of  Scotch  ancestry,  but  for 
religious  reasons  settled  in  Londonderry,  Ireland.  About  1719,  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  twenty  families  of  the  little  band  that  had  come  from  their 
homeland  to  the  Irish  country  sailed  for  the  American  shore,  and  among 
this  party,  which  was  headed  by  the  pastor  of  their  flock,  was  the  Stewart 
family.  These  emigrants  founded  the  town  of  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, a  place  named  after  the  town  that  had  first  offered  them  asylum 
as  they  fled  from  their  native  country,  and  it  is  said  that  they  there  organ- 
ized the  first  Presbyterian  church  in  New  England.  The  marriage  of 
Lieutenant  James  Moore  and  Isabella  Stewart  was  solemnized  at  Salem, 
New  York.  Children  of  Lieutenant  James  and  Isabella  Moore:  James, 
bom  in  1784;  Sarah,  born  in  1787;  Samuel,  born  in  1792;  Isabel,  born  in 
1794;  Mary,  of  previous  mention,  married  David  Marquis;  David,  born  in 
1799;  Jesse,  born  in  1802;  William,  born  in  1805;  and  John,  born  in  1807. 
Children  of  David  and  Mary  (Moore)  Marquis:  i.  James,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1815,  died  just  subsequent  to  the  Mexican  War  while  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States  army.  2.  Lydia  Catherine,  bom  September 
22,  1818,  married  Doctor  Chapman  and  moved  to  Wellsville,  Ohio.  They 
later  returned  to  Rochester  township  and  here  she  died,  while  still  a  young 
woman.  3.  David  S.,  born  April  14,  1821,  deceased,  a  physician  of  Ro- 
chester. 4.  Milton  M.,  born  January  10,  1824,  postmaster  at  Montour 
Junction,  where  he  died.  5.  Edwin  S.,  born  July  21,  1827,  a  soldier  of  Com- 
pany C,  Sixty-third  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  was  confined  in 
Andersonville  prison  and  was  never  after  reported.  6.  Albert  S.,  born  July 
15,  1830,  a  farmer,  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Reserves, 
and  died  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Addison  Stewart,  of  whom 
further.    8.  Mary  Eliza,  born  February  9,  1838,  died  aged  five  years. 

(Ill)  Addison  Stewart  Marquis,  sixth  son  and  seventh  child  of  David 
and  Mary  (Moore)  Marquis,  was  born  at  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  13,  1834.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  of  Rochester  and  New  Brighton  townships  and  at  the  Freedom 
Academy.  Soon  after  completing  his  studies  he  began  the  management  of 
the  home  farm,  and  afterward  became  the  owner  of  about  eight  acres  of 


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the  old  homestead,  upon  which  he  lived  until  the  spring  of  1914;  at  the 
present  time  he  lives  at  618  Seventh  avenue,  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania. 
In  political  action  he  binds  himself  to  the  dictates  of  no  party,  but  gives  his 
support  without  discrimination  as  to  political  creed,  judging  a  man  or  a 
measure  solely  upon  its  merits  and  casting  his  ballot  accordingly.  He  has 
been  elected  by  his  neighbors  to  fill  the  offices  of  school  director  and  super- 
visor, and  has  discharged  the  duties  of  every  public  trust  laid  upon  him 
with  thoroughness  and  fidelity.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  Like  three  of  his  brothers,  he  has  seen  service  in  the  army 
of  the  United  States,  enlisting  in  Company  H,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
third  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  in  1862,  and  serving  for 
nine  months.  Among  the  battles  in  which  his  regiment  participated  and  in 
which  his  company  was  in  motion  were  South  Mountain,  Second  Bull  Run, 
and  Fredericksburg.  He  belongs  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 
Mr.  Marquis  married.  May  24,  1866,  Mary  Belle  Graham,  a  native  of 
Freedom,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Nancy  (Bell)  Graham. 
Children  of  Addison  Stewart  and  Mary  Marquis:  i.  Annetta,  born  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1868,  lives  at  home.  2.  Laura  Bentel,  born  December  29,  1871. 
3.  David  Louis,  born  February  26,  1876,  married  Hazel  Aughinbaugh,  and 
is  the  father  of  three  children,  Laura,  Robert  A.,  and  Howard.  4.  Lillian 
Maude,  born  September  27,  1878,  married  Wilbur  C.  Haun,  and  lives  in 
Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Helen 
Marquis  and  Mary  Louise.  5.  George  S.,  born  May  21,  1882,  lives  at 
home. 


Crossing  the  Atlantic  Ocean  from  his  home  in  Germany, 
SCHRAMM     Jacob    Schramm    settled    in    Marion    township,    Beaver 

county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  land  now  occupied  by  his 
grandson.  He  became  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  seventy  acres,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  taking  possession  only  four  acres  was  cleared.  He  gradually  freed 
the  remainder  of  his  property  from  its  encumbering  growth  of  timber  and 
cultivated  the  land  until  his  death.  He  married,  in  Germany,  Sallie  Hunny- 
dale,  born  in  that  land,  who  also  died  in  Marion  township,  and  had  children. 
(II)  Henry  Schramm,  son  of  Jacob  and  Sallie  (Hunnydale)  Schramm, 
was  born  in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  died. 
He  was  reared  on  the  home  farm,  attended  the  local  schools,  and  in  man- 
hood became  first  manager  and  later  owner  of  the  home  farm.  He  engaged 
in  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  adding  to  the  original  homestead 
until  it  consisted  of  two  hundred  and  eight  acres.  Fortune  attended  all 
of  his  operations  and  he  was  considered  one  of  the  most  successful  men  of 
the  neighborhood.  His  political  faith  was  Democratic,  and  for  fifteen  years 
he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  member  of  Saint  John's  United 
Evangelical  Protestant  Church.  He  married  Salome,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Salome  (Householder)  Pflug,  both  natives  of  Germany  and  early 
settlers  in  Marion  township,   Beaver  county,   Pennsylvania.     Children  of 


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Henry  and  Salome  (Pflug)  Schramm:  William,  deceased;  Emilia,  Caroline, 
Anna,  John  F.,  of  whom  further;  Amanda,  Edward,  Harry  A.,  of  whom 
further;  Linda,  Mary,  Ella. 

(Ill)  John  F.  Schramm,  son  of  Henry  and  Salome  (Pflug)  Schramm, 
was  bom  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  in  Marion  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  June  24,  1868.  He  was  reared  to  a  farmer's  life,  at- 
tending the  township  schools.  His  home  has  ever  been  upon  the  home  farm, 
of  which  at  the  present  time  he  owns  seventy-eight  acres,  where,  besides  the 
activities  of  a  general  farmer,  he  engages  in  the  dairy  business.  His  cattle 
are  of  excellent  stock  and  are  accorded  careful  attention,  and  they  in  turn 
reward  him  with  products  upon  which  he  realizes  a  substantial  profit  and 
a  generous  income.  They  are  housed  in  a  bam  of  generous  dimensions  and 
thorough  workmanship  that  he  caused  to  be  erected  in  1898,  his  dwelling 
being  that  used  by  his  father.  Mr.  Schramm  is  a  Democrat  in  political 
convictions  and  has  been  township  supervisor  for  about  nine  years.  He 
is  a  man  of  simple  life  and  habits,  industrious,  a  hearty  supporter  of  all 
projects  for  the  best  interests  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives  and  a 
citizen  of  substantial  qualities.  He  married,  in  1894,  Ann,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Wise,  and  has  one  adopted  son,  Rudolph. 

(Ill)  Harry  A.  Schramm,  son  of  Henry  and  Salome  (Pflug) 
Schramm,  was  born  on  the  Schramm  homestead  in  Marion  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  April  24,  1880.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home 
farm,  as  a  boy  attending  the  schools  of  Marion  township,  and  arriving  at 
an  age  of  responsibility,  began  independent  farming  operations,  which  he 
continues  to  the  present  time.  His  farm  is  eighty-eight  acres  in  extent  and 
this  he  cultivates  with  a  skill  born  of  long  experience  and  constant  youthful 
training  upon  his  father's  acres,  and  has  made  of  agriculture  a  profitable 
business.  The  Democratic  party  claims  his  allegiance,  and  as  a  Democrat 
he  has  for  six  years  been  a  member  of  the  local  school  board,  striving  faith- 
fully for  more  efficient  educational  advantages  in  the  township.  He  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  Saint  John's  Evangelical  Protestant  Church.  Mr. 
Schramm  married,  June  14,  1903,  Elizabeth  Matilda,  daughter  of  Frederick 
and  Margaret  (Link)  Householder,  of  Marion  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.    Children:   Marie  Elizabeth,  Arthur  Henry,  Dorothy  May. 


The  record  following  is  of  another  of  the  numerous  branches 
YOUNG  of  the  Young  family,  which  was  introduced  into  tliis  country 
by  emigrants  of  the  name  from  Ireland,  whence  came  Peter 
Young,  who  was  born  in  that  country,  educated  in  its  public  schools  and 
there  lived  for  a  part  of  his  life.  After  his  arrival  in  this  land  he  located 
at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  there  entering  the  employ  of  Colonel  Craw- 
ford, of  Revolutionary  fame,  later  moving  to  Saw  Mill  Run  and  subse- 
quently, in  1800,  to  Beaver  county.  In  that  locality  he  purchased  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  acres  of  uncultivated  land  in  Big  Beaver  township  from 
Mr.  Wylie,  the  original  patentee,  erecting  thereon  a  house  and  barn  of  logs. 


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In  that  place  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  years,  neighbors  gradually  be- 
coming more  numerous  and  conditions  losing  some  of  their  pioneer  sim- 
plicity and  discomfort,  following  the  farmer's  occupation  all  of  his  life, 
and  there  reared  a  family  of  seven  children,  namely :  John,  William,  Alger, 
Nancy,  married  a  Mr.  Wright;  Eliazbeth,  James,  a  physician  of  Westmore- 
land county,  Pennsylvania;  Robert,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Robert  Young,  son  of  Peter  Young,  was  born  on  the  homestead  in 
Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1803,  died  in  the 
same  place  in  1862,  aged  fifty-nine  years.  He  was  educated  in  the  primi- 
tive common  schools,  and  until  the  death  of  his  father  assisted  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  home  estate,  later  falling  heir  to  the  home  property.  This 
he  still  further  improved,  enlarging  its  arable  area,  and  set  out  an  orchard 
that  later  was  a  lucrative  source  of  revenue.  His  strongest  political  opinions 
were  upon  the  slavery  question,  and  at  the  formation  of  the  Abolition  party 
he  became  one  of  its  most  ardent  advocates,  later  affiliating  with  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  was  a  regular  and  consistent  churchgoer  and  worker,  belonging 
to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  for  twenty  years  an  elder.  He 
married  Jane  McAnlis  and  had :  James  M.,  died  aged  fifteen  years ;  Mar- 
garet; Susan,  married  a  Mr.  Patterson;  William  J.,  deceased,  was  a  farmer 
cultivating  the  old  homestead,  married  Harriet  Wallace,  a  sister  of  the  wife 
of  his  brother,  Robert  Gibson;  Robert  Gibson,  of  whom  further;  Hamilton 
A.,  a  farmer;  Elizabeth. 

(III)  Robert  Gibson  Young,  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  (McAnlis)  Young, 
was  born  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  4, 
1845.  In  his  youth  he  attended  the  district  schools  near  his  home  and  later 
was  a  student  in  the  Iron  City  Business  College.  Finishing  his  studies  in 
this  latter  institution,  he  obtained  a  position  as  bookkeeper  in  Newcastle, 
Pennsylvania,  and  afterwards  apprenticed  himself  to  the  carpenter's  trade, 
following  the  same  as  a  journeyman  in  Iowa  and  Missouri.  In  1870  h^ 
returned  to  his  native  county  and  established  as  a  building  contractor,  but 
in  1882  abandoned  this  line  to  engage  in  the  more  profitable  occupation 
of  lumber  dealing  in  New  Galilee,  being  the  first  in  that  locality  to  em- 
bark in  that  line  of  trade.  His  yard  was  adjacent  to  the  tracks  of  the 
Pennsylvania  railroad  and  his  shipping  accommodations  were  of  the  best. 
He  handled  lumber  of  all  grades  and  sizes  and  for  all  purposes,  dealing 
extensively  in  walnut  logs  with  merchants  of  other  localities  not  so  boun- 
tifully supplied  with  wood  of  that  kind,  his  shipping  list  including  the  names 
of  dealers  in  foreign  countries.  His  business  was  one  of  abundant  profit 
and  he  was  the  owner  of  a  handsome  house  on  the  boundary  line  between 
Beaver  and  Lawrence  counties,  his  farm  lying  in  both  divisions.  Since  his 
death  in  1906  his  son,  J.  Glen,  has  been  the  representative  of  the  family 
in  managing  the  business,  and  has  continued  it  upon  the  lines  of  strict 
fairness  and  integrity  that  marked  his  father's  administration  of  all  deal- 
ings, the  present  stock  of  the  yard  including  building  materials  of  all  kinds, 
sashes,  doors,  inside  finishing,  shingles  and  agricultural  implements,  wire 


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fencing  and  slate  roofing,  departure  having  been  taken  from  the  ordinary 
stock  of  such  a  concern.  Mr.  Young  was  a  man  held  in  high  regard  by 
many  who  claimed  him  as  friend,  eagerly  lent  his  aid  to  public  improve- 
ments, and  was  popular  socially  as  well  as  among  his  business  associates. 
He  was  one  of  the  few  who  could  leave  the  arena  of  life  without  fear  of 
the  biting  tongue  of  envy  or  malice,  the  thought  of  anything  unworthy  in 
his  life  or  work  entering  the  mind  of  none  who  knew  him.  He  built  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  New  Galilee,  and  from  the  time  of  its  commence- 
ment the  congrgation  were  in  grateful  receipt  of  many  evidences  of  his 
generosity  and  open-handed  liberality.  He  was  a  member  thereof,  and 
from  1894  until  his  death  held  a  place  in  the  session,  ever  being  a  liberal 
contributor  to  its  support  and  in  the  furthering  of  its  many  good  works. 

Mr.  Young  married,  October  5,  1876,  Lucinda  Allendel  Wallace,  born 
in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  January  16,  1853,  daughter  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet (McCloskey)  Wallace.  John  Wallace  was  a  son  of  David  Wallace, 
who  was  a  son  of  Patrick,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Wallace  family, 
mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  John  Wallace  became  the  owner  of  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres  in  Little  Beaver  township,  Law- 
rence county,  Pennsylvania,  one  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Enon  Valley, 
and  there  lived  until  his  death,  which  took  place  when  he  was  eighty-seven 
years  of  age,  his  wife's  occurring  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
strong  and  rugged  physique,  fashioned  mentally  as  physically,  holding 
decided  political  views,  in  which  he  favored  the  Republican  party,  and  being 
a  member  of  the  session  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  His  wife, 
Margaret,  was  born  near  East  Palestine,  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  (Wilson)   McCloskey,  both  natives  of  Ireland, 

early  settlers  of  Columbiana  county,  Ohio.  William  McCloskey  was  twice 
married,  having  children  by  his  first  marriage,  one  of  whom  is  Benjamin, 
whose  son,  David,  lives  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  Children  of  the  second 
marriage  of  William  McCloskey:  i.  William  Jr.,  a  business  partner  of  John 
Hassen,  a  horse  drover;  was  killed  in  a  Pennsylvania  railroad  wreck  at 
Horse  Shoe  Bend.  2.  Margaret,  of  previous  mention,  married  John  Wal- 
lace. 3.  Eliza,  married  John  Dilworth.  4.  Keziah,  married  James  Hamil- 
ton ;  resided  two  miles  west  of  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  5  and  6.  Harriet  and 
Lucinda,  died  unmarried.  Children  of  John  and  Margaret  (McCloskey) 
Wallace:  i.  William,  married  Louisa  McKean;  was  an  oil  well  driller  of 
Adolphus,  Ohio.  2.  Clark,  died  aged  one  year.  3.  Harriet,  deceased ;  mar- 
ried William  J.  Young,  brother  of  Robert  Gibson  Young,  and  lived  on 
the  Young  homestead,  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 4.  Lucinda  Allendel,  named  by  Dr.  Sheets,  the  physician  who  at- 
tended her  mother  at  her  birth,  of  previous  mention,  married  Robert  Gibson 
Young.     5.  Mary,  died  unmarried,  aged  thirty  years. 

Children  of  Robert  Gibson  and  Lucinda  Allendel  (Wallace)  Young: 
I.  J.  Clarence,  died  October  4,  1905.  2.  Margaret,  an  office  assistant  of 
her  brother,  J.  Glen.     3.  Rutherford  J.,  lives  with  his  mother,  engages  in 


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the  slating  and  roofing  business.  4.  William  Harry,  an  oil  well  driller; 
married  Maud  Ainslee,  and  has  one  son,  Melrose  A.  5.  Mary  E.,  lives 
at  home.  6.  J.  Glen,  succeeded  his  father  in  the  lumber  business  at  New 
Galilee,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Maud,  died  aged  two  years.  8.  Kenneth,  lives 
at  home. 


Through  the  immigration  of  two  Jacobs,  both  natives  of  Ger- 
YOUNG     many,  this  line  of  the  family  of  Young  was  founded  in  the 

United  States,  the  family  having  originated  in  Germany.  Jacob 
(i)  Young  came  to  the  United  States  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  land- 
ing in  Pennsylvania,  and  immediately  proceeding  westward  to  Beaver 
county,  where  he  purchased  uncultivated  soil  on  Brush  Creek.  He  was  a 
man  of  industrious  nature  and  labored  steadily,  diligently,  and  to  good 
effect  in  clearing  his  land  and  in  making  a  home  for  his  wife  and  children. 
His  life  was  filled  with  the  discomforts  and  many  of  the  privations  of 
pioneer  existence,  but  the  happiness  and  joy  that  ever  pervaded  his  home 
penetrated  deep  into  all  surrounding  conditions  and  did  much  to  alleviate 
their  roughness  and  harshness.  He  married  in  Germany,  Catherine  Miller, 
a  native  of  that  country,  who  accompanied  him  to  the  United  States.  Chil- 
dren: Jacob,  of  whom  further;  Philip,  Michael,  Daniel,  Elizabeth,  Mar- 
garet, Caroline  and  Bena. 

(II)  Jacob  (2)  Young,  son  of  Jacob  (i)  and  Catherine  (Miller) 
Young,  was  born  in  Deichweiler,  province  of  Rhinefalz  Baerer,  February 
20,  1838,  died  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county.  When  he  was 
nine  years  of  age  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and  for  a  time  lived  in 
Bush  Creek  Valley,  making  that  place  his  residence  for  a  short  period  after 
his  marriage.  He  married,  September  13,  1863,  Sophie,  born  in  New  Sewick- 
ley township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  10,  1842,  daughter  of  John 
and  Margaret  Goehring,  both  natives  of  Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young 
moved  after  their  marriage  to  their  present  farm  in  New  Sewickley  town- 
ship, where  Mrs.  Young  resides  at  the  present  time.  Children  of  John  and 
Margaret  Goehring:  William,  Charles,  Sophia  of  previous  mention,  mar-' 
ried  Jacob  (2)  Young;  Elizabeth,  Catherine  and  Mary.  Children  of  Jacob 
(2)  and  Sophie  (Goehring)  Young:  Katie  M.,  Lizzie  M.,  Emma  V.,  Anna 
S.,  Bertha,  Charles,  Albert  D.,  Mollie  G.,  Amanda  R.,  John  W.,  and  Walter, 
deceased.    The  family  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 


William  K.  Schlotter,  a  prominent  citizen  of  New 
SCHLOTTER     Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  is  of  German  ancestry  on  his 

father's  side  of  the  house,  and  was  born  May  11,  1869, 
in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  paternal  grandfather  was 
William  Karl  Schlotter,  a  native  of  Germany,  where  he  lived  and  died. 
His  father,  George  Schlotter,  was  also  bom  in  that  country,  and  was  edu- 
cated there,  coming  to  America  in  1852  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Upoq 
his  arrival  he   settled  in  Westmoreland   county,   Pennsylvania,   where  he 


826  PENNSYLVANIA 

remained  for  upwards  of  twenty  years  engaged  in  the  trade  of  blacksmith. 
In  1872  he  removed  to  New  Springfield,  Ohio,  and  there  became  a  mer- 
chant, continuing  in  this  place  and  business  for  about  three  years.  He  then 
returned  to  Pennsylvania  and  his  old  trade  of  blacksmith,  locating  for  a 
time  at  Stoops  Ferry,  and  later,  about  the  year  1879,  removed  to  Coraopolis 
in  the  same  state,  where  he  remained  for  a  considerable  time.  About 
the  year  1903  he  retired  from  active  life  and  is  now  residing  in  Pittsburgh. 
He  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War.  While  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Westmoreland  county  he  met  Mary  Sheely,  a  native  of  the  region, 
and  married  her.  To  them  were  born  seven  children:  Franklin  G.,  Anna 
B.,  William  K.,  our  subject;  Minnie  E.,  Ida  M.,  Jonathan  Jacob,  and  Harry 
J.   Schlotter. 

William  K.  Schlotter  received  his  education  at  the  local  schools  of 
Coraopolis  and,  after  completing  his  education  in  these  institutions,  learned 
the  plastering  trade,  which  he  followed  for  twelve  or  thirteen  years  at  that 
place  and  New  Brighton,  whither  he  removed  in  1889,  and  where  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  In  the  year  1901  he  abandoned  his  trade  and  went 
into  business  for  himself  as  a  general  contractor,  and  has  since  remained 
therein.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Schlotter  was  married,  May  19,  1892,  to  Tillie  J.  Heckathorn,  a 
daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Martha  H.  (Carnegie)  Heckathorn,  and  a 
granddaughter  of  Charles  A.  Heckathorn,  who  was  a  pioneer  in  the  region 
of  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania.  Mrs.  Schlotter's  maternal  grandparents  were 
Andrew  and  Jane  (Foster)  Carnegie,  natives  of  Scotland  and  Virginia,  re- 
spectively. Andrew  Carnegie  came  to  America  when  about  eighteen  years 
of  age  and  settled  in  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania,  and  engaged  in  farming. 
He  had  four  sons,  two  of  whom  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the 
Civil  War.  Mrs.  Schlotter  was  herself  a  native  of  Georgetown.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Schlotter  three  children  have  been  born:  Mary  Naomi,  William 
Karl  and  George  Preston. 


The  Cordes  family  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  is  of 
CORDES     German  origin,  and  the  members  of  it  who  have  made  their 

home  in  this  country  have  brought  with  them  the  habits  of 
thrift  and  industry  so  characteristic  of  the  Germans.  They  have  been  mainly 
engaged  in  agriculture  and  kindred  interests,  with  which  the  family  has 
been  connected  for  many  generations  in  the  land  from  which  they  came. 

(I)  Herman  Cordes  was  born  and  died  in  Germany,  the  latter  event 
occurring  in  1891.  He  was  a  farmer  during  all  the  active  years  of  his  life, 
and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  He 
married  Angela  Mitchell,  who  died  about  1889,  and  they  had  children: 
Lewis,  is  a  farmer  in  East  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Henry, 
died  on  his  farm  in  Rochester  township,  Beaver  county;  Herman,  was 
drowned  in  the  Ohio  river  near  Rochester;  Barnard,  a  farmer,  living  in 


BEAVER    COUNTY  827 

Germany;  Mary,  twin  of  Barnard,  married  John  jMathlage,  and  died  in 
Rochester,  Beaver  county;  Anton,  see  forward. 

(II)  Anton  Cordes,  son  of  Herman  and  Angela  Cordes,  was  bom 
in  Hanover,  Germany,  October  18,  1859.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Hanover,  and  upon  its  completion  served  two  years 
in  the  German  army.  In  March,  1883,  he  emigrated  to  America,  settling 
at  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  for  one  year 
in  a  glass  factory.  He  then  rented  a  farm  in  New  Sewickley  township, 
on  which  he  remained  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  He  cultivated  it  dili- 
gently and  intelligently,  and  at  the  end  of  this  period  removed  to  Rochester 
township,  and  there  purchased  a  farm  of  approximately  seventy  acres. 
On  this  he  erected  the  necessary  buildings,  and  made  numerous  other 
improvements,  which  have  added  greatly  to  the  value  of  the  property.  He 
is  engaged  in  general  farming,  but  devotes  considerable  time  and  attention 
to  stock  raising,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  dairy  farming.  There  is  a  very 
fine  herd  of  fourteen  cows  on  the  farm.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  St.  Cecilia's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  in 
Rochester. 

Mr.  Cordes  married,  in  1884,  Mary  Gardes,  born  in  Hanover,  Ger- 
many, a  daughter  of  Gerard  and  Marguerite  (Drace)  Gardes.  Her  parents 
spent  their  entire  lives  in  Germany,  and  had  children:  Mary,  mentioned 
above;  Marguerita,  lives  in  Germany;  Gerard,  died  in  Germany;  Barnard, 
a  farmer,  died  in  Germany;  Anna,  lives  in  Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cordes 
have  had  children :  Lewis,  a  farmer  of  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver 
county,  married  Mamie  Cramer,  and  has  one  child,  Paul ;  Henry,  unmarried, 
lives  with  his  parents;  John,  a  farmer  in  Rochester  township,  Beaver 
county,  married  Angle  Delchambre,  two  children :  Frank  and  Albert ;  Clara, 
married  Irvin  Brewer  and  lives  in  Rochester  township,  three  children,  Ed- 
ward, Clair  and  Irvin,  twins;  Mary,  at  home;  Anton,  Jr. 


The    name   of    Morris    is   one   which   is   so   well    known    in 
MORRIS     the  history  of  this  country  that  an  extended  introduction  in 

this  place  is  scarcely  necessary.  The  branch  of  the  family 
of  which  this  review  treats  is  and  has  been  for  some  generations  more 
especially  identified  with  the  agricultural  interests  of  the  country. 

(I)  Ephraim  Morris  was  born  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  and  after  his  mar- 
riage lived  in  Center  township,  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation  and  the  owner  of  considerable  land.  He  married 
Martha  Roseberry  and  had  children:  i.  Asa,  went  to  California,  where  he 
died  in  Yolo  county.  2.  Thomas,  was  killed  while  in  service  during  the 
Civil  War.  3.  John,  held  the  rank  of  captain  during  the  Civil  War;  now 
lives  in  Washington,  Pennsylvania.  4.  James  P.,  a  farmer  and  a  justice 
of  the  peace  in  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Sarah,  married  (first) 
Alexander  Black,  (second)  Judge  George  Hoskinson,  is  again  a  widow, 
and  lives  in  Waynesburg,  Pennsylvania.    6.  Martha,  now  deceased ;  married 


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George  Bayard.  7.  Katharine,  married  Henry  Scott;  lives  in  Washington, 
Pennsylvania.  8.  Phoebe,  now  deceased;  married  Jesse  Ullom,  also  now 
deceased,  who  was  a  merchant  for  thirty  years  at  Rogersville,  Pennsylvania. 

9.  Matthias,  see  forward. 

(II)  Matthias  Morris,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Martha  (Roseberry)  Mor- 
ris, was  born  in  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1834,  died  June  24,  1913. 
He  had  the  usual  education  of  a  farmer's  son  of  that  time,  and  when  he 
attained  manhood  commenced  farming  independently.  He  bought  a  home- 
stead of  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  acres,  and  soon  afterward  bought 
another  farm  and  removed  to  that.  With  the  exception  of  two  years, 
the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  on  this  farm.  He  was  very  successful 
in  his  farming  operations,  and  became  the  owner  of  about  seven  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  that  section.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican,  and  held  a  number 
of  local  political  offices.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Disciple 
Church.  He  married  Sarah  Ullom,  born  February  22,  1840,  died  November 
12,  1910.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Thompson  and  Annie  (Johnson)  Ullom, 
who  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  an  extensive  land  owner,  and  was  prominent  in  the 
councils  of  the  Democratic  party  and  held  several  local  offices.  They  had 
children:  i.  Jesse,  was  a  merchant  and  farmer  in  Center  township,  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  George,  deceased;  was  a  lawyer  in  Waynesburg, 
Pennsylvania.  3.  John  Thompson,  a  physician  of  Waynesburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 4.  Elizabeth,  married  John  Clutter,  both  deceased.  5.  Jennie,  de- 
ceased; married  David  Weaver.  6.  Sarah,  married  Matthias  Morris,  as 
above  stated.  7.  Margaret,  married  (first)  James  Lower,  (second)  Barney 
Wiley.  8.  Anna,  married  Lindsay  Orndoff;  lives  in  Ohio.  9.  Martha,  de- 
ceased; married  William  Orndoff;  lived  in  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania, 

10.  Kate,  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  had 
children:  i.  Emma,  married  Ross  Miller;  lives  at  Long  Beach,  California. 
2.  Thomas,  see  forward.  3.  Jesse  L.,  a  farmer  in  Center  township,  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Annie,  married  Harry  Thompson;  lives  in  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Edward,  was  killed  by  a  rolling  log  in  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1896.  6.  Burrel  J.,  was  killed  by  a  derrick  while 
lifting  a  stone.  7.  Mattie,  married  John  Smith ;  lives  on  the  homestead. 
8.  Matthias  Lott,  lives  on  the  old  homestead. 

(III)  Thomas  Morris,  son  of  Matthias  and  Sarah  (Ullom)  Morris, 
was  born  in  Center  township,  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  24, 
1863.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  section  of  the  county, 
and  his  early  life  was  passed  as  his  father's  assistant  on  the  farm.  He 
farmed  for  himself  about  eight  years,  then  went  to  Rogersville,  where  he 
worked  as  a  teamster  for  a  period  of  sixteen  years.  November  i,  1910, 
he  removed  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  purchased  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  thirty-six  acres  in  South  Beaver  and  Chippewa  town- 
ships. He  also  bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  acres,  the  old 
Bradshaw  farm,  or  the  Mitchell  farm,  as  it  is  known,  in  South  Beaver 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  829 

township.  He  devotes  this  land  to  general  produce  and  fruit  raising,  and 
has  been  very  successful  in  his  methods.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  Mr.  Morris  married,  August  19, 
1886,  Hattie  A.  Flenniken  (see  Flenniken  IV),  and  has  had  children:  Hazel, 
died  at  the  age  of  seven  years;  Mabel  Evangeline. 
(The  Flenniken  Line.) 
It  is  not  our  part  to  attempt  the  solution  of  historical  and  critical  prob- 
lems. It  has  been  commonly  alleged  that  at  Mecklenburg,  North  Carolina, 
on  May  19,  1775,  exactly  one  month  after  the  battle  of  Lexington,  and 
over  one  year  before  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  a  county  declaration 
of  separation  from  the  British  Empire  was  put  forth.  While  some,  espe- 
cially in  North  Carolina,  staunchly  maintain  the  truth  of  this  narration,  it 
seems  to  be  the  general  judgment  of  historical  students  that  it  is  not  histori- 
cal. Among  the  signatures  appended  to  this  alleged  document,  which  may 
be  found  in  the  printed  archives  of  North  Carolina,  is  that  of  John  Flen- 
niken. Perhaps  this  may  be  deemed  strong  evidence  that  the  family  was 
active  in  the  cause  of  independence  in  their  southern  home.  The  first  com- 
ing of  the  Flenniken  family  to  Western  Pennsylvania  is  assigned  to  the 
year  1767,  at  about  the  same  time  as  the  Swans,  Van  Meters,  Hughes,  etc. 
If  the  father  of  the  immigrant  Flenniken  brothers  was  in  North  Carolina 
eight  years  later  he  must  have  been  a  man  past  middle  life  when  he  came 
to  Pennsylvania.  So  far  as  known  to  us  the  name  of  Flenniken  has  disap- 
peared from  North  Carolina.  Apparent  variant  forms  in  the  older  records, 
in  which  g  stands  in  lieu  of  k,  strengthen  the  natural  impression  that  the 
name  is  itself  a  form  of  Flannagan. 

(I)  John  A.  Flenniken,  the  first  member  of  this  family  of  whom  we 
have  definite  information,  came  from  North  Carolina,  and  settled  in  Frank- 
lin county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  was  in  that  county 
as  late  as  1787.  It  is  said  that  he  represented  Greene  county,  soon  after 
its  erection,  in  the  Pennsylvania  legislature,  and  that  he  was  for  many 
years  one  of  the  associate  judges  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  the 
county,  having  been  appointed  in  1796.  Also,  that  he  was  a  Presbyterian 
elder.  If  all  these  statements  rightly  apply  to  John  A.  Flenniken,  he 
must  have  lived  to  be  a  very  old  man.  Whom  he  married  is  not  known. 
Children,  so  far  as  known:  i.  Elias,  see  forward.  2.  James,  bom  about 
1747,  died  August  25,  1843. 

(II)  Elias  Flenniken,  son  of  John  A.  Flenniken,  was  born,  probably 
in  North  Carolina,  October  22,  1745,  died  March  16,  1836.  He  came  with 
his  brother  James  to  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1767,  one  of  the  very 
earliest  settlers,  and  lived  among  the  Indians  in  this  region.  From  1777 
to  the  end  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  he  served  in  the  Colonial  army  as  a 
teamster.  He  took  out  a  land  warrant,  and  possessed  four  hundred  acres 
at  what  was  then  known  as  Wolf  Point,  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
below  the  mouth  of  Muddy  creek.  Of  the  larger  of  these  tracts,  an  area 
of  one  hundred  and  forty-three  acres  is  retained  to  this  day  by  his  grand- 


830  PENNSYLVANIA 

son,  James  Darrah  Flenniken,  and  has  never  been  out  of  the  family.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  New  Providence  Presbyterian  Church, 
this  being  one  of  the  first  churches  in  Greene  county.  He  married,  about 
1780,  Mary  Dunlap,  probably  from  Franklin,  who  died  April  23,  1836, 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas  Blair.  2.  and  3.  Margaret  and 
Sarah,  twins.  4.  Elias.  5.  Alexander.  6.  Mary,  married  James  Blair.  7. 
Joseph  Dunlap.  8.  John  Wilkins,  see  forward.  9.  Jane  McCoy,  married 
Daniel  Smith. 

(HI)  John  Wilkins  Flenniken,  son  of  Elias  and  Mary  (Dunlap)  Flen- 
niken, was  bom  on  the  old  homestead  in  Cumberland  township,  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania,  November  2,  1790,  died  October  16,  1861.  He  was 
brought  up  on  this  homestead,  and  followed  farming  with  success  through- 
out his  life.  During  the  War  of  1812  he  started  with  his  team  for  the  seat 
of  war,  but  was  not  needed.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  New  Providence 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  married,  in  1822,  Hetty  Ann,  daughter  of  John 
and  Margaret  (Darrow)  Wright.  She  was  born  in  Bucks  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, December  29,  1803,  died  November  23,  1883.  Her  parents  settled 
in  Greene  county  in  181 1.  Children,  all  deceased  except  two:  i.  Elias 
Alexander,  born  June  2,  1824;  married,  in  1846,  Mary  Ann  Kerr.  2.  Mary 
Jane,  born  March  5,  1826;  married  Thomas  Curl.  3.  James  Darrah,  see 
forward.  4.  Margaret,  born  in  September,  1830;  married  Clement  Krepps. 
5.  William  Franklin,  born  July  31,  1838;  married  (first)  Eliza  A.  Hartman, 
(second)  Ella  Conn.  6.  Sarah,  born  January  21,  1841 ;  married  Thomas 
Laidley.  7.  Andrew  Stewart,  born  in  1848;  married  Anna  Patterson.  Two- 
others  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  James  Darrah  Flenniken,  son  of  John  Wilkins  and  Hetty  Ann 
(Wright)  Flenniken,  was  born  in  Cumberland  township,  June  17,  1828. 
He  was  reared  on  the  farm  and  educated  in  the  subscription  schools.  He 
followed  farming,  residing  on  the  old  homestead,  and  was  a  dealer  in  live 
stock  and  a  buyer  of  wool  until  1889.  He  was  engaged  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness at  Carmichaels  for  the  next  eight  years.  Since  that  time  he  has  en- 
joyed the  fruits  of  a  successful  career.  The  vigor  of  the  family,  which 
has  been  shown  in  the  long  lives  of  so  many  of  this  line,  is  well  continued 
in  his  person.  In  191 1  he  cut,  split  and  set  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven 
fence  posts.  He  enjoys  following  the  hounds  and  chasing  the  fox,  generally 
leading  the  younger  men.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Tri-State  Fox  Hunting- 
Club,  of  Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and  West  Virginia.  In  1867  he  became  a 
member  of  the  General  Greene  Lodge,  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Jefferson  township.  Two  years  later  he  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  Lisbon  Lodge,  No.  654,  at  Carmichaels,  and  he  is  today  the 
last  of  the  active  charter  members.  He  was  a  member  of  the  grand  lodge 
which  met  in  Philadelphia  in  1876,  and  also  attended  the  grand  lodges  in 
Erie  and  Harrisburg.  Formerly  he  was  an  old-line  Whig,  his  first  vote 
being  cast  for  General  Zachary  Taylor;  in  his  later  years  he  has  been  a 
strong  Republican.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  831 

He  married,  September  28,  1854,  Martha  Ann  Curl,  born  in  Greene 
county,  Pennsylvania,  March  18,  1834,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Mc- 
Minn)  Curl.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Greene  county,  and  a  son  of 
James  Curl.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  April  23,  1856;  married  John 
Armstrong ;  children :  Helen,  married  William  Howard,  and  has  children : 
Lucille,  Elizabeth,  Armstrong;  John  Darrow;  Martha;  Thomas  Russell; 
Wilda;  Mary,  died  in  infancy.  2.  John  Fremont,  born  November  12,  1857; 
married  Annie  Barkman;  children:  Fred  C,  married  Julia  McGrew,  has 
one  child,  James;  James  Blaine,  married  Jane  (June)  Byer,  one  child,  Ruth; 
Charles  B.,  Albert,  twin  of  Charles  B.  3.  Mary  Margaret,  born  March 
29,  i860;  married,  in  October,  1880,  George  A.  Stilwell;  children:  Charles 
Morris;  Jennie  Belle,  died  in  infancy,  this  being  the  first  death  in  the 
family;  Bertha  Darrah,  born  February  3,  1886,  married  D.  C.  Lightner,  has 
one  child,  Graham  Wells;  Andrew  Stewart  Flenniken,  born  May  7,  1889; 
Albert  Metz,  born  July  24,  1892;  Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  in  August,  1894. 

4.  Hetty  A.,  born  March  3,  1862;  married  Thomas  Morris  (see  Morris  HI). 

5.  Jennie  Belle,  born  December  6,  1864;  married  W.  M.  Crago;  children: 
George  Rex,  married  Carrie  Call,  has  two  children:  John  H.,  Anna  Belle; 
Ida  Florence ;  Mary,  married  Frederick  Burnett,  and  has  one  child,  Leonard. 

6.  Galena  Rebecca,  bom  April  18,  1867;  married  Simeon  Stillwell ;  children: 
William,  Bessie,  deceased;  Robert,  Harry,  Edwin,  Alberta,  deceased;  Mer- 
tie,  Maud.  7.  Harriet  Evans,  born  May  12,  1869;  married,  June  21,  1902, 
Thomas  L.  Lincoln,  died  August  21,  1902.  8.  Flora  Florence,  born  July  i, 
1871 ;  married,  October  6,  1894,  Albert  G.  Crago;  children:  Mabel  Evans, 
born  July  31,  1895;  Margaret,  born  September  11,  1900;  Clarence  Flenni- 
ken, born  July  24,  1902;  Emily  Christina,  born  June  i,  1910.  9.  Charles 
Morris,  bom  November  6,  1873,  died  July  24,  1887.  10.  Robert  Ingram, 
born  May  30,  1876;  married  October  24,  1899,  Daisy  Belle  Conn;  children: 
Robert  McGonigle,  born  September  8,  1900;  Ruth;  Andrew  Thompson,  died 
at  the  age  of  five  weeks;  James  Gordon,  born  May  17,  1906;  Harleigh 
Emery,  born  August  26,  1910. 


James  Cotter,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Monaca,  Pennsylvania, 
COTTER     is  of  Irish  parentage,  and  was  born  May  31,  i860,  in  Beaver 

county,  Pennsylvania,  a  son  of  John  and  Rose  (Geary) 
Cotter.  His  parents  were  both  natives  of  Ireland,  where  they  were  born 
in  the  years  1810  and  1816,  respectively.  They  migrated  singly  to  the 
United  States,  he  coming  to  Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania,  in  1842,  and  in 
this  country  they  met,  being  married  at  Pittsburgh  ten  years  later.  Their 
deaths  occurred  in  the  years  1872  and  1898,  respectively.  To  them  were 
born  four  children :  Elizabeth ;  John,  deceased ;  Ellen ;  James,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  The  eldest  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  Ephraim  Martin, 
of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  to  whom  she  bore  one  child,  Cora  Martin, 
who  married  James  Abbott,  with  whom  she  now  lives  in  Fairmont,  West 
Virginia.     They  have  had  born  to  them  ten  children,  as  follows:    James 


832  PENNSYLVANIA 

Clyde,  deceased;  George  William,  Lawrence,  Edward  Millard,  Elizabeth 
Rose,  Clara  Martin,  Paul,  Francis  Regis,  and  twins,  John  and  a  little 
girl  who  died  in  early  childhood.  Mr.  Cotter's  second  sister,  Ellen,  lives 
unmarried  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

James  Cotter  was  reared  and  educated  in  Bridgewater,  and  during  his 
school  years  also  worked  on  a  farm,  from  fourteen  years  of  age  to  twenty- 
one.  He  then  found  employment  as  a  clerk  in  a  store,  a  position  he  held 
for  two  years.  In  the  year  1883,  when  he  was  about  twenty-three  years 
of  age,  he  began  working  in  the  shipping  department  of  the  Phoenix  Glass 
Company  of  Monaca,  though  for  some  time  he  still  resided  in  Bridgewater. 
He  finally  moved  to  the  scene  of  his  employment,  where  he  still  makes  his 
home  at  the  corner  of  Indiana  avenue  and  Ninth  street.  He  has  now 
for  some  years  held  the  position  of  manager  of  the  shipping  department, 
and  is  a  well-to-do  property  owner  in  Monaca,  where  he  possesses  a  fine 
residence.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Building  and  Loan  Association  of 
Monaca.  In  politics  Mr.  Cotter  is  independent,  casting  his  vote  without 
regard  to  party  lines  for  the  candidate  or  cause  he  favors.  He  takes  a 
keen  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  Rochester  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  Bridgewater  Lodge,  No.  265,  Knights 
of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Cotter  married,  December  27,  1909,  Catherine  Richardson,  a  mem- 
ber of  a  prominent  family  in  Beaver  county,  but  of  English  origin.  Her 
paternal  grandparents  were  Robert  and  Mary  (Ross)  Richardson,  both  of 
whom  lived  and  died  in  England.  Their  son,  John,  Mrs.  Cotter's  father, 
was  bom  in  England,  October  i,  1850,  and  was  reared  and  educated  there. 
He  went  to  Scotland  as  a  young  man,  and  there  met  and  married  Annie 
Grant  in  the  year  1873.  Annie  Grant  was  a  daughter  of  Colin  and  Annie 
(Robertson)  Grant,  of  Scotland.  Mr.  Richardson  and  his  wife  came,  about 
1880,  to  America,  settling  first  at  Coming,  New  York,  then  in  Monaca, 
Pennsylvania,  and  finally  to  Rochester,  in  the  same  state,  where  they  now 
live.  Mr.  Richardson  is  a  glass  cutrter,  and  is  employed  by  the  H.  C.  Fry 
Glass  Company.  Mr.  Richardson  and  his  family  are  communicants  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  religion,  and  in  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  and 
his  wife  are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  as  follows:  Mary,  now  Mrs. 
Frank  Dawson,  of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  mother  of  one  child, 
John  Francis  Dawson;  Catherine,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Cotter;  Dorothy  Isabel, 
now  the  wife  of  Carl  Mader,  superintendent  in  the  steel  mills  at  Bessemer, 
Alabama;  Robert,  who  married  Anna  Thomas  and  by  her  had  two  children, 
Jean  and  Robert ;  Jean  Grant,  now  Mrs.  Thomas  Scantling,  her  husband  an 
optician  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Elizabeth,  resides  at  home;  Frances 
Winnifred,  now  the  wife  of  Charles  Johnson,  of  Rochester,  formerly  book- 
keeper with  the  First  National  Bank,  but  now  holding  a  similar  position 
with  the  Birmingham  Trust  Company,  of  Birmingham,  Alabama.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cotter  has  been  born  one  son,  James  Cotter.  Mr.  Cotter,  in  con- 
junction with  his  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Martin  and  Miss  Ellen  Cotter,  owned 


BEAVER    COUNTY  833 

until  recently  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Bridgewater,  which  they  sold  to  the 
railroad  company.  Mr.  Cotter's  parents  were  members  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Cotter's  wife  is  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
Church. 


The   Musgrave   family,  members  of  which  are  actively 
MUSGRAVE     interested  in  all  the  worthy  enterprises  of  Beaver  county, 

Pennsylvania,  trace  their  descent  to  James  Musgrave, 
who  was  born  in  England,  April  26,  1816.  He  came  to  America  with  his 
parents  when  three  years  of  age,  and  the  family  settled  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  For  a  time  Mr.  Musgrave  lived  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  but 
returned  to  Beaver  county,  and  died  on  the  old  homestead,  September  12, 
1906.  He  held  official  position  in  the  Baden  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
of  which  his  wife  was  also  a  member.  He  married  Margaret  Hendrickson, 
who  died  on  the  homestead,  September  27,  1872,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four 
years.  They  had  children:  i.  Josiah,  born  April  8,  1840,  drowned  May 
24,  1861.  2.  Joshua,  born  November  22,  1841 ;  married  Kate  Bental;  lives 
in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Margaret,  born 
October  19,  1843 ;  married  John  Noonan ;  lives  in  New  Sewickley,  Penn- 
sylvania. 4.  Maria,  born  March  i,  1845,  died  July  3,  1881 ;  married  Henry 
Douglass.  5.  Nelson,  born  October  2,  1846;  married  Annie  Stewart;  lives 
in  Economy  township,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Lydia,  born  December  23,  1848; 
married  (first)  Solomon  Davis,  (second)  David  Baird;  lives  in  Aliquippa, 
Pennsylvania.  7.  Reuben,  born  November  13,  1850,  died  July  6,  1884; 
married  Dora  Wilson.  8.  Eliza  Ann,  born  November  13,  1852;  married 
Adam  Hill;  lives  in  California.  9.  James  H.,  see  forward.  10.  Levi,  born 
November  4,  1857;  married  Annie  Nichols;  lives  in  New  Sewickley,  Penn- 
sylvania. II.  Albert,  born  March  2,  i860,  died  January  17,  1912;  married 
(first)  Lena  V.  Armstrong,  (second)  Stella  Shaffer.  12.  Emma  R.,  born 
July  27,  1862,  died  March  i,  1863. 

(H)  James  H.  Musgrave,  son  of  James  and  Margaret  (Hendrickson) 
Musgrave,  was  born  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  27,  1855,  and  with  the  exception  of  three  years  passed  in  Fayette 
county,  his  entire  life  has  been  spent  in  his  native  county.  He  attended 
school  in  Beaver  county,  and  then  commenced  to  assist  his  father  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  homestead  farm.  In  1904  he  purchased  one  hundred  and 
three  acres  of  land  which  he  commenced  to  farm  independently,  and  on 
which  his  son,  Avery  R.,  is  now  living.  He  is  Republican  in  his  political 
opinions,  and  served  as  school  director  for  a  period  of  four  years.  The 
entire  family  has  been  very  active  in  church  work,  belonging  to  the  Luth- 
eran Church,  and  Mr.  Musgrave  has  been  deacon,  trustee,  treasurer  and  a 
member  of  the  building  committee.  Mr.  Musgrave  married  Louisa  Bock, 
of  Bocktown,  a  daughter  of  Frederick  and  Anna  Lizzetta  (Amsler)  Bock, 
the  former  a  miller  and  farmer  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1886  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.     They 


834  PENNSYLVANIA 

had  children:  i.  Charles  J.,  bom  May  i8,  1848;  married  Elizabeth  KieflF- 
ner,  now  deceased.  2.  J.  Frederick,  born  January  16,  1851 ;  married  Pru- 
dence Brown;  he  is  a  farmer  in  Ohio.  3.  Louisa,  born  March  5,  1854, 
mentioned  above.  4.  William  H.,  born  April  5,  1856;  married  Emma  Sohn; 
lives  in  Oakdale.  5.  Rose,  born  May  5,  1858;  married  Samuel  C.  Gray; 
lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Adam,  born  June  9,  1861,  died  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years.  7.  Sophia,  born  June  30,  1864,  died  unmarried, 
August  4,  1887.  8.  Henry  J.,  born  September  9,  1867;  married  Clara  Marr; 
lives  in  Conway,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Musgrave  have  had  children: 
I.  Avery  R.,  see  forward.  2.  Vira  Ada,  born  October  25,  1887;  unmar- 
ried, lives  with  her  parents ;  is  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school  and  secretary 
of  the  Ladies'  Missionary  Society.  3.  Fern  Arbutus,  born  December  23, 
1889;  unmarried;  organist  in  the  Lutheran  Sunday  school  and  a  member 
of  the  Ladies'  Missionary  Society.  4.  Hazel  A.,  born  September  18,  1891 ; 
unmarried;  secretary  of  the  Concord  Presbyterian  Sunday  school.  5.  Alva 
Edison,  born  March  11,  1893;  lives  with  his  parents.  6.  Stanley  Quay, 
born  January  13,  1896.    7.  Violet  Ivy,  born  March  13,  1900. 

(Ill)  Avery  R.  Musgrave,  son  of  James  H.  and  Louisa  (Bock)  Mus- 
grave, was  born  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1884.  His  early  years  were  spent  in  his  native  township,  and  he 
received  his  elementary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Conway.  He 
then  attended  Peirsol's  Academy  in  Beaver,  and  the  Rochester  Business 
College,  then  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Depew.  Upon  the  completion 
of  this  excellent  and  practical  education,  Mr.  Musgrave  was  for  a  time  a 
clerk  in  a  grocery  store  in  Ambridge,  Beaver  county,  then  returned  to  his 
home  and  became  an  assistant  to  his  father  on  the  farm.  He  is  now  in 
the  employ  of  the  South  Pennsylvania  Oil  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
has  charge  of  the  oil-pumping  station  on  his  father's  farm.  He  has 
been  active  in  working  for  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  and  has 
served  two  terms  as  township  auditor.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with  the 
Lutheran  denomination,  and  he  is  a  member  of  that  church.  Mr.  Musgrave 
is  unmarried. 


The    McCaw    family,   now   creditably    represented    in    New 
McCAW     Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  also  in  other  sec- 
tions of  the  country,  came  to  America  originally  from  Ireland, 
from  whence  have  come  so  many  families  who  have  furnished  us  with  rep- 
resentative men  in  various  walks  of  life. 

(I)  Thomas  McCaw,  the  first  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  record, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  and  died  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  at  about 
ninety  years  of  age.  He  came  to  Allegheny  county,  when  he  was  about 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  and  married  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 
Elizabeth,  who  died  at  an  advanced  age  about  six  years  before  her  husband's 
death,  a  daughter  of  James  Magee,  a  native  of  Ireland  and  a  pioneer  set- 
tler in  Butler  county,  where  he  died.    They  had  children,  all  deceased  with 


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the  exception  of  George :  Jane ;  John ;  Mary  Ann ;  James ;  Rebecca ;  WiUiam 
Magee,  of  further  mention ;  Susanna ;  Margaret ;  George ;  David. 

(II)  WiUiam  Magee  McCaw,  son  of  Thomas  and  EHzabeth  (Magee) 
McCaw,  was  born  near  Bakerstown,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1831,  and  died  in  1903.  His  early  years  were  spent  on  the  pater- 
nal farm  and  he  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  section 
of  the  township.  He  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  plastering, 
with  which  he  was  identified  for  some  years.  In  1869  he  came  to  New 
Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  established  himself  in 
the  grocery  business  at  the  corner  of  Ninth  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  and 
carried  on  his  business  until  1890,  at  which  time  he  retired  from  business 
responsibilities.  During  these  years  he  had  amassed  a  comfortable  com- 
petency, and  was  the  owner  of  a  number  of  pieces  of  property  in  New 
Brighton.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  religious  affairs  of  the  community, 
and  served  as  an  elder  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  Brighton 
for  many  years.  In  political  matters  he  was  a  Prohibitionist.  Mr.  McCaw 
married,  June  11,  1861,  Lucy  Caroline  Anderson,  born  in  West  Greenville, 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  4,  1841.  They  had  children:  Thomas 
Walter,  born  in  1864,  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
in  1866,  married  Stuart  Magee,  of  New  Brighton;  George  S.,  born  in  1868, 
a  resident  of  Dennison,  Ohio ;  Charles  Francis,  of  further  mention.  William 
Crow  Anderson,  son  of  James  Anderson,  and  father  of  Mrs.  McCaw,  was 
of  Irish  extraction  and  was  bom  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1800,  and  died  in  Scioto  county,  Ohio,  about  1864.  He  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation  and  owned  a  tract  of  about  two  hundred  acres  in  Cranberry 
township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  About  the  year  1861  he  removed 
to  Scioto  county,  Ohio,  and  died  there  three  years  later.  He  married  Mary 
Orr,  a  native  of  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  who  died  in  1876,  and  they  had 
children:  Margaret,  deceased;  James,  deceased;  Eliza,  died  in  Scioto 
county,  Ohio,  in  1913,  at  the  age  of  eighty- four  years;  Sarah  E. ;  Mary, 
deceased ;  Emma ;  Robert,  served  four  years  in  the  Civil  War,  and  died  on 
the  Mississippi  in  1867,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years ;  Lucy  Caroline,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  Mr.  McCaw,  as  above  mentioned.  James  Anderson,  grand- 
father of  Mrs.  McCaw,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  was  scarcely  more  than  a 
young  lad  when  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States.  He  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  at  an  ad- 
vanced age,  near  Evans  City,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  wife 
also  died  at  an  advanced  age.  They  had  children :  Mary ;  William  Crow, 
mentioned  above ;  David ;  Eliza ;  Margaret ;  Eleanor ;  James ;  Hannah,  Sarah. 
(Ill)  Charles  Francis  McCaw,  son  of  William  Magee  and  Lucy  Caro- 
line (Anderson)  McCaw,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  28,  1870.  Having  completed  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  Mr.  McCaw  took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy  in 
a  thorough  and  practical  manner,  and  became  a  registered  pharmacist. 
For  three  years  he  was  associated  with  his  brother,  George  S.,  under  the 


836  PENNSYLVANIA 

firm  name  of  George  S.  McCaw  &  Brother,  Druggists.  He  then  established 
himself  in  the  tea,  coffee  and  spice  business,  with  which  he  was  success- 
fully connected  for  a  period  of  twenty  years.  He  manufactures  his  own 
flavoring  extracts,  and  does  a  considerable  business  in  this  line.  His  place 
of  business  is  at  No.  908  Ninth  street,  and  some  of  his  customers  come  from 
great  distances.  Like  his  father,  he  is  a  Prohibitionist  in  political  matters, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  McCaw  mar- 
ried, in  June,  1905,  Athalia  C,  a  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Martha  Stacy,  the 
latter  deceased,  the  former  residing  on  Eleventh  street,  New  Brighton.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McCaw  have  two  children:  Lois  and  Louise,  twins,  born  May 
4,  1906. 


Eaton,  as  a  family  name,  under  various  forms 
EATON-WILHELM     of  spelling,  is  found  from  a  very  early  period. 

There  is  no  evidence  that  all  of  the  families  bear- 
ing this  name  are  descended  from  a  common  ancestor.  It  is  quite  probable 
that  several  distinct  families  assumed  the  name,  its  signification  being 
"River-town,"  Aqua  dunum,  and  it  occurs  before  1060  A.  D.  as  Ettuna — 
the  name  of  several  places  in  England.  The  principal  founders  of  Eaton 
families  in  America,  who  came  to  this  country  before  1700,  were  the  fol- 
lowing: Francis  Eaton,  of  Plymouth,  who  came  in  the  Mayflower  in  1620; 
John  Eaton,  of  Haverhill ;  John  Eaton,  of  Dedham ;  Jonas  Eaton,  of  Read- 
ing; Nathaniel  Eaton,  of  Cambridge,  and  William  Eaton,  of  Reading,  who 
settled  in  New  England  from  1630  to  1640;  William  Eaton,  of  North 
Carolina,  about  1670;  Thomas  Eaton,  of  Shrewsbury,  New  Jersey,  1670 
to  1680;  and  John,  George  and  Edward  Eaton,  of  Philadelphia  county, 
Pennsylvania,  1683  to  1686.  The  lines  of  the  last  named  have  persisted 
numerously  in  Pennsylvania,  all  indications  leading  to  the  conclusion  that 
it  was  from  one  of  the  Eatons  of  Philadelphia  county,  Pennsylvania,  that 
Henry  Eaton,  who  married  Jane  Gibb,  father  of  John  Eaton,  was  de- 
scended. 

(II)  John  Eaton,  son  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Gibb)  Eaton,  was  born  in 
Findley  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  24,  1814,  died 
December  2,  1872.  He  was  a  coal  dealer  of  Pittsburgh,  owning  many  barges 
carrying  this  product  on  the  Ohio  river.  To  his  business  associates  he  was 
always  known  as  "Captain,"  a  title  purely  familiar,  for  he  never  commanded 
one  of  the  vessels  used  in  his  business.  He  was  a  Republican  in  political 
faith,  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  Order  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  residence 
was  in  Allegheny  City   (Pittsburgh  North  Side). 

John  Eaton  married  Nancy,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary  (Maloney) 
Morton,  in  1845,  her  father  a  native  of  Ireland  who,  after  immigrating  to 
the  United  States,  settled  in  the  Pittsburgh  district.  He  became  the  owner 
of  a  large  amount  of  real  estate  in  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny  City,  and, 
holding  it  through  the  rapid  rise  in  value  that  came  to  property  in  that 


BEAVER    COUNTY  837 

locality,  realized  a  generous  profit,  part  of  that  land  which  he  retained 
being  now  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  Children  of  John  and 
Nancy  (Morton)  Eaton:  i.  Edith  A.,  born  November  9,  1857,  married 
Henry  Wilhelm,  of  whom  further.  2.  Sarah  S.,  born  in  September,  i860, 
married  William  T.  Gibb,  and  resides  in  Jacksonville,  Florida,  the  mother 
of  one  child,  Bessie  H.  3.  John  H.,  born  in  October,  1864,  married  Eliza- 
beth Hamilton,  and  has  children:  John  Morton,  a  graduate  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity; Harry  H.  and  Margaret  E.,  twins. 

Henry  Wilhelm,  son  of  parents  of  German  birth  who  settled  in  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania,  after  their  immigration  to  the  United  States, 
was  born  in  St.  Clair  township,  that  county,  February  21,  1845.  He  was 
favored  by  a  liberal  education  and  was,  through  his  German  extraction,  a 
thorough  master  of  that  tongue.  His  boyhood  and  young  manhood  were 
passed  on  his  father's  farm,  one  of  his  later  acquisitions  being  a  farm  in 
Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  conducted  farming 
operations  successfully  for  many  years.  He  disposed  of  his  farm  in  1888 
and  moved  to  San  Antonio,  Texas,  where  he  became  a  hardware  merchant, 
making  that  his  line  of  activity  until  his  death,  which  occurred  January  21, 
1893,  fortune  attending  his  ventures  in  that  business  as  in  agriculture.  In 
him  the  Democratic  party  found  an  enthusiastic  worker,  one  who  gave  to 
the  party's  advancement  all  of  his  influence  and  effort  and  who  steadfastly 
refused  recognition  of  his  labors  in  the  form  of  political  preferment,  never 
accepting  office.  He  was  a  man  of  high  principle,  which  he  never  lowered 
to  achieve  any  end,  and  because  of  his  steadfast  championship  of  the  right 
and  the  purity  of  his  daily  walk  he  was  granted  the  respectful  esteem  of  his 
fellows.  He  made  as  fine  a  distinction  between  things  worthy  and  unworthy 
as  he  did  between  those  right  and  those  wrong,  and  throughout  his  life 
lived  true  to  noble  ideals,  passing  his  days  in  the  approbation  of  men  and 
ending  it  confident  of  the  approval  of  his  Maker.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  Church. 

Mr.  Wilhelm  married,  November  28,  1878,  Edith  A.  Eaton,  of  previous 
mention,  who  now  resides  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 


There  is  much  of  the  history  of  the  Pflug  family  in  its  native 
PFLUG    land  that  is  unwritten,  much  that,  were  a  book  to  be  made  of 

the  records,  would  provide  no  thrills  of  interest  to  the  reader 
nor  would  it  encourage  a  second  perusal.  It  would  contain  no  mention  of 
titled  personages  or  royalty,  the  scenes  would  not  be  laid  in  palaces,  man- 
sions, or  country  estates,  but  would  carry  one  into  the  heart  of  the  industrial 
world  of  that  great  manufacturing  country,  Germany,  from  there  to  the 
useful  arts  and  trades,  and  thence  into  the  fields  and  meadows  of  rural 
Germany,  whence  is  derived  a  large  part  of  the  daily  food  and  all  the  com- 
forts and  conveniences  that  make  mansions,  palaces  and  royalty  possible.  It 
is  a  distinctively  American  idea  to  applaud  the  superiority  of  the  worker 
over  the  drone,  of  the  supporter  over  the  parasite,  and  to  the  American 


838  PENNSYLVANIA 

members  of  the  family  of  Pflug  it  must  bring  genuine  satisfaction  to  realize 
that  in  the  land  in  which  their  name  originated  Pflugs  bore  their  part  as 
men  and  well,  their  labors  adding  to  the  stability  and  prosperity  of  the  land 
and  materially  aiding  it  in  its  advance  among  the  nations  of  the  world. 

(I)  This  chronicle  begins  with  Jacob  Pflug,  who  like  the  ancestors  of 
his  line  was  a  follower  of  agriculture,  and  who  left  his  native  land  to  make 
his  home  in  the  United  States.  Pennsylvania  was  the  state  that  he  chose, 
Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  the  place  in  which  he  finally  settled,  he 
and  his  wife,  whom  he  had  married  in  Germany,  both  dying  in  that  locality. 
He  married  Sarah  Householder,  and  among  his  children  was  Henry,  of 
whom  further. 

(H)  Henry  Pflug,  son  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  (Householder)  Pflug,  was 
born  in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1846,  died  in 
North  Sewickley  township,  that  county,  March  13,  1913.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  township,  and  as  a  young  man  there 
began  farming  operations,  later  moving  to  North  Sewickley  township, 
Beaver  county,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  of  seventy-five  acres,  which 
at  his  death  had  increased  to  three  hundred  and  nineteen  acres.  He  was 
industrious  and  thrifty,  and  in  addition  to  general  farming,  which  he  con- 
ducted on  a  large  scale,  he  maintained  a  herd  of  the  finest  stock,  giving  to 
these  two  departments  of  farming  his  undivided  attention.  Among  his 
friends  he  was  noted  for  his  quality  of  hard-working  persistency,  which 
never  allowed  him  to  abandon  a  project  until  it  had  been  carried  to  a 
successful  consummation.  His  goal  was  ever  in  his  mind's  eye  and  he  saw 
no  difficulty,  obstacle  or  stumbling  block,  the  completed  idea,  in  all  its 
alluring  desirability,  being  the  spur  that  kept  him  to  his  task.  This  at- 
tribute contributed  largely  to  his  success,  for  his  achievements  and  acqui- 
sitions along  agricultural  lines  merit  no  other  title,  and  marked  the  whole 
course  of  his  life,  so  that  he  was  prominent  among  that  small  class  of  men 
whose  promise  was  received  with  as  great  satisfaction  as  the  completed 
pledge.  He  and  his  wife  were  at  one  time  members  of  the  German  Re- 
formed Church,  later  identifying  themselves  with  the  North  Sewickley 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  member  at  his  death. 

Mr.  Pflug  married.  May  29,  1873,  Caroline,  born  in  Marion  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Caroline  (Gardner) 
Miller.  Michael  Miller  and  his  wife  were  natives  of  Germany,  and  upon 
coming  to  the  United  States  settled  in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  a  farmer.  Children  of  Michael  and  Caroline 
(Gardner)  Miller:  Henry,  Frank,  Caroline,  who  married  Henry  Pflug  and 
survives  him,  living  on  the  farm  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Henry  and  Caroline  (Miller)  Pflug: 
Clara  Elizabeth,  Emelia,  Frank  Frederick,  Charles  Henry,  Elmer  Elton, 
Amos  Edmund,  Vernelia  Emelia,  Eva  Matilda,  Arthur  Lamont,  Leslie  Nor- 
man, Edna  Ethel,  Ralph  Jacob,  all  living  and  all  married  with  the  exception 
of  the  last  two. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  839 

The  part  played  by  our  Irish-American  citizens  in  the  history 
RODEN     and  development  of  their  adopted  country  is  no  insignificant 

one,  and  no  land  has  given  us  truer  and  abler  men  than  those 
who  have  come  to  us  from  the  "Emerald  Isle."  The  family  under  consid- 
eration in  this  review  is  no  exception  to  this  general  rule. 

(I)  William  Roden,  the  first  of  whom  we  have  mention,  spent  his  entire 
life  in  Ireland.  He  married  Mary  McCarroll,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  and 
also  died  in  that  country. 

(II)  James  Roden,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (McCarroll)  Roden,  was 
born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  January  7,  1832.  He  was  educated  in  his 
native  land  and  lived  there  until  1867,  when  he  emigrated  to  the  United 
States.  He  made  his  home  at  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  has 
since  that  time  resided.  Having  found  employment  with  the  W.  P.  Town- 
send  Nail  Mill,  this  connection  remained  uninterrupted  for  a  period  of 
twenty-eight  years,  when  Mr.  Roden  retired  from  active  labors,  and  has 
since  lived  retired,  a  matter  of  twenty  years.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine 
residence  at  No.  1427  Penn  avenue.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  political  affiliation, 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Roden 
married  in  Ireland,  in  i860,  Sarah,  born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  in  August, 
1832,  daughter  of  Archibald  and  Mary  (Aull)  Gibson,  both  of  whom  were 
born  and  died  in  Ireland.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roden  had  children:  Sarah  Ann, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years;  Robert  John,  born  in  1864,  un- 
married, lives  with  his  parents ;  Samuel  Aull,  of  further  mention. 

(III)  Samuel  Aull  Roden,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Gibson)  Roden, 
was  born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  May  28,  1866.  As  he  was  but  one 
year  of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  this  country  he  is  in  all,  except  the 
actual  fact  of  birth,  an  American  citizen.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  Brighton,  and  since  he  was  eleven  years  of  age  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  the  Sherwood  Brothers  Pottery  Company,  a  very 
honorable  and  creditable  record  for  employee  and  employer.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  political  affairs.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  His  fraternal  connections  are  numerous,  and  are  as  follows :  Union 
Lodge,  No.  259,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Harmony  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  No.  84,  Knights  Templar;  New 
Castle  Lodge  of  Perfection,  No.  14;  Pennsylvania  Consistory  of  Pittsburgh; 
Thirty-second  Degree  Mason;  Roberts  Lodge,  No.  450,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  of  New  Brighton ;  Social  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
New  Brighton. 

Mr.  Roden  married,  in  1898,  Florence  Ann  Varley,  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  March  28,  1874,  and  they  had  one  child:  James  Edward,  born 
May  2,  1899,  died  in  November  of  the  same  year.  Joseph  Varley,  father  of 
Mrs.  Roden,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  October  i,  1839,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1881.  He  made  his  home  in  New  Brighton,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  became  a  woolen  manufacturer,  a  line  of  business  he 
had  also  followed  in  his  native  land.    He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 


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Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  now  reside  in  Enon  Valley,  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Varley  married,  in  i860,  Ann  Lee,  born  in  York- 
shire, England,  March  24,  1843,  and  they  had  children:  John,  deceased; 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  deceased;  Joseph;  Martha  Hannah;  Herbert;  Florence 
Ann,  who  married  Mr.  Roden,  as  above  stated;  Mary  Alice;  William  Ewart. 


The  early  history  of  this  family,  like  that  of  many  others,  is 
DALBEY  clouded  by  doubt  and  uncertainty.  Few  records  were,  kept 
in  the  early  days,  and  of  these  few,  many  were  destroyed  by 
fire  and  other  agencies  and  thus  lost  to  posterity. 

(I)  Josiah  Dalbey  married  Ruth  Poe,  and  had  children:  John  Clark,  of 
further  mention;  Andrew  Poe,  Elizabeth,  Hiram.  All  of  these  children 
are  now  deceased. 

(H)  John  Clark  Dalbey,  son  of  Josiah  and  Ruth  (Poe)  Dalbey,  was 
born  in  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  6,  181 8,  died  in 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1904.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the 
district  schools  near  his  home,  and  after  farming  in  his  native  county  for 
some  years  he  removed  to  Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  in  1840,  and  lived  on  a 
farm  he  had  purchased  there  until  1868.  He  then  removed  to  Mercer  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  his  remaining  years  were  spent.  Mr.  Dalbey  married 
(first)  Mary  Bell,  (second)  Sarah  Mayers,  born  in  Mercer  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, July  14,  1828,  died  in  the  same  county,  December  12,  1913.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  William  Mayers,  born  in  Ireland,  died  in  Mercer  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1868.  At  the  age  of  seven  years  he  came  to  the  United 
States  with  his  parents,  landing  at  Philadelphia,  and  they  were  early  set- 
tlers in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  in  early  days 
a  cattle  drover,  taking  his  cattle  to  Pittsburgh  to  market,  a  distance  of  sixty 
miles,  and  making  the  return  trip  on  foot  in  one  day.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Walker,  and  had  children:  Sarah,  who  married  Mr.  Dalbey,  and 
Mary  Jane.  He  married  (second)  Catherine  Hill,  a  widow.  By  his  first 
marriage  Mr.  Dalbey  had  children:  Clara  Isabel  and  William  Lumsden. 
By  his  second  marriage  he  had:  Mary  Jane,  deceased;  Josiah,  of  further 
mention;  Ruth;  Albert;  Homer,  died  November  15,  1913;  Elizabeth;  Mar- 
garet, died  August  10,  1888;  John  Andrew,  died  in  1894;  Hiram  Francis, 
twin  of  John  Andrew,  was  killed  in  1903  on  the  Wabash  Bridge,  at  Pitts- 
burgh. 

(Ill)  Josiah  (2)  Dalbey,  son  of  John  Clark  and  Sarah  (Mayers)  Dal- 
bey, was  born  in  Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  September  13,  1856.  His  earliest 
years  were  spent  in  his  native  county,  then  for  a  time  he  resided  in  Law- 
rence county,  Pennsylvania,  and  at  the  age  of  ten  years  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  the  recipient  of  an  excel- 
lent education  which  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Grove  City 
Seminary.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  commenced  teaching,  a  pro- 
fession with  which  he  was  identified  for  fifteen  terms.  In  1887  he  removed 
to  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  since  resided  in  that  town.     In 


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his  youth  he  had  also  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  a  calling  he  followed 
successfully  for  a  period  of  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  has  amassed  a 
moderate  fortune.  He  is  the  owner  of  two  houses  in  New  Brighton.  The 
public  affairs  of  the  township  have  always  had  his  serious  attention,  and 
he  has  given  his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party.  For  a  period  of 
ten  years  he  was  a  valued  member  of  the  board  of  school  directors  of  New 
Brighton,  is  a  member  of  the  Protective  Home  Circle,  the  American  Insur- 
ance Union  and  the  Carpenters'  Union.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Dalbey  married,  October  27,  1886,  Mary  Elizabeth  Black,  born  in 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  10,  i860.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
Adam  and  Delilah  (Stoner)  Black,  the  former  born  in  Lawrence  county  in 
1828,  died  on  the  old  homestead  in  1871,  the  latter  born  in  Lawrence  county 
in  1837,  and  living  there  at  the  present  time.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Black  had  chil- 
dren: John  Calvin,  Mary  Elizabeth,  who  married  Mr.  Dalbey;  Margaret  E., 
Almon  Benton,  Ada  Zillah,  Thaddeus  Wade,  James  Byron.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Dalbey  have  had  children:  Gladys  Eula,  born  July  21,  1889;  John  Leslie, 
bom  January  13,  1894,  graduated  from  the  New  Brighton  high  school,  mar- 
ried, September  13,  1913,  Catherine  Knapp  Jope,  of  New  Brighton;  Sarah 
Margaret,  born  September  17,  1899,  a  student  in  the  public  schools;  Theo- 
dore Everett,  born  December  9,  1904. 


The    Shaw    family   has    been    identified    with    the    agricultural 
SHAW     interests  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania   for  some  generations, 
the  original  bearers  of  the  name  in  this  country  having  come 
from  Scotland. 

(I)  William  Shaw,  a  native  of  Scotland,  came  to  this  country  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  nine  years  of  age.  The  family  settled  in  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania,  where  Mr.  Shaw  became  well  known  as  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  extensive  land  owner.  He  was  married,  probably 
in  Allegheny  county,  to  Mary  Wallace,  who  also  came  to  this  country  from 
Scotland  with  her  parents.  They  had  children:  Andrew,  see  forward; 
William,  a  fanner  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died; 
George,  also  a  farmer  until  his  death  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania; 
Lowry,  a  farmer,  died  in  Jasper  county,  Iowa;  Samuel,  a  farmer  of  Al- 
legheny county,  Pennsylvania,  until  his  death;  Eleanor,  married  James 
White,  and  died  at  Braddock,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Andrew  Shaw,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Wallace)  Shaw, 
was  bom  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  12,  1807,  died 
July  II,  1889.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Indiana  township,  where  he  owned 
more  than  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  taking  possession  of  this  in  May, 
1845.  He  and  his  wife  belonged  to  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
Politically  he  was  a  Republican.  Mr.  Shaw  married,  April  6,  1849,  Susan 
Neflf,  born  October  9,  1826,  died  January  11,  1908.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Peter  and  Jane  (Ream)  Neff,  who  were  of  Pennsylvania  Dutch  stock  and 


842  PENNSYLVANIA 

born  in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  removed  at  an  early  date 
to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  were  large  land  owners 
and  engaged  in  farming.  Both  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
They  had  children:  Maria,  married  Thomas  Moon;  Eliza,  married  Gary 
McCutcheon ;  Jane,  married  Samuel  Reed ;  Anna,  married  Abram  Carnegie ; 
Susan,  married  Andrew  Shaw,  as  stated  above;  Matilda,  married  John 
Kerr;  Sarah,  died  in  young  womanhood;  Abram,  died  when  he  had  at- 
tained young  manhood ;  John,  died  in  early  childhood.  Andrew  and  Susan 
(Neff)  Shaw  had  children:  William,  who  was  a  member  of  Company  K, 
Seventy-seventh  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  during  the 
Civil  War,  is  now  retired  and  lives  at  Bellingham,  Washington;  Samuel 
J.,  a  wholesale  candy  merchant,  resides  in  East  McKeesport,  Pennsylvania; 
Andrew  Neff,  see  forward;  Jane  Mary,  married  Robert  Kerr,  and  lives 
in  Allegheny  county,   Pennsylvania. 

(Ill)  Andrew  Neff  Shaw,  son  of  Andrew  and  Susan  (Neff)  Shaw, 
was  born  in  Indiana  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  October 
31,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  his  early  life  was  the 
usual  one  of  a  farmer's  son.  His  education,  however,  was  supplemented 
by  attendance  for  a  time  at  the  academy.  He  was  engaged  in  farming  on 
the  homestead  until  March  14,  1913,  when  he  removed  to  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  had  purchased  seventy-two  acres  of  land  in  Chip- 
pewa township,  and  resides  on  this  at  the  present  time.  He  devotes  con- 
siderable time  to  the  growing  of  fruit,  four  acres  of  his  land  being  utilized 
exclusively  for  this  purpose.  For  many  years  he  has  affiliated  with  the  Re- 
publican party,  greatly  to  the  benefit  of  that  organization,  and  has  capably 
filled  a  number  of  township  offices,  among  them  being  those  of  auditor  and 
treasurer.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Mr.  Shaw  married,  April  10,  1880,  Jane  Logan,  born  in  Butler  county, 
Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  (McCandless)  Logan, 
and  they  have  been  blessed  with  children  as  follows:  James  L.,  a  minister 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  Church;  Robert  P.,  lives  with  his  parents; 
Erastus  N.,  resides  in  New  Kensington,  Pennsylvania;  William  Raymond, 
at  present  a  student  at  Franklin  College ;  Gladys  Margaret,  at  home ;  John 
Logan,  died  in  infancy;  two  who  died  unnamed. 


The  Haley  family,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  undoubt- 

HALEY    edly  is  an  offshoot  of  the  family  of  H'Alee,  of  France,  who 

came  to  England  with  William  the  Conqueror,  and  from  that 

country  migrated  to  Ireland,  whence  members  finally  came  to  this  country, 

where  they  have  become  highly  esteemed  citizens. 

(I)  Patrick  Haley,  who  was  born  in  county  Tipperary,  Ireland,  in 
1818,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1849.  For  a  short  time  he  lived  in 
New  York,  then  came  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  made  his 
home  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.     He  commenced  his  upward  course 


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in  this  country  at  the  very  lowest  round  of  the  ladder,  becoming  a  common 
laborer.  Being  of  an  ambitious  and  enterprising  nature,  he  was  not  satis- 
fied with  this  humble  position,  and  soon  commenced  as  a  peddler  of  jewelry, 
traveling  over  a  large  extent  of  the  country.  He  then  worked  on  the  Penn- 
-sylvania  Railroad  for  a  time,  and  then  took  up  farming  in  Darlington 
township.  Beaver  county,  where  he  died  in  1884.  His  widow  followed 
him  in  1898,  and  as  none  of  their  brothers  or  sisters  ever  came  to  America, 
and  as  they  never  re-visited  their  native  land,  all  intercourse  with  their 
respective  families  was  broken  off.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  his 
religious  affiliations  were  with  the  Catholic  Church.  He  married  Margaret 
O'Keefe,  born  in  county  Carlow,  Ireland,  about  1828,  was  a  member  of 
the  Established  Church  in  her  native  country,  and  affiliated  with  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States.  They  had  children:  Thomas,  re- 
sides in  Indianapolis,  Indiana ;  William  Cochran,  see  forward ;  Edward  M., 
lives  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Margaret,  unmarried ;  Catherine, 
married  John  Kelloway,  lives  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  John  A.,  a 
farmer  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Evelyn,  married  John  Davidson, 
and  lives  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  William  Cochran  Haley,  son  of  Patrick  and  Margaret  (O'Keefe) 
Haley,  was  born  near  New  Galilee,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1853.  H^e  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  from  his  earliest 
jears  has  been  engaged  in  farming.  In  1885  he  bought  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  six  acres  in  Chippewa  township,  of  which  he  subsequently  sold 
twenty-two  acres.  He  lived  on  the  remaining  eighty-four  acres,  making 
continued  improvements,  until  his  death  in  June,  1904.  He  and  his  wife 
lived  a  quiet  and  retired  life,  and  were  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Darlington.  Mr.  Haley  married,  in  1878,  Elizabeth  Taylor, 
•daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Taylor,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  they  have  had  children :  Laura  Edna,  married  George  Louthan, 
lives  in  Chippewa  township,  and  has  had  three  children :  Carl,  Ruth  Eliza- 
iDeth  and  Charles  Myron ;  George,  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania, 
March  28,  1885,  successfully  manages  the  homestead  farm  for  his  mother, 
-married  Margaret  Balzer,  has  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Margaret,  born  June 
2,  1913;  Blanche  E.,  with  mother. 


The  date  of  the  arrival  of  the  Buchanan  family  of  Scot- 
BUCHANAN     land  in  America  is  unknown,  but  it  was  in  all  probability 

prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War.     There  is  likewise  no 
record  of  the  port  of  entry. 

(I)  In  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  and  the  early  part  of  the  nine- 
teenth centuries  John  Buchanan  was  a  farmer  of  Hancock  county.  West 
Virginia,  his  lifelong  home.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  small  farm,  which 
he  cultivated  until  his  death  in  1830.  His  brother,  Joseph,  was  a  minister 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  spent  his  life  in  the  discharge  of  pastoral 
duties,  his  life  being  a  model  of  self-effacement  and  a  living  sermon  on  the 


844  PENNSYLVANIA 

gospel  of  service.  John  Buchanan  married  Margaret  Chambers,  who  died 
in  1833,  surviving  her  husband  three  years,  daughter  of  James  and  Jane 
(Miller)  Chambers.  The  method  of  immigration  employed  by  James 
Chambers  was  somewhat  out  of  the  ordinary  and  therefore  possesses  more 
than  usual  interest.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  army  of  Cornwallis,  and 
fought  in  the  British  army  throughout  the  Revolution,  and  was  present  at 
the  final  surrender  at  Yorktown,  which  marked  the  death  of  British  domin- 
ion in  the  colonies  and  the  freedom  of  liberty  from  the  fetters  of  oppres- 
sion. While  he  had  done  the  duty  of  a  good  soldier  and  had  obeyed  every 
order  of  his  superiors  with  the  promptness  that  marks  true  discipline,  his 
heart  had  not  been  in  sympathy  with  the  side  for  which  he  was  lighting, 
and  he  resolved  to  stay  in  America,  to  cast  his  lot  with  his  former  foes, 
and  to  endeavor  to  blot  out  whatever  wrong  he  may  have  committed  by  an 
allegiance  false  to  his  convictions  by  earnest  co-operation  with  his  fellows 
in  the  erection  of  the  new  government  that  should  follow  English  rule. 
In  the  army  of  the  King  he  had  been  enrolled  as  James  Chalmers,  the 
form  of  his  name  in  his  native  land,  but  to  escape  detection  until  the 
troops  had  sailed  for  England  he  changed  the  spelling  to  the  form  now 
used  by  the  family,  Chambers.  His  desertion  was  discovered  but  he  suc- 
cessfully evaded  his  comrades  and  soon  after  came  to  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Here  he  purchased  two  hundred  and  forty 
acres  of  land,  cleared  it,  erected  suitable  buildings,  and  there  resided  until 
his  death.  The  ground  of  his  original  purchase  has  ever  since  been  owned 
by  one  of  his  descendants  and  is  still  known  as  the  "Chambers  farm."  He 
possessed  all  of  the  intensity  of  purpose  that  characterizes  those  of  Scotch 
blood  and  ever  lived  to  atone  for  the  injury  he  did  the  cause  of  Indepen- 
dence by  taking  up  arms  against  it  as  a  hireling.  So  great  were  his  efforts 
toward  the  public  good  and  so  unselfish  his  devotion  to  public  trusts  that 
even  the  most  bitter  of  his  neighbors  came  to  realize  and  appreciate  the 
depth  of  sincerity  of  his  repentance,  and  received  him  into  their  midst 
upon  equal  footing  with  the  most  loyal  of  patriots.  He  married  Jane 
Miller,  who  died  January  2,  1834,  his  own  death  occurring  about  ten  years 
later.  Both  were  buried  in  the  old  Mill  Creek  Burying  Ground,  and  a  few 
years  ago  his  remains  and  those  of  his  wife  and  son,  William,  were  moved 
to  the  Mill  Creek  Hill  Cemetery,  where  they  lie  in  eternal  sleep.  Children 
of  James  and  Jane  (Miller)  Chambers:  i.  Thomas,  died  in  the  west.  2. 
Samuel,  lived  and  died  on  the  old  homestead,  married,  and  had  issue.  3. 
James,  a  carpenter  and  contractor  of  Pittsburgh,  where  he  died.  4.  Nancy, 
married  William  Scott,  and  died  in  West  Virginia.  5.  John,  a  farmer  of 
Richland  county,  Ohio,  there  died.  6.  Margaret,  of  previous  mention,  mar- 
ried John  Buchanan.  7.  Jane,  died  unmarried,  buried  in  Mill  Creek  Hill 
Cemetery.  8.  William,  died  young.  They  were  also  the  parents  of  two 
other  sons,  both  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Children  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet (Chambers)  Buchanan:  i.  James  Ross,  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army 
during  the  Civil  War;  married,  had  a  large  family,  and  died  in  Nebraska. 


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2.  Thomas  Chambers,  one  of  a  party  who  started  for  the  gold  fields  of 
California  at  the  time  of  the  gold  discovery  of  1849,  died  while  journeying 
up  the  Platte  river;  he  married  Eliza  Mayhew,  and  had  two  children,  John 
M.,  a  resident  of  Beaver,  and  Georgianna,  married  Henderson  Wiley,  and 
lives  in  West  Virginia.  3.  John  F.,  a  carpenter,  lived  and  died  in  Hannibal, 
Missouri;  he  married  (first)  Jennie  Greenfield,  (second)  Mary  EUigood; 
by  his  first  marriage  he  was  the  parent  of  two  daughters,  Margaret  Cham- 
bers and  Jennie  Greenfield;  by  his  second,  one  daughter,  Mary;  John  F. 
Buchanan  was  so  unfortunately  afflicted  that  he  was  deprived  of  the  use 
of  two  of  his  senses,  hearing  and  speaking.  4.  Joseph  Kerr,  of  whom 
further. 

(II)  Joseph  Kerr  Buchanan,  youngest  child  of  John  and  Margaret 
(Chambers)  Buchanan,  was  born  in  Hancock  county.  West  Virginia,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1830,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  30,  1894.  His 
father  died  in  the  year  of  his  birth  and  the  lad  was  left  an  orphan  at  the 
age  of  three  years.  He  was  then,  as  was  the  custom  of  the  times,  bound 
out  to  Aaron  Moore  and  his  wife,  Polly,  of  Hanover  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  they  pledging  themselves,  in  return  for  his  services, 
to  see  that  he  "be  taught  to  read  and  write  and  cipher  to  the  single  rule 
of  three."  Deprived  of  the  tender  care  of  a  mother  and  the  sterner  guidance 
of  a  father's  hand,  life  would  have  looked  dark  for  the  youth  had  be 
fallen  into  less  considerate  and  less  Christian  hands  than  those  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Moore,  who  received  the  boy  as  their  son,  educated  him  as  well 
as  the  limited  facilities  of  the  time  would  permit,  and  in  all  things  made 
his  life  happy  and  care-free,  never  letting  him  want  for  the  parental  love 
that  so  often  makes  a  man's  career.  He,  in  turn,  rewarded  them  with  a 
son's  fidelity,  and  as,  in  the  evening  of  life,  the  steps  of  his  foster  parents 
became  slower  and  more  uncertain,  he  repaid  to  the  full  their  watchful 
care  over  him  by  a  devotion  as  simple  and  whole-hearted  as  that  of  Ruth 
to  Naomi,  and  smoothed  for  them  the  way  to  the  grave,  keeping  them  free 
from  any  of  the  material  ills  so  often  accompanying  decrepitude.  The  last 
kindness  of  Aaron  Moore  was  the  bequest  of  his  farm  and  mill,  to  which 
Mr.  Buchanan  added  adjoining  land,  continuing  to  acquire  surrounding 
property  until  he  was  the  owner  of  seven  hundred  and  seventeen  acres  in 
one  body,  land  still  owned  by  his  sons.  The  dwelling  on  the  original  prop- 
erty was  erected  by  Aaron  Moore  in  1840  and  is  still  in  excellent  condition, 
James  B.  Buchanan  using  it  at  the  present  time  as  a  residence.  Mr.  Bu- 
chanan was  the  chief  promoter  of  the  Mill  Creek  Hill  Cemetery,  a  charit- 
able enterprise,  and  labored  so  diligently  in  behalf  of  that  project  that  it 
was  finally  successfully  incorporated  and  is  now  one  of  the  institutions  of 
whose  history  the  region  may  well  be  proud.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
political  persuasion,  never  gracing  public  office,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which,  from  an  early  age,  he  was  a  trustee.  A 
devout  Christian,  he  was  nevertheless  extremely  practical  in  his  church  serv- 
ices, and  while  seldom  heard  at  a  gathering  of  the  church,  his  wise  execu- 


846  PENNSYLVANIA 

tive  ability  and  his  careful  thrift  were  important  factors  in  determining  its 
material  welfare,  as  were  his  generous  contributions.  For  many  years  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  of  the  church,  and  in  this  capacity 
took  the  greatest  interest,  preferring  Sunday  school  work  to  any  other  de- 
partment of  church  service.  With  a  personality  that  attracted  those  of 
youthful  age,  he  was  fond  of  all  children,  especially  boys.  To  many  lads 
he  pointed  out  the  safe  course  to  pursue  through  life,  and  ever  mindful 
of  his  own  boyhood,  assisted  others  in  much  the  same  manner  as  he  had 
been  helped,  his  sympathetic  advances  always  meeting  with  a  friendly  re- 
ception, the  object  of  his  attention  never  failing  to  recognize  in  him  a 
kindred  spirit  and  one  with  whom  he  had  much  in  common.  In  1869  he 
was  chairman  of  the  building  committee,  the  result  of  their  efforts  taking 
the  form  of  a  substantial  brick  house  of  worship. 

Mr.  Buchanan  married,  February  16,  1855,  Martha  Bigger  (see  Bigger 
III).  She  was  born  April  19,  1830,  died  January  16,  1909,  in  Hanover 
township,  the  place  of  her  birth.  Children  of  Joseph  Kerr  and  Martha 
(Bigger)  Buchanan:  i.  Rev.  Aaron  Moore  D.D.,  a  graduate  of  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College,  class  of  1879,  has  for  twenty-eight  years  been  a 
minister  of  the  gospel  at  Morgantown,  West  Virginia,  and  four  years 
previously  at  Hebron,  Pennsylvania;  he  conceived  and  directs  the  religious 
work  that  is  at  present  such  a  tremendous  force  in  university  and  college 
life  all  over  the  country ;  beginning  in  a  modest  way,  it  has  steadily  increased 
in  magnitude  until  it  is  now  a  national  movement  for  the  advancement  of 
the  Kingdom ;  he  married  Sarah  Wiley,  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  and 
is  the  father  of  three  children ;  Joseph  Kerr  and  Margaret,  both  living,  and 
Mary  Bigger,  who  died  aged  eight  years ;  his  twenty-eight  years  of  pastoral 
service  have  been  spent  at  Morgantown,  West  Virginia,  his  present  charge. 
2.  James  Bigger,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  James  Bigger  Buchanan,  second  son  of  Joseph  Kerr  and  Martha 
(Bigger)  Buchanan,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  2,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  his  youth 
and  was  also  a  student  at  the  Clinton  Academy,  receiving  his  entire  educa- 
tion in  these  institutions.  He  immediately  began  the  management  of  the 
home  farm  and  has  ever  since  so  continued,  conducting  operations  upon  the 
whole  seven  hundred  and  seventeen  acres.  His  principal  charge,  to  which 
he  gives  most  of  his  personal  attention,  is  the  raising  of  blooded  Jersey 
cattle,  his  herd  ordinarily  numbering  about  thirty-five  head.  Breeding  is 
the  department  of  this  enterprise  in  which  he  specializes,  and  many  of  his 
products  have  commanded  high  prices  in  the  open  market.  A  few  of  these 
are:  "Crantara's  Gertie,"  who  recently  brought  $400  at  an  auction  sale 
at  Fairmount,  West  Virginia ;  "Mayari  B.,"  who  sold  for  $375 ;  and 
"Maiden's  Pretty  Golden  Lass,"  who  commanded  $325.  Besides  the  finan- 
cial gratification  derived  from  this  occupation,  Mr.  Buchanan  takes  genuine 
pleasure  in  watching  the  development  of  his  stock  from  the  awkward, 
clumsy  calf  to  the  full-grown,  perfectly  formed,  proud,  cow  or  bull.    Since 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  847 

his  father's  death  Mr.  Buchanan  has  filled  his  place  upon  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Mill  Creek  Hill  Cemetery.  He  is  a  strict  Prohibitionist 
in  politics,  practicing  the  policy  of  his  party  in  a  temperate  life,  and  for 
three  years  has  been  township  auditor.  His  religious  faith  is  Presbyterian 
and  for  seventeen  years  he  has  been  an  elder  of  that  church,  having  been 
first  elected  to  that  office  in  1896.  For  three  years  he  was  superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  school,  making  the  second  of  his  family  to  fill  that  responsible 
position.  Mr.  Buchanan  is  one  of  the  most  highly  regarded  citizens  of 
that  locality,  worthily  respected  for  his  many  excellent  qualities,  and  well 
upholds  the  honorable  reputation  achieved  by  his  father. 

He  married,  August  29,  1888,  Hettie,  a  native  of  Greene  township, 
daughter  of  William  Van  and  Nancy  (Shannon)  Swearingen.  Children 
of  James  Bigger  and  Hettie  Buchanan:  i.  Aaron  Moore,  educated  in 
Grove  City  College  and  Pennsylvania  State  College,  from  which  latter  in- 
stitution he  was  graduated  in  the  agricultural  department,  class  of  191 1; 
he  was  in  charge  of  the  orchards  of  the  Wigton  farms,  of  Erie  county, 
Pennsylvania;  now  connected  with  the  conduct  of  the  Holcomb  farm  at 
Conneaut  Lake  in  the  producing  of  vegetables.  2.  Martha,  born  June  3, 
1895;  a  graduate  in  the  Beaver  high  school,  class  of  1914.  3.  James  Bigger 
Jr.,  born  October  15,  1896;  lives  at  home.  4.  William  Van  Swearingen, 
born  March  28,  1903.  5.  Joseph  Kerr,  born  August  16,  1904.  6.  Hettie, 
born  April  6,  1906,  died  in  infancy.  7.  An  infant  son,  deceased. 
(The  Bigger  Line.) 

(I)  The  Bigger  family,  originally  of  Scotland,  was  planted  in  Ireland 
by  Matthew  Bigger,  who  settled  in  county  Antrim.  Bellimony .  was  the 
town  nearest  his  farm,  and  in  that  place  the  family  attended  worship.    He 

married  Martha ,  and  was  the  father  of  John,  James,  Samuel,  Thomas, 

Jane,  Elizabeth.  ' 

(H)  Thomas  Bigger,  son  of  Matthew  Bigger,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and 
died  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1829,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  He  was  educated 
in  his  native  country,  and  there  learned  the  weaver's  trade,  and  when  thirty- 
five  years  of  age  came  to  the  American  colonies.  He  was  accompanied 
by  his  wife,  his  mother,  Martha  Bigger,  his  sister,  Jane,  at  that  time  un- 
married, his  other  sister,  Elizabeth,  and  her  husband,  John  Anderson. 
After  a  voyage  whose  length  was  broken  by  no  incident  worthy  of  mention 
the  little  group  landed  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  October  16,  1773,  having 
been  for  three  months  on  the  ocean.  They  stored  their  goods  in  Baltimore 
as  they  began  a  search  for  a  home,  and  circumstances  made  it  impossible 
for  them  to  return  to  that  city  until  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War, 
when  they  found  that  their  belongings  had  been  appropriated.  The  family 
spent  their  first  winter  at  the  Forks  of  the  Yough,  later  proceeding  to 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  family  home  has  since  been.  Here 
they  contended  with  the  dangers,  privations  and  sufferings  of  pioneer 
life,  hewing  a  home  from  the  wilderness  that  surrounded  them,  and  re- 
claiming a  small  plot  of  arable  land  from  the  virgin  forest.     With  inade- 


848  PENNSYLVANIA 

quate  implements,  farming  was  difficult,  and  to  add  to  the  discomfort  of 
life  under  such  primitive  conditions  was  the  ever-present  fear  of  an  Indian 
attack,  the  savages  of  that  locality  being  unfriendly  to  the  last  degree. 
Even  before  he  had  a  comfortable  house  erected  Thomas  Bigger  was 
forced  to  bring  his  mother  into  the  region,  she  protesting  against  remain- 
ing in  the  east  with  another  son,  claiming  that  she  had  left  Ireland  to  make 
her  home  with  her  son  Thomas,  and  was  unhappy  without  him.  Unable 
to  resist  the  appeals  of  maternal  love,  he  journeyed  eastward  and  brought  her 
to  his  home  on  horseback,  she  being  so  old  and  feeble  that  she  almost  suc- 
cumbed during  the  westward  trip.  So  uncertain  was  her  seat  upon  the 
horse  that  when  fording  a  stream  he  would  place  her  upon  his  back,  lest 
she  fall  into  the  water  through  her  horse's  misstep  or  her  own  terror.  They 
at  length  reached  the  little  log  cabin  in  the  woods  and  here  she  made  her 
home  until  her  death  in  1780.  She  was  seventy-eight  years  of  age  when 
this  occurred,  and  was  buried  in  the  Raccoon  Graveyard.  Thomas  Bigger 
lived  in  this  place  until  his  death,  a  hardy  pioneer,  bravely  facing  death  both 
from  savages  and  beasts,  and  laying  the  foundation  of  the  community  that 
grew  up  there  long  after  he  had  passed  to  his  final  rest.  Although  in  history 
men  of  his  type  will  go  down  with  little  mention,  the  part  they  played  in 
the  life  of  our  country  is  just  as  glorious  as  that  of  those  who  raised  upon 
their  deeds  the  wonderful  institutions  of  which  we  are  so  proud. 

Thomas  Bigger  married,  in  1773,  Elizabeth  Moore,  a  member  of  a 
family  standing  higher  in  the  social  scale  of  the  town  of  their  residence 
than  he,  their  marriage  receiving  the  censure  of  her  family.  In  their  home 
across  the  sea,  however,  family  caste  was  found  to  be  of  little  consideration, 
and  she  was  perfectly  satisfied  with  her  lot,  and  contented  in  his  happiness, 
made  their  marriage  life  one  of  rare  beauty,  even  under  the  discouraging 
conditions  found  in  the  Pennsylvania  wilds.  She  died  in  1836,  and  was 
carried  by  her  children  to  her  final  resting  place  in  Robinson  Graveyard. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Moore)  Bigger:  i.  Matthew,  died 
unmarried  about  1849,  aged  seventy-six  years.  2.  John,  died  in  1808,  aged 
thirty  years,  and  is  buried  in  Raccoon  Cemetery.  3.  Thomas,  died  in  1870, 
aged  eighty-seven  years,  and  is  buried  beside  his  mother  in  Robinson  Grave- 
yard. 4.  James,  of  whom  further.  5.  Samuel,  died  in  1873,  aged  eighty- 
four  years;  married  and  had  nine  children,  among  whom  is  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Bigger,  who  resides  at  Greenwich,  New  York.  6.  Andrew,  died 
in  1869,  aged  about  seventy-six  years,  is  buried  in  Robinson  Graveyard; 
married,  and  had  six  children.  7.  Jane.  8.  Anne.  9.  Martha,  married 
Nathaniel  McBride.     10.  Betsy. 

(Ill)  James  Bigger,  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Moore)  Bigger, 
was  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  until  his 
death  in  1861,  aged  seventy-five  years.  He  married,  in  1816,  and  was  the 
father  of  the  following:  i.  Samuel,  a  farmer  of  Hanover  township,  where 
he  lived  and  died;  married  Jane  Fulton.  2.  Thomas,  deceased;  was  a 
farmer  of  the  same  place;  married  Mary  Nicholson,  also  deceased.     3. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  849 

John  R.,  married  Anna  Childs ;  died  in  Colorado.  4.  Robert  M.,  was  a 
soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  buried  at  Fort  Delaware.  5.  James  Moore,  mar- 
ried Margaret  Morrow;  lives  on  part  of  the  homestead  in  Hanover  town- 
ship. 6.  Mary,  married  Rev.  James  Paden  Moore,  a  teacher  and  instructor, 
at  one  time  prominent  in  theological  and  educational  circles,  both  deceased. 
7.  Jane,  deceased;  married  (first)  William  Hall,  who  died  in  Pittsburgh 
in  1856,  (second)  Matthew  Nickle.  8.  Eliza  Ann,  married  David  Nickle; 
lives  on  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead,  aged  eighty-five  years.  9.  Martha, 
of  previous  mention,  married  Joseph  Kerr  Buchanan  (see  Buchanan  H). 
10.  Ellen,  married  David  Nicholson,  deceased ;  lives  in  Wellsville,  Ohio. 


The  Seiple  family  has  been  resident  in  Pennsylvania  for  many 
SEIPLE     generations,  and  has  furnished  many  highly  valued  citizens. 

(I)    Conrad   Seiple,  a  resident  of   Northampton  county, 
Pennsylvania,  removed  to  Mercer  county,  in  the  same  state,  with  his  wife 

and  family.    He  married  Elizabeth . 

(H)  Joseph  H.  Seiple,  son  of  Conrad  and  Elizabeth  Seiple,  was  born 
in  Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  17,  1819,  died  June  3,  1889. 
He  was  a  young  boy  when  he  was  taken  to  Mercer  county  by  his  parents, 
and  he  assisted  his  father,  who  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer,  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age.  He  then  became  a  clerk  for  W.  Acher,  of  Green- 
ville, Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  then  established  himself  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Hamburg,  in  the  same  county,  in  association  with 
David  Beil,  this  partnership  continuing  for  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
In  1867  he  went  to  Greenville,  conducted  a  general  store  there  until  1876, 
then  sold  this  and  purchased  a  farm  in  West  Salem  township,  on  which  he 
lived  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Reformed  Church,  and  held  offices  as  an  elder  and  deacon.  He  married, 
May  I,  1852,  Sarah  Beil,  born  July  29,  1834,  died  May  23,  1877.  They 
had  children:  Elizabeth,  who  married  C.  L.  Bortz,  of  Kent,  Ohio;  David 
A.,  married  Sarah  J.  Bishop;  Clara  A.,  Milton  S. ;  Ernst  H.,  of  further 
mention ;  Mary ;  Nevan  ;  Dela. 

(HI)  Ernst  H.  Seiple,  son  of  Joseph  H.  and  Sarah  (Beil)  Seiple,  was 
born  in  New  Hamburg,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1864.  He  re- 
ceived an  excellent  education  in  the  public  schools  and  Tiehl  College,  then 
accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  Greenville  National  Bank,  and  held  this  1882-84. 
The  next  four  years  were  spent  as  a  clerk  in  the  National  Bank  of  Beaver 
County,  after  which  he  was  teller  in  the  First  National  Bank  at  Rochester, 
Pennsylvania,  two  years,  and  then  was  assistant  to  the  auditor,  the  treas- 
urer and  the  purchasing  agent  in  the  general  offices  of  the  Pittsburgh  & 
Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company  at  Pittsburgh.  When  the  Union  National 
Bank  of  New  Brighton  was  organized,  April  20,  1891,  Mr.  Seiple  was 
elected  assistant  cashier,  and  he  is  now  (1914)  president  of  this  institution. 
He  is  treasurer  of  the  Standard  Horse  Nail  Company.  He  is  a  member 
of  Union  Lodge,  No.  259,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  and  of  Harmony 


8so  PENNSYLVANIA 

Chapter,  No.  256,  Royal  Arch  Masons.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Seiple  married,  July  9,  1894,  Charlotta 
Weber,  of  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  and 
one  son,  Robert  Hartman. 


John  Pugh,  a  native  of  Wales,  was  one  of  the  early  Quakers 
PUGH     who  settled  in  Philadelphia. 

(II)  Jonathan  Pugh,  son  of  John  Pugh,  was  bom  in 
Limerick  township,  Philadelphia  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  March  8, 
1798.  He  married,  September  17,  1759,  Naomi  Evans,  and  settled  in 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  Elihu,  Evan,  Jesse,  John,  of 
further  mention;  Ruth,  Sarah,  Jessie,  Mary. 

(III)  John  Pugh,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Naomi  (Evans)  Pugh,  was  born 
near  Pughtown,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  26,  1779,  and  his 
brother  Evan  was  born  there,  November  13,  1765.  In  May,  1804,  John 
and  Evan  Pugh  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  as  both  had 
learned  the  miller's  trade,  they  erected  mills  at  Fallston.  Later  a  carding 
and  cloth-dressing  factory  was  added,  and  still  later  they  commenced  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  goods.  Evan  Pugh  withdrew  from  the  business 
after  a  number  of  years,  and  John  Pugh  conducted  it  alone  until  1858, 
when  he  rented  the  mills.  He  also  conducted  a  grocery  store  at  Fallston, 
and  operated  a  linseed  oil  mill.  His  mills  were  all  destroyed  by  a  fire  which 
caused  him  to  sustain  heavy  losses.  He  married  Sarah  Townsend,  born 
January  13,  1777,  died  July  16,  1826.  Children:  Jonathan,  died  young; 
Caroline ;  Mary  Ann ;  Joseph  T.,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  Joseph  T.  Pugh,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Townsend)  Pugh,  was 
born  at  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  6,  1809.  He  made 
his  home  for  many  years  in  New  Brighton  in  the  same  county.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  then  learned  the  machinist's  trade  in 
Fallston,  but  did  not  follow  this  any  great  length  of  time,  as  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  barrels  and  window  sashes,  an  industry  with  which 
he  was  identified  until  his  retirement  from  active  business  life.  He  married 
Nancy  McCreary,  who  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years.  Children:  John, 
of  further  mention;  Sarah  Ann,  Evan,  Mary,  Caroline  Cecilia,  Irene  Ida, 
Henry. 

(V)  Dr.  John  (2)  Pugh,  son  of  Joseph  T.  and  Nancy  (McCreary) 
Pugh,  was  born  at  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  16, 
1834.  He  received  a  sound  education  in  the  common  schools  of  that  period 
and  for  a  time  worked  in  the  flour  mills  of  his  grandfather.  He  next 
found  employment  in  the  locomotive  works  of  Denmead  &  Sons,  of  Balti- 
more, Maryland,  and  upon  his  return  to  New  Brighton  accepted  a  position 
with  Townsend,  Smith  &  Company,  learning  the  machinist's  trade.  When 
the  above  mentioned  firm  removed  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  Mr.  Pugh  worked 
for  them  in  that  city,  then  returned  to  New  Brighton,  where  he  found  em- 
ployment with  McConnell  &  Darragh,  which  connection  was  undisturbed 


BEAVER    COUNTY  851 

up  to  the  time  of  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Pugh  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
navy  and  served  two  years  on  the  second  class  gunboat  "Quaker  City," 
and  was  discharged,  October  25,  1863.  After  his  discharge  he  was  em- 
ployed as  a  machinist  on  the  "Monitor,"  "Manayunk"  and  "Umpqua," 
which  were  then  under  construction  at  Pittsburgh.  He  then  commenced 
the  study  of  dentistry  and  was  later  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  Dental 
College,  at  Philadelphia.  He  was  engaged  in  dental  practice  for  many 
years  in  Philadelphia,  and  retired  in  1906.  He  now  lives  at  New  Brighton, 
Pennsylvania.  In  religious  belief  he  is  a  Quaker,  and  in  politics  is  a 
Republican.  Mr.  Pugh  married  Dorothy  Amelia  Blanchard.  They  have  no 
children. 


The  Bradshaw  family  was  among  the  very  early  settlers 
BRADSHAW     in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  and  their  descendants  are 

most  numerous  in  that  state,  although  they  are  to  be 
found  all  over  the  Union,  where  they  have  ever  borne  their  part  bravely  in 
whatever  walk  of  life  they  have  been  called  to. 

(I)  Robert  Bradshaw  was  born  in  Industry,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  a  farmer  in  later  life.  He  was  a  m.ember  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  was  an  active  worker  in  the  interests  of  that  denom- 
ination. He  married  Tamar  Agnes  Phillis,  born  at  Industry,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1802,  and  they  had  children:  Phillis,  deceased; 
Thomas  B. ;  Joseph  Frazier,  of  further  mention ;  Martha,  married  Nathan 
McClinton,  deceased ;  Maggie,  now  deceased,  married  Samuel  Hamilton. 

(II)  Joseph  Frazier  Bradshaw,  son  of  Robert  and  Tamar  Agnes 
(Phillis)  Bradshaw,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  March, 
1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  his  boyhood  days  were 
spent  on  the  homestead  farm.  At  a  suitable  age  he  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  with  a  Mr. 
Calhoun.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Pennsylvania  Reserves,  served 
three  years,  and  was  active  at  Fredericksburg,  Antietam  and  Gettysburg. 
He  was  a  merchant  and  continued  in  the  mercantile  business  after  the  war 
for  some  time.  In  1896  he  became  a  traveling  salesman  for  the  National 
China  Company  of  Salineville,  Ohio,  with  which  firm  he  is  still  connected. 
He  now  lives  at  Crafton,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  married  Nannie  Andrews,  born  in  December,  1842,  who 
had  sisters  and  brothers:  Rebecca,  James,  Thomas,  Nancy,  John,  all  now 
deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradshaw  had  children:  i.  Robert.  2.  Mary, 
deceased.  3.  Harry  Benton,  of  further  mention.  4.  Samuel  Hamilton,  born 
in  1876;  was  educated  in  the  Darlington  Academy,  Bridgewater  Academy 
and  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1902 ;  he  then  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the  Pittsburgh  Law 
Schools,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar;  he  is  now  actively  practicing  his 


852  PENNSYLVANIA 

profession  at  No.  217  Bakewell  Building,  Pittsburgh.  5.  Tamar  Agnes, 
born  May  10,  1880;  married  Robert  Lane,  of  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  he  was  graduated  from  the  Washington  and  Jefferson  College  in 
the  class  of  1902,  is  engaged  in  stock  farming,  and  is  the  proprietor  of  a 
hotel  at  Richfield,  Kansas.    6.  Frederick,  died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Harry  Benton  Bradshaw,  son  of  Joseph  Frazier  and  Nannie 
(Andrews)  Bradshaw,  was  born  in  the  seventeenth  ward,  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania, July  6,  1870.  After  having  passed  through  the  various  grades 
of  the  public  schools  and  Darlington  Academy,  he  became  a  student  at 
Mount  Union  College,  and  after  his  graduation  from  this  institution  was 
engaged  in  teaching  for  a  period  of  two  years.  His  brothers  and  sister 
had  each  also  taught  for  two  years.  Mr.  Bradshaw  then  became  a  com- 
mercial traveler  for  a  pottery  factory  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  and  this 
connection  has  been  uninterrupted  down  to  the  present  time.  He  is  also 
interested  in  the  oil  business  at  Brady's  Run,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  residence  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  and  also 
of  considerable  land  in  Alabama.  He  gives  his  political  support  to  the 
Republican  party,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  fraternal  membership  is  with  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  the  Grotto.  Mr.  Bradshaw  married,  in 
1894,  Agnes,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Jane  Mellor,  the  former  deceased, 
and  they  have  had  children:  Mary  Mellor,  a  member  of  the  class  of  1914 
of  the  Rochester  high  school ;  Merton  Brown,  Jane  Andrews,  Helen  Bell. 


Thomas  Bradshaw  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  South 
BRADSHAW     Beaver    township,    Beaver    county,    Pennsylvania,    and 

there  followed  the  occupation  of  farming.  He  married 
Margaret  Barclay,  and  had  children,  all  now  deceased:  John;  Robert; 
Milton;  George  C,  of  further  mention;  Nancy;  James;  Milo. 

(II)  George  C.  Bradshaw,  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Barclay) 
Bradshaw,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1830,  and  died  in  April,  1864.  He  was  a  farmer  and  later  a 
merchant,  and  served  as  treasurer  of  Beaver  county,  1862-63.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  Free  Presbyterian  in  religion.  He  married 
Margaret  Andrews,  bom  in  1838,  died  in  1863,  and  they  had  children: 
Charles  Wilford,  of  further  mention;  Margaret;  Mary,  married  Carleton 
Woodruff,  and  is  now  living  in  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  Jessie  F. 

(III)  Charles  Wilford  Bradshaw,  son  of  George  C.  and  Margaret 
(Andrews)  Bradshaw,  was  born  at  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  14,  1857.  He  received  a  substantial  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  section,  and  was  then  apprenticed  to  learn  the  cooper's  trade, 
an  occupation  with  which  he  was  identified  for  about  fifteen  years.  In 
1893  he  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  Beaver  County  Building  and  Loan 
Association,  remaining  an  incumbent  of  this  office  until  1909,  when  he  was 
elected   prothonotary   of   Beaver   county,   and   was   again   elected   to  this 


BEAVER   COUNTY  853 

office  in  1913.  He  has  been  a  strenuous  and  consistent  worker  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  RepubHcan  party,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  County 
Committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Beaver 
County  Building  and  Loan  Association.  His  fraternal  affiliation  is  as 
follows:  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  New  Brighton;  Lodge  No.  348,  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Beaver  Falls;  Order  of  United 
American  Mechanics.  Mr.  Bradshaw  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  married,  July  17,  1879,  Nannie  M.  Hays,  daughter  of  Calvin 
Hays,  of  Fallston,  and  has  had  children :  George  C,  married  Caroline  Flo- 
ing,  and  has  George  F. ;  Thompson  H. ;  Margaret  H. 


While  but  a  few  generations  of  this  particular  branch  of  the 
TAYLOR     Taylor  family  have  been  resident  in  the  United  States,  the 
various  members  have  amply  demonstrated  their  worth  as 
citizens  of  value  in  all  the  walks  of  life  in  which  they  have  been  employed. 
(I) 'Joseph  Taylor  was  born  in  England,  and  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  about  1837.     His  son  Jonathan  had  preceded  him  to  this  country, 
and  settled  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  Joseph  Taylor  joined 
him.     There  he  purchased  a  farm  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
He  became  a  naturalized  citizen  as  soon  as  the  legally  prescribed  time 
permitted  him  to  take  this  action,  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  Whig  prin- 
ciples until  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party,  and  then  joined  the 
ranks  of  that  organization.     He  and  his  wife  were  consistent  members  of 

the  Episcopal  Church.     Mr.  Taylor  married  in  England,  Jane  ,  who 

came  to  America  with  him,  and  they  had  children :  Jonathan,  see  forward ; 
Andrew,  died  in  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania ;  James,  died  in  Fallston, 
Pennsylvania ;  Joseph,  died  in  England ;  Elizabeth,  married  John  Brown, 
and  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Sarah,  died  unmarried  in  Beaver 

county,  Pennsylvania ;  Jane,  married  Lee,  and  died  in  England ;  one 

child,  name  not  on  record. 

--^fl)  Jonathan  Taylor;  son  of  Joseph  and  Jane  Taylor,  was  born  in 
England,  in  October,  1812.  He  was  employed  as  a  coal  miner,  and  in  1835 
emigrated  to  America  and  went  directly  to  the  western  portion  of  the  state 
of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  miner  at  Pittsburgh  for  a 
period  of  two  years.  He  then  settled  on  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  which  had  been  purchased  by  his  father  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  after  the  death  of  his  father  Jonathan  Taylor 
purchased  all  the  rights  of  the  other  heirs  to  the  property.  He  erected  a 
new  barn  and  remodeled  and  improved  the  dwelling  house  of  brick  which 
was  on  the  place,  putting  it  in  such  excellent  condition  that  it  is  still  in 
use.  All  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  on  this  farm.  He  was  an 
ardent  Republican  and  served  in  the  office  of  supervisor.  He  and  his 
wife  were  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Taylor  married  Eliza- 
beth Laster,  who  died  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  while  on  a  visit 
to  her   daughter,   Mrs.   Elizabeth   Haley.   They   had   children:      Susanna, 


854  PENNSYLVANIA 

married  Britain  Rhodes,  and  lives  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania;  Mary,  now  deceased,  married  Andrew  Hooker;  John,  died 
at  the  age  of  two  years;  Joseph,  died  unmarried  at  the  home  of  his  sister, 
in  July,  1912;  James  Harrison,  see  forward;  Jane,  widow  of  Calvin  Smith, 
lives  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  William  C.  Haley,  lives  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania ;  Jonathan,  lives  on  the  homestead. 

(IH)  James  Harrison  Taylor,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Taylor, 
was  born  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  8, 
1849.  His  early  training  was  the  one  usually  accorded  a  farmer's  son  of 
that  period.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  then  took  up  farming,  with 
which  he  has  always  been  identified.  For  some  time  he  rented  a  farm 
of  four  acres,  and  in  1876  bought  a  farm  of  eighty  acres,  to  which  he 
added  twenty  acres  about  ten  years  later.  About  1896  he  purchased  an 
additional  eighty-six  acres,  now  having  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
six  acres  in  Chippewa  township,  all  of  which  is  devoted  to  general  farming. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community  as  a 
member  of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  held  office  as  school  director  and 
supervisor.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Mr.  Taylor  married  (first)  in  1871,  Mary  Elizabeth  Bradghaw,  who 
died  in  1880,  a  daughter  of  John  Bradshaw;  (second)  in  1883,  Lucinda, 
daughter  of  John  Wilson.  Children  of  first  marriage :  Frank  E.,  married 
Bertha  Bable  and  has  a  son,  Earl;  John  B.,  lives  on  one  of  the  farms  of 
his  father,  married  Sabina  Eckels,  and  has  a  daughter,  Viola';. Alexander, 
died  in  infancy.  Children  of  second  marriage:  Elsie  May;  Harry  A., 
graduated  from  the  Beaver  high  school  and  from  Slippery  Rock  Normal 
School,  and  is  now  engaged  in  teaching. 


The  Barclay  family  of  Ireland  is  represented  in  Pennsyl- 
BARCLAY     vania  by  several  branches,  and  in  Beaver  county  by  at  least 

two  distinct  lines.  William,  of  the  line  herein  chronicled, 
was  born  March  12,  1795,  and  died  August  3,  1885,  aged  over  ninety  years. 
He  was  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  settlers  of  Beaver  county,  living  on  his 
farm  about  three  miles  south  of  Darlington.  To  say  that  he  lived  on  his 
farm  in  that  locality  at  that  date  has  a  very  different  meaning  than  would 
be  attached  to  the  same  statement  at  the  present  day,  for  while  now  it 
would  convey  the  impression  that  he  had  purchased  it  from  a  former  owner 
and  had  continued  work  thereon,  in  that  time  it  meant  that  he  had  purchased 
it  covered  with  the  virgin  forest  and  had  slowly  cleared  it,  first  obtaining 
enough  space  to  erect  a  cabin,  then  sufficient  for  a  garden,  and  slowly,  rod 
by  rod,  an  open  space  large  enough  to  be  termed  a  farm.  Some  of  the 
buildings  that  he  erected  as  his  fortunes  accumulated,  are  standing  at  the 
present  time,  but  are  in  such  a  dilapidated  condition  that  the  storms  of  a 
few  more  seasons  will  obliterate  the  last  remaining  traces  of  the  pioneer 


BEAVER   COUNTY  855 

of  an  earlier  day  and  of  another  life.  It  is  just  cause  for  gratitude  that 
the  manners,  customs,  and  institutions  he  and  his  fellows  established  are 
more  enduring  than  the  shelters  that  protected  them  from  the  elements. 
Late  in  life  he  disposed  of  his  two  hundred  acre  farm  and  retired  to  the 
town  of  Beaver,  there  spending  his  latter  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Mount  Pleasant  Presbyterian  Church,  his  figure  being  a  familiar  one  at 
all  the  gatherings  of  the  church,  which  he  attended  with  strict  regularity 
and  punctuality.  He  married,  January  28,  1819,  Margaret  McCullough, 
who  died  January  5,  1825;  he  married  (second)  October  16,  1825,  Isabella, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Scott.  Children  of  the  first  marriage  of  William  Bar- 
clay: I.  Josephus,  born  January  5,  1821,  enlisted  in  an  Illinois  regiment 
in  the  Civil  War,  and  met  his  death  in  the  service,  July  4,  1862.  2.  Rebecca 
Jane,  born  November  4,  1822,  died  April  3,  1889;  married  Samuel  Harbi- 
son; her  death  occurred  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  3.  George  W.,  of  whom 
further.  Children  of  the  second  marriage  of  William  Barclay:  4.  Maria, 
born  May  11,  1828,  died  in  Iowa,  March  8,  1901 ;  married  Almaytrom 
Newkirk.  5.  Hugh,  born  July  5,  1830,  died  in  infancy,  March  15,  1831. 
6.  William  F.,  born  March  13,  1833,  died  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  February  7,  1913;  he  had  been  an  employee  on  railroads 
until  his  retirement  from  active  affairs.  7.  Martha  Ann,  born  July  14, 
1836;  married  James  Mitchell,  deceased,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 8.  John  Scott,  born  May  30,  1839,  died  March  19,  1843.  William 
Barclay  survived  his  second  wife  eight  years,  her  death  taking  place  De- 
cember 27,  1877. 

(II)  George  W.  Barclay,  third  child  and  second  son  of  William  and 
Margaret  (McCullough)  Barclay,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  30,  1824,  and  died  at  Darlington,  in 
the  same  county.  He  spent  his  early  life  in  Beaver  county,  as  a  boy  at- 
tending the  public  schools,  and  upon  arriving  at  man's  estate  there  mar- 
ried. He  purchased  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  acres  of  land  adjoining 
his  father's  property,  and  there  lived  until  old  age  compelled  him  to  abandon 
the  strenuous  farmer's  life  to  which  he  had  been  accustomed  from  child- 
hood. During  his  residence  on  his  farm  he  had  improved  it  with  many 
buildings,  useful  in  character  and  attractive  in  design.  The  last  years  of 
his  life  were  spent  in  quiet  retirement  at  Darlington,  Beaver  county.  With 
his  wife  he  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  faith  his 
father  had  been  a  communicant,  and  in  political  matters  supported  the  Re- 
publican party,  although  he  never  considered  it  an  imperative  duty  to  par- 
ticipate actively  in  local  aflfairs. 

He  married,  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
Keziah  Johnson,  born  there  in  1823,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Sarah  (Mc- 
Kean)  Johnson,  both  natives  of  Beaver  county,  where  they  married. 
Francis  Johnson  owned  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  in  South 
Beaver  township,  which  he  had  cleared  and  improved  with  serviceable 
buildings,  and  there  they  both  died,  he  in  1833,  when  a  young  man,  she  over 


856  PENNSYLVANIA 

sixty  years  of  age.  They  were  both  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Children  of  Francis  and  Sarah  (McKean)  Johnson:  i.  James,  died  on 
his  farm  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county.  2.  George  W.,  a  farmer 
died  near  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana.  3.  Andrew,  a  farmer  of  South  Beaver 
township,  Beaver  county,  died  in  1907.  4.  Thompson,  died  aged  nineteen 
years.  5.  Mary,  born  January  8,  1823,  died  in  August,  1910;  married  Robert 
Barclay,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work.  6.  Martha,  married  Wallace 
Ramsey,  died  in  1914,  and  lived  near  Vanport,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Adeline, 
married  John  M.  McMillan,  deceased,  and  lives  on  the  homestead.  8. 
Sarah  Jane,  married  a  Mr.  Young,  and  died  in  Mahoning  county,  Ohio. 
9.  Margaret  Ann,  married  Madison  McMillan,  deceased,  and  lives  in 
Carlton,  Colorado.  10.  Keziah,  of  previous  mention,  married  George  W. 
Barclay.  Children  of  George  W.  and  Keziah  (Johnson)  Barclay:  i. 
William  Francis  Johnson,  of  whom  further.  2.  Sarah  Isaphine,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1852 ;  married  Joseph  F.  Gilliland,  and  died  on  the  old  homestead 
in  1913- 

(III)  William  Francis  Johnson  Barclay,  eldest  child  and  only  son  of 
George  W.  and  Keziah  (Johnson)  Barclay,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  i,  1850.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  when  a  boy,  and  remained  at  home,  working  on  his  father's 
farm,  until  1873,  when  he  rented  a  farm  in  Big  Beaver  township  and 
cultivated  it  for  a  period  of  seven  years.  For  the  five  following  years 
he  managed  the  homestead  farm,  then  returning  to  Big  Beaver  township 
and  purchasing  the  property  he  had  formerly  rented.  Here  he  has  resided 
since  1885,  and  at  the  present  time  conducts  operations  general  in  their 
character,  stock  breeding  and  fruit  raising  being  the  two  departments  to 
which  he  gives  most  of  his  interested  attention.  The  two  acres  that  he 
has  planted  in  fruit  trees  have  brought  him  excellent  returns,  both  in  a 
financial  way  and  in  the  satisfaction  that  successful  efforts  will  bring  in 
any  line  of  endeavor,  be  it  agricultural  or  otherwise.  On  his  farm  he  built 
the  house  that  he  now  occupies,  a  commodious  and  comfortable  dwelling. 
With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in 
political  belief  is  a  Republican,  tending  toward  a  more  progressive  plat- 
form than  that  usually  attributed  to  his  party. 

Mr.  Barclay  married,  May  30,  1872,  Elizabeth,  born  January  14,  1854, 
a  native  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  daughter  of  George  and  Frances 
Catharine  (Burwell)  Boswell.  They  were  both  natives  of  England,  whence 
they  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm.  There  they  both  died,  she  in  1857,  he  four 
years  later,  in  1861,  survived  by  seven  children,  of  whom  Elizabeth  was 
the  youngest.  Mr.  Boswell  was  twice  married ;  there  were  seven  children 
by  his  first  marriage.  Children  of  William  Francis  Johnson  and  Elizabeth 
(Boswell)  Barclay:  i.  Ettie,  born  June  24,  1873;  married  Samuel  Duncan; 
children:  Leonard,  Clarence,  Arthur,  Wayne,  Louis;  lives  in  Big 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county.     2.  Minnie  M.,  born  January  9,  1875; 


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married  W.  R.  Gilkey,  and  lives  at  New  Galilee,  Pennsylvania;  they  are 
the  parents  of  three  children — Grace,  William  and  Lynn.  3.  George  W., 
born  March  23,  1880;  married  Effie  M.  Blake,  and  has  one  child,  Lewana. 
4.  Grace  M.,  born  September  29,  1884;  married  Frank  Freed,  and  lives  in 
Darlington  township,  Beaver  county.  They  are  the  parents  of  one  son, 
George. 


The  family  of  Craig  in  widespread  over  the  state  of  Pennsyl- 
CRAIG  vania,  being  more  numerous  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  com- 
monwealth, whence  probably  came  the  ancestors  of  Joseph 
Craig,  who  settled  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  when 
a  young  man.  He  was  a  farmer  and  was  twice  married,  first  to  Elizabeth 
Manor,  second  to  Eliza  Stoops.  His  death  occurred  in  1865,  that  of  his 
second  wife,  April  15,  1893.  ^Y  his  first  marriage  he  was  the  father  of 
Hiram,  Richard,  Benjamin;  by  second  marriage:  Edward,  William,  Joseph 
A.,  of  whom  further,  Mahala. 

(H)  Joseph  A.  Craig,  son  of  Joseph  and  Eliza  (Stoops)  Craig,  was 
born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  3,  1859.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  township,  there  living  until  1893, 
when  he  came  to  Aliquippa,  a  town  then  in  the  course  of  its  first  opera- 
tions. He  helped  dig  the  first  cellar  of  the  town  and  sold  the  first  carload 
of  coal  shipped  into  that  place,  dealing  in  coal  for  some  time  after  the 
town  became  more  thickly  settled.  For  seventeen  years  he  has  been  a 
farmer,  and  now,  in  addition  to  his  agricultural  works,  he  engages  in 
teaming,  from  both  of  which  lines  he  receives  a  profitable  revenue.  His 
political  preferences  are  Republican,  and  as  such  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  first  council  of  the  borough  of  Aliquippa,  of  which  body  he  has 
been  a  member  for  fifteen  years,  his  present  term  expiring  in  1915.  In 
that  time  he  has  been  treasurer  both  of  the  borough  and  of  the  school 
board,  holding  a  position  upon  the  latter  for  two  years.  He  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a  progressive 
citizen  and  has  done  much  in  public  service  for  Aliquippa,  with  which 
borough  he  has  been  identified  since  it  has  borne  the  name.  He  takes 
pleasure  in  the  scrupulous  performance  of  the  duties  entrusted  to  him 
and  in  the  able  administration  of  the  responsibilities  that  have  at  various 
and  numerous  times  been  placed  upon  his  shoulders,  and  none  could  be 
more  constantly  faithful  or  more  energetically  enterprising  than  he.  He 
richly  deserves  the  universal  commendation  that  he  receives. 

He  married,  in  Colona,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  14, 
1882,  Ella,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Matilda  (Irwin)  Ewing.  Amos  was 
a  son  of  William  and  Eleanor  (Estep)  Ewing,  pioneer  settlers  of  Beaver 
county,  where  they  died.  Eleanor  Estep  had  an  aunt  who,  with  her  infant 
child,  was  captured  by  Indians  and  was  compelled  to  watch  her  baby  put 
to  death,  torture  to  a  mother's  heart  a  thousand  times  worse  than  death. 
She  afterward  escaped   from  her  inhuman  captors  and  returned  to  her 


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home.  Amos  Ewing  was  born  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1832,  and  there  grew  to  manhood,  obtaining  his  education 
in  the  pubHc  schools,  and  there  followed  the  occupation  of  contractor,  his 
business  attaining  large  dimensions.  He  was  a  Republican  in  political 
action,  with  his  wife  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  his 
death  occurring  September  26,  1893,  that  of  his  wife  January  16,  1891. 
His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Jane  (Meanor)  Irwin,  and  was 
born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1844,  her  father 
dying  in  Leipsic,  Putnam  county,  Ohio,  her  mother  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. Children  of  Amos  and  Matilda  (Irwin)  Ewing:  Eleanor  Jane; 
Thomas  Ellsworth,  deceased;  William  John,  deceased;  Daniel  Harry,  de- 
ceased; Matilda  Alice,  deceased;  Minnie  May,  deceased;  Amos  Oliver,  de- 
ceased; Carrie  Blanche;  Callie  Adelia;  Mary  Belle;  Maggie  Fern,  deceased; 
Ella,  of  previous  mention,  married  Joseph  A.  Craig.  Children  of  Joseph 
A.  and  Ella  (Ewing)  Craig:  William  David,  of  whom  further;  Matilda, 
born  November  14,  1884;  Elizabeth,  July  3,  1887;  Minnie  May,  December 
5,  1888 ;  Joseph  Walton,  February  9,  1891 ;  Orpha  Ellen,  February  6, 
1893;  Oliver  Ewing,  April  16,  1895;  George  Dewey,  April  25,  1898; 
Thomas  Ellsworth,  December  9,  1899 ;  Harold  Eugene,  May  7,  1905. 

(Ill)  WilHam  David  Craig,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Joseph  A.  and 
Ella  (Ewing)  Craig,  was  born  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, December  31,  1882.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Moon  township,  a  part  of  his  youth  being  spent  in  Monaca,  and  he  later 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Aliquippa.  Completing  his  primary  educa- 
tion he  matriculated  at  Geneva  College,  after  a  course  in  Peirsol's  Academy, 
continuing  his  studies  in  that  institution  until  his  junior  year,  when  he 
left  to  begin  the  study  of  law,  which  he  did  in  the  office  of  William  A. 
McConnell,  of  Beaver.  He  passed  successful  examinations  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  county  bar  on  September  14,  1908,  and  later  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  the  United  States  district  court  and  supreme  court.  He 
immediately  established  in  active  practice  and  was  for  a  time  in  Beaver, 
later  coming  to  Woodlawn,  and  then  to  Aliquippa,  at  the  present  time  hold- 
ing clients  in  both  of  these  places.  All  of  Mr.  Craig's  active  life  has  not 
been  devoted  to  the  profession  of  which  he  is  now  an  able  exponent, 
pedagogical  pursuits  having  claimed  his  attention  as  a  young  man  for 
three  years,  two  of  which  he  passed  as  principal  of  the  Aliquippa  public 
schools.  He  did  not,  therefore,  come  unheralded  to  the  community  in 
which  he  opened  his  office,  but  with  the  recommendation  of  former  serv- 
ices in  a  different  capacity  in  which  he  exhibited  true  worth  and  merit, 
and  all  who  observed  his  efficient  administration  of  the  public  schools  of 
Aliquippa  would  unhesitatingly  entrust  him  with  any  commissions  that 
might  fall  within  the  limits  of  his  profession.  To  the  public  life  of 
Aliquippa  he  has  also  contributed  of  his  services,  and  for  seven  years  has 
been  a  member  of  the  school  board,  during  which  time  he  held  the  offices 
of  both  secretary  and  treasurer,  also  being  for  four  years  secretary  of  the 


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council  of  that  place.  He  is  a  member  of  the  State  Bar  Association,  the 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  also  affiliating  with  Wood- 
lawn  Lodge,  No.  1221,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Craig  married,  in  June,  1907,  Grace  Louise  De  Castrique,  of 
Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  Grace  Lucille,  born 
April  6,  1908;  Norma  Jean,  born  January  11,  1912;  William  David  Jr., 
born  March  23,  1914. 


There  has  been  but  one  generation  of  this  branch  of  the 
O'NEILL     O'Neill  family  born  in  the  United  States,  although  in  the 

father  of  James  Morgan  O'Neill  it  was  represented  by  a 
man  who  in  his  chosen  career,  railroading,  left  a  record  of  faithfulness  of 
service,  marked  by  efficiency  of  high  rank,  that  will  be  long  remembered 
in  railroad  circles  in  his  adopted  country.  It  is  to  Ireland  that  the  search 
for  the  origin  of  the  O'Neill  family  leads,  and  it  is  there,  in  county  Down, 
that  the  seat  of  those  bearing  the  name  is  found.  This  chronicle  begins 
with  Charles  O'Neill,  a  farmer  of  Dunmoor,  county  Down,  Ireland,  where 
he  spent  his  entire  life,  dying  in  middle  life.  His  wife  survived  him,  dying 
aged  seventy-five  years.  Children  of  Charles  and  Ellen  (McElravy) 
O'Neill,  all  deceased:  i.  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried,  in  Ireland.  2.  Mary, 
died  in  her  native  country,  unmarried.  3.  Lois,  died  in  Ireland,  unmarried. 
4.  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Henry  O'Neill,  fourth  child  and  only  son  of  Charles  and  Ellen 
(McElravy)  O'Neill,  was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  in  October,  1835, 
died  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  4,  1910. 
He  attended  school  in  his  native  land,  and  when  twenty  years  of  age 
came  to  the  United  States,  having  been  employed  at  farming  prior  to 
his  emigration.  He  immediately  enlisted  in  the  service  in  which  he  re- 
mained for  so  long  a  time,  railroading,  his  first  position  being  on  the  gravel 
train  of  the  old  Fort  Wayne  Railroad,  now  the  main  line  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania system  to  Chicago.  In  this  capacity  he  remained  for  only  six 
months,  at  the  end  of  that  time  being  promoted  to  the  rank  of  fireman. 
It  serves  well  to  illustrate  in  what  a  primitive  condition  railroading  was 
when  it  is  stated  that  at  that  time  there  were  but  three  engines  in  use  on 
the  Fort  Wayne  Railroad,  while  to-day  that  same  division  probably  num- 
bers its  locomotives  by  the  hundred.  For  four  years  he  fired,  and  at  the 
conclusion  of  that  period  reached  the  pinnacle  of  road  service,  the  en- 
gineer's cab.  From  i860  to  1904  he  was  constantly  at  his  post,  watching 
and  adapting  himself  to  the  startling  changes  and  revolutions  that  came 
into  his  world  of  activity,  in  the  size,  strength,  and  speed  of  engines;  in 
the  substitution  of  steel  for  wooden  passenger  coaches ;  in  systems  of 
signals;  in  methods  of  watering;  and  fitting  himself  to  each  innovation, 
always  more  wonderful  than  its  predecessor,  always  tending  to  greater 
efficiency.  His  hand  had  been  at  the  throttle  of  the  first  locomotives  of 
the  road,  whose  speed  a  swift  horse  could  more  than  equal,  and  had  guided 


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the  mile-a-minute  flyers  that  devoured  distance  with  hungry  greed.  In  the 
midst  of  this  bewildering  metamorphosis,  he,  too,  changed,  but  only  in 
action.  Whether  he  peered  through  the  mist  for  a  block  signal  or  ran 
his  train  straight  ahead,  confident  in  the  thought  that  the  other  two  engines 
of  the  road  were  behind  him,  he  was  ever  the  steady,  vigilant,  alert  leader, 
master  of  every  throbbing  valve  and  gauge  before  him,  strong  in  his  tried 
ability,  and  ever  conscious  of  his  tremendous  responsibility  and  the  precious 
value  of  the  human  freight  that  rode  in  the  passenger  coaches  behind, 
calmly  placing  their  lives  and  physical  well-being  in  his  skilled  hand.  For 
forty-four  years  he  remained  on  the  road  as  engineer,  his  regular,  tem- 
perate, habits  enabling  him  to  withstand  the  awful  nervous  strain  that  so  often 
breaks  down  the  nervous  systems  and  the  physiques  of  the  exponents  of  his 
profession,  and  gaining  the  trust  and  confident  reliance  of  those  in  authority 
above  him.  If  there  was  need  of  a  special  to  convey  an  official  bent  on 
important  business,  or  in  some  crisis  of  life  awaited  at  the  end  of  a  long, 
hard  run,  he  was  chosen  for  its  execution  more  frequently  than  any  of  his 
comrades  in  the  service,  the  highest  tribute  that  could  be  paid  to  oqe  who 
had  given  the  best  years  of  his  life  in  the  service  of  one  master.  At  the 
time  of  the  Columbian  Exposition  at  Chicago  he  ran  the  old  locomotive, 
'■John  Bull,"  the  first  locomotive  used  in  the  United  States  in  183 1,  to 
that  city,  he  being  the  only  engineer  in  the  road's  service  who  could  master 
a  sufficient  amount  of  the  construction  details  of  the  ancient  engine  to  run 
it  on  its  own  steam.  In  the  year  1904  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  granted 
him  a  pension  upon  his  retirement.  He  had  in  1866  purchased  forty-five 
acres  of  land  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  now 
know  as  Roselawn  farm,  and  here  he  and  his  family  lived  for  six  years, 
then  returning  to  their  former  home  in  Allegheny,  also  remaining  there  for 
six  years.  In  1878  they  came  once  more  to  Darlington  township,  Beaver 
county,  and  he  purchased  the  Cochran  farm  of  sixty-eight  acres,  east  of 
Darlington.  Here  he  lived  until  his  death,  in  a  large  frame  house  which 
he  caused  to  be  erected,  and  on  that  farm  his  widow  still  resides.  Mr. 
O'Neill  later  added  to  his  property  the  Oliver  Braden  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  five  acres,  contiguous  to  his  land.  He  never  engaged  in  active  farm 
labor,  his  son,  James  Morgan,  managing  the  home  farm.  It  was  one  of 
the  greatest  sources  of  satisfaction  to  him  in  his  retired  life  that  in  the 
nearly  half  century  that  he  had  spent  as  engineer  he  had  never  been  in  a 
severe  wreck,  neither  had  he  endangered  the  lives  of  his  passengers  nOr 
jeopardized  the  reputation  of  his  road  for  safety  in  travel.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  devout  in  his  devotions  and  reg- 
ular in  his  attendance  at  its  services. 

He  married,  in  1857,  Mary  Morgan,  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland, 
April  15,  1837,  daughter  of  James  and  Rosanne  (O'Neill)  Morgan,  both 
born  at  Dunmoor,  county  Down,  Ireland.  In  that  country  he  was  a  farmer, 
and  there  married,  his  wife  being  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Nancy  (Mur- 
ray)  O'Neill,  both  of  whom  lived  to  a  good  old  age  in  county  Down. 


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James  Morgan  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  1850,  settling  at  Allegheny,  Penn- 
sylvania, virhere  he  was  employed  by  the  railroad  until  his  death,  aged  forty- 
seven  years.  He  was  conspicuous  among  his  fellows  because  of  the  magnif- 
icent physical  prowess  with  which  he  had  been  favored,  being  six  feet 
two  inches  in  stature,  and  more  than  two  hundred  pounds  in  weight.  Chil- 
dren of  James  and  Rosanne  (O'Neill)  Morgan:  i.  Mary,  of  previous 
mention,  married  Henry  O'Neill  and  lives  on  the  home  farm  in  Darlington 
township,  Beaver  county.  2.  Patrick,  born  in  1840;  entered  the  shops  of 
the  Fort  Wayne  railroad,  first  as  carpenter  and  later  as  machinist.  In 
1862  he  obtained  an  indefinite  leave  of  absence  from  duty  to  go  to  the  front 
in  the  defense  of  the  Union,  enlisting  in  the  123d  Regiment  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  and  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  in  May,  1863.  Upon  his 
return  from  the  war  he  once  more  entered  the  railroad  shops  in  his  old 
capacity,  later  becoming  a  fireman  on  the  road  and,  in  1868,  engineer. 
This  position  he  held  until  he  retired  on  a  pension,  having  been  one  of 
the  most  trusted  and  best-known  engineers  in  the  employ  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad.  During  his  connection  with  the  road  he  was  privileged  to 
hold  the  throttle  of  the  locomotive  that  bore  many  famous  men,  renowned 
in  public  and  industrial  life,  to  their  destination,  one  of  his  most  notable 
commissions  being  his  appointment  as  engineer  of  the  train  carrying  James 
G.  Blaine  upon  his  country-wide  campaign,  during  which  run  the  train 
of  the  candidate  for  the  presidency  suffered  no  mishap  of  any  kind,  a  record 
that  reflected  favorably  upon  the  man  in  the  front  cab,  who  received  the 
congratulations  of  the  officials  of  the  road  for  his  excellent  service.  He 
was  also  engineer  of  the  train  that  bore  President  McKinley  to  the  bedside 
of  his  dying  mother,  the  railroad  officials  having  given  the  train  a  clear 
track  from  Pittsburgh  to  Canton  in  the  hope  of  getting  the  chief  executive 
to  his  destination  before  his  mother  breathed  her  last.  The  average  speed 
of  the  train  on  the  run  was  a  mile  a  minute,  Patrick  Morgan  ably  doing 
his  part  in  the  race  against  death.  3.  Anne,  married  John  Grant,  deceased, 
and  lives  in  Allegheny.  4.  Phoebe,  unmarried,  lives  with  her  brothers, 
James  and  Patrick,  at  "Roselawn,"  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  5.  James,  lives  at  "Roselawn."  Children  of  Henry  and 
Mary  (Morgan)  O'Neill:  1-2.  Mary  and  Maggie,  live  at  home,  unmar- 
ried. 3.  Charles,  an  engineer  on  the  Pennsylvania  railroad;  married  Delia 
Walker,  and  lives  at  Conway,  Pennsylvania.  4.  James  Morgan,  of  whom 
further.  5.  Phoebe,  unmarried;  an  operator  for  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Rosalia,  a  school  teacher 
in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania.    7.  Alice,  a  school  teacher. 

(HI)  James  Morgan  O'Neill,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Henry 
and  Mary  (Morgan)  O'Neill,  was  born  in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 18,  1869.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  Sixth  Ward  school 
at  Allegheny,  the  Douthitt  district  school,  and,  after  the  family  moved  to 
Beaver  county,  the  Darlington  Academy,  then  under  the  supervision  of 
Professor  Judd.    As  he  grew  to  manhood  he  gradually  assumed  more  and 


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more  of  the  responsibility  of  the  management  of  the  home  farm  until  he 
was  in  entire  charge,  as  he  has  been  since  the  death  of  his  father,  although 
the  latter  was  never  concerned  with  the  active  operation  of  his  property. 
He,  his  mother,  and  his  three  unmarried  sisters  now  reside  on  the  home 
farm,  over  which  he  exercises  careful  and  competent  supervision.  The 
property  is  well-improved,  the  large  barns  having  been  built  in  1890,  and 
now  house  some  of  the  best  blooded  live  stock  in  that  section,  that  being 
a  subject  upon  which  Mr.  O'Neill  is  an  intelligent  enthusiast.  From  his 
fine  Holstein  cattle  he  obtains  a  supply  of  rich,  pure  milk,  of  which  he 
makes  disposition  to  the  retail  dealers  of  the  vicinity,  conducting  a  pre- 
tentious wholesale  milk  business.  Besides  some  heavy  Percheron  horses, 
giants  in  strength  and  endurance,  handsome  in  their  evident  power,  he  has 
several  fast,  graceful  and  pedigreed  driving  horses,  of  which  one,  a  trotting 
mare  named  "Justina  H.,"  has  a  mark  of  Z.27.  He  is  also  the  possessor 
of  two  colts  from  "Allawood,"  which  he  is  raising,  and  which  should 
develop  into  the  finest  horses  which  he  owns.  In  these  animals  Mr.  O'Neill 
takes  the  pure  delight  of  the  connoisseur,  and  carefully  watches  their  daily 
welfare,  lest  their  beauty  or  usefulness  be  marred  or  impaired.  His  pride  in 
the  sturdy  strenth  of  his  Percherons  is  as  great  as  in  the  fleet  feet  of  his 
driving  horses,  a  combination,  which,  when  found,  denotes  the  true  lover 
of  horseflesh.  In  political  action  Mr.  O'Neill  is  a  Democrat,  and  has 
served  the  township  as  school  director  and  supervisor.  With  his  neighbors 
he  is  popular  and  well-liked,  straightforward  in  all  his  relations  with  men, 
keen  in  wit,  genial  in  disposition,  and  broadminded  in  regarding  the  faults 
and  peculiarities  of  others.  These  qualities  and  the  integrity  that  has 
been  prominent  in  all  the  business  dealing  of  his  life  have  gained  him  the 
reputation  of  a  thoroughly  "good  fellow,"  wherever  and  however  met. 
His  religious  convictions  are  those  of  his  family  and  ancestors,  Roman 
Catholic. 


The  names  of  Coale,  Coal  and  Cole  have  all  had  a  common 
COALE     origin.     Coel,  as  the  name  was  formerly  spelled,  founder  of 

Colchester,  was  one  of  the  early  kings  of  Britain.  Justice 
Cole  lived  in  the  reign  of  King  Alfred.  Another  Cole  defeated  Sweyne, 
the  Danish  chieftain,  in  looi  at  Pinhoe.  William  Cole  and  wife  Ysabella 
are  named  in  Assize  Roll,  of  the  county  of  Cornwall,  in  A.D.  1201,  show- 
ing that  Cole  was  at  that  time  established  as  a  surname.  Various  branches 
of  the  English  Cole  family  bear  coats-of-arms,  all  indicating  relationship 
by  the  similarity  of  the  device. 

(I)  Joseph  H.  Coale  was  born  in  Harford  county,  Maryland,  where 
his  parents,  Samuel  and  Lydia  Coale,  resided.  It  is  known  that  later  he 
lived  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Susannah  (Rigbie)  Brinton,  whose  marriage  occurred  at  Deer  Creek,  Lan- 
caster county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1784.  Susannah  was  the  daughter  of 
James  Rigbie,  of  Harford  county,  Maryland,  born  at  West  River,  province 


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of  Maryland,  in   1720,  son  of  Nathan  and  Cassandra  Rigbie,  the  latter 
named  a  daughter  of  Philip  and  Cassandra  Coale. 

(II)  Joseph  B.  Coale,  son  of  Joseph  H.  Coale,  was  born  in  Harford 
county,  Maryland.  He  migrated  with  his  mother  and  his  step-father,  David 
H.  Townsend,  from  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania  about  1830,  and 
settled  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  owned 
and  operated  a  mill,  and  died  in  June,  1846,  in  his  thirtieth  year.  He 
married  Sarah  V.,  youngest  daughter  of  Benjamin  Townsend,  and  had 
children :  Benjamin  T.,  born  in  1841 ;  Garrison,  born  in  1843  '•  Joseph 
Brinton,  of  further  mention. 

(III)  Joseph  Brinton  Coale,  son  of  Joseph  B.  and  Sarah  V.  (Town- 
send)  Coale,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
November  3,  1846.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and 
in  due  course  of  time  entered  upon  his  business  career.  His  first  position 
was  with  the  Bentley  Twine  Works,  where  his  occupation  was  that  of 
sizing  twine.  He  then  formed  a  connection  with  the  T.  B.  White  Con- 
struction Company,  and  was  engaged  in  the  construction  of  wooden  bridges 
until  1868.  He  then  was  employed  by  his  uncle,  Charles  Coale,  who  was  a 
manufacturer  of  buckets  and  tubs,  in  his  store  on  Ninth  street,  and  when 
this  business  was  purchased  by  Hiram  Reed,  in  1873,  he  worked  for  that 
gentleman  for  a  period  of  two  years.  In  1875  he  purchased  a  feed  and 
flour  store  in  Sewickley,  which  he  conducted  for  two  years,  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Novelty  Iron  Works,  where  he  remained  three  years. 
His  next  field  of  activity  was  in  the  position  of  a  railway  mail  clerk,  from 
which  he  resigned  in  order  to  become  a  messenger  between  New  Brighton 
and  Pittsburgh,  the  duties  of  which  responsible  office  he  discharged  eleven 
years.  Having  formed  an  association  with  Dawes  &  Myler,  manufacturers 
of  sanitary  goods,  he  is  still  holding  this  position  greatly  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  proprietors.  In  political  matters  he  was  formerly  a  Republican,  but 
is  now  a  Progressive,  and  is  now  serving  the  third  year  of  a  four-year 
term  as  a  member  of  the  borough  council,  this  being  his  second  term  of 
office.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 

Mr.  Coale  married,  Jone  20,  1883,  Minnie  M.  Morgan,  and  they  have 
had  children:    Florence  T.,  born  in  1884;  Susan  B.,  1885;  Sarah  V.,  1887. 


High  among  the  wars  of  international  nature  that  have  had 
LITTELL    permanent   and   important  effect  upon   the  history  of   the 

world  is  the  American  Revolution.  Chief  of  all  wars  waged 
among  the  people  of  one  country  is  the  Civil  War,  fought  on  American 
soil.  Of  less  importance  and  significance,  but  still  vital  to  our  country's 
de>^elopment  and  prominent  in  its  history,  is  the  second  war  with  England, 
or  the  War  of  1812.  Of  the  four  generations  of  the  Littell  family  that 
hav ;  had  American  residence,  three  have  been  represented  in  the  three 


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conflicts  named  above,  William,  the  emigrant,  fighting  in  the  Colonial 
army  for  independence,  and  sharing  the  glory  that  came  with  the  blessing 
of  liberty  to  the  thirteen  infant  colonies;  William  (2),  his  son,  fighting 
against  the  same  foe  to  maintain  the  position  gained  at  such  a  costly  sacri- 
fice; and  John  S.,  father  of  Joseph  M.,  of  this  chronicle,  a  participant  in 
the  struggle  that  made  everlastingly  permanent  that  for  which  his  father 
and  grandfather  had  bravely  taken  up  arms  to  establish. 

William  Littell  came  to  the  American  colonies  from  Belfast,  Ireland, 
with  his  brother  James,  both  entering  the  Colonial  army  at  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolution.     Because  of  his  aptitude  for  clerical  work,  William 
Littell  performed  much  service  in  the  capacity  of  clerk,  watching  over  the 
distribution  of  arms,  ammunition  and  stores,  serving  as  private  secretary  to 
General  George  Washington  throughout  the  war,  while  his  brother  became 
a  private  in  the  ranks.    According  to  a  written  account  still  in  the  posses- 
sion of  his   family  William   Littell   had  the   following  experiences:     He 
was   taken   prisoner,   February    13,    1777,   marched   into   Brunswick,   and 
paroled.    There  he  was  befriended  by  one  person  who  gave  him  a  guinea, 
and  by  another  who  gave  him  a  dollar,  and  he  was  told  to  divide  this  with 
his  fellow  prisoners.     He  was  then  marched  to  New  York  City,  and  there 
placed  in  confinement  in  the  "Old  sugar  house."    While  there  he  received 
a  letter  from  Andrew  Robinson  or  Robertson,  enclosing  two  dollars.     He 
was  given  permission  to  work  in  the  city  for  General  Beechy  until  there 
was  an  exchange  of  prisoners.     He  then  went  back  to  prison.     There  he 
found  his  messmen  and  artillerymen  with  their  rations  before  them,  which 
consisted  of  spruce  beer  and  bread.     Later  he  received  all  the  money  that 
was  due  him  from  the  state.     The  letter  mentioned  above,  enclosing  the 
two  dollars,  is  now  in  the  possession  of  one  of  his  grandsons.    At  the  close 
of  the  Revolutionary  War,  William  Littell  located  on  land  in  Hanover  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  which  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants,  and  followed  his  trade  of  painting.     He  was  a  supporter  of 
Whig  principles  and  for  many  years  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace,  his 
commission  being  dated  April  10,  1795.    The  farm  on  which  he  located  con- 
sisted of  four  hundred  acres,  which  he  partly  cleared  and  cultivated,  and 
on  which  he  died,  about  the  year  1820.    That  section  of  the  state  was  then 
in  little  better  condition  for  habitation  than  it  had  been  before  anyone 
of  white  blood  set  foot  upon  the  American  shore.    Wild  beasts  roamed  the 
surrounding  forests  in  great  numbers,  settlers  were  few  and  widely  sep- 
arated, communication  with  the  eastern  villages  and  hamlets  was  uncertain, 
supplies  must  be  grown  or  hunted,  and  above  all  was  the  terrible,  haunting 
fear  of  savage  and  barbarous  natives.     It  was  to  a  home  in  the  midst  of 
all  these  dismaying  conditions  that  William  Littell  brought  his  wife,  litth 
more  than  a  girl  in  years,  Elizabeth  Walker.    In  the  life  of  William  LitteJ 
there  had  been  a  romance  of  rare  beauty  and  sweetness,  and  when  unfavor- 
able fortune  had  made  it  impossible  for  him  to  marry  the  girl  of  his  choic  e, 
he  still  cherished  the  ideal  he  had  held,  which  found  fulfillment  in  'he 


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daughter  of  his  former  sweetheart,  whom  he  made  his  wife.  It  is  recorded 
that  on  many  occasions,  when  there  were  rumors  of  the  presence  of  maraud- 
ing Indians  on  the  war-path  in  the  vicinity,  Elizabeth  Littell  would  spend 
the  night  in  the  limbs  of  a  nearby  tree,  one  of  her  babies  held  close  in  her 
arms,  while  below  would  prowl  the  painted,  befeathered  murderers  who 
sought  her  blood  and  that  of  her  family.  The  constant  terror  in  which  the 
family  lived  in  beyond  comprehension,  and  yet  the  little  family,  so  dan- 
gerously exposed  to  savage  ravages,  was  divinely  guarded  from  all  the 
harm  that  threatened,  and  there  grew  to  manhood  and  womanhood.  Al- 
though Elizabeth  Littell  was  spared  from  torture  and  death  at  the  hands 
of  the  Indians,  her  brother,  Robert  Walker,  was  less  fortunate,  and  was 
killed  in  conflict  with  a  band  of  the  aborigines  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1813. 
The  children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Littell  were:  i.  James, 
died  in  Calcutta,  Ohio.  2.  Betsey,  married  John  Reed,  and  died  in  Pitts- 
burgh. 3.  Jane,  married  Joseph  Calhoon,  and  died  in  Greene  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  William,  of  whom  further.  5.  David,  of 
whom  further.  6.  Mary,  married  James  Todd,  and  died  at  Beaver  Falls. 
7.  Thomas,  lived  in  Oregon.  8.  Alice,  married  William  Sharp,  and  died 
at  Mechanicstown.    9.  Agnes,  married  Bennett  Libby. 

(II)  William  (2)  Littell,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  William  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Littell,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1794,  died  in  1854,  aged  sixty  years.  He  followed 
the  occupation  of  farmer  all  his  life,  only  interrupting  his  agricultural 
operations  to  enlist  in  the  American  army  at  the  time  of  the  second  war 
with  Great  Britain.  He  and  his  family  were  disciples  of  the  religious  teach- 
ings of  Rev.  John  Anderson,  a  minister  of  the  Seceders  Church,  who 
founded  a  theological  seminary,  in  all  probability  the  first  west  of  the  Alle- 
gheny mountains,  from  which  grew  the  institution  now  located  at  Xenia, 
Ohio.  He  married  Cynthia  Smith,  born  near  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1801,  died  in  1853,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  of  Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania. 
Children  of  William  (2)  and  Cynthia  (Smith)  Littell:  i.  John  Smith,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Eliza,  married  G.  L.  Robertson,  and  died  at  Mechanics- 
burg,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Rebecca  Ann,  married  John  Calhoun,  now  deceased ; 
she  lives  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  aged  eighty- 
seven  years.  4.  Maria,  married  J.  P.  Ewing,  and  died  in  Raccoon  town- 
ship. 5.  Nancy,  married  John  Ewing,  and  died  in  Kansas.  6.  Cynthia 
Jane,  married  John  McHenry,  and  died  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Washington,  served  in  the  Sixteenth  Regiment 
Ohio  Infantry,  in  the  Civil  War ;  lives  in  Creston,  Ohio.  8.  William  M.,  a 
resident  of  Corydon,  Iowa.  9.  David,  died  in  Lawrence,  Kansas.  10. 
James  M.,  a  member  of  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  Iowa  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, died  at  Rolla,  Missouri,  from  a  disease  contracted  in  the  service. 
II.  Henry  C,  fought  through  the  Civil  War  in  the  Sixteenth  Regiment 
Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  died  at  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  in  1867,  likewise 
as  the  result  of  sickness  contracted  in  the  Union  service.     12.  Morgan,  died 


866  PENNSYLVANIA 

aged  one  year.  13.  William  McElwee,  captain  of  a  company  attached  to 
the  Twenty-third  Regiment  Iowa  Infantry;  he  was  named  after  the  Rev. 
William  M.  McElwee. 

(Ill)  John  Smith  Littell,  eldest  child  of  William  (2)  and  Cynthia 
(Smith)  Littell,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, October  22,  1822,  died  March  31,  1901.  He  obtained  his  education 
in  the  public  schools,  and  in  the  course  of  his  studies  displayed  matha- 
matical  ability  of  a  high  order,  which  augured  well  for  his  success  in  an 
engineering  profession  or  in  scientific  research,  but  the  path  of  his  life 
directed  him  to  the  pursuit  of  agriculture,  in  which  he  was  actively  engaged 
tmtil  the  firing  of  the  shot  that  marked  the  beginning  of  the  four  years  of 
strife  that  brought  him  so  much  of  fame  and  reputation.  The  account  of 
his  mihtary  life  is  better  recorded  by  a  historian  who  wrote  while  the 
deeds  were  fresh  from  the  doing  than  by  one  who  bridges  a  space  of  nearly 
half  a  century,  and  of  his  career  Bates,  in  his  "Martial  Deeds  of  Pennsyl- 
vania," writes: 

He  early  joined  a  militia  company  and  in  1853  was  elected  captain,  and  after- 
wards brigade  inspector  of  the  nineteenth  division.  He  recruited  a  company  for 
the  Seventy-sixth  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  of  which  he  was  captain.  Sooii  after 
its  organization  it  was  ordered  to  the  Department  of  the  South,  where  it  was 
engaged  with  the  enemy  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Pulaski,  and  in  the  battles  of 
Pocotaligo,  James  Island,  Morris  Island,  and  in  the  first  and  second  assaults  on 
Fort  Wagner,  in  all  of  which  he  led  his  company  with  a  steadiness  and  devotion 
which  characterized  his  entire  service.  At  Morris  Island,  on  the  tenth  of  July, 
he  was  slightly  wounded,  but  kept  the  field.  On  the  following  morning  he  was 
again  hit,  receiving  a  flesh  wound  in  the  right  arm  and  side.  The  assault  on 
Fort  Wagner  proved  very  disastrous  to  the  regiment,  the  loss  being  nearly  half 
of  its  entire  strength.  In  the  summer  of  1864  it  was  taken  to  Virginia  and  at- 
tached to  the  Army  of  the  James.  On  the  thirty-first  of  May  Captain  Littell 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  and  on  the  following  day,  in  the 
action  of  Cold  Harbor,  received  a  severe  wound,  the  missile  entering  the  right 
thigh,  tearing  quite  through  both  limbs  and  emerging  from  the  left.  After  lyirig 
in  the  hospital  for  a  time  he  was  taken  to  his  home,  but  his  wound  was  slow  in 
healing  and  his  recovery  was  protracted.  On  the  seventeenth  of  August  follow- 
ing he  was  promoted  to  colonel.  In  January  he  sailed  with  the  expeditions, 
first  under  Generals  Butler  and  Weitzel,  and  finally  under  General  Terry,  for  the 
reduction  of  Fort  Fisher,  commanding  the  approaches  to  Wilmington,  North 
Carolina.  Colonel  Littell  was  of  Pennepacker's  brigade,  and  followed  that  gal- 
lant officer  in  the  desperate  assault  upon  the  stronghold.  In  the  midst  of  this 
struggle  and  while  leading  on  his  regiment  in  the  face  of  a  destructive  fire,  he 
was  struck  by  a  minie-ball  in  the  left  thigh,  which  passed  through,  penetrating 
a  pocket-book  containing  a  roll  of  bank  notes,  and  finally  lodging  in  the  body. 
It  was  an  ever  memorable  day  for  the  armies  of  the  Union,  and  though  experi- 
encing intense  suffering,  he  still  had  spirit  to  rejoice  over  the  glorious  victory 
achieved.  He  was  removed  to  Fortress  Monroe,  after  having  the  ball  extracted, 
and,  when  sufficiently  recovered,  to  his  home.  As  a  merited  recognition  of  his 
valor  on  this  field,  upon  the  recommendation  of  General  Terry,  he  was  brevetted 
brigadier-general. 

While  Lieutenant-Colonel  Littell  (his  rank  at  that  time)  was  recover- 
ing from  wounds  received  at  Cold  Harbor,  a  number  of  inferior  officers 
tried  to  secure  his  discharge,  thinking  that  by  his  removal  their  chances 
for  advancement  would  be  strengthened.  This  action,  however,  is  no  index 
to  the  regard  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  regiment  at  large,  but  was  merely 
the  envy  and  jealousy  of  a  few  men  of  inferior  minds  and  personalities  as 
well  as  inferior  rank,  blind  to  the  fact  that  promotion  and  advancement  are 


i^  a/,  -UjXZZI. 


I""  BEAVER   COUNTY  867 

won,  not  by  the  removal  of  those  at  the  top,  but  by  a  display  of  ability  and 
talent  sufificient  either  to  displace  those  above  or  to  add  one  to  their  select 
ranks.  It  is  the  fate  of  those  in  high  position  to  be  the  object  of  the  spleen- 
ful dislike  and  petty  plottings  of  such  as  those,  but  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Littell  completely  overthrew  their  ambitious  plans  by  reporting  for  duty 
before  his  vi^ounds  had  fairly  healed.  Upon  returning  to  his  home  from  the 
war  General  Littell  was  met  with  great  acclaim,  as  were  the  other  soldiers 
who  had  enlisted  in  the  army  from  that  region,  he  being  the  only  one  from 
Beaver  county  who  had  attained  the  rank  of  general  during  the  war. 

In  1866  he  was  the  county's  choice  for  sheriff,  running  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket,  and  served  as  such  for  three  years,  retiring  at  the  end  of 
his  term  to  his  farm  in  Big  Beaver  township.  This  property,  rich  in  fine 
clay  and  coal,  he  had  purchased  in  1867,  and  on  it  he  lived  until  his  death. 
The  memory  of  his  services  in  behalf  of  the  Union  were  never  forgotten 
by  his  townsmen,  and  he  was  held  in  reverent  honor  all  his  days  because 
of  the  glorious  part  he  played  in  that  struggle.  But  aside  from  the  re- 
nown he  had  gained  upon  the  field  of  battle,  he  was  likewise  a  favorite 
for  his  many  neighborly  qualities,  and  the  public  spirit  he  always  ex- 
hibited. 

General  John  S.  Littell  married  Mary  Calhoon,  who  died  August  15, 
1897,  and  is  buried  beside  her  husband  in  the  Beaver  Cemetery.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Moffit)  Calhoon,  who  were  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Beaver  county.  Their  home  was  in  Hanover  township, 
where  he  was  a  farmer  and  extensive  landowner,  and  where  they  both 
died.  Children  of  John  S.  and  Mary  (Calhoon)  Littell:  i.  Richard  War- 
ren, deceased;  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  when  his  father  recruited  a 
company  for  the  Seventy-sixth  regiment  and  he  joined  as  drummer  boy 
and  served  in  his  father's  regiment  for  three  years ;  after  each  battle  he 
would  look  over  the  battlefield  to  see  if  his  father  had  been  killed,  he  being 
very  devoted  to  his  father  and  ever  watchful  for  his  welfare;  upon  his 
return  to  Beaver  county  he  engaged  in  farming,  later  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  in  College  Hill,  but  for  a  few  years  prior  to  his  death 
led  a  retired  life;  he  was  an  elder  in  the  United  Presb)rterian  Church  of 
Beaver  Falls;  he  was  survived  by  his  wife  and  three  children:  John,  Har- 
vey, Warren.  2.  William  P.,  served  for  twenty  months  in  the  Sixth  Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania  Cavalry  in  the  Civil  War,  now  a  foreman  in  the  cork 
works  at  College  Hill,  where  he  resides.  3.  Robert  C,  a  clerk,  lives  at  Ben 
Avon,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Isadora  S.,  married  Benjamin 
White,  and  lives  on  the  homestead.  5.  Harriet  Frances,  married  Frazier 
Rhodes;  their  home  is  on  Seventh  avenue,  Beaver  Falls.  6.  Joseph  M.,  of 
whom  further.  7.  Ina  B.,  unmarried,  lives  on  the  home  farm  with  her 
brother,  Joseph  M.    8.  John  M.,  a  resident  of  Big  Beaver  township. 

(IV)  Joseph  M.  Littell,  si.xth  child  and  fourth  son  of  John  S.  and 
Mary  (Calhoon)  Littell,  was  born  at  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  24,  1859.    In  his  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools 


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of  his  birthplace,  completing  his  studies  at  the  Darlington  Academy.  Liv- 
ing on  the  home  farm,  he  was,  of  course,  his  father's  assistant  in  the  numer- 
ous labors  incident  to  farm  life,  and  in  the  years  prior  to  his  father's  death 
managed  the  property  entirely.  After  the  death  of  the  latter  he  and  his 
sister,  Ina  B.,  purchased  the  interests  of  their  co-heirs  and  have  ever  since 
lived  on  the  home  farm.  They  call  their  home  "Highland  Farm"  and 
thereon  Mr.  Littell  conducts  successful  operations,  specializing  in  the 
breeding  of  Fresian  Holstein  cattle  of  a  high  grade.  In  the  course  of  his 
endeavors  in  this  line  he  has  acquired  a  vast  fund  of  knowledge  through 
personal  experiments,  sometimes  favorable,  at  other  times  discouraging,  and 
at  the  present  time  is  exceedingly  well  versed  on  all  subjects  pertaining  to  the 
raising  of  cattle.  He  is  a  sympathizer  with  the  principles  of  RepubHcanism, 
and  has  several  times  been  the  choice  of  his  party  as  candidate  for  local 
offices  and  the  elected  representative  of  his  neighbors.  His  church  is  the 
United  Presbyterian  at  Darlington.  Mr.  Littell  and  his  sister  have  a  most 
comfortable  house  on  their  land,  and  enjoy  a  life  of  exceptional  congeniality 
to  both. 


(II)  David  Littell,  son  of  William  (q.v.)  and  Eliza- 
LITTELL  beth  (Walker)  Littell,  was  born  on  the  farm  now 
in  the  possession  of  his  son,  John  R.,  within  thirty 
rods  of  the  present  dwelling  house.  He  received  the  meager 
education  which  fell  to  the  lot  of  a  country  boy  of  that  period,  and  at  an 
early  age  commenced  to  labor  with  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home- 
stead. Later  he  established  himself  in  the  tanning  business,  and  had  a 
large  tanyard.  By  means  of  conveying  old  towboats  to  their  destinations 
he  was  enabled  to  make  his  first  purchase  of  hides,  and  from  this  small 
beginning  he  grew  to  be  a  man  of  considerable  fortune.  He  became  the 
owner  of  four  hundred  acres  of  land  on  which,  in  185 1,  he  erected  the  fine 
brick  house  in  which  his  son,  John  R.,  is  now  living.  At  one  time  he  held 
the  rank  of  lieutenant  in  a  rifle  company.  He  was  very  active  in  religious 
circles.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  his  son  has  in  his  possession  the  minutes  of  a  meeting  at  which  the 
proposal  for  the  organization  of  this  church  was  made,  these  minutes  being 
in  the  handwriting  of  David  Littell. 

Mr.  Littell  married  Jane  Shillito,  born  at  Robinson  Run,  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  who  came  to  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  with 
her  parents  when  she  was  ten  years  of  age.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
George  and  Nancy  Shillito,  born  in  Ireland,  who  came  to  America  about 
1770  and  located  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  Later  they  re- 
moved to  Service  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  where  Mrs.  Shil- 
lito died  in  the  house  in  which  John  R.  Littell  now  lives,  and  Mr.  Shillito 
is  now  living  in  his  ninety-third  year.  Children  of  David  and  Jane  (Shil- 
lito)   Littell:     George;  James,   Malinda;   William;   Elizabeth,  married  J. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  869 

T.  Parkerson;  Agnes,  married  John  D.  George;  Rev.  D.  S.;  John  R.,  see 
forward. 

(Ill)  John  R.  Littell,  son  of  David  and  Jane  (Shillito)  Littell,  was 
born  on  a  farm  now  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
Tuly  14,  1838.  He  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  very  excellent  training, 
receiving  his  elementary  and  preparatory  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  section  of  the  country,  and  then  became  a  student  at  Westminster 
College,  New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania.  He  has  always  lived  on  the  home- 
stead farm,  and  now  has  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  under  cultivation. 
These  he  utilizes  for  general  produce  and  for  stock  raising,  of  which  he 
has  a  number  of  fine  varieties.  In  1862  Mr.  Littell  enlisted,  and  was 
assigned  to  Company  G,  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-eighth  Regiment  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer  Infantry.  He  served  until  1863,  when  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged.  He  has  been  an  active  supporter  of  Republican  prin- 
ciples, and  has  served  the  community  as  tax  collector.  He  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Littell 
married  Jane,  daughter  of  John  McManus,  of  Taylorstown,  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania.  They  have  had  children:  Ernest  D. ;  Emmett; 
Jcannette,  who  married  A.  M.  Lance ;  Cyrus  C. 


Hon.  John  W.  Carson,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Beaver 
CARSON  Falls  (Pennsylvania)  Revietv,  has  been  identified  with  jour- 
nalism during  the  greater  part  of  his  active  career  thus  far, 
and  the  discussion  of  public  questions  and  the  promotion  of  the  general  wel- 
fare of  the  community  through  the  columns  of  his  paper  constitute  life's 
object  with  him,  a  private  citizen. 

A  native  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  John  W.  Carson  was  born  April 
30,  1853,  son  of  James  N.  and  Eliza  (Kelly)  Carson,  both  of  whom  were 
born  and  reared  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  where  was  solemnized  their  mar- 
riage, and  they  immigrated  to  the  United  States  in  the  year  1850.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  N.  Carson,  on  their  arrival  in  this  country,  located  in 
Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  where  the  father  turned  his  attention  to  agricul- 
tural operations.  For  twelve  years  prior  to  coming  to  America  Mr.  Car- 
son was  in  the  service  of  the  English  army,  and  at  the  time  of  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  for  the  service  as  a  soldier  in  the 
Second  Ohio  Heavy  Artillery.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions  and 
forceful  character. 

John  W.  Carson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state.  In  1877  he  removed  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  was  engaged  in  business  for  six  months.  Returning 
to  Ohio,  he  found  employment  in  a  factory  at  Youngstown.  During  this 
time  he  attended  night  school,  and  also  received  private  instructions,  which 
studies  were  supplemented  by  a  course  in  a  business  college.  The  law 
as  a  profession  appealed  to  him  at  this  time  and  in  1879  he  took  up  the 
legal  studies  which  were  continued  for  two  years.    A  position  being  offered 


870  PENNSYLVANIA 

him  on  the  Daily  News,  of  Youngstown,  Mr.  Carson  gave  up  the  study 
of  law  and  entered  the  field  of  journahsm,  where  he  has  since  continued 
with  marked  success.  In  1886  he  moved  to  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Daily  Tribune  as  a  reporter.  Subsequently 
he  formed  a  connection  with  the  Daily  Journal,  which  was  discontinued  in 
1896.  In  that  year  Mr.  Carson  purchased  the  Journal  plant  and  established 
the  Beaver  Falls  Reviezv,  a  weekly  publication  which  boasts  a  fine  editorial 
section  and  an  extremely  large  circulation.  Mr.  Carson  is  proprietor,  editor 
and  publisher  of  this  newspaper  and  he  has  associated  in  business  with 
him  his  two  sons. 

In  1904  Mr.  Carson  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  by  a  large 
majority.  He  served  in  the  special  session  of  1906  and  in  the  same  year 
was  re-elected.  In  the  session  of  1905  he  served  on  the  committee  on 
Agriculture,  Public  Roads,  Printing  and  Federal  Relations.  In  the  session 
of  1907  he  was  made  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Agriculture,  a  compli- 
ment paid  him  because  of  intelligent  interest  shown  in  agricuhural  matters 
in  the  previous  sessions.  He  was  a  member  of  committee  on  Electric  Rail- 
ways, Printing,  Public  Buildings  and  Senatorial  Appointments.  Mr.  Car- 
son was  elected  vice-president  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Editorial  Associa- 
tion in  1906  and  president  in  1907  and  later  served  a  term  as  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  that  body.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Republican 
county  committee  in  1912-13-14.  He  is  trustee  of  Beaver  College  and  a 
trustee  in  the  first  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Beaver  Falls,  and  served 
four  terms  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  of  that  congregation. 

As  a  citizen  of  Beaver  county,  he  has  manifested  an  interest  in  many 
things  for  its  betterment.  He  was  among  the  first  to  advocate  good  roads, 
and  through  his  efforts  some  substantial  highways  have  been  constructed 
within  the  county  limits.  He  was  an  early  advocate  of  public  playgrounds 
and  was  chairman  of  the  park  committee,  and  aided  in  the  work  of  establish- 
ing the  first  playgrounds  in  Beaver  county,  a  few  years  since,  thus  giving 
to  Beaver  Falls  four  acres  of  ground  admirably  adapted  for  this  purpose. 

During  the  spring  and  summer  of  1914  Mr.  Carson  made  a  tour  of 
the  Old  World,  visiting,  besides  all  the  Mediterranean  cities,  Egypt,  Pales- 
tine, Asia  Minor,  Greece  and  the  principal  countries  of  Europe.  Upon 
his  return  he  published  a  series  of  letters  in  the  Reinew,  describing  por- 
tions of  the  Holy  Land,  Egypt  and  Asia  Minor,  which  were  widely  read 
and  formed  a  most  interesting  feature  of  his  paper.  Since  then  he  has 
frequently  lectured  on  his  travels  abroad  and  on  various  other  subjects. 

On  September  7,  1880,  Mr.  Carson  married  Lida  G.  Robinson,  of 
Niles,  Ohio,  who  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  James  and  Elizabeth  (Cullander) 
Robinson,  who  were  prominent  citizens  of  that  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Car- 
son have  two  sons :    James  H.  and  Charles  B. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  871 

Originally  a  family  of  New  England,  the  Moltrups  jour- 
MOLTRUP     neyed  westward  to  Ohio,  the  representatives  of  the  present 

generation  of  the  line  herein  given  now  residing  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  although  both  in  New  England  and  Ohio  those  of 
the  name  are  still  found.  For  two  generations  manufacturing  has  been 
the  field  of  endeavor  of  several  of  this  branch,  and  it  is  in  this  line  that 
the  strongest  claim  of  the  family  to  permanent  recognition  has  its  source. 

(I)  William  Moltrup,  of  Vermont,  was  a  shoemaker  of  Dutch  descent, 
and  by  his  marriage  with  Disah  Rust  united  his  line  with  one  whose  an- 
cestors claim  Scotland  as  their  home  and  which  had,  like  his  own,  been 
for  many  years  in  New  England.  When  he  was  well  past  the  prime  of 
life  William  Moltrup  and  his  wife  moved  to  Loudonville,  Ashland  county, 
Ohio,  and  there  he  established  his  shop,  only  to  retire  soon  afterward  to 
await  his  final  summons,  which  he  and  his  wife  received  at  dates  not  widely 
separated.  Their  faith  was  the  Baptist,  in  which  both  had  been  reared 
and  which  church  they  attended  all  their  lives.  William  and  Disah  (Rust) 
were  the  parents  of:  Amanda,  died  in  young  womanhood;  James  Coulton, 
of  whom  further. 

(II)  James  Coulton  Moltrup,  only  son  of  William  and  Disah  (Rust) 
Moltrup,  was  born  in  Shenango  county.  New  York,  about  1822,  died  in 
Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1895.  He  was  reared 
and  educated  in  Vermont,  and  soon  after  his  marriage  moved  to  Loudon- 
ville, Ohio,  becoming  a  partner  in  the  ownership  of  the  foundry  which  the 
Rusts,  his  wife's  relatives,  had  established.  In  this  business  he  continued 
until  the  infirmities  of  old  age  rendered  him  unfit  for  active  participation 
therein,  when  he  retired  and  moved  to  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  where 
his  death  occurred.  He  married  (first)  Rosanne,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Mary  Rust,  who  died  in  Loudonville,  Ohio,  (second)  Abigail  Russell. 
He  was,  throughout  his  entire  life,  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  and  at  different  times  affiliated  with  both  of  the  leading  political 
parties,  with  the  Democratic  previous  to,  and  the  Republican  after,  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion.  Children  of  first  marriage,  i.  Amanda,  married 
Jonas  Robinson,  and  died  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  2.  William,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Helen,  married  Matthias  Beaver,  and  lives  in  Beaver 
Falls,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Stephen,  of  whom  further.  5.  Ida,  married  Thomas 
Underwood,  and  died  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Mary,  married  John 
Chapel,  and  died  in  Perrysville,  Ohio.  Children  of  second  marriage:  7. 
J.  Thomas,  of  whom  further.  8.  Rose,  married  George  Brenneman,  and 
lives  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Walter,  a  resident  of  Beaver 
Falls,  Pennsylvania.  10.  Jennie,  married  Bert  Reisinger,  and  lives  on  a 
farm  in  Beaver  county. 

Stephen  Rust  and  his  wife  were  natives  of  Vermont,  where  he  was  a 
foundryman,  the  family  moving  early  to  Schenectady,  New  York,  where  he 
established  the  first  foundry.  It  is  told  that,  to  cast  the  metal  for  a  per- 
manent cupola,  he  set  up  a  hollow  log  lined  with  clay,  which  showed  his 


872  PENNSYLVANIA 

adaptability  in  unusual  circumstances,  for  it  is  highly  probable  that  no  hollow 
log  had  ever  been  used  for  that  purpose  before.  In  his  old  age  he  retired 
from  business  in  this  place  and  moved  to  Loudonville,  Ohio,  vi^here  several 
of  his  sons  had  established  a  foundry,  and  there  died.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  political  action,  and  with  his  wife  was  a  communicant  of  the 
Lutheran  faith.  Children:  i.  Lucien,  was  at  one  time  a  foundryman  in 
Loudonville,  Ohio,  later  an  oil  operator  in  Franklin,  Pennsylvania,  his  death 
occurring  in  Dunkirk,  New  York.  2.  Darius,  died  in  Loudonville,  Ohio. 
3.  Morrell,  a  foundryman,  died  in  Loudonville,  Ohio.  4.  Rosanne,  of  pre- 
vious mention,  married  James  Coulton  Moltrup.  5.  Albert,  a  foundryman 
of  Jeffersonville,  Indiana,  died  in  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

(Ill)  William  Moltrup,  son  of  James  Coulton  and  Rosanne  (Rust) 
Moltrup,  was  born  in  Loudonville,  Ashland  county,  Ohio,  February  5,  1851. 
As  a  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools,  later  the  Greentown  Academy, 
and  from  the  time  of  the  completion  of  his  studies  until  he  attained  man's 
estate  he  was  employed  in  foundry  and  machine  shops,  for  some  time  at 
Mansfield,  Ohio.  In  1888,  prepared  by  hard  experience  and  a  mechanical 
knowledge  wide,  thorough,  and  acquired  by  days  and  months  of  the  most 
difficult  work,  he  came  to  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  fall  of  that 
year  entering  the  employ  of  the  Hartman  Manufacturnig  Company,  retain- 
ing his  position  after  the  control  of  the  concern  had  passed  to  the  Carnegie 
Steel  Company.  During  part  of  this  time  he  had  been  engaged  in  per- 
fecting an  invention  on  which  he  had  been  working  for  considerable  time, 
a  process  for  drawing  irregular  shapes  in  steel,  one  of  the  departments 
of  steel  manufacture  that  had  been  but  imperfectly  developed.  Satisfied 
that  he  had  advanced  his  process  to  the  highest  point  of  efficiency,  he  ob- 
tained a  patent  on  it,  and  in  1892  organized  the  Standard  Gauge  Steel 
Company,  with  Professor  Knight,  president;  J.  A.  B.  Patterson,  secretary 
and  treasurer;  Stephen  Moltrup,  manager;  and  William  Moltrup,  superin- 
tendent. This  firm  started  business  in  a  modest  way,  placing  a  few  small 
orders  for  their  article  upon  the  market,  until,  when  the  practicability  of 
their  process  had  been  proved  and  its  worth  demonstrated,  a  perfect  stream 
of  orders  flowed  in,  causing  immediate  enlargement  of  their  plant  and  great 
delay  in  accommodating  patrons.  At  the  present  time  from  six  to  eight 
hundred  men  are  constantly  employed  in  the  plant,  which  has  agencies  in 
all  parts  of  this  and  foreign  countries,  including  one  in  that  great  English 
manufacturing  center,  Manchester.  Several  years  after  the  formation  of 
the  company  mentioned  above,  the  four  Moltrup  brothers,  Arthur  Ball, 
and  Samuel  Hanna,  organized  the  Standard  Connecting  Rod  Company,  the 
two  being  merged  in  1909.  The  buildings  housing  this  concern  are  1230  x  100 
feet,  nearly  all  of  two  stories,  and  are  valued  at  over  $1,000,000.  The  man 
who  gave  the  first  impetus  to  this  strong  organization,  whose  work  first 
made  it  possible,  devoted  the  best  of  his  time  and  energy  to  maintaining 
and  improving  the  high  standard  that  exists  in  every  department  of  the 
plant.    He  is  little  in  the  public  eye,  simple  and  unostentatious  in  his  manner 


BEAVER   COUNTY  873 

of  life,  ever  with  his  hand  upon  the  pulse  of  the  business  that  represented 
his  life  labor,  which  realized  so  many  of  his  fondest  hopes.  He  has  now 
withdrawn  from  the  active  management  of  the  business,  although  he  is  a 
large  stockholder  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors.  His  only  in- 
terest in  politics  is  in  the  casting  of  his  ballot  for  an  honorable  candidate 
for  office,  and  he  is  a  believer  in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  platform. 
With  his  wife,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Moltrup  married  (first)  in  1877,  Calista  Underwood,  born  in 
Perrysville,  Ohio,  died  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  March  3,  1910,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Mary  Underwood.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  Decem- 
ber 22,  1878,  died  June  11,  1890.  2.  Mary  Izora,  born  May  24,  1883;  mar- 
ried Fred  Wright;  lives  in  Woodroe,  Florida;  they  are  the  parents  of 
William  and  Irene.  3.  Stephen  A.,  born  October  12,  1890;  married  Mabel 
Wallace;  is  manager  of  the  Standard  Gauge  Company,  and  his  home  is 
in  College  Hill.  4.  Thorald  R.  U.,  born  June  10,  1892;  married,  May  2, 
191 1,  Naomi  White,  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  reside. 
Mr.  Moltrup  married  (second)  in  1910,  Mrs.  Miriam  (Fox)  Wilder,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

(HI)  Stephen  Moltrup,  son  of  James  Coulton  and  Rosanne  (Rust) 
Moltrup,  was  born  in  Loudonville,  Ashland  county,  Ohio,  December  10, 
1863.  His  school  days  were  spent  in  the  public  institutions  of  Loudon- 
ville and  Perrysville,  Ohio,  and  as  a  young  man  he  apprenticed  himself 
to  the  machinist's  trade,  following  the  same  in  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  whither  he  came  in  1886.  Six  years  after  his  arrival  in  that 
city  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  first  officers  of  the  Standard  Gauge 
Steel  Company,  holding  the  position  of  general  manager,  the  officers  then 
being:  A.  Rasnor,  of  Pittsburgh,  president  and  treasurer;  Stephen  Mol- 
trup, vice-president  and  general  manager;  and  J.  A.  B.  Patterson,  secretary 
and  assistant  treasurer.  After  operating  for  several  years  in  rented  build- 
ings, the  company  erected  its  present  spacious  plant,  and  there  manufactures 
finished  steel  specialties,  crank  shafts,  machine  keys,  elevator  guides,  special 
shapes,  and  numerous  other  products.  With  a  market  that  extends  over 
nearly  all  of  the  civilized  world,  products  that  are  in  constant  demand,  and 
patents  covering  many  of  them,  the  Standard  Gauge  Steel  Company  has 
had  a  phenomenal  growth,  employing  at  the  present  time  between  six  and 
eight  hundred  men.  In  1909  the  officers  of  the  above  company  merged 
their  concern  with  the  Standard  Connecting  Rod  Company,  which  they  had 
organized  some  time  previously,  retaining  the  name  of  the  former.  Mr. 
Moltrup  was  most  fortunately  chosen  for  the  position  of  general  manager, 
his  early  training  being  of  inestimably  greater  value  than  when  it  brought 
him  a  weekly  wage,  for  he  was  able  to  work  in  close  accord  with  the  large 
body  of  men  under  him,  to  appreciate  their  difficulties,  and  to  sympathize 
with  their  viewpoint.  One  of  the  consequences  of  this  harmonious  under- 
standing was  the  excellent  spirit  that  existed  in  the  shops,  the  workmen  well 
paid,  well   provided   for,  and   contented.     He  has  now   withdrawn   from 


874  PENNSYLVANIA 

the  active  management  of  this  business,  although  a  large  stockholder  and 
member  of  its  board  of  directors.  In  January,  1914,  he  and  his  brother, 
J.  Thomas  Moltrup,  organized  the  Moltrup  Steel  Products  Company,  with 
offices  and  plant  located  on  First  avenue  between  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth 
streets,  Beaver  Falls,  the  property  formerly  occupied  by  the  Emerson  Smith 
Saw  Works.  Besides  his  interest  in  the  company  of  which  he  was  an 
organizer,  Mr.  Moltrup  holds  a  position  upon  the  directorates  of  the  Beaver 
County  Telephone  Company  and  the  Farmers'  National  Bank.  He  is  an 
Independent  in  political  action,  serving  for  two  years  as  a  member  of  the 
council,  his  conservative,  practical  views  playing  an  important  part  in  the 
deliberations  of  that  body.  His  fraternities  are  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Malta,  and  the  Masonic  order,  in  which 
latter  organization  he  holds  the  thirty-second  degree,  belonging  to  Beaver 
Falls  Lodge,  No.  662,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Harmony  Chapter,  No. 
206,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  No.  84,  Knights 
Templar,  and  Pittsburgh  Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes  of  the  Royal  Se- 
cret. In  business  he  is  forceful,  energetic  and  shrewd,  overlooking  no  op- 
portunity for  the  advancement  of  the  welfare  of  his  company;  socially  he 
is  genial,  pleasant  and  entertaining ;  and  to  his  best  friends  he  is  known  as  a 
man  of  generous  instincts,  constant  and  loyal  at  all  times. 

Mr.  Moltrup  married  Ellen  Matilda,  daughter  of  Philip  Miller,  of 
Beaver  county.  Children:  Helen,  a  student  in  the  Beaver  Falls  High 
School;  Katharine;  Jean. 

(Ill)  J.  Thomas  Moltrup,  son  of  James  Coulton  and  Abigail  (Russell) 
Moltrup,  was  born  in  Loudonville,  Ashland  county,  Ohio,  June  14,  1871. 
He  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Perrysville,  Ohio.  Early 
in  life  he  began  to  learn  the  machinist's  trade,  serving  a  full  apprenticeship, 
and  for  ten  years  followed  that  occupation  as  a  journeyman,  coming  to 
Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  in  1888.  He  was  first  employed  by  the  Hart- 
man  Steel  Company  and  subsequently  by  the  Westinghouse  Air  Brake  Com- 
pany, in  Pittsburgh,  until  1897,  when  he  returned  to  Beaver  Falls  and  be- 
came associated  with  the  Standard  Gauge  Steel  Company,  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  which  his  brothers  were  so  essentially  instrumental.  In  1903  he 
and  his  brothers  organized  the  Standard  Connecting  Rod  Company,  with  the 
following  officers :  A.  Rasner,  president ;  J.  Thomas  Moltrup,  manager  and 
vice-president;  Stephen  Moltrup,  treasurer;  and  Arthur  Ball,  secretary. 
Six  years  after  its  organization  this  company  was  absorbed  by  the  Standard 
Gauge  Steel  Company,  both  continuing  after  the  merger  under  the  name 
of  the  latter.  Since  1900  Mr.  Moltrup  has  been  a  director  of  the  Standard 
Gauge  Steel  Company,  in  which  he  is  a  large  stockholder,  and  until  191 1 
was  its  able  general  manager,  having  supervised  the  construction  of  the 
large  modern  plant  that  is  now  the  company's  home  and  having  been  re- 
sponsible for  the  successful  and  f rictionless  manner  in  which  the  greatly  en- 
larged resources  of  the  company  were  utilized.  He  has  now  withdrawn 
from  the  active  management  of  the  business,  being  connected  with  his 


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brother,  Stephen,  as  before  noted.  His  poHtical  party  is  the  Progressive, 
and  for  two  years  he  served  his  city  as  a  member  of  the  school  board, 
giving  to  this  v^rork  his  earnest  and  careful  consideration,  and  advocating, 
during  his  term  of  office,  many  innovations  for  the  imprcvement  of  the 
educational  facilities  of  Beaver  Falls.  He  holds  the  Knight  Templar  degree 
in  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Beaver  Falls  Lodge,  No.  662,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  Harmony  Chapter,  No.  206,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and 
to  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  also  affiliates  with 
the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees. 

Mr.  Moltrup  married,  in  1889,  Anna  M.,  born  in  Highland,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Fred  and  Barbara  Brown.  Children: 
J.  Franklin,  a  graduate  of  Kiskiminetas  College,  lives  at  home;  Maude; 
Ruth;  Evelyn;  A  son,  died  unnamed  in  infancy;  Thomas  B.;  Marguerite. 


There  are  many  distinct  families  of  Barkers,  which  bear 
BARKER  different  coats  of  arms  and  reside  in  various  counties  of 
England.  The  persons  who  first  bore  this  name  doubtless 
made  it  their  business  to  strip  bark  from  trees  and  bring  it  to  town  for  sale, 
consequently  there  was  a  Barker  wherever  there  was  a  Tanner.  In  America 
the  name  is  frequently  found  among  the  early  settlers,  but  it  is  not  known 
whether  the  different  immigrants  were  nearly  related  or  not.  The  progeny 
of  the  early  Barkers  now  numbers  thousands,  and  includes  many  of  the 
leading  citizens  in  various  localities.  The  branch  of  the  Barker  family 
under  discussion  here  located  in  Delaware  prior  to  the  Revolution. 

(I)  Samuel  Barker,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  family,  is  of  record 
in  Delaware  in  1685,  having  a  grant  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land  deeded  to 
him  by  the  Penns. 

(H)  Joseph  Barker,  son  of  Samuel  Barker,  was  born  on  the  home- 
stead in  Delaware.    He  was  a  strong  Episcopalian,  as  were  his  parents. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2)  Barker,  son  of  Joseph  Barker,  married  Rachel  Ball, 
and  raised  a  large  family  of  children. 

(IV)  Abner  Barker,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Rachel  (Ball)  Barker, 
was  born  in  Delaware,  but  early  in  life  went  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
and  served  in  the  Fire  Department  of  that  city  prior  to  1790.  Being  a 
man  of  considerable  means  he  early  retired  from  business  life. 

(V)  Thomas  A.  Barker,  son  of  Abner  Barker,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1823,  and  died  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  February,  1859.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Beaver  county, 
having  left  the  parental  roof  at  an  early  age  to  reside  with  an  elder  brother, 
Dr.  Butler  Barker,  a  physician  in  practice  in  Beaver.  Upon  the  comple- 
tion of  a  common  school  education  in  Beaver  he  located  in  New  Brighton, 
where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  with  which  he  was  identified  until 
his  death.  He  married  Eliza  Oakley,  who  was  born  in  1821,  died  in  1863, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of:  George  O.,  died  at  the  age  of  five  years; 
Frank  A.,  died  in  1879;  Harry  T.,  of  further  mention;  Ellen  O.     Mrs. 


876  PENNSYLVANIA 

Barker  was  descended  from  an  ancient  English  family,  members  of  which 
became  residents  of  America  at  a  very  early  period.  Her  father,  Milton 
Oakley,  was  a  native  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  but  later  resided  in  Butler 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  engaged  in  business  in  the  village  of 
Harmony,  and  died  there  in  middle  age. 

(VI)  Harry  T.  Barker,  son  of  Thomas  A.  and  Eliza  (Oakley)  Barker, 
was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  28,  1849. 
His  education  has  been  a  most  comprehensive  one,  being  commenced  by 
attendance  at  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  followed  by  a  course 
in  the  Military  Academy  at  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  from  which  in- 
stitution he  was  graduated ;  he  then  studied  for  a  time  at  Cooper  Institute, 
New  York  City,  and  finally  studied  engineering  under  the  preceptorship 
of  George  L.  Fox,  at  that  time  a  celebrated  instructor  in  mathematics  and 
mechanics.  Upon  the  completion  of  this  course  he  accepted  a  position  in 
the  shipbuilding  establishment  of  the  Roaches,  of  New  York  City.  Upon  his 
return  to  New  Brighton  in  1873,  he  and  his  brother  Frank  A.  commenced 
a  banking  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Barker  Brothers,  establishing  a 
private  bank  at  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  This  was  successfully  con- 
ducted until  1878,  when  Mr.  Barker  took  up  his  professional  work  as  a 
surveyor  and  civil  engineer.  The  following  year  he  was  elected  city  en- 
gineer of  Beaver  Falls  and  New  Brighton,  and  has  been  the  incumbent  of 
this  office  since  that  time.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  River  View  Land 
Company  which  was  organized  in  1892.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.     His  religious  affiliation  is  with  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Barker  married.  May  29,  1873,  Annie  V.  McClean,  and  they  had 
children:     George  M.  and  Adele,  both  deceased. 


The  prosperity  of  the  entire  country  depends  largely 
JOHNSTON     upon  the  condition  of  the  crops  produced,  and  in  no  field 

of  industry  is  faithful  attention  to  all  the  details  of  the 
work  to  be  performed  more  necessary  than  in  agricultural  lines.  It  is  for 
this  reason  that  a  work  of  this  nature  should  include  in  large  number  the 
names  of  those  in  whose  hands  this  portion  of  the  welfare  of  our  land  lies, 
and  it  is  with  pleasure  that  the  following  brief  sketch  of  the  Johnston  family 
is  here  given. 

(I)  Joseph  Johnston  came  from  the  eastern  portion  of  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  located  in  Greene  township,  two  miles  from  Georgetown, 
Beaver  county,  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Prior  Farm.  He  cultivated 
the  land  he  purchased  here  for  general  farming  purposes.    He  served  as  a 

soldier  during  the  War  of  1812.     He  married  Reed,  and  had  several 

children. 

(II)  Robert  Johnston,  son  of  Joseph  and (Reed)  Johnston,  was 

born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools.    He  was  also  engaged  in  general  farming,  owning  a  fine  farm  of 


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sixty  acres.  While  he  never  took  an  active  part  in  the  public  affairs  of  the 
community,  he  gave  his  earnest  support  to  the  Republican  party.  His 
religious  affiliations  were  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Johnston 
married  (first)  Matilda  Blackamore,  (second)  Elizabeth  Whetten,  born  in 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  whose  parents  were  English,  and  whose  ancestors 
came  to  America  at  an  early  date,  and  were  among  the  pioneer  settlers. 
Children  by  first  marriage:  Thomas  Reed,  Elizabeth,  Maggie.  Children 
by  second  marriage :    William,  see  forward ;  Rhoda  A.,  Eva,  Ida,  Ralph. 

(Ill)  William  Johnston,  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Whetten) 
Johnston,  was  born  in  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  10, 
1866.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  township,  he  entered  upon  his  business  career,  in  which  he  has  been 
more  than  ordinarily  successful.  He  obtained  a  position  with  an  oil  con- 
cern, and  being  of  an  ambitious  and  energetic  nature,  had  no  difficulty  in 
advancing  to  more  and  more  responsible  posts,  and  has  now  been  identified 
with  oil  interests  for  eighteen  years.  During  this  period  he  traveled  all 
over  the  United  States  and  solved  many  difficult  problems.  In  19 10  he  re- 
turned to  Beaver  county,  purchased  eighty-one  acres  of  land  and  established 
himself  as  a  farmer  of  general  products.  He  has  been  successful  in  this 
as  he  has  been  in  other  ventures.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  the  Tribe  of  Ben-Hur,  and  he  is  a  strong  Repub- 
lican. 

Mr.  Johnston  married,  December  16,  1892,  Bertha  May  Shearer,  of 
McLean  county,  Illinois,  and  they  have  had  children:  Lee,  born  July  14, 
1894;  Florence,  November  24,  1896;  Ralph,  February  2,  1903;  Phoebe, 
June  24,  1906;  Freda,  August  19,  1912. 


The   record  of  the   Scotch   family   of   Imbrie   in  the  United 
IMBRIE     States   is   indeed   an   honorable   one,   embracing   the   lives   of 

members  whose  duty  has  been  a  guiding  star  of  unfailing  bril- 
liance and  its  performance  the  pleasure  of  life.  The  first  of  this  line  in  the 
United  States  was  James  Imbrie,  born  near  Glasgow,  Scotland,  who  settled 
in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  prior  to  March  11,  1793,  that  being  the 
date  upon  his  first  deed  to  his  plantation  near  Service,  Moon  township. 
On  his  land  were  large  herds  of  fine  stock  and  blooded  cattle,  his  reputa- 
tion as  a  breeder  extending  over  a  wide  radius.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Seceders  Church,  and  both  are  buried  in  the  Service  grave- 
yard, his  death  having  occurred  in  June,  1800.  He  married  in  Scotland, 
Euphemia,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Maria  (Livingston)  Smart,  of  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  who  accompanied  him  to  the  United  States.  She  met  her 
death  in  an  unfortunate  manner,  a  blooded  bull  kept  by  her  husband  for 
breeding  purposes  becoming  enraged,  probably  at  some  article  of  her  ap- 
parel, charging  her  and  inflicting  fatal  injuries.  One  of  the  children  of 
James  and  Euphemia  Imbrie  was  David,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  David,  son  of  James  and  Euphemia  (Smart)   Imbrie,  was  born 


878  PENNSYLVANIA 

probably  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  August  28,  1777,  died  June  12, 
1842.  He  was  reared  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  and  was  a  student 
of  the  old  Canonsburg  Academy,  which  later  became  Jefferson  College  and 
afterward  Washington  and  Jefferson  College.  On  November  14,  1797, 
while  a  student  in  this  institution,  he  was  the  leading  spirit  in  the  founding 
of  the  Franklin  Literary  Society,  an  organization  which  continues  to  the 
present  time,  having  numbered  among  its  members  men  afterward  famous 
in  many  walks  of  life,  who  within  its  walls  received  the  first  impetus  for 
culture  and  literary  knowledge  for  which  they  later  were  noted.  Com- 
pleting his  general  education  he  studied  theology  under  the  preceptorship 
of  John  Anderson,  a  student  and  scholar  of  more  than  ordinary  attain- 
ment, well  known  in  that  day,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Chartiers 
Presbytery  of  the  Seceders  Church,  December  14,  1803.  After  his  mar- 
riage Mr.  Imbrie  made  his  home  on  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Big  Beaver 
township,  Beaver  county,  which  he  had  purchased  in  1800,  part  of  it  still 
being  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  In  the  active  cultivation  of  his 
estate  he  took  no  part,  although  he  was  in  continuous  touch  with  all  the 
operations  conducted  thereon  and  gave  it  his  personal  supervision  and 
management.  During  his  connection  with  the  ministry  of  the  Associate 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  he  held  two  charges  in  Beaver  county,  one 
Bethel  Church,  and  another.  Brush  Run  (now  Darlington)  Church,  his 
death  occurring  while  engaged  in  this  ministry.  The  primitive  transporta- 
tion facilities  of  the  day  made  travel  by  horse  the  common  method  of  loco- 
motion, and  it  was  while  riding  with  his  daughter,  Jean,  in  his  carriage 
on  the  way  to  deliver  a  sermon  at  Bethel  Church  that  he  was  stricken  with 
apoplexy,  and  died  the  next  day.  He  was  a  man  large  in  body,  his 
physical  size  in  proportion  with  his  mental  stature,  for  his  strength  of 
mind  and  intentness  of  purpose  would  have  ill  suited  one  of  weak  outward 
parts.  Never  did  a  congregation  of  a  church  so  sincerely  mourn  the  loss 
of  a  loved  pastor,  never  were  such  glorious  plans  so  rudely  shattered,  seldom 
has  such  a  touching  demonstration  of  affection  been  made  as  by  the  solemn 
grief  of  his  people. 

Mr.  Imbrie  became  acquainted  with  his  future  wife  while  a  student 
at  college,  and  on  November  29,  1804,  he  married  Jean,  daughter  of  John 
and  Anna  (Atkinson)  Reed.  John  Reed  moved  from  Lancaster  county 
to  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1777,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  War.  For  many  years  he  served  as  associate  judge  of  Wash- 
ington county,  and  of  his  incumbency  of  this  office  an  amusing  anecdote 
is  preserved,  which  showed  that  Mr.  Reed  was  fully  conscious  of  the 
supremacy  of  his  power  in  the  court  room  and  aware  of  the  superiority  of 
civil  over  military  authority.  Gen.  George  Washington  was  a  party  in  a 
case  pertaining  to  a  deed  of  land,  and  when  some  evidence  was  submitted 
detrimental  to  his  side  of  the  question  he  expressed  his  displeasure  openly, 
gaining  a  reprimand  from  the  court  and  a  fine  of  $50  for  contempt,  which 
was  collected  from  the  great  general  in  due  order.    Children  of  David  and 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  879 

Jean  (Reed)  Imbrie:  i.  Ann,  married  Joseph  Sharp,  and  lived  at  New 
Galilee,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Maria,  married  Dr.  J.  W.  Galvin,  and  resided 
in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Jean,  died 
unmarried.  4.  David,  born  January  24,  1819,  died  at  Ottawa,  Kansas, 
January  29,  1872;  studied  theology  and  on  July  16,  1839,  was  admitted  to 
the  ministry  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  5.  John  Reed,  died  March 
12,  i860;  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  6.  James  Milton,  of 
whom  further.  7.  Elmira  Emeline,  married  John  M.  Buchanon;  passed 
the  greater  part  of  her  life  in  New  Wilmington,  and  died  at  the  home  of 
her  son,  Madison  Buchanon,  in  Youngstown,  Ohio. 

(Ill)  James  Milton,  son  of  David  and  Jean  (Reed)  Imbrie,  was  born 
in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  9,  1816, 
died  there  April  12,  1889.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  this  place,  and  upon 
the  death  of  his  father  purchased  the  interests  of  his  co-heirs  in  the  home 
property.  In  young  manhood  he  and  a  brother,  John  R.,  were  the  pro- 
prietors of  a  general  store  at  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania,  but  after  five  years 
in  mercantile  life  Mr.  Imbrie  returned  to  the  home  farm,  there  spending 
the  rest  of  his  years.  During  the  Civil  War  he  raised  many  sheep  upon 
his  property,  the  condition  of  aiifairs  at  that  time  having  placed  wool  at 
a  premium  in  the  open  market  and  made  its  production  the  most  profitable 
of  occupations.  In  1856  he  erected  the  home  now  occupied  by  his  son, 
William  J.  For  many  years  he  was  an  elder  of  the  Reformed  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  politically  was  a  Republican,  filling  ably  numerous  town- 
ship offices.  Both  because  of  his  material  prosperity  and  his  strength  of 
character,  he  held  a  prominent  position  in  the  community,  being  placed  at 
the  head  of  many  local  projects  which  his  wise  leadership  and  careful, 
conservative  judgment  seldom  failed  to  successfully  consummate. 

He  married  Clarinda,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Catherine  (Black) 
Jackson,  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  29,  1820,  died  April  18,  1899.  Her  father  was  the  third  of  a 
line  of  Samuels,  Samuel  (i)  Jackson  having  been  born  in  Virginia  prior  to 
1729,  later  settling  in  Nottingham  township,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
his  will  being  dated  November  29,  1764.  He  was  of  Irish  descent,  and 
had  children:  i.  Paul,  a  celebrated  physician  of  Philadelphia.  2.  David, 
a  physician,  one  of  the  first  to  receive  the  degree  M.D.  from  Jefferson 
Medical  College ;  was  a  quartermaster-general  during  the  Revolutionary  War. 
3.  Mary,  married  Samuel  Dickey.  4.  Samuel  (2),  of  whom  further.  Sam- 
uel (2)  was  born  in  1747,  died  in  1778,  married  Jane  Thompson,  and  had 
children:  i.  Hugh,  born  October  18,  1770.  2.  Jean,  bom  July  6,  1772. 
3.  Samuel  (3),  of  whom  further.  4.  Margaret,  born  October  8,  1776. 
Samuel  (3)  Jackson  was  born  in  Nottingham  township,  Chester  county, 
Pennsylvania,  June  15,  1774,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1859.  His  father  died  when  he  was  a  child  of  four  years,  and 
a  guardian  was  appointed  for  the  children.  Samuel  (3)  Jackson  grew  to 
manhood  in  Chester  county,  and  was  there  twice  married,  Catherine  Black 


88o  PENNSYLVANIA 

being  his  second  wife.  They  came  to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
prior  to  September  8,  1801,  locating  at  Middletown,  now  Coraopolis,  Penn- 
sylvania, although  they  soon  after  moved  to  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  there  purchasing  a  large  farm.  Mrs.  Jackson  died  in  Darlington, 
in  1851,  Samuel  Jackson  died  in  1859,  at  the  home  of  James  M.  Imbrie. 
Samuel  Jackson  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  for  many  years  he  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  South 
Beaver  township,  being  a  Whig  in  political  convictions.  He  passed  the 
latter  years  of  his  life  in  retirement  in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania.  By  his 
third  marriage  he  had  no  children.  Children  of  Samuel  (3)  and  Catherine 
(Black)  Jackson:  Benjamin;  Hugh;  Samuel;  Joseph;  James,  a  physician 
of  Mount  Jackson,  Pennsylvania,  died  at  New  Lisbon ;  Eliza,  married  a  Mr. 
McGeehon,  a  farmer  of  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  and  moved 
to  Polland,  Ohio;  Clarinda,  of  previous  mention,  married  James  Milton 
Imbrie.  Children  of  James  Milton  and  Clarinda  (Jackson)  Imbrie:  i. 
Katharine  Eliza,  unmarried;  lives  at  the  home  of  her  brother,  William 
James.  2.  William  James,  of  whom  further.  3.  Addison  Murray,  born 
July  29,  1853,  a  graduate  of  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  class  of 
1876,  an  attorney  of  Pittsburgh,  where  he  has  been  in  active  practice  since 
1878;  he  married  Hattie  Silliman,  of  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania,  October  2, 
1884;  children:  Addison  Murray,  born  September  10,  1891,  and  Boyd  Vin- 
cent, born  November  27,  1895. 

(IV)  William  James,  son  of  James  Milton  and  Clarinda  (Jackson) 
Imbrie,  was  born  on  the  homestead  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  November  12,  185 1.  He  grew  to  maturity  on  the  home  farm, 
attending  first  the  nearby  district  school,  later  Darlington  Academy,  and 
for  one  term  Elder's  Ridge  Academy.  His  preparatory  studies  completed, 
he  enrolled  in  the  classical  course  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College, 
whence  he  was  graduated  in  1878,  then  returning  to  the  home  farm.  Agri- 
cultural pursuits  had  held  no  place  in  his  plan  of  future  conduct,  but  owing 
to  his  father's  failing  health  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  have  a  reliable  and 
responsible  manager,  and  Mr.  Imbrie  was  prevailed  upon  to  remain  at  home 
and  accept  the  duties  that  there  awaited  him.  This  change  led  him  into  the 
farmer's  occupation,  and  in  that  business  he  has  since  remained,  despite  his 
previous  plans  or  ambitions.  But  it  must  not  be  imagined  that  the  use- 
fulness of  Mr.  Imbrie's  life  has  been  impaired  through  his  involuntary 
adoption  of  his  calling,  for  into  his  farming  operations  and  their  relative 
activities  he  has  put  all  of  the  abilities  of  his  finely  trained  mind  and  the 
executive  power  of  well  directed  energy,  and  holds  a  high  place  in  agricul- 
tural circles.  He  is  the  possessor  of  a  flock  of  merino  sheep  unrivaled  in 
the  vicinity  and  equaled  by  few  in  the  country.  He  inherited  this  originally 
from  his  father,  although  since  that  time  he  has  been  gradually  introducing 
a  higher  breed  and  removing  the  members  of  less  desirable  qualities  until 
he  has  raised  the  grade  appreciably,  a  process  that  has  of  necessity  been 
slow  but  whose  results  have  been  well  worth  the  tedious  method.     For 


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four  terms  Mr.  Imbrie  has  served  his  township  as  auditor,  previously  as 
a  Republican  but  now  as  an  Independent,  and  is  an  elder  of  the  Reformed 
Presbyterian  church.  His  influence  in  the  community  has  ever  been  for 
the  best  in  civil  and  moral  life,  and  to  the  support  of  all  worthy  projects  for 
the  greater  good  of  his  locality  he  has  added  the  silent  eloquence  of  a  life 
free  from  blame  or  reproach. 


Dr.  Bruce  Snodgrass,  of  Beaver  Falls,  is  the  fourth 
SNODGRASS     generation  of  the  old  Scotch-Irish  family  in  this  country, 

whither  the  emigrant,  William  Snodgrass,  came  from 
county  Donegal,  Ireland,  locating  in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  followed  the  occupation  of  farmer.  Here  he  married  and  here  his  son, 
James  M.,  grandfather  of  Dr.  Bruce  Snodgrass,  was  born. 

(II)  James  M.  Snodgrass  was  likewise  an  agriculturalist  and  spent  his 
entire  life  in  the  place  of  his  birth.  He  married  Mary  A.  Gamble,  of 
Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  James  M.  and  Mary  A. 
(Gamble)  Snodgrass:  Robert  A.;  William  J.,  of  further  mention;  Eliza- 
beth, married  John  McFeeters ;  Hugh  H. ;  David ;  Emeline,  married  Robert 
Royer. 

(III)  Rev.  William  J.  Snodgrass,  eldest  son  of  James  M.  and  Mary 
A.  (Gamble)  Snodgrass,  was  born  in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  educated  for  the  ministry  at  Westminster,  Monmouth,  and  Allegheny 
Theological  seminaries,  and  was  duly  ordained  as  a  minister  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  occupied  the  pastorate  of  the  West  Middlesex, 
Pennsylvania,  Church  for  more  than  forty  years,  which  immediately  shows 
the  place  he  held  in  the  afifection  of  his  parishioners.  He  entered  into  his 
final  rest,  of  which  he  was  so  amply  assured,  in  191 1.  He  married  Martha, 
daughter  of  Albert  B.  Herrick.  Albert  B.  Herrick  came  to  Pennsylvania 
from  Connecticut,  following  the  occupation  of  a  farmer.  He  married 
Mary  Ford,  of  Western  Reserve,  Ohio.  Children  of  Albert  and  Mary 
(Ford)  Herrick:  Ette,  married  R.  S.  Artmon;  Flora,  married  Madison 
Ferguson;  Joseph;  William;  Albert.  All  of  his  sons  were  engaged  in  the 
Civil  War  as  soldiers  of  the  Union  army.  Children  of  Rev.  William  J. 
and  Martha  (Herrick)  Snodgrass:  Boyd  B. ;  Bruce,  of  whom  further; 
Mary,  married  RoUa  Herrick ;  Hugh  G. ;  J.  Parr ;  Ruth,  married  Rev. 
Robert  Yourd,  a  minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Erie, 
Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Dr.  Bruce  Snodgrass,  son  of  Rev.  William  J.  and  Martha  (Her- 
rick) Snodgrass,  was  born  in  West  Middlesex,  Mercer  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, July  16,  1873.  He  was  educated  for  the  profession  he  now  follows, 
attending  the  public  schools  of  West  Middlesex,  Westminster  College,  at 
New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania,  Starling  Medical  College,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  and  finally  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  St.  Louis, 
whence  he  was  graduated  M.D.  in  1896.  His  first  six  years  of  active 
practice  were  spent  in  Ohio,  his  first  appearance  in  Beaver  county  being  in 


882  PENNSYLVANIA 

1904.  His  office  is  situated  in  Beaver  Falls  and  during  the  nine  years  of  his 
residence  he  has  both  built  up  a  large  practice  and  established  himself 
firmly  as  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the  county.  He  is  modern  and 
progressive  in  methods  and  yet  possesses  that  touch  of  conservativeness 
that  distinguishes  the  progressive  from  the  fanatic.  In  all  that  pertains  to 
his  profession  he  is  intensely  interested  and  is  prominently  connected  with 
the  County,  State  and  American  Medical  societies.  He  holds  membership 
and  is  an  elder  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Dr.  Snodgrass  mar- 
ried, in  1897,  Eva  May,  daughter  of  George  and  Anna  Fogle,  of  Sharon, 
Pennsylvania.     Children:  Catherine,  Bruce  De  Witte,  Stewrart  R. 


Wales  was  the  home  of  John  Bryan,  the  American  ancestor 
BRYAN     of  the  Bryans  herein  recorded.     He  came  to  America  prior 

to  the  Revolution  and  settled  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
from  which  county  he  enlisted  in  the  Colonial  army  at  the  beginning  of 
the  War  for  Independence.  For  valiant  services  in  this  conflict  and  gallant 
conduct  on  the  field  of  battle  he  was  awarded  the  rank  of  captain,  in  which 
capacity,  in  the  following  battles  of  the  war,  he  led  his  company  with  the 
same  daring  bravery  that  had  won  for  him  his  commission.  He  married, 
in  July,  1763,  Barbara  Boon,  who  died  in  1805,  he  surviving  her  two  years. 
By  this  marriage  he  became  the  father  of  one  son,  William. 

(II)  William  Bryan,  only  child  of  John  and  Barbara  (Boon)  Bryan, 
was  born  in  West  Chester,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1767,  died  in 
1840.  His  boyhood  was  spent  in  Easton,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  afterward 
engaged  in  the  hotel  business.  He  was  a  miller  by  trade,  and  in  181 1  came 
to  Beaver  county,  where  he  once  more  became  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel, 
his  inn  being  the  general  headquarters  for  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  the 
American  army  during  the  War  of  1812-14.  He  was  a  person  of  im- 
portance in  the  community  and  active  in  local  affairs.  He  married,  in 
1792,  Sarah  Price.     Children  of  William  and  Sarah  Bryan:  William,  bom 

June   25,    1794,   married    Phoebe   ;   John,    March   20,    1796;    Isaac, 

March  16,  1798;  Price,  March  28,  1800;  Polly,  September  3,  1802,  married 
John  Cheney;  Aaron  Morton,  August  6,  1806,  married  Ann,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Andrew  and  Katie   (Riddle)   McDonald;  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Henry  Bryan,  youngest  son  and  child  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Price)  Bryan,  was  born  in  the  White  House  Tavern,  near  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  December  30,  1810,  died  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  aged  eighty 
years.  His  youth  was  spent  in  Baden,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  attended  the  public  schools.  Learning  the  trade  of  tinner  he  followed 
that  occupation  in  many  states,  finally  locating  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  established  in  the  manufacture  of  fire-brick.  His 
political  tendencies  were  strongly  Democratic  and  as  a  member  of  that 
party  he  held  the  offices  of  postmaster,  justice  of  the  peace  and  burgess. 
Mr.  Bryan  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  after 
his  second  marriage  attended  the  Presbyterian  church. 


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Mr.  Bryan  married  (first)  Agnes  Price,  (second)  Mary,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Andrew  and  Katie  (Riddle)  McDonald.  Rev.  Andrew  McDonald, 
a  Presbyterian  minister,  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1779,  died  April,  1846,  son  of  John  and  Martha  (Noble)  McDonald, 
both  born  at  McGuires  Bridge,  county  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  who  came  to 
America  in  1773.  Children  of  Rev.  Andrew  and  Katie  (Riddle)  Mc- 
Donald: I.  Ann,  married  Aaron  Morton  Bryan.  2.  John,  married  Rebecca 
Reid.  3.  James,  died  aged  thirteen  years.  4.  Andrew  (2),  married  Jane 
Irwin,  whose  brother  was  at  one  time  connected  with  the  Pennsylvania 
state  administration  as  treasurer.  5.  Martha,  married  Thomas  Christie. 
6.  Mary,  of  previous  mention,  married  Henry  Bryan.  7.  Abram,  married 
Sarah  J.  Noss,  and  she  lives  at  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  Of  the  above 
children  all  are  deceased.  Children  of  Henry  and  Agnes  (Price)  Bryan: 
I.  Mary,  married  Allen  Reitzell.  2.  William,  married  Melinda  Fournier; 
lives  in  Freedom;  daughter  Lottie,  married  Walter  O.  Corwin.  Oiildren 
of  Henry  and  Mary  (McDonald)  Bryan:  3.  Catherine  P.,  died  unmarried. 

4.  Fidelia  A.,  married  Charles  Cheney   (deceased)    and  lives  in  Freedom. 

5.  Clementine,  died  unmarried.  6.  Henry  Noble,  died  unmarried  aged 
twenty-six  years.  7.  Martha,  died  unmarried.  8.  Flora  McDonald,  mar- 
ried Robert  McMoffett,  deceased,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  9.  John,  died 
unmarried.  10.  Ralph  D.,  married  Jennie  Stetson,  and  lives  at  Sea  Gate, 
New  York.     11.  Frank  E.,  unmarried,  lives  at  Niles,  Ohio. 


The  two  most  common  spellings  of  this  name  are 
SWERINGEN     the    one    given    at    the    head    of    this    chronicle    and 

Swearingen.  Members  of  the  branch  herein  recorded 
use  the  two  interchangeably,  a  fault  that  will  probably  always  be  a 
fruitful  source  of  error  in  identifying  family  records.  The  record  of 
this  branch  begins  with  Gerret  Van  Sweringen,  born  in  Beemsterdam, 
Holland,  in  1636.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  a  family  belonging  to 
the  nobility,  and  received  a  liberal  education.  When  a  young  man  he 
performed  responsible  duties  in  the  maritime  service  of  the  Dutch  West 
India  Company,  and  in  1656,  when  that  company  fitted  out  the  ship 
"Prince  Maurice"  with  emigrants  and  supplies  for  the  Dutch  colony 
on  the  Delaware  river  in  America,  he  was  appointed  its  supercargo. 
This  vessel  sailed  from  the  port  of  Amsterdam  on  December  21,  1656, 
and  was  to  have  touched  at  New  Amsterdam  (now  New  York  City), 
but  on  the  night  of  March  8,  1657,  was  stranded  off  Fire  Island,  near 
the  southern  coast  of  Long  Island.  The  next  day,  in  freezing  weather, 
the  passengers  and  crew,  in  a  frail  boat,  gained  the  barren  shore,  where 
they  remained  for  several  days  without  fire.  On  the  third  day  they 
saw  some  Indians,  one  of  whom  was  sent  with  a  message  to  Stuyvesant, 
then  governor  of  New  Amsterdam,  who  came  with  a  sloop  and  carried 
them  to  that  place.  A  part  of  the  cargo  of  the  stranded  ship  having 
been  saved  before  the  ship  disintegrated  and  sank,  another  ship  was 


884  PENNSYLVANIA 

loaded,  chartered  at  New  Amsterdam,  and  on  the  sixteenth  of  April 
they  sailed  for  their  destination,  which  they  reached  in  safety  in  five 
days.  After  the  wreck  Gerret  asked  to  be  released  from  the  company's 
service,  as  he  intended  to  there  make  his  home,  and  there  being  "nothing 
more  for  him  to  do"  his  request  was  granted.  In  some  of  his  writings 
the  events,  political  and  military,  of  the  time,  are  well-described,  and 
furnish  confirmation  of  many  historical  topics,  concerning  which  there 
might  have  been  room  for  doubt. 

He  married  (first)  at  New  Amstel,  about  1659,  Barbarah  de  Barrette, 
who  was  born  at  Valenciennes,  France.  He  was  sheriff,  commissary, 
and  a  member  of  the  council,  being  also  "interested  in  the  cultivation 
of  some  low-lands,  a  duck-pond,  and  trade."  In  1660  he  went  to  Hol- 
land, accompanied  by  his  wife,  and  there  remained  a  year  in  behalf  of 
the  colony.  Returning  the  following  year,  he  resumed  his  former  duties. 
After  New  Amsterdam  was  surrendered  to  the  British  in  1664,  Sir 
Robert  Carr  was  sent  to  demand  the  surrender  of  New  Amstel.  Gerret 
Van  Sweringen  writes  concerning  this:  "The  Fort  and  Country  was 
brought  under  submission  by  Sir  Robert  Carr  as  deputed  with  two 
shipps  to  that  intent.  Sir  Robert  Carr  did  protest  often  to  me  that  he 
did  not  come  as  an  enemy,  but  as  a  friend  demanding  only  in  friendship 
what  was  ye  Kmg's  right  in  that  Country.  There  was  taken  from  the 
Citty  and  inhabitants  thereabouts  one  hundred  sheep,  and  thirty  or 
forty  horses,  fifty  or  sixty  cows  and  oxen,  the  number  of  sixty  or  seventy 
negroes  *  *  *  and  the  estate  of  the  Governor  and  myself,  except 
some  house  stuffe,  and  a  negro  I  got  away,  and  some  other  moveables 
Sir  Robert  Carr  did  permit  me  to  sell."  It  has  been  said  of  him  that 
after  the  surrender  of  the  colony  to  the  English  he  publicly  broke  his 
sword  across  his  knee,  and  throwing  it  to  the  right  and  to  the  left,  re- 
nounced all  allegiance  to  the  Dutch  authorities.  Shortly  after  the  sur- 
render he  moved  to  Maryland,  where  in  April,  1669,  he,  his  wife,  and 
two  children,  on  their  petition  to  Lord  Baltimore,  were  naturalized  by 
act  of  the  general  assembly  held  at  St.  Marys  in  that  province.  The 
act  is  important  because  the  ownership  of  land  was  restricted  to  British 
subjects. 

Some  years  after  going  to  Maryland  he  wrote  an  account  of  the 
Dutch  settlements  on  the  Delaware  river,  which  account  was  probably 
written  for  the  Maryland  council  to  use  as  evidence  in  the  boundary 
dispute  between  Lord  Baltimore  and  WilHam  Penn.  It  was  executed 
May  12,  1684,  "at  a  council  at  Matapany  Sewall,  in  the  Province  of 
Maryland,"  and  the  jurat  described  Gerret  as  being  "of  the  City  of  St. 
Maries,  gent,  aged  eight  and  forty  years  or  thereabouts."  He  was  an 
"innholder"  at  St.  Marys  and  owned  land  in  that  county  and  also  in 
Talbott  county.  In  the  proclamation  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  St. 
Marys,  issued  by  Lord  Baltimore  in  1668,  he  was  appointed  an  alderman 


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of  the  city.  In  1674  he  built  the  city's  stocks  and  whipping-post.  He 
was  appointed  sheriff  of  the  county  in  1686  and  again  in  1687. 

Barbarah  Van  Sweringen,  his  wife,  died  about  1670,  and  he  married 
(second)  Mary  Smith,  of  St.  Marys,  the  ante-nuptial  marriage  settle- 
ment being  executed  October  5,  1676.  He  died  in  1698  and  his  widow 
some  years  afterwards,  she  "in  the  faith  of  the  English  church."  The 
children  of  his  first  marriage  were:  Elizabeth,  Zachariah,  Thomas,  of 
whom  further;  children  of  his  second  marriage  were:  Joseph,  Charles, 
Eleanor,  who  married  a  Carroll,  Theresa,  Dorothy,  and  another  daugh- 
ter, who  married  William  Bladen. 

(H)  Thomas  Sweringen,  son  of  Gerret  and  Barbarah  (de  Barrette) 
Van  Sweringen,  was  probably  born  in  St.  Marys,  Maryland,  about  1665. 
He  was  a  landowner  of  Somerset  county,  Maryland,  and  there  spent  his 
life,  dying  in  1710.  His  wife's  given  name  was  Jane.  His  sons  were: 
Thomas,  Van,  Samuel,  John,  of  whom  further,  named  in  the  above  order 
in  his  will. 

(HI)  John  Sweringen,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Sweringen,  was  prob- 
ably born  in  Somerset  county,  Maryland,  about  1702,  and  emigrated,  going 
to  Montgomery  county  and  there  settling  on  Rock  Creek,  not  far  from  the 
present  site  of  the  city  of  Washington.  He  married  and  became  the  father 
of  Thomas,  Samuel,  of  whom  further;  Van,  John,  and  several  daughters. 

(IV)  Samuel  Sweringen,  son  of  John  Sweringen,  was  born  about 
1732.  Shortly  after  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  settled  in  what 
is  now  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  house  was  a 
stopping-place  for  the  Indian  scouts.  The  farm  that  he  settled  on  still 
belongs  to  his  descendants.  He  married  Catherine  Condell.  Children  of 
Samuel  and  Catherine  Sweringen:  William;  Mary,  married  Jacob  Colvin, 
and  was  killed  by  Indians  in  1789,  being  shot  from  her  place  behind  her 
husband  while  riding  horse-back,  with  one  of  her  children  in  her  arms; 
John,  Van,  Thomas.  Samuel,  Basil.  Zachariah,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  Zachariah  Sweringen,  son  of  Samuel  and  Catherine  (Condell) 
Sweringen,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1786,  died  May  31, 
1867.  He  was  one  of  the  first  native-born  citizens  of  the  county,  and  spent 
his  early  life  upon  the  home  farm.  He  became  a  successful  farmer  and 
sheep-raiser,  the  owner  of  several  hundred  acres  of  land,  now  divided  into 
productive  farms.  In  middle  life  he  became  afflicted  with  rheumatism,  and 
for  more  than  thirty  years  was  a  cripple,  confined  to  his  room  by  his 
painful  malady  for  the  greater  part  of  that  time.  Notwithstanding  this 
affliction  he  superintended  the  administration  of  his  large  interests  and 
added  constantly  to  his  already  vast  acres.  In  a  large  measure  excluded 
from  the  activity,  pleasure  and  entertainment  of  his  fellows,  he  still  kept 
closely  in  touch  with  all  his  friends  and  acquaintances,  the  gentleness  of 
his  disposition  under  suffering  so  intense  as  to  be  at  times  almost  unbear- 
able showing  them  clearly  the  meekness  of  his  spirit  and  his  willingness  to 
have  his  body  racked  with  pain  while  awaiting  the  healing  touch  of  the 


886  PENNSYLVANIA 

Great  Physician.  He  allowed  himself  but  one  passion,  an  implacable  hatred 
of  the  race  that  had  brutally  murdered  his  loved  sister,  a  deed  that  had  also 
caused  the  death  of  her  infant  child. 

He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  a  Miss  Wilcoxen,  and  to 
this  union  seven  children  were  born.  Children  of  Zachariah  Sweringen,  all 
born  in  Beaver  county:  i.  Thomas,  born  in  1818;  married  (first)  about 
1858,  Margaret  Harsha;  (second)  Maria  Gibbs;  died  June  18,  1891.  2. 
Elizabeth,  born  in  1819;  married,  in  1838,  Lemuel  Sweringen,  and  died  one 
year  later.  3.  Samuel,  born  in  1821,  died  at  Poe,  Pennsylvania,  in  1884; 
married  Mary  McKibbon.  4.  Catherine,  born  in  1823,  died  in  1859;  mar- 
ried Thomas  Standish,  a  descendant  of  the  famous  Captain  Miles  Standish, 
the  military  leader  of  the  Plymouth  Colony.  5.  Gerret  Van,  born  in  1824; 
married  Margaret  McCrea.  6.  John,  born  in  1826,  died  young.  7.  Zach- 
ariah, of  whom  further.  8.  Leonard,  born  in  1833;  married  (first)  in 
1855,  Elizabeth  Moore;  (second)  Jennie  Robinson.  9.  Basil,  born  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1835,  died  January  22,  1892;  married,  in  1866,  Melissa  J. 
Strouss.  10.  Mary,  born  in  1837;  married  Samuel  Duncan.  11.  John, 
born  in  1838,  an  invalid  from  birth,  died  of  heart  disease  in  July,  1890; 
after  his  father's  death  he  lived  with  his  brother,  Basil.  12.  William  H., 
born  in  1840;  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  the  only  one  of  the  children 
of  Zachariah  Sweringen  living  at  the  present  time  (1913).  13.  Rezin  W., 
born  August  27,  1847;  married,  September  29,  1868,  Mary  E.  Council,  of 
New  Cumberland,  West  Virginia.     14.     A  child,  died  in  infancy  in  1849. 

(VI)  Zachariah  (2)  Sweringen,  son  of  Zachariah  (i)  and (Wil- 
coxen) Sweringen,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  31, 
1828,  died  June  25,  1906.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  that  locality,  attending 
the  public  schools,  and  at  his  father's  death  inherited  one  hundred  and 
forty  acres  of  the  home  estate.  He  purchased  a  nineteen  acre  tract  adjoin- 
ing, and  on  the  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine  acre  farm  resulting  conducted 
general  farming  operations.  Throughout  the  locality  he  was  regarded  as  an 
authority  upon  all  thing  equestrian,  and  by  the  casual  advice  he  would  offer 
to  his  neighbors  in  the  course  of  a  conversation  probably  deprived  the  local 
veterinarians  of  many  a  fee.  In  1867-68  he  erected  a  substantial  dwelling 
upon  his  farm,  so  well  constructed  that  it  is  in  use  at  the  present  day.  His 
political  faith  was  Republican,  and  as  a  supporter  of  that  party  he  was 
several  times  placed  in  local  office  by  his  neighbors. 

Mr.  Sweringen  married,  in  1859,  Rachel  Gilliland,  born  in  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  June  24,  1832,  died  January  2,  1912,  surviving  her 
husband  nearly  six  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  David  and  Sarah 
(Harsha)  Gilliland,  both  old  residents,  and  in  all  likelihood  natives  of 
Allegheny  county.  David  Gilliland  was  a  farmer  in  the  earlier  years  of  his 
life,  but  later  moved  to  Pittsburgh  to  accept  a  position  as  foreman  of  a 
department  in  a  United  States  arsenal  at  that  place.  It  was  while  here 
employed  that  he  met  his  death  in  1862,  a  victim  of  an  explosion  that 
caused   a   number   of    fatalities.      Children   of   Zachariah    (2)    and   Rachel 


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(Gilliland)  Sweringen:  i.  Errett  Van,  died  June  4,  1894;  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade.  2.  David  Ellsworth,  died  in  January,  1872,  aged  eight 
years.  3.  Charles  G.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Lula  S.,  died  in  April,  1904. 
5.  Mary  L.,  died  March  15,  1910. 

(VII)  Charles  G.  Sweringen,  third  son  and  child  of  Zachariah  (2) 
and  Rachel  (Gilliland)  Sweringen,  was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  June  25,  1865.  He  obtained  an  education  in  the 
public  schools,  and  for  a  time  followed  the  occupation  of  farmer.  De- 
ciding that  a  trade  would  be  more  beneficial  and  congenial,  he  apprenticed 
himself  to  that  of  carpenter,  and  after  becoming  a  journeyman  worked  in 
Sewickley  for  a  period  of  seven  years.  In  1906  he  returned  to  his  father's 
farm  and  is  now  owner  of  the  homestead.  He  has  improved  the  property 
by  the  erection  of  a  new  bam,  and  continues  the  line  in  which  his  father 
engaged,  general  farming,  and  also  raises  quite  a  good  deal  of  stock.  Oil 
has  been  struck  on  his  land,  and  at  the  present  time  there  are  fourteen 
wells  producing  daily.  Mr.  Sweringen  is  a  successful  farmer,  and  has  met 
with  excellent  results  in  his  stock-raising  operations.  Added  to  his  material 
fortune  is  the  high  regard  with  which  he  is  considered  by  his  large  circle  of 
friends  and  wider  range  of  acquantances.  His  political  sympathies  are 
Republican  in  state  or  national  issues,  but  in  local  affairs  he  allies  himself 
with  no  party.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
His  fraternal  relations  are  with  the  Glasgow  Lodge,  No.  485,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  Sewickley  Lodge,  No.  426,  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Ha  married,  June  6,  1900,  Fannie  Cain,  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  December  i,  1875,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Kronk) 
Cain.  Children  of  Charles  G.  and  Fannie  Sweringen:  i.  Leah  Fay,  born 
January  25,  1902.    2.  Charles  Audrey,  bom  August  3,  191 1. 


Charles  Arthur  Dunkerley,  a  rising  business  man  and 
DUNKERLEY     prominent  citizen  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  is  of 

English  and  German  ancestry,  and  was  born  October 
10,  1888,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  a  son  of  William  Henry  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  (Leonard)  Dunkerley. 

( I )  Mr.  Dunkerley 's  paternal  grandfather  was  Joseph  Henry  Dunkerley, 
a  native  of  England,  who  spent  a  considerable  part  of  his  early  life  in  that 

country.     He  was  married  there  to  Harriet ,  and  about  the  year  i860 

came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  followed  his  trade,  that  of  machinist,  until  the  year  1885.  He  then 
removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  made  his  home  and  con- 
tinued to  follow  his  trade  until  the  time  of  death  in  the  early  part  of  1908, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  seventy-five.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  three 
children,  two  of  whom  had  died  in  infancy  at  the  time  of  his  emigration 
from  England.    The  third  was  William  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  William  Henry  Dunkerley  was  born  in  England  in  the  year  1858, 
but  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  as  a  child.     He  lived  in  Pitts- 


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burgh  until  the  time  of  his  parents'  removal  to  Beaver  Falls  when  he  was 
twenty-seven  years  of  age,  when  he  accompanied  them  and  found  employ- 
ment in  the  steel  works  there  as  a  machinist,  his  father's  trade  also.  In 
1894  he  entered  the  grocery  business  at  No.  1327  Third  avenue,  Beaver 
Falls,  where  he  remained  doing  a  successful  business  until  his  death  in 
1900.  He  and  his  family  were  communicants  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Independent  in  thought 
and  deed,  he  was  not  a  member  of  any  political  party,  save  as  he  was  im- 
pressed with  the  justice  of  their  particular  claims.  He  married  Mary 
Elizabeth  Leonard,  a  native  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  was  born 
in  the  year  1863.  Mr.  Leonard,  her  father,  was  a  native  of  Germany,  and 
his  wife  of  England.  They  came  to  America  separately,  and  here  met  and 
were  married,  making  their  home  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Upon  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Leonard  entered  the  army  of  the 
Union  and  served  through  that  historic  conflict.  He  died  shortly  after, 
leaving  a  widow  and  six  children,  three  boys  and  three  girls.  Mrs.  Leonard 
was  a  second  time  married,  this  time  to  a  Mr.  White,  but  of  this  union  there 
were  no  children.  Mrs.  Dunkerley  is  still  a  resident  of  Beaver  Falls.  To 
her  and  Mr.  Dunkerley  were  born  three  children,  as  follows :  Joseph  Henry, 
a  resident  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  holds 
a  position  as  teller ;  Mary,  now  Mrs.  Harry  R.  Finney ;  Charles  Arthur,  of 
whom  further. 

(Ill)  Charles  Arthur  Dunkerley  was  educated  in  the  local  public 
schools  and  at  Duff's  Business  College,  from  which  institution  he  grad- 
uated in  the  year  1907.  He  began  his  business  life  in  the  position  of  as- 
sistant bookkeeper  in  the  office  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Lake  Erie  Railway 
and  here  he  remained  until  191 1,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  embark  upon 
a  business  enterprise  of  his  own  and  accordingly  built,  at  No.  315  Four- 
teenth street,  Beaver  Falls,  a  two-story  and  basement  store  building  and 
here  established  himself  as  a  grocer.  In  this  line  he  has  since  been  success- 
fully engaged,  and  carries  at  the  present  time  (1913)  a  stock  valued  at 
about  fifteen  hundred  dollars.  He  is  a  model  shopkeeper,  and  his  store 
always  presents  a  spotless  appearance.  Despite  his  notable  success  in  his 
present  business,  Mr.  Dunkerley  expects  soon  to  withdraw  from  it  for  the 
purpose  of  forming  a  partnership,  under  the  firm  name  of  Emerick  & 
Dunkerley,  to  deal  in  shoes.  Mr.  Dunkerley  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
takes  a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Junior  Order 
of  American  Mechanics. 

Mr.  Dunkerley  married.  May  30,  1906,  Mary  McLean,  a  native  of  Scal- 
loway, Shetland  Islands,  daughter  of  Allan  and  Agnes  (Anderson)  Mc- 
Lean. Mr.  McLean  was  born  in  Stornaway,  Scotland,  and  his  wife  in 
Great  Yarmouth,  England.  They  were  married  in  Aberdeen,  Scotland, 
and  lived  there  two  years,  afterwards  removing  to  Glasgow,  and  after  ten 
years  residence  in  that  city,  in  October,  1903,  he  came  to  America  and 
settled   in   Beaver  Falls,   Pennsylvania,   whither  he  was    followed   by   his 


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daughter,  Mary,  in  May,  1904,  and  by  Mrs.  McLean  in  1906.  While  in 
Scotland  Mr.  McLean  was  in  the  business  of  fish  curing,  but  since  his  ar- 
rival in  America  has  been  employed  in  the  hollow-ware  works  at  Beaver 
Falls,  where  he  and  Mrs.  McLean  still  reside.  To  them  were  born  eight 
children,  as  follows:  Susan,  died  when  but  eight  years  of  age;  Mary,  now 
Mrs.  Dunkerley;  William,  died  when  eighteen  months  of  age;  Clara,  now 
Mrs.  Lyle  Richmond,  of  Beaver  Falls;  Allan,  aged  eighteen  years;  Alex- 
ander, aged  seventeen  years ;  Duncan,  aged  sixteen  years ;  Agnes,  aged  ten 
years,  the  four  younger  children  all  living  at  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Lean are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunkerley  are  the  parents  of  two 
lovely  little  daughters,  Ruth,  born  November  8,  1908,  and  Jean,  born  De- 
cember 8,  191 1.  Mr.  Dunkerley  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Protestant  Church. 


The  Cunninghams  are  a  Scotch  family,  although 
CUNNINGHAM  many  of  the  numerous  immigrants  of  this  surname 
who  came  to  America  previous  to  the  beginning  of  the 
beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century  were  descended  from  ancestors  who 
had  lived  in  Ireland  perhaps  for  many  generations.  But  from  whatever 
country  the  immigrant  Cunninghams  may  have  sailed  in  their  quest  of  new 
homes  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  ocean,  the  fact  remains  that  probably 
very  nearly  all  of  them  came  of  the  ancient  Cunningham  Clan,  which  was 
seated  in  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  as  early  as  A.  D.  1200. 

(I)  Philo  McGregor  Cunningham  was  born  at  Ellwood  City,  Lew- 
rence  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  22,  1836,  and  was  a  farmer  and  a  dealer 
in  hogs,  cattle,  sheep  and  wool.  He  married,  in  1865,  Alice  M.  Davidson, 
and  had  a  number  of  children. 

(II)  William  Mehard  Cunningham,  son  of  Philo  McGregor  and  Alice 
M.  (Davidson)  Cunningham,  was  born  in  Wayne  township,  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania,  November  25,  1868.  He  acquired  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home,  then  assisted  his  father  in 
the  care  and  management  of  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age. 
He  then  learned  the  tailor's  trade  with  L.  D.  Boggs,  of  New  Brighton, 
Pennsylvania,  with  whom  he  remained  associated  until  1899,  when  he  started 
in  business  independently,  and  has  been  successfully  identified  with  this 
since  that  time.  He  married,  September  19,  1900,  Lida  F.  Boyd,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Elizabeth,  born  October  15,  1901. 


The  little  mountainous  country  of  Switzerland  has  furnished 

STEINER     some  of  the  most  energetic  and  enterprising  citizens  of  the 

United  States,  and  the  members  of  the  Steiner  family,  now 

so  well  represented  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  are  no  exception  to 

this  rule. 

(I)  Daniel  Steiner,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Swiss  Steiners  now 


890  PENNSYLVANIA 

in  the  United  States,  was  born  in  Switzerland,  March  24,  1813.  After  his 
marriage  he  emigrated  to  America,  settHng  in  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  remained  for  a  time,  and  in  1842  removed  to  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  where  he  located  on  a  farm  he  had  purchased.  There  his 
death  occurred,  December  13,  1873.  Until  the  year  i860  he  was  a  staunch 
Democrat,  but  at  that  time  he  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party,  to 
which  he  gave  his  political  support  until  his  death.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Evangelical  Protestant  church.  He  married  (first)  in 
Switzerland,  Elizabeth  Yanny,  bom  in  that  country,  September  24,  1812, 
died  in  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  October  14,  1853.  They  had  one  child, 
Daniel  Arnold,  see  forward.  Mr.  Steiner  married  (second)  Barbara 
Braun,  and  had  children:  Louisa,  born  May  9,  1857,  married  Thomas 
Miller,  now  deceased;  Bertha,  born  1858,  died  1879;  Pauline,  married 
Christian  Gailer;  Theodore  U.,  now  of  Belmont  county,  Ohio. 

(H)  Daniel  Arnold  Steiner,  son  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Yanny) 
Steiner,  was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  3,  1841.  He 
was  but  an  infant  when  his  parents  removed  to  the  farm  in  Belmont 
county,  Ohio,  and  there  his  early  years  were  spent  and  there  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  In  the  spring  of  1864  he  enlisted  in  the  army, 
becoming  a  member  of  Company  C,  170th  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  served  until  September  of  the  same  year.  He  re-enlisted  in 
Company  I,  194th  Regiment  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  being  honorably  discharged  at  Camp  Chase,  November  2, 
1865.  The  most  important  battles  in  which  he  actively  participated  were : 
Maryland  Heights,  Island  Ford  and  Winchester.  He  was  an  ardent  Demo- 
crat, and  a  man  of  influence  in  the  local  politics,  serving  as  burgess  of 
Rochester  and  of  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  as  justice 
of  the  peace  in  Aliquippa,  in  the  same  county.  In  1873  Mr.  Steiner  re- 
moved to  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  there  learning  the  trade  of  shoemaking, 
with  which  he  was  occupied  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Monaca,  where  he  resided  eleven  years,  and  on  September  16, 
1899,  removed  to  Aliquippa,  where  he  now  owns  property  on  Beaver 
avenue.  He  is  a  member  of  Rochester  Post,  No.  183,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic. 

Mr.  Steiner  married,  in  Rochester,  Catherine  Elizabeth  Trax,  born  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  December  11,  1849.  Children:  i.  Alice  Ger- 
trude, born  January  3,  1870;  married  John  W.  Morehouse,  of  Monaca, 
Pennsylvania ;  children :  James,  William,  Walter,  Bertram.  2.  Eugene  Bert- 
rand,  see  forward.  Mrs.  Steiner  is  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Trax,  who  was 
born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  7,  1824,  died  May  29, 
1907.  The  greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  occupied  as  a  cabinetmaker.  In  1868  he  formed  an 
association  with  Miller  &  Dobson,  and  they  organized  a  planing  mill.  He 
married  Catherine  Elizabeth,  born  in  Germany,  1827,  who  came  to  this 
country  with  her  parents,  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Knabenshue,  the   former 


BEAVER    COUNTY  891 

of  whom  is  deceased.  They  had  children :  Catlierine  Elizabeth,  mentioned 
above;  George,  Emma,  John  T.,  Henry,  Lydia,  Lewis  W. 

(Ill)  Eugene  Bertrand  Steiner,  son  of  Daniel  Arnold  and  Catherine 
Elizabeth  (Trax)  Steiner,  was  born  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  8,  1876.  Until  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  lived  in  his 
native  town,  there  attending  the  public  schools,  then  those  of  Monaca  when 
his  parents  removed  there  in  1888.  He  was  still  a  very  young  lad  when 
he  entered  upon  his  business  career,  becoming  an  apprentice  with  the 
Phoenix  Glass  Company,  and  after  serving  the  required  period  he  became 
a  glass  worker.  This  connection  remained  in  force  for  a  period  of  eighteen 
years,  and  during  this  time  he  further  educated  himself  by  a  course  in  the 
Beaver  County  Commercial  College,  and  during  his  spare  time  turned  his 
attention  to  accounting  and  clerical  work.  In  April,  1907,  he  was  appointed 
secretary  of  the  borough  of  Monaca,  an  office  he  has  filled  to  the  satis- 
faction of  all  concerned  up  to  the  present  time.  He  is  independent  in  his 
political  views  and  opinions,  and  has  the  courage  of  his  convictions.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  he  is  connected 
with  a  number  of  organizations,  among  them  being  the  following:  Knights 
of  the  Maccabees,  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  Royal 
Arcanum,  American  Flint  Glass  Workers'  Union.  As  an  able  accountant, 
Mr.  Steiner  has  gained  a  wide-spread  reputation  which  has  earned  him  much 
commendation  from  experts  in  municipal  matters,  and  his  reports  on  the 
condition  of  the  waterworks  department  was  one  in  which  special  interest 
was  centered.  He  owns  his  own  home  in  Monaca,  where  he  has  resided 
since  1888. 

Mr.  Steiner  married,  July  4,  1899,  Florence  M.,  daughter  of  Gilbert 
and  Elizabeth  Trumpeter.  Children:  Theodore  A.,  born  May  20,  1900; 
Miriam  Elizabeth,  December  31,  1901 ;  Alice  G.,  October  20,  1903;  Ruth 
P.,  May  20,  1909;  Esther,  August  18,  1910. 


John  Stone,  the  founder  of  this  line  of  the  family  in  America, 
STONE     was  the  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Stone,  a  non-conformist  divine 

of  Hereford-on-the-Wye,  Herfordshire,  England.  He  was 
born  about  1610,  and  came  to  New  England  in  the  summer  of  1639  in  the 
company  of  William  Leete  (afterwards  Governor  Leete)  and  Rev.  Henry 
Whitfield,  settling  in  what  is  now  Guilford,  Connecticut.  The  line  first 
appears  in  Pennsylvania  in  the  person  of  Stephen  Stone,  born  in  Derby, 
Connecticut. 

(I)  Stephen  Stone  was  born  April  21,  1759.  and  for  several  years  of 
his  mature  life  was  commander  of  a  sea-going  vessel,  afterward  discon- 
tinuing his  marine  occupation,  and  in  1804  moved  to  Pennsylvania,  journey- 
ing to  the  western  part  of  that  state  and  there  purchasing  twenty-four 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  Franklin  and  Marion  townships,  Beaver  county, 
for  which  he  paid  twelve  hundred  dollars.  He  subsequently  returned  to 
the  state  of  his  birth  for  his  wife  and  children,  at  that  time  disposing  of 


892  PENNSYLVANIA 

one-half  of  his  original  tract  at  the  sale  price  of  one  dollar  per  acre,  thus 
regaining  the  amount  first  expended  in  acquiring  title  to  the  property.  His 
home  he  built  in  Marion  township,  the  group  of  buildings,  consisting  of  a 
dwelling,  a  store,  and  a  barn,  being  constructed  of  logs.  Later,  with  more 
time  and  capital,  he  replaced  the  first  log  dwelling  with  a  house  of  brick, 
containing  eight  rooms,  which  was  then  considered  the  finest  of  the  town- 
ship's residences,  it  being  an  unusually  spacious  and  comfortable  house  for 
the  period  and  locality.  Stephen  Stone  afterward  became  the  owner  of 
land  upon  which  he  built  a  house  in  Harmony,  and  in  1805  bought  the 
point  of  land  north  of  the  Beaver  and  Ohio  rivers,  now  known  as  Stone's 
Point.  Here  he  built  a  residence  and  erected  a  warehouse  and  boat  landing 
for  supplying  boats  plying  the  rivers,  both  warehouse  and  landing  being 
swept  away  in  the  flood  of  1832.  One  of  his  principal  business  projects 
was  the  purchase  of  pig-iron  manufactured  at  the  Bassenheim  furnace 
and  its  sale  at  ports  along  the  rivers  and  transported  up  the  river  to  Pitts- 
burgh. The  product  was  delivered  to  him  at  his  wharf  by  wagon  and  was 
there  loaded  on  keel-boats  which  were  floated  down  the  river  to  such 
ports  as  afforded  a  market.  If  the  destination  lay  up-stream,  the  motive 
power  was  human  and  poles  used  to  propel  the  boat,  although  at  times  it 
was  possible  to  utilize  horse  or  mule  power  in  drawing  them.  Frequently, 
after  the  cargo  had  been  unloaded,  the  vessel  was  placed  on  sale  and  the 
crew  compelled  to  walk  back  to  their  starting  place,  while  on  other  occa- 
sions the  representative  of  the  house  or  individual  shipping  the  first  cargo 
purchased  a  load  of  articles  needed  at  the  other  end  of  the  voyage  and  re- 
tained the  crew  until  the  return  trip  was  completed.  Stephen  Stone  con- 
tinued in  dealings  of  this  nature  all  of  his  life,  and  at  his  death  was  ac- 
counted a  prosperous  and  influential  business  man.  He  was  a  communicant 
of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Stephen  Stone  married  (first)  January  5,  1795,  Katy  Hull,  and  had 
children:  I.Stephen.  2.  Eliza,  married  Elihu  Evans.  3.  Mary  J.,  married 
Joseph  McCombs.  4.  Dan  Hull,  of  whom  further.  5.  Sherlock,  born 
August  31,  1804.  6.  Charles.  7.  Catherine,  married  Henry  W.  Smith.  8. 
Adelia.  9.  Henry  L.,  died  young.  Katy  (Hull)  Stone  died  September  18, 
1825,  and  Stephen  Stone  married  (second)  November  4,  1829,  Sarah  Fuller. 

(II)  Dan  Hull  Stone,  fourth  child  of  Stephen  and  Katy  (Hull) 
Stone,  was  born  in  Derby,  Connecticut,  September  27,  1802,  died  March 
25,  1879.  He  was  a  child  of  two  years  when  his  parents  moved  to  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  was  educated,  and  as  he  grew  to  manhood  he  became 
his  father's  assistant,  assuming  numerous  and  important  duties.  One  of 
these  was  the  collection  of  his  father's  bills,  and  when  he  was  a  youth  of 
eighteen  years  he  rode  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  on  horse-back,  to  collect  an 
outstanding  account  of  two  thousand  dollars,  the  commission  showing  his 
father's  trust  in  his  competent  ability.  His  first  day's  work  as  an  indepen- 
dent wage-earner  was  as  a  poler  on  a  keel-boat,  labor  lasting  from  sunrise 
until  the  evening  gloom,  for  which  he  received  fifty  cents,  the  regulation 


BEAVER    COUNTY  893 

wage  for  work  of  that  nature.  His  liking  for  river  life  was  to  a  large 
degree  inherent,  and  that  was  his  occupation  for  many  years,  although  in 
later  life,  in  partnership  with  his  brothers,  Stephen  and  Charles,  he  owned 
and  operated  several  large  steamboats,  which  operated  between  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania;  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana.  This  was  one  of  the  speediest  and  best  equipped  lines  of  the 
day  and  held  the  contract  for  carrying  the  United  States  mail,  work  given 
only  to  the  best  transportation  facilities.  Mr.  Stone  was  successful  in  bus- 
iness to  a  gratifying  extent,  realizing  large  profits  from  his  venture,  and 
prior  to  the  Civil  War  disposed  of  his  interest  in  this  line  of  boats.  He  had 
inherited  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead  in  Marion  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  on  this  tract  erected  a  saw-mill,  venturing  ex- 
tensively into  lumber  dealing  and  building  up  a  trade  in  that  line.  The 
panic  of  1873  dealt  this  business  a  severe  blow,  and  Mr.  Stone's  personal 
fortune  suffered  heavily.  He  was  a  most  loyal  friend,  and  the  pleas  of 
associates  in  worse  straits  than  his  did  not  go  unheeded,  with  the  result 
that  his  possessions  were  greatly  reduced,  his  health  breaking  under  the 
strain  of  financial  worriment,  and  at  his  death,  March  25,  1879,  his  property 
totaled  a  small  sum  in  value.  He  married,  July  14,  1853,  Mary,  daughter 
of  James  Patterson,  an  early  setder  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Children  of  Dan  Hull  and  Mary  (Patterson)  Stone:  Stephen  P.,  Eliza- 
beth, Dan  H.  (2),  of  whom  further;  James  P.,  Mary  J.,  Charles  H., 
Sally  P. 

(HI)  Dan  Hull  (2)  Stone,  son  of  Dan  Hull  (i)  and  Mary  (Patter- 
son) Stone,  was  born  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  After  a 
course  in  the  public  schools  he  attended  the  United  Presbyterian  Seminary. 
He  received  an  appointment  as  deputy  prothonotary  in  January,  1880,  his 
brother,  Stephen  P.,  being  at  that  time  prothonotary,  and  held  this  office 
for  two  terms,  each  of  three  years  duration.  In  1885  he  was  the  successful 
candidate  for  prothonotary  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  assuming  the 
duties  of  his  office  in  January,  1886,  and  was  returned  to  the  same  office 
in  the  election  of  1888,  his  conduct  while  in  office  being  of  a  satisfactory 
nature.  It  was  while  the  incumbent  of  this  office  that  he  began  the  study 
of  law  under  the  direction  of  two  such  able  tutors  as  J.  M.  Buchanan,  Esq., 
and  Hon.  M.  F.  Mecklem,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  September  19, 
1892.  The  political  party  that  has  claimed  his  allegiance  and  hearty  sup- 
port is  the  Republican,  while  as  a  citizen  of  Beaver  his  part  in  all  projects 
tending  toward  and  inducing  the  advancement  of  the  town  has  received  his 
hearty  support.  He  has  been  identified  with  the  Beaver  Valley  Traction 
Company;  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and  formerly  attorney  of  the  High 
River  Bridge  Company;  and  filled  like  positions  in  connection  with  the 
People's  Electric  Street  Railroad  Company;  and  has  been  attorney  for 
several  railways  operating  in  western  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Stone  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Masonic  Order  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
being  past  grand  in  the  latter  society. 


894  PENNSYLVANIA 

Of  the  earlier  generations  of  this  family  but  little  is  known. 
ROMBOLD     Both  maternal  and  paternal  grandparents  died  before  the 

birth  of  August  Charlie  Rombold,  of  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  his  father  died  wrhen  he  was  but  a  little  more  than  one  year 
of  age.  His  father  was  David  Rombold,  born  in  Wittenberg,  Germany,  died 
there  in  1867.  He  married  Jacobina  Nasthrich,  born  near  the  same  place 
in  1835,  and  still  living  in  Germany,  and  they  had  children :  Frederick,  a 
shoemaker  by  occupation,  lives  in  Germany;  David,  a  farmer  near  South 
Sharon,  Pennsylvania;  Pauline,  married,  and  lives  in  Ellwood  City,  Penn- 
sylvania; Fredericka,  married  and  lives  in  Ellwood  City,  Pennsylvania; 
August  Charlie,  see  forward;  John,  a  farmer  near  South  Sharon,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

August  Charlie  Rombold,  son  of  David  and  Jacobina  (Nasthrich) 
Rombold,  was  born  in  Wittenberg,  Germany,  June  20,  1866.  He  received  a 
substantial  and  practical  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  when  he  was  almost  fifteen  years  of  age  decided  to  come  to  the  United 
States,  as  afifording  better  opportunities  for  a  young  lad  of  ambitious  and 
energetic  nature.  He  traveled  to  this  country  alone  and  went  directly  to 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  entered  the  employ  of  John  Wilhelm, 
who  took  him  to  his  farm  in  Beaver  county,  where  he  remained  for  a 
period  of  two  years,  during  which  time  he  obtained  a  fair  mastery  of  the 
English  language.  He  has  been  continuously  engaged  in  farm  work,  work- 
ing in  succession  at  the  following  named  places:  In  Butler  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, with  several  farmers;  near  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  two  years; 
one  year  on  a  farm  at  Brush  Creek,  Beaver  county;  one  year  for  Samuel 
Ray  in  Daugherty  township,  Beaver  county.  In  1887  he  purchased  twenty- 
five  acres  of  land  from  his  last  employer,  and  sold  this  in  1902  and  pur- 
chased his  present  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirteen  acres  in  Daugherty 
township.  He  remodeled  the  house  which  stood  on  this  property,  and 
made  several  additions  to  the  barn,  greatly  increasing  the  working  facilities 
of  the  place.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  dairy  farming,  and  has  a  very  profit- 
able milk  route  in  New  Brighton.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  German  Reformed 
Church. 

Mr.  Rombold  married,  November  14,  1889,  Elizabeth  Euler,  born  in 
Hessen  Darmstadt,  Germany,  March  29,  1867,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mar- 
garet (Leibold)  Euler,  who  emigrated  to  America  in  1885.  They  rented 
various  farms  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1893,  while 
she  is  still  living.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rombold  have  had  children:  A  son  who 
died  at  the  age  of  two  weeks ;  Albert,  born  September  23,  1892 ;  Rudolph, 
bom  November  12,  1894;  Harry,  died  at  the  age  of  six  weeks;  Howard, 
born  August  20,  1899;  Florence,  born  June  9,  1902;  Clarence  and  Clara, 
twins,  born  February  13,  1906. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  895 

I  This  is  one  of  those  names,  apparently  English  in  origin,  but 

STONE     which,  when  examined,  prove  to  be  translations  from  another 
language.    The  name  of  Stone,  Stein  in  German,  is  frequently 
to  be  met  with.     The  family  under  discussion  here  came  to  America  many 
years  ago,  and  have  become  thoroughly  a  part  of  the  country  in  which  they 
live. 

(I)  George  W.  Stone,  of  remote  German  descent,  was  born  in  Van- 
port,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  educated  in  that  town.  For 
a  time  his  occupation  was  that  of  a  river  man,  but  later  he  purchased  a 
farm  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  on  which  he  died  about 
one  year  afterwards  at  the  age  of  forty-two  years.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  an  exemplary  citizen.  He  married  Rachel,  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  McConnell.     They  had  children:     Joseph  A.,  deceased;  Elizabeth 

Wallace,  living  with  her  mother;  Mary  Alice,  married  Patters  and 

lives    in    Independence,    Beaver    county,    Pennsylvania ;    James    Edgar,    of 
further  mention. 

(II)  James  Edgar  Stone,  only  surviving  son  of  George  W.  and  Rachel 
(McConnell)  Stone,  was  born  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1874.  The  public  schools  of  his  native  township  furnished 
him  with  an  excellent  education ;  and  he  early  became  practically  acquainted 
with  all  the  details  of  a  well  conducted  farm.  He  was  engaged  in  farming 
until  he  was  thirty  years  of  age,  then  engaged  in  the  oil  business,  with 
which  he  is  identified  at  Gringo  at  the  present  time.  He  makes  his  home 
with  his  mother  on  the  farm  which  is  in  the  vicinity.  Like  his  father,  he  is 
a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  takes  a  deep  and  bene- 
ficial interest  in  whatever  concerns  the  welfare  of  the  community  in  which 
he  lives. 


The  name  of  Hall  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  America,  and  is  now 
HALL    to  be  found  in  every  state  in  the  Union,  although  the  ancestors 

of  those  bearing  it  came  to  America  at  many  different  periods 
of  time.  The  most  probable  origin  of  the  name  is  the  fact  that  baronial  seats 
in  England  were  almost  always  called  Halls,  with  some  title  annexed.  When 
men  were  obliged  to  take  surnames,  many  took  the  name  of  their  estate, 
and  thus  many  names  were  made  to  end  with  Hall. 

(I)  Thomas  Hall  was  probably  born  in  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, although  there  is  a  supposition  that  he  may  have  been  born  in 
Maryland.  He  was  a  ship  carpenter  in  his  younger  years.  He  settled  on  a 
farm  near  Nobistown,  Washington  county,  with  his  wife,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Williams,  and  who  was  also  a  native  of  the  county;  both  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church.  They  had  children :  Charles  Henry, 
of  further  mention;  Nancy,  married  Peter  Bates,  a  farmer  of  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  now  deceased;  John  W.,  now  deceased,  was  an  at- 
torney of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh. 

(II)  Charles  Henry  Hall,  son  of  Thomas  and  (Williams)  Hall, 


896  PENNSYLVANIA 

was  born  near  Nobistown,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
24,  1822,  and  died  in  August,  1904.  After  acquiring  his  education  at  the 
district  school,  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  be- 
came superintendent  of  the  soda  works  at  Natrona,  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  held  this  position  for  several  years,  and  then  removed  to 
South  Side,  Pittsburgh,  where  he  became  a  building  contractor,  being  an 
active  member  of  the  firm  of  Murdock  &  Hall.  They  were  the  leading 
contractors  of  Pittsburgh  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years,  and  built  all  of  the 
Pennsylvania  railroad  roundhouses,  besides  many  other  important  struc- 
tures. In  1876  he  removed  to  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  owned  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres  of  land.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  held  official  position.  He  married 
Mary  Kenneston,  born  in  Freeport,  Pennsylvania,  in  1844,  died  in  Beaver 
county,  July,  1878.  Her  parents  were  residents  of  Freeport,  Pennsylvania, 
where  her  father  died  when  she  was  very  young.  The  Kennestons  are 
an  old  New  England  family,  and  a  great-uncle  of  Mrs.  Hall  was  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Her  brothers  and  sisters 
were :  James  A.,  who  owned  a  number  of  boats,  which  he  personally  com- 
manded, on  the  Mississippi  and  Ohio  rivers,  was  the  first  man  to  use  a 
tubular  boiler  on  a  river  boat;  Snowden,  an  oil  operator,  lives  in  Clarion, 
Pennsylvania;  Albert,  now  deceased,  was  an  oil  operator,  and  served  all 
through  the  Civil  War,  commencing  as  a  drummer  boy  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen years,  when  he  ran  away  from  home,  and  finally  became  a  messenger 
for  Grant;  Susan,  married  William  Murdock,  and  lived  in  Natrona,  Penn- 
sylvania, both  now  deceased;  Sarah,  married  Major  Baer,  of  Oil  City, 
Pennsylvania,  he  now  deceased,  and  she  is  living  in  North  Baltimore,  Ohio ; 
A.  Agnes,  married  Orlando  Kennedy,  removed  to  Florida  in  1872,  both  now 
deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall  had  children:  Jennie,  married  John  Cun- 
ningham, now  deceased,  lives  in  Chippewa  township;  Elizabeth,  married 
O.  H.  P.  Graham,  a  Methodist  Episcopal  minister,  now  deceased,  lives  at 
Farrington,  Illinois;  James  W.,  of  further  mention;  Joseph  K.,  lives  on 
the  home  farm  in  Chippewa  township;  Laura,  married  Charles  Robel,  su- 
perintendent of  a  hospital  in  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  they  reside ;  Charles, 
lives  in  Duluth,  Minnesota ;  Thomas,  lives  in  Joplin,  Missouri ;  Frank,  lives 
on  a  ranch  in  Nebraska ;  Grace,  unmarried,  lives  in  Omaha. 

(Ill)  James  W.  Hall,  son  of  Charles  Henry  and  Mary  (Kenneston) 
Hall,  was  born  in  Natrona,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  15, 
1863.  The  public  schools  of  the  Sixth  Ward,  Allegheny  City,  furnished  a 
part  of  his  education,  and  he  also  attended  the  schools  in  Chippewa  town- 
ship. Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn 
the  carpenter's  trade  with  Wolf,  Shaffer  &  Crease,  of  Beaver  Falls,  a  con- 
cern with  which  he  remained  five  years.  Removing  to  Pittsburgh,  he 
worked  for  a  firm  of  contractors  in  that  city  for  a  period  of  three  years, 
and  was  then  with  McDannel  &  McLean,  contractors,  for  six  years.     The 


BEAVER    COUNTY  897 

next  field  of  his  activity  was  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  in  the  employ  of  J.  S.  Mitchell.  In  1903  he  established 
himself  independently  in  the  contracting  business  in  Beaver  Falls,  and  has 
been  a  resident  of  the  town  since  that  time,  purchasing  a  beautiful  home 
at  No.  2224  Seventh  avenue.  He  has  erected  numerous  fine  buildings  in 
Beaver  Falls  and  its  vicinity,  and  his  business  is  constantly  increasing.  His 
political  affiliation  is  with  the  Republican  party,  and  he  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church.  His  fraternal  connection  is 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr.  Hall  married,  April  15,  1886,  Amelia 
Elizabeth  Ripper,  born  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  Leonard  L.  and  Elizabeth  (Gettman)  Ripper,  the  latter  still  living.  Mr. 
Ripper  was  a  tobacconist,  and  was  the  oldest  business  man  in  New  Brighton 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall  have  had  children:  Snovvden, 
born  March  31,  1887,  is  a  student  at  the  Homoeopathic  School  of  Medicine, 
Chicago,  Illinois ;  Frances,  born  January  13,  1890,  is  a  nurse  in  the  Homeo- 
pathic Hospital  in  Pittsburgh ;  James  L.,  born  May  23,  1897. 


The  Dando  family,  which  has  been  represented  in  this  country 
DANDO     but  a  few  generations,  has  nevertheless  already  made  its  mark 

in  the  financial  and  industrial  worlds.  They  are  an  old  family 
in  England,  and  the  town  of  Hampton-Dando,  near  Bristol,  England,  is 
named  in  honor  of  the  Hampton  and  the  Dando  families. 

(I)  Mark  Dando,  who  was  born  in  Hampton-Dando,  near  Bristol,  Eng- 
land, married  Elizabeth . 

(II)  George  Dando,  son  of  Mark  and  Elizabeth  Dando,  was  born  at 
Frankton,  near  Bristol,  England,  and  went  to  Monmouthshire  at  an  early 
age.  He  was  engaged  in  mine  contracting  all  his  life,  and  died  in  England. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  also  born  at  Frankton,  a  daughter  of  John  Anys- 
bury.    A  number  of  their  children  went  to  America. 

(III)  George  (2)  Dando,  son  of  George  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Anysbury) 
Dando,  was  born  in  Monmouthshire,  England,  in  1855.  He  received  his 
school  education  in  his  native  land.  He  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in 
1869,  and  settled  at  Minersville,  Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
served  his  apprenticeship  as  a  molder  with  Gartley  &  Fox.  Clearfield. 
Pennsylvania,  was  the  next  scene  of  his  activities,  after  which  he  went  to 
Philadelphia,  and  there  worked  for  Morris  &  Tasker.  From  there  he  went 
to  Pittsburgh,  entering  the  employ  of  the  John  M.  Cooper  Steel  Company, 
and  later  went  to  Toronto,  Canada.  From  there  he  returned  to  his  native 
country,  and  was  employed  in  the  pottery  works  for  about  three  years. 
At  the  end  of  this  time,  1874,  he  made  his  home  at  Palestine,  Ohio,  and 
then  in  Conway,  Pennsylvania.  By  this  time  he  had  amassed  a  considerable 
capital,  and  established  himself  as  a  manufacturer  of  brick,  operating  below 
Vanport  as  the  George  Dando  Company.  Later  the  name  was  changed  to 
The  McClain  Fire  Brick  Company,  Mr.  Dando  being  the  superintendent 
and  a  member  of  the  firm.    The  date  of  its  establishment  was  March,  1899. 


898  PENNSYLVANIA 

Mr.  Dando  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  but 
is  now  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Dando  married,  1889,  Alice  Frankland,  and  they  have  the  fol- 
lowing named  children:  John  Frederick,  George  W.,  Mary  Edith,  Jane 
Priscilla,  Bessie  Olive,  Beatrice.  Mr.  Dando  is  a  man  of  much  energy  and 
determination.  He  is  highly  esteemed  in  the  community  in  which  he  re- 
sides as  a  man  of  sterling  worth,  and  as  one  whose  business  activities  have 
added  greatly  to  the  prosperity  of  the  town. 


John  Todd  is  the  first  member  of  this  branch  of  the  Todd  family 
TODD     of  whom  there  is  authentic  record.     He  descended  from  Eng- 
lish and  Irish  ancestors,  who  early  made  their  home  in  Penn- 
sylvania and  were  as  a  rule  agriculturists.    John  Todd  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Continental   army  during  the  war   for  independence.     His  home  was   in 
Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Alexander  Todd,  son  of  John  Todd,  was  born  in  Fayette  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  spent  his  youthful  years  there.  After  his  marriage  he 
moved  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  raised  stock  on  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  of  land  in  Ohio  township.  He  also  conducted  exten- 
sive farming  operations  on  a  large  adjoining  tract  of  land,  which  he  rented. 
He  was  twice  married,  the  second  time  to  Sarah  Jane  Stephens,  whose 
father,  John  Stephens,  was  likewise  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
He  was  the  father  of  sixteen  children,  among  whom  was  Nicholas,  a  son 
of  his  second  wife. 

(III)  Nicholas  Todd,  fifth  son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  Jane  (Stephens) 
Todd,  was  born  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  20, 
1823,  died  in  Brighton  township,  same  county,  September  2,  1897.  He 
attended  the  public  school  of  his  native  township,  an  old  fashioned  log 
structure,  and  when  a  young  man  began  farming  operations,  an  occupa- 
tion to  which  he  had  been  accustomed  all  his  life.  After  his  marriage  he 
moved  to  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  and  there  rented  a  farm,  remaining 
in  that  locality  for  nine  years.  He  then  returned  to  his  native  township 
and  there  purchased  the  old  home  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-one 
acres  and  resided  thereon  until  1873.  On  October  3  of  that  year  he  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  fifty-two  acres  of  land  in  Brighton  township,  a 
farm  now  partly  cultivated  by  his  son,  Thomas  Jefferson  Todd.  A  little 
later  he  added  twenty-five  acres  to  this  tract  and  there  lived  until  his  death. 
Besides  his  agricultural  pursuits  he  was  actively  engaged  in  oil  operations 
in  the  vicinity  of  Ohioville,  and  was  part  owner  in  several  wells  that  had  a 
most  profitable  flow.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  holding  numerous 
township  offices,  and  was  a  personage  of  importance  in  his  neighborhood. 
Kind-hearted  and  charitable,  the  sight  of  need  and  suffering  caused  him 
real  distress  and  he  was  many  times  the  good  Samaritan  to  the  unfortunate 
or  destitute.  Although  prevented  from  going  to  the  front  at  the  time  of  the 
Civil  War,  he  bent  his  every  effort  to  raising  funds  and  supplying  provi- 


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sions  for  the  wives  and  families  of  those  who  had  gone  into  the  fray,  so 
many  of  whom  were  destined  never  to  return.  He  belonged  to  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  as  did  his  wife,  and  affiliated  with  the  Masonic 
Order.  He  made  it  his  custom  to  keep  abreast  of  all  the  latest  develop- 
ments along  agricultural  lines,  and  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  through  which  medium  he  kept  in  touch  with  farm- 
ing topics  in  all  sections  of  the  country.  He  married,  in  1844,  Jemima 
Ingles,  born  in  Industry  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October 
20,  1824,  died  in  Brighton  township,  same  county.  May  i,  1907,  surviving 
her  husband  ten  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  George  and  Amy  (Dan- 
nals)  Ingles,  both  natives  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  George  Ingles 
was  one  of  the  first  farmers  in  the  region  to  devote  extensive  space  and 
time  to  the  growing  of  fruit  for  the  market,  and  as  a  pioneer  in  this  line 
met  with  excellent  success.  He  also  opened  and  operated  deposits  of  coal 
on  his  land,  the  mines  still  yielding  largely.  Tradition  relates  that  it  was 
his  wife  who  caught  the  last  deer  captured  or  shot  in  Beaver  county.  She 
and  her  brother  were  rowing  in  a  skifif  on  the  Ohio  and  perceived  the  deer 
swimming  across  the  stream.  Rowing  up  to  the  animal  and  guiding  it  to 
the  shore  they  there  held  it  until  rope  was  procured  and  the  deer  made  fast. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  spent  their  lives  in  Industry  township,  the  parents  of 
ten  children.  Children  of  Nicholas  and  Jemima  (Ingles)  Todd:  Amyj 
Henry,  Sarah  Jane,  and  Mary,  all  died  with  scarlet  fever  within  the  space 
of  ten  days.  5.  George  Alexander,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Nicholas  Peirce,  a 
resident  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  7.  Thomas  Jefferson,  of  whom  further. 
8.  Jackson,  lives  in  Brighton  township,  a  farmer.  9.  Dallas,  twin  of  Jackson, 
died  aged  five  years.  10.  Horatio  Seymour,  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of 
Ohio  township. 

(IV)  Thomas  Jefiferson  Todd,  seventh  child  and  fourth  son  of  Nicholas 
and  Jemima  (Ingles)  Todd,  was  born  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  April 
18,  1857.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Ohio  and  Brighton  townships, 
and  later  Beaver  College  where  his  academic  studies  were  completed.  He 
then  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  as  his  father's  assistant  for  a 
short  time,  later  renting  an  adjacent  farm  and  conducting  independent 
operations.  At  his  father's  death  he  purchased  seventy-five  acres  of  the 
old  homestead  and  has  there  ever  since  resided.  While  still  farming  along 
general  lines,  he  specializes  somewhat  in  fruit  raising  and  has  planted 
several  acres  with  the  best  tree  stock  obtainable.  A  Democrat  in  politics, 
he  has  held  the  offices  of  supervisor  and  school  director  and  also  takes  active 
interest  in  other  township  affairs.  He  belongs  to  the  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. 

Mr.  Todd  married,  January  9,  1884,  Martha  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bevington,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beaver.  Children  of  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son and  Martha  Jane  Todd:  i.  Olive  Alice,  married  Matthew  E.  Swager, 
a  moulder  of  Brighton  Heights ;  children :  Matthew  Quay,  born  November 
14,  1907;  and  William  Paul,  born  May  12,  1912.    2.  William  Alexander,  a 


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mail  carrier;  married  Lida  Swager,  and  lives  in  Beaver;  children:  William 
Nicholas,  born  July  29,  1909;  child  not  named  at  this  writing,  born  July  12, 
1914.  3.  Martha  Jemima,  married,  June  25,  1914,  Joseph  W.  Davidson, 
of  Freedom,  Pennsylvania. 


William  Allen  Grimm,  who  during  his  life  was  one  of  the 
GRIMM  prominent  citizens  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family,  his  paternal  grandfather 
being  a  native  of  Reading  in  that  state.  This  gentleman,  John  Grimm,  was 
married  to  Charlotta  Miller,  also  a  native  of  Reading,  and  with  his  brothers 
migrated  to  the  eastern  part  of  Ohio.  Here  he  came  into  possession  of  a 
farm  of  about  ninety  acres  upon  which  a  small  town  eventually  grew  up, 
and  there  lived  and  died.  To  him  and  his  wife  were  born  nine  children, 
as  follows:  i.  Kate,  died  in  Vinton,  Ohio,  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety- 
four  ;  she  was  the  wife  of  David  Shanefield,  of  that  place.  2.  George,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Susan,  died  in  Starke  county,  Ohio,  the  widow  of  Mr. 
Mummert  of  the  place.  4.  Jacob,  a  farmer,  died  near  Washingtonville.  5. 
John,  farmer  and  blacksmith,  died  at  La  Otto,  Indiana.  6.  Sarah,  married 
Peter  Connor,  of  Washingtonville,  Ohio,  and  died  there.  7.  Barbara,  mar- 
ried Christian  Byerley,  of  Wampum,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  there.  8. 
Lydia,  married  Anthony  Elton,  of  Washingtonville,  Ohio,  and  died  there.  9. 
Michael,  who  also  lived  and  died  in  Washingtonville,  Ohio,  where  he  was  a 
carpenter. 

(II)  George  Grimm,  son  of  John  Grimm,  was  born  August  26,  1817, 
at  Lisbon,  Ohio.  When  a  young  man  he  removed  to  Painesville,  where 
he  remained  many  years  engaged  in  the  trade  of  blacksmith.  He  finally 
went  to  Washingtonville,  Ohio,  and  there  passed  the  few  remaining  years 
of  his  life,  still  plying  his  trade.  He  was  married  to  Martha  L.  Shonts,  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Slutterbeck)  Shonts,  of  Columbiana  county, 
Ohio,  where  she  was  bom  October  6,  1822.  Her  parents  were  both  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  he  of  Butler  county,  and  she  of  Lancaster  county.  They 
were  married  young  and  settled  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  where  he 
followed  the  trade  of  carpenter  until  his  death  at  the  age  of  seventy.  Mrs. 
Shonts  survived  him  a  number  of  years,  dying  at  the  age  of  eighty-one. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shonts  were  both  members  of  the  Dunkard  Church.  Their 
children  appear  to  have  numbered  seven,  as  follows:  i.  Susan,  later  the 
wife  of  Benjamin  Bushong,  of  Columbiana  county,  Ohio.  2.  Mary,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Morningstar,  and  eventually  died  in  Nebraska.  3. 
Martha  L.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Grimm.  4.  Jacob,  who  died  in 
the  west  when  over  eighty-five  years  of  age.  5. ,  who  died  at  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio.  6.  Aaron,  who  died  in  the  west.  7.  Ferdinand,  who  died  in 
early  manhood.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grimm  Sr.  were  born  twelve  children, 
of  whom  but  four  are  living.  They  were:  i.  William  Allen,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Shannon,  who  died  in  his  country's  service  during  the  Civil 
War.  3.  Sarah  Ellen,  was  the  wife  of  Firman  Howell,  of  Mahoning  county. 


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Ohio,  where  she  died.  4.  Wahon  Lewis,  now  a  gardener  of  Niles,  Ohio. 
5.  Warren  W.,  died  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  January  17,  1910.  6. 
Willard  F.,  died  January  23,  1876,  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio.  7.  A 
child  who  died  unnamed  in  infancy.  8.  Whitmer  J.,  a  resident  of  Staunton, 
Illinois.  9.  Francis  Marion,  died  on  the  old  homestead.  10.  Martha,  now 
Mrs.  Job  Evans,  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  11.  Mary  B.,  now  Mrs. 
George  Bowker,  of  Niles,  Ohio.     12.  Williamson  C,  who  died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  William  Allen  Grimm,  son  of  George  Grimm,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 14,  1840,  at  Washingtonville,  Ohio.  He  was  educated  in  the  local 
public  schools.  At  an  early  age  he  began  training  in  the  blacksmith's  trade, 
and  followed  this  occupation  all  his  life.  He  continued  to  live  in  his 
native  town  until  about  the  year  1883,  and  then  for  a  period  of  some  four 
years  moved  about  among  various  places,  coming  in  1887  to  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm  of  sixty-seven  acres  situated  on  a 
hill  in  Chippewa  township,  near  Beaver  Falls.  In  this  city  he  established 
himself  in  his  trade  as  blacksmith,  continuing  there  for  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  While  thus  engaged  he  resided  on  his  farm  in  the  neighboring  country, 
which  was  operated  and  managed  by  his  wife  and  children.  Upon  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Grimm  did  not  himself  enlist  in  the  army 
as  did  his  brother,  Willard  F.,  but  he  played  an  invaluable  part  neverthe- 
less, and  shod  horses  for  the  United  States  government  during  the  entire 
period  of  that  great  conflict.  Mr.  Grimm  was  a  Democrat  politically,  and 
was  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  Order.  His  death  occurred  October  27, 
1895. 

Mr.  Grimm  married  Mary  Jane  McDonald,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia, 
Canada.  Mrs.  Grimm  was  a  splendid  business  woman,  who  while  her  hus- 
band was  following  his  trade  in  Beaver  Falls  applied  her  abilities  to  the 
operation  of  the  farm,  which  under  her  good  management  flourished  exceed- 
ingly. To  her  efforts  also  were  due  the  good  early  training  of  her  children 
and  their  bringing  up  to  a  life  of  industry.  Upon  their  arrival  on  the  farm 
near  Beaver  Falls,  the  children  all  joined  in  working  under  her  vigorous 
direction  and  a  good  barn  was  the  result.  This  first  attempt  was  ill-fated 
find  the  structure  was  burned  down,  but  in  1893  another  was  erected  in  its 
place  and  a  commodious  house  as  well.  The  buildings  are  situated  upon  a 
hill  and  present  a  fine  appearance  as  well  as  commanding  an  attractive  out- 
look over  the  surrounding  country.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grimm  were  born 
seven  children,  as  follows:  i.  Charles,  who  learned  his  father's  trade  of 
blacksmith,  which  he  now  follows  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  2.  Mary  L., 
who  died  in  infancy.  3.  Mary  L.,  now  Mrs.  John  L.  Bucklew,  of  Florida. 
4.  Edward  H.,  who  resides  on  the  home  farm.  5.  Delmont,  now  a  student 
in  the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia.  6.  Donald  C,  a  mechanic 
in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Kittie  L.,  now  Mrs.  Harry  N.  McKinnis, 
and  the  mother  of  two  children,  Pearl  Sylvia  and  Ethel  Rose.  Mrs.  Grimm 
survived  her  husband  for  nearly  nine  years,  her  death  occurring  in  Septem- 
ber, 1904.     Since  the  death  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grimm,  two  of  their  children. 


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Edward  H.  Grimm  and  Mrs.  McKinnis,  continue  the  operation  of  the  farm, 
giving  especial  attention  to  the  raising  of  fruit  and  dairy  products,  their 
orchard  occupying  five  acres  and  their  herd  of  cattle  numbering  twenty-two 
head. 


Prominence  in  private,  public  and  business  life  has  ever 
GILCHRIST    been  the  portion  of  those  bearing  the  name  Gilchrist,  and 

in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  this  has  been  es- 
pecially true,  for  from  early  times  to  the  present  day  the  name  has  stood  for 
all  that  is  desirable  in  many  fields  of  endeavor. 

(I)  Joseph  Gilchrist,  the  first  of  the  line  herein  recorded,  was  born  in 
Scotland.  He  married  and  was  the  father  of  six  sons  and  two  daughters : 
James,  Joseph,  George,  David,  Archie,  John,  Rachel,  Sarah.  David,  John 
and  Archie  served  in  the  Civil  War. 

(II)  James  Gilchrist,  son  of  Joseph  Gilchrist,  was  born  in  Westmore- 
land county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in  Scottdale,  Pennsylvania,  in  1889.  Soon 
after  leaving  school  he  learned  the  cabinetmaker's  trade,  following  that  oc- 
cupation and  undertaking  in  his  native  county  all  of  his  life.  He  was  twice 
married,  his  first  wife  being  Sarah  Gross,  his  second  wife,  Susanna  Van 
Dyke.  Joseph  Gross,  father  of  Sarah  (Gross)  Gilchrist,  is  the  first  of  this 
record,  and  to  him  was  granted  a  large  measure  of  prominence  and  influence 
in  his  native  county,  Westmoreland,  where  he  was  for  many  years  justice  of 
the  peace,  clerk  of  the  court,  and  the  incumbent  of  many  other  positions  and 
offices  that  made  him  an  important  figure  in  political  circles.  An  accom- 
plished politician,  he  possessed  all  of  the  qualities  that  make  one  a  power 
among  one's  fellows,  and  was  entirely  devoid  of  any  of  the  instincts  that 
prompt  the  use  of  public  trust  for  private  gain,  his  services  being  rendered 
in  a  patriotic,  unselfish  manner.  He  was  strongly  in  sympathy  with  the 
administration  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  War.and  the  first  call  for  volunteers 
to  preserve  the  integrity  of  the  nation  found  him  ready  for  whatever  action 
might  come,  in  the  course  of  the  struggle  that  followed  having  an  arm  so 
shot  and  shattered  that  amputation  was  imperative.  His  death  occurred  in 
1888,  his  mantle  falling  in  part  upon  his  son,  E.  M.  Gross,  who  occupies  an 
eminent  position  in  Westmoreland  county.  Joseph  Gross  married  and  had  a 
considerable  family;  four  of  his  sons,  Joseph,  deceased,  John,  Archibald, 
David,  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War.  Children  of  first 
marriage :  Joseph  Porter,  William  David,  of  whom  further ;  Hallie,  married 
John  Crosby ;  Eva,  Susanna,  Erianda,  Sattie.  Children  of  second  marriage : 
Edward,  Harry,  Robert,  Earl,  Logan,  Ida,  Clara,  Nora,  Emma. 

(Ill)  William  David  Gilchrist,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Gross)  Gil- 
christ, was  born  in  Madison,  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  7, 
1861.  Until  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  a  student  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  place.  At  that  age  he  began  his  business  career,  which  has 
carried  him  into  many  fields  and  has  gained  him  a  wide  knowledge  of  the 
workings  of  as  many  industries  and  occupations.     He  was  for  a  time  em- 


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ployed  in  a  rolling  mill,  then  in  a  brick  yard,  and  for  a  few  following  years 
was  busied  at  cabinet-making  and  cigar-making.  His  next  position  was  with 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  whose  service  he  entered  in  1878,  in  the  trans- 
portation department,  at  the  time  of  his  resignation  from  that  company  hold- 
ing the  rank  of  conductor  on  the  road.  From  1888,  when  he  left  Pennsyl- 
vania, until  1902,  he  was  engaged  in  the  same  capacity  by  the  Baltimore 
&  Ohio  Railroad,  in  the  latter  year  becoming  proprietor  of  a  hotel  at  Con- 
fluence, Somerset  county,  Pennsylvania,  continuing  there  for  three  years. 
In  1906  he  became  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Ohiopyle,  Fayette  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  managed  the  house  until  191 1,  when  he  traveled  for  two 
years,  his  family  residing  in  Michigan,  and  in  April,  1913,  he  purchased 
the  Hotel  Ambridge  in  the  town  of  that  name.  This  public  house  he  con- 
ducts at  the  present  time,  and  the  favor  that  the  hotel  has  found  with  the 
traveling  public  is  ample  evidence  of  his  adaptability  to  his  business.  The 
Hotel  Ambridge  is  conducted  upon  a  high  plane  of  service  and  value  giv- 
ing, no  efforts  being  spared  to  make  comfort  and  convenience  the  predom- 
inant characterictics  of  the  house,  and  that  such  has  come  to  pass  is  due 
entirely  to  the  wise  direction  of  Mr.  Gilchrist..  Mr.  Gilchrist  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  being  a  life  member 
of  Connellsville  Lodge,  No.  503;  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  being 
past  chancellor  of  Fayette  Lodge,  No.  339;  and  also  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Hotel  Men's  Association. 

Mr.  Gilchrist  has  been  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being  Nannie, 
daughter  of  R.  B.  Cox,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  a  prominent  man 
of  Fayette  county,  where  he  died  in  1908.  By  a  former  marriage  Mr. 
Gilchrist  had  two  children,  Marion  Byron  and  Harriet  Louise,  and  by 
his  second  marriage  he  has  William  David  and  James  Bruce.  He  and 
his  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mrs.  Gil- 
christ was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Fayette  county,  and  for  ten  years 
was  a  teacher  in  the  Connellsville  schools.  Her  father,  R.  B.  Cox,  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  county,  and  active  in  political  matters.  He 
was  a  contractor  and  builder  and  prominent  also  in  fraternal  matters,  being 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Connellsville  Masonic  Order,  and  also 
holding  membership  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, Veteran  Legion,  and  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His 
wife  was  Mary  J.  Shallenberger,  of  Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania. 


The  Gilchrists  in  America  are  descended  from  the  ancient 
GILCHRIST     Scottish  clan   Killcreast,  who   lived  in  Ayr    (Ayrshire), 

the  next  county  north  of  Glasgow,  prior  to  the  conquest 
of  Scotland  by  William  the  Conqueror  in  1071.  At  the  time  of  the  Re- 
formation they  became  Presbyterians  under  John  Knox.  In  about  1602 
many  of  this  family,  with  other  Scots,  were  induced  by  James  I.  of 
England  to  settle  in  the  North  of  Ireland,  where  they  lived  many  years. 


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Just  when  the  first  members  of  this  family  came  to  America  is  not  on 
record. 

(I)  William  Gilchrist  was  a  coal  miner  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  married  and  had  children 
as  follows,  although  the  names  may  not  be  exactly  in  order  of  birth :  Thomas 
and  John,  residents  of  Brilliant,  Ohio ;  Newton,  a  contractor  in  Brilliant, 

Ohio;  Alexander,  of  further  mention, ,  who  married Davis; , 

married Chuffy. 

(II)  Alexander  Gilchrist,  son  of  William  Gilchrist,  was  born  in  Jeffer- 
son county,  Ohio,  in  February,  1849,  and  is  now  living  retired  from  bus- 
iness in  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia.  He  grew  to  maturity  in  his  native  county, 
and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Sixty-first 
Regiment  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  four  years.  He  was  actively 
engaged  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  was  with  General  Sherman  m 
the  famous  march  to  the  sea.  Upon  his  return  from  the  war,  he  worked 
in  the  coal  mines.  In  1893  he  removed  to  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia,  where 
he  operated  a  coal  mine  until  he  sold  it  in  1909,  selling  four  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  to  the  Pittsburgh  and  West  Virginia  Coal  Company.  Upon  the 
failure  of  this  company  he  again  took  charge  of  these  mines  for  a  time. 
He  is  also  connected  in  a  business  way  with  a  number  of  local  banks,  and 
is  the  owner  of  a  large  quantity  of  real  estate.  He  is  a  strong  Republican, 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Gilchrist 
married  Ellen  Jane  Bucy,  a  farmer's  daughter  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio, 
and  they  have  had  children:  Elmer,  a  coal  operator  in  Wellsburg,  West 
Virginia;  William,  killed  in  a  mine  in  1910;  Alice,  a  resident  of  Wheeling, 
West  Virginia,  married  Thomas  Evans,  an  employee  of  a  tin  plate  mill; 
Margaret,  married  A.  J.  Antill,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania; 
Clifford  and  Bess,  unmarried,  live  with  parents;  Blaine,  a  tin  plate  mill 
worker,  lives  in  Wellsburg;  Theodore  Mullen,  of  further  mention;  Alex- 
ander Jr.,  unmarried. 

(III)  Theodore  Mullen  Gilchrist,  son  of  Alexander  and  Ellen  Jane 
(Bucy)  Gilchrist,  was  born  in  Brilliant,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  September 
18,  1885.  His  earlier  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of 
Brilliant,  and  he  then  received  thorough  training  at  a  business  college  in 
Wheeling,  West  Virginia.  Two  years  were  then  spent  in  the  office  of  his 
father  at  Wellsburg,  and  after  the  sale  of  the  mine  property,  Mr.  Gil- 
christ accepted  a  position  in  the  freight  office  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company.  His  father  having  again  taken  charge  of  the  mining  prop- 
erty, Mr.  Gilchrist  took  charge  of  the  office  in  1905  and  was  at  the  head 
of  it  until  1910.  Then,  in  association  with  his  brother-in-law,  A.  J.  Antill, 
he  came  to  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  purchased  the  confec- 
tionery store  of  Edward  Johnson.  They  conducted  this  together  until 
1912,  when  Mr.  Gilchrist  purchased  the  interests  of  his  partner,  and  since 
that  time  has  been  the  sole  proprietor.  He  owns  the  building  at  No.  913 
Seventh  avenue,  and  resides  in  it.     He  manufactures  ice  cream  and  con- 


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fectionery  of  all  kinds,  and  also  has  a  retail  store  and  ice  cream  parlor. 
These  are  also  conducted  in  a  progressive  and  up-to-date  manner,  and 
are  considered  among  the  finest  in  the  city.  He  is  a  member  of  Beaver 
Valley  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Mr.  Gilchrist  married,  October 
18,  191 1,  Cora  MacCall,  born  at  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Dorothy  MacCall,  the  former  a  steam  engineer.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gilchrist  have  one  child,  Catherine  EHzabeth,  born  July  26,  1912. 


Gerret  Van  Sweringen  was  born  in  Beemsterdam, 
SWEARINGEN  Holland,  in  1636.  He  was  the  younger  son  of  a 
family  belonging  to  the  nobility  and  received  a  liberal 
education.  While  still  a  young  man  he  performed  responsible  duties  in  the 
service  of  the  Dutch  East  India  Company,  and  in  1656,  when  that  com- 
pany fitted  out  a  ship,  "Prince  Maurice,"  with  emigrants  and  supplies  for 
the  Dutch  Colony  on  the  Delaware  river  in  America,  he  was  appointed  as 
supercargo  of  the  expedition.  This  vessel  sailed  from  the  port  of  Amster- 
dam, December  21,  1656,  and  was  to  have  touched  at  New  Amsterdam, 
now  New  York  City,  but  on  the  night  of  March  8,  1657,  the  vessel  was 
stranded  oflf  Fire  Island,  near  the  southern  coast  of  Long  Island,  and  the 
next  day  in  freezing  weather,  the  passengers  and  crew  managed  to  get  to 
the  barren  shore  in  a  frail  boat.  They  had  no  means  of  making  a  fire 
and  were  exposed  to  all  the  fury  of  the  elements.  On  the  third  day  they 
saw  some  Indians,  and  one  of  them  was  sent  with  a  message  to  Stuy- 
vesant,  then  governor  of  New  Amsterdam,  who  came  with  a  sloop  and 
carried  them  to  safety  in  that  city.  A  part  of  the  cargo  of  the  ship  having 
been  saved,  it  was  put  aboard  another  vessel  chartered  at  New  Amster- 
dam, and  on  April  16,  they  sailed  for  their  destination,  arriving  there  in 
safety  after  a  further  voyage  of  five  days. 

After  his  unfortunate  experience  with  this  vessel,  the  "Prince 
Maurice,"  Gerret  Van  Sweringen  asked  to  be  released  from  the  service 
of  the  Dutch  East  India  Company,  as  he  intended  staying  in  the  new 
country  and  as  there  "was  nothing  more  for  him  to  do."  His  request  was 
granted. 

Fort  Casimir,  on  the  Delaware  river,  was  established  by  the  Dutch  in 
1651,  and  was  surprised  in  1654  by  the  Swedes,  taken  into  possession  by 
them,  but  regained  by  the  Dutch  in  1655.  At  this  time  its  name  was 
changed  to  New  Amstel,  now  New  Castle,  Delaware.  The  Dutch  held  it 
until  1664,  when  all  New  Netherlands  came  under  British  dominion.  Con- 
cerning current  aflfairs,  Gerret  Van  Sweringen  says : 

The  Company  being  soe  indebted  to  the  Citty  of  Amsterdam  as  to  the  setting 
out  of  a  man  of  war  in  reducing  the  South  river  (the  Dehiware)  into  thcir_  posses- 
sion again  they  were  resolved  to  make  sale  of  their  said  title  unto  the  said  Citty. 
In  fine  the  Citty  of  Amsterdam  were  Lords  and  Patrons  of  that  colony.  A  ship 
called  the  Prince  Maurice  was  provided  to  goe  to  the  said  Colony,  a  Gov.  and  Coun- 
cils appointment,  and  a  company  of  soldiers  consisting  of  about  sixty  men  put 
aboard,  and  I  myselfe  was  made  Supagargo  over  the  said  ship  and  goods.  The 
passengers  comeing  into  Deleware  in  a  ship  called  the  Beaver,  hired  at   New  York, 


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after  the  ship  Prince  Maurice  was  lost  This  was  the  2Sth  day  of  April,  1657,  when 
we  took  possession  of  the  fort  now  called  New  Castle,  and  the  soldiers  of  the 
West  India  Company  quitted  the  same.  He  was  married  at  this  place,  about  1659, 
to  Barbarah  de  Barrette,  who  was  born  at  Valenciennes,  France.  He  was  sheriff 
commissary,  and  a  member  of  the  council,  and  was  also  interested  in  the  cultivation 
of  some  low  lands,  a  duck  pond  and  trade. 

The  following  letter  of  a  personal  nature  was  written  to  a  friend  in 
Holland,  who  was  evidently  a  government  official.     It  was  filed  with  the 
official  records,  probably  because  of  its  reference  to  the  affairs  of  the  colony, 
which  references  are,  in  the  main,  omitted  here : 
Noble,  Worshipful,  Wise,  Right  Prudent  Sir. 

Sir: — With  due  respect  and  reverence  have  I  hereby  taken  the  liberty  to  greet 
you,  through  bounden  duty  of  gratitude  to  devote  to  you  all  the  days  of  my  life.  I 
hope  you  will  not  consider  the  insignificance  of  my  person,  but  excuse  the  previous 
and  present  boldness  of  so  freely  writing  to  your  Honor.  Such  being  the  case,  I 
cannot  neglect  thereby  to  communicate  my  promotion ;  about  a  year  and  a  half 
after  my  departure  from  Patria,  with  your  Honor's  favorable  recommendation,  I 
have  been  appointed  schout  (sheriff),  here  subject  to  the  approbation  of  the  Honor- 
able Principals;  previously  I  have  taken  care  of  the  store  as  a  clerk;  and,  after 
J.  Rinevelt's  death,  as  a  commissary,  from  which  I  have  now  requested  to  be  dis- 
charged, as  I  have  been  recently  made  Second  Councillor.  Have  received  som 
goods  from  my  Brother  all  which  I  have  laid  out  in  my  house,  horses  and  mules. 
I  am  also  married.  Herewith  I  commend  your  Honor  to  the  mercy  and  protection 
of  the  Most  High  God,  and  remain  your  most  Obedient  humble  servant. 

G.  V.  Sweringen; 
New  Anstel,  8th  of  Dec.  1659. 

In  1660  he  went  to  Holland,  taking  his  wife  with  him,  and  remained 
there  one  year  in  behalf  of  the  colony.  Returning  the  following  year,  he 
resumed  his  duties.  After  New  Amsterdam  was  surrendered  to  the 
British  in  1664,  Sir  Robert  Carr  was  sent  to  demand  the  surrender  of 
New  Anstel.    Gerret  says : 

The  Fort  and  Country  was  brought  under  submission  by  Sir  Robert  Carr  as  dis- 
puted with  two  shipps  to  that  intent.  Sir  Robert  Carr  did  protest  often  to  me  that 
he  did  not  come  as  an  enemy,  but  as  a  friend  demanding  only  in  friendship  what 
was  ye  King's  right  in  that  Country.  There  was  taken  from  the  Citty  and  inhabitants 
thereabouts  one  hundred  ships,  30  or  40  horses,  50  or  60  cows  and  oxen,  the  No. 
of  60  or  70  negroes,  and  the  estate  of  the  Gov.  and  myself,  except  some  house  stuffe, 
and  a  negor  I  gott  away,  and  some  other  moveables  Sir  Robert  Carr  did  permit 
me  to  sell. 

It  has  been  said  of  him  that  after  the  surrender  of  the  colony  to  the 
English,  he  publicly  broke  his  sword  across  his  knee,  throwing  the  pieces 
to  the  right  and  left,  and  renounced  all  allegiance  to  the  Dutch  authorities. 
Shortly  after  the  surrender  he  removed  to  Maryland.  In  April,  1669, 
his  wife  and  two  children,  on  their  petition  to  Lord  Baltimore,  were  natur- 
alized by  the  act  of  the  general  assembly  held  at  St.  Mary's  in  that  province. 
The  importance  of  this  act  will  be  understood  when  it  is  stated  that  the 
ownership  of  land  was  restricted  to  British  subjects.  Some  years  after 
going  to  Maryland  he  wrote  an  account  of  the  Dutch  settlements  on  the 
Delaware  river,  which  account  was  probably  written  for  the  Maryland 
council  to  use  as  evidence  in  the  boundary  disputes  between  Lord  Balti- 
more and  William  Penn.  It  was  executed  May  12,  1684,  "at  a  council  at 
Matapany  Sewall,  in  the  Providence  of  Maryland,"  and  the  jurat  described 
Gerret  as  being  "Of  the  City  of  St.  Maries,  gent,  aged  8  and  40  yrs.  or 
thereabouts."    The  extracts  heretofore  given  are  from  this  account. 


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He  was  an  "innholder"  at  St.  Mary's  and  owned  land  in  that  county 
and  also  in  Talbott  county.  In  the  proclamation  of  the  charter  of  the  City 
of  St.  Mary's,  issued  by  Lord  Baltimore  in  1668,  he  was  appointed  an 
alderman  of  the  city.  In  1674  he  built  the  city's  stocks  and  whipping 
post.  He  was  appointed  sheriff  of  the  county  in  1686  and  again  in  1687. 
Barbarah  de  Barrette,  his  wife,  was  born  at  Valenciennes,  France,  died 
about  1670,  and  he  married  Mary  Smith,  of  St.  Mary's,  the  ante-nuptial 
settlement  being  executed  October  5,  1676.  He  died  in  1698  and  his 
widow  some  years  later.  She  "in  the  faith  of  the  English  Church."  The 
issue  of  his  first  marriage:  i.  Elizabeth.  2.  Zacharias,  born  in  New 
Castle,  Delaware,  about  1663,  was  yet  an  infant  when  his  father  removed 
to  Maryland;  in  1694  he,  with  his  father,  joined  in  the  address  of  the 
officials  and  freemen  of  the  city  of  St.  Mary's  to  the  governor,  against 
having  the  meeting  of  the  assembly  changed  from  that  place  to  Annapolis ; 
his  widow,  whose  given  name  was  Martha,  survived  him;  in  her  will  she 
mentioned  a  daughter  Jane  and  appointed  a  guardian  of  her  children,  and 
refers  to  Zacharias  as  "late  of  St.  Mary's  county."  3.  Thomas,  see  forward. 
Children  of  second  marriage:  4.  Joseph,  who  was  probably  born  in  St. 
Mary's  in  1677;  his  father  in  his  will  appointed  "wife  and  son  Joseph" 
executors.  5.  Charles,  probably  died  before  his  mother,  as  he  was  not 
mentioned  in  her  will  while  he  was  mentioned  in  his  father's.  6.  Eleanor, 
who  married  a  Mr.  Carroll.  7.  Theresa.  8.  Dorothy.  9.  Another  daugh- 
ter, who  married  William  Bladen. 

(II)  Thomas  Van  Sweringen,  son  of  Gerret  and  Barbarah  (de  Bar- 
rette) Van  Sweringen,  was  the  first  American  born  ancestor  of  this 
family. 

(III)  John  Sweringen,  son  of  Thomas  Van  Sweringen,  was  probably 
bom  in  Somerset  county,  Maryland,  about  1702,  migrated  to  Montgomery 
county,  and  settled  on  Rick  Creek,  not  far  from  the  site  of  Washington 
City.  He  married,  and  had  children :  Thomas ;  Samuel,  see  forward ; 
Van ;  John ;  and  several  daughters. 

(IV)  Samuel  Swearingen,  son  of  John  Swearingen,  was  bom  about 
1732.  Shortly  after  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution  he  settled  on 
what  is  now  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  house 
was  a  stopping  place  for  the  Indian  scouts.  The  farm  on  which  he  settled 
is  still  in  the  possessions  of  his  descendants.  He  married  Catherine  Con- 
dell  and  had  children:  William,  Mary,  John,  Van,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Basil, 
see  forward;  Zachariah. 

(V)  Basil  Swearingen,  son  of  Samuel  and  Catherine  (Condell) 
Swearingen,  was  born  on  his  father's  homestead,  about  two  miles  from 

-Kendall  Post  Office,  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  2,  1782.  At 
an  early  age  he  became  interested  in  agriculture  and  succeeded  in  acquiring 
about  one  thousand  acres  of  woodland,  on  the  head  waters  of  King's 
creek.  By  his  industry  and  energy  this  was  converted  into  productive 
farms,  upon  which  were  kept  large  numbers  of  sheep,  the  wool  from  these 


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affording  the  bulk  of  the  income.  Another  important  production  of  the 
farms  in  those  days  was  flax,  which  was  grown  in  large  quantities  by 
Mr.  Swearingen  and  manufactured  into  linen  for  home  use,  and  some  of 
it  was  sold.  Almost  all  of  this  large  tract  of  land  is  now  owned  by  his 
grandchildren  and  great-grandchildren.  Mr.  Swearingen  married  Sarah 
VVilcoxen.  He  died  May  15,  1852,  and  she  died  in  March,  1856.  They  are 
buried  in  Bethel  Cemetery,  near  Bethel  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  land  donated  for  that  purpose  by  a  lineal 
descendant.  They  had  children:  i.  Anthony,  drowned  while  young,  in  the 
spring  near  his  father's  house ;  when  found  his  head  was  at  the  bottom  of 
the  spring  and  his  feet  near  the  surface;  it  is  supposed  that  he  fell  while 
trying  to  reach  for  a  leaf  at  the  bottom  of  the  spring,  which  was  about 
three  feet  deep  and  walled  on  three  sides  with  rock.  2.  Catherine,  mar- 
ried Emmanuel  Dornen.  3.  Ruth,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Sarah,  married  John 
Wallace.  5.  Elizabeth,  married  Dr.  John  Harsha.  6.  Ruth,  married  John 
Campbell.    7.  Jackson,  see  forward. 

(VI)  Jackson  Swearingen,  son  of  Basil  and  Sarah  (Wilcoxen)  Swear- 
ingen, was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1815.  After  the  war 
he  removed  to  the  village  of  Hookstown,  where  he  died  in  1887.  He  mar- 
ried Nancy  Ann  Laughlin,  and  had  children:  i.  Basil,  married  Anna 
Boyd;  children:  Aldah,  Maud,  Yula.  2.  Joseph  LaughHn,  see  forward. 
3.  Samuel,  married  Mary  Cloud;  children:  Edna,  Nima,  Jackson  C.  4. 
Sarah,  married  James  Brandon.     5.  Elizabeth,  married  A.  J.  Scott. 

(VH)  Joseph  Laughlin  Swearingen,  son  of  Jackson  and  Nancy  Ann 
(Laughlin)  Swearingen,  was  born  September  20,  1840.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  served  in  the  Union  army,  as  a  member  of  Company  H,  One 
Hundred  and  Fortieth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
was  for  the  most  part  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  The  only  injury  he  received  was  at  Chancellorsville,  when  the  ex- 
plosion of  a  caisson  caused  deafness  and  vertigo.  Since  1873  he  has  been 
living  at  Milford,  Nebraska.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  state  legisla- 
ture, and  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Mr. 
Swearingen  married  (first)  Mary  Laughlin,  who  died  in  1869;  (second) 
in  1873,  Agnes  Kirk,  who  died  in  1879;  (third)  in  1885,  Lucretia  M. 
Terrell.  Children:  i.  Marilda,  married  Lee  Atwood;  lives  at  Brush, 
Colorado.  2.  Anna  Joetta,  married  George  D.  Lyon ;  lives  in  Pittsburgh. 
3.  Jackson,  see  forward.  4.  Paul  Vane,  lives  at  Milford  Nebraska.  5. 
Thomas,  lives  with  his  parents  at  Roca,  Nebraska. 

(VIII)  Jackson  (2)  Swearingen,  son  of  Joseph  Laughlin  and  Mary 
(Laughlin)  Swearingen,  was  born  in  Kendall,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, May  3,  i86g.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Hooks- 
town,  and  when  he  reached  manhood  engaged  in  teaming  in  which  he  was 
successful.  He  came  to  his  present  farm  of  seventy-six  acres  in  1891,  and 
has  another  farm  of  forty  acres.     He  has  been  an  active  and  influential 


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worker  for  the  Republican  party,  and  has  held  almost  all  the  local  offices 
in  the  township  at  various  times.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Hookstown  United  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Swearingen  married,  De- 
cember 17,  1890,  Lillian  B.  McDonald,  and  they  have  had  children: 
Charles  R.,  George  L.,  James  E.,  Ralph  S.,  Mary  M.,  Joetta  L.,  Frederick 
v.,  Nina  J.,  Joseph  P. 

Mrs.  Swearingen  is  the  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Sterling) 
McDonald,  both  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Margaret  (Barkley)  McDonald.  John  McDonald 
was  born  in  Scotland,  and  was  a  child  when  he  came  to  America  about 
1805  with  his  parents.  They  located  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  on  what  is  known  as  the  Thomas  Morris  farm,  now  owned  by 
Ramsey  Brothers. 

William  Sterling,  the  maternal  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Swearingen, 
came  to  America  with  his  wife,  Sarah  (Abernethy)  Sterling,  and  his  two 
children,  James  and  William  Jr.,  and  located  near  Noblestown,  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  stone  mason  by  trade,  and  later  removed 
to  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  of  about 
one  hundred  acres,  and  there  his  death  occurred.  The  children  born  to 
him  in  America  were:  John,  Robert,  Henry,  Eliza,  Sarah.  William  Ster- 
ling Jr.,  son  of  William  Sterling  Sr.,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  was  about 
five  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents.  He 
was  also  a  stone  mason  and  a  farmer,  and  in  1843  removed  to  the  farm  on 
which  R.  S.  Cowling  now  lives,  this  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  three 
acres.  He  erected  a  barn  the  same  year,  and  there  he  died.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  his  political  opinions,  but  never  aspired  to  public  office.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married,  and  had 
children :  John,  who  died  at  the  age  of  three  years ;  William,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  One  Hundred  and  First  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Infantry ;  Mary  Jane ;  Sarah ;  Margaret,  who  became  the  mother  of  Mrs. 
Swearingen  ;  Rebecca  ;  Martha  ;  Lydia. 


From  far  away  Germany  came  Michael  Fair  with  his  parents, 
FAIR  settling  on  the  Schuylkill  river,  near  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
prior  to  the  Revolution,  in  which  his  father  served  as  a  soldier 
of  the  colonies.  After  the  war  Michael  Fair  settled  in  Armstrong  county, 
Pennsylvania,  with  his  brother  John,  the  lands  they  then  acquired  being 
yet  owned  by  descendants.  Michael  Fair  married  Mary  B.  Steelsmith, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  Steelsmith,  the  former  named  died  in  1828, 
aged  eighty-five  years,  and  the  latter  named  died  aged  ninety-three  years. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fair:  John,  of  whom  further;  Eli,  Frederick, 
Peter,  Sarah.  Michael  Fair  died  August  10,  i860,  aged  eighty-four  years 
and  nine  months,  and  his  wife  died  in  July,  1870,  aged  ninety  years  and 
thirteen  days.  Sarah,  the  youngest  daughter,  who  died  December,  1891, 
aged  ninety-one  years  and  twenty-nine  days,  was  the  wife  of  Peter  Fair, 


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who  died  September  23,  1878,  aged  eighty-two  years,  two  months  and  five 
days.  Leonard  Fair,  Esq.,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Helems,  both  now  living  in 
Washington  township,  are  the  two  oldest  children  of  Peter  and  Sarah 
Fair;  they  were  both  married  long  before  the  death  of  Mrs.  Steelsmith, 
and  their  children  were  married  and  had  children  before  Mrs.  Steelsmith's 
death,  and  their  children  were  married  before  Mrs.  Fair  died  and  their 
children  in  turn  were  married  and  had  children  before  Mrs.  Sarah  Fair 
died,  thus  it  appears  that  Mrs.  Sarah  Steelsmith  and  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Mary  B.  Fair,  each  successively  saw  their  grandchildren's  children. 
Leonard  Fair  and  Mrs.  Helems  both  distinctly  remember  their  great- 
grandparents,  both  of  whom  are  yet  living,  and  have  been  permitted  to 
see  their  great-grandchildren.  Thus  the  lives  reaching  backward  and  for- 
ward are  in  touch  with  seven  generations.  The  above  record  is  taken  from 
the  tombstones  in  a  private  burying  ground,  called  the  Fair  Grave  Yard, 
located  in  the  southern  part  of  Washington  township,  not  far  from  the 
village  of  Cowansville.  Side  by  side  lay  the  bodies  of  six  persons,  repre- 
senting three  generations,  the  sum  of  whose  ages  is  over  five  hundred  and 
twenty-five  years. 

(II)  John  Fair,  son  of  Michael  Fair,  was  born  in  Armstrong  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  which  locality  he  was  a  farmer  all  his  active  years.  He 
married  Mary  Chrisman ;  children :  William ;  Philip,  of  whom  further ; 
Susanna,  married  David  Yerty  Chambers,  who  went  out  as  a  drummer  boy 
with  the  Kittanning  Band  during  the  Civil  War,  contracted  fever  and  died 
in  the  service. 

(III)  Philip  Fair,  son  of  John  Fair,  was  born  in  Armstrong  county, 
Pennsylvania,  February  26,  1832,  where  his  after  life  was  spent,  his  death 
occurring  May  3,  1898,  aged  sixty-six  years.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
stone  cutter,  which  line  of  work  he  followed  in  connection  with  farming 
all  his  active  life.  He  married,  February  23,  i860,  Nancy  Jane  Gregg, 
daughter  of  George  Gregg,  a  riverman  and  raftsman,  drowned  in  the  Alle- 
gheny river.  Children:  Harvey,  born  December  24,  i860;  George  Elmer, 
born  July  7,  1862;  Mary  Ann,  born  August  13,  1864,  married  Jacob  Helms; 
Samuel  J.,  born  September  22,  1866;  Charles  D.,  born  March  14,  1871 ; 
Ross  Ralston,  born  April  7,  1873;  Barney  Otto,  of  whom  further;  Claude 
Willson,  bom  May  3,  1878.  The  family  were  members  of  the  Lutheran 
Church. 

(IV)  Barney  Otto  Fair,  son  of  Philip  Fair,  was  born  in  Armstrong 
county,  Pennsylvania,  November  10,  1875.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Armstrong  county  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  then  began  life  as 
a  wage  earner.  His  first  position  was  as  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  his 
brother,  George  E.  Fair,  at  Irondale,  Ohio,  continuing  with  him  five  years. 
He  then  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother,  Ross  R.  Fair,  and  estab- 
lished a  grocery  store  in  Shamokin.  Pennsylvania.  After  two  years  in 
business  there  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Verona,  Pennsylvania,  where  for 
two  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  meat  business.     He  then 


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opened  a  bakery  in  Coraopolis,  Pennsylvania,  but  not  being  either  familiar 
or  pleased  with  that  line  of  commercial  activity,  did  not  long  continue. 
He  sold  out  and  for  several  months  was  a  worker  in  the  iron  mills  at 
Leechburg,  Pennsylvania.  He  next  bought  out  a  general  store  at  Glenfield, 
Pennsylvania,  which  he  successfully  conducted  for  six  years.  In  1906, 
realizing  the  coming  importance  of  the  automobile,  he  established  a  garage 
and  repair  shop  in  Beaver  Falls,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  Beaver  county.  He 
is  now  located  at  No.  1904  Seventh  avenue,  a  growing  and  prosperous 
section  of  the  borough,  in  a  three-story  brick  and  concrete  building  sixty 
feet  by  one  hundred  feet,  as  nearly  fireproof  as  is  possible.  This  building, 
which  accommodates  one  hundred  cars,  is  now  taxed  to  its  fullest  capacity 
and  further  floor  space  is  being  added.  His  success  has  been  rapid,  the 
original  garage  twenty  feet  by  sixty  feet  floor  space  having  quickly  been 
outgrown,  and  his  present  one,  although  the  largest  and  best  equipped  of 
any  in  the  county,  already  proving  too  small.  His  repair  department  is 
equipped  with  all  necessary  appliances  and  parts  for  the  repair  of  automo- 
biles of  any  make,  experienced  workmen  insuring  the  quality  of  all  work 
turned  out.  Mr.  Fair  is  popular  with  the  automobiling  public,  his  success 
proving  their  confidence  and  faith  in  his  integrity.  He  is  a  member  of 
lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  of  the  IMasonic  order,  and  of  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  all  of  Beaver  Falls.  In  religion  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  in  political  faith  a  Re- 
publican. 

Mr.  Fair  married,  November  25,  1897,  Mary  L.  Wolf,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Wolf,  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  Children:  Clarence  S. ;  Ruth 
E.,  died  in  infancy ;  Harry  N. ;  Bonita,  died  in  infancy. 


The  line  of  ancestry  of  the  Barclay  family  herein  recorded 
BARCLAY     traces  to  Ireland,  where  have  dwelt  many  of  the  name, 

mostly  in  the  rural  districts,  where  they  have  been  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits.  The  first  of  this  line  to  sunder  the  ties  of  home 
and  country  that  bound  him  to  his  native  land  was  Thomas  Barclay,  who 
came  to  the  United  States  in  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
settling  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Here  he  continued  to  follow  the 
occupation  to  which  he  had  been  accustomed  in  his  home-land,  farming, 
and  in  this  was  very  successful,  the  reason  for  this  probably  being  that  he 
began  unusual  practices.  In  the  land  of  his  birth  intensive  methods  were 
used  to  obtain  a  fair  yield  from  the  soil  that  had  been  nearly  exhausted 
by  previous  generations.  These  methods,  being  applied  to  the  rich  and 
fertile  land  of  the  region  in  which  he  settled,  naturally  produced  banner 
crops,  no  doubt  a  surprise  to  their  cultivator,  as  well  as  a  revelation  in 
the  wealth  of  the  soil.  He  invested  heavily  in  land  in  Ohio  and  Brighton 
townships,  and  at  his  death,  which  occurred  on  his  farm  in  Ohio  township 
in  1833-34,  he  was  the  owner  of  a  great  amount  of  real  estate.  His  wife, 
Jane,   survived   him,   her   death   occurring  in    1855.     Children   of  Thomas 


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and  Jane  Barclay:     i.  Robert,  of  whom  further.    2.  John,  died  in  Beaver 

county,  Pennsylvania.     3.  James,  died  in  Iowa.     4.  Mary,  married  

Anderson,  and  died  in  Iowa  in  1912,  at  an  advanced  age.  5.  Jane,  married 
William  Barclay,  and  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Nancy, 
married  James  Laird,  and  died  in  Iowa.  7.  Eliza,  died  unmarried  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Robert  Barclay,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Barclay,  was 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  10,  1816,  died  at  his  birth- 
place, March  30,  1902.  After  attending  the  public  schools  for  the  usual 
length  of  time,  he  became  a  farmer  and  followed  that  calling  throughout 
his  entire  life.  After  his  marriage  he  and  his  brother  John  became  joint 
owners  of  the  old  homestead,  purchasing  the  interest  held  therein  by  their 
co-heirs.  Here  Robert  Barclay  made  his  home,  tilling  the  soil  that  had 
once  been  turned  by  the  hand  of  his  father,  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  his  record  in  its  history  a  glorious 
one,  embracing  fifty  years  of  service  as  an  elder.  The  changing  principles 
of  party  and  the  inauguration  of  new  organizations  led  him  to  change  his 
political  affiliations  several  times,  although  at  all  times  he  was  prominent 
in  local  affairs.  The  Whig,  Republican  and  Democratic  parties  at  various 
periods  claimed  his  allegiance,  although  his  action  was  often  regardless  of 
party  ties. 

He  married,  June  25,  1844,  Mary  Johnson,  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January  8,  1823,  died  in  August,  1910,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Sarah  (McKane)  Johnson.  He  was  a  farmer  of  South  Beaver  town- 
ship, his  wife  surviving  him  several  years.  Children  of  Francis  and 
Sarah   (McKane)  Johnson:     i.  Andrew,  died  in  South  Beaver  township. 

2.  James,  married  a  Miss  Rhodes,  and  died  in  South  Chippewa  township. 

3.  George,  a  farmer  of  Indiana,  where  he  died.  4.  Thompson,  died  young. 
5.  Mary,  of  previous  mention,  married  Robert  Barclay.  6.  Keziah,  mar- 
ried George  Barclay,  both  deceased.  7.  Martha,  married  Wallace  Ramsey, 
deceased,  and  lives  in  Brighton  township.  8.  Sarah  Jane,  married  a  Mr. 
Young,  and  died  in  Ohio.  9.  Adeline,  married  John  Moore  McMillan,  de- 
ceased, and  lives  on  the  old  homestead.  Children  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Johnson)  Barclay:  i.  Francis  Johnson,  of  whom  further.  2.  Sarah 
Jane,  married  Benjamin  McGaffick,  and  lives  at  Fairview,  Pennsylvania. 
3.  William  H.,  a  resident  of  Fairview,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Elizabeth  C, 
married  W.  J.  Johnson,  and  lives  in  Ohio  township.  5.  Adeline,  married 
Todd  Anderson,  and  lives  at  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  6.  George  S.,  lives 
on  the  homestead.  7.  Margaret  Linda,  married  James  Dawson,  and  lives 
in  Colorado.  8.  Harry  Mitchell,  married  Matilda  McCloy,  and  lives  in 
Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Thomas  Howard,  farmer  of  the  West. 
10.  Etta,  married  Wellington  Moore,  and  lives  in  California. 

(Ill)  Francis  Johnson  Barclay,  eldest  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (John- 
son) Barclay,  was  born  in  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  2,  1845.     He  attended  the  public  schools  and  spent  his  early  life  on 


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his  father's  farm.  Upon  reaching  man's  estate  he  began  to  cultivate  a 
farm  of  his  own,  acquiring,  soon  after  his  marriage,  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-five  acres,  on  which  he  has  Hved  since  October  10,  1872.  Gen- 
eral farming  and  stock  raising  are  the  two  departments  of  his  occupation 
to  which  he  devotes  his  attention.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  political  belief  he  is  a  Republican,  having 
served  as  school  director. 

Mr.  Barclay  married,  October  10,  1867,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  James  Johnson.  Children  of  Francis  Johnson  and  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Barclay:  i.  Benoni  Hunter,  died  aged  eighteen  years.  2.  James  Dawson, 
married  Charlotte  Speerhas,  and  lives  with  his  parents,  managing  the 
farm. 


In  the  new  home  of  the  Buchanan  family,  in  Beaver 
BUCHANAN     county,  Pennsylvania,  the  name  will  ever  be  remembered 

because  of  the  high  place  one  bearing  it  gained  in  the 
regard  of  the  people  of  that  region  and  in  the  estimation  of  its  many 
disciples  of  the  legal  profession.  Beaver  county  has  been  the  home  of  but 
one  generation  of  Buchanan,  he  with  whom  this  record  begins  having  spent 
nearly  all  of  his  years  in  West  Virginia.  This  was  Thomas  Chambers 
Buchanan,  whose  trade  was  that  of  blacksmith,  at  which  he  worked  until 
his  retirement.  He  married  Elizabeth  Anne  Mayhew,  of  the  Virginia 
family  of  that  name,  and  had  two  children,  John  M.  and  Georgia. 

John  M.  Buchanan,  only  son  of  Thomas  Chambers  and  Elizabeth 
Anne  (Mayhew)  Buchanan,  was  born  April  25,  1849,  died  November  22, 
1909.  With  the  exception  of  the  first  five  years  of  his  life,  which  were 
spent  in  and  near  Florence,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  two 
years  spent  in  Fairview,  West  Virginia,  his  early  life  was  passed  in  the 
home  of  his  uncle,  Joseph  K.  Buchanan,  who  lived  in  Hanover  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  attended  the  East  Liberty  Academy, 
studying  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Moore,  and  for  a  short 
time  thereafter  taught  school.  Abandoning  his  pedagogical  pursuits  he 
matriculated  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  graduating  in  the  class 
of  1869,  a  classmate  of  Dr.  Moffatt,  and  soon  after  came  to  Beaver,  enter- 
ing the  law  office  of  Samuel  B.  Wilson.  In  his  studies  and  the  grasp  he 
obtained  upon  complicated  legal  lore  he  showed  unusual  promise,  and  after 
his  admission  to  the  bar,  on  September  2,  1872,  his  rise  in  his  profession 
was  rapid.  Rapid,  indeed,  and  yet  he  advanced  solely  upon  the  merits  of 
his  ability.  He  was  not  one  of  a  family  of  legal  giants,  he  belonged  to  no 
race  that  was  drawn  to  the  bar  as  metal  to  a  magnet,  but  came  unknown, 
unheralded,  and  matching  wits,  knowledge  and  skill  with  many  of  the 
leading  lights  of  the  day,  found  himself  always  their  equal,  often  their 
superior.  In  1874  he  was  called  to  give  his  services  to  the  public  in  the 
capacity  of  district  attorney,  a  majority  of  ninety-four  placing  him  in 
office.     It  is  significant  that  at  his  re-election,  in   1877,  his  majority  had 


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increased  to  three  hundred  and  three,  showing  that  his  administration  of 
the  office  had  been  such  that  he  had  added  materially  to  his  original  sup- 
porters. Primarily  interested  in  legal  matters,  Mr.  Buchanan  neverthe- 
less was  public-spirited  in  a  marked  degree  and  lent  his  enthusiastic  sup- 
port to  all  of  the  projects  that  promised  for  a  better  city  along  any  lines. 
He  was  an  organizer  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Beaver,  and  until  his 
death  was  its  president,  was  a  director  of  the  Star  Publishing  Company, 
and  was  instrumental  in  securing  street  railways,  electric  lighting,  adequate 
water  supply,  and  many  of  the  other  conveniences  and  necessities  of  muni- 
cipal life.  At  the  time  of  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  Beaver  county  he 
was  a  constant  adviser  of  the  executive  committee,  and  delivered  the 
opening  address,  a  speech  that  held  the  unabated  interest  of  his  vast 
audience.  In  him  the  bar  of  the  district  was  graced  by  an  advocate  of 
wide  learning,  a  counselor  with  the  wisdom  born  of  experience,  and  an 
orator  who  spoke  convincingly,  fluently  and  gracefully,  one  whose  lofty 
position  in  his  profession  caused  envy  or  jealously  in  none,  so  universal 
was  his  popularity. 

He  married,  October  12,  1892,  Jennie,  daughter  of  Shannon  R.  and 
Anne  E.  (Stokes)  Mitchell.  Children:  i.  Edward  D.,  born  August  14, 
1893;  an  employee  of  the  Crucible  Steel  Company.  2.  Thomas  C,  born 
November  12,  1895;  a  student  in  Washington  and  Jefferson  College.  3. 
Anna,  born  January  23,  1897;  a  student  at  Wellesley  College.  4.  John 
Mitchell,  born  June  29,  1898.  5.  Joseph  Ross,  born  July  13,  1900.  6. 
Ruth,  bom  February  4,  1903.  Since  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mrs. 
Buchanan  has  lived  with  her  children  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 


The  Stuber  family  has  now  been  in  this  country  three  gen- 
STUBER  erations,  and  they  have  distinctly  shown  that  they  have 
retained  the  traits  of  thrift,  industry  and  business  ability  so 
characteristic  of  the  inhabitants  of  Germany.  Jacob  Stuber  was  born  in 
Germany,  March  4,  1834,  and  received  his  education  in  his  native  land. 
In  early  manhood  he  emigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  followed  his  trade  as  a  shoemaker.  In  addition  to  this 
he  cultivated  the  farm  he  owned  in  Marion  township.  Selling  this,  he  re- 
moved to  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  owned  a  farm  for  a 
time,  and  when  he  sold  this  he  returned  to  Beaver  county,  where  he  bought 
a  farm  in  Dougherty  township,  and  lived  there  until  about  1898.  He  also 
owned  some  land  at  Beaver  Falls.  He  was  Democratic  in  political  matters, 
and  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church  of  Rochester.  Mr.  Stuber  married 
Kate  Miller,  born  in  1837,  about  ten  miles  from  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children:  Mary,  born  in  1859,  died 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years;  Henry  L.,  of  further  mention;  Caroline,  now 
the  widow  of  John  Blinn,  of  Dougherty  township,  lives  in  New  Brighton ; 
John,  lives  on  the  old  homestead  in  Dougherty  township. 

Henry  L.  Stuber,  son  of  Jacob  and  Kate  (Miller))  Stuber,  was  born 


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in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  22,  1861.  His  education  was  acquired 
in  the  public  schools,  and  he  learned  farming  very  practically  under  the 
supervision  and  as  assistant  to  his  father  on  the  homestead  farm.  He 
owned  a  farm  in  Chippewa  township,  came  to  New  Brighton  in  1889  and 
there  purchased  the  Park  Hotel,  which  he  conducted  very  successfully  for 
a  period  of  fourteen  years.  He  was  then  in  the  wholesale  liquor  business 
for  a  short  time.  In  July,  19 10,  he  was  elected  as  street  commissioner, 
and  is  holding  that  office  at  the  present  time.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  farm, 
a  fine  residence  at  No.  532  Third  avenue,  and  a  double  store  at  the  corner 
of  Ninth  street  and  Third  avenue.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Rod;ester 
Trust  Company  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  the  Beaver  County 
Trust  Company  of  New  Brighton.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  is  fraternally  associated  with  the  following  organiza- 
tions :  Union  Lodge,  No.  259,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Beaver  Falls 
Chapter,  No.  286,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Beaver  Falls  Commandery,  No. 
84,  Knights  Templar;  Pittsburgh  Consistory,  Scottish  Rite. 

Mr.  Stuber  married.  May  20,  1886,  Mary  Klein,  of  Dougherty  town- 
ship, a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Lizzie  Klein,  both  natives  of  Germany,  who 
came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  at  an  early  day,  and  are  now  de- 
ceased. Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stuber:  i.  Elizabeth,  was  educated  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  New  Brighton,  and  was  graduated  in 
music  from  Beaver  College,  while  it  was  in  charge  of  Professor  Veroto;  she 
married  Homer  George  Duey,  a  merchant  of  New  Brighton,  and  they  have 
one  child,  William  Henry.  2.  Elma,  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and 
high  schools  of  New  Brighton,  and  is  now  a  student  of  music.  3.  Mar- 
guerite, a  student  in  the  high  school  at  New  Brighton. 


It  is  no  extraordinary  occurrence,  in  fact  it  is  a  daily  hap- 
McDANEL     pening,  for  one  of  a  family  to  be  seized  with  a  desire  for 

new  scenes,  new  faces,  new  opportunities  and  new  life. 
It  is,  however,  worthy  of  more  than  passing  mention  ,when  an  entire  gen- 
eration hears  the  call  of  the  wanderlust,  leaves  home  and  parents,  and  fares 
forth  into  a  strange,  undeveloped  country,  whence  come  stories  of  wild 
men  and  beasts  far  wilder  than  the  stories.  Buch  such  was  the  truth  in  the 
case  of  the  five  McDanel  brothers — William,  Eli,  Smith,  John  and  Joseph, 
who  came  to  America  from  Scotland  prior  to  the  Revolution.  All  pur- 
chased large  tracts  of  land,  in  Beaver  county.  Pennsylvania,  on  which  they 
erected,  after  clearing  the  land,  homes  of  logs,  the  farm  owned  at  the 
present  time  by  Samuel  McDanel  being  one  of  those  originally  belonging 
to  the  five  brothers.  They  were  the  American  fathers  of  a  family  that  has 
become  a  large  and  prominent  one  in  Pennsylvania,  and  from  which  branches 
have  spread  into  the  neighboring  states.  The  line  herein  chronicled  is  that 
of  William,  who  married  Mary  Ritchie,  and  became  the  father  of  the  fol- 
lowing: Samuel;  John;  Margaret,  married  a  Mr.  Plance ;  Archie;  Phoebe, 
married  — —  Delancey;  Rachel;  and  Abram,  of  whom  further.     William 


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McDanel  was  a  believer  in  the  Baptist  faith,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  first  church  of  that  denomination  erected  in  his  locaHty. 

(II)  Abram,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Ritchie)  McDanel,  was  born 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  there  about  1854.  He  followed 
the  example  of  his  father  both  in  occupation  and  religion,  and  was  a 
farmer  and  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  was  twice  married — first 
to  Hulda  Hasen,  second,  to  Anna  Moore,  of  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania.    Children  of  first  marriage,  William,  Samuel,  Mary,  married  

Caster;  Isaac;  and  Richard  Baxter,  of  whom  further.  Children  of  second 
marriage:  Hulda,  died  unmarried;  John,  of  whom  elsewhere;  Lydia,  mar- 
ried John  Willis;  James  R.,  died  young;  Rachel,  Abram  and  Eli. 

(III)  Richard  Baxter,  son  of  Abram  and  Hulda  (Hasen)  McDanel, 
was  born  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1844,  died  in  Beaver  county,  November  21,  1912.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton,  but  had  not  yet  completed  his  educa- 
tion when  active  hostilities  between  the  North  and  South  broke  out.  Clos- 
ing his  school  books,  he  hastened  to  enlist  as  a  private  in  Company  C,  63rd 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  although  he  was  compelled  to  add  a 
year  to  his  age  to  gain  admission  to  the  ranks.  His  term  of  service  began 
in  1861  and  continued  three  years,  during  which  period  he  engaged  in  some 
of  the  bloodiest  and  most  hotly  contested  conflicts  of  the  war,  deporting 
himself  under  all  conditions  as  a  gallant  and  brave  soldier.  Returning  to 
Beaver  county,  he  searched  among  the  arts  of  peace  for  a  suitable  and 
congenial  occupation,  finally  deciding  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  This 
he  did,  and  from  journeyman  employment  became  the  proprietor  of  a 
lumber  and  planing  mill  .  Controlling,  as  he  did,  a  source  of  supply,  and 
with  a  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  his  trade,  he  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building.  Beginning  under  such  favorable  circumstances,  his  enter- 
prises met  with  profitable  success,  and  he  became  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous business  men  of  the  county.  Honorable  dealing  and  strict  con- 
sideration for  the  wishes  of  those  for  whom  he  was  conducting  operations 
gained  him  many  clients,  and  universal  satisfaction  followed  his  extensive 
dealings.  With  the  capital  acquired  in  this  line  he  entered  the  field  of  oil 
producing  and  in  this,  as  in  his  previous  experience,  he  prospered,  acquiring 
a  comfortable  competence.  He  was  a  shrewd  financier,  far-sighted  and  con- 
servative in  his  investments,  and  during  his  connection  with  the  Union 
National  Bank  as  director  was  largely  responsible  for  the  successful  career 
of  that  institution.  For  over  forty  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  church,  to  which  his  wife  and  children  also  belonged  and  for 
many  years  of  that  period  was  a  member  of  the  official  board.  He  mar- 
ried, March  19,  1868,  Lydia,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Sawyer) 
Marquis,  the  Rev.  H.  Colhoner,  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  per- 
forming the  ceremony.  James  Marquis,  a  farmer  and  coal  dealer,  was  a 
son  of  Joseph  Marquis,  a  native  of  England,  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  a  printer,  the  latter  occupation  being  necessary  to 


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eke  out  the  small  and  uncertain  salary  of  the  member  of  the  clergy  in 
that  day.  James  Marquis  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Sawyer,  (second) 
Mary  Knowles.  Children  of  first  marriage  of  James  Marquis:  i.  Wil- 
helmina,  married  Richard  Rysinger.  2.  Porter.  3.  Lydia,  married  Richard 
Baxter  McDanel.  4.  Elizabeth,  married  H.  Lynd.  Children  of  second 
marriage  of  James  Marquis :  5.  Frank,  deceased.  6.  Arvilla.  7.  Emmet.  8. 
Marcellus.  9.  Dempster.  10.  David.  Children  of  Richard  Baxter  and  Lydia 
(Marquis)  McDanel:  i.  Fred,  of  whom  further.  2.  Lewis,  died  young.  3. 
Bertha,  married  H.  L.  Heston,  and  resides  in  New  Brighton;  children: 
Earnest  and  Hendricks.  4.  Frank  S.  5.  Orrin  P.,  of  whom  further.  6. 
Richard  B.  7.  Elizabeth,  married  S.  S.  McCudy,  deceased;  children,  Mary 
and  Daniel.    8.  Anna,  married  A.  C.  Kirk. 

(IV)  Fred,  son  of  Richard  Baxter  and  Lydia  (Marquis)  McDanel, 
was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  i, 
1868.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton,  and  obtained  a 
practical  education  at  Duff's  Business  College,  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 
After  finishing  his  course  at  the  latter  institution  he  was  employed  in  his 
father's  planing  mill  and  lumber  yard,  confining  himself  more  closely  to 
ofifiice  management  than  to  any  immediate  relation  with  the  practical  side 
of  the  business.  In  1891,  with  his  brother  Frank  S.,  he  was  admitted  to 
partnership  in  the  business,  under  the  firm  name  of  McDanel  and  Sons. 
This  business  has  prospered  wonderfully,  and  in  1900  was  incorporated  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $50,000  value.  At  the  time  of  incorporation,  Fred  Mc- 
Danel became  vice-president,  and  on  his  father's  death  succeeded  to  the 
presidency,  a  position  he  still  capably  fills.  He  serves  the  New  Brighton 
Building  and  Loan  Association  as  director,  and  for  twelve  years  was  a 
member  of  the  school  board.  In  the  Masonic  order  he  holds  prominent 
place,  belonging  to  lodge,  chapter,  council,  commandery,  and  shrine.  Mr. 
McDanel  married,  April  i,  1891,  Effie,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Braden  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Fred  and  Effie  Mc- 
Danel, Marion  and  Helen. 

In  the  direction  of  the  business  of  which  he  is  president,  Mr.  Mc- 
Danel displays  executive  power  of  strength  and  wide  application,  keeping 
intimately  in  touch  with  its  varied  departments,  and  suggesting  frequent 
improvements  to  his  subordinates. 

(IV)  Orrin  Palmer,  son  of  Richard  Baxter  and  Lydia  (Marquis) 
McDanel,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1879.  His  education  was  obtained  in  three  institutions — the  New 
Brighton  public  schools,  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  at  Washington, 
Pennsylvania,  and  the  Grove  City  Business  College,  from  which  latter 
institution  he  was  graduated  in  1900.  His  father  desiring  him  to  make  a 
thorough  study  of  the  business,  on  graduating  from  college  he  apprenticed 
himself  to  the  carpenter's  trade,  an  occupation  he  mastered.  After  learning 
his  trade  he  was  admitted  to  the  directorate  of  McDanel  &  Sons,  and  chosen 
its  secretary.     After  his  father's  death  in  1912  he  became  treasurer,  and 


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is  at  present  the  incumbent  of  both  offices.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
Brighton  Home  Protective  Association,  and  affiHates  with  the  Masonic 
order,  belonging  to  New  Brighton  Union  Lodge,  No.  259,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  also  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  Royal  Arcanum. 
He  married,  in  July,  1907,  Emma,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Maids, 
of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  Child  of  Orrin  P.  and  Emma  McDanel,  Jean, 
born  December  20,  1908. 

The  wisdom  of  Mr.  McDanel's  course  in  making  such  a  practical  be- 
ginning in  the  business  has  been  more  than  justified  by  his  efficient  services 
as  office  executive.  With  an  accurate  knowledge  of  materials  used,  al- 
lowance for  waste,  and  the  thousand  other  technical  details,  he  is  eminently 
fitted  to  administer  the  company's  finances. 


(HI)  John  McDanel,  son  of  Abram  and  Anna 
McDANEL  McDanel  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Brush  Creek,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  died  during  the  Civil  War  in  the 
prison  at  Andersonville,  Georgia.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the 
public  schools,  and  as  a  life  occupation  chose  the  trade  of  blacksmith. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  in 
all  the  engagements  of  his  regiment  until  the  spring  of  1864,  when  he  was 
captured  at  Plymouth,  South  Carolina,  and  taken  to  the  prison  pen  at 
Andersonville.  Here  he  met  the  fate  of  many  another  gallant  soldier,  who, 
deserving  of  a  hero's  death  on  the  firing  line,  was  doomed  to  end  his  exist- 
ence in  an  inglorious  manner.  But  none  the  less  were  they  heroes  and 
patriots,  their  names  honored  and  their  memories  cherishd  equally  with 
those  of  their  more  fortunate  comrades  to  whom  was  granted  a  soldier's 
death. 

He  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Harrison  and  Maria  (Hoopes)  Graham. 
Harrison  Graham  was  a  native  of  Butler  county  and  came  to  Beaver 
county  in  the  pursuit  of  his  trade,  that  of  tailor.  There  he  was  for  one 
term  justice  of  the  peace,  and  from  there  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  serving  throughout  the  entire 
Civil  War.  He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  He  married  Maria  Hoopes.  Children  of  Harrison  and  Maria 
(Hoopes)  Graham:  John  W. ;  Frank;  Ellen,  of  previous  mention,  married 
John  McDanel.  Children  of  John  and  Ellen  (Graham)  McDanel:  Charles 
M.,  of  whom  further;  Carrie,  married  Henry  Arnold. 

(IV)  Charles  M.  McDanel,  only  son  and  eldest  child  of  John  and 
Ellen  (Graham)  McDanel,  was  born  at  Wampum,  Lawrence  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, July  20,  1869.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton, 
and  there  attained  all  of  his  graded  instruction  and  education,  leaving  school 
to  learn  the  trade  of  moulder.  He  was  subsequently  connected  with  the 
iron  manufacturing  history  for  a  period  of  fourteen  years  as  foreman  of 
the  Logan,  Strawbridge  Iron  Company,  of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania. 


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Always  a  member  of  the  Republican  party,  in  1902  he  was  appointed  post- 
master of  New  Brighton  by  President  Roosevelt,  and  was  re-appointed  by 
that  same  official  in  1910,  President  Taft  showing  his  approval  of  the  choice 
of  his  predecessor  by  once  more  granting  him  the  commission  in  1910. 
He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  council  for  two  terms  of  three  years 
each.  He  holds  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Americans,  the 
Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  His  religious  affilia- 
tion is  with  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church.  Mr.  McDanel  has  proven 
himself  a  faithful  and  reliable  government  representative  and  has  been  an 
earnest  worker  in  all  local  improvements. 

He  married,  in  January,  1870,  Ida,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Josephine 
Buckley,  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of 
Charles  M.  and  Ida  McDanel:  Mabel,  married  Dr.  William  F.  Beitsch,  no 
issue;  Eleanor,  married  William  Meter,  D.  D.  S.,  of  Reading,  Pennsylvania, 
and  has  two  children :  Charles  and  Virginia. 


George  W.  Martsolf,  proprietor  of  a  hardware  store  in 
MARTSOLF     New  Brighton,  is  a  descendant  of  Debold  Martsolf,  a 

native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1830,  first  settling  at  Wrightsville,  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  later  pur- 
chasing land  in  Manheim  township,  near  Hanover,  in  the  same  county,  and 
there  spent  his  entire  life.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  thrifty  and 
industrious,  and  was  a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran  Church,  the  edifice 
which  was  the  scene  of  his  devotions  remaining  standing  at  the  present 
time.  He  was  twice  married,  his  wives  being  cousins  of  the  same  name 
as  his  own,  and  sisters.  Children  of  first  marriage:  John,  Frederick,  Ru- 
dolph. Children  of  second  marriage:  Barbara,  married  James  McGraw,  of 
Ohio;  Debold;  Eliza,  married  (first)  Christian  Haller,  (second)  William 
Weir ;  Phillip,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Phillip  Martsolf,  son  of  the  second  marriage  of  Debold  Martsolf, 
was  bom  in  Germany,  and  was  brought  as  an  infant  of  eighteen  months  to 
the  United  States.  His  early  Hfe  was  spent  on  the  home  farm  in  York 
county,  Pennsylvania.  In  young  manhood  he  learned  the  trade  of  shoe- 
maker, and  shortly  after  reaching  man's  estate  he  left  the  home  farm, 
settling  in  Beaver  county,  where  he  followed  his  trade  for  many  years. 
Later  he  advanced  from  the  ordinary  repair  work  of  his  trade  and  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes,  in  1850  locating  at  New  Brighton 
and  opening  a  shoe  store.  In  this  business  he  met  with  good  success,  and 
continued  in  it  until  his  death,  which  occurred  December  11,  1906.  An 
active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  there  was  none  of  its  good 
works  but  received  his  cheerful  assistance  or  financial  aid,  and  in  public 
affairs  he  was  just  as  earnestly  interested.  In  political  belief  he  was  at  one 
time  a  Whig,  but  later  became  a  convert  to  the  Republican  party,  for 
several  years  holding  the  offices  of  mayor  and  borough  treasurer  of  New 
Brighton.    As  chief  executive  of  the  borough  he  was  an  able  and  zealous 


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official,  and  as  guardian  of  the  treasury  every  penny  of  the  public  funds 
was  directed  to  legitimate  purposes.  He  affiliated  with  no  fraternities 
other  than  the  Masonic,  and  among  his  brethren  of  that  order  was  held  in 
high  regard.  Although  seventy-eight  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
he  did  not  live  out  his  natural  span  of  years,  an  accident  causing  his  death. 
He  was  crossing  one  of  the  main  streets  when  he  was  struck  by  a  trolley 
car,  receiving  fatal  injuries,  which  ended  a  life  eight  years  longer  than  the 
biblical  three  score  and  ten,  a  life  replete  with  deeds  of  kindness  and  serv- 
ice to  his  fellows. 

He  married  Sarah  Schramm,  who  died  January  ii,  1899,  aged  sixty- 
nine  years.  Children  of  Phillip  and  Sarah  Martsolf :  Frederick,  died  in 
infancy ;  Emma,  married  Thomas  Wilson ;  Jacob  H. ;  George  W.,  of  whom 
further ;  William  P. ;  John  A.,  deceased,  married  Elizabeth  B.  McPhearson ; 
Charles  W.,  married  a  Miss  McDonald. 

(HI)  George  W.  Martsolf,  son  of  Phillip  and  Sarah  (Schramm)  Mart- 
solf, was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February 
22,  1857.  After  attending  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton,  he  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade,  familiarizing  himself  with  the  operation  of  a  planing 
mill,  in  which  he  acted  as  foreman,  later  established  in  the  contracting 
business,  forming  a  partnership  with  Jacob  and  John  Martsolf,  to  engage 
in  lumber  dealing  and  contracting.  They  located  their  yard  at  Fifth  avenue 
and  Seventh  street,  where  the  business  has  been  ever  since  continued.  Mr. 
Martsolf  (of  this  review)  sold  out  his  interest  in  1895,  in  which  year  he 
established  in  the  hardware  business  in  New  Brighton,  and  in  that  line  has 
been  most  successful,  his  popularity  in  the  city  and  his  well  known  reputa- 
tion for  honorable  dealing  attracting  many  patrons  to  his  store.  His  only 
other  business  connection  is  with  New  Brighton  Union  National  Bank,  of 
which  he  is  a  director.  Mr.  Martsolf  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  is  also  prominent  fraternally,  holding  the  thirty-second  degree 
in  the  Masonic  Order  and  belonging  to  the  Newcastle  Lodge  of  Perfection, 
Pittsburgh  Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret,  and  to  the 
Knights  Templar.  He  also  affiliates  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  Mr.  Martsolf  is  a  Republican  and  was  a  member  of  New 
Brighton  borough  council  nine  years  and  president  of  that  body  one  year. 
He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Republican  executive  county  committee. 

He  married,  in  1881,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  McCleery.  Children 
of  George  W.  and  Sarah  Martsolf:  i.  Lucy  M.,  married  Edward  C. 
Sterling;  two  children:  Wilma  and  George  H.  2.  Edna  F.,  married  John 
T.  Brinton,  and  resides  in  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania;  no  issue.  3.  Helen 
M.,  at  home. 


The  Brown  family,  of  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 

BROWN     is  descended  from  an  honored  family  in  Germany,  where  the 

name  was  originally  spelled  Braun.     The  various  members 

have  been  closely  identified  with  the  business  and  other  interests  of  their 


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adopted  country,  and  they  have  amply  proven  the  patriotic  spirit  by  which 
they  are  actuated. 

(I)  PhiHp  Brown,  the  pioneer  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  Brown 
family,  was  born  in  Germany.  He  came  to  America  in  1856  and  selected 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  as  a  place  of  residence.  He  married,  and  had  chil- 
dren as  follows :  Lewis,  see  forward ;  George ;  Lena,  who  married  Chris- 
tian Baum;  Reinhart,  who  resides  in  Defiance,  Ohio. 

(H)  Lewis,  son  of  Philip  Brown,  was  born  in  Germany,  February  4, 
1826.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  when  he  was  about  thirty  years  of 
age.  He  had  learned  the  trade  of  printing  but,  upon  his  arrival  here, 
found  that  he  was  heavily  handicapped  by  his  lack  of  knowledge,  so  he 
turned  his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits.  For  a  time  he  conducted  his 
operations  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  then  removed  to  Moore- 
field,  West  Virginia.  His  political  affiliations  were  with  the  Democratic 
party,  and  he  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1850,  Ottelia  E.  Ernst,  born  February  4,  1826,  a  daughter  of 
George  Ernst.  Children:  Matilda,  born  in  1851,  married  William  Miller, 
and  lives  in  Ney,  Defiance  county,  Ohio;  George  A.,  born  August  12,  1853, 
a  soldier  in  the  United  States  army,  who  fell  with  Custer  at  his  last  stand ; 
Reinhart,  born  August  2,  1855,  married  Lucy  King,  and  is  living  in  Temple, 
Texas;  Lena,  born  July  13,  1859,  married  Millard  Harwood,  and  lives  at 
Moorefield,  West  Virginia ;  Lewis,  born  October  3,  1861 ;  Adam  Lee,  born 
January  5.  1864;  Ernest  W.,  see  forward. 

(HI)  Ernest  W.,  son  of  Lewis  and  Ottelia  E.  (Ernst)  Brown,  was 
born  in  Moorefield,  West  Virginia,  April  10.  1866,  and  he  removed  to  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1890.  Mr.  Brown  was  of  a  very  ambitious  and  energetic 
nature,  and  possessed  of  an  unusual  amount  of  executive  ability.  He  es- 
tablished himself  in  business  independently  at  the  remarkably  early  age  of 
eighteen  years,  operating  a  photographic  studio  in  Texas.  He  established 
himself  in  business  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  October  i,  1890,  opening  a 
studio  on  Third  street.  His  business  was  conducted  along  progressive 
lines  and  he  was  very  successful  in  his  undertaking.  He  erected  the  present 
building  in  1896,  and  had  it  remodeled  in  1902.  His  photographic  work 
has  earned  high  commendation,  not  alone  from  his  patrons,  but  from 
artists  in  many  sections.  Mr.  Brown  is  connected  with  a  number  of  im- 
portant business  enterprises,  and  is  a  director  of  the  Fort  Mcintosh  Bank, 
of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania ;  vice-president  of  the  Beaver  Realty  Company, 
and  vice-president  of  the  Hindman  Realty  Company.  He  is  Independent 
in  his  political  opinions,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Beaver  borough 
council  for  a  period  of  nine  years.  His  religious  affiliations  are  with 
the  Methodist  church.  He  is  an  ex-president  of  the  Photographers' 
Association  of  Pennsylvania ;  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and 
a  past  grand  master  of  the  Masonic  order;  and  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


922  PENNSYLVANIA 

Mr.  Brown  married  Martha,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  U.  S.  Strouss,  who 
was  born  June  5,  1848,  and  Esther  M.  (Hartford)  Strouss,  who  was  born 
December  2,  1850,  and  died  August  10,  1913.  Dr.  Strouss  is  one  of  the 
prominent  physicians  of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown 
have  no  children. 


Patrick  Burns,  born  in  Ireland,  married  in  his  native  land, 
BURNS  and  emigrated  to  America,  but  the  precise  date  is  not  on 
record.  His  wife's  name  was  Tucker,  and  she  was  also  a 
native  of  Ireland.  They  located  their  homestead  just  north  of  Unionville, 
New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  and  were  highly  respected  in 
the  community.  They  were  of  the  Methodist  denomination,  and  in  church 
he  was  a  class  leader,  and  people  who  heard  him  were  frequently  amused 
by  the  quaint  Irish  expressions  it  was  his  custom  to  use.  He  had  children : 
Samuel,  a  farmer  in  Unionville,  Pennsylvania;  William,  lived  in  Butler 
county;  James,  died  young;  Abel,  see  forward;  Mary,  married  William 
Miller;  Lydia,  also  married. 

(II)  Abel,  son  of  Patrick  and  (Tucker)   Burns,  was  bom  in 

New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1818,  and  died 
December  25,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  that  day, 
and  at  a  proper  age  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  stone  mason's  trade. 
Later  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Marion  township,  and  after  a  few  years 
bought  the  farm  which  afterwards  went  to  his  son  Albert,  in  New  Sewick- 
ley township.  This  consisted  of  one  hundred  acres.  His  death  was  caused 
by  typhoid  fever.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  married  Mary  Bourne,  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  in 
1822,  died  December  28,  1875,  daughter  of  James  Bourne,  of  Irish  descent, 
but  it  is  not  known  with  certainty  whether  he  was  born  in  Ireland  or 
America.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  north  of 
Unionville,  and  he  was  married  four  times.  Children  of  the  first  marriage 
were:  John;  Stephen;  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas  Miller,  and  lived  in 
New  Brighton;  Margaret,  married  James  Boggs,  also  lived  in  New  Brigh- 
ton; Mary,  mentioned  above.  Abel  and  Mary  (Bourne)  Burns  had  chil- 
dren: Miriam,  married  James  Reader,  and  lives  in  Rochester,  Penn- 
sylvania; Susanna,  married  Henry  Bonzo,  lived  in  New  Sewickley  town- 
ship, both  deceased;  Ellen,  now  deceased,  married  (first)  John  Dunn, 
(second)  Jesse  Fisher;  Alice,  married  Henry  Bolland,  and  lives  in  Beaver, 
Pennsylvania;  Amos,  now  deceased,  was  a  butcher  in  Kansas  for  sixteen 
years,  and  died  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Albert,  see  forward. 

(III)  Albert,  son  of  Abel  and  Mary  (Bourne)  Burns,  was  born  on 
the  farm  on  which  he  is  living  at  the  present  time,  in  New  Sewickley 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  16,  1856.  For  a  time  he 
attended  the  Mellen  district  school,  but  as  his  father  died  when  he  was 
still  young,  he  and  his  brother  were  obliged  to  take  charge  of  the  farm, 
and  manage  it  to  the  best  of  their  ability.     They  were  successful  in  this. 


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and  it  has  been  kept  up  to  date.  The  dwelHng  house  was  erected  in  1859 
and  is  in  fine  condition.  Mr.  Burns  long  since  purchased  the  interests  of 
the  other  heirs  to  the  property,  and  worked  the  farm  independently.  He 
cultivates  all  kinds  of  orchard  and  small  fruits  for  the  market  and  makes 
it  a  very  profitable  venture.  He  and  his  wife  affiliate  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Prohibition  party.  Mr. 
Burns  married,  August  12,  1875,  Emma  Amanda  Schuberth,  born  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  William  Schuberth.  Both  of  her  parents 
were  bom  in  Germany,  where  her  four  brothers  were  also  born.  William 
Schuberth  was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade,  and  when  he  arrived  in  this 
country  with  his  wife  and  four  sons,  he  had  but  a  very  small  amount 
of  money  left.  He  settled  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  for  a  short  time, 
then  went  to  Bridgewater,  and  from  there  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  com.- 
menced  making  flagstafifs.  Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  re- 
ceived many  large  orders,  and  made  a  small  fortune.  He  bought  a  farm  in 
Allegheny  county,  south  of  the  Allegheny  river,  selling  this  later  and  re- 
turning to  Cincinnati,  and  finally  to  Unionville,  Pennsylvania.  He  and  his 
wife  were  Methodists.  They  had  children:  Henry,  a  tobacco  manufact- 
urer in  Ohio;  Charles,  owner  of  a  steam  laundry  in  Lancaster,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Augustus,  in  the  tobacco  business  in  Covington,  Kentucky;  Emma 
Amanda,  mentioned  above;  Mary,  married  John  Snyder,  and  hves  in 
Roanoke,  Virginia.  Albert  and  Emma  Amanda  (Schuberth)  Burns  had 
children :  William  H.,  a  physician  in  Alliance,  Ohio,  was  born  May  30, 
1876,  graduated  from  the  Cleveland  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  married 
Madeleine  Smith;  Charles  Norman,  see  forward;  Edwin,  born  1893,  died 
aged  three  months;  Evelyn  Claire,  born  November  26,  1895,  is  an  employee 
on  the  Pennsylvania  railroad,  and  lives  at  Conway,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Charles  Norman,  son  of  Albert  and  Emma  Amanda  (Schuberth) 
Burns,  was  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  16,  1880.  He  was  educated  in  the  Mellen's  district  school,  and  then 
attended  the  Pittsburgh  Business  College.  Until  he  was  twenty-four  years 
of  age  he  worked  for  his  father,  then  for  a  period  of  two  years  farmed  for 
himself  on  rented  ground.  In  1906  he  purchased  the  old  Barret  farm  in 
Daugherty  township,  Beaver  county,  this  consisting  of  twenty-seven  acres, 
to  which  he  has  since  added  five  acres.  It  is  provided  with  a  modern  dwell- 
ing house  and  barn,  and  everything  is  kept  in  excellent  condition.  He 
raises  general  produce  and  orchard  fruits  which  he  sells  in  the  market  in 
a  profitable  manner.  He  has  been  active  in  the  interests  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  has  served  as  the  township  auditor.  He  and  his  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  St.  John's  German  Reformed  Church.  Mr.  Burns  married,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1904,  Mary,  born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  February  25,  1885, 
a  daughter  of  George  Louis  and  Anna  (Zaner)  Teets,  both  born  and 
now  living  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Burns  have  one  child:     Helen  Gertrude,  born  January  27,   1906. 


924  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  name  of  Brown  occurs  in  both  EngHsh  and  German 
BROWN     speaking  countries,  differing  slightly,  however,  in  form,  the 

German  name  being  Braun.  This  was  probably  the  spellmg 
of  the  family  name  of  the  branch  treated  of  in  this  review,  but  years  of 
residence  in  America  changed  the  spelling  to  Brown. 

(I)  Charles  Brown  was  born  in  Baden-Baden,  Duchy  of  Baden,  Ger- 
many, at  that  time  the  boundary  line  of  France  being  only  three  miles 
distant.  He  was  a  gardener  and  the  owner  of  a  small  farm  which  he 
utilized  chiefly  for  the  cultivation  of  a  fine  vineyard.  With  the  exception 
of  the  time  he  spent  in  military  service,  his  life  was  passed  in  this  place. 
He  served  in  the  cavalry  regiment  under  Napoleon,  and  took  part  in  the 
famous  retreat  from  Moscow.  His  death  occurred  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine 
years.  He  had  brothers  and  sisters :  Joseph,  Thomas,  George  and  Eliza, 
all  belonging  to  the  class  of  small,  prosperous  farmers,  and  George  was 
the  owner  of  a  wine-press.  Charles  Brown  and  his  family  were  members 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  He  married  Catherine  Dietrich,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  They  had  children:  Charles  Jr.,  died  in 
Germany,  where  he  was  a  farmer ;  Fedora,  Rosanna,  Josephine,  Detlieb, 
Ludwig,  John,  Conrad,  see  forward. 

(II)  Conrad  Brown,  son  of  Charles  and  Catherine  (Dietrich)  Brown, 
was  born  in  Baden-Baden,  Germany,  February  19,  1834.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  province  for  a  period  of  three  or  four 
years,  and  was  then  sent  to  a  boarding  school  in  Belgium,  where  he  re- 
mained until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  Revolution  then  broke  out, 
and  Mr.  Brown  was  appointed  a  second  lieutenant  in  the  army.  The 
force  with  which  he  was  identified  was  overpowered  by  the  Prussians, 
and  Mr.  Brown,  then  eighteen  years  of  age,  emigrated  to  America.  He 
stayed  but  a  short  time  in  New  York  City,  the  port  of  his  arrival,  and  went 
to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  found  employment  in  a  woolen  mill. 
At  the  end  of  one  year  he  removed  to  Cannelton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  obtained  a  position  in  the  coal  mines,  and  has  been  con- 
nected with  this  line  of  industry  since  that  time.  For  twenty-seven  years 
he  was  pit  boss  in  the  mines,  and  since  1906  has  lived  in  retirement.  He 
and  his  wife  are  Roman  Catholics.  Mr.  Brown  married  Caroline  Kline- 
haus,  born  in  Ambeil,  Navarre,  Germany,  August  29,  1833,  died  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  October  10,  1882,  who  came  to  this  country  when 
she  was  four  years  of  age  with  her  parents  who  also  settled  in  Beaver 
county.  They  had  children :  John,  see  forward ;  Catherine,  who  died 
in  September,  1912,  married  Frank  Kane,  and  lived  in  College  Hill;  Brid- 
get, married  James  Kenny,  and  lives  with  her  father;  Michael,  a  coal 
miner,  unmarried. 

(III)  John  Brown,  eldest  child  of  Conrad  and  Caroline  (Klinehaus) 
Brown,  was  born  in  that  part  of  Pittsburgh  called  Burlington,  June  26, 
1854.  He  was  eighteen  months  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Can- 
nelton, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  attended  the  schools  at  the  latter 


BEAVER    COUNTY  925 

place.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  commenced  the  serious  business 
of  life  by  working  in  the  coal  mines,  and  has  been  engaged  in  them  in 
various  capacities  up  to  the  present  time.  At  one  time  he  was  boss  driver. 
In  1903  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-three  acres,  and 
two  of  his  sons  cultivate  this  while  he  continues  with  his  mine  labors. 
Like  his  forebears  he  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 
In  political  matters  he  is  a  Republican.  Mr.  Brown  married,  December  25, 
1875,  Anna  Kennedy,  born  in  Llanerckshire,  Scotland,  September  18,  1852, 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Bridget  (Mann)  Kennedy,  both  born  in  county 
Clare,  Ireland.  He  was  a  coal  miner,  and  was  employed  in  this  capacity 
in  Scotland  when  Mrs.  Brown  was  born.  In  March,  1873,  he  emigrated 
to  America  with  his  family,  where  Mrs.  Bridget  Kennedy  is  now  livmg 
in  Sebring,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  John  and  Anna  (Kennedy) 
Brown  have  had  children:  i.  Michael,  a  coal  miner  at  Cannelton ;  married 
Kate  Lynch ;  six  children :  Leonard,  Marie,  Ernestine,  Elizabetli,  Jerome, 
Oscar.  2.  Raymond  J.,  a  railway  conductor ;  married  Delia  Connelly ;  three 
children :  Gertrude,  Mary,  Annie.  3.  William  A.,  of  Cannelton ;  married 
Pearl  McCowin ;  two  children:  Vincent  and  Grace.  4.  Margaret.  5. 
Thomas  F.,     6.  Albert  Leo.     7.  Edward  J.     8.  Ellen  E. 


The  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century  saw  the  Anderson 
ANDERSON     family    of     Pennsylvania    resident    in    Beaver    county, 

whither  William  Anderson  had  come  from  his  native 
land,  Ireland.  To  recount  the  hardships  and  sutterings  endured  by  him 
and  his  family,  as  well  as  by  other  pioneers,  would  be  to  retell  a  story 
already  old,  but  a  posterity  that  delights  to  honor  the  memory  of  its  founder 
will  hold  ever  fresh  the  memory  of  his  bravery  and  fortitude  in  the  midst 
of  threatening  dangers  as  he  manfully  played  his  part  in  the  founding  of 
a  nation.  There  was  one  incident  in  his  life  that  is  worthy  of  special  men- 
tion, although  it  is  but  one  of  a  hundred.  A  band  of  Indian  marauders 
at  one  time  attacked  his  home,  a  bullet  from  one  of  their  rifles  wounding 
him  severely.  Warning  of  the  approach  of  the  savages  had  been  received 
and  his  wife  and  youngest  child  had  been  carefully  concealed  in  the  shelt- 
ering woods  that  extended  almost  up  to  the  cabin.  Although  his  wound 
was  bleeding  freely  and  despite  the  fact  that  his  exhaustion  was  almost 
deadly,  Mr.  Anderson  rode  with  a  strength  born  of  desperation  and  man- 
aged to  reach  Fort  Dillow,  his  wife  and  child  joining  him  there  under  cover 
of  night.  When  the  enjoyment  of  more  peaceful  pursuits  fell  to  his  lot, 
he  proved  himself  a  man  of  industrious  energy,  and  cleared  a  farm  of 
between  four  and  five  hundred  acres,  a  part  of  which  is  still  in  the  posses- 
sion of  his  descendants,  who  now  till  the  acres  wrested  from  the  depths  of 
the  forest  by  his  strong  arm  and  sharp  axe.  He  married,  and  was  the 
father  of  these  children:  William,  Alexander,  Thomas,  of  whom  further, 
David,  a  daughter,  married  Robert  Calvin,  and  John. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Anderson,  was  born  in  Hanover  town- 


926  PENNSYLVANIA 

ship,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1782,  died  in  1857.  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation  and  spent  his  entire  hfe  in  the  cultivation  of  part  of  the 
land  that  had  been  comprised  in  his  father's  farm.  He  was  a  skillful  far- 
mer, prospered  in  his  chosen  calling,  and  stood  high  in  the  estimation  of 
his  friends  and  neighbors.  He  was  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being 
Jane  Patten,  who  bore  him  three  children,  of  whom  Alexander  H.,  of 
whom  further,  was  the  youngest. 

(III)  Alexander  H.,  youngest  of  the  three  children  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  (Patten)  Anderson,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1833,  died  April  8,  1898.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  township,  living  on  the  home  farm  until  i860,  in 
which  year  he  bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  Darling- 
ton township,  where  he  spent  his  remaining  years.  His  youth  having  been 
passed  on  a  farm,  he  was  exceptionally  well  versed  in  all  agricultural 
lore,  and  in  his  operations  was  remarkably  favored,  success  attending  the 
majority  of  his  undertakings.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  never 
holding  oflSce  other  than  that  of  school  director,  only  accepting  a  position 
that  brought  him  so  much  in  the  public  eye  because  of  his  interest  in  and 
knowledge  of  matters  educational.  As  a  trustee  of  Greersburg  Academy  he 
did  much  toward  placing  that  institution  upon  the  high  plane  it  occupied. 
Beyond  these  public  services  he  steadfastly  refused  to  go,  preferring,  in  his 
modest  and  unassuming  manner,  that  others  should  reap  the  fruits  of  popu- 
lar praise  and  approval.  His  church  was  the  Presbyterian,  to  which  his 
wife  also  belonged.  He  married,  in  1862,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Reed.  Children  of  Alexander  H.  and  Rebecca  (Reed)  Anderson:  William 
T.,  of  whom  further;  Jennie  E.  (Mrs.  Dr.  W.  S.  Cook,  of  Beaver  Falls) ; 
Madge  F.  (Mrs.  J.  L.  Biggerstaff,  of  New  Castle)  ;  Martie  M.  (Mrs.  W.  S. 
Chatley,  of  Darlington)  ;  Laura  L.,  deceased ;  and  Frank  R.,  of  Sharon. 

(IV)  William  Thomas,  son  of  Alexander  H.  and  Rebecca  (Reed) 
Anderson,  was  born  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  Anderson  homestead  now  the  property  of  Ira  B.  Duncan,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1863.  On  that  farm  he  grew  to  manhood,  attending  the  Douthitt 
district  school,  a  mile  distant  from  his  residence.  He  remained  on  the 
home  farm  until  the  death  of  his  father,  at  first  assisting  his  parent  and 
later  assuming  the  management  of  the  entire  property.  He  then  moved 
to  South  Sharon,  now  known  as  Farrell,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Frank  R.  he  established  in  the 
retail  coal  business,  also  handling  all  manner  of  builders'  supplies.  This 
connection  was  dissolved  after  a  three  years  continuation,  and  Mr.  Ander- 
son remained  in  the  same  line  independently.  He  conducted  this  business 
until  1910,  when  he  disposed  of  his  establishment  and  purchased  the  old 
McKean  farm  in  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Anderson  was  at  one  time  the  most  enthusiastic  and  loyal  of  Re- 
publican followers,  but  is  now  entirely  independent  in  his  political  action, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  927 

party  being  taken  into  but  small  account  in  the  casting  of  his  ballot.  In 
Mercer  county  he  filled  the  office  of  school  director,  and  is  now  auditor  of 
Darlington  township,  Beaver  county.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Enon  Valley,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  the  organ- 
ization of  that  church  is  an  elder.  His  fraternal  and  social  affiliations 
are  with  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

Mr.  Anderson  married,  September  18,  1901,  Jane  McElwee,  born 
near  Harbor,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  27,  1869,  daughter 
of  William  and  Emeline  (Cooper)  McElwee.  William  Lawrence  was  a 
son  of  William  and  Mary  (Mills)  McElwee,  both  natives  of  county  Down, 
Ireland,  where  they  were  married  about  1812.  Fifteen  years  later  WilHam 
and  Mary  McElwee  left  Ireland,  the  boat  on  which  they  took  passage 
landing  in  Philadelphia.  In  that  city  the  father  of  the  family  bought  a 
horse  and  wagon,  in  which  the  children  could  ride,  and  started  on  the  trip 
to  Lawrence  county,  he  and  his  wife  walking  by  the  side  of  the  vehicle, 
the  younger  members  of  the  family  riding.  When  they  arrived  in  Law- 
rence, then  a  part  of  Mercer  county,  William  McElwee  purchased  a  sixty- 
acre  tract  of  virgin  forest,  which  in  due  time  he  cleared,  erecting  thereon 
a  cabin.  He  and  his  wife  were  Seceders.  Children  of  William  and  Mary 
(Mills)  McElwee:  i.  Andrew,  a  farmer  of  Crawford  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, until  his  death.  2.  Mary,  married  Thomas  Johnson,  and  lived  in 
Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Martha,  died  unmarried.  4.  Isabelle, 
married  Isaac  Lockhart,  and  lived  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  5.  William, 
of  further  mention. 

William,  son  of  William  McElwee,  was  born  in  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1828,  died  in  New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania,  August 
4,  1907.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  Lawrence  county,  inheriting  the  home 
farm,  and  there  lived  until  1883,  when  he  retired  from  active  participation 
in  business  and  made  his  home  at  New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania,  where 
his  death  occurred.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  with  his  wife  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Emeline  Cooper,  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Hannah  (Cassidy)  Cooper,  born  at  Perrysville  (now 
incorporated  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh),  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1832,  died  March  15,  1906.  George  Cooper,  son  of  Irish  parents,  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  as  was  his  wife,  her  ancestors  also 
being  Irish.  He  was  a  farmer  and  miller,  the  owner  of  a  large  grist  mill, 
which  ground  the  grain  of  the  farmers  for  miles  around.  This  has  long 
since  fallen  into  decay  and  has  disappeared,  but  the  old  stone  house  in 
which  he  and  his  family  lived  is  still  standing,  visible  from  the  Perrysville 
Pike.  Children  of  William  and  Emeline  (Cooper)  McElwee:  i.  Mary, 
unmarried,  lives  in  New  Wilmington,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Ermina,  deceased; 
married  Rev.  H.  D.  Gordon.  3.  Martha,  married  George  J.  Davidson,  and 
lives  in  Elwood  City,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Jane,  of  previous  mention,  married 
William  Thomas  Anderson.  5.  William  Jr.,  an  attorney  of  Newcastle, 
Pennsylvania. 


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Children  of  William  Thomas  and  Jane  (McElwee)  Anderson:  i. 
Thomas  McElwee,  born  October  28,  1903.  2.  Martha  Cooper,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1904.  3.  Rebecca  Cook,  born  March  31,  1906.  4.  Ralph  Gor- 
don, born  July  5,  1909.     5.  Harold  Alexander,  born  December  18,  1912. 


Cowan  is  a  name  of  frequent  occurrence  in  America  at  the 
COWAN     present  time,  and  it  can  be  traced  to  England,  Ireland  and 
Germany,  the  particular  family  under  discussion  in  this  re- 
view having  come  from  the  last  mentioned  land.    They  have  been  resident 
in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  for  a  number  of  generations,  and  have  proved 
themselves  worthy  citizens. 

(I)  Samuel  Cowan,  of  German  descent,  was  probably  born  in  Blair 
county,  Pennsylvania,  the  family  living  near  Johnstown.  He  was  a  farmei, 
and  he  and  his  wife  lived  to  an  advanced  age,  spending  the  last  years  of 
their  lives  with  their  children  in  Latrobe,  Pennsylvania.  They  were  of 
the  Lutheran  faith.  Mr.  Cowan  married  Elizabeth  Adams,  and  they  had 
children:  Frederick  A.,  of  further  mention;  a  boy,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Elizabeth,  married  Jacob  Lafferty,  and  lived  in  Funnelton,  Armstrong 
county,  Pennsylvania;  Susanna,  who  married  Uriah  Heacock,  of  Latrobe, 
Pennsylvania;  Lucinda,  married  Uriah  Wilson  also  of  Latrobe;  Mary, 
who  married  John  Henry,  of  Homer  City,  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania ; 
Henrietta,  married  John  Taylor,  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  Frederick  A.,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Adams)  Cowan, 
was  born  at  Morrisons  Cove,  Blair  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  9,  1843, 
and  died  in  October,  1899.  He  remained  on  the  paternal  farm  until  he 
had  attained  young  manhood,  then  made  his  home  in  Blairsville,  Indiana 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  In  con- 
nection with  this  he  did  general  contracting  work  but  failed  in  business 
during  the  panic  of  1872-73.  In  1886  he  removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  there  found  employment  in  the  rolling  mills  until  1889,  when 
he  removed  to  Allentown,  Lehigh  county,  and  was  engaged  in  similar 
work  until  his  death.  He  and  his  wife  attended  the  Methodist  church,  and 
in  political  matters  he  was  a  Republican.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served 
nine  months.  Mr.  Cowan  married  Pamelia  L.  Oaks,  born  in  Indiana 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  August,  1841,  now  living  in  Allentown,  Pennsyl- 
vania. They  had  children :  Margaret,  unmarried,  lives  with  her  mother 
at  No.  239  North  Eleventh  street,  Allentown ;  William  H.,  of  further  men- 
tion ;  Samuel,  a  teamster  in  Beaver  Falls ;  Lula,  married  John  Sagers,  a 
farmer,  lives  at  Macungie,  Lehigh  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Electa,  unmar- 
ried, is  a  stenographer  in  Pittsburgh. 

Mrs.  Cowan  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Oaks  and  his  first  wife,  the 
latter  dying  when  her  daughter  was  a  very  young  child.  They  were  of 
Irish  descent,  and  lived  near  Blairsville,  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  and  owned  a  quantity  of  land  near  the  foot 
of  the  mountain.     They  were  members  of  the  Methodist  church.     The 


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brothers  and  sisters  of  Mrs.  Cowan  were:  Peter  R.,  now  deceased,  be- 
came the  owner  of  his  father's  farms,  and  also  conducted  a  drug  store; 
Sevilla,  married  Samuel  Guflfy,  both  now  deceased ;  a  daughter,  married 

Briney;    Mary,   married   Butler,   and    lives    in    Westmoreland 

county,  Pennsylvania;  Lucy,  married  William  Ford,  a  machinist,  and  lives 

in  Latrobe,  Pennsylvania;  a  girl,  married  Beard,  and  lived  in  the 

west;  Scott,  a  prospector  and  operator,  who  lived  in  Butler  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

(Ill)  William  H.,  son  of  Frederick  A.  and  Pamelia  L.  (Oaks)  Cowan, 
was  born  in  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  14,  1866.  He  acquired 
a  good,  practical  education  in  the  public  schools  near  his  home,  and  in 
1886  removed  with  the  family  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  and  at 
once  commenced  working  in  the  rolling  mills  in  that  town.  He  was  oc- 
cupied as  a  heater  at  the  furnaces  until  the  year  1900,  then  joined  the 
police  force,  with  which  he  has  since  been  identified,  greatly  to  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  community.  During  the  first  four  years  he  served  as  a 
patrolman,  then  became  a  traffic  policeman,  holding  this  position  until 
19 10.  In  that  year  he  was  appointed  chief  of  police  of  Beaver  Falls,  and 
was  the  incumbent  of  that  office  until  March  i,  1914.  During  his  ad- 
ministration he  displayed  executive  ability  of  a  remarkably  high  order, 
and  the  safety  of  the  citizens  was  assured  since  he  took  office.  Upon 
his  retirement  he  was  appointed  captain  of  night  police.  Mr.  Cowan  is 
a  man  who  prefers  to  form  his  opinions  independently,  and  he  has  the 
courage  of  his  convictions.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  In  political  matters 
he  is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Cowan  married,  November  26,  1888,  Martha  I.,  born  in  New 
Alexandria,  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  El- 
liot, a  farmer,  who  died  in  1901.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  dying 
when  Mrs.  Cowan  was  very  young.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cowan  have  had  one 
son:    Dwight  Elliot,  born  December  30,  1889. 


The  name  of  Walker  claims  an  almost  unrivaled  position 
WALKER     in  the  rolls  of  our  nomenclature,  reminding  us  of  the  early 

fashion  of  treading  out  the  cloth  before  the  adaptations  of 
machinery  were  brought  to  bear  on  this  phase  of  the  craft.  Walker  has 
disappeared  as  a  term  of  trade,  and  the  bearers  of  the  name  are  to  be 
found  in  many  lines  of  industry  and  in  many  professions,  and  it  is  in  the 
directories  alone  that  the  name  declares  the  forgotten  mysteries  of  early 
English  cloth  manufacture. 

(I)  Francis  W.  Walker  was  bom  in  England,  where  he  became  a 
manufacturer  of  lace.  In  1844  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  with 
his  family,  as  his  health  had  become  impaired,  and  it  was  thought  a  change 
of  climate  might  prove  of  benefit.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  state  of 
Michigan,  where  his  death  occurred  at  the  age  of  sixty  years.    He  and  his 


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wife,  who  was  a  devout  Methodist,  had  children:     Francis  W.,  of  further 
mention;  George;  a  daughter. 

(II)  Francis  W.  (2)  Walker,  son  of  Francis  W.  (i)  Walker,  was 
born  in  England,  and  was  nineteen  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  this 
country  with  his  parents.  For  some  years  he  lived  on  the  farm  in  Michi- 
gan, where  he  learned  the  flour  milling  business,  and  about  the  year  1850 
he  removed  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Ten  years 
later  he  removed  to  Industry  in  the  same  county,  where  he  operated  a  flour 
mill  until  1865.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  but 
was  there  but  a  short  time,  when  his  flour  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He 
returned  to  New  Brighton  in  1867,  found  employment  in  the  selling  de- 
partment of  a  milling  machinery  company,  and  held  this  position  until  his 
death.  He  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party,  was  a  member  of  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  his  wife  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  married,  in  New  Brighton,  in  1853,  Minerva 
Cairns,  born  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1827,  died  in 
October,  1909.  They  had  children :  Francis  William,  of  further  mention ; 
George  L.,  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years ;  Alfred  C,  has  a  drug  store 
in  Sewickley,  Pennsylvania,  married  Matilda  Walters;  Ettie  V.,  married 
A.  M.  Lichtenberger,  and  lives  at  Lakewood,  Ohio.  Mrs.  Walker  was  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  (Morrow)  Cairns,  of  Industry,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  the  former  was  the  proprietor  of  a  sawmill  and  a  dealer 
in  lumber.  He  and  his  wife  were  earnest  and  devout  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  was  at  one  time  sheriff  of  the  county,  and  also  held  the  offiec 
of  associate  judge  of  the  county.  They  had  the  following  children:  Jane, 
married  a  Mr.  Riley;  Margaret,  married  a  Mr.  McGaffick;  Ellen,  married 
James  Duff;  Eliza,  married  T.  P.  Irwin  and  is  the  only  one  living;  Addie, 
died  single ;  Leander ;  Alfred,  died  in  the  service  of  his  country  during  the 
Civil  War;  Minerva,  previously  mentioned,  married  Francis  W.  Walker. 
Mr.  Cairns  was  more  than  eighty  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

(III)  Francis  William  Walker,  son  of  Francis  W.  (2)  and  Minerva 
(Cairns)  Walker,  was  born  at  Industry,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
May  7,  1865.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Industry,  New  Brighton 
and  Kenwood  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  then  entered  the  drug 
business,  serving  his  apprenticeship  in  the  store  of  R.  L.  Kenah,  in  New 
Brighton.  Subsequently  he  studied  pharmacy  in  the  Pittsburgh  College  of 
Pharmacy,  now  a  part  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  and  was  graduated 
from  this  institution  in  the  class  of  1882.  He  had  previously  purchased 
a  drug  store  in  New  Brighton,  which  he  conducted  until  1888,  when  he 
sold  it.  In  1887  he  organized  the  Beaver  Falls  Art  Tile  Company,  com- 
mencing this  enterprise  as  a  limited  partnership  and  in  a  small  way.  As 
the  scope  of  the  company  broadened  it  was  necessary  to  make  a  change 
in  this  arrangement,  and  in  1906  it  was  incorporated,  the  officers  being: 
J.  M.  May,  president ;  T.  S.  White,  vice-president ;  Francis  William  Walker, 


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secretary,  treasurer  and  general  manager.  They  manufactured  enameled 
and  wall  tile,  and  have  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  employees. 
They  have  a  branch  office  in  New  York  City,  and  their  trade  connections 
are  all  over  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Mr.  Walker  lived  in  New 
Brighton  until  1906,  when  he  moved  to  Patterson  Heights,  four  years  later 
building  his  present  residence,  in  which  he  has  been  residing  since  that 
time.  He  is  connected  with  a  large  number  of  other  business  enterprises, 
among  them  being  the  following :  President  of  the  Beaver  County  Building 
and  Loan  Association;  director  in  the  Beaver  County  Trust  Company; 
president  of  the  Robert  Rossman  Company,  of  New  York  City,  importers 
of  tile ;  vice-president  of  the  American  Sewer  Pipe  Company ;  member  of 
the  Beaver  Valley  Country  Club;  president  of  the  Manufacturers'  Asso- 
ciation of  Beaver  County;  president  of  the  Conservation  Association  of 
the  The  Chenango  and  Beaver  Valleys. 

Mr.  Walker  married,  April  25,  1882,  Lelia  Frances  Gould,  born  m 
Athens  county,  Ohio,  daughter  of  George  T.  and  Minerva  (Brown)  Gould, 
the  former  a  manufacturer  and  contractor.  Children:  i.  Hilda  Minerva, 
married  Robert  Cooper  Vandevort,  cashier  of  the  United  States  National 
Bank ;  lives  in  Aberdeen,  Washington ;  they  have  children :  Lelia  Frances 
and  Robert  Cooper  Jr.  2.  Francis  William  Jr.,  was  graduated  from  the 
Pennsylvania  State  College,  in  mechanical  engineering,  and  took  a  post- 
graduate course  at  the  University  of  Illinois  in  ceramic  engineering;  he 
is  now  superintendent  of  the  Beaver  Falls  Art  Tile  Company.  3.  George 
Gould,  attending  the  Pennsylvania  State  College,  where  he  is  taking  ja. 
course  in  mechanical  engineering. 


The  name  of  Bentel  is  one  of  fairly  frequent  occurrence  in 
BENTEL     the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  the  original  bearers  of  it  in  this 

country  having  come  to  America  from  Germany.  They 
brought  with  them  the  energy,  industry  and  thrift  characteristic  of  the 
German  nation,  and  their  descendants  have  inherited  these  traits  in  rich 
measure. 

(I)  Frederick  Bentel  came  from  Germany  and  settled  in  Harmony, 
Pennsylvania,  later  removing  to  Zelienople,  same  state.  He  was  a  clock 
maker  by  trade,  but  he  also  devoted  considerable  time  to  the  trade  of  black- 
smithing,  being  highly  proficient  in  both  lines  of  work.  He  was  a  Lutheran 
in  religion,  as  was  also  his  wife,  name  unknown,  who  bore  him  five  children, 
namely :     Eckart.  Jacob,  Catherine,  ,  married  George  Albert ;  Eranius. 

(II)  Eckart  Bentel,  son  of  Frederick  Bentel,  was  born,  it  is  believed, 
in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  merchant  of  that  county,  highly 
successful  in  his  undertaking.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Pollett,  who 
bore  him  seven  children:  Thornley,  Amelia,  Frederick,  Eckart,  Hannah, 
Mary,  Sarah.  He  married  (second)  Jane  S.  Philipps,  who  bore  him  nine 
children:  Garrett  T..  Grant  M.,  Eranius  E.,  Addie,  Bessie,  Charles  W., 
Wilhimina,  Grant,  an  infant  who  died  unnamed.     After  the  death  of  Mr. 


932  PENNSYLVANIA 

Bentel  his  widow  married  (second)  William  Strutt  who  is  now  deceased: 
no  children  by  this  marriage. 

(Ill)  Charles  W.  Bentel,  son  of  Ekart  and  Jane  S.  (Philipps)  Bentel, 
was  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  i8,  1861.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  acquiring  a  practical  education 
which  thoroughly  equipped  him  for  the  active  business  career  with  which 
he  has  since  been  identified.  Upon  leaving  school  he  found  employment 
of  various  kinds  in  mercantile  life,  and  about  the  year  1883  started  in  this 
line  of  business  independently  at  Zelienople,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  followed  this  for  about  seven  years  and  then  removed  to  Rochester, 
same  county,  and  established  himself  as  a  merchant  there.  Subsequently  he 
went  to  the  west  for  a  time,  then  returned  to  Rochester,  where  he  again 
established  himself  as  a  merchant,  this  time  in  the  meat  and  grocery  line, 
and  has  now  been  successfully  engaged  in  this  for  a  considerable  period  of 
time.  Mr.  Bentel  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  views,  and  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  married,  in  1893,  Stella  E.  Stidham, 
and  has  children :    George  A.  and  William  S. 


The  Gray  family,  now  ably  represented  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
GRAY     sylvania,  has  been  identified  with  various  interests  here  for  some 
generations,  and  came  to  this  country  from  Ireland. 

(I)  Robert  Gray  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country  with 

his  wife  and  children.     He  married   Martha  ,  and  had   children: 

Boyd;  James  E.  McM.,  see  forward ;  John ;  William;  Thomas;  Elizabeth, 
and  Matilda. 

(II)  James  E.  McM.,  son  of  Robert  and  Martha  Gray,  was  a  farmer 
near  Brownsdale,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Eliza  Kirk, 
and  had  children :     Boyd,  see  forward  :  Mary  Anna ;  Emilie  J.,  and  Sarah  J. 

(III)  Boyd,  son  of  James  E.  McM.  and  Eliza  (Kirk)  Gray,  was  born 
in  Petersville,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  23,  183 1.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  farming.  He  was  a  Republican  in  political  mat- 
ters, and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  He  married,  June  23,  1857, 
Mary  Anna,  born  May  6,  1834.  They  had  children :  Eliza  Martha,  born 
April  15,  1858.  died  February  20,  1893,  on  the  homestead,  where  she  had 
been  living  with  her  husband,  E.  D.  McCormick:  James  B.,  born  December 
29,  i860;  William  Boyd,  see  forward.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Gray,  his 
widow  married  (second)  Hugh  McCormick,  and  had  children:  Mary  E., 
born  July  20,  1870:  and  Gertrude  M.,  born  in  March,  1876. 

(IV)  William  Boyd,  son  of  Boyd  and  Mary  (Anna)  Gray,  was  born 
at  Petersville.  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  27,  1862.  He  was 
educated  at  the  Nickson  Schoolhouse,  No.  5,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  then  attended  the  academy  at  Rayne.  Upon  the  completion  of  this 
portion  of  his  education,  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  a  time, 
then  became  identified  with  work  in  the  oil  fields  for  a  period  of  fifteen 


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933 


years,  leaving  this  in  1900.  He  then  went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  where 
he  matriculated  at  the  National  College  of  Osteopathy  for  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  and  was  graduated  from  this  institution  January  i,  1907.  For 
about  one  year  he  practiced  his  profession  at  Renfrew,  Butler  county,  then 
removed  to  Beaver  county,  February  20,  1908,  where  he  has  acquired  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice.  He  resides  at  No.  1428  Eighth  avenue, 
Beaver  Falls,  where  his  office  hours  are  from  eight  until  twelve,  and  he  has 
other  office  hours  in  Beaver,  from  one  to  five  and  from  seven  to  nine  p.  m. 
He  is  an  independent  in  his  political  opinions,  and  will  not  allow  himself 
to  be  bound  by  party  ties.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  wife  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  church. 

Dr.  Gray  married,  February  20,  1900,  Melinda  Jane,  born  December 
23,  1864,  a  daughter  of  Joyce  and  Angeline  (Seaton)  White,  and  they 
have  had  children;  Hazel  Angeline,  born  December  22,  1901 ;  and  Mary 
Anna,  born  in  September,  1909. 


The  Barry  family,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  has  been 
BARRY     prominently  identified   for  some  generations  with  the  growth 

and  prosperity  of  the  county  in  various  directions.  Coming  to 
this  country  originally  from  Ireland,  they  brought  with  them  the  numerous 
admirable  traits  which  characterize  the  natives  of  that  land,  and  have  trans- 
mitted them  in  rich  measure  to  their  descendants. 

(I)  Charles  Barry,  who  was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  came  to 
this  country  with  his  wife  about  the  year  1830.  He  made  his  home  for  the 
space  of  one  year  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  then  removed  to 
Beaver  county,  in  the  same  state.  There  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  five  acres,  and  devoted  the  remainder  of  his  life  to  the  successful 
cultivation  of  this  piece  of  property.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  he  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Democratic 
party.  He  married  in  Ireland,  Anna  Jardine,  and  had  the  following  named 
children :  Eliza,  married  James  Marks,  and  lived  in  Beaver  county ;  Jane, 
married  Zachariah  Hall,  and  also  lived  in  Beaver  county ;  Ellen,  married 
William  Johnston,  and  lived  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county;  Mary, 
married  Joseph  Cooper;  Michael,  see  forward;  Esther,  married  Charles 
Johnston,  and  is  the  only  one  of  these  children  now  living;  Martha,  married 
Colonel  Mowry,  and  lives  in  Monaca,  Pennsylvania;  John,  died  unmarried 
at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  years;  James,  married  Elizabeth  Phillis. 

(II)  Michael,  son  of  Charles  and  Anna  (Jardine)  Barry,  was  bom 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  3,  1831.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  after 
some  years  of  general  business  experience,  engaged  in  business  as  a  con- 
tractor. In  this  he  was  very  reasonably  successful,  but  in  1850  he  aban- 
doned this  for  a  time  and  went  to  the  gold  fields  of  California.  There  he 
amassed  a  considerable  fortune,  and  upon  his  return  to  his  native  county 


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purchased  a  large  farm  and  also  resumed  his  contracting  business.  He  and 
his  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  Mr.  Barry  married  Margaret  Reed  Spence,  born  August  3,  1842, 
a  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Elizabeth  (Reed)  Spence,  of  Illinois.  They  had 
children:  Ella  W.,  married  J.  H.  Searight,  and  lives  in  Beaver,  Beaver 
county;  Wilbert,  unmarried,  and  lives  out  west;  Alfonso,  married,  and  lives 
in  Oakland,  California;  Anne  Elizabeth,  born  October  7,  1868,  married  P. 
A.  Troutman,  and  lives  in  Waynesburg,  Pennsylvania;  John  Calvin,  see 
forward;  Philip,  bom  March  31,  1871,  married  Anna  Licy,  lives  in  Cora- 
opolis,  Pennsylvania;  Mary,  twin  of  Philip,  married  Frederick  Meany,  and 
lives  on  the  old  farm  in  Beaver  county;  Sarah  Johnston,  married  C.  L. 
McCoy,  and  lives  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

(Ill)  John  Calvin,  son  of  Michael  and  Margaret  Reed  (Spence)  Barry, 
was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February 
6,  1869.  He  acquired  his  education,  which  has  been  a  sound  and  practical 
one,  in  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county,  and  supplemented  it  by  close 
observation  and  well-selected  reading.  In  his  youth  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  cultivation  of  the  farm,  then  engaged  in  the  building  and  general  con- 
tracting business,  with  which  he  has  been  closely  identified  since  that  time. 
He  has  gained  a  reputation  for  faithful  and  careful  attention  to  all  the 
details  of  a  contract,  and  his  reliability  has  gained  him  a  large  class  of 
patronage.  He  resides  in  Beaver  since  1906,  where  he  is  the  owner  of  a 
pleasant  home  at  435  East  End  avenue.  In  political  matters  he  is  an  inde- 
pendent, preferring  to  form  his  own  opinions  and  not  have  them  laid  out 
for  him.  In  religious  matters  he  is  a  Presbyterian.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1902,  Cora,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Augusta  Staub,  and  has  had 
children  :     Elizabeth  and  Catherine. 


The  name  of  Anderson  is  one  frequently  met  with,  both 
ANDERSON     in  this  country  and  in  England.     It  was  very  probably 
derived  from  Andrew's  son,  at  the  time  it  was  found 
necessary   to  adopt  surnames. 

(I)  John  W.  Anderson  was  a  native  of  Scotland  and  emigrated  to 
America,  where  he  settled  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  followed  farming  all  his  life.  He  married  Margaret  Anderson, 
born  in  Ireland  in  1791,  who  came  to  America  in  1798  on  the  ship  "North 
America,"  Captain  Caswell  commanding.  They  had  children :  Louisa,  de- 
ceased; James,  deceased;  John,  died  in  Andersonville  Prison;  William,  of 
further  mention ;  and  Mary,  deceased. 

(II)  William  Anderson,  son  of  John  W.  and  Margaret  (Anderson) 
Anderson,  was  born  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
April  12,  1830,  and  died  April  8,  1891.  In  his  earlier  years  he  assisted  his 
father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  homestead  farm,  then  learned  the  saddler's 
trade.  During  and  prior  to  his  enlistment  as  a  soldier  during  the  Civil  War, 
he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  heavy  harness  for  the  United  States 


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Government,  for  use  in  the  cavalry  regiments.  He  enlisted,  September  6, 
1862,  in  Company  A,  Seventeenth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  and  was  discharged 
for  disability,  March  15,  1863.  Upon  his  return  to  Beaver  county,  he  en- 
gaged in  the  promotion  of  oil  and  clay  mines,  and  was  identified  with  these 
interests  until  his  death.  Mr.  Anderson  married  (first)  Elizabeth  J.  Beacom, 
and  had  children:  Margaret,  Agnes,  Robert  and  Lola  J.  He  married 
(second)  Mary  Beacom,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  and  had  children:  Carrie 
E. ;  Mary;  William  S.,  of  further  mention. 

Robert  Beacom,  father  of  Mrs.  Anderson,  was  born  in  Brighton  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  April  i,  1807,  and  died  February  19,  1876.  His  death 
occurred  on  the  same  farm  on  which  he  had  been  bom,  and  on  which  his 
entire  life  had  been  spent.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Wilson,  who  died 
in  1841,  having  had  children:  Elizabeth  J.,  born  in  1832,  married  William 
Anderson,  died  in  1864;  Mary;  William.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth 
Alexander,  born  in  1801,  died  in  1886.  No  children  by  this  second  mar- 
riage. 

(HI)  William  Stafford  Anderson,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Beacom) 
Anderson,  was  born  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September 
25,  1871.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  then 
attended  the  high  school.  For  a  time  he  was  then  a  clerk  in  the  freight 
department  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company,  and  then 
spent  a  number  of  years  as  a  traveling  salesman.  In  1894,  in  association 
with  George  Robinson  Bovard,  he  established  a  retail  grocery  business  in 
Beaver,  which  they  conducted  successfully  until  1904.  They  then  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Bovard  &  Anderson,  and 
they  met  with  decided  success.  They  negotiate  mortgages,  loans  and  in- 
surance of  all  kinds,  on  both  improved  and  unimproved  property.  The 
large  clientele  which  this  business  now  has  is  a  proof  of  the  satisfactory 
methods  of  business  employed  by  these  two  young  men,  who  have  gained  a 
reputation  for  probity  and  reliability  of  which  any  man  might  well  feel 
proud.  Mr.  Anderson,  who  was  formerly  a  Republican  and  then  a  Pro- 
gressive, is  an  independent  voter,  and  has  the  courage  of  his  convic- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  of  the  following  or- 
ganizations: St.  James  Lodge,  No.  456,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  Sons  of  Veterans.  Mr.  Anderson  mar- 
ried, December  9,  1896,  Jessie  Stafford,  a  daughter  of  Milo  R.  and  Emma 
(Weyand)  Adams,  and  they  have  had  children:  Isabelle,  born  June  5, 
1901 ;  Adams,  bom  January  10,  1903;  Marion,  born  November  17,  1907. 


The  Anderson  family  of  this  review  have  been  resident 
ANDiERSON     in  the  state  of   Pennsylvania   for  a  number  of  genera- 
tions, and  they  have  amply  proved  their  worth  as  patriotic 
and  desirable  citizens. 

(I)   James  Anderson  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  upon  coming  to 
this  country  settled  near  the  Four  Mile  Church.    Later  he  came  to  Beaver 


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county,  Pennsylvania.    He  was  a  stone  mason  and  bricklayer  by  trade. 

(II)  William  Anderson,  son  of  James  Anderson,  was  born  in  Beaver, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1816.  At  a  suitable  age  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
carpenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  for  a  number  of  years,  then  branched 
out  into  the  contracting  business,  in  which  he  was  very  successful.  He 
married  Mary  Barclay,  whose  father,  Thomas  Barclay,  was  a  native  of 
Ireland,  and  settled  near  Four  Mile  Church,  and  was  a  large  land  owner. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anderson:  James  Thomas,  of  further  mention; 
Minta  D.,  married  Edward  Dosh,  of  Guthrie  Center,  Iowa,  who  died  in 
December,  1910,  and  she  is  still  living  there. 

(III)  James  Thomas  Anderson,  only  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Bar- 
clay) Anderson,  was  born  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  June  29,  1853.  The 
public  schools  of  that  section  furnished  him  with  an  excellent  education, 
and  when  he  left  them  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  he  worked  in  the  employ 
of  an  uncle  on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age.  He  then 
formed  a  connection  with  Harton  &  Tallon,  contractors  and  builders,  of 
Beaver,  and  while  with  them  learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  After  re- 
maining with  this  firm  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years,  he  determined  to  estab- 
lish himself  in  business  independently,  and  in  furtherance  of  this  idea 
formed  a  partnership  with  Thomas  Brown,  the  business  being  conducted 
under  the  firm  name  of  Anderson  &  Brown  for  four  years,  and  after  this 
Mr.  Anderson  carried  it  on  alone  for  about  one  year.  He  then  formed 
a  partnership  with  Frederick  H.  Cook,  the  firm  name  being  Anderson  & 
Cook,  this  continuing  until  1914,  when  the  business  was  incorporated  under 
the  style  of  The  Cook-Anderson  Company,  Mark  K.  Anderson,  a  son, 
being  admitted  to  the  firm.  The  business  consists  of  a  lumber  yard,  plan- 
ing mill,  builders'  supplies,  etc.  Among  the  numerous  buildings  erected 
by  this  company  may  be  mentioned  the  following:  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  United  Presbyterian  Church  and  Buchanan  Building,  of  Beaver; 
Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Passenger  and  Freight  Station,  a  four  story 
building,  and  other  stations  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Com- 
pany; Federal  Title  &  Trust  Building,  at  Beaver  Falls,  Peimsylvania ; 
churches  and  school  houses  at  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Anderson  is 
a  Republican  and  was  one  time  borough  auditor  of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 
He  has  acquired  a  tract  of  twelve  acres  of  land  on  Dutch  Ridge  Road, 
where  he  built  himself  an  ideal  home,  and  is  practically  living  in  retire- 
ment there. 

Mr.  Anderson  married,  November  i,  1882,  at  Pittsburgh,  Rose  B.,  a 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Martha  Kinsey,  of  Georgetown,  Pennsylvania,  and 
they  have  had  children:  June  E.,  married  Walter  M.  Goettman,  treasurer 
of  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Works,  and  they  have  one  child.  Rose  Mary, 
born  December  i,  1913;  Hazel  L.,  married  Allen  Stittler,  and  died  May 
24,  1912;  Dosh,  a  carpenter  with  the  Cook-Anderson  Company;  Mark  K., 
mentioned  above;  Mary,  died  young;  Lois,  was  graduated  from  the  Beaver 
high  school  in  1914. 


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Among  the  families  worthiest  to  be  mentioned  in  this 
AND(ERSON     history  as  early  settlers,  home  builders,  developers  and 
producers  of  the  agricultural  wealth  of  the  country,  and 
people  of  fine  personal  integrity  and  influence  as  citizens,  is  that  of  Ander- 
son, a  name  now  to  be  met  with  in  many  sections  of  the  country. 

(I)  John  Anderson,  the  first  of  the  line  herein  recorded,  married 
Elizabeth  Bigger. 

(II)  Benjamin  Anderson,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Bigger)  Ander- 
son, was  born  June  25,  1773,  died  December  4,  1818.  He  married,  De- 
cember 25,  1798,  Mary  Campbell,  born  January  17,  1779,  died  July  22, 
1845.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Campbell,  born  August,  1753,  died 
February  23,  1824,  a  son  of  Mary  Campbell,  born  September  9,  1703,  died 
February  17,  1795.  He  married,  March  22,  1778,  Alice,  born  January  27, 
1758,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Huey,  who  was  chaplain  of  an  English  war 
ship. 

(III)  Benoni  Anderson,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Campbell) 
Anderson,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  27,  18 19,  died 
November  27,  1874.  He  was  a  merchant  and  farmer  in  Allegheny  and 
Beaver  counties.  He  married,  in  October,  1841,  Jane  McElhaney  Thom- 
son, born  May  21,  1815,  died  March  21,  1845,  a  daughter  of  Alexander 
and  Jane  (McElhaney)  Thomson;  granddaughter  of  William  Thomson,  a 
Revolutionary  soldier;  great-granddaughter  of  Alexander  Thomson;  and 
granddaughter  of  George  and  Martha  (Stringer)  McElhaney.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Anderson  had  children:  Alexander  Thomson,  of  further  mention; 
Mary  E.,  married  John  M.  Springer;  a  child  which  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Alexander  Thomson  Anderson,  son  of  Benoni  and  Jane  Mc- 
Elhaney (Thomson)  Anderson,  was  born  in  Independence  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  July  11,  1842.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  after  which  he  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  merchant,  and  also 
conducted  an  extensive  real  estate  business,  in  which  he  achieved  decided 
success,  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Mr.  Anderson  married  Susanna  C. 
Duncan,  born  August  26,  1839,  and  they  had  children:  L.  Luella,  married 
William  Harper,  and  has :  Mary  Luella  and  Eleanor ;  Harry  Duncan,  of 
further  mention;  Benoni,  born  May  29,  1873,  •i'^'^  ™  early  youth;  Laura 
B.,  born  May  3,  1878,  married  William  W.  Hamilton  and  had  one  child, 
Eleanor,  who  died  aged  two  years. 

Mrs.  Anderson  is  a  daughter  of  John  Duncan  Jr..  born  in  1798,  died 
in  1876.  He  married,  in  1824,  Jane  Smith,  born  in  1805,  died  in  1861,  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Scott)  Smith,  the  former  born  in  1757, 
the  latter  born  in  1763,  died  in  1858.  John  Duncan  Jr.,  was  a  son  of 
John  Duncan  Sr.,  who  was  born  in  1768,  died  in  1850,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth Moreland,  born  in  1771,  died  in  1803,  and  a  grandson  of  Alexander 
Duncan,  who  married,  in  1756,  Susanna  Wilson.  John  and  Jane  (Smith) 
Duncan  had  children :    Elizabeth,  born  near  Florence,  Pennsylvania,  March 


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lo,  1825;  Martha,  July  27,  1827;  Thomas  S.,  August  14,  1829;  Joseph 
Smith,  July  17,  1831 ;  Mary,  June  10,  1834;  Sara  J.,  September  29,  1836; 
David  M.,  June  11,  1838;  Susanna  C,  mentioned  above  as  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Anderson;  Harriet  A.,  April  24,  1842;  Laura  V.,  April  26,  1849.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Duncan  had  grandchildren  as  follows :  Lucy  B.  Orr,  born  in 
Hollidays  Cove,  West  Virginia,  August  28,  1848;  John  D.  Orr,  June,  185 1 ; 
Thomas  E.  Orr,  September  28,  1853 ;  William  B.  Orr,  October  22,  1855 ; 
Mary  J.  Orr,  July  14,  1858 ;  Joseph  Reed  Orr,  October  8,  1861 ;  Hattie  E. 
Orr,  July  4,  1864.  Ida  Josephine  Duncan,  born  in  October,  1855;  Joseph 
Smith  Duncan,  April  5,  1858.  Luella  Clark,  born  September  20,  1855; 
John  Duncan  Clark,  April  30,  1861.  Lily  Luella  Anderson,  born  June  28, 
1869;  Harry  Anderson,  June  25,  1871;  Benjamin  Anderson,  May  29,  1873; 
Laura  Bruce  Anderson,  May  3,  1878.  Robert  A.  Bruce,  born  in  September, 
1873.  John  Duncan  Jr.  was  a  native  of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  farming,  and  he  was  a  ruling  elder  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  there. 

(V)  Harry  Duncan  Anderson,  son  of  Alexander  Thomson  and 
Susanna  C.  (Duncan)  Anderson,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  June  25,  1871.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Beaver  county,  being  graduated  from  the  high  school,  then  took 
a  special  course  at  Geneva  College,  Beaver  Falls.  In  1892  he  engaged  in 
the  insurance  business  in  Beaver,  and  has  since  that  time  been  identified 
with  these  interests.  He  is  the  special  agent  for  the  Prudential  Insurance 
Company,  and  is  the  general  agent  of  the  Aetna  Insurance  Company,  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  In  political  opinion  he  is  a  strong  Democrat,  and 
in  religious  affairs  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  St.  James  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
Mr.  Anderson  married,  April  29,  1897,  Mary  C,  a  daughter  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  H.  Wilson,  and  they  have  had  children:  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
January  25,  1898;  Alexander  Thomson,  March  22,  1902;  Harriet  D.,  De- 
cember 29,  1905. 


This  name  is  variously  spelled  Calhoon,  Calhoun,  Colhoun, 
CALHOON     etc.     The  Calhouns  of  Scotland  are  the  descendants  of 

the  ancient  family  of  the  Conquhouns  and  Lairds  of  Luss. 
The  original  name  "Colquhoun"  is  still  retained  by  some  in  Scotland,  Eng- 
land and  Ireland,  but  it  is  pronounced  "Colhoun."  The  ancestor  of  the 
surname  of  Colquhoun  was  Humphrey  Kilpatrick,  in  whose  favor  the 
Earl  of  Lenox  granted  a  charter  of  the  lands  of  Colquhoun  in  the  reign 
of  Alexander  II.  about  the  year  1200. ,  The  meaning  of  the  term  Colquhoun 
is  "a  seacoasting  common  or  point,"  with  which  the  former  situation  of 
these  lands  will  agree.  Humphrey  Kilpatrick  Colquhoun  married  the 
daughter  of  Godfrey,  Laird  of  Luss,  in  1392.  The  Colquhouns  and  Lairds 
of  Luss  were  the  most  wealthy  and  illustrious  clans  of  Scotland.  The 
home  of  the  clan  was  about  the  southern  shore  of  Loch  Lomond  and  all 


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of  this  neighborhood  is  full  of  memories  and  traditions  which  preserve  the 
family  name.  Among  the  neighbors  of  the  Colquhouns  were  the  wild 
McGregors  of  Loch  Katrine.  These  two  clans  had  frequent  conflicts,  and 
in  1602  about  two  hundred  of  the  Colquhouns  were  slain  by  the  Mc- 
Gregors with  many  acts  of  savage  cruelty.  Sixty  of  the  wives  of  the 
slain  Colquhouns  took  each  the  gory  shirt  of  her  husband  on  a  pike  and 
rode  to  King  James  at  Stirling,  demanding  vengeance.  This  was  the 
original  flaunting  of  the  "bloody  shirt"  and  secured  the  outlawry  of  the 
McGregors,  as  told  by  Scott  in  a  note  of  his  "Lady  of  the  Lake."  Many 
of  the  Colquhouns  fled  to  Ireland  in  the  seventeenth  century  to  avoid  re- 
ligious persecution.  The  Calhoun  coat-of-arms  is  as  follows :  Argent,  a 
saltire,  engrailed  sable.  Crest:  A  hart's  head  erased  gules.  Supporters, 
Two  ratch  hounds,  collard  sable.     Motto:     Si  je  puis. 

(I)  Andrew  Calhoon,  who  was  born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  in 
1761,  died  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1864, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  three  years.  He  emigrated  to 
America  about  1785,  and  at  first  made  his  home  in  New  York  City.  Later 
he  removed  to  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  settled  in  Big 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing many  years.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Kennedy,  (second)  Mrs. 
Rogers,  of  South  Beaver  township.  Children,  all  by  first  marriage :  Robert, 
of  further  mention ;  James  K.,  John  S. 

(II)  Robert  Calhoon,  son  of  Andrew  and  Marj  (Kennedy)  Calhoon, 
was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  in  1805,  died  April  i,  1859.  He 
was  a  carpenter  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  for  a  number  of  years, 
then  removed  to  New  Brighton  in  1848,  and  there  attained  a  position  of 
prominence  in  the  community.  He  served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  as  a 
member  of  the  borough  council,  and  as  a  burgess.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Old  School  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Calhoon  married,  in  1828, 
Elizabeth  Scott,  of  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children:  Mary 
Jane,  Thomas,  John  C,  of  further  mention ;  Margaret. 

(III)  John  C.  Calhoon,  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Scott)  Calhoon, 
attended  the  public  schools  until  his  fifteenth  year,  and  was  then  appren- 
ticed to  learn  the  trade  of  harness  maker,  serving  his  apprenticeship  with 
James  Baker,  at  New  Brighton.  In  1861  he  was  employed  in  the  arsenal 
in  Allegheny,  and  continued  there  for  three  and  a  half  years,  working  on 
the  saddles  and  harness  for  the  United  States  government.  He  then  opened 
a  shop  in  New  Brighton,  where  he  continued  this  line  of  manufacture 
and  also  furnished  a  large  amount  of  private  custom  work.  He  married 
Nancy,  a  daughter  of  Harvey  White,  and  had  children :  Thomas,  Harry, 
of  further  mention ;  Edwin,  Robert,  Harvey. 

(IV)  Harry  Calhoon,  son  of  John  C.  and  Nancy  (White)  Calhoon, 
was  born  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  15, 
1862.  He  received  his  preparatory  education  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
Brighton  and  Geneva  College.     He  took  up  the  study  of  law  with  J.  R. 


940  PENNSYLVANIA 

Harrah,  and  continued  it  in  the  office  of  Thompson  &  Martin.  Admitted 
to  practice  at  the  bar  in  1892,  he  at  once  estabHshed  himself  in  New  Brigh- 
ton, and  in  1893  was  elected  solicitor  of  that  township.  In  1898  he  was 
elected  district  attorney  of  Beaver  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church,  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics,  and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  Mr.  Calhoon  married  Florence,  a 
daughter  of  Frederick  Deitrick. 


The  origin  of  this  name,  which  is  one  of  the  most  famous 
DOUGLASS  in  the  annals  of  Scotland,  has  never  been  definitely  de- 
termined, and  the  ancient  legendary  border  tales  relative 
to  the  subject,  formerly  sung  by  the  bards,  are  now  considered  an  unsatis- 
factory solution  of  the  problem.  Its  great  antiquity,  however,  is  unques- 
tionable, and  history  records  many  gallant  and  chivalrous  deeds  performed 
by  bearers  of  this  name,  which  for  centuries  has  been  one  of  the  most 
prominent  in  the  Scottish  nobility. 

(I)  George  J.  Douglass  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, was  for  many  years  a  miller  in  that  section.  He  married  Matilda 
McKay,  and  had  children:     George  D.  and  Elizabeth. 

(II)  George  D.  Douglass,  son  of  George  J.  and  Matilda  (McKay) 
Douglass,  was  born  in  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January 
12,  1854.  For  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Penn  Bridge  Company,  of  Beaver  Falls,  and  is  now  living  retired.  He 
married  Ellen  G.,  a  daughter  of  William  Wilde.  Children :  Herbert  W., 
of  further  mention;  Thomas  L.,  bom  October  14,  1884,  now  general  man- 
ager of  the  Alberta  Nail  &  Wire  Company,  at  Calgary,  Alberta,  Canada. 

(HI)  Herbert  W.  Douglass,  son  of  George  D.  and  Ellen  G.  (Wilde) 
Douglass,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Jan- 
uaury  22,  1882.  The  public  schools  of  the  town  furnished  him  with  an 
excellent  education,  and  he  was  graduated  from  the  high  school.  He  then 
became  a  clerk  in  the  employ  of  the  banking  house  of  G.  S.  Barker  & 
Company.  In  1900  the  Beaver  County  Trust  Company  was  organized,  and 
purchased  the  business  of  G.  S.  Barker  &  Company.  Mr.  Douglass  was 
retained  in  his  position,  and  from  this  advanced  successively  to  the  offices 
of  teller,  assistant  treasurer,  and  is  now  (1914)  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  this  corporation,  which  owes  much  of  its  success  to  his  executive  ability. 
He  is  connected  with  other  important  financial  enterprises,  and  is  the  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Beaver  County  Insurance  Agency,  Incorporated. 
He  is  independent  in  his  political  opinions,  and  will  not  allow  himself  to 
be  bound  by  partisan  ties.  His  fraternal  affiliation  is  with  the  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons.  He  is  a  member  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church,  and  su- 
perintendent of  the  Sunday  school  connected  with  it.  Mr.  Douglass  mar- 
ried, September  i,  1905,  Ida  B.,  a  daughter  of  O.  C.  Harris,  and  they 
have  had  children:  Helen  Elizabeth,  born  June  18,  1906;  Herbert  W.  Jr., 
born  May  9,  1908. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  941 

The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Cable  family  was  John,  who 
CABLE  appears  in  Massachusetts  records  about  1631,  his  name  occui- 
ring  in  public  documents  on  numerous  occasions,  once  as  a 
petitioner  to  the  general  court  in  1635  for  permission  to  move  to.  the  Con- 
necticut river  region,  and  again  in  1652,  when  he  assisted  in  the  capture 
of  a  Dutch  vessel  off  the  coast  of  Fairfield  and  was  awarded  5£  by  the 
general  court  of  Connecticut.  From  him  descended  the  branch  of  the  family 
so  numerous  and  so  prominent  in  New  England  and  New  York.  It  is 
with  a  New  York  branch  that  this  chronicle  deals,  that  state  having  been 
the  early  home  of  John  Cable,  who  came  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
when  that  region  was  little  more  than  a  wilderness.  Braving  all  the 
dangers  of  pioneer  life,  from  man  as  well  as  beast,  he  hewed  a  home  from 
the  virgin  forest,  cleared  a  farm,  and  there  settled,  the  John  the  Baptist 
of  the  future  wealth  and  greatness  of  that  county.  He  was  a  devoted 
churchman,  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  first  Lutheran  churches  in  the 
county.  He  married  Phoebe  Goehring,  a  native  of  Germany,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Goehring,  who  came  to  Beaver  county  from  Germany.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  died  in  the  county.  Children:  i.  Charles,  lived  all  his  life  in 
Westmoreland  county.  2.  John,  a  hotel  proprietor  in  Allegheny  City, 
Pennsylvania.  3.  Susan,  died  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Phoebe, 
of  previous  mention,  married  John  Cable.  Children  of  John  and  Phoebe 
(Goehring)  Cable:  Charles,  John,  Edward,  all  deceased;  George  W.,  of 
whom  further;  Milo  and  Jefferson,  both  deceased;  Henrietta,  deceased; 
Lucinda,  a  resident  of  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania ;  and  Belinda, 
lives  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county. 

(II)  George  W.,  son  of  John  and  Phoebe  (Goehring)  Cable,  was 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  May  16,  1838.  His  early  life  was 
spent  on  his  father's  farm,  and  it  was  in  this  environment  that  he  became 
accustomed  to  muscle-hardening  labor  and  formed  vitality-giving  habits 
that  endowed  him  with  a  constitution  strong  enouph  to  withstand  the  at- 
tacks of  approaching  old  age.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  as  a 
vocation  chose  the  trade  of  mason  and  bricklayer,  at  which  he  worked  for 
a  time,  until  acquiring  sufficient  capital,  he  branched  out  into  a  contracting 
business.  In  this  line  he  has  met  with  excellent  success,  his  results  from 
the  first  encouraging  him  to  fresh  efforts  and  many  of  the  most  important 
buildings  of  Beaver  county  and  the  contiguous  country  stand  as  monu- 
ments to  his  constructive  ability.  His  first  choice  of  a  political  party  was 
the  Republican,  and  his  first  presidential  vote  was  cast  for  Abraham  Lin- 
coln, but  since  that  time  his  judgment  as  to  the  merits  of  the  candidate 
has  been  the  only  force  influencing  him  in  the  casting  of  his  ballot.  He 
married,  in  i860,  Sarah  Jane,  (deceased),  daughter  of  Philip  and  Sarah 
(Fisher)  Stetzell,  of  Rochester,  Beaver  county.  Philip  Cable  was  born  in 
Germany,  and  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Rochester,  where  his 
entire  life  was  spent  as  a  farmer.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he 
was  anxious  to  go  to  the  front,  but  the  tears  and  pleadings  of  his  wife  for 


942  PENNSYLVANIA 

a  time  deterred  him.  At  length,  love  of  country  becoming  so  strong  as  to 
defy  resistance,  he  enlisted  without  her  knowledge,  and  wrote  her  of  his 
departure  when  he  was  too  far  on  his  way  to  be  influenced  by  her  pas- 
sionate persuasion.  He  was  wounded  in  an  early  engagement  and  was  sent 
home  on  a  furlough  to  recover  from  his  injuries  and  to  regain  his  strength. 
Overanxiety  to  rejoin  the  army  led  him  to  attempt  to  return  before  he 
was  in  little  more  than  the  first  stage  of  convalescence,  and  he  died  in 
Cincinnati,  just  before  reaching  the  troops.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  German  Lutheran  Church.  He  married  Sarah  Fisher, 
born  at  Wittenberg,  Beaver  county,  daughter  of  William  Fisher,  who 
came  to  that  locality  from  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Philip 
and  Sarah  (Fisher)  Stetzell :  i.  Philip,  a  carpenter,  died  in  Rochester.  2. 
Sarah  Jane,  of  previous  mention,  married  George  W.  Cable.  3.  Mary 
Magdalena,  married  Charles  L.  Reno  (deceased),  an  engineer,  who  served 
in  the  Civil  War.  4.  Ann  Elizabeth,  married  Charles  Rhodes,  both  de- 
ceased. 5.  George  Frederick,  a  carpenter,  died  at  Irondale,  Pennsylvania. 
6.  William  Andrew,  a  carpenter,  died  unmarried;  made  his  home  with  his 
sister,  Mary.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  while  on  his  way  to  rejoin 
his  regiment,  Sarah  (Fisher)  Stetzell  never  remarried.  Children  of  George 
W.  and  Sarah  Jane  (Stetzell)  Cable:  i.  Emma  Virginia,  married  William 
Fisher,  and  has  sons,  Frank  and  Harold.  2.  Elmer,  of  whom  further.  3. 
Laura,  deceased.  4.  William,  married  Daisy  Clingelheimer ;  children,  Ken- 
nedy and  Dorothy.  5.  George  A.,  married  Mary  Sherwood,  and  lives  in 
Upland,  California. 

(HI)  Elmer  E.,  first  son  and  second  child  of  George  W.  and  Sarah 
Jane  (Stetzell)  Cable,  was  born  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
October  21,  1862.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  learned  his  father's 
trade,  and  after  working  for  several  years  as  a  journeyman  engaged  in 
contracting,  in  which  line  he  does  considerable  work  throughout  Beaver 
Valley,  keeping  in  his  employ  an  average  of  eight  men.  In  191 1  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  fifty-five  acres  in  Brighton  township,  and  has  here  ever 
since  resided.  He  continues  his  contracting,  deputizing  many  of  his  duties 
to  a  trusted  foreman,  and  devotes  much  of  his  time  to  cultivating  his  land 
and  to  fruit  growing,  producing  some  of  the  finest  peaches  and  berries 
raised  in  the  county.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  belongs  to  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  With  his  wife  he  is  a  member  of  the 
English  Lutheran  church. 

He  married,  December  27,  1887,  Olive  F.,  born  November  12,  1866, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Rhodes)  Fleschman,  of  Chippewa  town- 
ship. John  Fleschman  was  born  in  Germany,  and  when  a  lad  was  brought 
to  the  United  States  by  his  parents,  who  settled  in  Beaver  county.  Here 
his  youthful  life  was  spent,  Chippewa  township,  where  he  died  in  1913, 
being  the  scene  of  his  later  life,  the  birthplace  of  his  wife,  and  her  present 
place  of  residence.  Children  of  John  and  Mary  (Rhodes)  Fleschman: 
Olive  F.,  of  previous  mention,  married  Elmer  E.  Cable;  Martin,  John, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  943 

Christina,  Mary,  Jacob,  Minnie  and  Joseph,  deceased.  Children  of  Elmer 
E.  and  Olive  F.  (Fleschman)  Cable:  Harry,  a  mason  of  Rochester,  mar- 
ried Ella  Guthermuth;  Laura  Olive,  died  in  infancy;  Sarah;  Howard. 
Successful  in  business  and  a  citizen  of  good  repute,  Mr.  Cable  is  held  in 
high  esteem  by  his  wide  circle  of  friends. 


Examples  of  the  thrift  and  industry  popularly  supposed  to 
MORROW     be  a  radical  characteristic  of  all  claiming  Ireland  as  their 

homeland  are  seen  ni  the  cases  of  Hugh,  the  emigrant,  and 
his  son,  Alexander  P.  Morrow.  From  being  the  owners  of  forty  acres  of 
land,  father  and  son  gradually  added  to  their  possessions  until  at  the  death 
of  the  latter,  one  thousand  acres  of  land  in  Beaver  county  was  owned  by 
him. 

Hugh  Morrow  was  born  in  Ireland,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  married 
there  when  a  young  man,  and  came  with  his  bride  to  the  United  States. 
He  made  settlement  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county  on  a  forty-acre 
tract  of  land,  clearing  it  of  the  woodland  covering,  and  building  a  log 
cabin  from  the  trees  felled.  He  farmed  his  land  and  from  time  to  time 
made  acquisition  of  the  neighboring  land  until  at  his  death  his  farm  had 
increased  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres.  He  lived  a  quiet,  peaceful  life, 
never  mingling  much  with  his  fellows,  and  indulging  to  the  full  his  love 
of  home  life,  he  and  his  wife  being  the  best  of  com.panions.  Both  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  regular  attendants  at  its  services. 
He  died  aged  forty  years.  Children  of  Hugh  and  Agnes  (Wallace)  Mor- 
row: I.  William,  a  farmer  of  Brighton  township,  near  Beaver,  where  he 
died,  having  been  twice  married.  2.  Alexander  Prentiss,  of  whom  further. 
3.  James,  died  unmarried,  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  aged  forty 
years.  4.  Mary,  whose  entire  life  was  spent  in  Hopewell  township,  mar- 
ried Robert  McCartney. 

(II)  Alexander  Prentiss,  son  of  Hugh  and  Agnes  (Wallace)  Morrow, 
was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1812, 
died  in  Beaver,  October  28,  1892.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and 
spent  his  boyhood  days  on  his  father's  farm,  a  circumstance  that  made  the 
choice  of  a  calling  a  comparatively  easy  one,  his  later  life  being  spent 
largely  in  the  pursuit  of  that  occupation.  For  a  time  he  was  proprietor 
of  a  grist  and  saw  mill  at  Bucktown,  and  then  purchased  the  old  home- 
stead. Continuing  the  policy  of  his  father,  he  constantly  added  to  this 
until  his  estate  reached  one  thousand  acres,  a  farm  of  immense  dimensions 
for  that  locality,  and  became  a  sheep  raiser,  his  flocks,  hundreds  in  num- 
ber, grazing  over  much  of  the  land.  He  afterward  moved  to  a  farm  on 
Two  Mile  run,  in  Brighton  township,  also  making  other  places  in  this  town- 
ship his  residence,  but  finally  laid  aside  the  responsibilities  of  active  life 
and  spent  his  latter  years  in  Beaver,  where  his  death  occurred.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  strong  Democrat,  and  held  many  township  ofiices,  such  as 
school  director,  as  the  candidate  of  the  Democratic  party,  but  later  in  life 


944  PENNSYLVANIA 

he  broke  all  party  affiliations  and  followed  an  entirely  independent  course 
at  the  polls.  The  United  Presbyterian  church  ever  claimed  his  earnest  sup- 
port, and  of  the  new  Bethlehem  church  of  this  faith  he  was  an  elder.  At  his 
death,  aged  eighty  years,  he  retained  much  of  the  mental  vigor  and  fresh- 
ness of  his  youth,  although  his  four-score  years  had  left  its  mark  upon  his 
once  sturdy  and  stalwart  frame.  During  his  long  residence  in  the  county  he 
had  become  very  well  known  and  proportionally  well-liked,  the  result  of 
his  friendly,  genial  nature  and  unselfish  spirit. 

He  married  (first)  Agnes  Creighton,  (second)  in  1853,  Athaline 
Springer,  died  February  16,  1879,  (third)  in  1882,  Julia  Eckels,  deceased, 
of  Portersville,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  first  mar- 
riage: I.  Hugh,  died  at  home  unmarried.  2.  Mary  Jane,  deceased;  mar- 
ried Alexander  Kennedy,  of  Allegheny  City  (Pittsburgh,  North  Side).  3. 
John,  a  farmer,  lives  in  Hopewell  township.  4.  Agnes,  died  in  infancy. 
5.  William,  a  farmer,  cultivates  land  in  Independence  township.  6.  Alex- 
ander, lives  retired  at  South  Heights.  Children  of  second  marriage:  7. 
James,  lives  in  Dixmont,  Pennsylvania.  8.  Nancy,  married  James  Reis- 
inger,  deceased,  and  lives  in  Beaver.  9.  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy.  10. 
George  W.,  died  unmarried,  when  a  young  man.  11.  Cynthia,  died  aged 
twelve  years.     12.  Clarisa,  married  George  Dobbs. 


County  Antrim,  Ireland,  was  the  birthplace  of  William 
MARSHALL     Marshall,  who  was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his 

parents  in  1845,  when  he  was  three  years  of  age.  His 
parents  settling  in  Pittsburgh,  that  was  his  boyhood  home,  and  in  that  city 
he  learned  the  trade  he  still  follows,  that  of  plasterer.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  political  sympathies,  and  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  whose 
afifairs  he  was  at  one  time  very  active.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  having  enlisted  in  1861  in  Company  E,  155th  Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  serving  to  the  end  of  the  war. 
He  participated  in  all  of  the  conflicts  of  the  war  engaging  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  among  them  the  Wilderness,  Antietam  and  Gettysburg.  He 
was  twice  wounded,  once  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  again  at 
Gettysburg,  neither  time  seriously,  but  each  time  causing  short  confine- 
ment in  the  hospital.  He  married  Susanna  Neal,  died  in  1897,  daughter 
of  John  Neal.  John  Neal  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  residing  near 
Carnegie,  Pennsylvania,  a  coal  miner.  Children  of  William  and  Susanna 
(Neal)  Marshall:  i.  William,  a  plasterer,  lives  at  Webster  Springs,  Green- 
brier county.  West  Virginia.  2.  Andrew,  a  plasterer,  of  Midland.  3. 
Dorothy,  married  (first)  Frank  Reed,  (second)  C.  W.  Welker,  and  lives 
at  2107  Wingate  street,  Pittsburgh.    4.  John  W.,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  John  W.,  son  of  William  and  Susanna  (Neal)  Marshall,  was 
born  at  Carnegie,  Pennsylvania,  September  22,  1873.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Green  Tree  borough,  and  when  a  young  man  learned 
the  trade  of  his  father,  that  of  plasterer,  and  also  made  a  study  of  the 


BEAVER    COUNTY  945 

uses  of  concrete  in  building.  Long  before  he  had  attained  his  majority 
he  began  contracting  work,  in  which  he  has  ever  since  continued,  mainly 
in  Pittsburgh  and  vicinity,  with  uniform  success.  In  April,  1912,  he  came 
to  Midland  and  there  organized  the  John  Marshall  Company,  dealers  in 
builders'  supplies,  of  which  he  was  president  and  manager  for  fourteen 
months.  In  June  of  the  following  year  he  severed  his  connection  with  the 
concern,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  general  contracting  and  building 
in  Midland.  Since  beginning  operations  in  that  town  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  erection  of  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  houses.  A  Republican 
in  politics,  he  has  taken  a  great  interest  in  the  organization  of  the  Midland 
government,  and  while  a  resident  of  Marianna,  Pennsylvania,  was  council- 
man and  school  director.  Mr.  Marshall  married,  in  1900,  Birdella  B.  Read, 
a  native  of  Allegheny  county,  daughter  of  Wilson  and  Mary  Read.  Chil- 
dren of  Wilson  and  Mary  Reed :  Aida,  Frank,  and  Birdella  B.  of  previous 
mention,  married  John  W.  Marshall.  Children  of  John  W.  and  Birdella 
B.  Marshall:    Clifford  R.,  Bay  Wesley,  Marie,  Wayne,  and  another. 

Mr.  Marshall's  success  in  his  chosen  line  of  endeavor  has  been  due 
largely  to  his  aggressive  perseverance.  Circumventing  obstacles  with  re- 
markable ease,  he  has  added  achievement  upon  achievemeet  to  his  record  as 
a  contractor  and  builder,  and  at  the  present  time  holds  high  position  among 
his  associates  in  that  occupation. 


At  the  time  of  the  coming  of  the   Wiesen   family  to  the 
WIESEN     United  States,  no  settler  could  with  precision  be  called  a 

pioneer,  and  yet  Mathias  Wiesen  was,  in  a  sense,  the  pioneer 
of  his  branch,  inasmuch  as  he  was  the  first  to  leave  Germany  and  to  seek 
fairer  residence  in  the  United  States.  He  immigrated  in  1854  and  settled 
at  Sharon,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  obtaind  employment  in 
the  mines.  This  labor,  however,  did  not  appeal  to  him,  and  he  embraces  the 
opportunity  to  leave  the  gloomy  depths  and  enter  upon  farm  labor,  later 
purchasing  a  farm  of  forty-four  acres  and  there  residing  until  his  death 
in  1903,  aged  seventy-six  years.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  with 
his  wife  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  Children  of  Mathias 
and  Annie  Mary  Wiesen :  Mary,  lives  on  the  homestead,  unmarried ; 
Linda,  married  Frank  Tuttle,  and  lives  at  Youngstown,  Ohio ;  Nicholas,  a 
mill  employee  of  Allegheny  county;  John,  a  member  of  the  police  force 
of  West  Homestead;  Mathias,  a  resident  of  Youngstown,  Ohio;  a  daughter, 
died  in  infancy;  Peter  M.,  of  whom  further;  and  two  daughters,  both  died 
in  infancy. 

(II)  Peter  M.,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Mathias  and  Annie 
Mary  Wiesen,  was  born  at  Sharon,  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 
I,  1867.  He  attended  the  public  school  in  his  youth,  and  as  a  young  man 
identified  himself  with  the  steel  industry,  remaining  in  that  business  until 
1892.  In  that  year  he  purchased  the  Eureka  Hotel  at  Homestead,  and 
was   its   proprietor   for   three   years,    later  engaging  in   business   at   West 


946  PENNSYLVANIA 

Homestead  for  a  like  period.  On  October  25,  1905,  he  moved  to  what  is 
now  Midland,  Pennsylvania,  although  at  the  time  the  present  borough 
existed  only  in  the  minds  of  its  promoters.  Foreseeing  the  opportunity  for 
business  if  a  well  conducted  hotel  were  established  at  this  place,  he  pur- 
chased a  large  building  and  the  surrounding  land  and  opened  a  hotel. 
With  the  Midland  Steel  Company  as  the  original  boomers,  other  companies 
located  their  plants  there,  and  the  growth  of  Midland  became  not  only 
assured,  but  a  realization,  and  Mr.  Wiesen  has  ever  since  been  the  pro- 
prietor of  the  hotel  he  established.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church,  and  in  the  early  days  of  the  town,  before  a  church  edifice  was 
erected,  Father  Gallagher  held  services  in  his  hotel,  a  practice  by  no  means 
unusual  in  the  formative  period  of  a  town  or  village.  One  of  the  earliest 
residents  of  the  town,  it  is  but  natural  that  he  should  have  played  a 
prominent  part  in  its  political  affairs.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  town 
council  ever  since  the  borough  was  formed,  and  for  a  year  and  a  half  was 
its  president.  Mr.  Wiesen  married,  in  1889,  Kate  Magee,  daughter  of 
Patrick  Magee,  a  native  of  England.  They  have  been  the  parents  of  two 
children,  both  of  whom  are  deceased. 


The  Norman  family  of  Locke  had  its  inception  in  England, 
LOCKE     in  the  invasion  and  subsequent  conquering  of  that  country  by 

William  the  Conqueror,  there  living  for  four  hundred  years. 
In  1485,  because  of  religious  upheaval  and  the  attendant  dangers,  persecu- 
tions, and  discomforts,  the  Lockes  left  England  and  made  their  home  in 
Scotland,  there  residing  until  the  departure  of  the  American  emigrant  for 
the  American  shore.  Thus  the  family  has  at  least  kept  pace  with  what  is 
generally  termed  the  westward  march  of  progress  and  civilization,  for  in 
the  past  eight  and  a  half  centuries  it  has  covered  a  westward  distance  of 
some  three  thousand  miles,  and,  reaching  the  western  continent,  has  diffused 
and  scattered  until  it  extends  to  almost  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 
In  Pennsylvania  the  name  of  Locke  has  been  an  honored  one  since  soon 
after  the  founding  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  in  all  departments  of 
public  service  or  private  endeavor  those  bearing  the  name  have  added  to 
the  glory  of  an  illustrious  ancestry.  The  first  American  ancestor  of  whom 
there  is  definite  and  authentic  record  is  William,  who  was  born  near 
Germantown,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  member  of  the  colonial  forces  in 
the  Revolutionary  War,  and  at  the  close  of  that  conflict  made  his  home  near 
Ligonier,  Pennsylvania,  afterward  near,  the  present  town  of  McKee's 
Rocks,  and  in  1792,  after  his  marriage,  in  what  was  then  the  lower  part 
of  Mercer  county,  a  section  now  included  within  the  boundaries  of  Law- 
rence county.  He  purchased  land  that  was  originally  a  part  of  the  Mowry 
tract,  the  actual  expense  to  him  being  but  a  small  fraction  of  the  actual 
worth  of  the  land,  the  government  assuming  the  major  part  of  the  cost, 
because  of  his  voluntary  service  in  the  war  for  independence.  His  trade 
was  that  of  weaver,  and  the  only  buildings  he  erected  on  his  land  were  a 


BEAVER    COUNTY  947 

cabin  for  the  use  of  himself  and  family,  and  a  weaving-house  where  he 
could  pursue  his  occupation  free  from  all  disturbance.  It  is  related  that 
his  wife  brought  from  their  home  a  lilac-bush,  which,  even  after  all  the 
years  that  intervene,  still  thrives,  and  has  given  birth  to  innumerable  other 
shoots  that  grace  the  lawns  and  yards  of  the  locality.  He  married  Isabel 
Hamilton,  and  had  issue,  among  his  children  being  five  sons — William, 
James,  John,  David,  and  Chauncey. 

(Ill)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and  Isabel  (Hamilton)  Locke, 
was  born  in  Scott  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1796, 
died  in  1852.  In  his  boyhood  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  vicinity, 
and  when  but  a  lad  enlisted  as  a  drummer  boy  in  the  American  army, 
then  about  to  enter  upon  our  second  war  with  England.  He  served  until 
the  close  of  the  war,  and  was  with  Harrison's  land  forces  at  the  battle  of 
Lake  Erie.  He  then  returned  to  Lawrence  county,  where  he  spent  the 
rest  of  his  life,  receiving  a  share  in  the  home  farm  at  the  death  of  his 
father.  He  purchased  the  interests  of  his  co-heirs  and  became  the  sole 
owner  of  the  farm,  bequeathing  it  in  turn  to  his  sons.  Of  these,  James 
and  David  eventually  became  the  only  owners,  the  former,  the  only  one 
of  the  children  living  at  the  present  time,  making  his  residence  there, 
having  rebuilt  the  farmhouse  erected  by  his  father.  James  (2)  Locke 
married,  and  among  his  children  were  William,  David,  James  John,  and 
Jesse. 

(Ill)  David,  son  of  James  (2)  Locke,  was  born  in  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  August  31,  1838,  died  September  19,  1905.  For  his  day  his 
education  was  remarkably  liberal,  embracing  courses  of  study  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place,  in  a  private  school,  and  finally  at  Prospect 
Academy,  under  the  tuition  of  Dr.  Asa  Patterson,  who  is  still  living  at 
Slippery  Rock,  Pennsylvania.  At  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  entered 
the  pedagogical  profession,  and  for  twenty-two  years  was  engaged  in  the 
pursuit  of  the  same,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  spent  in  the  Union 
army  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  War,  in  Company  B,  134th  Regiment  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer  Infantry.  In  this  service  he  attained  the  rank  of  cor- 
poral, and  during  the  latter  part  of  his  enlistment  was  placed  on  the  hos- 
pital corps.  Here  the  exposure  to  disease  and  the  exhausting  nature  of  his 
unaccustomed  duties  so  weakened  his  ordinarily  sturdy  physique  that  he 
contracted  typhoid  fever.  This  was  still  further  complicated  by  an  attack 
of  pneumonia,  producing  that  combination  of  diseases  dreaded  by  phy- 
sicians and  nurses,  typhoid-pneumonia.  The  eflfects  of  the  fever  were  so 
weakening  and  his  vitality  was  so  low  that  the  doctor  in  charge  of  the 
hospital  refused  to  grant  him  a  certificate  to  rejoin  his  company,  and  in 
December,  1862,  he  was  given  his  honorable  discharge.  He  was  totally 
incapacitated  for  work  requiring  any  great  amount  of  physical  exertion, 
and  upon  his  return  from  the  army  took  up  his  former  occupation  of  teach- 
ing; this  he  continued  for  the  following  seventeen  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  local  post  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  with  the 


948  PENNSYLVANIA 

rank  of  quartermaster-sergeant.  After  his  retirement  from  active  teach- 
ing and  other  affairs,  his  sons  assumed  the  management  of  his  interests. 
His  poHtical  faith  had  always  been  Democratic,  but  at  the  organization  of 
the  Prohibition  party  he  became  one  of  the  most  ardent  supporters  of  the 
new  cause,  its  doctrines  of  personal  temperance  being  exemplified  in  his 
own  life,  and  its  political  platform  one  which  he  always  sought  to  further. 
In  February,  1905,  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  on  the  Prohibition 
ticket,  but  died  before  taking  up  the  reins  of  office.  His  election  was  a 
tribute  to  his  popularity  with  his  neighbors  and  the  regard  in  which  he 
was  held  by  them,  rather  than  the  result  of  party  strength,  for  the  locality 
was  by  no  means  solid  in  its  support  of  Prohibition  candidates.  He  had 
affiliated  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  when  he  was  ten  years  of 
age,  and  until  1888  remained  true  to  the  doctrines  of  that  faith,  but  in  that 
year  there  was  much  dissension  and  inward  strife  in  the  church  organiza- 
tion. Rather  than  lower  the  ideals  of  his  religious  life  by  participation  in 
petty  jealousies  and  quarrels,  he  left  the  religion  of  his  first  choice  and 
allied  himself  with  the  Presbyterian  church,  later  becoming  an  elder.  Mr. 
Locke's  life  was  one  of  uprightness  and  honor,  spent  in  industrious  pursuit 
of  his  profession,  in  which  he  never  became  so  deeply  engrossed  but  that 
he  found  ample  time  to  discharge  the  duties  of  good  citizenship.  His  path 
in  life  was  laid  along  lines  of  the  most  unswerving  fairness  to  his  fellow- 
men,  and  his  every  act  met  with  the  approval  of  his  large  circle  of  friends. 
But  more  than  that,  the  humbleness  that  characterized  his  whole  career, 
that  never  allowed  him  to  assume  personal  credit  for  any  achievement,  must 
have  found  favor  with  Him  who  taught  the  lesson  of  humility  in  such  a 
perfect  manner. 

Mr.  Locke  married  Ellen  McCalmont,  born  October  7,  1846.  Children 
of  David  and  Ellen  Locke:  i.  Hannah  Adella,  married  Theodore  Keifner, 
and  resides  in  Sharon,  Pennsylvania.  2.  James  McCalmont,  a  foreman  in 
the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  railroad,  stationed  in  the  employ  depart- 
ment at  Pitcairn,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Belle  Brown,  married  William  Stoner, 
and  lives  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  David  Clyde,  of  whom 
further.  5.  Samuel  Audley,  married  Mae  Pizor;  lives  on  the  old  home- 
stead with  his  mother.  6.  Thomas  Ellis,  a  farmer  of  Mercer  county;  mar- 
ried Bertha  Eppinger.  7.  Offutt  Hunter,  supervising  principal  of  the  Wood- 
lav^n  schools. 

(IV)  David  Clyde,  son  of  David  and  Ellen  (McCalmont)  Locke,  was 
born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  June  9,  1874.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  and  from  the  Slippery 
Rock  State  Normal  School.  He  was  also  graduated  from  the  Grove  City 
College,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.  His  first  occupation  was  as  a  teacher, 
this  position  being  obtained  when  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  in 
that  profession  he  has  continued  all  his  life.  His  work  has  taken  him  to 
Butler  county,  where  he  taught  for  several  years  in  Whitestown,  Forward 
township,  in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  Zelienople,  and  at  Evans 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  949 

City,  where  he  was  principal  of  a  summer  normal  school  for  teachers.  For 
the  nine  years  from  1898  to  1908,  he  was  supervising  principal  of  the 
Monaca  schools,  in  1908  being  elected  county  superintendent,  an  office  to 
which  he  was  re-elected  in  191 1,  and  again  in  1914  for  a  term  of  four 
years.  Mr.  Locke  inherits  a  vast  amoun  of  ability  from  a  father  who  was 
prominent  in  educational  work  for  a  long  period  of  time,  and  has  had  well- 
deserved  success  in  his  chosen  profession.  As  head  of  the  county  school 
system  he  has  greatly  improved  its  efficiency,  and  has  inaugurated  many 
modem  innovations  tending  toward  the  development  in  the  district  of  a 
school  system  second  to  none  in  the  state.  His  ideas  are  modeled  along 
practical  lines,  well  suited  to  the  practical  education  of  the  day,  and  are 
producing  the  best  of  results  in  the  county.  Mr.  Locke  keeps  well  abreast 
of  all  the  educational  movements  of  the  day,  taking  an  active  interest  in 
the  State  Educational  Association  and  the  State  Superintendents'  Associa- 
tion, to  both  of  which  he  belongs.  His  religious  beliefs  are  Presbyterian, 
his  church  being  at  Monaca.  He  was  a  trustee  of  that  organization,  and  at 
present  is  an  elder,  and  for  several  years  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  Fraternally  he  is  also  prominent,  belonging  to  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Junior  Order  United  Amer- 
ican Mechanics,  of  which  he  is  past  councillor,  and  the  Masonic  order. 
In  the  latter  fraternity  he  belongs  to  Rochester  Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  is  past  master;  Eureka  Chapter,  No.  167, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  which  he  is  past  high  priest;  Hiram  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters,  of  New  Castle;  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  No.  84, 
Knights  Templar;  and  Pennsylvania  Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes  of  the 
Royal  Secret.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the  Beaver  County  Agricultural 
Association. 

Mr.  Locke's  efforts  in  the  position  he  has  so  completely  filled  for  the 
past  six  years  have  met  with  the  highest  approval  of  the  state  authorities, 
and  have  borne  excellent  fruit.  Besides  being  a  most  able  county  superin- 
tendent, he  is  an  extremely  popular  one  and  has  many  firm  friends  among 
the  principals  and  teachers  whose  work  it  is  his  duty  to  oversee.  D(uring 
the  present  year  (1914)  he  is  a  member  of  the  legislative  committee  of 
the  State  Educational  Association. 

June  II,  1914,  Mr.  Locke  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Georgina 
Naomi  Groleau,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Louise  Groleau,  of  Uniontown, 
Pennsylvania.  Mrs.  Locke  is  a  graduate  of  the  California  State  Normal 
School,  California.  Pennsylvania,  Qass  '08,  and  also  of  Grove  City  College, 
class  1914. 


This  name  is  one  which  is  known  in  various  sections  of 
BECKERT     Germany,  and  is  chiefly  connected  with  agricultural  interests. 

Various  members  of  this  family  have  emigrated  to  America, 
and  have  proven  themselves  desirable  citizens,  and  have  aided  in  raising 
the  standard  of  the  communities  in  which  they  have  resided. 


950  PENNSYLVANIA 

(I)  Leo  Beckert,  who  was  born  in  the  duchy  of  Hessen,  Germany, 
spent  his  entire  life  in  his  native  land,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  land 
owner,  and  died  in  1901.  He  married  Elizabeth  Becker,  a  native  of  the 
same  place,  who  died  in  1890.  The  had  children:  Pauline,  born  1869,  died 
aged  eighteen  years;  John  (see  forward);  Joseph,  a  bricklayer,  lives  in 
Germany;  Maria,  unmarried,  lives  in  Germany;  Regina,  is  in  a  convent; 
Adelbert,  a  missionary,  when  last  heard  from  was  in  Japan;  Clemens,  a 
son,  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Leo  and  Elizabeth  (Becker)  Beckert,  was  born  in 
the  Duchy  of  Hessen,  Germany,  October  16,  187 1.  He  received  a  substan- 
tial and  practical  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at 
a  suitable  age  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  bricklaying.  He  also 
served  three  years  in  the  German  army,  as  prescribed  by  law.  Returning  to 
his  former  occupation,  he  followed  it  for  a  period  of  nine  years,  then,  as- 
suming that  the  United  States  offered  better  opportunities  for  advancement 
to  a  man  of  ambition  and  energy,  he  emigrated  to  this  country,  in  the 
spring  of  1903.  For  the  space  of  two  months  he  lived  at  Ellwood  City, 
Pennsylvania,  then  removed  to  Rochester  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  rented  a  farm  of  sixty-three  acres,  and  continued  this 
lease  until  1911.  His  methods  were  excellent  and  successful,  and  in  1911 
he  purchased  this  farm  outright,  and  is  on  the  high  road  to  prosperity. 
He  devotes  considerable  time  to  dairy  farming,  and  has  about  eight  acres 
planted  in  fruits,  mainly  grapes.  In  politics  he  is  a  Progressive,  and  in 
religion  a  Catholic.  Mr.  Beckert  married,  in  1894,  Katie,  born  in  West- 
phalia, Germany,  March  24,  1861,  a  daughter  of  Wilhelm  and  Maria 
(Qyde)  Hightcamp,  the  former  a  shoemaker,  and  both  of  whom  died  in 
Germany.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beckert  have  had  children :  Frederick,  born  in 
1897;  Henry,  1901 ;  Carl,  1903. 


John  George  Fresch,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  about  the 
FRESCH     year  1820,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  years  emigrated  to 

the  United  States,  lived  for  a  time  in  Philadelphia  and  for 
the  space  of  one  year  at  Doylestown,  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  then 
removed  to  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  employed  for 
a  time  as  a  mason  on  the  Pittsburgh  &  Fort  Wayne  railway  culverts.  Later 
he  purchased  a  farm,  on  land  now  occupied  by  William  Fisher,  sold  this, 
and  bought  one  hundred  acres  of  land  from  William  Richards,  on  the  hill 
back  of  Freedom.  He  erected  a  house  and  barn,  and  lived  there  until  his 
death,  in  1893.  He  was  principally  engaged  in  dairy  farming,  never  having 
less  than  twelve  to  fifteen  cows,  and  was  very  enterprising  and  successful. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  community,  affiliating  with  the  Republican  party, 
and  for  some  time  held  the  office  of  road  supervisor.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Evangelical  church.  Mr.  Fresch  married,  in  Ger- 
many, Mary  Hege,  born  in  1820.  died  in  1873.  They  had  children:  One, 
died  in  infancy;  Catherine,  died  in  childhood;  John  J.,  see  forward;  Henry, 


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is  a  carpenter,  lives  in  Freedom,  married  Georgiana  Johnson,  has  six  chil- 
dren; Daniel,  died  in  childhood;  Anna,  married  Jacob  Smith,  lives  on  the 
homestead  with  her  brothers ;  George  W.,  see  forward ;  Jacob,  died  in 
infancy. 

(II)  John  J.  and  George  W.  Fresch,  sons  of  John  George  and  Mary 
(Hege)  Fresch,  were  born,  the  former  June  23,  1852,  the  latter  August 
17,  i860.  They  were  both  attendants  at  the  public  schools,  then  John  J. 
became  a  student  at  Beaver  College,  while  George  W.  attended  the  Iron 
City  Business  College.  Both  assisted  their  father  in  the  cultivation  and 
management  of  the  farm,  and  upon  his  death,  with  their  sister  Anna,  be- 
came joint  owners  of  the  estate.  Both  are  staunch  Republicans,  and  John 
J.  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Neither  is  married, 
and  their  sister  Anna  has  charge  of  the  home  for  them.  They  are  very 
methodical  and  up-to-date  in  their  management  of  the  farm,  and  have 
been  very  successful. 


The  name  of  Miller  is  one  of  frequent  occurrence  in  the 
MILLER     United   States,  and  especially  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania. 

Many  of  the  families  bearing  it  came  to  this  country  originally 
from  England,  but  there  is  also  a  large  number  who  are  of  German  descent, 
the  original  spelling  of  Mueller  or  Moeller  having  become  changed  to 
Miller  in  the  course  of  time. 

(I)  David  Miller,  the  progenitor  of  the  branch  under  discussion  here, 
was  born  in  Germany  and  came  to  America  many  years  ago.  He  arrived 
at  Philadelphia,  from  whence  he  went  to  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  but 
soon  removed  to  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  in  the  same  state,  where 
he  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  land.  This  was  in  the 
wilderness  at  the  time  of  his  purchase,  and  he  was  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  that  region.  After  clearing  the  timber  from  a  portion  of  this 
tract  he  erected  a  log  cabin  as  a  dwelling  house ;  and  other  log  buildings  as 
the  necessities  of  his  farm  cultivation  demanded.  These  buildings  were 
later  replaced  by  substantial  frame  ones.  Mr.  Miller  married  in  Germany, 
and  had  children :  William,  see  forward ;  Michael,  died  in  Marion  town- 
ship ;  David,  died  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county ;  Jacob,  died  in  Iowa ; 
Adam,  removed  from  the  township,  and  all  trace  of  him  has  been  lost; 
Mary,  married  Charles  Longnecker,  and  died  in  Beaver  county;  Catherine, 
married  Martin  Flenner,  and  died  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Mar- 
garet, married  Henry  Scheibner,  and  died  at  Beaver  Falls. 

(II)  William,  son  of  David  Miller,  was  in  all  probability  born  in 
Germany,  from  whence  he  came  to  this  country  as  a  very  young  child  with 
his  parents.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  the  old  Miller  homestead, 
which  he  has  kept  in  fine  condition  and  greatly  improved.  He  was  a 
pioneer  in  the  fruit  raising  industry  of  that  section  of  the  country,  and 
died  about  1855.  He  married  Elizabeth  Blinn,  a  native  of  Germany  who 
was  brought  here  as  a  young  child  by  her  parents,  and  who  married   (sec- 


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ond)  Jacob  Klein.  She  was  a  daughter  of  D|&niel  and  Margaret  BHnn, 
who  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  near  Unionville,  in  New  Sewickley 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  bought  a  farm  of  more 
than  one  hundred  acres.  They  cleared  and  improved  this  and  lived  there 
until  their  deaths.  Both  were  members  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  church. 
They  had  children:  Elizabeth,  mentioned  above  as  having  married  Wil- 
liam Miller;  Philip,  a  farmer,  died  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania;  Henry, 
died  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county;  Jacob,  died  in  Marion 
township,  Beaver  county ;  Daniel,  lives  near  the  old  homestead ;  Adam,  re- 
tired, lives  near  Eastvale ;  Christian,  a  farmer,  died  near  Rochester,  Beaver 
county;  Louisa,  married  Charles  Falk,  and  died  in  Kansas.  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Blinn)  Miller  had  children:  William,  a  coal  miner,  lives  in 
Eastvale;  Philip,  see  forward;  Henry,  a  painter  by  trade,  died  in  New- 
Brighton,  Beaver  county;  Caroline,  married  George  Householder,  and  lives 
near  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county.  By  her  second  marriage,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth (Blinn)  (Miller)  Klein  had  children:  Jacob,  a  farmer,  lives  in  Chip- 
pewa township,  Beaver  county;  Charles,  a  farmer  near  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county;  Mary,  married  Henry  Stuber,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county. 

(HI)  Philip,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Blinn)  Miller,  was  born 
in  Marion  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  25,  1849.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  section,  and  assisted  his  father  on 
the  homestead  farm.  After  leaving  school  he  spent  five  years  making  a 
special  study  of  gardening  and  fruit  growing,  and  about  1868  purchased  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  on  which 
he  has  resided  since  that  time.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  fruit  growing, 
devoting  ten  acres  exclusively  to  this  branch,  and  is  also  engaged  in  general 
farming.  He  is  a  valued  member  and  stockholder  of  the  Beaver  County 
Agricultural  Association.  In  political  matters  he  is  independent,  preferring 
to  form  his  own  opinions,  and  has  been  honored  with  the  office  of  supervisor 
three  terms.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
Mr.  Miller  married  (first)  in  1869  or  1870,  EHzabeth.  daughter  of  Daniel 
Harris,  of  Beaver  county.  Mrs.  Miller  died  June  10.  1884,  and  he  married 
(second)  November  25,  1886,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Christian  Krieg.  By 
the  first  marriage  he  had  children:  Mary,  married  Harry  Bonzo,  resides 
in  Beaver  Falls;  William  H.,  a  carpenter,  lives  in  East  Liverpool,  Ohio; 
Matilda,  married  Stephen  Moltrup,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  Charles  P., 
a  soldier  during  the  Spanish-American  War,  on  duty  at  the  Philippine 
Islands,  died  at  home  in  1912;  Margaret,  married  David  Hotchkin.  and  lives 
in  Meadville,  Pennsylvania ;  Daniel,  a  farmer  and  painter,  lives  in  Brighton 
township,  Beaver  county;  Walter,  twin  of  Daniel,  died  at  the  age  of  three 
months.  Children  by  the  second  marriage:  Sophia,  married  Orville  Wal- 
ton, and  lives  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania;  Mabel  Melinda,  married  James 
Bradshaw,  and  lives  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county;  Edna,  ot 
home. 


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The  name  of  Kennedy  is  one  which  has  been  borne  by 
KENNEDY  English,  Scotch  and  Irish,  but  the  particular  branch  under 
review  here  had  its  origin  in  Ireland.  Major  James  Ken- 
nedy was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  the  United  States  during  the  first 
years  of  the  nineteenth  century.  He  settled  on  Brady's  Run,  Brighton 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  from  that  district  enlisted  for 
service  in  the  War  of  1812.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  the 
peaceful  occupation  of  farming,  and  became  the  owner  of  about  three 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land.  He  erected  a  grist  mill  and  a  saw  mill, 
managed  them  personally  until  his  death,  and  also  erected  another  mill  on 
the  same  run,  in  Chippewa  township,  for  his  son  Samuel.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  influential  men  in  the  township,  and  supported  the  Whig  party. 
His  farming  operations  were  also  extensive  and  he  was  very  successful 
with  them.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  His  death  oc- 
curred about  1856.  He  was  twice  married,  and  had  children  by  first  mar- 
riage: James,  died  in  Chippewa  township;  Samuel,  a  farmer,  died  in  Iowa 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years ;  Thomas,  see  forward ;  Matthew,  a  mill- 
wright, died  in  Brighton  township;  Eliza,  married  Samuel  Mitchell,  died 
while  on  a  visit  in  Iowa ;  Annie,  married  Samuel  Baxter,  and  died  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  By  second  marriage  there  were  children:  Robert, 
a  dentist,  died  in  Minnesota ;  Wilham,  deceased,  was  a  merchant  in  New 
Brighton. 

(II)  Thomas  Kennedy,  son  of  Major  James  and  Mary  (Wilson) 
Kennedy,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1812,  died  in  1893. 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  upon  a  farm  in  the  southwest  part  of  Chip- 
pewa township,  this  land  having  been  given  him  by  his  father,  and  he  cul- 
tivated this  until  his  death.  He  married,  in  Beaver  county,  Margaret 
iPampbell,  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1806,  died  there  about 
1882.  They  had  children:  Robert  and  Jarnes,  who  died  in  infancy;  Joseph 
F.,  a  farmer  of  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania; 
Thomas,  lives  on  the  homestead ;  Isaac,  see  forward ;  Mary,  who  never 
married,  also  lives  on  the  homestead.  Margaret  (Campbell)  Kennedy  was 
a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Isabel  or  Margaret  (Smith)  Campbell,  both 
natives  of  Germany.  They  were  both  young  when  they  came  to  this 
country  and  were  married  in  the  United  States.  They  settled  on  Little 
Beaver  creek,  in  the  western  part  of  Beaver  county,  where  he  owned  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and  died  near  Philippsburg,  Penn- 
S3dvania.  They  had  children:  Henry,  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-five 
years  in  Putnam  county,  Missouri ;  William,  died  in  Industry  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Jacob,  died  at  Pike's  Peak,  Colorado;  John, 
was  drowned  in  early  manhood;  Isaac,  died  in  Gallia  county,  Ohio; 
Margaret,  married  Mr.  Kennedy,  as  above  stated ;  Catherine,  married  John 
Robinson,  and  died  in  Iowa;  Mary,  married  Isaac  Elder,  and  also  died  in 
Iowa. 

(III)  Isaac  Kennedy,  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Campbell)  Ken- 


954  PENNSYLVANIA 

nedy,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  grew  to  maturity. 
For  some  time  after  his  marriage  to  Almeda  Hill,  the  family  lived  in 
South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  and  his  wife 
then  separated  and  his  present  residence  is  unknown.  Mr.  Kennedy  lives 
in  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  They  had  children :  Lou,  married  George  David- 
son, and  lives  in  Poland,  Ohio;  Dora,  married  Ralph  Fisher,  and  lives  in 
Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania;  Ida,  married  Francis  Calhoun,  and  lives  in 
Virginia;  Curtis  Cass,  see  forward;  Clyde,  employed  on  the  railroad  and 
lives  in  New  Galilee,  Pennsylvania;  George,  a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store, 
lives  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio;  Charles,  lives  with  his  mother. 

(IV)  Curtis  Cass  Kennedy,  son  of  Isaac  and  Almeda  (Hill)  Ken- 
nedy, was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
May  3,  1880.  Educated  in  the  public  schools,  he  was  at  an  early  age  as- 
sisting practically  with  the  farm  labors.  For  a  time  he  rented  farms  and 
after  his  marriage  he  became  the  manager  of  a  farm  of  ninety  acres,  the 
old  Bradshaw  place,  which  had  been  inherited  by  his  wife.  In  1910  he 
established  a  corn  shredder  on  this  property,  and  in  1913  added  a  thresh- 
ing outfit,  and  these  additional  labors  are  keeping  his  time  very  fully  oc- 
cupied. He  married  Birdie  Bradshaw  (see  Bradshaw  line  III),  and  they 
have  one  child,  George. 

(The  Bradshaw  Line.) 

(I)  Robert  Bradshaw  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  to  this  country 
in  the  early  settlement  days.  With  his  wife  and  family  he  located  in  South 
Beaver  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  which  was  at  the  time  a 
densely  wooded  section.  He  obtained  a  tract  of  four  hundred  acres  of 
land,  paying  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  acre,  and  there  made  a 
clearing  near  a  spring.  He  erected  a  log  cabin  which  was  later  replaced 
by  a  hewed  log  house  twenty-four  feet  square.  This  was  situated  nea^r 
the  present  home  of  T.  J.  Bradshaw,  one  of  his  grandsons.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  had  sold  three  hundred  acres  of  the  original  tract.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
married,  and  had  children,  as  follows:  Robert,  died  on  the  original  home- 
stead; Thomas,  see  forward;  Susan,  married  William  Rayl,  and  died  in 
Ohio  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania ;  Mary,  married  John  Douglas, 
and  died  in  Meigs  county,  Ohio;  Ann,  married  James  Louthan,  died  in 
Darlington;  Susan,  married  George  Swoggers. 

(II)  Thomas  Bradshaw,  son  of  Robert  Bradshaw,  was  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  upon  the  death  of  his  father  inherited  one-half 
of  the  homestead.  He  married  a  lady  who  was  also  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  nine  children. 

(III)  Milo  Bradshaw,  son  of  Thomas  Bradshaw,  was  born  on  the 
farm  on  which  his  life  was  later  spent,  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  June  8,  1833,  died  in  1893.  He  took  up  farming, 
and  having  bought  the  interests  of  the  other  heirs  to  the  homestead,  he 
settled   upon  that  and   continued  his   farming  operations.     He  assisted   in 


BEAVER   COUNTY  955 

building  the  brick  house  which  is  still  standing,  the  brick  for  this  structure 
having  been  burnt  on  the  farm  itself.  He  was  Republican  in  his  political 
views,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
church.  Mr.  Bradshaw  married  Jennie  Hunter,  bom  near  Beaver,  Brighton 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  John  Hunter,  and 
they  had  children:  Ella,  married  Wesley  Welton,  and  lives  in  Beaver; 
Minnie,  married  E.  E.  Housen,  lives  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah ;  Blanche, 
married  Frank  Myers,  and  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  George  C,  deceased; 
Birdie,  married  Curtis  Cass  Kennedy  (see  Kennedy  IV). 


Of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  the  parents  of  Major  David 
WARNOCK  Warnock  settled  at  an  early  date  near  Darlington,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  David  was  born.  He  was 
reared  on  the  home  farm  and  followed  farming  as  his  life  business,  dis- 
continuing his  operations  to  enlist  in  the  American  army  at  the  time  of 
the  War  of  1812,  in  which  conflict  he  gained  his  rank,  he  and  two  brothers, 
Robert  and  William,  being  in  the  force  that  guarded  Perry's  fleet  when 
it  was  in  course  of  construction  in  Presque  Bay,  Lake  Erie.  He  married 
Jane  Thompson,  whose  father,  a  miller,  came  to  Old  Brighton  about  1820, 
was  married  in  Bridgeport  about  1823,  and  later  moved  to  Sharon,  Penn- 
sylvania. After  his  marriage  Mr.  Warnock  purchased  land  in  North 
Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  cleared  it,  and  there  made 
his  home,  the  buildings  that  he  first  erected,  log  houses  of  clumsy  design, 
standing  for  many  years.  Here  his  children  grew  to  maturity,  and  here 
be  and  his  wife  passed  their  closing  years.  Children:  i.  Margaret,  mar- 
ried Warren  B.  Parkinson,  whom  she  survived.  2.  David,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Thompson.  4.  Martha  E.,  married  John  McClure,  whom  she 
survived.     5.  Maria  A.,  married  T.  J.  Marshall.    6.  Robert  Q. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Major  David  and  Jane  (Thompson)  Warnock,  was 
bom  in  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  February 
II,  1825.  He  spent  his  youth  and  young  manhood  on  the  home  farm,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  moved 
to  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  resided  until  1867,  from  1864 
until  his  time  of  leaving  the  locality,  serving  as  county  auditor.  In  1867 
he  returned  to  Beaver  county  and  made  his  home  in  North  Sewickley 
township,  being  there  for  twenty-nine  years  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  for  many  years  holding  the  position  of  elder.  He  was  a  gentleman 
of  influence  in  local  affairs,  highly  regarded  by  his  many  friends,  and  lived 
a  life  free  from  petty  jealousies  and  envy,  his  genial  good  nature  and  frank 
willingness  that  honors  should  be  given  to  others,  disarming  completely  the 
venomous  criticism  of  the  class  who  always  desire  and  yet  are  never  worthy 
of  preference  of  any  kind.  He  was  looked  up  to  by  his  colleagues  in  public 
life,  and  his  opinions  often  suggested  a  solution  of  a  difficulty  or  set  aright 
a  matter  upon  which  there  had  been  much  discussion. 


956  PENNSYLVANIA 

Mr.  Warnock  married,  in  1851,  Eliza  Jane,  born  in  Beaver  Falls, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Christiana  (Rals- 
ton) Evans.  Jonathan  Evans,  a  native  of  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
was  an  early  graduate  of  Princeton  College,  subsequently  entering  the 
Presbyterian  ministry,  and  is  buried  at  Brandywine  Manor.  His  wife 
was  born  in  Northumberland  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  maternal  uncle.  Cap- 
tain Hays,  a  member  of  the  prominent  Pittsburgh  family  of  that  name, 
having  fought  in  the  war  for  independence.  She  had  another  uncle  in  this 
conflict,  a  minister,  who  met  his  death  at  the  hands  of  some  Hessian  mer- 
cenaries. He  was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress,  but  owing  to  ill- 
ness was  not  present  at  the  meeting  of  that  body  that  ratified  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  A  brother  of  Christiana  Ralston,  John  H.,  located 
at  Sharon,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  there  employed  in  a  tannery,  later  mov- 
ing to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  following  the  same  line  of  work.  Children 
of  David  and  Eliza  Jane  (Evans)  Warnock:  i.  Horace  G.,  married  Helen 
Vandervote,  and  lives  in  Redfield,  South  Dakota.  2.  David  Evans,  fought 
in  the  Spanish-American  War,  contracted  disease  in  the  service,  and  died 
soon  after  his  return  from  the  army.  3.  Margaret  B.,  married,  in  1880, 
Samuel  K.  Kennedy,  of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  one 
daughter,  Lula  Belle,  a  graduate  of  the  Slippery  Rock,  Pennsylvania,  State 
Normal  School,  a  teacher  in  the  Beaver  Falls  public  schools.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kennedy  reside  on  the  Warnock  homestead.  4.  Lewis  Dayton,  deceased, 
married  Eva  Morrow.  5.  Jane  Elma,  died  in  infancy.  6.  John  Johnston, 
married  Olive  Daley.  7.  Robert  Thompson,  married  Emma  Blackburn. 
8.  Henry  Warren.  9.  James  Charles,  deceased,  married  Minnie  Cope.  10. 
Ralston  King,  married  Frances  Jones.    11.  William  McClure,  died  in  infancy. 


Henry  Clay  Fry,  president  of  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass  Company  of 
FRY     Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  has  for  nearly  half  a  century  been  widely 

known  as  one  of  the  magnates  of  the  glass  industry  of  that  portion 
of  the  State  dominated  by  the  vast,  gray,  smoke-bannered  city  which  sen- 
tinels the  head  waters  of  the  Ohio.  Mr.  Fry  is  a  descendant  of  ancestors 
whose  home  was  in  Ireland,  but  who,  like  so  many  of  their  countrymen, 
sought  a  place  of  abode  in  the  New  World.  The  children  and  grandchildren 
of  these  bold  and  enterprising  Irishmen  have  been  an  invaluable  factor  in 
the  moral  and  material  development  of  our  country,  and  among  them  Henry 
Clay  Fry,  of  Rochester,  occupies  a  foremost  place. 

John  Fry,  grandfather  of  Henry  Clay  Fry,  was  born  in  the  north  of 
Ireland,  and  was  a  scion  of  a  prominent  family.  He  had  received  an  excel- 
lent education,  and  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War  emigrated  from  Dublin 
to  the  American  colonies.  He  was  accompanied  by  his  brother  William, 
and  soon  after  landing  in  New  York  City  removed  to  Wilkes-Barre,  Penn- 
sylvania, later  settling  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  John  Fry 
was  a  contractor  and  a  manufacturer  of  shoes,  and  during  the  Revolutionary 
War  supplied  shoes  to  that  portion  of  the  Continental  army  under  the  im- 


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mediate  command  of  General  Washington.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
moved  to  Lexington,  Kentucky,  and  bought  a  large  tract  of  land,  several 
hundred  acres  of  which  are  now  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  A 
part  of  the  city  of  Lexington  was  built  on  his  land.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Miller,  of  Scotch  birth.  Of  this  union,  Charlotte  Fry,  only  child,  was  the 
mother  of  Henry  Clay.  After  going  to  Kentucky,  John  Fry  resided  there 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety  expired  on  his 
own  farm,  one  of  the  few  thirty-second  degree  Masons  at  that  time,  and 
his  funeral  was  under  their  charge.  He  entertained  General  Lafayette  on 
his  visit  to  Kentucky ;  the  General  having  been  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 

Thomas  C.  Fry,  a  relative  of  John  Fry,  the  father,  was  born  in  1796, 
in  New  York  City.  His  parents  died  during  his  infancy.  He  served  as  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  being  but  sixteen  years  old  at  the  time  of  his 
enlistment.  As  a  young  man  he  was  connected  with  the  firm  of  Curling, 
Robinson  &  Company,  glass  manufacturers  of  Pittsburgh,  and  his  later 
years  were  passed  on  his  farm,  "The  Elms,"  near  Lexington,  Kentucky.  He 
married  Charlotte  Fry,  and  among  their  large  family  of  children  was  a  son, 
Henry  Clay,  mentioned  below. 

Henry  Clay  Fry,  son  of  Thomas  C.  and  Charlotte  (Fry)  Fry,  was  bom 
September  17,  1840,  near  Lexington,  Kentucky,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place.  In  1856,  being  then  sixteen  years 
old,  he  found  employment  as  shipping  clerk  with  the  firm  of  William  Phillips 
&  Company,  glass  manufacturers  of  Pittsburgh,  thus  at  the  very  outset  of 
his  business  career  becoming  identified  with  the  industry  with  which  his 
name  was  ever  after  to  be  inseparably  linked.  He  remained  with  this 
company  until  1862,  and  then,  with  the  patriotism  which  seems  to  have 
been  hereditary  in  his  family,  enlisted  in  the  15th  Pennsylvania  Cavalry 
Regiment,  serving  until  the  close  of  the  Civil  War. 

When  peace  was  restored,  Mr.  Fry  returned  to  Pittsburgh  and  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Lippincott,  Fry  &  Company,  glass  manufacturers, 
the  style  being  subsequently  changed  to  Fry,  Semple  &  Reynolds.  In  1869 
Mr.  Fry  disposed  of  his  interest  and  accepted  the  position  of  general  man- 
ager for  the  firm  of  James  B.  Lyon  &  Company,  one  of  the  largest  and  best 
known  glass  manufacturers  of  that  period.  But  the  time  was  at  hand  when 
Mr.  Fry  was  to  enter  upon  the  independent  business  career  which  was  to 
make  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  glass  industry.  In  1872  he  organized, 
at  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Company,  becoming  its 
first  president.  Under  his  able  management  this  company  soon  took  its  place 
as  one  of  the  largest  and  best  known  plants  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  The 
number  of  its  employees  at  the  outset  did  not  greatly  exceed  one  hundred, 
but  in  1899  upward  of  fifteen  hundred  hands  were  kept  constantly  em- 
ployed, and  the  buildings  of  the  company  covered  an  area  of  more  than 
ten  acres  of  ground,  while  its  product  found  a  market  in  all  parts  of  the 
civilized  world.  The  reason  of  this  phenomenal  success  is  largely  ex- 
plained by  the  statement  that  Mr.  Fry  retained  the  presidency  until  1899, 


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when  the  plant  was  sold  to  the  National  Glass  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  at 
which  time  he  became  president  of  the  latter  organization.  In  1900  he 
resigned  this  position,  and  the  following  year  organized  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass 
Company  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  a  plant  which  has  become  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  known  in  the  country,  especially  noted  for  its  fine  quality 
of  cut  glass  and  its  optical  specialties.  One  of  the  most  marked  features 
of  Mr.  Fry's  character  as  a  business  man  is  his  attitude  toward  his  em- 
ployees. Never  has  he  regarded  them  merely  as  parts  of  a  great  machine, 
but  has  uniformly  considered  their  comfort  and  wellbeing,  manifesting  a 
personal  and  individual  interest  in  them  and  rewarding  capability  and  dili- 
gence with  prompt  and  steady  promotion  as  opportunity  offered.  In  all  the 
enterprises  with  which  he  has  been  associated,  as  well  as  in  those  of  which 
he  was  the  originator,  he  has  ever  been  the  driving  force,  the  impelling 
energy,  and  never  on  the  field  of  Chickamauga  (which  was  one  of  the 
many  battles  in  which  he  participated)  did  he  display  greater  coolness  and 
intrepidity  than  in  the  arena  of  business. 

In  June,  1883,  Mr.  Fry  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Rochester,  of  which  he  has  ever  since  been  president.  The 
bank  is  one  of  the  most  flourishing  in  the  State.  He  is  also  a  director  of 
the  Olive  Stove  Works,  and  is  interested  extensively  in  property  on  Chau- 
tauqua Lake,  New  York.  For  several  terms  he  served  as  president  of  the 
town  council,  and  has  faithfully  and  often  laboriously  co-operated  with 
others  in  matters  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  city  and  its  worthy  charities. 
He  belongs  to  the  class  which  is  doing  the  most  to  advance  the  real  interest 
of  the  city  and  state,  and  his  high  personal  character,  his  large  experience, 
and  remarkably  cool,  clear  and  sound  judgment  give  to  his  opinions  and 
advice  great  weight  and  influence.  He  is  a  man  of  warmly  social  nature, 
and  his  ready  wit — part  of  the  heritage  he  received  from  his  Irish  ancestors 
— is  always  under  the  control  of  kindly  nature.  He  affiliates  with  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Rochester,  and  was  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school  for  twenty-seven  years,  in  which  work  he  takes  a 
deep  interest  and  to  which  he  is  a  liberal  contributor,  believing  as  he  does 
that  religion  is  the  most  powerful  of  all  influences. 

Mr.  Fry  married  (first),  in  1862,  in  Pittsburgh,  Emma,  daughter  of 
James  and  Minerva  (Scott)  Mathews.  In  1884  this  union  was  dissolved 
by  the  death  of  Mrs.  Fry,  and  Mr.  Fry  married  (second)  Belle,  daughter 
of  Rev.  H.  R.  McClintock.  Mr.  Fry  is  the  father  of  the  following  children : 
Harry  C,  E.  Gertrude,  Clara  B.,  J.  Howard,  and  Mabel  M. 

Mr.  Fry  has  a  beautiful  home  in  Rochester,  a  model  of  comfort,  every 
appointment  being  such  as  to  minister  to  a  refined  and  artistic  taste.  His 
children,  richly  endowed  by  nature  and  nurtured  under  the  most  uplifting 
influences,  are  a  joy  in  the  present  and  a  promise  for  the  future,  both  the 


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sons  following  in  their  father's  footsteps  and  maintaining  the  family  tra- 
dition both  in  business  and  citizenship. 

Throughout  his  career,  Mr.  Fry  has  been  animated  by  the  spirit  of 
progress,  ever  pressing  forward  and  seeking  to  make  the  good  better  and 
the  better  best.  He  has  furnished  a  true  picture  of  the  ideal  manufacturer, 
one  who  creates  and  adds  to  the  wealth  of  nations  while  advancing  his  own 
interests.  The  great  industrial  organizations  which  he  has  founded  and 
developed  are  monuments  to  his  farsighted  business  ability,  but  no  less  are 
they  monuments  to  his  philanthropy.  He  has  given  to  thousands  employ- 
ment and  opportunities  for  self-culture  and  self-development,  and  the 
wealth  which  has  come  to  him  he  has  held  in  trust  for  the  less  fortunate 
of  his  fellows.  While  increasing  the  material  prosperity  of  the  community 
he  has  labored  for  its  moral  and  spiritual  betterment.  Manufacturer,  finan- 
cier, philanthropist — he  is  one  of  those  of  whom  future  generations  will  say: 
"The  world  is  better  because  he  lived." 


The  name  of  Dillan  is  one  which  has  been  held  in  high 
DILLAN     esteem  in  this  country  and  in  Europe  where,  as  well  as  here, 

it  is  more  frequently  to  be  found  as  Dillon.  It  is  said  to  de- 
rive its  origin  from  Lochan  or  Logan  Delune,  or  Delion,  a  descendant  of 
one  of  the  monarchs  of  Ireland.  According  to  the  Breton  annals  and 
records  the  barons  and  seigneurs  of  Brittany  rose  in  arms  against  Henry 
II.  when  he  virtually  annexed  their  country.  The  De  Leons  were  the 
principal  leaders  in  the  revolt,  were  overpowered,  and  compelled  to  give 
hostages  for  their  future  good  behavior.  These  hostages  were  sent  to 
Ireland,  according  to  family  traditions,  and  one  of  them  became  the 
progenitor  of  all  who  bear  the  name  of  Dillon  or  Dillan. 

(I)  Moses  Dillan  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Enon  Valley,  Law- 
rence county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  about  1873.  He  was  a  laborer 
by  occupation,  owned  a  small  plot  of  ground  with  a  comfortable  house 
upon  it.  His  wife  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  They  had 
children :  John,  of  further  mention ;  Eli  and  Levi,  were  soldiers,  and  died 
in  the  west;  Smith,  a  soldier,  died  in  Salem.  Ohio;  Miller,  a  soldier  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War,  died  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania ;  Mary  White,  died 
in  Akron,  Ohio ;  another  child,  died  in  Palestine,  Ohio. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Moses  Dillan,  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
also  a  teamster.  After  his  marriage  he  rented  a  farm  near  Darlington, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  (the  old  Gilliland  place),  and  also  engaged 
in  teaming.  In  1848  he  purchased  about  one  hundred  acres  in  Big  Beaver 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  also  in  Lawrence  county,  it 
lying  across  the  county  line.  Later  he  purchased  an  additional  fourteen 
acres,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  there.  He  was  a  staunch  Re- 
publican, and  served  in  numerous  township  offices.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  order 
of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  lodge  and  encampment  of  the 


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Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Dillan  married  Jerusha  Shannon, 
concerning  whose  line  see  forward.  They  had  children:  Lorenzo  Dow, 
of  further  mention;  Sirilda,  married  George  Duncan,  and  died  in  Enon 
Valley,  leaving  children:    Delmar  and  Callie,  both  living  at  Enon. 

Robert  Shannon,  father  of  Mrs.  Jerusha  (Shannon)  Dillan,  was  born 
in  Huntingdon  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  i8,  1799,  and  died  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  8,  1868.  His  youthful  life  was  passed 
in  the  locality  of  his  birth  and  after  his  marriage,  which  was  solemnized  in 
Butler  county,  made  his  home  in  the  region  north  of  Pittsburgh.  In 
1828-29  he  came  to  Beaver  county  and  purchased  one  hundred  and  six 
acres  of  land  in  Big  Beaver  township,  continuing  in  his  lifelong  occupa- 
tion of  farming.  The  farm  was  partially  cleared  and  was  graced  with  a 
log  structure  occupied  by  the  former  owner.  Mr.  Shannon's  first  improve- 
ment was  the  erection  of  a  barn  to  shelter  his  live  stock,  and  after  the  com- 
pletion of  that  work,  he  finished  the  task  of  removing  the  timber  and 
underbrush  from  the  land.  By  the  time  this  was  accomplished  he  felt  the 
need  of  a  new  dwelling  and  caused  a  substantial  frame  building  to  be 
raised  to  take  the  place  of  the  cabin  that  had  been  the  home  of  Mr. 
Shannon's  predecessor  in  possession.  Before  his  death  he  had  acquired 
two  adjoining  farms,  one  of  fifty  and  the  other  of  ninety  acres,  and  had 
both  under  profitable  cultivation.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  political  faith, 
although  not  a  public  servant,  and  was,  with  his  wife,  a  member  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church.  He  lies  beside  his  wife  in  the  Rocky  Spring 
cemetery,  finishing  out  with  her  his  earthly  residence  in  the  body,  while 
their  spirits  are  joined  in  the  land  of  eternal  day.  He  married,  in  Butler 
county,  Pennsylvania,  Nellie  Miller,  born  February  28,  1797,  died  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  January  9,  1876.  Children :  Jerusha,  married  John 
Dillan,  as  above  mentioned ;  Aaron,  born  June  3,  1825,  died  in  Beaver  Falls, 
Beaver  county;  Joseph,  born  November  27,  1826,  a  farmer,  married  Eliza 
Jane  Beatty,  and  died  in  Beaver  county;  Samuel,  born  September  25,  1828, 
was  a  farmer  of  Beaver  county,  where  he  died;  Nellie,  born  June  15,  1830, 
married  Levi  Dillan,  and  died  in  Big  Beaver  township,  Beaver  county; 
Robert,  born  September  19,  1831,  was  a  farmer  of  Big  Beaver  township, 
where  he  died;  Mary,  born  October  2,  1834,  married  William  Baker,  a 
farmer,  died  in  Beaver  county;  Rachel,  born  November  22,  1838,  died 
young;  George,  born  October  i,  1836,  a  farmer  of  Kansas,  died  in  that 
state;  William,  born  October  4,  1840,  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
married  Mary,  a  daughter  of  Ajalon  and  Eliza  Jane  (Perkins)  Alloway. 

(Ill)  Lorenzo  Dow,  son  of  John  and  Jerusha  (Shannon)  Dillan,  was 
born  on  a  farm  near  Darlington,  Darlington  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, August  24,  1846.  His  earlier  education  was  received  in  the 
public  schools  and  it  was  completed  in  the  Darlington  Academy.  Mr. 
Dillan  devoted  himself  to  farming,  taking  upon  himself  the  management  of 
the  homestead.  At  the  death  of  his  father  he  purchased  the  interest  of 
his  sister  in  the  estate,  and  lived  there  all  his  life.    He  has  devoted  especial 


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care  and  attention  to  the  breeding  of  short  horn  and  red  polled  cattle,  and 
has  been  very  successful  in  this  direction.  He  has  been  an  earnest  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  been  honored  by  election  to  a 
number  of  township  offices,  which  he  has  filled  with  a  remarkable  degree 
of  executive  ability.  Mr.  Dillan  married,  October  13,  1869,  Belinda  E. 
Shurlock,  a  short  history  of  whose  family  will  be  found  below.  They 
have  had  children :  John,  who  was  killed  a  few  years  ago ;  Blanche,  mar- 
ried George  Vonberg;  Emma,  married  Lawrence  Merriman;  Samuel,  mar- 
Hassie  Hoover;  Charles;  Lizzie,  married  J.  A.  Phillips;  Elsie,  married  H. 
W.  Lehman ;  Florence,  unmarried,  lives  with  parents ;  George,  unmarried, 
lives  with  his  parents ;  Jane,  married  Thomas  Corey ;  Vesta,  married  Harry 
White. 

(The   Shurlock  Line.) 

(I)  Samuel  Shurlock,  born  in  England,  came  to  America  when  he  was 
a  young  lad,  and  made  his  home  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  Later 
he  bought  a  farm  there  of  one  hundred  and  ninety  acres,  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death  in  1897,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  He  married  Sarah 
Thompson,  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  also  died  about 
1897.  Mr.  Shurlock  was  a  man  of  quiet  tastes,  and  all  the  time  he  was  able 
to  spare  from  his  farming  operations  was  devoted  to  reading.  He  was 
well  informed  on  all  topics  of  general  interest. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Thompson)  Shurlock,  was 
born   in   Big  Beaver  township,    Lawrence   county,    Pennsylvania,   in    1841. 

He  married    (first)   Stimson,    (second)   .     Children  by  tlie  first 

marriage :  William,  a  thresher  and  boatman,  died  at  Wampum ;  Robert,  a 
farmer,  died  at  Wampum,  Pennsylvania ;  Park,  a  soldier,  died  in  Nebraska ; 
Mary,  married  John  Marshall,  both  died  in  Beaver  county ;  two  died  in 
infancy.  Children  by  second  marriage:  Samuel,  of  further  mention; 
Lizzie,  married  Abraham  Martin,  and  died  in  Pittsburgh ;  John,  died  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years ;  Charles,  a  farmer,  lives  in  Alma,  Wisconsin ; 
Belinda  E.  who  married  Lorenzo  Dow  Dillan  (see  Dillan  HI). 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Shurlock,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  from  his  earliest  years  was  actively  engaged  in  assisting  in 
the  management  of  the  farm.  He  inherited  a  portion  of  the  homestead — 
seventy  acres — and  has  always  lived  on  it.  To  this  he  has  added  an  ad- 
joining farm,  and  is  very  successful  in  his  cultivation  of  both.  He  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Shurlock  married  Mary,  born  near  Moravia, 
Lawrence  county,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  Kildew,  and  they  have  had  chil- 
dren :  Edward,  who  is  his  father's  assistant  in  the  farm  work ;  Walter,  a 
farmer,  lives  at  Enon,  where  he  is  married  and  has  three  children :  Samuel, 
a  laborer,  lives  in  Lawrence  county;  Alice,  married  William  Davis,  has 
no  children ;  Matilda,  married  Harry  Hartsoff  and  lives  in  West  Pittsburgh  ; 
Rachel,  married  Walter  Blatchford,  lives  in  Hazel  Dell,  and  has  one  sor. : 
Glenn. 


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H.  Alfred  Ellis,  a  distinguished  engineer  and  citizen  of  Koppel, 
ELLIS  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  is  of  Welsh  parentage,  though 
a  native  of  the  United  States,  where  he  was  born,  March  22, 
1871,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  a  son  of  Lumley  and  Elizabeth  (Evans) 
Ellis.  His  parents  were  both  born  in  Wales  and  married  there,  and,  com- 
ing to  America,  settled  in  Pittsburgh,  where  Mr.  Ellis  engaged  in  a  building 
and  contracting  business  for  many  years.  He  died  in  Pittsburgh  in  the 
year  1909,  one  of  the  oldest  stone  and  brick  contractors  there.  His  wife 
is  at  present  living  at  Diamond,  Ohio.  To  them  were  born  two  children — 
Annie,  now  Mrs.  John  S.  Jones  of  Canton,  Ohio;  and  H.  Alfred  Ellis, 
our  subject. 

H.  Alfred  Ellis  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
and  after  completing  his  general  education  took  up  the  study  of  the  ma- 
chinist's trade  and  draughtsmanship  in  the  employ  of  the  H.  B.  Porter 
Locomotive  Works  and  the  Edgar  Thompson  Steel  Company  at  Braddock, 
Pennsylvania.  From  1901  to  1903  he  was  engaged  in  installing  the  me- 
chanical equipment  in  the  ordnance  department  of  one  of  the  United  States 
naval  stations,  holding  during  that  time  the  position  of  master  mechanic. 
Upon  the  completion  of  this  task  he  engaged  for  a  time  in  business  for 
himself  in  New  York  City,  but  had  not  been  so  occupied  for  long,  before 
he  received  an  offer  to  become  the  manager  of  the  Wonham  and  Magor 
Car  Works,  an  offer  which  he  accepted,  continuing  in  the  position  for  three 
years.  About  this  time  the  Arthur  Koppel  Company,  a  large  corporation 
of  Berlin,  Germany,  doing  a  similar  business  in  the  United  States,  found 
that  it  was  losing  trade  to  the  Wonham  Company  through  the  activities  of 
Mr.  Ellis.  From  the  managers  of  this  concern,  therefore,  there  came  a 
proposition  to  Mr.  Ellis  that  he  erect  for  them  in  America  a  plant  similar 
to  their  German  establishments  in  place  of  the  salesrooms  which  up  to 
then  had  been  their  sole  equipment  here.  Accordingly  in  1905  Mr.  Ellis 
entered  into  an  arrangement  with  them  whereby  he  became  their  consulting 
engineer  in  this  country,  and  made  a  trip  to  Europe  of  several  months 
duration  for  the  purpose  of  studying  at  first  hand  their  works  there.  This 
preparatory  study  completed,  he  returned  to  America  and  set  about  finding 
a  proper  location  for  a  similar  establishment.  The  task  proved  one  of 
difficulty,  as  Mr.  Ellis,  after  deciding  upon  a  certain  location,  found  it  in 
possession  of  ten  different  owners  who  were  not  particularly  disposed  to 
part  with  their  holdings.  The  desirability  of  the  tract  in  question  is 
sufficiently  apparent  from  the  fact  that  fourteen  other  agents  of  manu- 
facturing concerns  had  already  negotiated  for  the  purchase  of  it  without 
success.  Despite  so  many  failures,  Mr.  ElHs  did  not  despair,  and  after 
somewhat  prolonged  negotiations  with  the  beforementioned  owners,  suc- 
ceeded in  securing  the  site.  This  location  comprised  a  portion  of  the 
farms  of  the  following  men,  the  value  of  whose  property  has  since  been 
greatly  enhanced  by  the  erection  of  the  present  great  Koppel  plant  there, 
and  the  growth  of  the  town  of  Koppel — Frank  Huffman,  the  Jones  heirs, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  963 

T.  E.  Balser,  Charles  F.  Mount,  Samuel  Blair,  Milton  Smiley,  William  G. 
Beatty,  the  Beatty  heirs  and  Joseph  Tritt.  When  this  purchase  was  con- 
cluded, the  Koppel  Company  owned  six  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land 
just  suited  to  their  purpose,  six  miles  north  of  Beaver  Falls,  on  the  Beaver 
river,  with  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  and  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie 
railroad  near  at  hand.  With  one  stenographer,  Mr.  Ellis  opened  an  ofifice 
in  the  Frick  Annex  in  Pittsburgh,  and  arranged  with  Dodge  &  Day,  con- 
tractors, to  start  the  construction  of  the  plant.  This,  upon  its  completion 
in  1907,  included  the  following  buildings :  One  building  200  by  50  feet  in 
dimensions,  one  building  75  by  75,  one  75  by  122,  and  two  buildings  75  by 
50  feet,  the  last  two  named  being  used  as  power  building  and  office, 
respectively.  This  building  equipment  has  been  doubled  since  1907,  and 
everything  that  has  been  done  tliere  has  been  according  to  the  design  and  un- 
der the  direct  supervision  of  Mr.  Ellis,  who  has  even  bought  all  the  machinery 
and  superintended  its  installation.  When  all  was  complete,  he  began  the 
active  operation  of  the  plant,  originally  with  about  seventy-five  men,  a 
force  which  has  since  grown  until  it  numbers  at  the  present  time  from  three 
hundred  and  fifty  to  four  hundred  men.  The  product  of  this  great  es- 
tablishment, which  consists  of  contractors'  equipment  and  industrial  steel 
cars,  is  disposed  of  largely  in  the  United  States,  though  some  export  bus- 
iness is  done,  especially  in  the  line  of  sugar  cane  and  mine  cars.  Since  its 
origin  the  business  has  had  a  strong  and  steady  growth  and  in  this  country 
is  carried  on  by  registration  instead  of  incorporation.  Since  the  death  of 
Mr.  Koppel  in  1910,  the  name  of  the  concern  has  been  changed  to  the 
Orenstein-Arthur  Koppel  Company,  the  combined  value  of  whose  works  is 
estimated  at  about  $15,000,000.  The  whole  concern  is  owned  by  Berlin 
capitalists.  Besides  the  European  offices,  there  are  American  offices  located 
in  New  York,  Chicago,  Philadelphia,  Mexico  City  and  in  Cuba. 

As  was  to  have  been  expected,  there  has  grown  up  around  the  great 
Koppel  works  a  town  of  some  twelve  hundred  inhabitants,  and  here  again 
was  an  opportunity  for  the  engineer-manager-superintendent  to  exercise  his 
constructive  genius.  He  it  was  who  designed  the  town,  laid  out  and  named 
and  paved  the  streets,  established  waterworks  and  an  electric  light  plant 
and  constructed  some  sixty  houses,  built  by  the  company  for  its  employees. 
He  it  was  also,  who,  when  it  came  the  time  for  the  village  to  become  a 
borough  in  1912,  took  the  matter  into  court  and  procured  its  charter,  and 
his  name  appeared  as  treasurer  in  the  list  of  first  borough  officials  by  the 
express  insistence  of  the  council.  Though  very  modest  and  prone  to  dis- 
count his  own  achievement  in  the  matter,  it  is  very  evident  that  Mr.  Ellis' 
genius  is  responsible  for  a  large  proportion  of  the  advantages  which  Koppel, 
as  the  town  is  called,  enjoys.  He  has  built  for  the  future  as  well  as  the 
present  and  his  plans  both  for  the  town  and  company  possess  a  farsighted- 
ness as  commendable  as  it  is  rare.  Mr.  Ellis  is  a  member  of  the  Tamaqua 
Club,  of  the  Koppel  Country  Club  and  of  the  Masonic  order. 

Mr.  Ellis  was  married,  in  1899,  to  Miss  Edith  Law,  and  to  them  have 
been  born  two  children,  Edith  and  Alfred. 


964  PENNSYLVANIA 

Some  men  there  are  of  interests  so  varied  and  talents  so 
WIGLEY  versatile  as  to  render  the  task  of  describing  them  extremely 
difficult.  Moving  in  so  many  spheres  of  endeavor  and  con- 
spicuous in  all  they  seem  to  belong  in  almost  equal  measure  to  each  one. 
Such  was  the  case  with  the  late  Arthur  Benjamin  Wigley,  for  more  than 
thirty  years  manager  of  the  Pittsburgh  office  of  the  R.  G.  Dun  &  Company 
Mercantile  Agency.  Mr.  Wigley  was  prominent  not  only  as  a  business  man 
but  also  by  reason  of  his  long  and  close  connection  with  the  charitable  in- 
terests of  the  city,  while  his  association  with  fraternal  circles  was  so  intimate 
and  conspicuous  as  to  render  the  record  of  his  career  an  essential  part  of 
their  annals. 

Arthur  Benjamin  Wigley  was  born  December  30,  1848,  in  Uttoxeter, 
England,  and  was  a  son  of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Steele)  Wigley.  His  educa- 
tion was  received  in  his  native  country  and  in  Canada,  whither  his  parents 
emigrated  when  he  was  but  eight  years  old.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he 
entered  the  Toronto  office  of  the  R.  G.  Dun  &  Company  Mercantile  Agency, 
where  his  faithfulness  and  ability  soon  attracted  the  notice  of  his  superiors, 
causing  him  to  be  steadily  and  rapidly  advanced.  In  1869,  when  he  was  but 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  was  appointed  manager  of  the  office  of  the 
Dun  agency  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  Such  was  his  efficiency  in  this  position  that 
two  years  later  he  was  promoted  to  the  managership  of  the  office  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  and  in  October,  1876,  succeeded  to  the  place  which  he  filled 
so  successfully  during  the  remainder  of  his  life — that  of  manager  of  the 
agency's  office  in  Pittsburgh. 

As  Daniel  Webster  has  said,  "Credit  has  done  more,  a  thousand  times, 
to  enrich  nations,  than  all  the  mines  of  all  the  world,"  and  the  necessities 
of  the  merchant,  the  manufacturer  and  the  bank  brought  into  existence  what 
is  known  as  the  mercantile  agency,  R.  G.  Dun  &  Company  being  the  oldest, 
largest  and  most  complete  organization  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  The 
Pittsburgh  office  was  established  in  1852,  and  during  Mr.  Wigley's  admin- 
istration the  business  greatly  increased,  branches  being  set  up  at  Wheeling, 
Canton,  Youngstown,  Zanesville  and  East  Liverpool.  In  all  the  positions 
which  he  successfully  filled  he  exhibited  remarkable  executive  ability,  an 
astonishingly  clear  perception  of  the  wants  of  the  dififerent  organizations  and 
a  judgment  that  was  seldom  at  fault  when  their  financial  policy  was  to  be 
considered.  As  manager  of  the  Pittsburgh  office  his  business  interests  were 
of  a  most  important  nature,  demanding  the  services  of  one  whose  ability 
was  of  a  superior  order  and  whose  well  balanced  forces  were  manifest  in 
sound  judgment  and  a  ready  and  rapid  understanding  of  any  problem  that 
might  be  presented  for  solution.  He  combined  with  capable  management  and 
unfaltering  enterprise  a  spirit  of  justice,  and  while  the  business  was  care- 
fully systematized  in  order  that  there  might  be  no  needless  expenditure  of 
time,  material  or  labor,  never  did  he  make  the  mistake  of  regarding  his 
employees  merely  as  parts  of  a  great  machine,  but  recognized  their  individu- 
ality, making  it  a  rule  that  faithful  and  efficient  service  should  be  promptly 
rewarded  with  promotion  as  opportunity  off^ered. 


Offp^:^ 


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In  all  concerns  relative  to  the  city's  welfare  Mr.  Wigley's  interest  was 
deep  and  sincere  and  wherever  substantial  aid  would  further  public  progress 
it  was  freely  given.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and,  while  steadily 
refusing  to  hold  office,  ever  gave  loyal  support  to  all  measures  calculated  to 
promote  the  best  interests  of  Pittsburgh.  Widely  but  unostentatiously 
charitable,  no  good  work  done  in  the  name  of  philanthropy  or  religion 
sought  his  co-operation  in  vain.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers,  when  first 
organized,  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Ascension,  and  was 
a  member  until  his  death. 

Among  Mr.  Wigley's  most  noticeable  characteristics  was  the  active 
interest  which  he  took  in  fraternal  organizations.  He  was  initiated  in  St. 
John's  Lodge,  No.  219,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  became 
master  in  1893;  and  he  was  also  prominent  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry;  in 
1878  he  became  a  member  of  Pittsburgh  Commandery,  No.  i.  Knights 
Templar,  several  times  held  the  office  of  eminent  commander,  and  during  the 
triennial  conclave  held  some  years  ago  in  Pittsburgh,  was  one  of  those  who 
made  it  such  a  brilliant  success.  He  was  president  of  the  Masonic  Country 
Club  and  the  Masonic  Fund  Society,  and  vice-president  of  the  Masonic 
Veterans  of  Pennsylvania,  an  organization  of  distinction  in  the  order.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Pittsburgh,  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
clubs. 

Of  fine  personal  appearance  and  imposing  presence.  Mr.  Wigley's 
resolute  countenance  and  searching  eyes  were  indicative  of  his  energy  of 
mind,  aggressive  disposition  and  resourceful  intellect,  and  they  were  also 
expressive  of  a  genial  nature  rich  in  those  beautiful  qualities  which  win  and 
hold  friends.  Courteous,  dignified,  kindly  in  manner  and  speech,  quick  and 
decisive  in  character,  but  always  considerate  of  others  and  exceedingly 
generous,  he  was  a  gentleman  in  every  sense  of  the  word. 

Mr.  Wigley  married,  (first)  in  1875,  Anna  Maria  Lynch,  of  Brampton, 
Ontario,  who  died  in  1877.  They  had  one  child,  Mary  Anna.  He  married 
(second)  in  1880,  Blanche  Evans,  of  Bristol.  England,  who  died  in  1887. 
They  had  three  children :  Chas.,  Alice  Blanche,  who  married  Arthur  Vail 
Spinosa,  of  Pittsburgh;  and  Grace  Ellsmore.  He  married  (third)  July  27, 
1892,  Marion  Louisa,  daughter  of  George  and  Sarah  (Thistle)  Green,  of 
Brampton,  Canada.  They  had  six  children:  Norman,  Walter  Franklin, 
Donald  Thistle,  Louis  Alexander,  Alan  Benjamin,  and  Kathleen  Phyllis 
St.  John  Wigley.  Mrs.  Wigley  is  a  woman  of  grace,  charm  and  tact,  and 
gifted  with  foresight  and  business  acumen  of  a  high  order.  The  beautiful 
home  over  which  she  presides  is  noted  for  its  refined  and  open-handed 
hospitality. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Wigley,  which  occurred  March  16,  1910,  removed 
from  Pittsburgh  one  who  throughout  his  career  was  the  soul  of  honor,  dis- 
tinguished by  a  loyalty  to  principle  which  won  the  unqualified  respect  and 
regard  of  every  associate  and  friend.  Broad  in  views,  buoyant  in  disposi- 
tion, honest,  sincere  and  self-reliant,  he  stood  for  many  years  as  one  of  the 
most  eminent  and  valued  citizens  of  Pittsburgh. 


966  PENNSYLVANIA 

Arthur  Benjamin  Wigley  was  one  of  those  men  who  are  widely  re- 
membered because  they  touched  life  at  so  many  points.  As  business  man 
and  citizen  he  rendered  notable  service  to  his  community.  As  friend,  as 
neighbor,  as  member  of  fraternal  organizations,  he  was  loved  as  few  men 
have  been,  and  today  his  memory  is  cherished  in  numberless  hearts. 


Charles  F.  Mount,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Koppel,  Beaver 
MOUNT  county,  Pennsylvania,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New  Jersey 
family,  but  was  himself  born  in  Henry  county,  Iowa,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1858,  a  son  of  Timothy  and  Ann  E.  (Hendrickson)  Mount.  His 
paternal  grandfather  was  also  Timothy  Mount,  an  old  resident  of  Monmouth 
county,  New  Jersey,  where  for  many  years  he  carried  on  his  trade  of  shoe- 
making,  and  where  he  lived  a  quiet  and  retired  life,  finally  dying  there. 
He  left  a  family  of  several  children,  all  of  whom  remained  in  the  East 
with  the  exception  of  his  namesake,  Timothy,  the  father  of  our  subject. 
This  son  was  born  in  Navesink,  New  Jersey,  about  1820.  He  met  and  was 
married  to  Miss  Hendrickson,  in  New  York  City,  where  she  was  being 
brought  up  by  an  uncle,  and  where  they  lived  until  the  year  1857.  They  then 
removed  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  where  Mr.  Mount  followed  the  trade  of 
carpenter,  securing  in  time  the  position  of  head  carpenter  in  the  State 
Insane  Asylum,  where  he  remained  for  thirty  years.  His  death  occurred 
in  1898,  and  that  of  his  wife  in  1883.  To  them  were  born  five  children 
who  survived  infancy,  as  follows:  Aletta  H.,  now  Mrs.  Alexander  Mc- 
Farland,  of  Ames,  Iowa;  Amelia,  now  Mrs.  B.  F.  Stowe,  of  Rock  Island, 
Illinois ;  Ella,  now  Mrs.  Dillon  Lehew,  of  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa ;  Charles 
P.,  our  subject ;  and  Maria,  now  Mrs.  William  Gilbert,  a  resident  of  the  state 
of  Kansas. 

Charles  F.  Mount  was  educated  in  the  local  schools  of  his  native  place, 
and  later  at  the  Iowa  State  College,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1878  with  the  degree  of  B.  C.  E.  He  later  returned  and  took 
a  post-graduate  course  which  procured  for  him  the  further  degree  of  C.  E. 
the  following  year.  His  first  choice  of  a  career  was  that  of  teaching,  and 
he  accordingly  entered  that  profession  and  taught  for  thirteen  years  in  the 
Civil  Engineering  Department  of  the  Iowa  State  College.  During  this 
period  he  became  greatly  interested  in  the  cultivation  of  fruit,  and  finally 
determined  to  engage  in  that  profitable  culture,  and  for  this  purpose  re- 
moved to  Howell  county,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  ten  years.  He  later 
went  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  engaged  in  engineering  work  of  various  kinds, 
and  enjoyed  the  distinction  of  being  employed  upon  the  construction  of  the 
great  Yerkes  telescope,  which  at  the  time  of  its  completion  was  the  most 
powerful  instrument  in  the  world.  He  later  worked  at  steel  construc- 
tion for  the  Brown  Conveying  Machinery  Company  of  Cleveland,  and  for 
the  American  Bridge  Company.  In  the  year  1905  he  left  the  employ  of  the 
latter  concern  and  removed  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  has 
remained  ever  since.     In  his  new  home  he  has  engaged  in  a  general  con- 


BEAVER   COUNTY  967 

tracting  business,  and  also  returned  to  his  interest  in  agriculture,  buying  a 
farm  in  Big  Beaver  township,  where  he  is  engaged  in  breeding  full  blooded 
Percheron  and  Belgian  horses.  At  the  time  of  the  establishing  of  the  great 
Koppel  Works  in  that  locality,  a  portion  of  Mr.  Mount's  farm  was  required 
for  the  site  of  the  plant  and  he  accordingly  sold  one  hundred  acres  of  his 
property  to  the  Arthur  Koppel  Company,  retaining  the  rest  for  his  own 
purposes.  The  coming  of  the  great  industry  and  the  consequent  appear- 
ance and  growth  of  the  town  of  Koppel  has  increased  greatly  the  demand 
for  Mr.  Mount's  engineering  skill  and  he  has  found  much  employment  in 
the  construction  that  has  gone  on  and  is  continually  going  on  there.  Mr. 
Mount  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  is  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  com- 
munity. 

Mr.  Mount  was  married  in  1883,  to  Miss  Minnie  C.  Clark,  daughter 
of  Peter  R.  and  Ellen  Clark,  of  Iowa.  To  Mr.  Mount  by  this  union  was 
born  one  son,  Charles  T.,  who  is  now  engaged  in  helping  his  father  in  the 
conduct  of  his  farm,  and  who  married  Miss  Sarah  Carpenter,  by  whom 
he  had  one  son,  Frederick  C.  Mount.  Mr.  Mount,  our  subject,  was  mar- 
ried a  second  time  in  1893,  to  Mrs.  Florence  I.  Randel,  the  widow  of 
Albert  Randel,  and  formerly  Miss  Rathburn.  There  have  been  no  children 
born  to  this  union. 


Peter  Shumaker,  a  native  of  Germany,  came  to  America 
SHUMAKER  in  early  manhood  and  arrived  at  Charleston,  South  Caro- 
lina. He  made  his  way  to  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
after  his  marriage  settled  in  Beaver  county.  He  was  the  proprietor  of  a 
tavern,  located  on  what  is  now  Third  street,  Beaver.  When  he  was  quite 
advanced  in  years  he  traveled  alone  to  Kansas,  and  died  at  Atchison.  He 
married  Polly  Sudar,  born  in  Union  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1805,  died 
in  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  children :  David,  of  further  men- 
tion; John,  who  died  in  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania;  Cal,  who  died  in  New 
Castle,  Pennsylvania,  married  Sheppard,  who  was  killed  on  a  gun- 
boat at  Vicksburg  during  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War;  Charlotte,  widow 
of  George  Miller,  lives  in  New  Castle. 

(H)  David,  son  of  Peter  and  Polly  (Sudar)  Shumaker,  was  born  east 
of  the  Allegheny  mountains,  in  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  very  young  child  when  he  was  brought  to  Beaver 
county  by  his  parents,  and  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  there.  He 
was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  followed  this  calling 
for  a  number  of  years.  Later,  when  Beaver  commenced  to  grow,  Mr.  Shu- 
maker established  himself  as  a  contractor,  and  in  this  capacity  executed 
some  of  the  most  important  contracts  in  the  town.  He  was  also  extensively 
engaged  as  a  coal  operator  and  dealer,  and  was  an  excellent  man  of  bus- 
iness. He  was  active  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  served  as  a 
member  of  the  common  council,  and  in  a  number  of  other  local  public 
offices.     Mr.  Shumaker  married  Elizabeth  Harton,  a  member  of  the  Metho- 


968  PENNSYLVANIA 

dist  Episcopal  church.  They  had  children:  Stella,  married  Annon  Mc- 
Kinley,  and  died  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county ;  Wilda,  died  in  girlhood,  in 
Keokuk,  Iowa;  James  Harton,  of  further  mention;  Marshal  E.,  a  resident 
of  Beaver,  is  in  the  real  estate  business  and  a  building  contractor;  Ella, 
married  Colonel  Reed,  and  lives  in  Vanport,  Pennsylvania;  Jesse,  who 
was  in  the  real  estate  business,  is  now  living  retired  in  Rochester,  Beaver 
county;  Joseph,  is  a  dentist,  and  lives  in  Beaver. 

James  Harton,  father  of  Mrs.  Shumaker,  was  born  in  Scotland,  and 
emigrated  to  America  after  his  marriage.  He  settled  in  Beaver,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  conducted  a  brewery  for  a  number  of 
years.     Subsequently  he   retired   to   a   farm   in   New   Brighton  township, 

where  his  death  occurred.     Fie  married,  in  Scotland,  Elliott,  born  in 

that  country;  after  the  death  of  her  husband  she  sold  the  farm  on  which 
they  had  been  living  and  returned  to  Beaver,  where  she  died.  They  had 
children:  John,  a  carpenter,  who  died  in  Beaver;  Marshal,  now  retired 
from  business,  lives  at  Vanport,  Pennsylvania;  James,  a  dentist,  died  at 
Beaver  Falls;  Sarah,  widow  of  Lemuel  Edgar,  lives  in  Beaver;  Elizabeth, 
married  David  Shumaker,  as  above  stated ;  Mary,  married  Samuel  Dinsmore 

and  died  in  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Emma,  married  Miller,  and  lives  in 

Pittsburgh;  Cornelia,  married  (first)  Simeon  Dinsmore,  (second)  . 

(Ill)  James  Harton,  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Harton)  Shumaker, 
was  born  in  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  17,  1855.  He  re- 
ceived a  sound,  practical  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  then  com- 
menced the  practical  study  of  dentistry  under  the  preceptorship  of  his  uncle, 
a  well  known  dentist.  He  commenced  practicing  his  profession  at  an  un- 
usually early  age,  and  displayed  a  remarkable  proficiency  from  the  very 
beginning  of  his  professional  career.  For  a  time  he  practiced  as  the  as- 
sistant of  Dr.  Spencer,  of  Pittsburgh,  then  in  the  same  capacity  for  Dr. 
Scott,  also  of  Pittsburgh.  About  two  years  were  then  spent  in  various 
cities  of  the  South  and  West,  among  them  being:  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Chi- 
cago, Illinois;  St.  Paul,  Minnesota;  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Kansas  City, 
Kansas;  Denver,  Colorado;  New  Orleans,  Louisiana;  Cairo,  Illinois;  Nash- 
ville, Tennessee;  and  Louisville,  Kentucky.  Upon  his  return  to  Beaver,  he 
established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  continued  in  it 
until  1898.  He  then  visited  Nashville,  Tennessee;  and  Charleston  and 
Ravenswood,  West  Virginia.  He  then  spent  a  short  time  in  Vanport,  Penn- 
sylvania, after  which  he  established  himself  in  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county. 
He  is  now  the  second  oldest  dentist  in  point  of  practice  in  the  town,  and 
is  well  established  in  the  public  confidence  for  the  excellence  of  his  work. 
Until  recently  he  gave  his  political  support  to  the  principles  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  but  now  prefers  to  form  his  opinions  without  reference  to  party 
ties.  His  fraternal  affiliation  is  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Dr.  Shumaker 
married  Mary  E.  Holt,  a  sister  of  the  eminent  jurist.  Judge  Holt.  They 
have  two  children :    Mary  and  Jim. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  969 

The  name  of  Hicks  has  been  on  record  since  the  early  Puritan 
HICKS     days,  when  members  of  the  family  were  among  the  early  settlers 

of  New  England.  It  is  not  a  matter  of  certainty  whether  the 
family  here  under  discussion  came  to  Pennsylvania  from  New  England, 
or  whether  they  came  to  the  State  directly  from  Europe  in  later  days. 
The  first  generation  of  which  we  have  record  in  Pennsylvania  were  old 
residents  of  Westmoreland  county,  where  Mr.  Hicks  was  a  farmer,  cooper, 
wagon  builder  and  blacksmith.  He  was  in  active  service  during  the  War 
.of  1812.  He  married,  and  had  children:  Wilson;  Alexander;  Edward; 
Susan ;  Emma ;  William  A.,  of  whom  further ;  and  a  child  whose  name  is  not 
on  record. 

(II)  William  A.  Hicks,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born  in  West- 
moreland county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1844,  and  died  in  Johnstown,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  December,  1898.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  Westmoreland  county, 
and  after  his  marriage  he  settled  in  Pittsburgh.  About  1873  or  1874  he 
moved  to  Philadelphia,  and  after  living  eight  years  in  that  city,  removed 
to  Johnstown,  where  he  followed  his  trade  of  coopering  for  a  time,  then 
became  watchman  for  the  Cambria  Iron  and  Steel  Company.  He  was  an 
inventor  of  merit,  and  took  out  more  than  fifty  patents.  Among  his  in- 
ventions was  a  form  which  enabled  a  man  to  turn  out  twice  as  many  kegs 
in  a  given  time  as  had  been  possible  previously;  another  was  a  railway 
switch  and  frog,  which  was  the  first  that  would  not  break  when  put  in  use 
on  the  main  line.  He  was  an  uncompromising  Republican,  and  he  and  his 
wife  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Hicks  married 
Sarah  C.  Frazier,  born  in  Somerset  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1848,  died  at 
the  home  of  her  son,  Frank  C,  in  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1909.  Her  parents  were  old  residents  in  both  Somerset  and 
Westmoreland  counties  and  conducted  a  half-way  house  between  Johnstown 
and  Cambria,  in  Cambria  county.  There  Mr.  Frazier  died,  when  he  was 
more  than  seventy  years  of  age,  and  his  widow  removed  to  Moxliam, 
where  she  lived  with  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Charles  Wilson,  and  died  when  she 
was  over  seventy  years  old.  They  had  eight  children,  among  whom  were: 
Jane,  Sarah,  Emma,  Amanda  and  Maria.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hicks  had  chil- 
dren: Harry,  a  farmer  living  in  Pulaski,  Pennsylvania;  Frank  C,  of  further 
mention;  Samuel,  died  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania;  Elsie,  died  at  the  age 
of  nine  years;  Kate,  married  Edward  Woods,  and  lives  in  Denora,  Penn- 
sylvania; Luella,  died  in  infancy;  William,  lives  in  Granville,  and  is  a 
draftsman  and  architect  in  structural  steel  work ;  Charles,  is  a  tube  worker 
and  lives  at  Ellwood  City,  Pennsylvania. 

William  A.  Hicks  has  a  very  creditable  record  for  service  during  the 
Civil  War.  He  was  a  soldier  in  Company  K,  Second  Regiment  Potomac 
Home  Brigade,  Maryland  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  three  years  as  a 
fifer  and  then  re-enlisted.  He  was  in  many  important  battles,  and  was  twice 
wounded,  once  in  a  train  wreck  and  once  by  a  bullet.  Owing  to  exposure 
while  on  duty  he  was  also  a  sufferer  from  typhoid  fever  for  a  time.     He 


970  PENNSYLVANIA 

was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and,  while  in  Johnstown, 
organized  the  Grand  Army  of  the  RepubHc  Drum  Corps  of  Johnstown, 
Pennsylvania;  he  also  organized  a  militia  drum  corps.  He  was  remarkably 
gifted  as  a  musician. 

(Ill)  Frank  C.,  son  of  William  A.  and  Sarah  C.  (Frazier)  Hicks, 
was  bom  in  Meyersdale,  Somerset  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  lo, 
1867.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia, 
and  then  learned  the  cooper's  trade  under  the  supervision  of  his  father. 
It  did  not,  however,  appeal  greatly  to  him,  and  he  abandoned  it  and  ob- 
tained employment  in  the  Mining  Exchange,  and  later  in  the  Stock  Ex- 
change, for  about  four  years.  Removing  with  his  parents  to  Johnstown,  he 
entered  the  service  of  the  Cambria  Iron  Company  as  a  cooper,  later  obtained 
a  position  in  the  rod  wire  mill  and  finally  as  a  firem.an.  Four  and  a  half 
years  were  spent  in  working  on  the  railroad,  and  he  then  worked  in  the 
rod  mill  at  Rankin,  Pennsylvania.  Removing  to  Braddock,  he  worked  in 
the  same  capacity  for  a  time,  then  on  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  line.  Re- 
turning to  Rankin,  he  worked  on  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad  for  a  time, 
then  again  on  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie,  la  March,  1801,  he  came  to 
Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  He  lost  a  leg  in  1893 ;  and  he  established 
a  restaurant  combined  with  a  lunch  counter,  changing  this  in  the  course  of 
time  to  a  restaurant  and  bakery,  at  No.  1524  Seventh  avenue.  In  1896  he 
sold  this  and  removed  to  No.  518  on  the  same  avenue,  where  he  continued 
in  the  same  line  of  business.  He  then  purchased  the  music  store  at  No. 
517  Seventh  avenue,  and  continued  this  until  the  increased  demands  of  busi- 
ness necessitated  larger  quarters,  when  he  removed  to  No.  11 14  Seventh 
avenue.  When  this  building  was  sold  Mr.  Hicks  removed  across  the  street 
and  continued  his  business  there.  In  1906  he  started  a  wholesale  liquor 
business  at  No.  577  Seventh  avenue,  and  conducted  this  for  six  years. 
His  wife  had  supervised  the  music  business  until  she  sold  the  lease,  then 
removed  to  No.  807,  and  then  to  Nos.  1211-13  Seventh  avenue,  where  the 
business  was  known  as  the  Arcade  Music  House,  and  in  May,  1913,  Mr. 
Hicks  having  sold  his  liquor  business,  resumed  charge  of  the  store  at  the 
old  location.  No.  517  Seventh  avenue.  Mr.  Hicks  has  been  a  Democrat 
in  politics  for  many  years,  and  has  served  one  term  as  a  justice  of  the 
peace.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World;  Fra- 
ternal Order  of  Eagles ;  The  Owls ;  Nonpareil  Club ;  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 

Mr.  Hicks  married,  in  1888,  Barbara  E.,  born  in  Pittsburgh,  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  Welsh.  They  have  had  children:  i.  Lillian,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Lewis,  paying  teller  at  the  United  States  National  Bank,  and 
lives  in  Pittsburgh.  They  have  children:  Lillian  and  Joseph.  2.  Edgar 
Francis,  is  a  student  in  the  Indiana  State  Normal  School,  and  captain 
of  the  1914  football  team.  3.  Fern,  a  student  in  the  Beaver  Falls  high 
school.     4.  Margaret,  died  in  infancy. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  971 

John  Garrett,  who  was  born  in  England,  came  to  this 
GARRETT     country  in  his  early  youth,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneer 

settlers  of  Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  took 
up  a  tract  of  land  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  which  he  cleared  and 
cultivated,  and  there  his  death  occurred  in  1873.  He  married  Patience  Cor- 
tent  Albro,  born  in  Connecticut,  who  traced  her  descent  in  a  direct  line 
to  one  of  the  Pilgrims  who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower."  She  died  in 
Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1875.  They  had  children:  Henry;  John 
Samuel,  see  forward ;  Lyman  R.,  who  lives  on  the  old  homestead,  in 
Wayne  county,  has  a  son.  Chester,  a  prominent  lawyer  in  Honesdale; 
Elizabeth ;  Eunice ;  Phoebe. 

(II)  John  Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Patience  Content  (Albro)  Gar- 
rett, was  born  in  Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  December,  1833,  and 
was  engaged  in  farming  during  all  the  active  years  of  his  life.  He  took 
a  keen  interest  in  whatever  affected  the  welfare  of  the  community  in 
which  he  resided,  and  gave  his  political  support  to  the  Democratic  party. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Berlin  Center  Baptist  Church,  in 
which  he  had  served  as  an  elder  from  the  time  he  was  twenty-three  years 
of  age  until  his  death.  He  married  Elizabeth  Braman,  born  in  Otsego 
county.  New  York,  March  24,  1833,  died  in  Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  Rhodes  Braman,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Otsego  county. 
New  York,  who  later  took  up  land  at  Indian  Orchard,  Wayne  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  settled  there.  He  married  and  had  children:  Maria; 
Margaret,  married  Daniel  Gorr,  of  Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania,  now  de- 
ceased ;  Hamilton,  now  living  with  a  son  in  the  state  of  New  York,  was 
extensively  engaged  in  the  lumber  business;  Elizabeth,  married  John  Sam- 
uel Garrett,  as  stated  above ;  Pardon ;  Nelson,  lives  in  Potter  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. John  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Braman)  Garrett  had  children: 
Kate,  deceased,  married  William  Treverton,  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania; 
Effie,  married  William  Hall,  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead  in  Wayne 
county ;  Henry  William,  see  forward ;  Lizzie,  married  James  Wren,  of 
Hawley,  Pennsylvania,  both  now  deceased ;  J.  Nelson,  of  Scranton,  Penn- 
sylvania, has  a  wholesale  mill  supply  business  and  a  coal  exchange. 

(III)  Henry  William  Garrett,  D.O.,  son  of  John  Samuel  and  EHza- 
beth  (Braman)  Garrett,  was  born  in  Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania.  July 
8,  1866.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  school  at  Bethel, 
Berlin  township,  Wayne  county,  and  after  his  graduation  from  this,  learned 
the  trade  of  glass  cutting  and  designing  with  the  firm  of  C.  Doerflinger  & 
Sons,  of  White  Mills,  Wayne  county.  Pennsylvania.  He  made  an  especial 
study  of  designing,  and  followed  this  for  a  period  of  twenty  years.  He 
assisted  in  designing  the  exhibit  of  the  Libbey  Glass  Company  for  the 
World's  Fair  at  Chicago,  this  being  awarded  the  first  prize  in  its  class. 
Mr.  Garrett  took  up  the  study  of  optics  under  Dr.  Landman  and  Dr.  Bone- 
will,  of  Toledo.  Ohio,  and  after  a  post-graduate  course  under  the  precep- 
torship  of  Dr.  Thompson,  was  graduated  from  the  South  Bend  College 


972  PENNSYLVANIA 

of  Optics  in  December,  1899.  He  practiced  his  profession  one  year  in 
Toledo,  Ohio,  and  in  1900  came  to  Rochester,  where  he  accepted  the  office 
of  manager  of  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass  Company,  with  whom  he  remained 
seven  years,  during  the  last  three  years  having  full  charge  of  the  lens  de- 
partment. In  1910  he  established  himself  in  the  optical  goods  business, 
with  which  he  has  since  that  time  been  identified.  He  owns  a  fine  residence 
at  the  corner  of  New  York  and  Washington  avenues.  He  is  independent 
in  his  political  opinions,  preferring  to  be  unhampered  by  partisan  ties.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Dr.  Garrett  mar- 
ried, in  1893,  Kate  Nelson,  born  in  Beaver  county,  a  daughter  of 
Michael  Former,  who  owned  and  operated  the  flour  mill  at  Independence. 
They  have  no  children  of  their  own,  but  have  adopted  and  are  bringing 
up  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Garrett's  sister  Elizabeth,  and  the  name  of  the 
child  is  Catherine  Elizabeth  Wren.  Dr.  Garrett  is  a  member  of  Rochester 
Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  and  of  Samuel  Kane  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


The    Champions    were    among    the    pioneer    settlers    of 
CHAMPION     Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  coming  to  that  region  when 
it    was    practically   a   wilderness,    and   bravely    enduring 
the  hardships  which  the  early  settlers  were  called  upon  to  encounter. 

(I)  Isaac  Champion,  the  first  of  whom  we  have  record  in  this  family, 
married  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  William  McGee,  who  came  from  Ireland  in 
1772  and  settled  in  Beaver  county.  His  wife  was  Sarah  Bradley,  widow 
of  Lieutenant  Bradley,  an  officer  of  the  revolutionary  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McGee  had  children :  Sarah,  mentioned  above ;  Hannah,  Catherine,  Nancy, 
and  an  unnamed  child. 

(II)  Joseph  H.,  son  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  (McGee)  Champion,  was  born 
in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1830.  He  was  in 
active  service  during  the  civil  war,  enlisting  in  1862  in  Company  I,  140th 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  Mr.  Champion  married,  February  23,  1869,  Elizabeth  S.  Davis, 
born  in  Beaver  county,  where  she  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools,  and  in  the  seminary  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Taylor,  and  where 
she  taught  school  several  years  prior  to  her  marriage.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  Alexander  Davis,  and  a  granddaughter  of  William  Davis.  William 
Davis  was  a  pioneer  of  Moon  township,  and  there  his  death  occurred.  He 
was  born  in  Wales,  and  married  Isabella  Scott,  born  in  Pennsylvania. 
They  had  children :  Henry,  James,  William,  Alexander,  see  forward ;  John, 
Margaret,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Eleanor,  Sarah.  Alexander  Etevis  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  in  1797,  and  died  in  1857.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he 
came  alone  to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  lived  at  Chartier's 
Creek.  After  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Hopewell  township,  Beaver 
county,  where  he  cleared  a  farm,  built  a  log  cabin,  and  later  replaced  this 
by  a  better  structure.     He  married,  in  Pittsburgh,  1819,  Elizabeth  Shafifer, 


BEAVER    COUNTY  973 

born  at  Hellertown,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1799,  died  in  1870. 
They  had  children:  Isabella,  died  in  infancy;  William,  deceased;  Isabella 
(second),  deceased;  Simeon,  deceased;  George,  deceased;  Alexander,  de- 
ceased ;  Elizabeth  S.,  married  Mr.  Champion ;  James  R. ;  Sarah  A.,  mar- 
ried Rev.  Carroll  Ghent,  a  fruit  grower,  with  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  in  Fresno  county,  California;  Henry  E.,  deceased;  Anna 
M.,  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Champion  have  had  children:  Harry  Ghent, 
died  unmarried,  aged  twenty-seven  years;  John  W.,  died  in  infancy;  Anna, 
married  Frederick  Miller,  of  Leota,  Clair  county,  Michigan,  and  has  chil- 
dren :  Joseph  and  Harry ;  Lesley  Davis,  see  forward. 

(Ill)  Lesley  Davis,  son  of  Joseph  H.  and  Elizabeth  S.  (Davis) 
Champion,  was  born  in  Woodlawn,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June 
30,  1881.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county. 
His  business  career  has  been  a  varied  one,  and  at  present  he  is  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Jones  &  Laughlin  Steel  Mills,  of  Woodlawn,  Pennsylvania. 
Politically  he  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  he  is  a  member  of  Russell  Lodge 
No.  1065,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Maccabees,  of  Coraopolis.  Mr.  Champion  married,  November  6,  1907, 
Anna,  a  daughter  of  John  Barto,  of  Aliquippa,  Pennsylvania.  They  have 
children:  Lesley  I.,  born  November  10,  1908;  John  A.,  July  30,  191 1. 


Edwin  E.  Gray,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Anibridge,  Pennsylvania, 
GRAY     is  a  member  of  a  family  long  resident  in  that  state,  and  was 

born  there  in  Beaver  county,  September  8,  1868,  a  son  of  Sam- 
uel B.  and  Carolin  (Thompson)  Gray.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our 
subject,  St.  Clair  Gray,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  New  Brighton, 
Pennsylvania,  and  died  at  Beaver  Falls  in  Beaver  county.  Samuel  B. 
Gray,  our  subject's  father,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  an  artist  and 
railroad  man,  and  was  killed  on  the  Lake  Erie  Railroad.  He  was  twice 
married,  (first)  to  Carolin  Thompson,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  as 
follows:  Edwin  E.,  our  subject;  Lewis  and  Charles.  He  married  (second') 
Carrie  Woodruff,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Elsie,  deceased,  and 
Marie. 

Edwin  E.  Gray  was  reared  in  New  Brighton  and  Beaver  Falls,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Beaver  Falls  parochial 
schools.  After  completing  his  studies  in  these  institutions,  he  found  ei--- 
ployment  in  the  year  1893,  as  a  clerk  for  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  at 
Beaver  Falls,  and  later  at  New  Brighton  as  an  extra  agent.  On  March  1. 
1903,  he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  first  freight,  ticket  and  express 
agent  at  Ambridge,  Pennsylvania,  and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
Mr.  Gray  is  a  Repubhcan  in  politics,  and  takes  a  vital  interest  in  public 
affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  Sewickley  Lodge  No.  630,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Beaver  Falls. 
Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Gray  was  married,  August  4.  1890.  to  Grace  Altsman,  of  Beaver 


974  PENNSYLVANIA 

Falls,  and  to  them  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows:  Edna,  born  in 
the  year  1891,  educated  in  the  schools  of  Beaver  Falls  and  the  Ambridge 
High  School,  and  a  graduate  from  the  West  Chester  State  Normal  School 
with  the  class  of  191 1,  now  a  teacher;  Robert,  born  1906,  and  now  a  student 
in  the  local  public  schools;  Virginia,  born  1908.  Mr.  Gray  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


Conrad  Best  was  born  at  Steinau,  Germany,  January  28,  1818, 
BEST     and  received  his  education  in  his  native  land.     He  emigrated  to 

the  United  States  in  early  manhood,  and  was  living  in  New 
York  City  for  a  time.  He  soon  removed  to  the  city  of  Buffalo,  and  from 
there  to  McKeesport,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he,  his  brother 
Adam,  and  his  brother-in-law  Nicholas  Rosenburg,  purchased  the  Neal 
Coal  Company,  and  conducted  this  very  successfully  for  some  time.  They 
then  sold  this  and,  taking  the  money  they  realized,  went  to  St.  Louis  by 
way  of  the  Ohio  river.  When  about  fifteen  miles  from  St.  Louis,  there  was 
an  accident,  and  they  lost  all  their  money.  Mr.  Best  then  went  to  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  bought  a  farm,  a  part  of  the  Shamm  tract, 
cleared  this  and  erected  a  log  cabin.  He  died  there  in  1888.  In  political 
matters  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  assisted  materially  in  building  the  brick  church  in 
New  Sewickley  township.  He  married  Margaret  Rosenburg,  born  in 
Steinau,  Germany,  May  i,  1820,  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1897.  They  had  children:  Conrad,  deceased;  Elizabeth,  deceased;  Cath- 
erine; Henry,  deceased;  Margaret;  Mary;  Annie,  died  in  infancy;  John 
H.,  of  further  mention ;  William,  deceased ;  and  Sophia. 

(II)  John  H.,  son  of  Conrad  and  Margaret  (Rosenburg)  Best,  was 
born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  20, 
1864.  He  was  reared  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  township.  From  an  early  age  he  commenced  to  assist  his 
father  in  the  labors  of  the  farm,  and  lived  on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty- 
eight  years  of  age.  He  learned  the  trade  of  molding,  and  came  to  New 
Brighton  in  1892.  His  career  and  occupations  have  been  varied,  and  are 
as  follows:  Machinist  in  Beaver  Falls;  mold  maker  in  Ellwood  City;  two 
years  as  mold  maker  in  New  Brighton  ;  some  time  in  Monaca ;  nine  years 
in  Pittsburgh  in  automobile  works ;  four  years  with  the  H.  C.  Fry  Glass 
Company  of  Rochester.  He  now  lives  at  No.  1168  Third  avenue.  New 
Brighton.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  political  matters,  and  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Knights  and  Ladies 
of  Honor,  and  with  the  Gather  Housier  Company,  and  the  Glass  Workers' 
Union.  Mr.  Best  married,  July  30,  1884,  Mary  L.  Strutt,  born  in  Butler 
county,  Pennsylvania,  March  24,  1867.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Freeland  and 
Sarah  (Householder)  Strutt,  he  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1835,  died  in  1908,  she  born  in  Beaver  county,  in  1840,  died  in  191 1.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Best  have  had  children:    Earl,  born  October  26,  1889;  Ora,  born 


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July  20,  1891;  Spence  John,  born  April  21,  1892,  died  in  infancy;  Spencer, 

born  February  24,  1895;  Lester  Edison,  born  in  April,  1898,  died  in  his 
fourth  year;  Marietta,  born  February  3,  1903. 


America  is  acknowledged  universally  to  be  the  great  gather- 
PULLION     ing  place   for  all  nationalities.     People  have  come  to  the 

United  States  from  all  classes — rich  and  poor — and  have 
adapted  themselves  to  the  customs  of  social  life  and  the  methods  of  trans- 
acting business  in  vogue  here  with  a  facility  and  thoroughness  which  is 
little  short  of  marvelous.  In  matters  of  this  kind  the  Italian  people  have 
evinced  an  aptitude  which  is  above  the  average.  Frank  Pullion,  a  well 
known  business  man  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  is 
an  excellent  instance  of  this  kind  of  adaptability. 

(I)  Peter  Pullion,  his  father,  was  born  in  Italy,  where  he  died  in  1867. 
He  married  Theresa  Grecco,  also  born  in  Italy,  and  now  living  there  at 
the  age  of  seventy  years,  and  they  had  children:  Sarah,  Naccrata  and 
Frank. 

(II)  Frank,  son  of  Peter  and  Theresa  (Grecco)  Pullion,  was  born 
in  Italy,  July  17,  1867.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
country,  and  at  an  early  age  was  obliged  to  seek  work  and  assist  in  the 
support  of  the  family.  After  some  years,  noticing  that  there  were  but  poor 
prospects  for  advancement  to  affluence  in  Italy,  he  determined  to  emigrate 
to  the  United  States,  and  in  1890  carried  this  resolution  into  effect.  He 
came  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  that  year,  found 
employment  as  a  laborer,  and  followed  this  occupation  until  1906.  Thrifty 
and  industrious,  he  amassed  a  considerable  capital,  and  in  1906  established 
himself  in  the  grocery  business,  and  has  been  successfully  identified  with  it 
since  that  time.  He  now  owns  his  own  store,  and  his  business  is  consistently 
and  steadily  increasing.  He  takes  no  active  part  in  the  political  matters  of 
the  town,  but  gives  his  staunch  support  to  the  Republican  party.  Mr. 
Pullion  married,  in  Italy,  in  1896,  Sarah  Pallegrano,  and  they  have  had 
children:  Peter,  born  in  1896;  Theresa,  1897;  Rose,  1900;  Ernest,  born 
1901,  died  1903;  Joseph,  born  1905;  James,  1906;  John,  1907;  Robert, 
1910;  Edith,  1912;  and  Ernest,  deceased. 

Mr.  Pullion  deserves  great  credit  for  the  business  and  social  standing 
he  has  attained,  as  he  is  in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word  a  self-made  man. 
He  came  to  this  country  without  any  capital,  and  was  both  willing  and 
anxious  to  take  up  any  employment  that  offered  itself  in  order  to  afford 
his  family  a  comfortable  existence.  By  dint  of  the  strictest  economy  he 
laid  the  foundation  of  his  fortune,  and  he  is  now  on  the  high  road  to  pros- 
perity. 


The  history  of  the  Mali  family  in  the  United  States  begins  with 

MALI     Henry  Mali,  the  emigrant,  who  was  born  in  Germany  and  there 

lived  until  he  attained  man's  estate.     The  name  is  an  old  one 


976  PENNSYLVANIA 

in  that  country,  frequently  mentioned  in  public  records,  Henry  Mali  beirig 
the  first  to  leave  the  Fatherland.  He  attended  school  in  Germany,  obtain- 
ing an  excellent  education  and  an  expert  knowledge  of  the  trade  he  after- 
ward made  his  life  work,  carriage  painting.  He  was  born  in  1831,  and  in 
1852  settled  in  Pittsburgh,  there  working  at  his  trade  until  the  beginning  of 
active  hostilities  between  the  north  and  the  south,  when  he  espoused  the 
northern  cause  and  enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  123d  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  Clark.  He  saw 
much  strenuous  action,  and  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  was  severely 
wounded.  He  did  not  return  to  Allegheny  county  after  the  declaration  of 
peace,  but  was  for  a  time  in  Washington  county,  then  in  Pittsburgh  for  a 
short  stay,  but  finally  came  to  Clarksville,  living  there  in  steady  occupa- 
tion at  his  business  until  his  death,  December  14,  1902.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  an  ardent  admirer  of  General  U.  S.  Grant,  but  in  later 
life  supported  the  Democratic  party.  He  married  Catherine  Croft,  born  in 
Germany,  in  1830,  her  parents  early  coming  to  this  country  and  settling  in 
Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  their  deaths  occurring  in  Allegheny  county,  same 
state.  Children  of  Henry  and  Catherine  (Croft)  Mali:  Robert,  deceased; 
Christian  W.,  of  whom  further;  Mary;  Alexander,  deceased;  Henry. 

(H)  Christian  W.,  son  of  Henry  and  Catherine  (Croft)  Mali,  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  9,  1854,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Allegheny  City  (Pittsburgh  North  Side), 
Pennsylvania,  early  in  life  learning  the  trade  of  his  father,  carriage  painting, 
under  the  paternal  instruction.  In  1883  he  came  to  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  there  establishing  with  a  partner  as  a  carriage  manu- 
facturer, trading  under  the  firm  name  of  Andre  &  Mali,  remaining  in  this 
business  until  1896,  when  they  sold  their  property  to  the  Grace  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  afterward  accepted  a  position  with  the  Dawes  & 
Myler  Company,  later  associating  with  the  concern  by  which  he  is  now 
employed,  the  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company  of  New  Brighton.  Since 
the  beginning  of  his  connection  with  this  company  he  has  steadily  been 
entrusted  with  new  and  more  responsible  duties,  and  at  the  present  time 
he  is  engaged  in  the  capacity  of  foreman  of  the  decorating  department, 
holding  the  pleased  confidence  of  his  employers.  Mr.  Mali  is  one  of  the 
foremost  citizens  of  New  Brighton,  is  a  Progressive  in  political  affiliation, 
and  for  the  past  three  years  has  been  president  of  the  borough  council. 
While  the  word  "progressive"  has  been  chosen  to  denote  the  political  party 
with  which  Mr.  Mali  is  in  sympathy,  it  also  most  fully  describes  his  personal 
attributes,  for  he  is  ever  on  the  alert  to  grasp  and  utilize  new  methods  and 
systems  in  his  business  and  in  the  borough  government,  and  has  a  mind  open 
and  receptive  in  regard  to  suggestions  for  improvement  in  any  line  with 
which  he  may  be  connected.  He  has  been  chairman  of  the  Progressive 
county  committee,  and  is  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  259,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.     Many  of  New  Brighton's  inhabitants  claim  him  as  their  friend, 


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all  admiring  his  capable  administrative  powers  and  his  energetic  enterprise, 
which  are  constantly  planning  for  new  and  better  things  for  his  town. 

Mr.  Mali  married,  May  12,  1879,  Mary,  born  in  Clarksville,  Mercer 
county,  Pennsylvania,  December  21,  1857,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Harpolissa 
(Hazen)  Fruyt,  both  born  in  Mercer  county,  he  on  May  25,  1831,  she  on 
September  22,  1833,  his  death  occurring  May  14,  hers  November  26,  1903, 
five  months  separating  their  dates  of  demise.  Seth  was  a  son  of  John 
Fruyt,  an  early  settler  of  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  married  Susan, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Clark,  in  whose  honor  Clarksville  was  named.  Seth 
Fruyt  journeyed  to  California  at  the  time  of  the  gold  discovery,  later  re- 
turning to  Mercer  county,  and  for  forty  years  was  postmaster  of  Qarks- 
ville,  being  a  Republican  in  politics.  His  wife,  Harpolissa,  was  a  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  Hazen,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Mercer  county,  who  died  near 
Clarksville,  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Egbert)  Hazen,  being  a  descendant  of  the 
English  family,  of  royal  blood.  Children  of  Seth  and  Harpolissa  (Hazen) 
Fruyt :  Mary,  of  previous  mention,  married  Christian  W.  Mali ;  Fannie, 
deceased;  Thomas,  deceased;  Elizabeth,  deceased.  Children  of  Christian 
W.  and  Mary  (Fruyt)  Mali:  i.  Franklin  Fruyt,  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  July  5,  1880;  was  educated  in  the  New  Brighton  public 
schools  and  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  graduating  from  the  mining  en- 
gineering department,  one  of  the  first  to  receive  a  degree  from  that  in- 
stitution. He  married  Anna  E.  Ross,  and  lives  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 2.  Harry  Egbert,  born  in  Darlington,  Pennsylvania,  April  24,  1883 ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton,  graduating  from  the 
high  school,  and  in  the  University  of  Pittsburgh;  he  was  graduated  from 
the  university  in  chemistry,  later  taking  a  post-graduate  course,  later  teach- 
ing chemistry  in  a  Chicago  college.  He  is  now  a  practitioner  in  osteopathy, 
in  the  same  city.  3.  Frances  Elizabeth  June,  born  June  9,  1897,  a  student 
in  the  New  Brighton  high  school. 


Ira  Hamilton  McPherson,  a  son  of  Reuben  Henderson 
McPHERSON     McPherson,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 

Pennsylvania,  December  31,  1877.  The  public  schools 
of  New  Brighton  furnished  him  with  an  excellent  education,  and  upon  its 
completion  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  tinplate  making.  With 
this  he  has  since  been  identified,  being  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years  in  the 
employ  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  located  at  New  Castle,  and 
three  and  a  half  years  with  Jones  &  Laughlin,  of  Woodlawn,  Beaver  county. 
His  arduous  work  leaves  him  but  little  time  to  devote  to  public  matters,  but 
he  takes  a  deep  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare  of  the  community, 
and  casts  his  vote  for  the  candidates  of  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a 
member  of  Protective  Home  Circle,  of  New  Castle,  and  he  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  Grace  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  McPherson  mar- 
ried, September  6,  1904,  Vida  Lloyd  Dobbs,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 


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and  they  have  had  children:    Emma  Margaret,  bom  December  28,  1905; 
George  Elder,  January  29,  1909. 

George  Dobbs,  paternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  McPherson,  was  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  employed  on  the  river  boats,  and  was  also  a  lumberman.  He 
was  a  local  preacher  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Jonathan  Fowler, 
son  of  George  Dobbs,  and  father  of  Mrs.  McPherson,  was  a  merchant  in 
New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  for  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  later 
resided  in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  now  deceased.  He  married  Emma  Lena 
Lloyd,  who  is  now  living  in  New  Brighton,  and  they  had  children :  Blanche, 
married  Frederick  Woodling,  of  New  Brighton;  Charles,  died  at  the  age 
of  four  years;  Vida  Lloyd,  mentioned  above  as  the  wife  of  Mr.  McPher- 
son. Henry  Lloyd,  maternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  McPherson,  was  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  man  of  influence  among  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  that  section  of  the  country,  his  father  being  included  in  this 
number.    He  married  Nancy  A.  Dunlap. 


This  recital  of  the  history  of  the  Dunn  family,  established  in 
DUNN  Beaver  from  Blair  county,  has  in  the  two  latter  generations  a 
story  that  illustrates  well  the  trend  of  modern  development.  In 
a  race  which  has  successfully  thrown  off  the  dominion  of  a  tyrant  and  has 
risen  to  a  position  of  eminence  among  the  leading  countries  of  the  world 
in  all  branches  of  human  thought  and  activity,  it  would  be  but  natural  for 
the  people  thereof  to  rest  secure  in  the  strength  they  have  shown  and  to 
take  their  ease  upon  the  laurels  already  won,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  their 
toil.  But  from  the  examples  of  history,  the  lives  of  nations,  comes  the 
warning  that  the  careless  ease  of  a  golden  age  is  the  forerunner  of  a  period 
of  decadence,  and  in  the  United  States,  great  as  have  been  the  strides  in 
scientific,  scholastic,  and  industrial  lines,  the  physical  welfare  and  bodily 
strength  of  the  mass  of  people  have  not  been  overlooked,  and  in  this  country 
is  bred  none,  who,  if  he  take  advantage  of  his  opportunity,  grows  to  maturity 
a  weakling,  mentally  or  physically.  It  is  in  the  latter  work  that  Allen  B. 
Dunn  has  been  conspicuous,  as  was  his  father. 

The  Dunn  family  was  represented  in  two  of  the  earlier  wars  of  our 
country,  William  George  Dunn,  who  died  in  Hollidaysburg,  Blair  county, 
Pennsylvania,  having  been  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  one  of  the  band 
who  constructed  Commodore  Perry's  fleet  in  Presque  Bay;  while  his  father 
fought  under  Generals  Anthony  Wayne  and  Israel  Putnam  in  the  war  for 
independence.  William  George  Dunn  at  his  death  had  attained  the  wonder- 
ful age  of  ninety-seven  years. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  William  George  Dunn,  was  born  at  Hollidaysburg, 
Blair  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  4,  1858,  and  as  a  young  man  entered 
the  ranks  of  professional  athletes,  traveling  for  several  years  and  engaging 
as  instructor,  gaining  a  reputation  of  considerable  breadth.  Abandoning 
this  line  of  work  he  became  a  sheet  steel  heater,  and  in  1906  moved  to 
Ambridge,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  has  since  been  identified 


BEAVER   COUNTY  979 

with  the  American  Bridge  Company.  He  married,  in  1880,  Sarah  Ann, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Davis.  Her  parents  were  married  at  Tulford, 
Wales,  and  had  children,  among  whom  were:  i.  Sarah  Ann,  of  previous 
mention,  married  Thomas  Dunn.  2.  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Wil- 
liam, owner  of  the  Wayne  Foundry,  of  Pittsburgh.  He  at  one  time  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  puddler,  was  later  a  barber,  and  afterward  a  trac- 
tion company  employee  in  the  capacity  of  motorman.  He  then  entered  the 
foundry  of  H.  K.  Porter,  becoming  first  superintendent  of  the  core-making 
department,  and  later  assistant  superintendent  of  the  entire  plant.  He 
resigned  the  latter  position  to  establish  in  independent  business.  4.  Martha, 
died  in  infancy.  5.  David,  of  Sharon,  Pennsylvania.  Seven  other  children 
died  in  infancy.  After  the  death  of  John  Davis,  his  widow  married  a  second 
time,  her  husband  being  Thomas  G.  Davis,  not  a  relative  of  her  first  hus- 
band. He  was  born  at  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  in  1833,  son  of  Enoch  and 
Annie  Davis,  both  of  whom  spent  their  lives  in  the  home  land.  Thomas  G. 
Davis  came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1862,  and  there  worked  at  the  puddler's  trade, 
later  moving  to  Sharon,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  March  10,  1908. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Ann  (Davis)  Dunn:  William,  deceased; 
Arthur,  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Etna,  Pennsylvania,  an  athlete, 
died  aged  twenty-two  years;  Allen  B.,  of  whom  further;  Thomas  J.,  a 
resident  of  Ambridge,  Pennsylvania,  married  Bertha  Fluckinger,  for  several 
years  assistant  postmaster  at  Ambridge. 

(HI)  Allen  B.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Aim  (Davis)  Dunn,  was 
born  at  Hollidaysburg,  Blair  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  23,  1884, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Etna,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, later  taking  up  physical  education  in  the  University  of  Chicago  and 
in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Training  Institute.  His  first 
position  as  physical  instructor  was  in  Westminster  College,  where  he  re- 
mained one  year,  after  which  he  spent  one  year  in  the  Sharon  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  then  after  two  years  in  York,  Pennsylvania,  he  ac- 
cepted the  professorship  of  physical  education  in  Susquehanna  University, 
where  he  is  at  present  located.  Professor  Dunn  has  achieved  a  position  in 
the  college  life  that  lends  to  his  work  the  greatest  measure  of  efficiency, 
for  he  has  many  firm  friends  and  sincere  admirers  among  the  students,  his 
course  being  a  popular  one.  He  adheres  to  the  teachings  of  no  one  school 
or  system,  but  has  combined  the  best  of  all  with  some  original  ideas  that 
have  produced  a  method  valuable  for  its  thoroughness  in  uniformly  de- 
veloping those  following  it.  He  married.  January  2,  1910,  Clara  Croker, 
of  Canonsburg,  Pennsylvania. 


"A  truly  great  life,"  says  Webster,  "when  Heaven 
SHALLENBERGER     vouchsafes  so  rare  a  gift,    is    not    a    temporary 
flame,  burning  bright  for  a  while  and  then  expir- 
ing, giving  place  to  returning  darkness.    It  is  rather  a  spark  of  fervent  heat 
as  well  as  radiant  light,  with  power  to  enkindle  the  common  mass  of  human 


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mind ;  so  that  when  it  glimmers  in  its  own  decay,  and  finally  goes  out  in 
death,  no  night  follows,  but  it  leaves  the  world  all  light,  all  on  fire,  from 
the  potent  contact  of  its  own  spirit." 

Oliver  Blackburn  Shallenberger,  whose  demise  occurred  January  23, 
1898,  was  a  man  of  unusual  prominence  in  the  field  of  electricity,  in  which 
he  gained  distinctive  prestige  as  an  inventive  genius.  Although  a  resident 
of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  at  the  time  when  death  called  him,  Mr. 
Shallenberger  was  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
passed  most  of  his  lifetime  and  where  his  remains  are  interred. 

At  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  May  7,  i860,  occurred  the  birth  of  Oliver 
B.  Shallenberger,  who  was  a  son  of  Aaron  T.  and  Mary  (Bonbright)  Shal- 
lenberger, the  former  of  whom  was  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and  sur- 
geons in  western  Pennsylvania  prior  to  his  demise,  in  1902,  and  the  latter 
of  whom  is  now  a  resident  of  Rochester.  Dr.  A.  T.  Shallenberger  was  a 
brother  of  Hon.  W.  S.  Shallenberger,  formerly  a  member  of  Congress 
and  later  second  assistant  postmaster  general.  On  the  maternal  side  the 
subject  of  this  review  is  descended  from  the  distinguished  Bonbright  family 
of  Youngstown,  Pennsylvania. 

To  the  public  schools  of  Rochester  and  to  Beaver  College  Oliver  B. 
Shallenberger  was  indebted  for  his  preliminary  educational  training,  which 
discipline  was  later  supplemented  by  a  course  of  study  in  the  Naval  Academy 
at  Annapolis,  which  he  entered  as  cadet  engineer  in  1877.  Out  of  the  one 
hundred  and  twenty-six  candidates  examined  for  admittance  to  the  Naval 
Academy  in  that  year  but  twenty-five  were  admitted,  and  Mr.  Shallenberger 
entered  at  the  head  of  his  class.  He  maintained  first  place  in  his  studies 
throughout  the  first  year,  but  the  work  of  his  second  and  third  years  was 
seriously  interfered  with  by  an  accident  resulting  in  a  dislocated  arm  and  a 
broken  wrist  and  by  impaired  eyesight  which  forced  him  to  abandon 
night  study.  Nevertheless  he  held  third  place  at  the  time  of  his  graduation. 
During  the  entire  period  of  his  course  at  Annapolis,  Mr.  Shallenberger  de- 
voted considerable  attention  to  electricity  and  original  experimental  in- 
vestigations, and  after  graduating  he  took  the  customary  two-years'  cruise 
upon  a  government  vessel.  He  was  assigned  to  the  United  States  flag-ship 
"Lancaster,"  and  most  of  his  time  was  spent  in  the  Mediterranean,  where  he 
witnessed  the  bombardment  of  Alexandria.  Among  his  contemporaries 
at  the  Naval  Academy  may  be  mentioned  Frank  J.  Sprague,  Dr.  Louis 
Duncan,  W.  F.  C.  Hasson,  Gilbert  Wilkes  and  others,  whose  names  are 
promment  among  electricians. 

In  1883  Mr.  Shallenberger  returned  to  the  United  States  and  in  the 
following  year  resigned  from  the  naval  service  in  order  to  devote  his  entire 
attention  to  the  science  of  electricity.  His  first  position  was  with  the  Union 
Switch  and  Signal  Company,  at  Pittsburgh,  in  the  electric  light  department, 
of  which  concern  he  became  a  prominent  factor.  This  company  was  then 
under  the  management  of  Mr.  George  Westinghouse,  and  in  the  ensuing 
summer  and  fall  Mr.  Shallenberger  was  selected  to  take  charge  of  the  experi- 


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ments  made  with  the  Gaulard  and  Gibbs  alternating  current  apparatus  which 
had  just  been  imported  from  Europe.  During  this  period  he  was  associated 
with  WiUiam  Stanley  and  Reginald  Belfield  in  the  commercial  development 
of  the  alternating  current  system.  The  result  of  these  investigations  was 
the  organization  of  the  Westinghouse  Electric  Company,  of  which  Mr. 
Shallenberger  was  appointed  chief  electrician,  which  position  he  later  re- 
tained in  the  Westinghouse  Electric  and  Manufacturing  Company.  He 
was  elected  an  associate  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers  on  September  7,  1888,  and  was  transferred  to  membership  De- 
cember 4,  1888.  In  1889  he  went  abroad  and  spent  a  great  deal  of  time  in 
visiting  the  central  stations  in  many  of  the  larger  European  cities.  Two 
years  later,  however,  failing  health  compelled  him  to  resign  his  position  as 
chief  electrician,  but  the  Westinghouse  Company,  unwilling  to  part  with  his 
services,  retained  him  as  consulting  electrician.  The  succeeding  winters 
were  spent  in  Colorado,  but  during  the  summer  months  he  resided  in 
Rochester,  where  he  continued  his  experiments  in  a  well  equipped  labora- 
tory near  his  home.  In  1897  Mr.  Shallenberger  organized  the  Colorado 
Electric  Power  Company,  of  which  prominent  organization  he  was  presi- 
dent at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  settled  permanently  in  Colorado  Springs 
in  October,  1897,  ^"d  his  death  occurred  January  23,  1898. 

In  regard  to  Mr.  Shallenberger's  many  inventions  and  contributions  to 
the  advancement  of  the  electrical  art  the  following  paragraph,  taken  from 
"A  Memorial,"  written  by  Charles  A.  Terry,  and  published  in  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers  in  1898,  is  here  in- 
serted : 

"He  invented  tlie  street-lighting  system  in  which  each  of  a  series  of  in- 
candescent lamps  is  shunted  by  a  reactive  coil  having  its  winding  so  proportioned 
to  the  mass  of  iron  in  its  core  that  upon  the  interruption  of  the  current  through 
any  lamp,  a  normal  current  is  allowed  to  flow  through  the  corresponding  coil 
to  the  remaining  lamps  by  reason  of  the  consequent  high  magnetic  saturation 
of  its  core.  The  construction  of  converters  with  primary  and  secondary  coils 
separately  wound  and  insulated  was  originated  by  him.  He  also  was  the  first, 
in  this  country  at  least,  to  connect  alternating  current  generators  in  parallel 
circuit,  and  he  devised  ingenious  methods  and  apparatus  for  that  purpose.  The 
compensating  indicators  for  showing  at  the  central  station  the  condition  of  the 
consumption  circuit  were  worked  out  by  him.  His  latest  work  was  in  pro- 
ducing a  series  of  alternating  current  recording  and  indicating  wattmeters  for 
accurately  measuring  the  energy  consumed  upon  inductive  as  well  as  non-in- 
ductive circuits,  and  compensating  for  variations  in  temperature  and  rates  of 
alternation.  But  of  all  his  inventions,  the  development  of  the  current  meter 
bearing  his  name  is  surrounded  with  the  greatest  interest,  not  alone  because  of 
its  intrinsic  value  and  importance,  but  because  it  illustrates  the  character  and 
mental  aptitude  of  the  man.  He  was  original  in  his  conceptions,  comprehensive 
in  his  grasp  of  ideas,  conscientiously  thorough  in  developing  them,  accurate  in 
his  conclusions,  and  complete  in  his  final  expression;  these  characteristics  were 
abundantly  evident  in  his  development  of  the  meter.  While  testing  an  experi- 
mental arc  lamp  upon  an  alternating  current  circuit,  his  attention  was  attracted 
by  the  rotation  of  a  small  spiral  spring,  which,  dislodged  from  its  position  in 
the  lamp,  had  fallen  upon  the  brass  head  of  the  magnet-spool  adjacent  to  a 
projecting  core  of  iron  wires.  The  motion  was  so  slow  as  to  be  scarcely  per- 
ceptible, but  it  did  not  escape  his  quick  observation.  He  realized  at  once  that 
he  was  in  the  presence  of  a  new  phenomenon.  All  his  energies  were  immediately 
devoted  to  ascertaining  the  cause.  Experiment  followed  experiment  in  rapid 
succession.  Before  he  left  the  laboratory  that  night  he  developed  from  this 
accidental    suggestion    the    complete    conception    of    the    alternating    current    meter. 


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an  object  for  which  he,  as  well  as  many  others,  had  for  many  months  sought  in 
vain.  He  pursued  his  further  experiments  with  such  zeal  and  good  judgment 
that  within  a  month  he  had  produced  a  complete  working  meter,  in  essentially 
the  same  form  that  it  is  now  manufactured  after  nearly  ten  years  of  extended 
use." 

Following  is  a  letter  written  by  Nikola  Tesla,  a  fellow  electrician,  a 
short  time  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Shallenberger.  It  is  one  chosen  from 
many  that  were  written  to  express  regret  that  so  great  a  man  should  be 
called  from  his  life  work  in  the  early  prime  of  his  manhood,  just  when  he 
was  beginning  to  achieve  such  marvelous  success  in  his  inventions  and  dis- 
coveries. This  letter  was  sent  to  Charles  A.  Terry  for  publication  in  the 
article  previously  mentioned: 

"I  am  glad  that  your  letter  gives  me  an  opportunity  to  express  how  deeply  I 
have  regretted  the  death  of  Shallenberger.  The  electro-technical  profession  has 
lost  in  him  one  of  its  most  gifted  members.  Many  a  bright  idea  is  recorded  in 
his  numerous  patents,  and  much  of  his  work  is  embodied  in  the  splendid  machinery 
which,  during  a  number  of  years,  he  has  helped  to  develop.  Although  stricken 
down  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  leaves  a  brilliant  record  in  the  profession. 

"Shallenberger  has  also  made  a  record  as  an  original  discoverer;  for,  although 
at  a  later  date,  he  independently  observed  some  rotations  in  a  magnetic  field, 
his  merit  is  all  the  greater,  as  he  did  not  stop  at  a  laboratory  experiment,  but 
quickly  applied  the  principle  practically  and  produced  his  beautiful  measuring 
instruments. 

"Shall  we  content  ourselves  to  merely  mention  the  name  of  a  man  who  has 
done  so  much?  I  will  not  presume  to  make  a  suggestion  in  imy  capacity  as  one 
of  his  co-workers,  but  Shallenberger  was  a  friend  whom  I  have  liked  and 
esteemed  highly,  and  particularly  in  this  quality  I  would  feel  very  gratified  to 
see  his  name  more  fitly  commemorated." 

November  27,  1889,  Mr.  Shallenberger  married  Miss  Mary  Woolslair, 
who  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  and  reared  in  Beaver  county,  and  who  is  a 
daughter  of  the  late  John  and  Caroline  F.  (Schreiner)  Woolslair.  Two 
children  were  born  to  this  union — John  W.,  a  graduate  of  Yale  University 
in  the  class  of  1912 ;  and  Gertrude.  During  his  lifetime  Mr.  Shallenberger 
was  a  devout  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  his  family  are  likewise 
members  of  that  denomination.  Mrs.  Shallenberger  survives  her  honored 
husband  and  maintains  her  home  at  Beaver. 

In  connection  with  his  life  work,  Mr.  Shallenberger  was  recognized  as 
an  authority  on  everything  pertaining  to  electricity  and  its  development 
throughout  the  world.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  Rochester 
Electric  Company,  and  was  financially  interested  in  a  number  of  important 
business  enterprises.  Mr.  Shallenberger  was  a  man  of  great  kindliness  of 
spirit  and  charitable  impulses,  but  there  was  a  modesty  and  lack  of  all 
ostentation  in  his  work  as  a  benefactor.  His  entire  life  was  characterized 
by  upright,  honorable  principles,  and  his  deep  human  sympathy  and  gen- 
erous nature  make  his  memory  an  enduring  monument  more  ineffaceable 
than  polished  marble  or  burnished  bronze.  "To  live  in  the  hearts  we  leave 
behind,  is  not  to  die." 


The  annals   of   Pennsylvania  abound   in   accounts   of  the  early 

TODD     pioneers  who  settled  the  state.     The  early  settlers  appear  to 

have  possessed  all  the  requisites  necessary  to  the  conquest  of 

the  wilderness  and  the  founding  of  a  great  nation.     The  history  of  this 


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state  without  an  account  of  the  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  would  be  very  in- 
complete. They  came  before  much  of  the  state  had  been  improved,  and 
contributed  largely  to  its  growth  and  prosperity.  They  were  industrious 
toilers,  honest  citizens,  and  when  it  became  necessary,  hard  and  brave 
fighters.     To  this  class  of  hardy  pioneers  belongs  the  family  of  Todd. 

(I)  James  Todd,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  Todd 
family,  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1760,  and  died  on  the  homestead  he  had 
founded  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  14,  1846. 
He  came  to  America  in  1788,  and  in  the  same  year  located  in  Moon  town- 
ship, on  a  large  tract  of  land.  He  cleared  a  portion  of  this,  erected  a  sub- 
stantial log  cabin,  and  cultivated  a  considerable  portion.  He  married, 
April  10,  1788,  Katie  Forbes,  who  had  come  to  America  on  the  same  vessel 
as  he  did.  She  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1765,  and  died  on  the  Todd  home- 
stead in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1843.  They  had  children: 
George,  born  December  28,  1788;  Susan,  1791 ;  Jeanette,  January  i,  1793; 
James,  April  22,  1796;  William,  of  further  mention;  Thomas,  May  29, 
1801 ;  John.  1806. 

(II)  William  Todd,  son  of  James  and  Katie  (Forbes)  Todd,  was 
born  on  the  Todd  homestead,  October  16,  1798.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  district  school,  and  remained  on  the  home  farm  until  1816.  In  that 
year  he  removed  to  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  on  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty  acres,  which  he  cleared.  About  1820  he 
erected  the  dwelling  house  which  is  still  in  excellent  condition,  and  is  now 
occupied  by  his  son  John,  and  there  he  died.  In  addition  to  general  farm- 
ing he  was  largely  engaged  in  sheep  raising,  in  which  he  was  very  success- 
ful. He  married  Jane  McCune,  born  in  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  William 
McCune,  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  in  1764,  died  at  Raccoon  creek, 
Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1848.  He  was  nine- 
teen years  of  age  when  he  emigrated  to  America,  and  had  the  intention  of 
returning  to  his  native  land  after  some  years  in  this  country,  an  intention 
he  never  carried  out.  For  a  time  he  lived  in  Philadelphia,  then  in  Cumber- 
land Valley,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Allegheny  county  after  his  mar- 
riage, to  Monongahela.  In  1794  he  removed  to  St.  Clair  township,  locating 
on  a  farm,  then  removed  to  a  farm  near  Steubenville  Pike,  at  Cross  creek. 
Finally  he  settled  in  Hopewell  township,  Raccoon  creek,  in  1808,  and  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life  there.  He  married  in  the  Cumberland  Valley, 
Nancy  Lewis,  who  had  come  to  that  section  with  her  parents,  and  who  died 
on  the  McCune  homestead  in  Beaver  county  in  1842.  William  and  Jane 
(McCune)  Todd  had  children:  Nancy,  bom  April  28,  1825,  died  October 
23,  1908 ;  Kate,  1826,  died  January  10,  1881 ;  John,  of  further  mention ; 
James,  1835,  died  in  1859;  Maggie,  October,  1838,  died  March  26,  1861 ; 
William  M.,  of  further  mention;  Thomas,  October  11,  1844,  died  April  8, 
1900. 

(Ill)   John  Todd,  son  of  William  and  Jane   (McCune)    Todd,  was 
born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  18,  1833, 


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died  April  15,  1898.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  near  his  home, 
and  was  all  his  life  engaged  in  farming,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
combined  sheep  raising  with  this  occupation.  About  the  year  1869  he 
removed  to  New  Sheffield,  Beaver  county,  where  he  had  a  farm  of  seventy- 
three  acres,  on  which  he  spent  his  remaining  years.  He  also  owned  another 
farm  of  about  eighty-eight  acres  in  Green  Garden.  While  in  active  service 
during  the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of  Company  B,  One  Hundred  and 
Fortieth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Mr.  Todd  was  caught 
between  two  wagons,  crushed  and  severely  injured.  He  was  a  member  of 
Raccoon  United  Presbyterian  Church,  all  the  members  of  the  Todd  and 
allied  families  being  members  of  this  denomination.  He  married,  in  1872, 
Mary  B.,  born  in  Moon  township,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Kronk) 
Irwin,  the  former  born  in  Moon  township,  the  latter  probably  also  born 
there.  The  maternal  grandparents  of  Mrs.  Todd  were  Joseph  and  Mary 
Ann  Kronk,  for  many  years  residents  of  Raccoon  township.  The  paternal 
grandparents  of  Mrs.  Todd  were  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Baker)  Irwin,  both 
early  residents  of  Moon  township.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Todd  were  the  parents 
of  children:    William  W.,  John  and  Margaret. 

(Ill)  William  M.  Todd,  son  of  William  and  Jane  (McCune)  Todd, 
was  bom  where  he  now  lives  in  Hopewell  township,  February  3,  1841.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Sheffield,  Beaver  county,  and 
has  always  been  identified  with  agricultural  pursuits.     He  married,  July 

11,  1883,  Sarah  Adelaide  Searight,  born  in  1853.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
David  and  Isabel  (Harvey)  Searight,  the  former  born  at  Service,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1827,  the  latter  on  the  family  homestead  at  Green  Garden,  January 

12,  1822;  granddaughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Searight,  he  bom 
in  Hanover  township,  in  May,  1788,  she  born  in  Hanover  township,  1792; 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Archibald  Harvey.  All  the  grandparents  were 
pioneer  settlers  of  the  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Todd  have  one  child :  Walter 
David,  born  December  3,  1885. 


The  Irons  family  here  under  discussion  came  to  America  di- 
IRONS     rectly  from  Ireland,  but  there  are  grounds  for  believing  that 
they   were  originally   settled   in   England,   from  whence   they 
migrated  to  Ireland. 

(I)  William  Irons,  the  first  of  whom  we  have  record,  was  born  in 
Ireland,  and  emigrated  to  America  prior  to  1800. 

(II)  Solomon  Irons,  son  of  William  Irons,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  and  located  on  a  farm  at  Monaca, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  three  hundred 
acres  of  land.  It  was  there  his  death  occurred.  He  married  Rachel  Dick- 
son, who  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(III)  William  W.  Irons,  son  of  Solomon  and  Rachel  (Dickson)  Irons, 
was  born  at  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  educated  in 
the  old  schoolhouse  situated  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  resided  there  until 


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his  death.  In  1857  he  erected  the  present  fine  dwelhng  house,  but  he 
continued  to  reside  in  the  old  home  which  had  been  built  by  his  father, 
until  1859.  He  joined  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  in  his  early  youth, 
and  held  the  office  of  elder  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  being  still  in  office 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  1891.  The  church  of  this  denomination  at  Monaca 
was  organized  in  1817,  and  Mr.  Irons  assisted  generously  in  the  erection 
of  the  modern  structure.  Mr.  Irons  married  Sarah,  born  at  Harpers 
Mills,  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in  1904,  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Hay)  Harper,  born  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  lived  on  Travers  Creek.  The  Harper,  Hay  and  Dickson 
families  are  of  Scotch  origin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irons  had  children:  Sarah; 
John  D.,  was  sheriff  of  Beaver  county  in  1885 ;  James ;  Davison  W.,  a 
preacher  at  Coraopolis,  Pennsylvania;  Martha,  died  in  1902;  Harper  S., 
see  forward ;  Joseph,  deputy  United  States  marshal  since  the  administration 
of  Harrison. 

(IV)  Harper  S.  Irons,  son  of  William  W.  and  Sarah  (Harper)  Irons, 
was  born  on  the  homestead  farm,  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  21,  i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  Mount  Vernon  public 
school  in  Hopewell  township,  from  which  he  was  graduated.  He  has  always 
resided  there  and  has  been  engaged  in  general  and  dairy  farming  in  a  very 
successful  manner.  His  farm  consists  of  seventy-five  acres,  part  of  which 
is  devoted  to  pasturage,  a  part  to  fruit  growing  and  the  remainder  to  gen- 
eral products.  He  is  a  man  of  much  executive  ability  and  has  been  called 
upon  to  fill  several  public  offices  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  directors,  about  eight  years 
as  supervisor;  and  has  just  been  appointed  foreman  of  Routes  Nos.  76  and 
115,  of  the  new  State  Road  in  that  section  of  the  country.  He  votes  with 
the  Republican  party,  and  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 


The  Davidson  family,  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
DAVIDSON  has  been  identified  with  the  agricultuial  and  other  in- 
terests of  that  section  of  the  state  for  a  number  of  gen- 
erations. The  first  member  of  the  family  to  settle  in  this  district  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  in  this  line,  who  came  to  Allegheny  county  at  first.  He 
made  his  way  to  western  Pennsylvania  by  wagon,  the  only  mode  of  travel- 
ing long  distances  then  known.    Subsequently  he  removed  to  Beaver  county. 

(II)  Ebenezer  Davidson  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Beaver  county 
and  was  engaged  in  farming  during  all  the  active  years  of  his  life.  He 
married  Mary  Hamilton. 

(III)  William  H.  Davidson,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Hamilton) 
Davidson,  was  born  in  Hopewell  township.  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
March  i,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  township  schools,  and  with  the 
exception  of  the  time  he  spent  on  the  river  working  on  a  boat  as  a  young 
man  he  was  always  a  farmer.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm  of  eighty 
acres,  on  which  he  is  now  living  in  retirement.     He  and  his  family  are 


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members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  political  matters  he  is  a 
Democrat.  Mr.  Davidson  married  Amanda  Baker,  who  died  in  March, 
1912,  daughter  of  Daniel  Baker,  also  a  pioneer  settler  of  the  county.  They 
have  had  children:  Jennie,  who  died  in  infancy;  John  A.;  J.  B.,  deceased; 
A.  S.,  see  forward ;  Hattie ;  Sharp ;  Ida ;  Josephine,  deceased ;  E.  D. ;  Luella ; 
Ross. 

(IV)  A.  S.  Davidson,  son  of  William  H.  and  Amanda  (Baker)  David- 
son, was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  township,  attending 
them  part  time,  and  spending  the  remainder  of  his  time  in  assisting  his 
father  in  the  farm  work.  Later  he  became  extensively  engaged  in  the  oil 
industry,  in  which  he  was  successful,  but  returned  to  agricultural  pursuits 
in  1905.  He  and  his  brother,  E.  D.,  have  a  fine  farm  adjoining  that  of 
their  father,  purchasing  this  about  1908,  and  they  make  a  specialty  of  fruit 
growing. 


The  name  of  Laughlin  is  one  which  occurred  frequently 
LAUGHLIN     in  the  annals  of  Scotland  and  also  in  Ireland,  thence  the 

representatives  of  the  family  migrated  and  are  of  record 
in  county  Down.  A  branch  of  the  family  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1819  and  settled  in  Western  Pennsylvania.  Another  of  the  same  branch 
came  in  1829,  settled  in  Pittsburgh,  and  founded  the  Laughlin  family  noted 
as  iron  masters.  The  original  form  of  the  name  in  Scotland  was  Mac- 
Kaughlin,  it  being  a  part  of  the  Clan  Owen,  in  Ireland  it  became  changed 
to  McLaughlin,  and  in  this  country  has  been  shortened  in  many  instances 
to  Laughlin.  The  branch  under  consideration  in  this  article  has  had  an 
unusually  interesting  history. 

(I)  Robert  Laughlin,  a  native  of  Ireland,  was  taken  captive  in  his 
youth  by  unscrupulous  people,  brought  to  America,  and  sold  into  service, 
as  was  no  unusual  custom  in  those  early  days.  He  worked  out  his  period  of 
service  in  Philadelphia,  and  after  his  marriage  removed  to  Greene  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  with  which  section  the  name  has  since 
been  identified.  He  was  among  the  very  earliest  settlers  who  took  up 
government  land  in  that  region  and  was  given  a  large  tract  of  land.  A 
portion  of  this  land  he  cleared,  erected  a  log  cabin,  and  lived  the  remainder 
of  his  life  in  what  was  practically  a  wilderness  at  that  time.  This  land  is 
still  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not  on 
record  but  it  is  known  that  she  endured  the  same  experiences  as  her  hus- 
band, and  also  worked  out  her  period  of  service  in  Philadelphia. 

(II)  Benjamin  Laughlin,  son  of  Robert  Laughlin,  was  born  in  Greene 
township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  earlier  years  were  spent, 
and  where  he  was  a  farmer.  In  1855  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Dade 
county,  Missouri,  and  remained  until  1863,  when  he  returned  to  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  the  War  of  1812,  and 
was  a  staunch  Whig.  His  death  occurred  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
three  years.    He  married  Elizabeth  (Blackamore)  Mackell,  a  widow.    Chil- 


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dren:  Thomas,  of  first  marriage;  Fitzsimmons,  see  forward;  Robert,  a 
member  of  Company  H,  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  Regiment  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Infantry,  during  the  Civil  War. 

(Ill)  Fitzsimmons,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ehzabeth  (Blackamore- 
Mackell)  Laughlin,  was  born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, May  4,  1837.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  county  and  in  those  of  Missouri,  and  also  in  an  academy.  Dur- 
ing the  days  of  his  boyhood  and  early  youth  he  assisted  his  father  in  the 
labors  of  the  farm,  and  during  the  50's  he  filled  various  positions  on  boats 
plying  to  New  Orleans.  Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  he  answered 
the  first  call  to  arms  of  three  months'  men,  enlisting  under  Colonel  Kelly 
in  Company  I,  First  Regiment  West  Virginia  Infantry.  At  the  termina- 
tion of  his  three  months'  service  he  re-enlisted,  this  time  in  Company  H, 
Fifth  Heavy  Artillery,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  never  wounded.  Upon  the 
conclusion  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  father's  farm  in  Greene  town- 
ship, where  he  was  actively  engaged  in  farming  until  he  retired.  An  oil 
well  was  drilled  on  this  property,  and  this  has  proved  itself  very  profitable. 
Mr.  Laughlin  has  for  many  years  been  actively  identified  with  all  matters 
of  a  public  nature  in  the  section  in  which  he  has  resided,  being  a  strong 
Republican,  and  a  personal  friend  of  Senator  Quay.  He  has  been  honored 
with  all  the  public  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  township,  having  served  as 
school  director  for  a  period  of  nine  years.  He  and  his  family  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church ;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  has  represented  his  lodge  at  Reading. 

Mr.  Laughlin  married.  March  4,  1862,  Ella  Christie,  who  died  in 
August,  1904.  They  had  children :  Alda  M.,  Robert  Grant,  Adele,  Charles, 
Esther  and  James. 


The  name  of  Campbell  is  so  closely  identified  with  the 
CAMPBELL     history  of  Scotland  that  it  is  a  foregone  conclusion  that 

all  the  Campbells  now  resident  in  the  United  States  trace 
their  origin  to  the  land  of  the  thistle.  The  Campbell  family  of  this  review 
is  no  exception  to  this  rule.  The  emigrant  ancestor  came  from  Scotland  and 
settled  in  Hancock  county,  now  West  Virginia.  He  was  an  extensive  land 
owner  there,  having  in  his  possession  about  one  thousand  acres.  For  many 
generations  all  of  the  Campbells  have  been  Presbyterians. 

(II)  Robert  Campbell,  son  of  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
what  is  now  Hancock  county,  West  Virginia,  and  his  entire  life  was  spent 
in  that  county.  He  was  educated  in  the  subscription  schools  of  that  period, 
and  became  a  farmer,  owning  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  fifteen  acres. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  political  afTairs  of  his  day,  supporting  the 
Whig  party  until  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party,  when  he  joined 
the  ranks  of  the  latter.  He  married  Ellen  Young,  who  was  born  in  Ireland, 
and  came  to  this  country  as  a  child  with  her  parents,  who  located  in  Han- 
cock county,  now  West  Virginia.    Her  father,  Andrew  Young,  owned  about 


988  PENNSYLVANIA 

two  hundred  acres  of  land,  which  he  cleared  and  cultivated  for  farming 
purposes.  He  and  his  wife  were  Episcopalians,  and  she  survived  her  hus- 
band many  years.  Robert  and  Ellen  (Young)  Campbell  had  children: 
Eliza  Jane,  John,  Margaret  Ann,  William,  Melissa,  James  Young,  see  for- 
ward; Robert  Elliott. 

(Ill)  James  Young  Campbell,  son  of  Robert  and  Ellen  (Young) 
Campbell,  was  born  within  three  miles  of  New  Cumberland,  tlancock 
county,  now  West  Virginia,  November  4,  1844.  The  subscription  schoo's 
of  his  native  county  furnished  his  education.  At  the  time  of  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War  he  was  scarcely  more  than  a  lad.  He  enlisted,  December 
I,  1863,  in  Company  I,  Twefth  Regiment  West  Virginia  Volunteers,  and 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  being  discharged  in  August,  1865.  He 
was  never  wounded,  but  bullets  passed  through  various  portions  of  his 
clothing,  and  on  one  occasion  his  cartridge  box  was  shot  away  from  his 
belt.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home,  and  resumed 
farming  on  the  homestead  until  he  was  thirty  years  of  age.  He  then  went 
to  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  purchased  one  hundred  and 
seven  acres  of  land,  and  cultivated  it  for  a  period  of  four  years.  He  next 
removed  to  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  pur- 
chased the  land  on  which  he  is  living  at  the  present  day.  This  land  com- 
prises a  full  one  hundred  acres,  and  he  located  on  it  in  1884.  He  erected  a 
beautiful  house  in  1891,  which  was  destroyed  by  fire  before  he  moved  into 
it.  He  took  his  family  to  Toronto,  Pennsylvania,  for  a  time,  and  in  1892 
he  had  a  new  house  erected  to  replace  the  one  destroyed  in  so  unfortunate 
a  manner.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  and  also  makes  a  specialty  of 
sheep  raising,  having  a  number  of  fine  varieties.  He  was  formerly  a  Re- 
publican in  his  political  opinions,  but  latterly  has  become  a  member  of  the 
Washington  party.  He  has  served  as  a  school  director  for  a  number  of 
terms,  but  has  never  aspired  to  other  public  office. 

Mr.  Campbell  married,  in  December,  1876,  Amanda  E.,  daughter  of 
Reuben  Taylor.  Children:  Robert  Taylor,  located  at  Darlington,  Beaver 
county,  an  electrical  engineer  in  steel  mills;  Ethel  M.,  married  James 
Stewart ;  Ernest  W.,  a  physician  of  Midland,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 


The  branch   of  the   Stevenson   family  herein   recorded 
STEVENSON     was  originally  of  Scotland,  the  family  seat  having  been 

removed  to  Ireland  some  generations  ago. 
(I)  James  Stevenson  was  born  in  Ireland  about  1755  and  came  to 
America  just  about  the  time  when  the  colonies  were  preparing  for  their 
death  grapple  with  the  mother  country,  settling  in  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
accompanied  by  five  of  his  brothers,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  on  American 
soil,  cast  his  fortunes  with  those  of  the  colonial  army.  He  attained  the 
rank  of  an  orderly  sergeant  and  had  a  military  record  full  of  action  and  the 
excitement  of  danger  that  the  true  soldier  loves  so  well.  He  was  captured 
by  his  British   foes  and  was  confined  in  a  Philadelphia  prison   for  nine 


BEAVER    COUNTY  989 

months,  at  the  end  of  that  time  figuring  in  an  exchange  consummated  at 
New  York,  a  regular  performance  in  time  of  war,  when  the  prisoners  of 
one  army  are  given  in  exchange  for  those  of  another.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  made  his  home  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  for  many  years 
was  collector  of  finances  in  that  county.  In  1808  he  moved  to  Poland, 
Trumbull  county,  Ohio,  where  he  purchased  land,  cleared  a  farm,  and  there 
lived  until  his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was  eighty-five  years  of 
age.  He  was  twice  married,  the  first  time  to  Hannah  Bull,  a  native  of 
Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  sister  of  Colonel  John  Bull,  of  Revolu- 
tionary fame,  the  second  time  to  Catherine  Moore.  Colonel  John  Bull  was 
a  native  of  Armstrong  township,  Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
played  a  patriot's  part  in  two  of  the  greatest  wars  of  the  continent,  the 
French  and  Indian,  and  the  Revolutionary.  In  the  former  he  was  captain 
in  command  at  Fort  Alden  and  accompanied  the  expedition  against  Fort 
Duquesne,  under  Foster.  His  services  were  particularly  valuable  because 
of  his  intimate  knowledge  of  Indian  methods  of  warfare,  and  his  familiarity 
with  their  sign  language,  by  which  he  was  able  to  figure  in  many  of  the  trans- 
actions made  with  the  savages.  In  1775  he  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  First 
Pennsylvania  Battalion,  but  later,  because  of  friction  between  him  and  the 
other  officers,  he  resigned.  He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  at  the  treaty 
made  with  the  Indians  at  Easton,  January  30,  1777,  and  on  the  i6th  of 
July  of  that  year  he  was  appointed  adjutant-general  of  the  state.  In 
October  of  the  same  year  he  was  made  the  object  of  the  spleenful  enmity 
of  the  British  troops,  and  his  home,  barn,  grain  and  hay  were  burned  by  a 
band  of  plundering  marauders,  and  his  horses,  cattle,  sheep  and  slaves 
driven  away  by  the  soldiers.  Upon  the  capture  of  General  Bermin,  Colonel 
Bull  succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  Second  Brigade,  and  commanded 
that  body  until  the  cessation  of  hostilities.  He  then  made  his  home  m 
Northumberland  county,  taking  a  prominent  place  in  the  political  world  of 
the  day,  and  continuing  in  active  participation  in  local  affairs  until  his 
death.  He  married,  and  his  wife,  Mary,  died  February  23,  i8ti,  his  own 
death  occurring  not  long  afterward.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren, among  whom  were :  Elizabeth,  who  married  Benjamin  Rittenhouse,  of 
Philadelphia,  a  brother  of  the  noted  mathematician ;  Maria  Louisa,  who 
married  Joseph  Nenne.  Joseph  Nenne  was  for  fifty  years  register  of  the 
United  States  Treasury,  in  which  capacity  he  affixed  his  signature  to  the 
first  bonds  issued  by  that  government.  Children  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Bull)  Stevenson:  Lucy,  married  Andrew  Elliott;  Nancy,  married  E.  R. 
Gilson;  Sarah,  married  John  Gilson ;  Hannah,  married  William  Crow; 
Mary ;  Thomas,  of  whom  further ;  Jane  Smith  ;  Eliza ;  Andrew.  Children 
of    James    and    Catherine    (Moore)     Stevenson:      Robert;    Jane,    married 

(first)  Guthrie,  (second)  Moore;  William;  Rebecca;  Silas  Mc- 

Curdy,  at  one  time  sheriff  of  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  married  Mary 
Dawson;  Charles,  married  (first)  Sarah  Craycraft,  (second)  Eliza  Hooker; 
Sampson ;  Samuel,  married  Ann  Wilson. 


990  PENNSYLVANIA 

(II)  Thomas  Stevenson,  sixth  child  and  eldest  son  of  James  and 
Hannah  (Bull)  Stevenson,  was  born  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  25,  1788,  died  at  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July 
14,  1847.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  place  of  his  birth  and 
when  a  young  man  came  to  Beaver  county,  where  he  conducted  farming 
operations  upon  rented  ground  until  1840.  In  this  year  he  purchased  the 
property  now  owned  and  cultivated  by  his  grandson,  William  Stewart 
Stevenson,  and  there  lived  until  his  death.  This  was  caused  by  an  epidemic 
of  fever  known  locally  as  "Hookstown  Fever,"  and  which  baffled  the  skill 
of  the  local  physicians,  spreading  all  over  that  locality  and  causing  the 
death  of  hundreds.  It  is  now  believed  that  the  disease  was  typhoid  fever, 
that  being  the  only  malady  of  that  nature  that  could  have  accomplished 
such  wide-spread  destruction.  Thomas  Stevenson  was  a  Democrat  in  politi- 
cal sympathy  and  affiliated  with  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Stevenson  married,  December  19,  181 1,  Jane  Smith,  born  July 
23,  1783,  died  October  27,  1853.  They  had  children:  Nancy,  Esther, 
James;  Jonathan;  Thomas,  see  forward;  Elizabeth,  twin  of  Thomas; 
Martha  ;  Andrew  ;  Sampson  ;  Mary  J. 

(III)  Thomas  Stevenson,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Smith)  Steven- 
son, was  born  in  Beaver  county  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  near 
his  home.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  near  where  William  Craig  now  re- 
sides. Later  he  removed  to  Kendall,  where  his  death  occurred.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Isabella  Steward,  (second)  Minerva  Evans.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  he  and  his  family  were  members  of  Tomlinson  Run  Church. 
Children  by  the  first  marriage :  Jennie,  married  William  Whitehill ;  Mary, 
married  John  Nickle;  William  Harvey,  see  forward.  Only  child  by  second 
marriage,  Susan. 

(IV)  William  Harvey  Stevenson,  son  of  Thomas  and  Isabella  (Stew- 
ard) Stevenson,  was  born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, July  8,  1852.  For  a  time  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  township  and  those  of  West  Virginia,  and  when  his  father  died,  at 
which  time  he  was  but  eight  years  of  age,  he  commenced  to  work  to  sup- 
port himself.  Since  then  he  is  indebted  to  his  own  efforts  alone  for  his 
present  prosperity.  For  ten  years  he  lived  at  Fairview,  West  Virginia, 
then  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  and  has  always  been  identified  with  farm- 
ing. In  1883  he  purchased  a  farm  of  fifty-four  acres  in  Hanover  town- 
ship, and  lived  on  that  for  a  period  of  sixteen  years.  He  then  traded  with 
John  M.  Buchanan,  getting  in  exchange  the  one  hundred  and  seven  acres 
on  which  he  is  living  at  the  present  time.  This  tract  was  in  very  bad  con- 
dition when  it  came  into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Stevenson,  but  he  now  has 
it  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation,  being  a  general  farmer  and  stock  raiser. 

Mr.  Stevenson  married  Ella,  daughter  of  Samuel  McKibin  and  Mar- 
garet (Martin)  Doak,  both  born  in  the  southern  part  of  Beaver  county; 
granddaughter  of  Moses  and  Rachel  (Stephens)  Doak,  both  of  Beaver 
county;  great-granddaughter  of  Robert  Doak,  born  in  Ireland,  who  was 


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brought  to  this  country  as  an  infant  by  his  parents ;  and  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  and  Jennie  Braden,  both  of  Beaver  county.  Children:  Margaret, 
married  Forbes  McConnell,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Hettie,  married 
Thomas  Glenn,  of  Greene  township;  Jennie,  married  David  Morris,  of 
Ambridge;  Thomas,  at  home;  Elfie,  at  home.  Mr.  Stevenson  is  a  staunch 
Republican,  but  has  never  consented  to  hold  public  office. 


I 


The  Cain  family,  which  came  to  America  originally  from  Ireland, 
CAIN     has  had  representatives  in  various  callings,  but  has  been  mainly 
identified  with  agricultural  interests. 

(I)  John  Cain,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Cain  family,  or  this 
branch  of  it,  in  America,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  this  country 
at  a  very  early  date,  bringing  his  wife  and  family  with  him.  It  is  a  matter 
of  uncertainty  whether  or  not  some  of  his  children  were  born  in  America. 
He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  located  at  Service  Creek,  Pennsylvania. 

(II)  William  Cain,  son  of  John  Cain,  was  very  probably  born  in  Ire- 
land and  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents.  In  later  life  he  removed  to 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  It  is  known  that  he  married  and  had  chil- 
dren, but  the  names  are  not  on  record. 

(III)  Isaac  Cain,  son  of  William  Cain,  was  born  near  Murdocksville, 
Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  spent  his  life  in  that  section  of  the 
country.    He  married  Eliza  Furney. 

(IV)  David  Cain,  son  of  Isaac  and  Eliza  (Furney)  Cain,  was  born  near 
Florence,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  there  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  In  early  manhood  he  removed  to  Beaver  county,  and  was 
there  engaged  in  farming  all  his  life.  He  is  now  seventy  years  of  age. 
He  and  his  wife  joined  the  Pine  Grove  Baptist  Church,  and  were  immersed 
in  Raccoon  creek,  at  Link's  bridge.  He  married  Nancy  A.  Potts,  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  Potts,  a  farmer 
of  Beaver  county,  and  a  granddaughter  of  James  Potts.  James  Potts,  the 
father  of  Mrs.  Cain,  married  Charity,  a  daughter  of  George  Beagel,  who 
came  from  Germany  at  an  early  date  and  settled  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, because  of  the  abundance  of  game  to  be  found  in  that  section. 
Millie  Potts,  sister  of  Mrs.  Cain,  married  Isaac  Greene,  who  was  in  active 
service  during  the  Civil  War,  1861-65.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cain  had  children: 
Henry  F.,  see  forward ;  Mary,  died  at  the  age  of  six  years ;  Sarah  A. ; 
Martha  J.;  Emma  L. ;  David  J.,  deceased;  Calvin  J.;  Lillie  May;  Clara 
Alice ;  Charles  ;  Maggie  ;  an  infant  died  unnamed  ;  William  Hamilton ;  Eiva 
Lenora. 

(V)  Henry  F.  Cain,  son  of  David  and  Nancy  A.  (Potts)  Cain,  was 
born  about  one  mile  from  his  present  residence,  Independence  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  9,  1865.  The  public  schools  of 
his  native  township  furnished  his  education,  and  from  the  time  he  com- 
menced his  business  career  he  has  been  an  active  worker.  Twelve  years 
of  steady  and  unremitting  labor  were  given  in  the  oil  region,  after  which 


992  PENNSYLVANIA 

this  was  combined  with  farming  interests  for  a  period  of  six  years.  He 
purchased  his  present  farm  of  ninety-five  acres  in  1910,  and  the  following 
year  erected  an  excellent  and  commodious  barn.  He  has  been  an  active 
worker  in  the  cause  of  Democracy,  has  served  two  terms  as  a  school  di- 
rector, and  two  years  as  constable.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Mount  Olivet  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Cain  married,  in  1889,  Effie  C.  Parker,  of  Waynesburg,  Stark 
county,  Ohio.  She  is  a  daughter  of  David  and  Sarah  (Croft)  Parker, 
and  granddaughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Gould)  Croft,  he  of  German 
descent.  David  Parker  was  born  in  Blackburn,  England,  and  came  to 
America  in  1863.  He  made  his  home  at  Clinton,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  was  engaged  in  mining;  his  wife  was  born  near  Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cain  have  had  children:  i.  Edna  Olive, 
born  July  17,  1890;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  then  in  succession 
attended  the  Canton  high  school,  one  term  of  summer  school  at  Geneva 
(then  known  as  Geneva  College);  the  State  Normal  School  at  Indiana, 
Pennsylvania ;  and  is  now  a  student  at  the  Canton  and  Akron  Actual  Bus- 
iness College,  at  Canton,  Ohio.  2.  Bessie  M.,  born  October  5,  1891,  died 
September  9,  1892.  3.  Paul  Gilbert,  born  September  11,  1894.  4.  Sarah 
Pearl,  born  November  19,  1898.    5.  Anna  Florence,  born  February  2,  1903. 


It  is  easy  for  one  to  glibly  remark  that  religion  is  the  most 
MILLER  vital  force  in  civilization,  and  many  do,  although  the  ques- 
tion of  sincerity  and  conviction  is  always  an  open  one, 
but  discarding  the  personal  element,  where  that  trite  statement  has  its 
deepest  bearing,  it  is  undeniably  true  that  religious  causes  have  been  re- 
sponsible for  the  greatest  political  and  social  upheavals  of  the  centuries, 
and  has  altered,  among  other  things,  the  natural  courses  of  peoples,  groups 
of  people  and  families.  The  last  brings  us  to  our  subject,  for  had  not  the 
religious  persecutions  under  which  Scotland  bled  and  suffered  taken  place, 
there  would,  in  all  probability,  have  been  no  representatives  of  the  Scotch 
family  of  Miller  in  the  United  States,  and  in  consequence  this  record  would 
not  have  been  written.  But  that  Millers  did  suffer  under  Catholic  oppres- 
sion and  did  flee  to  Ireland,  subsequently  coming  to  the  United  States, 
gives  rise  to  this  chronicle. 

(I)  John  Miller  was  born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  and  died  there,  his 
ancestors  having  settled  in  that  county,  as  had  those  of  his  wife,  a  native 
of  the  same  place,  and  upon  the  advice  and  counsel  of  a  friend,  William 
Thompson,  who  had  previously  come  to  the  United  States,  the  family  of 
John  Miller  immigrated,  making  their  home  at  Stephenson's  Mills,  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania,  formerly  Moon  Post  Office,  later  Carnot  Post 
Office.  This  was  in  July,  1844,  and  in  May  of  the  following  year  the 
widow  of  John  Miller  and  their  son  James  purchased  a  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres,  occupied  at  the  present  time  by  John  Miller,  a  descen- 
dant of  the  settler.     Clearing  the  land  he  erected  a  log  house,  which  has 


BEAVER   COUNTY  g^js 

stood  since  that  day,  a  mute  witness  of  an  earlier  day  and  life.  After 
iheir  arrival  in  the  country  many  others  of  the  name  followed,  the  major 
jart  locating  in  the  southern  states.  John  Miller  married,  in  Ireland, 
Elizabeth  Scott.  Children,  all  born  in  Ireland:  i.  Mary,  born  September 
Z5,  1812;  married  in  her  native  land,  came  to  the  United  States,  but  re- 
turned to  Ireland,  where  her  death  occurred.  2.  Margaret,  born  December 
3,  1814.  3.  Jean,  born  April  20,  1817,  married  in  Ireland.  4.  Martha, 
born  September  8,  1819.  5.  James,  of  whom  further.  6.  Archie,  born 
July  13,  1824.  7.  Joseph,  born  February  15,  1827.  8.  John,  born  March 
20,   1830.     9.  Eliza  Ann,  born  December  12,  1835. 

(II)  James  Miller,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Scott)  Miller,  was 
born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland,  January  18,  1822,  and  in  1844  came  to 
the  United  States  with  his  family,  and  lived  on  the  home  farm  in  Allegheny 
county  all  of  his  life.  He  and  his  wife  were  charter  members  of  the  New 
Bethlehem  United  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Hiram  and  Nancy  (Wilson)  Lockhart,  born  in  Independence  township. 
Hiram  Lockhart,  born  April  28,  1791,  died  February  23,  1867,  was  a  son 
of  William  Lx)ckhart,  born  in  1756,  died  October  28,  1834,  and  Joanna 
(Wiley)  Lockhart,  died  September  18,  1838.  William  Lockhart  owned 
and  lived  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Robert  Miller  and  Samuel  Ferguson, 
which  property,  at  his  death,  was  divided  among  his  sons,  John  and  Hiram. 
He  was  the  father  of  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  Hiram  Lockhart  was  a 
soldier  in  the  American  army  in  the  War  of  1812-14,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Nancy  Wilson, 
second  to  Nancy  McCullough.  By  his  first  marriage  he  was  the  fathcn- 
of  six  children,  by  his  second  two  children.  Children  of  James  and  Sarah 
(Lockhart)  Miller:  Nancy  Jane,  John,  Joseph,  Archie,  Elizabeth  Mary, 
Margaret  Ann  Scott,  John  Scott,  Robert,  of  whom  further ;  Sarah,  William 
Henry. 

(III)  Robert  Miller,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Lockhart)  Miller,  was 
born  on  the  homestead  farm  where  he  now  lives,  March  27,  1867.  After 
completing  the  usual  course  of  study  in  the  public  schools,  he  engaged  in 
farming  and  has  followed  that  occupation  ever  since,  at  the  present  time 
owning  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  acres.  This  land  is  well  improved, 
supporting  a  barn  erected  in  1906  and  a  new  dwelling,  built  in  1913,  besides 
other  necessary  buildings,  and  the  entire  farm  is  kept  in  a  highly  productive 
state  of  cultivation  by  Mr.  Miller,  who,  besides  farming,  also  does  some 
teaming.  Popular  locally,  he  has  been  elected  to  several  township  ofifices, 
among  them  supervisor,  auditor  and  school  director,  always  supporting  the 
Democratic  party.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  and  attendants  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Miller  married,  May  15,  1890,  Mary  A.,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Gorsuch.  Oiildren :  Samuel  Clair,  Hazel  Marie,  James  Don, 
Kalph  Lorie,  Ruth  G. 


994  PENNSYLVANIA 

The  Douglas  family  has  been  distinguished  in  the  annals 

DOUGLAS     of  Scotland  and  England,  and  those  members  of  the  family 

who  have  come  to  the  shores  of  this  country  have  proved 

themselves  very  desirable  citizens,  in  the  various  walks  of  life  they  have 

followed. 

(I)  David  Douglas  was  born  in  the  northern  part  of  England,  and 
undoubtedly  his  ancestors  had  come  across  the  borders  from  Scotland. 
He  emigrated  to  America,  when  the  means  of  making  the  trip  across  the 
ocean  was  not  so  pleasant  and  speedy  as  in  the  present  day,  and  he  was 
sixteen  weeks  in  making  the  trip,  during  six  of  which  the  ship  was  locked 
in  the  frozen  sea.  Upon  his  arrival  here,  he  located  in  Lawrence  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  the  occupation  of  coal  mining,  and  where 
his  death  occurred.  He  married  Roshanna  Whitehouse,  and  had  children: 
Rosanna ;  Wilkinson,  see  forward ;  David ;  Henry  W. ;  Edward  J. ;  William ; 
Samuel  J.;  Mary;  Francis. 

(H)  Wilkinson,  son  of  David  and  Roshanna  Douglas,  was  born  in 
Neshannock  township,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  5,  1858. 
He  was  educated  there,  and  while  still  a  young  man  engaged  in  coal  min- 
ing, which  he  followed  until  1898,  when  he  removed  to  Beaver  county. 
He  is  the  owner  of  eighty  acres  of  land,  which  he  keeps  in  a  fine  state  of 
cultivation  for  general  farming,  and  also  operates  a  coal  mine.  He  is  a 
strong  Prohibitionist,  and  a  member  of  the  Free  Methodist  church.  Mr. 
Douglas  married,  in  1882,  Sarah  Jane  Blews,  and  they  have  had  children: 
David;  Edward  Thomas;  Henry  Albert;  Chester  Aaron;  Rowland;  Her- 
bert ;  Wesley  Wilkinson ;  Celia  Elizabeth,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years. 


This  family  under  the  varied  spellings,  German,  Dutch  and 
MILLER     English,  forms  one  of  the  very  largest  groups  of  lineal  and 

related  families  in  the  United  States.  They  came  from  all 
lands  and  settled  everywhere.  Every  land  had  a  Mill  and  a  Miller.  They 
have  been  prominent  in  every  department  of  our  country's  development. 
One  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  name  are  entered  on  the  rolls  of  New  York 
soldiers  serving  in  the  Revolution,  and  they  were  equally  well  represented 
in  all  of  the  other  states.  In  the  professions,  business,  politics,  agriculture 
and  commerce  they  are  equally  numerous  and  prominent.  These  things 
being  true,  it  can  easily  be  seen  how  difficult  a  matter  it  is  to  trace  the 
connecting  links  between  the  various  families  of  this  name.  The  family 
under  consideration  in  this  review  has  done  excellent  service  in  the  in- 
dustrial world  of  Pennsylvania. 

Leander  Miller  was  born  in  Berlin,  Somerset  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  left  his  home  when  he  was  but  eight  years  of  age.  He  found  employ- 
ment on  a  farm  in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  and,  being  of  a 
thrifty  and  economical  nature,  amassed  a  sufficient  capital  after  a  number 
of  years  to  start  a  saw  mill  in  association  with  another  man.  This  was 
operated  very  successfully  until  it  was  completely  destroyed  by  fire.    Later 


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he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Clarksons  in  the  woolen  business.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Miller  was  desirous  of  enlisting,  but  was 
not  accepted  because  of  his  extreme  youth  at  the  time.  Mr.  Miller  married 
Sarah  Jane  Clarkson,  born  in  a  part  of  Virginia  which  is  now  West  Vir- 
ginia, and  they  had  children:  Samuel,  deceased;  Anna  J.,  married  Frank 
S.  Lorimer,  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  Albert  Har- 
rison, of  whom  further;  Mary  E.,  a  teacher,  lives  in  Fallston,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania. 

Thomas  Clarkson,  father  of  Mrs.  Miller,  was  a  native  of  Yorkshire, 
England,  emigrated  to  America,  and  settled  in  Old  Virgniia,  where  he  be- 
came a  manufacturer  of  woolens,  and  later  operated  a  mill.  He  removed 
to  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  about  1876,  established  a  mill 
at  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  which  he  operated  until  1891, 
when  he  retired.  He  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  He  married 
Judith  Bradley,  but  whether  in  this  country  or  in  England,  is  not  on 
record. 

Albert  Harrison  Miller,  son  of  Leander  and  Sarah  Jane  (Clarkson) 
Miller,  was  born  in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  5,  1873. 
He  was  the  recipient  of  an  excellent  education  which  was  acquired  in  the 
public  schools  of  Fallston,  and  Pearsall's  Academy  at  West  Bridgewater, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he 
accepted  a  clerkship  with  the  Beaver  County  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion, at  New  Brighton,  and  was  employed  in  that  capacity  for  a  period  of 
fourteen  years.  The  next  three  years  were  spent  as  bookkeeper  for  the 
Union  National  Bank  in  New  Brighton,  after  which,  in  1909,  he  became 
secretary  of  the  Beaver  County  Building  and  Loan  Association,  with  which 
he  is  actively  identified  at  the  present  time.  He  resides  at  Fallston  and  is 
a  man  who  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  in  the  community. 


Judge  Richard  Smith  Holt  owes  the  prominent  position  which 
HOLT     he  today  occupies  in  the  community  entirely  to  his  own  ability 

and  exertions,  having  started  out  in  life  as  a  farmer's  boy,  and 
with  but  limited  means  and  opportunities.  He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  J.  and 
Mary  Ann  (Taylor)  Holt,  a  grandson  of  William  Holt,  a  great-grandson  of 
Thomas  Holt  Jr..  and  a  great-great-grandson  of  Thomas  Holt  Sr. 

The  family  is  of  English  origin.  Thomas  Holt  Sr.  removed  from  the 
eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania  to  Mifflin  county,  Pennsylvania,  settling  in 
McVeytown,  Oliver  township,  where  he  owned  six  hundred  acres  of  land. 
William  Holt  located  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
about  1833. 

Samuel  Jacob  Holt,  father  of  Judge  Holt,  was  born  in  Brighton  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  reared  on  a  farm.  When 
grown,  he  followed  the  occupation  of  teaming  until  he  purchased  a  farm  in 
Brighton  township,  upon  which  he  lived  until  1898,  when  he  abandoned 
farming  and  retired  to  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  to  live.     He  was  united  in 


996  PENNSYLVANIA 

marriage  with  Mary  Ann  Taylor,  whose  death  occurred  June  9,  1898.  Mrs. 
Hoh  was  a  daughter  of  William  B.  Taylor,  who  in  1825  emigrated  from 
the  parish  of  Ballynahinch,  Ireland,  to  America.  He  was  born  in  the  parish 
of  Inch,  county  Down,  Ireland.     His  father  was  John  Taylor. 

Richard  Smith  Holt  was  born  December  15,  i860,  at  Vanport,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm,  assisting  in  the 
ordinary  work  of  the  place,  and  receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Brighton  township.  After  attending  the  public  schools  he  at- 
tended Peirsol's  Academy,  Bridgewater,  Pennsylvania,  and  subsequently, 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Edinboro,  Pennsylvania.  He  taught  school  for 
seven  years,  during  the  last  three  years  of  which  time  he  was  also  a  student 
of  law  at  night  and  in  the  mornings,  placing  himself  under  the  instruction 
of  Samuel  B.  Wilson  Esq.,  an  eminent  lawyer,  of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 
On  May  7,  1888,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  at  once  began  practice  on 
his  own  account  in  Beaver.  He  continued  thus  for  a  short  time,  and  on 
January  i,  1899,  formed  a  partnership  with  George  Wilson,  a  son  of  his 
preceptor.  This  partnership  was  most  successful,  and  lasted  for  many 
years,  the  firm  being  engaged  in  a  great  number  of  the  most  important 
cases  tried  in  Beaver  courts. 

Mr.  Holt  brought  to  bear  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  the  same 
industry  and  application  which  he  had  manifested  in  the  acquisition  of  his 
education,  both  general  and  legal ;  and  the  result  was  that  his  standing  in 
professional  circles  was  very  soon  in  the  front  rank.  In  November,  1905, 
he  was  elected  presiding  judge  of  the  Thirty-sixth  Judicial  District  of 
Pennsylvania,  comprising  Beaver  county,  the  term  of  office  to  continue  until 
January,  1916.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  a  great 
number  of  lodges  and  organizations.  He  belongs  to  the  Order  of  Inde- 
pendent Americans,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle, . 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  to 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Judge  Holt  married,  August  21,  1884,  Miss  Sarah  E.  Brunton,  daugh- 
ter of  William  A.  and  Mary  Jane  (Veazey)  Brunton.  Mr.  Brunton  was 
a  farmer  of  the  vicinity,  and  during  the  Civil  War  served  as  a  soldier  in 
the  Union  army.  His  wife,  Mary  Jane  Veazey  Brunton,  was  a  daughter  of 
Francis  Veazey,  and  was  born  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. Judge  and  Mrs.  Holt  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  named  as 
follows:  Beulah  G.,  Mary  Jane,  Elizabeth  W.,  Margaret  A.,  Sarah  E.,  and 
Eleanor  T. 


James  Francis  Garrett,  a  prominent  citizen  of  New  Brigh- 
GARRETT     ton,    Pennsylvania,    is    of    Irish   parentage,    and   was   born 

March  28,  1875,  at  New  Sewickley,  Pennsylvania,  a  son 
of  Edward  and  Rose  (Macklees)  Garrett.  His  grandparents  on  both  sides 
of  the  house  lived  and  died  in  that  country,  and  his  father  and  mother  came 
to  America  separately  in  their  youth.     Edward  Garrett  was  educated  in 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  997 

Ireland,  and  there  learned  the  brick  and  stone  mason's  trade,  and  upon  his 
arrival  in  the  United  States  at  once  began  to  practice  the  same.  He  settled 
in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  became  a  contractor  for  brick  and 
stone  construction,  and  there  also  met  and  married  Rose  Macklees.  After 
his  marriage  he  took  his  wife  to  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  in  this  place  made  his  home  for  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  To  them  were  born  six  children,  as  follows:  Robert,  Lizzie,  Alice, 
Edward,  Rosa,  James  Francis,  of  whom  further. 

James  Francis  Garrett  obtained  his  education  in  the  local  schools  of 
New  Sewickley  township,  but  at  a  very  early  age  began  to  earn  his  own 
livelihood,  his  first  employment  being  in  Park  Brothers  New  Brighton 
brick  works.  He  later  removed  to  Cleveland  and  there  secured  a  position 
with  the  Cleveland  Stone  Company,  and  afterwards  with  the  Malone  Stone 
Company  of  the  same  city,  but  an  opportunity  arising  for  him  to  return  to 
Pennsylvania,  he  accepted  a  position  with  Welch,  Gloninger  &  Company, 
of  Vanport  and  Monaca,  Pennsylvania.  In  1902  Mr.  Garrett  organized 
the  Standard  Fire  Clay  Company  at  Fallston,  Pennsylvania,  and  became 
its  president  and  general  manager.  The  manufacturing  plant  of  this  con- 
cern is  equipped  to  turn  out  fire,  building  and  paving  brick  at  the  rate  of 
eighteen  thousand  brick  a  day.  A  specialty  is  made  of  fire  brick  for  the 
lining  of  furnaces.  The  company  has  not,  however,  always  possessed 
these  dimensions.  When  Mr.  Garrett  originally  organized  it,  the  plant  had 
but  a  small  capacity,  but  since  that  time  it  has  steadily  grown  under  the 
skillful  attention  and  unusual  constructive  ability  of  Mr.  Garrett,  which 
he  has  devoted  exclusively  to  its  service,  until  now  it  possesses  the  enormous 
capacity  named.  It  is  an  achievement  of  which  its  author  and  presiding 
genius  may  well  be  proud.  Mr.  Garrett  is  a  Democrat  in  political  belief. 
Mr.  Garrett  married,  in  1906,  Caroline  Sebring,  of  Vanport,  Pennsylvania. 
They  have  no  children.  Mrs.  Garrett  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 


The  name  of  Carroll  is  a  noted  one  in  the  annals  of  this 
CARROLL  country,  and  is  to  be  found  all  over  the  Union.  They  ex- 
celled in  all  professions  and  lines  of  industry  in  which  they 
were  engaged.  The  grandparents  of  Winfield  S.  Carroll,  of  Fallston,  Beaver 
county.  Pennsylvania,  were  no  exception  to  this  rule.  They  were  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  were  noted  for 
great  physical  strength.  The  grandmother  of  Mr.  Carroll,  in  the  paternal 
line,  was  able  to  pitch  a  load  of  hay  on  a  wagon  when  she  was  ninety  years 
of  age,  and  she  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-six  years.  One  of  their  sons  wns 
Champ  W.,  of  further  mention :  and  another  was  William,  who  was  in 
active  service  during  the  Civil  War. 

(II)  Champ  W.  Carroll,  son  of  the  above  mentioned,  was  born  in 
Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  learned  the  trade  of  roll  turning  in  Shil- 
tonbury  mill,  following  this  for  some  years.     Later  he  was  engaged  in  the 


998  PENNSYLVANIA 

machine  and   foundry  business.     He  also  ran  a  "Yankee  Box"  between 
Pittsburgh  and  Philadelphia.     Mr.  Carroll  married  Eleanor,  born  in  East 

End,  Pittsburgh,  a  daughter  of  and  Susan   (Fondersmith)   Clapper, 

granddaughter  of  Friday,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Swoop. 

(Ill)  Winfield  S.,  son  of  Champ  W.  and  Eleanor  (Clapper)  Carroll, 
was  born  July  4,  1861.  The  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh  furnished  him 
with  an  excellent  and  practical  education,  and  he  was  still  a  very  young 
lad  when  he  learned  the  trade  of  steel  heating.  This  has  been  his  chief 
occupation  throughout  his  life.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Colonial 
Steel  Company,  and  was  with  them  for  a  period  of  five  years  when  they 
built  their  plant  at  Colona,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1901,  and 
Mr.  Carroll  was  appointed  to  the  responsible  position  of  "first  heater,'' 
which  he  has  filled  continuously  with  the  exception  of  five  years,  when  he 
was  engaged  in  various  other  occupations,  immediately  preceding  his  taking 
up  the  work  at  Colona.  Mr.  Carroll  now  resides  in  Fallston,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  formerly  lived  in  Ellwood  City,  Lawrence  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  and  while  there  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council 
of  the  borough.  For  a  period  of  thirty-five  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  then  resigned  from  this 
organization;  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  for  twenty- 
nine  years.    Mr.  Carroll  married,  August  19,  1883,  Effa  B.  Graham,  whose 

family  line  is  given  below,  and  they  have  had  children: ,  who  married 

Mila  F.  Wilson,  of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania;  Winfield  La  Mont;  Iva 
Marie;  Eva  Vern,  deceased;  Frank  Dewitt. 

(The  Graham  Line.) 

(I)  Charles  Graham,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Carroll,  with  his  wife  and  a 
party  of  others,  came  down  the  Monongahela  river  to  Monaca,  at  that  time 
known  as  Phillipsburg.  He  had  learned  the  trade  of  a  cabinet  maker  in 
his  youth  and  was  also  an  expert  carpenter.  In  association  with  others  he 
established  a  boat  yard,  and  later  they  purchased  the  boat  yard  of  the 
Economite  Society,  and  Mr.  Graham  was  made  foreman  of  this.  He  was 
engaged  in  this  occupation  until  stricken  with  blindness  some  years  prior 
to  his  death,  which  occurred  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years.     He  married 

(first)   Douglas,   and  had  two  children;  he  married    (second)    Jane 

Stoop,  and  had  seven  children. 

(II)  James  M.,  son  of  Charles  and  Jane  (Stoop)  Graham,  was  born 
in  1832,  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  being  the  third  person 
born  in  that  settlement.  He  received  his  education  in  the  schools  in  his 
birthplace  and  there  learned  the  trade  of  ship  carpenter.  He  was  employed 
in  the  boat  yard  of  which  his  father  had  charge,  and  he  himself  had  charge 
of  the  finishing  department.  He  also  ran  a  boat  on  the  Ohio  river  for  a 
number  of  years,  abandoning  this  occupation  in  1897,  at  which  time  he 
purchased  a  bakery  in  Bridgewater,  and  conducted  this  successfully  until 
1900.  He  then  bought  the  property  on  which  he  is  residing  at  the  present 
time.    Mr.  Graham  married,  in  1857,  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Mc- 


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Kenzie,  and  a  descendant  of  an  old  Bridgewater  family.     They  had  chil- 
dren: I.  Anna,  married  W.  H.  Hamilton,  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county, 

and  had  children: ,  married  Charles  Papp,  of  Pittsburgh;  Howard  C, 

of  Beaver  Falls;  Eleanor,  married Steel,  of  New  Brighton; ,  mar- 
ried   Traner,  of  Schenectady,  New  York.    2.  Nettie,  twin  of  preceding, 

married  James  Beach,  and  has  one  child,  Earl.    3.  Lizzie,  married  Frederick 

Ralph,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  has  children: ,  married  Robert  Dunn; , 

married  George  Albright;  Elmer.    4.  Effa  B.,  married  Winfield  S.  Carroll 

(see  Carroll).    5.  Charles  C,  of  Pittsburgh,  married ,  and  has  children: 

Alexander,  Wilhelmina  and  Catherine.     6.  Frederick  La  Mont,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, married ,  and  has  one  child.  Leva.    7.  Emma,  married  John  G. 

Harris,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  has  children : ,  married  Roy  Doud ;  Velma ; 

Helen;  Grant.    8. ,  married  R.  C.  Walker,  of  Belleview,  Ohio,  and  has 

children:  Eflfa  Irene,  William  and  Edith  Mattie.     9.  Frank  L.,  of  Salem, 

Ohio,  married  ,  and  has  children:  Gwendoline,  Edress  and   Xerxes. 

10. ,  married  William  V.  Shoemaker,  and  has  children :  Mary  Elizabeth, 

Wayne  Craig  and  Edna  Radels. 


There  are  many  bearing  this  name  in  the  United  States,  and  it 
CAIN     is  very  probable  that  all  came  originally  from  Ireland.     Of  the 

particular  branch  of  the  family  of  which  this  review  treats,  we 
have  record  of  John  Cain,  bom  in  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to  America  in 
the  early  days  of  settlement  here,  and  located  near  Hookstown,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  probably  engaged  in  farming. 

(II)  George,  son  of  John  Cain,  was  born  near  Mechanicsburg,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  married  Mary  Agnew,  who  was  born  near  Shouse- 
town,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(III)  James,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Agnew)  Cain,  was  born  in 
Beaver  county,  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Veasey,  born  near  New  Sheffield,  Beaver  county,  who  traces 
her  descent  in  a  direct  line  back  to  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  Among 
their  children  were:  George  W.,  of  further  mention;  Elijah,  who  served 
in  the  same  company  and  regiment  as  his  brother  George  W.,  during  the 
Civil  War.  Seven  close  relations,  bearing  the  name  of  Cain,  also  served 
in  this  war. 

(IV)  George  W.,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Veasey)  Cain,  was 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  i,  1839,  and  was  educated  at 
the  "Hard  Scrabble"  school,  on  the  South  Side.  In  his  youth  he  learned 
the  trade  of  stone  and  brick  laying,  and  followed  this  occupation  during  all 
the  active  years  of  his  life,  near  Seventysix,  Independence  township, 
Beaver  county.  There,  also,  his  death  occurred.  During  the  Civil  War  he 
was  in  active  service  in  Company  F,  46th  Regiment.  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teer Infantry.  In  political  matters  he  was  an  earnest  worker  in  support 
of  Democrat  principles,  and  served  as  supervisor  of  Independence  township. 
Mr.  Cain  married,  November  8,  1866,  Susan,  born  near  Bocktown,  Beaver 


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county,  Pennsylvania,  April  5,  1844,  a  daughter  of  Philip  and  Rebecca 
(  AIcLaughlin )  McConnell,  the  former  bom  near  Bocktown,  the  latter  in 
Allegheny  county;  sister  of  Alexander  and  Susan  McConnell;  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  and  Susan  (Kirk)  McConnell,  both  born  in  America,  and  both 
early  settlers  near  Bocktown ;  and  granddaughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Beard)  McLaughlin,  the  former  born  in  Ireland,  the  latter  probably  in 
Germany,  who  located  in  Finley  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  the  early  pioneer  days,  and  were  farmers  there.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cam 
had  children:  Mary  Luella ;  Rebecca  Louise;  Eliza  Elonzo ;  Frances  Au- 
gusta ;  Latilda  Lena ;  Maude  Blanche ;  Emery  Fero ;  George  Albert,  of 
further  mention ;  Jessie  Austine.     All  are  living  at  the  present  time. 

(V)  George  Albert,  son  of  George  W.  and  Susan  (McConnell)  Cain, 
was  born  September  22,  1886.  He  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of 
coopering,  an  occupation  he  followed  about  three  and  a  half  years,  and 
abandoned  in  favor  of  electrical  work,  with  which  he  was  identified  until 
1909.  He  was  then  employed  at  the  Steel  Mill  at  Colona,  Beaver  county, 
until  1912,  at  which  time  he  accepted  a  position  as  yard  brakeman  for  the 
Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  railroad,  at  Woodlawn. 


With  a  tenacity  unyielding  and   industry  unceasing,   John 
TELFORD     H.  Telford  rounded  out  a  business  and  newspaper  career 

supplemented  with  constructive  endeavor  and  rewarded 
with  lasting  results.  John  H.  Telford  was  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah 
Hammond  Telford,  and  was  born  in  what  was  then  Allegheny,  now  a  big 
part  of  Pittsburgh.  His  parents  were  of  Irish  extraction,  of  county  Antrim, 
they  settling  in  this  country  when  scarcely  of  age.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  and  when  a  young  man  apprenticed  himself  to 
learn  the  printer's  trade  in  the  office  of  the  Pittsburgh  Christian  Advocate. 
Later  he  served  in  the  job  printing  establishment  of  Stevenson  &  Foster, 
where  he  became  familiar  with  that  department  of  the  art.  He  left  this 
concern  to  take  charge  of  the  press  department  of  the  Methodist  Recorder, 
in  the  same  city,  as  manager.  After  some  years  of  service  in  this  capacity 
he  returned  for  a  time  to  the  Stevenson  &  Foster  firm,  followed  later  by 
taking  service  with  the  Labor  Tribune,  which  was  under  the  management 
of  Thomas  M.  Armstrong,  who  in  his  day  was  a  great  leader  of  men  and  of 
nation-wide  reputation. 

In  1875  he  began  his  journalistic  career  in  conjunction  with  Colonel 
Jacob  Weyand,  when  the  Beaver  Falls  Tribune  was  founded  as  a  weekly 
publication.  A  few  years  later  he  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner,  and 
a  short  time  thereafter,  August  25,  1884,  in  the  heat  of  the  Blaine  and 
Logan  political  campaign,  the  first  issue  of  the  Beaver  Falls  Daily  Tribune 
was  published,  and  has  appeared  daily,  except  Sunday,  ever  since.  When 
he  passed  away,  November  14,  1908,  he  left  behind  an  established  reputation 
as  a  fearless  and  progressive  journalist,  and  a  plant  that  had  made  for 
itself  a  record  of  stability  and  influence,  not  only  in  Western  Pennsylvania, 


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but  the  entire  state.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  was  never  afraid 
to  give  vent  to  his  opinions,  especially  when  he  knew  he  was  in  the  right. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church. 

On  August  8,  1872,  he  married  Margaret  E.,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  Crosier  Hales.  As  a  result  of  this  union  the  following  children  were 
born:  Maud,  who  married  Louis  Houston,  they  have  two  children:  Harold 
and  Theodore ;  James ;  John  C,  with  the  following  children :  Clare  U., 
Margaret  J.,  Anna  Fay  and  Virginia  M. ;  and  Sarah,  who  married  Charles 
Richard.     The  latter  have  three  children :    Charles,   Dorothea  and   Ralph. 

After  the  death  of  John  H.  Telford,  the  Tribune  Printing  Company 
was  reorganized,  with  his  widow,  Margaret  E.  Telford,  president;  James 
Telford,  secretary,  and  John  C.  Telford,  treasurer  and  managing  editor, 
which  corporation  has  been  conducting  the  business  successfully  ever  since. 


The   branch   of   the   Stevenson    family  herein   recorded 
STEVENSON     was   originally   from   Scotland,   the   family  seat  having 

been  moved  to  Ireland  four  generations  since  by  the 
father  of  James,  with  whom  this  narrative  opens.  James  Stevenson  was 
born  in  Ireland  about  1755,  and  came  to  America  just  at  the  time  when 
the  colonies  were  preparing  for  their  death  grapple  with  the  mother  country, 
settling  in  Pennsylvania.  He  was  accompanied  by  five  of  his  brothers, 
and  soon  after  his  arrival  on  American  soil  cast  his  fortunes  with  those 
of  the  Colonial  army.  He  enlisted  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  July 
I,  1776,  in  Captain  Henry  Baker's  company.  Col.  Evans'  regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania troops,  and  served  two  months.  In  1777  he  re-enlisted  as  orderly 
sergeant  in  Captain  Scott's  company,  same  regiment.  At  Darby,  Pennsyl- 
vania, November  17,  1777,  he  and  his  squad  were  captured  by  a  detach- 
ment under  Cornwallis.  He  was  confined  in  Philadelphia  and  in  the  loath- 
some prison  ships  at  New  York  nine  months  before  being  exchanged.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  made  his  home  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  for  many  years  was  collector  of  fines  in  that  county.  In  1808  he  moved 
to  Poland,  Trumbull  county,  Ohio,  where  he  purchased  land,  cleared  a  farm, 
and  there  lived  until  his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was  eighty-five 
years  of  age.  He  was  twice  married,  the  first  time  to  Hannah  Bull,  a  native 
of  Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  sister  of  General  Bull,  of  Revolu- 
tionary fame ;  the  second  time  to  Catherine  Moore. 

General  John  Bull  was  a  native  of  Providence  township,  Montgomery 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  played  a  patriot's  part  in  two  of  the  greatest 
wars  of  this  continent,  the  French  and  Indian,  and  the  Revolution.  A  por- 
tion of  his  history  is  herein  given  not  alone  for  his  being  a  close  family 
connection,  but  also  because  he  was  one  of  the  first  English-speaking  white 
rren  to  visit  the  territory  since  included  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Because  of  his  familiarity  with  the  sign  language  and  Indian  methods  of 
warfare,  his  services  in  transactions  with  them  were  particularly  valuable. 
In   1758  he  was  captain  in  command  of  Fort  Allen,  and  preceded  General 


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Forbes  in  his  expedition  against  Fort  Duquesne.  In  November,  1758,  he 
and  Frederick  Post  visited  Saucon  (now  Beaver)  and  other  Indian  towns 
along  the  Big  Beaver,  and  met  with  King  Beaver,  Shingiss,  and  other 
notable  Indian  warriors,  and  aided  in  creating  the  defection  of  the  Indians 
from  the  French  that  hastened  the  downfall  of  Fort  Duquesne.  In  1771 
he  owned  the  Norris  plantation  and  mill,  and  resided  there  on  the  site  of  the 
present  city  of  Norristown.  In  1775  he  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  First 
Pennsylvania  Battalion,  but  later,  because  of  friction  between  him  and  the 
other  officers,  he  resigned.  He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  at  the  treaty 
made  with  the  Indians  at  Easton,  January  30,  1777,  and  July  i6th  of  that 
year  was  appointed  adjutant-general  of  the  state.  In  October  this  same 
year  his  barns,  barracks,  grain  and  hay  were  burned  by  the  British,  and 
his  wagons,  horses,  sheep  and  negroes  carried  off,  although  Gen.  Howe  had 
given  his  word  to  Mrs.  Bull  that  they  would  not  be  disturbed.  In  December, 
on  the  capture  of  Gen.  Irwin,  he  succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  second 
brigade  under  General  John  Armstrong.  In  1778  he  was  engaged  in  erect- 
ing batteries  at  Billingsport.  In  1779  he  put  down  the  chevaux-de-frise  in 
the  Delaware.  In  1780  he  was  commissary  of  purchases  in  Philadelphia. 
He  also  during  those  years  served  a  term  as  assemblyman,  and  with  David 
Rittenhouse,  Owen  Biddle  and  others  constituted  a  Board  of  War  for 
Pennsylvania,  and  as  a  compiler  of  the  "Pennsylvania  Archives"  expresses 
it,  he  "appears  to  have  been  one  of  the  busiest  and  most  indefatigable 
workers."  Some  time  after  the  close  of  the  war  he  removed  to  Northum- 
berland county,  where  he  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  for  many 
years.  Gen.  Bull  was  born  in  1730,  was  married  to  Mary  Phillips  in 
1752,  who  died  February  23,  181 1,  aged  eighty  years.  He  died  in  1824, 
aged  ninety-four  years.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  among 
whom  were :  Elizabeth,  who  married  Benjamin  Rittenhouse,  of  Philadelphia, 
a  brother  of  the  noted  mathematician ;  Anna,  married  Gen.  John  Smith,  of 
Hackwood  Park,  Frederick  county,  Virginia ;  Maria  Louisa,  married  Joseph 
Nennie.  Joseph  Nannie  was  for  fifty  years  register  of  the  United  States 
Treasury,  in  which  capacity  he  affixed  his  signature  to  the  first  bonds  issued 
by  that  government. 

The  future  value  of  a  history  like  this  rests  much  on  how  the  family 
connection  is  kept  up,  but  the  whereabouts  of  the  descendants  of  the 
brothers  of  James  Stevenson  are  almost  lost  to  his  descendants.  It  is 
known  that  some  of  these  brothers'  descendants  lived  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  daughter  of  one  of  them,  a  Mrs.  Croft,  lived  and  raised 
a  family  near  East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

Children  of  James  and  Hannah  (Bull)  Stevenson:  i.  Margaret,  mar- 
ried John  Caldwell.  2.  Lucy,  married  Andrew  Elliott.  3.  Nancy,  married 
E.  R.  Gilson.  4.  Sarah,  married  John  Gilson.  5.  Hannah,  married  William 
Crow.  6.  Mary.  7.  Thomas,  of  whom  further.  8.  Elijah.  9.  Andrew. 
Children  of  James  and  Catherine  (Moore)  Stevenson:  10.  Robert,  ri. 
James,  married  (first)  Jane  Guthrie,  (second)  Nancy  Moore.     12.  William. 


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13.  Rebecca.  14.  Elisha  McCurdy,  married  Nancy  Dawson  (he  was  born 
December  22,  1806,  died  December  16,  1899).  15.  Silas,  married  (first) 
Sarah  Cracraft,  (second)  Eliza  Hoover  (he  was  at  one  time  sheriff  of 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  grandson  of  his,  Joseph  S.  Edwards, 
is  the  present  treasurer  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania).  16.  Sampson.  17. 
Samuel,  married  Nancy  Ann  Dawson. 

(II)  Thomas,  seventh  child  and  eldest  son  of  James  and  Hannah  (Bull) 
Stevenson,  was  born  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  25,  1788, 
died  at  Hookstown,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  14,  1847.  When  a 
young  man  he  came  to  Beaver  county  where  he  conducted  farming  opera- 
tions upon  rented  ground  until  1840.  In  this  year  he  purchased  the  prop- 
erty now  owned  and  cultivated  by  his  grandson,  William  Stewart  Stevenson, 
and  there  lived  until  his  death.  He  and  his  daughter  Nancy  and  sons 
Jonathan  and  Andrew  were  carried  off  in  the  space  of  a  few  weeks  by  an 
epidemic  known  locally  as  the  "Hookstown  fever,"  and  that  baffled  the 
skill  of  the  local  physicians,  and  caused  the  death  of  many.  It  is  now 
believed  to  have  been  typhoid  fever.  Thomas  Stevenson  was  a  Democrat 
in  political  sympathy,  and  affiliated  with  tlie  Presbyterian  church.  He 
married,  December  19,  181 1,  Jane  Smith,  born  July  23,  1783,  died  October 
27,  1853.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Stevenson:  i.  Nancy,  married 
John  Calhoon.  2.  Esther,  married  Joseph  McCready.  3.  James,  married 
Elizabeth  Ewing.  4.  Jonathan,  married  Jane  Ramsey.  5.  Thomas,  married 
Isabell  Stewart  (daughter  of  William  Stewart,  hereinafter  mentioned).  6. 
Elizabeth,  twin  of  Thomas,  married  Eli  Ramsey.  7.  Martha,  married 
George  Stewart  (son  of  Samuel  Stewart,  hereinafter  mentioned).  8. 
Andrew.     9.  Sampson,  of  whom  further.     10.  Mary  Jane. 

(III)  Sampson,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Smith)  Stevenson,  was 
born  in  Hanover  township,  Beaver  county,  September  8,  1824,  died  in 
Hookstown,  August  28,  1880.  Like  his  forefathers,  he  followed  that  most 
useful  and  honorable  of  all  pursuits,  agriculture,  all  his  life,  and  in  this 
occupation  he  met  with  moderate  success,  never  attaining  a  position  of 
affluence,  but  was  always  considered  one  of  the  well-to-do  farmers  of  the 
region.  He  supported  the  Republican  party  with  his  vote  and  influence,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  (first) 
Rachel  Stewart,  born  February  27,  1828,  and  died  June  2,  1854;  (second) 
Rebecca  Manor.  Rachel  Stewart  was  a  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Henderson)  Stewart.  George  Stewart,  the  father  of  William,  was  born 
in  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania.  In  1776  he  was  serving  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  as  major  in  the  First  Pennsylvania  Battalion,  James  Crawford, 
colonel.  Later  he  was  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  same  until  after  1780,  when 
he  was  appointed  colonel  and  continued  to  serve  as  such  to  tlie  close  of  the 
war.  He  was  in  command  of  his  regiment  at  the  battle  of  Yorktown  and 
other  engagements.  After  the  close  of  the  war  it  appears  he  first  moved 
to  Washington  or  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania  (where  children 
of  first  wife  seem  to  have  remained),  but  finally  settled  in  Brooke  county, 


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\"irginia,  where  he  owned,  lived,  and  died  on  a  farm  close  to  the  Beaver 
county  line,  in  what  is  now  Hancock  county.  West  Virginia.  This  farm 
is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  R.  G.  Stewart  (a  grandson)  and  by  "the 
Stewart  brothers"  (great-great-grandsons  of  the  fifth  generation),  by 
descent  through  Samuel  Stewart.  Colonel  George  was  twice  married,  the 
names  of  his  first  wife  and  their  three  children  cannot  be  given.  He 
married  his  second  wife,  Susannah  Wilson,  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  22,  1779.  The  children  of  this  second  marriage  were  Samuel, 
William,  Mary  and  Hesther  (twins),  Benjamin,  and  James.  Colonel 
George  died  September  9,  1801,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  Mill  Creek  grave- 
yard in  Beaver  county.  On  September  21,  1841,  his  widow,  at  the  age  of 
eighty,  applied  for  a  pension,  which  was  allowed.  She  died  May  4,  1843. 
Of  the  above  children,  William  married  Elizabeth  Henderson,  and  lived 
and  died  on  a  farm  he  owned  close  to  the  old  original  Stewart  homestead, 
in  the  same  county  and  state.  He  was  born  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, July  29,  1782,  and  died  October  6,  1858.  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  died 
August  18,  1871,  aged  eighty-eight  years  and  five  months.  Their  children 
were:  George,  James,  William,  Benjamin,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Isabell,  and 
Rachel,  who  married  Sampson  Stevenson.  December  26,  1850.  Sampson  and 
Rachel  (Stewart)  Stevenson  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  William 
Stewart,  and  Laura  E.,  the  latter  dying  in  infancy.  There  were  no  children 
to  the  second  marriage. 

(IV)  William  Stewart,  son  of  Sampson  and  Rachel  (Stewart)  Steven- 
son, was  born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
20,  1851.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  his  youth,  and  has  spent  his 
entire  life  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides.  This  is  a  fertile  tract  of  one 
hundred  and  forty-five  acres,  on  which  he  conducts  general  farming  and 
dairying,  in  which  he  has  been  comparatively  successful.  His  party  affilia- 
tions and  church  membership  are  the  same  as  those  of  his  father,  except  that 
in  late  years  he  has  been  voting  independent  of  party. 

Mr.  Stevenson  married,  April  23,  1879.  Mary  Alice  Graham,  who  was 
born  in  Toledo,  Tama  county,  Iowa,  January  18,  1857.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Robert  N.  and  Martha  (Moore)  Graham,  both  natives  of  Carroll  county, 
Ohio.  Robert  N.  Graham  was  a  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Nelson)  Graham, 
the  former  a  native  of  Ireland.  Robert  N.  was  also  a  grandson  of  Matthew 
and  Hannah  (Hunter)  Nelson,  pioneer  residents  of  Greene  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  Seventh 
Iowa  Infantry  Regiment.  He  took  part  in  the  Fort  Donelson,  Pitt.sburgh 
Landing,  and  all  the  battles  in  which  his  regiment  was  engaged,  being 
wounded  at  Fort  Donelson.  He  was  first  lieutenant,  acting  captain  at  the 
time  of  expiration  of  his  three  years'  term  of  enlistment.  He  re-enlisted 
in  the  Sixth  United  States  Veterans,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was  sta- 
tioned at  Wa.shington,  D.  C.  In  this  capacity  he  was  a  participant  in  the 
gruesome  closing  of  the  final  tragedies  of  the  war.  He  was  in  the  detail 
that  guarded  the  prison  in  which  the  Lincoln  assassination  conspirators  were 


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confined,  and  guarded  the  scaffold  when  Herrold,  Atzerott,  and  Mrs.  Surratt 
were  executed,  and  later  when  Wirz,  the  keeper  of  the  Andersonville  prison, 
shared  the  same  fate.  Robert  N.  was  bom  September  11,  1833,  and  died 
March  17,  1912.  Martha,  his  wife,  was  born  September  30,  1829,  and  died 
at  Malvern,  Ohio,  June  4,  1909. 

Children  of  William  Stewart  and  Mary  Alice  (Graham)  Stevenson: 
Sampson  Percy,  Robert  Willis,  Samuel  Nelson,  Martha  Hunter,  Rachel 
Florence,  Mary  Luella,  and  Susan  Nelson,  called  "Nellie,"  who  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  191 1. 


Philip  E.  Hamilton,  a  promising  young  lawyer  in  Beaver 
HAMILTON     county,    Pennsylvania,    maintains   offices   at    Beaver   and 

Beaver  Falls.  Although  he  has  been  engaged  actively  in 
legal  work  for  only  one  year,  he  has  already  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative 
clientage,  and  is  rapidly  gaining  prestige  as  one  of  the  leading  young  at- 
torneys'in  this  section  of  the  State. 

A  native  of  Tyrone,  Blair  county,  Pennsylvania,  Philip  E.  Hamilton 
was  born  February  9,  1884,  son  of  James  C.  M.  and  Eliza  Ann  (Wilson) 
Hamilton,  the  former  of  whom  is  a  prominent  dentist  at  Beaver  Falls,  where 
the  family  home  has  been  maintained  since  1895.  Philip  E.  Hamilton 
received  his  early  educational  training  in  the  public  schools  of  Tyrone  and 
Beaver  Falls,  in  which  latter  place  he  attended  Geneva  College,  from  which 
institution  he  was  graduated  with  honors  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1906, 
duly  receiving  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  In  the  autumn  of  1906 
he  became  principal  of  the  Fallston,  Pennsylvania,  public  schools,  and  after 
serving  in  that  capacity  for  a  period  of  four  months  he  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  the  Slippery  Rock  Model  High  School  of  the  State  Normal  Insti- 
tution, where  he  remained  for  two  years.  In  the  fall  of  1908  he  was 
matriculated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  law  department  of 
which  he  was  graduated  in  191 1,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 
During  the  last  year  of  his  law  course  he  was  associated  in  legal  work 
with  Hon.  Henry  J.  Scott,  of  Philadelphia.  After  graduation  he  came  to 
Beaver  Falls,  and  on  admission  to  the  Pennsylvania  State  bar,  February  3, 
1912,  he  entered  into  a  partnership  alliance  with  Hon.  J.  Sharpe  Wilson,  of 
this  place.  On  May  i,  1912,  this  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  he  is  now 
practising  alone,  and  is  doing  a  splendid  legal  business  in  Beaver  Falls.  Mr. 
Hamilton  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Beaver  County  Bar  Association,  and  is 
affiliated  with  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  his  father  having  served  as  captain  of 
Company  D,  iioth  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  during  the 
entire  four  years  of  the  Civil  War.  In  his  religious  faith  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  to  whose  charities  he  is  a  most  liberal  con- 
tributer.  In  politics  he  accords  allegiance  to  the  principles  and  policies  for 
which  the  Republican  party  stands  sponsor;  and,  while  he  is  not  an  office 
seeker,  he  is  ever  on  the  alert  and  enthusiastically  in  sympathy  with  all 
measures  and  enterprises  projected  for  the  general  welfare. 


ioo6  PENNSYLVANIA 

This  name  is  an  old  one,  found  in  England  as  early  as  the 
BALDWIN     Conquest,  and  was  there  quite  common.     It  appears  on 

the  roll  of  Battle  Abbey  and  in  Domesday  Book,  but  there 
were  Baldwins  in  England  as  early  as  672.  In  America  the  name  appears 
with  the  earliest  settlement  of  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut.  The  branch 
of  which  Robert  Bell  Baldwin,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  is  a  twentieth 
century  representative,  springs  from  the  Massachusetts  family,  and  first 
appeared  in  Western  Pennsylvania  in  1803.  In  a  list  of  early  settlers  of 
Robinson  township,  Allegheny  county,  made  for  the  year  1803,  is  found 
the  name  of  Robert  Baldwin.  He  was  the  grandfather  of  Robert  Bell  Bald- 
win, and  came  to  Allegheny  county  from  his  Massachusetts  home.  He  was  a 
millwright  and  surveyor,  following  both  occupations  in  Allegheny  county, 
and  became  a  man  of  many  affairs,  prominent  among  his  fellows,  well  liked 
for  many  agreeable  qualities.  He  married  Annis  Perry,  and  was  the  father 
of :  Perry,  Robert,  John,  Samuel,  Henry,  of  whom  further ;  Mary,  Amanda, 
Julia  A.,  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Robert  and  Annis  (Perry)  Baldwin,  was  born  in 
Robinson  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1808.  His  trade 
was  that  of  his  father,  millwright,  and  he  engaged  in  this  business  through- 
out his  active  years.  He  married  Mary  Bell,  and  had  children:  i.  Daniel, 
deceased.  2.  James  F.,  a  carpenter  employed  by  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake 
Erie  railroad ;  was  killed  between  Beaver  and  New  Brighton  by  the  train 
bearing  the  body  of  President  James  A.  Garfield.  3.  Robert  Bell,  of  whom 
further.  4.  John,  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1841 ;  a  sol- 
dier under  Captain  Darrah,  Company  I,  140th  Regiment  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Infantry,  in  the  Civil  War.  During  his  term  of  service  he  was 
thrice  taken  prisoner,  and  at  different  times  was  confined  in  Libby,  Belle 
Isle,  and  Salisbury  prisons.  While  held  prisoner  in  the  last-named  place 
he  attempted  to  escape,  and,  detected  in  the  act,  was  struck  on  the  head 
by  one  of  the  guards,  the  blow  such  a  hard-delivered  and  such  a  vicious  one 
that  it  caused  almost  total  deafness,  from  which  he  has  since  been  a  sufferer. 
All  of  the  important  battles  in  which  his  company  was  engaged  found  him 
in  action,  and  he  held  a  worthy  record  as  a  soldier.  He  now  lives  retired 
at  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Elizabeth,  deceased.  6. 
Amanda,  a  resident  of  Monaca,  Pennsylvania.    6.  Albin. 

(III)  Robert  Bell,  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Bell)  Baldwin,  was  born 
in  Robinson  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  17,  1839.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  the  locality,  and  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  until  he  attained  his  majority,  when  he  moved  to  Oil  City, 
Pennsylvania,  and  became  interested  in  oil  producing.  This  was  his  busi- 
ness from  1862  until  1877,  and  substantial  success  attended  his  operations 
during  the  intervening  fifteen  years,  receiving  at  times  a  price  reaching 
seven  dollars  and  one-half  per  barrel  for  oil.  He  became  an  expert  well- 
driver,  and  was  the  first  to  successfully  drive  what  is  termed,  in  the  language 
of  the  oil  fields,  a  "dry  hole,"  being  the  second  to  attempt  this  method  of 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  1007 

well-driving.  Upon  his  moving  to  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  in  1877,  he 
built  his  present  home  at  No.  399  New  York  avenue.  From  1877  until  his 
retirement  from  active  business  in  1895,  Mr.  Baldwin  was  engaged  mainly 
in  the  driving  of  oil  wells,  operating  principally  in  Somerset  and  West- 
moreland counties,  and  in  this  line  became  well  known  as  a  driver  whose 
work  was  uniformly  successful  and  one  who  was  a  thorough  master  of  his 
craft.  Mr.  Baldwin's  early  political  faith  was  Republican,  and  his  first 
vote  was  cast  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  when  that  great  man  was  first  a  presi- 
dential candidate,  but  he  is  now  in  sympathy  with  the  Washington  party, 
holding  great  admiration  and  respect  for  the  Progressive  leader,  Theodore 
Roosevelt.  Since  1900  he  has  been  assessor  of  the  borough  of  Rochester, 
and  for  seven  years  was  a  member  of  the  school  board,  serving  as  president 
during  that  time.  His  religious  belief  is  Lutheran.  Mr.  Baldwin  is  a 
citizen  of  loyal  and  generous  attributes  and  has  always  willingly  answered 
a  call  to  public  duty,  and  in  Rochester  commands  the  hearty  friendship  of 
many  who  are  glad  to  call  him  friend. 

He  married  Jane  Ellen,  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  B.  Breckenridge.  Children 
of  Robert  Bell  and  Jane  Ellen  (Breckenridge)  Baldwin:  i.  Charles  B., 
born  in  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania,  March  4,  1873;  publisher  of  the  Saturday 
Evening  Journal,  a  Socialist  periodical ;  married  Ida  Schiedmantel ;  children : 
Robert  J.,  Cecil  H.,  and  Ruth  Esther.  2.  George  Augustus,  born  December 
12,  1875;  an  attorney  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  he  has  twice  represented 
the  Twenty-fourth  district  in  the  Pennsylvania  legislature,  being  elected  the 
second  time  as  the  candidate  of  the  Progressive  party ;  he  married  Elizabeth 
J.  Spyerer,  and  has  two  sons,  Richard  S.  and  George  A.  3.  Paul  Howard, 
an  attorney,  associated  in  practice  with  his  brother,  George  Augustus;  he 
married  Dr.  Caroline  Marcy,  a  graduate  of  the  Women's  Medical  College 
of  Philadelphia,  who  after  one  year  of  hospital  work  began  practice,  now 
attending  a  large  clientele  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Baldwin:   Thomas  Marcy  and  Mary  S. 


To   trace   the    family  of   McCreary  to  the   fountainhead 
McCREARY     from   which    all    of   the   name   spring,   would   require    a 

lengthy  excursion  into  Irish  history,  and  a  minute  explora- 
tion of  all  of  its  interesting  details,  for  in  all  of  the  great  national  move- 
ments of  that  harassed  land,  whether  political,  social,  industrial  or  religious, 
a  McCreary  was  ever  among  the  leaders.  Decisive  convictions  have  dic- 
tated the  actions  of  those  of  the  name  of  whom  record  remains — a  trait 
that  time  has  done  little  to  weaken  or  years  to  efface. 

(I)  James  McCreary,  the  immigrant,  was  born  in  county  Tyrone,  Ire- 
land, in  1812,  and  there  spent  his  youthful  days,  occupied  in  the  obtaining 
of  an  education  and  in  preparation  for  a  life  work.  Farming  had  for  many 
years  been  the  calling  of  his  ancestors,  and  in  this  he  was  trained  as  a  boy 
in  his  native  land.  Later  he  was  proprietor  of  a  hotel  or  inn,  and  on  account 
of  upholding  personal  liberty,  fled  to  the  United  States.     He  was  married 


ioo8  PENNSYLVANIA 

in  Ireland  to  Mary  Hopper,  October  30,  1837,  and  upon  reaching  this 
country  he  settled  in  Pittsburgh,  and  engaged  in  the  bakery  and  confec- 
tionery business.  Later  he  took  up  the  cattle  and  horse  business  in  the  same 
city,  where  he  died  August  7,  1848.  His  widow,  Mary  (Hopper)  McCreary, 
who  was  born  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  in  181 1,  married,  September  22, 
1849,  David  Brown;  she  died  in  Pittsburgh,  September  17,  1867.  Children 
of  James  and  Mary  (Hopper)  McCreary,  the  first  two  born  in  Ireland, 
the  others  in  Pittsburgh:  i.  David,  born  August  3,  1838:  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  served  in  the  army  during  the  Civil  War;  he  was  a 
member  of  Hancock's  division  at  Gettysburg;  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Antietam,  and  participated  in  the  Wilderness  campaign,  and  the  first  battle 
of  Bull  Run;  he  served  in  the  volunteer  fire  department;  died  in  Pittsburgh, 
December  2,  1871.  2.  James,  born  July  9.  1839;  came  to  the  United  States; 
served  through  the  Civil  War,  and  like  his  brother  David,  was  engaged 
in  the  desperate  Wilderness  campaign.  3.  Robert,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Thomas,  born  January  3,  1845;  married.  May  24,  1878,  Suzanna  Smail. 
5.  Eliza,  born  June  20,  1847 ;  died  May  25,  1848.  Child  of  David  and 
Mary  (Hopper-McCreary)  Brown:  William  John,  born  December  28, 
1852,  married  Catherine  (Hester)  Brown. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Hopper)  McCreary,  was  born 
in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  April  i,  1841,  and  died  in  Monaca,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  November  i,  1895.  His  education  was  obtained 
in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  the  locality,  and  in  young  manhood  he 
learned  the  glassblower's  trade  in  the  factories  of  Pittsburgh,  following 
that  occupation  for  many  years.  He  located  in  Bridgewater  in  1867,  later 
removed  to  Pittsburgh  and  resided  there  until  1882.  Still  later  he  once 
more  completed  the  circle  between  the  two  places,  and  after  making  his 
home  for  a  time  in  old  Phillipsburg,  moved  to  Bridgewater,  later  to  Roches- 
ter, finally  coming  to  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  his  home  at 
the  time  of  his  death.  When  the  discord  between  the  northern  and  the 
southern  states  heightened  into  actual  warfare  he  took  up  arms  in  defense 
of  the  union  of  the  states,  as  did  two  of  his  brothers,  and  served  ten  months. 
His  political  sympathies  were  strongly  Republican,  and  in  religious  belief 
he  was  reared  in  the  Presbyterian  faith ;  his  wife  was  a  communicant  of 
the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He  married  Mary  Hester,  born  in  Wolver- 
hampton, Stafifordshire,  England,  August  15,  1852,  daughter  of  John  Hester, 
born  in  county  Mayo,  Ireland,  and  his  wife,  Catherine  Prile,  who  died  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  John  Hester  came  to  the  United  States  and 
Pennsylvania  in  1855,  and  for  a  considerable  number  of  years  was  em- 
ployed on  boats  plying  the  streams  of  that  region,  then  for  eighteen  years 
holding  a  position  in  a  gas  plant.  Coke  burning  and  quarrying  later  were 
his  occupations  and  he  was  engaged  in  the  original  construction  of  the 
Lake  Erie  railroad.  He  died  in  Allentown,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  home  of 
his  youngest  son,  James.  Children  of  John  and  Catherine  (Prile)  Hester: 
1.  Bridget,  deceased.     2.  John,  lives  in  West  Virginia.     3.  Mary,  married 


BEAVER    COUNTY  1009 

Robert  McCreary.  4.  Bernard.  5.  Catherine,  married  W.  J.  Brown,  of 
Pittsburgh.  6.  Patrick,  resides  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  7.  William  Thomas.  8. 
James,  lives  in  Pittsburgh.  Children  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Hester)  Mc- 
Creary: I.  Mary  A.,  deceased.  2.  William  J.,  deceased.  3.  Thomas  William, 
of  whom  further.  4.  R.  James,  deceased.  5.  John,  born  April  12,  1873; 
an  employee  of  the  Phoenix  Glass  Company,  lives  in  Monaca ;  married  Rose 
(Bird)  McCreary.  6.  Robert  Bernard,  born  February  14,  1875;  an  employee 
in  Phoenix  Glass  Company,  Monaca;  married  Gertrude  (Sanders)  Mc- 
Creary, who  died  February  17,  1910;  he  subsequently  took  unto  himself  a 
second  wife,  Mary  (McGuire)  McCreary.  7.  Joseph,  deceased.  8.  George 
W.,  born  February  i,  1879;  a  glassblower  in  employ  of  Phoenix  Glass 
Company;  lives  at  Monaca  Heights;  married  Margaret  (Feeney)  McCreary. 
9.  Gertrude,  deceased.  10.  William,  deceased.  11.  Mary,  born  December 
23,  1884;  married  Albert  Pollock,  and  lives  at  Monaca  Heights.  12.  Paul, 
deceased.     13.  Bridget,  deceased. 

(HI)  Thomas  William,  third  child  and  second  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Hester)  McCreary,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  South  Side,  Pennsylvania, 
April  24,  1870.  His  public  school  education  was  obtained  in  the  city  insti- 
tutions of  the  Sixth  ward  of  Pittsburgh,  his  residence  when  he  was  twelve 
years  of  age  being  changed  from  Pittsburgh  to  Monaca.  His  education, 
however,  did  not  stop  at  this  point,  for  after  he  had  attained  his  majority 
he  attended  night  school  in  Beaver  and  studied  commercial  subjects  under 
Professor  W.  P.  Pollock.  When  ten  years  of  age  he  began  to  work  in  a 
glass  factory,  interrupting  this  pursuit  to  attend  school  for  two  years  more, 
in  1882  obtaining  a  position  with  the  Phoenix  Glass  Company  in  the  capacity 
of  "carrying-in"  boy.  In  1890  he  moved  to  Indiana,  locating  at  Ellwood, 
returning  after  a  short  stay  to  Monaca,  where  he  once  more  began  work 
at  his  trade.  In  this  line  he  continued  until  1897,  when  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  subscription  department  of  a  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  weekly 
newspaper,  which  he  directed  for  three  months  and  resigned  to  attend 
school.  He  then  enrolled  in  Beaver  College,  taking  a  course  in  a  few  selected 
subjects  for  which  he  felt  that  he  would  have  a  future  use.  In  1899  he 
resigned  his  position  with  the  Phoenix  Glass  Company  and  spent  the  winter 
in  Philadelphia,  working  at  his  trade  during  the  day  and  attending  school 
during  the  evenings.  This  he  did  during  all  the  winter  months,  in  July 
of  the  following  year  returning  to  Monaca,  Pennsylvania,  and  accepting 
the  assistant  superintendency  of  the  Phoenix  Glass  Company,  of  which 
Edward  Kaye  was  superintendent,  served  in  this  capacity  until  December 
20,  19 ID,  when  he  resigned.  He  immediately  formed  a  connection  with  the 
Glass  Specialty  Company,  of  Fostoria,  Ohio,  as  traveling  salesman,  later 
having  charge  of  one  of  the  company's  plants.  In  June,  1913,  he  returned 
once  more  to  Monaca,  becoming  general  manager  of  the  Phoenix  Glass 
Company,  whose  service  he  had  left  three  years  before.  This  is  the  position 
he  now  fills  with  experienced  ability,  the  vast  gulf  separating  the  humble 
station  that  was  his  when  he  first  appeared  in  the  firm's  employ,  and  his 


loio  PEXXSYLVAXIA 

present  high  office  only  sending  to  show  how  well  his  efforts  have  been 
directed  in  the  struggle  for  advancement.  Especial  honor  is  due  him  in 
praise  of  his  steady  rise,  for  at  the  beginning  of  his  career  he  not  only 
possessed  no  advantages,  but  lacked  many  of  the  opportunities  that  are 
commonly  regarded  almost  as  a  birthright  by  youths  of  today.  Recognizing 
bis  deficiencies  along  educational  lines,  he  did  not  let  this  condemn  him 
to  a  lifelong  association  with  those  of  mediocre  talents,  but  by  assiduous 
application  and  the  devotion  of  spare  hours  to  study  he  acquired  a  knowl- 
edge practical  in  all  its  phases  and  liberal  in  many.  Hard  labor  held  no 
terrors  for  him,  and  to  this  qualitj-  much  of  his  material  success  may  be 
attributed.  Through  a  lifelong  acquaintance  with  glass  manufacturing  and 
selling  he  is  admirably  fitted  to  direct  the  affairs  of  his  company,  and  under 
his  jurisdiction  a  continued  reign  of  prosperit}-  should  attend  his  efforts. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  glassworkers'  union,  and  besides  being 
a  member  of  the  executive  board  and  numerous  important  committees  of 
that  organization,  he  had  on  several  occasions  represented  the  union  as  a 
delegate  at  conventions,  and  for  several  years  as  a  representative  in  con- 
ferences. His  close  acquaintance  with  union  affairs  and  his  knowledge  of 
conditions  existing  among  those  whom  he  employs,  is  greatly  in  his  favor 
in  preser\-ing  amicable  relations  between  the  heads  of  the  company  and  the 
employees,  and  should  ser\-e  to  avert  the  ever-threatening  danger  of  strikes, 
the  industrial  bugbear.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
as  are  his  family,  and  allies  himself  with  the  Democratic  party,  having  at 
one  time  been  secretan.-  of  the  Democratic  county-  committee  and  for  one 
term  auditor  of  the  borough  of  Monaca. 

Mr.  McCrean.-  married,  June  26,  1894.  Mar\-  Rose  Ganley,  born  in 
Cambridge.  Massachusetts.  October  8,  1874.  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
C Rocks)  Ganley.  both  natives  of  Ireland.  Each  came  to  the  United  States 
with  their  parents  in  childhood,  her  girlhood  being  spent  in  Massachusetts, 
his  youth  in  Brookh-n,  New  York.  They  came  to  Monaca,  Pennsylvania, 
settling  there  in  1885,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  glassblower.  Her  death 
occurred  in  that  place.  August  10.  1900,  he  surviving  her,  a  resident  of 
Monaca.  Children  of  Thomas  William  and  Man.-  Rose  rGanleyl  McCreary: 
I.  Man.-  Agnes,  bom  December  28.  1895.  2.  Robert  Emmett,  bom  August 
24.  1897.  3.  John  Charles,  born  Januarj-  29,  1899.  4.  Thomas  Francis,  born 
September  29,   1900.     5.   Marcella  Veronica,  bom  December  22,    1909. 


The  Stevensons  of  Beaver  count>-,  Pennsylvania,  of 
STE\'EXSOX     whom  O.  J.  Stevenson,  of  Beaver,  is  a  representative, 

descend  from  James  Stevenson,  who  came  from  county 
Donegal.  Ireland,  just  prior  to  the  revolution,  settling  near  Philadelphia. 
James  Stevenson  enlisted  in  the  colonial  army,  and  was  for  eight  months 
held  prisoner  in  X'ew  York  City  by  the  British.  After  his  release  he  was 
appointed  tax  collector  by  the  government  to  collect  taxes  levied  on  non- 
combatants  for  the  support  of  the  armies  in  the  field.     He  sen'ed  in  this 


BEAVER    COUXTY  ion 

capacity  until  the  close  of  the  war,  then  engaged  in  charcoal  burning  in 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  resided  later  in  Virginia ;  was  a  resident 
of  Pulaski  township.  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1806;  and  of 
Poland,  Ohio,  in  1808.  At  the  latter  point  he  purchased  a  tract  of  wild 
land  which  he  cleared,  converting  the  timber  into  charcoal  which  he  sold  to 
the  Yellow  Creek  Furnace,  located  near  Poland.  Here  he  continued  so 
engaged  until  his  death.  His  first  wife,  Hannah  Bull,  was  a  sister  of 
Colonel  Bull,  an  officer  of  the  revolution:  children:  Andrew.  Thomas, 
Elijah.  Margaret,  Lucy.  Xancy.  Sarah,  Hannah  and  Man.-.  He  married 
(second)  Catherine  Moore,  who  bore  him:  Robert.  Tames,  William.  Re- 
becca, Elisha  M.  married  Xancy  Dawson ;  Silas.  Samson,  Samuel  (of  whom 
further),  and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  James  and  Catherine  (Moorel  Stevenson,  was 
born  at  Poland.  Ohio,  about  1822,  youngest  of  the  seventeen  children  of 
his  father,  and  died  in  1855.  He  married  when  a  young  man.  and  settling 
in  Glasgow.  Beaver  county,  there  followed  the  trade  of  chair  making  in 
an  establishment  of  his  own.  Finding  this  a  steady  but  not  an  attractive, 
lucrative  source  of  income,  in  1854  he  and  his  family  started  for  the  west, 
Kansas  being  their  objective  point.  They  traveled  down  the  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  rivers  to  St.  Louis,  where,  navigation  being  blocked  by  ice, 
they  were  compelled  to  lay  over  until  the  spring  thaw.  In  this  winter  the 
wife  and  mother  died,  and  though  almost  frantic  with  grief,  the  rest  of 
the  family  continued  on  their  way  to  Kansas.  Here  Mr.  Stevenson  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  sixty-  acres  of  land  near  Leavenworth,  and  com- 
menced building  a  home,  which  was  not  yet  completed  when  he  and  all 
his  children  were  stricken  with  fever  and  ague.  In  the  fall  (1855I  they 
returned  to  Pennsylvania,  where,  as  a  tragic  end  to  an  ill-fated  trip,  the 
father  of  the  family  died,  t\vo  weeks  after  their  arrival,  not  the  first  to 
have  been  disappointed  in  the  search  for  better  things,  nor  the  first  to  pay 
as  toll  his  most  precious  possession,  Ufe.  Beginning  with  the  death  of  the 
mother  in  St.  Louis,  misfortune  had  pursued  the  family  throughout  their 
entire  journey,  the  attack  of  malaria  suffered  by  all  so  weakening  Mr.  Ste- 
venson that  the  homeward  journey  was  too  great  strain  upon  his  fe%-er- 
racked  and  chill-shaken  body.  Relatives  rallied  to  the  aid  of  the  orphaned, 
of  whom  there  were  seven,  and  all  were  provided  with  comfortable  homes. 
Samuel  Stevenson  married  Xancy  Dawson,  of  Hookstown,  Pennsylvania, 
a  descendant  of  an  English  family. 

(IID  Homer,  son  of  Samuel  and  Xancy  (Dawson)  Stevenson,  was 
bom  in  Glasgow.  Beaver  county.  Pennsylvania,  September  7.  1844.  Left 
an  orphan  when  eleven  years  of  age  by  the  sad  and  untimely  death  of  his 
father,  he  was  offered  a  home  by  the  youngest  sister  of  his  father.  Hannah 
( Stevenson ">  Crowe,  who  resided  near  Elkton,  Columbiana  county,  Ohio. 
He  lived  there  until  his  aunt's  death,  when  he  went  to  live  with  her  son. 
In  1859  he  came  to  Industn,'  to  make  his  home  with  an  older  sister,  Mrs. 
Haves,  with  whom  he  lived  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Ci\-il  War.     As  soon 


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as  he  attained  an  age  that  made  him  eligible  for  service,  he  enlisted  in 
the  army  of  the  North  in  Company  I,  56th  Regiment  State  Militia,  which 
was  immediately  dispatched  for  duty  in  West  Virginia,  to  relieve  troops 
guarding  government  stores.  In  1863  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  193d 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  while  serving  this  period  was  the 
victim  of  an  attack  of  ague,  the  second  he  had  experienced  in  his  lifetime, 
the  first  being  suffered  in  Kansas.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  war  he  returned 
to  Industry  and  obtained  employment  on  a  steamboat  plying  the  waters 
of  the  Ohio,  remaining  in  this  service  until  1872,  when  he  was  married  and 
began  farming  operations.  In  1880  he  purchased  a  tract  of  fifty-two  acres 
in  Brighton  township,  and  there  resides  at  the  present  time,  confining  his 
operations  almost  exclusively  to  fruit  raising,  only  growing  enough  grain 
to  feed  his  own  stock.  He  raises  fruit  of  high  grade,  his  products  ranking 
among  the  best  of  the  neighborhood.  He  conducts  his  operations  along 
safe,  conservative  lines,  adopting  the  best  of  modern  methods,  and  obtains 
lucrative  results.  In  local  affairs  he  plays  a  prominent  part,  supporting 
the  Republican  party,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  township  school  board. 
Mr.  Stevenson  married,  April  30,  1872,  Margaret  J.  Hineman,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  John  M.  Hineman,  who  purchased  a  farm  in 
Beaver  county  just  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  Children  of  Homer 
and  Margaret  J.  (Hineman)  Stevenson:  i.  Mary,  married  D.  J.  Engle, 
and  lives  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Delia, 
married  Dallas  McGafiick,  a  resident  of  Ohio  township,  Beaver  county.  3. 
John  Dawson,  a  physician  in  practice  at  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county.  4. 
Blanche,  married  George  A.  Kirk,  resides  in  Beaver.  5.  Olen  Jay  (of  whom 
further).  6.  Virginia,  married  J.  W.  Spillman,  a  physician,  and  lives  near 
Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 

(IV)  Olen  Jay,  sixth  child  and  second  son  of  Homer  and  Margaret  J. 
(Hineman)  Stevenson,  was  born  in  Brighton  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  September  2,  1882.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the  acad- 
emy, and  later  attended  Baltimore  Medical  College,  whence  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1906.  For  five  years  after  obtaining  his  degree  he  engaged  in 
active  practice  at  New  Brighton  and  Woodlawn,  in  191 1  purchasing  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-three  acres  in  Brighton  township,  adjoin- 
ing his  father's,  and  the  following  year  moved  his  residence  to  that  place, 
where  he  has  since  lived.  He  conducts  general  farming  operations,  and  also 
raises  a  great  deal  of  fine  stock,  of  which  he  is  an  excellent  judge,  his 
knowledge  of  and  familiarity  with  the  best  breeds  amounting  to  that  of 
an  expert.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics;  the  only  official  position  he  ever 
held  was  at  Woodlawn,  where  he  was  physician  to  the  poor.  His  fraternal 
connection  is  with  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  holds  the  Knights  Tem- 
plar degree,  belonging  to  Beaver  Commandery,  No.  457.  He  married, 
October  6,  1909,  Katherine  Mabel,  a  native  of  Beaver  county,  daughter  of 
Albert  J.  Ewing ;  children :    Bonita,  and  an  infant,  Charlotte. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  1013 

The  Kleyle  family  of  Beaver  county  numbers  but  two  Ameri- 
KLEYLE  can-born  generations,  only  one  of  which  has  attained  ma- 
turity, the  residence  of  the  family  having  been  in  Allegheny 
and  Beaver  counties.  Francis  X.  Kleyle,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  was  born 
in  Baden,  Germany,  in  1806.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  his  native  land, 
where  he  attended  school  and  obtained  an  exceptionally  fine  general  educa- 
tion, receiving,  as  well,  instruction  in  music.  Of  the  latter  he  was  very 
fond  and  made  excellent  use  of  every  opportunity  available  to  develop  his 
musical  talent,  of  which  he  had  not  a  little.  He  made  rapid  progress,  and 
while  never  a  public  performer,  was,  nevertheless,  a  proficient  musician. 
His  scholastic  ability  was  proportionate  to  his  delight.  So  well  equipped 
was  he  mentally  that  when  a  young  man  he  held  a  position  in  the  service 
of  the  German  government,  a  service  notoriously  strict  in  its  regulations 
and  difficult  to  enter,  because  of  the  severe  examination  to  which  each 
aspiring  applicant  must  submit.  Leaving  his  native  land,  he  came  to  Penn- 
sylvania and  settled  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  employed  on  the  staffs 
of  the  various  German  periodicals  of  the  city.  Here  his  rare  scholarly 
ability  was  given  full  opportunity  to  expand  and  many  were  the  articles 
of  merit  that  came  from  his  prolific  pen.  Becoming  accustomed  to  news- 
paper work,  his  liking  for  that  occupation,  increased  with  the  passing  of 
time  and  he  was  therein  engaged  until  his  death,  which  occurred  May  7, 
1882.  His  political  belief  was  Democratic,  while  in  religious  life  he  was 
identified  with  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He  married  Genevieve  Dor- 
schel,  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in  Hessen,  1822,  died  October  11,  1899, 
the  result  of  a  railroad  accident.  Children  of  Francis  X.  and  Genevieve 
Kleyle :  James,  deceased ;  Mary ;  Elizabeth  ;  Justina ;  Paul,  deceased ;  Stanis- 
laus, deceased;  Philomena,  deceased;  Louisa;  Louis  (of  whom  further). 

(H)  Louis,  youngest  child  of  Francis  X.  and  Genevieve  (Dorschel) 
Kleyle,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 
25,  1864.  His  youthful  life  was  spent  in  Pittsburgh,  and  he  there  obtained 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  parochial  school,  completing  his  studies 
at  Saint  Mary's  College  at  Dayton,  Ohio.  For  eleven  years  following  he 
was  employed  in  Pittsburgh,  for  two  years  of  that  time  in  the  government 
service  as  mail-carrier  and  for  nine  years  as  business  manager  of  the  Orien- 
tal Glass  Company  of  Pittsburgh.  On  October  i,  1900,  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  Monaca  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  American  Glass 
Specialty  Company,  of  Monaca,  Pennsylvania,  of  which  he  is  now  secretary 
and  treasurer.  This  organization  is  one  of  the  most  flourishing  in  the  glass 
manufacturing  trade,  Mr.  Kleyle's  part  in  its  growth  and  expansion  having 
been  one  of  faithful  labor  and  careful  financial  administration.  His  only 
other  business  connection  is  as  director  of  the  Monaca  Citizens  National 
Bank.  His  political  sympathies  are  strongly  Republican,  his  interest  in 
politics  always  having  taken  active  form.  He  is  at  the  present  time  presi- 
dent of  the  Monaca  council,  an  office  to  which  he  was  elevated  through 
the  confidence  and  trust  of  his  fellow  citizens.     A  Catholic  in  religious 


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beliefs,  he  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Catholic  Mutual 
Benefit  Association. 

Mr.  Kleyle  married,  June  i8,  1895,  Amelia  Drost,  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  January  30,  1870,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Anna  (Hebeur) 
Drost.  Her  father  died  in  1881 ;  her  widowed  mother  resides  in  Pittsburgh. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kleyle:  i.  Aloysius,  born  June  20,  1897,  died 
September  4,  1898.  2.  Francis  X.,  born  September  22,  1899.  3.  Amelia, 
twin  with  Francis  X.,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Marie  Anna,  born  February 
9,  1902.  5-6.  Paul  and  Jerome  Joseph  (twins),  born  December  24,  1906, 
the  latter  dying  in  infancy.     7.  Cyril  Philip,  born  February  24,   1909. 

Mr.  Kleyle  is  possessed  of  a  refined  musical  taste,  and  is  an  accom- 
plished violinist,  and  his  gifts  have  been  transmitted  to  his  son  Francis 
X.  and  his  daughter,  Marie  Anna.  Both  children  are  enrolled  as  students 
of  music  in  Beaver  College,  yet  they  are  already  recognized  as  artists  of  a 
high  order.  They  particularly  excel  in  use  of  the  violin,  and  they  have 
given  several  very  successful  concerts  and  parlor  recitals  in  their  home 
town  and  in  other  places  throughout  the  valley.  With  their  hereditary 
musical  taste,  inherited  from  both  sire  and  grandsire,  and  their  artistic 
talent,  their  future  is  bright  with  promise. 


The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Martsolf  family  of  Beaver 
MARTSOLF  county  was  Debold,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1830.  He  was  a  native  of  Germany  and  made  his  first 
home  in  Wrightsville,  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  later  purchasing  land 
in  Manheim  township,  in  the  same  county,  and  there  spent  his  entire  life. 
Farming  was  his  occupation,  and  in  its  pursuit  he  was  thrifty  and  industrious 
He  was  a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church,  the  tabernacle  in  which 
he  once  worshipped  standing  at  the  present  time.  He  was  twice  married, 
his  wives  being  cousins  of  the  same  name  as  his  own,  and  sisters. 

Children  of  his  first  marriage:    Frederick  (of  whom  further);  Philip, 

and    Rudolph.      Children   of    second   marriage:     Barbara,   married   

McGraw,  of  Ohio;  George;  Eliza,  married  (first)  Christian  Haller,  (sec- 
ond) William  Weir. 

(11)  Frederick,  son  of  the  first  marriage  of  Debold  Martsolf,  was 
born  in  Germany,  and  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  father  when 
about  eight  years  of  age.  He  spent  his  entire  life  as  a  farmer,  married, 
and  became  the  father  of  a  large  family.     His  wife  was  Margaret  Miller. 

(HI)  Jacob  D.,  son  of  Frederick  and  Margaret  (Miller)  Martsolf, 
was  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  Febniary  13,  1858.  His  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Center  township,  Butler  county, 
and  when  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age  established  in  the  contracting 
business,  later  becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  known  as  Martsolf  Brothers, 
of  which  he  is  now  president.  The  firm  is  favorably  known  throughout 
Beaver  county,  and  conducts  a  large  and  profitable  business  in  both  branches, 
lumber   dealing   and   contracting.      He    is   a    member   of   the    Presbyterian 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  1015 

churcli,  holds  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the  Masonic  order,  and  belongs 
to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr. 
Martsolf  was  a  member  of  the  New  Brighton  borough  council  for  a  number 
of  years. 

Mr.  Martsolf  married  Anna  C,  daughter  of  David  Miller  of  Beaver 
county.  Children  of  Jacob  D.  and  Anna  C.  Martsolf :  David  L. ;  Frederick, 
deceased;  Ella,  deceased;  Levina,  deceased;  Catherine,  deceased,  and 
Margaret. 

Mr.  Martsolf  ably  directs  the  business  of  his  firm,  and  a  great  share 
of  its  irreproachable  reputation  as  a  reliable  and  honorable  house  is  due 
to  the  upright  policy  he  has  pursued  during  his  connection  with  the  business. 


When  the  British  Parliament  made  a  law  compelling  the 
JOHNSON     use  of  surnames,  many  simply  added  the  suffix  "son"  to 

their  Christian  names,  and  gave  it  to  their  children  as  a 
surname,  in  this  way  forming  such  names  as  Peterson,  Carlson,  Johnson, 
and  the  like. 

(I)  Samuel  Johnson  was  a  resident  of  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  died  in  1896.  He  was  engaged  in  mining  operations  dur- 
ing the  business  years  of  his  life,  leasing  both  clay  and  coal  mines,  and 
was  very  successful.  He  was  the  first  ticket  agent  at  Rochester,  Penn- 
sylvania, for  the  Fort  Wayne  Railroad  Company.  He  married  Mary  Geis- 
ler,  who  died  in  191 1,  and  they  had  children:  Kate;  Robert;  Louis;  Eliza- 
beth; Mary;  Adam  Marshall,  of  further  mention;  Catherine;  William; 
Joseph;   Emma;   and   John. 

(H)  Adam  Marshall,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Geisler)  Johnson, 
was  born  in  Pulaski  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  11,  1858, 
and  was  there  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  has  been  engaged  in  the 
insurance  and  hotel  business  all  his  life,  and  at  the  present  time  is  located 
in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  has  a  real  estate  and  general  insur- 
ance business.  He  organized  the  Hotel  Speyerer  Company  of  Rochester, 
and  was  president  of  the  same  for  a  time.  He  organized  the  Citizens'  Im- 
provement Company,  which  was  instrumental  in  building  up  what  is  known 
as  Doctors'  Heights,  near  Monaca,  Pennsylvania.  He  organized  the  Union 
Cemetery  Company,  the  Beaver  Falls  Hotel  Company,  and  the  South  Side 
Electric  Light  Company  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was  at  one  time  president  of 
the  Beaver  County  Banking  and  Safety  Deposit  Association.  Politically 
he  is  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a  Lutheran,  and  fraternally  a  member  of 
Royal  Arcanum. 

He  married,  June  17,  1880,  Anna  Margaret  Shubert,  whose  family 
history  is  added.  They  had  children:  i.  Howard  Adam,  born  June  14, 
1881.  2.  Nellie  Anna,  bom  September  5,  1884;  married  Lawrence  Gamble 
Hayden,  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Tube  Works  at  McKeesport,  Penn- 
sylvania. 3.  Ora  Mae,  born  December  19,  1887;  was  graduated  from  Cen- 
tral High  School  of  Pittsburgh,  taking  second  honor  in  a  class  of  two  hun- 


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dred,  after  which  she  taught  school  two  years ;  she  married  John  R.  Divens, 
a  merchant  of  McKeesport,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  children:  Dorothy 
Leora,  and  John  R.  Jr.  4.  Clara  Belle,  born  July  14,  1893 ;  married  Fred- 
erick Wheatley,  of  Pittsburgh,  manager  of  an  insurance  company. 

John  Peter  and  Anna  Margaret  Shubert,  parents  of  Mrs.  Johnson,  emi- 
grated to  America  from  Bremen,  Germany.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade 
and  accustomed  to  weaving  on  a  hand  loom.  He  wove  fine  linens,  laces, 
carpets,  etc.  He  settled  in  Harmony,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
had  children :  George  Frederick,  a  sign  painter,  residing  in  Pittsburgh, 
married  Rose  Morningdew ;  Magdalena,  married  George  Stidham,  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War;  Mary,  married  Charles  Marquart;  Anna  Margaret,  who 
married  Mr.  Johnson,  as  above  stated;  Elizabeth,  married  Frederick  Guter- 
muth;  John  Frederick,  a  sign  painter,  associated  with  his  brother,  George 
Frederick,  in  Pittsburgh,  married  Jennie  Bardolph. 


The  Schleiter  family  of   Beaver  county,   Pennsylvania, 
SCHLEITER     has  not  yet  been  in  this  country  a  full  century,  yet  it 
has  made  its  mark  beneficially  in  the  business  world  and 
in  many  other  directions. 

(I)  Conrad  Schleiter  was  born  in  Rosenthal,  Hessen,  Germany,  De- 
cember II,  1839,  and  acquired  his  education  in  his  native  land.  In  June, 
1854,  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  locating  at  New  London,  Connec- 
ticut, where  he  learned  the  marble  monumental  business.  He  voted  for 
the  first  time  in  i860,  casting  his  presidential  vote  for  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 
In  the  spring  of  1861  he  enlisted  as  soon  as  the  first  call  for  men  came,  in 
the  Thirteenth  Regiment  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  stationed 
at  Fort  Trumbull,  New  London  Harbor,  during  the  entire  term  of  his 
enlistment.  He  was  honorably  discharged  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term, 
then  returned  to  Germany  for  a  visit.  Upon  his  return  he  worked  in  New 
London  and  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  at  his  trade  until  1866,  when  he 
removed  to  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  The  following  year 
he  was  employed  in  the  marble  works  of  William  H.  Marshall,  of  Rochester, 
Pennsylvania,  and  toward  the  close  of  1867  he  started  in  business  for  him- 
self in  this  line.  He  conducted  this  personally  until  1898  when  he  retired 
in  favor  of  his  sons,  Edward  J.  and  Conrad  G.,  the  firm  being  known  as 
C.  Schleiter  Sons.  This  is  a  large  and  successful  business,  in  which  every 
improvement  known  to  modern  trade  is  at  once  adopted.  Mr.  Schleiter 
has  been  active  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community,  and  at  various  times 
has  held  almost  all  the  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  borough.  He  is  now  living 
retired,  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  a  member  of 
the  Lutheran  church.  Mr.  Schleiter  married.  March  30.  1863,  Fredenca 
Fliehmann,  and  they  have  had  children:  i.  William,  born  in  New  London, 
Connecticut,  in  July,  1866,  died  young.  2.  Edward  J.,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Emma,  born  May  29,  1869 ;  married  Gilbert  Emerick,  a  contractor  of 
Sewickley,  Pennsylvania,  and  has  children:    Florence,  Frederick,  Mary  and 


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Edward.  4.  Henry  G.,  bom  August  5,  1870,  is  postmaster  of  Freedom, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  he  married  Pearl  Evans,  and  has  one  child, 
Edward.  5.  Frederick,  born  in  1871,  died  young.  6.  Wilhelmina,  born  in 
1872,  died  young.  7.  Frank,  bom  in  1874,  now  deceased.  8.  Adelia, 
born  September  i,  1876;  married  Robert  Alexander.  9.  Conrad  G.  Jr., 
born  April  14,  1878;  now  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  C.  Schleiter  Sons. 
He  married,  in  September,  1901,  Ida  Ferguson,  and  has  children:  Frederick 
and  Margaret.  10.  August  G.,  of  further  mention.  11.  George  H.,  born 
April  25,  1882,  is  unmarried,  and  is  now  living  at  Upland,  California.  12. 
Carl  J.,  born  September  17,  1885,  married  Ada  Fenstermacher,  of  Canton, 
Ohio,  and  had  one  child:    Hilda  Irene,  who  died  young. 

(II)  Edward  J.,  son  of  Conrad  and  Frederica  (Fliehmann)  Schleiter, 
was  born  September  2,  1867.  He  received  a  sound,  practical  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  then 
learned  the  art  of  marble  cutting  in  the  shops  of  his  father,  with  whom  he 
was  associated  in  business  until  the  latter  retired.  He  succeeded  him  as 
senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  C.  Schleiter  Sons,  and  under  his  progressive 
management  additional  luster  has  been  added  to  the  reputation  of  the  firm. 
He  is  possessed  of  executive  ability  of  a  high  order,  and  is  connected  with 
a  number  of  other  important  enterprises.  He  is  president  of  the  St.  Clair 
National  Bank  of  Freedom,  Pennsylvania ;  a  director  in  the  Beaver  County 
Telephone  Company ;  and  stockholder  in  numerous  other  corporations ;  also 
trustee  of  the  Beaver  County  Home  for  the  Aged,  and  of  the  Beaver  County 
Children's  (Orphans)  Home  Society.  In  spite  of  the  manifold  demands 
made  upon  his  time  by  his  business  interests,  Mr.  Schleiter  has  devoted 
much  of  his  attention  to  the  political  afifairs  of  the  community,  greatly  to 
its  benefit.  He  is  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Democratic  party  in  Western 
Pennsylvania,  and  has  been  three  times  a  delegate  to  Democratic  national 
conventions.  One  of  these  was  the  convention  at  Baltimore  which  nomi- 
nated President  Wilson,  of  whom  Mr.  Schleiter  is  an  ardent  admirer.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Democratic  county  committee.  He  is  president  of  the 
Freedom  borough  council.  He  is  also  a  valued  member  of  the  American 
Bankers  Association,  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  has  the  interest  of  the  people  at  large  deeply 
at  heart,  and  through  his  efforts  many  projects  have  been  fostered  which 
have  greatly  benefited  the  community  and  added  to  its  credit  as  a  progres- 
sive town.  Mr.  Schleiter  married  (first)  April  i,  1896,  Jennie  C.  Bartley, 
of  Verona,  Pennsylvania;  no  issue;  she  died  November  2,  1897,  and  he 
married  (second)  April  27,  1910,  Laura  Pagans,  of  Greenup,  Kentucky, 
and  they  have  one  child,  Eleanor,  born  April  21,   191 1. 

(II)  August  G.,  son  of  Conrad  and  Frederica  (Fliehmann)  Schleiter, 
was  born  February  27,  1881.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  Butcher's  Business 
College,  at  Beaver  Falls.    He  became  private  stenographer  for  E.  J.  Taylor, 


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chief  engineer  of  the  Pittsburgh  Coal  Company,  then  assistant  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Freedom  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  now  the  St. 
Clair  National  Bank,  for  one  year.  He  then  succeeded  Charles  E.  Sheflfer 
as  cashier,  a  position  he  was  obliged  to  resign  October  19,  1907,  because 
of  impaired  health.  Upon  his  restoration  to  health  he  became  associated 
with  his  brothers  in  the  monument  works  as  a  traveling  salesman,  a  position 
he  is  filling  at  the  present  time.  He  is  an  ardent  Democrat  in  political 
matters.  His  fraternal  association  is  large  and  is  as  follows :  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  in  which  he  has  held  all  the  offices,  and  is  now  past  counselor 
commander;  Applegrove  Lodge,  No.  8,  Women's  Auxiliary  Woodmen 
Circle,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania ;  Camp  No.  64,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees, 
of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  charter  member  of  Aerie  No.  1429,  Fraternal 
Order  of  Eagles,  of  Freedom,  Pennsylvania,  was  the  first  worthy  president, 
then  the  first  delegate  to  a  national  convention  at  Norfolk,  Virginia,  in 
September,  1907,  treasurer  four  years  for  Freedom,  Conway  and  Baden 
boroughs ;  United  Commercial  Travelers'  Association,  of  New  Brighton ; 
American  Bankers  Association. 

Mr.  Schleiter  married,  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  January  29,  1902, 
Villa  M.  A.  Hays,  and  they  have  had  children:  Catherine  Eleanor,  born 
November  23,  1902;  Dorothy  Maxine,  July  3,  1904;  Richard  Hays,  June 
II,  1906;  Franklin  Fay,  August  15,  1908. 


There  came  to  this  country  from  Scotland  two  brothers  by  the 
TODD    name  of  "Tod;"  the  name  originally  was  spelled  with  one  "d." 

Their  names  were  James  and  John.  James  was  born  in  Scot- 
land in  the  year  1760,  and  became  the  progenitor  of  the  branch  of  the  Todd 
family  here  under  review.  These  men  landed  in  Philadelphia  and  came 
west  to  Pittsburgh  the  same  year,  1789.  After  a  short  stay  in  that  place, 
James  purchased  a  tract  of  land  along  Raccoon  creek,  then  Washington 
county,  afterwards  becoming  a  part  of  Beaver  county,  after  the  forma- 
tion of  said  county  the  township  of  Moon,  with  which  section  of  Pennsyl- 
vania the  family  has  since  been  identified.  Said  James  Todd  remained  on  the 
farm  until  his  death  in  1846.  Said  family  of  Todds  were  members  of  the 
old  Associate  or  Seceder  Church,  and  were  members  of  that  church  until  the 
anion  of  these  churches  in  1858  formed  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  The 
said  James  Todd  and  family  attended  at  what  was  known  as  Service  Asso- 
ciate Church.  In  connection  with  this  church  the  first  Protestant  seminary 
was  formed  in  America,  conducted  by  Dr.  Anderson.  In  1831  the  said 
Todd  family  became  leaders  of  the  Ohio  Associate  Church,  formed  at  New 
Scottsville.  Said  James  Todd  married  Catherine  Forbes,  April  10,  1788, 
their  first  acquaintance  being  on  the  vessel  coming  from  Scotland,  and 
they  had  children :  James,  William,  John,  Thomas,  George,  Susan  and  Jane. 
With  the  exception  of  John,  all  were  farmers,  he  being  a  minister. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  James  and  Catherine  (Forbes)  Todd,  was  born 
in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1801,  and  died  in  1874. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1019 

He  was  reared  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  received  the  customary  educa- 
tion of  a  farmer's  son  of  that  period.  He  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  Whig 
principles  until  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party,  when  he  affiliated 
with  that.  His  religious  connection  was  with  the  Associate  and  United 
Presbyterian  church  after  the  latter  was  formed.  He  married  Eliza  Spauld- 
ing,  born  in  or  near  Paisley,  Scotland,  in  1804,  died  in  Moon  township  in 
1888.  They  had  children:  Marion;  Joanna;  James;  John  S.,  see  forward; 
George ;  Sarah ;  Annie. 

(HI)  John  S.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza  (Spaulding)  Todd,  was  born 
in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  April,  1840,  and  died 
in  1902.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Moon  township,  and  in 
Elders  Ridge,  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  established  himself  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Independence,  Pennsylvania,  in  which  line  he  was 
very  successful,  and  served  as  postmaster  of  the  town  from  1872  to  1874, 
inclusive.  Six  years  prior  to  his  death  he  retired  to  a  farm  in  Hopewell 
township,  where  his  last  years  were  spent  free  from  business  responsibilities. 
Mr.  Todd  married  Hannah  Bruce,  born  in  Moon  township,  in  April,  1839, 
died  August  11,  1893.  Charles  Bruce,  the  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Todd, 
settled  on  the  Bruce  estate,  in  Hopewell  township,  date  not  known.  He 
lived  to  be  forty-two  years  of  age,  and  had  two  children — a  son  and  a 
daughter.  The  daughter  was  married  to  a  Baker  and  the  son,  George  Bruce, 
received  the  homestead;  he  was  the  grandfather  of  the  said  Mrs.  Todd. 
The  said  George  Bruce  was  married  to  Hannah  Gum.  The  children  were: 
John,  William,  Charles,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Jane  and  Margaret. 

George  Bruce,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Todd,  came  to  Hopewell  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  early  pioneer  days  and  there  acquired 
about  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  on  which  he  and  his  family  settled. 

Abraham  Bruce,  son  of  George  Bruce  and  father  of  Mrs.  Todd,  was 
born  in  Hopewell  township,  on  the  homestead  founded  by  his  father,  and 
his  entire  life  was  spent  there.  He  was  a  Republican,  and  a  member  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Christina,  daughter  of  John 
Cooper,  also  a  pioneer  settler  of  Moon  township,  and  they  had  children : 
Emma  Jane ;  Hannah,  married  Mr.  Todd  ;  William ;  Maria ;  Washington ; 
Abraham  Gum ;  Charles.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Todd  had  children :  Ira  H.,  see 
forward ;  Frank  E. ;  Orpha  A. ;  Jennie  S. 

(IV)  Ira  H.,  son  of  John  S.  and  Hannah  (Bruce)  Todd,  was  bom 
on  the  family  homestead  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
December  19,  1869.  His  early  years  were  spent  on  the  homestead,  and  he 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  section.  This  education  was  supplemented 
by  attendance  at  the  New  Sheffield  Academy  and  the  West  Bridgewater 
Academy,  and  one  term  in  the  Ohio  University,  at  Ada,  Ohio.  He  next 
taught  five  terms  in  the  schools  of  Moon  township,  and  having  taken  up 
the  study  of  dentistry,  was  graduated  from  the  dental  department  of  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh  in  the  class  of  1900,  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Dental  Surgery  being  conferred  upon  him.     For  one  and  a  half  years  he 


I020  PENNSYLVANIA 

practiced  his  profession  at  New  Sheffield,  then  established  himself  at  Mon- 
aca,  Beaver  county,  where  he  now  has  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  Dr. 
Todd  is  a  strong  Republican  in  his  political  opinions,  and  is  at  present 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  school  board.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are 
as  follows :  Pennsylvania  Dental  Society ;  Odontological  Society  of  West- 
ern Pennsylvania ;  Beaver  County  Dental  Society ;  Knights  of  Pythias ;  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle;  and  several 
other  organizations. 

Dr.  Todd  married,  September  7,  1904,  Martha,  born  January  4,  1877, 
a  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Martha  (Cooper)  Zimmerly,  and  granddaughter 
of  Samuel  Zimmerly,  a  pioneer  settler.  John  W.  Zimmerly  died  June  29, 
1902.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Todd  have  one  child :  John  W.,  born  September  2"], 
1905. 


Nearly  all  of  the  Pennsylvania  of  this  name  are  de- 
McNAMEE  scended  from  one  of  the  three  brothers,  Philip,  O'Hara, 
and  Michael  McNamee,  who  were  all  residents  of  west- 
ern Pennsylvania.  The  branch  herein  traced  descends  from  the  last  named, 
Michael,  who  was  a  large  land  owner,  being  the  proprietor  of  most  of  the 
land  upon  which  Shousetown,  Allegheny  county,  is  built.  Glass-blowing  was 
the  business  he  followed,  although  in  his  later  years  all  his  time  was  re- 
quired to  properly  care  for  his  business  and  property  interests.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  all  his  life  was  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church, 
all  of  his  sons  but  one  forsaking  the  faith  of  their  father  and  pledging  al- 
legiance to  Protestant  denominations.  His  wife,  a  Miss  Adams,  was  a 
member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  by  her  he  was  the  father 
of  several  children,  of  whom  John  was  one. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Michael  McNamee,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Alle- 
gheny county,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania.  When  he  was  two  years  of  age  he  was  taken  to  West  Vir- 
ginia, and,  when  a  youth,  began  work  in  a  glass  factory,  having  first  at- 
tended the  public  schools  for  a  time.  He  learned  all  of  the  various  forms 
of  glass-making  and  finally  became  a  blower,  a  following  at  that  time  one 
of  the  most  important  as  well  as  the  most  profitable  in  glass  manufacture. 
Since  then,  of  course,  compressed  air  has  supplanted  the  human  blower, 
and  dumb  metal  performs  work  then  only  attempted  by  the  most  skilled. 
In  1845  he  returned  to  the  vicinity  of  Pittsburgh,  and  spent  the  last  years 
of  his  life  on  a  farm  in  Hopewell  township.  In  religious  belief  he  was 
a  Presbyterian,  while  in  politics  he  supported  the  candidates  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  He  married  Sophia,  daughter  of  John  Jacob  Schick,  of 
Wurttemberg,  Germany,  a  weaver,  who  came  to  the  United  States,  locating 
in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  where  he  and  his  wife  resided  on 
their  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  acres  until  death.  He  did  not 
follow  his  trade  in  this  country  at  all  except  for  a  short  time  in  Philadelphia 
before  coming  to  western  Pennsylvania,  making  farming  his  new  occupa- 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1021 

tion.  Children  of  John  Jacob  Schick :  Thomas,  Christina,  Carolina,  Louisa, 
Rosanna,  Sophia,  of  previous  mention,  married  John  McNamee,  and  Kath- 
erine.  Children  of  John  and  Sophia  (Schick)  Mc  Namee;  Henry  Win- 
chester, John  J.,  of  whom  further,  Minnie,  William,  and  Clara  B. 

(Ill)  John  J.,  son  of  John  and  Sophia  (Schick)  McNamee,  was  born 
in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  11,  1867. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  township  of  his  birth  and 
while  a  youth  began  to  learn  the  occupation  of  farmer,  which  he  followed 
for  but  a  short  period,  abandoning  his  agricultural  intentions  to  learn  well- 
drilling.  For  twenty  years  this  has  been  his  exclusive  business,  and  in 
that  time  he  has  covered  a  great  extent  of  territory  and  has  become  re- 
markably skilled  in  all  departments  of  his  work.  Not  only  has  he  made 
this  his  work  but  he  has  constantly  studied  from  various  angles  and  made 
thorough  investigation  of  the  most  efficient  methods  under  diflferent  condi- 
tions, and  possesses  a  wealth  of  knowledge  of  which  the  average  well- 
worker  is  ignorant.  Like  his  father,  he  allies  with  the  Democratic  party 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

He  married,  October  29,  1903,  Eva  A.,  of  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Isabel  (Steel)  Long.  Robert  and  Isabel  Long 
were  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  she  a  daughter  of  John  Steel,  of  Clarion 
county.  Children  of  Robert  and  Isabel  Long:  Michael,  Kind,  John,  Sarah, 
married  a  Mr.  Hart;  William,  James,  Henry,  Abram,  Virginia,  married  a 
Mr.  Graham,  and  Eva  A.,  of  previous  mention,  married  John  J.  McNamee. 


This  record  is  concerned  with  but  two  generations  of  the 
MOULDS     Moulds  family,  that  being  the  extent  of  the  American  life 

of  this  Irish  family.  John  Moulds,  father  of  John,  of  this 
chronicle,  was  born  in  county  Antrim,  province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1815,  and  in  young  manhood  was  employed  in  his  father's  store. 
He  was  thirty-six  years  of  age  when  he  immigrated  to  America,  the  vessel 
on  which  he  had  engaged  passage  landing  in  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  and 
Mr.  Moulds  continuing  his  journey  southward  by  water.  Traveling  along 
the  Beaver  canal,  he  stopped  at  what  was  then  known  as  Beaver  Landing, 
then  continuing  on  to  Steubenville,  Ohio,  where  he  passed  his  remaining 
years.  Almost  to  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  employed  as  packer  in  a 
glass  factory,  dying  in  1890.  His  church  was  the  Episcopal,  and  politi- 
cally he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Agnes  Henry,  and  had  children : 
I.  Jane,  married  Joseph  Mellor,  and  had  children:  Mary,  a  teacher  in  the 
public  schools  of  Rochester.  Pennsylvania ;  Agnes,  married  Henry  Brad- 
shaw,  and  is  mother  of  Mary,  Mert,  Jane,  Helen,  and  John  Mellor,  cashier 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  2.  William,  born 
December  9,  1842;  his  early  occupation  was  that  of  moulder  in  a  glass 
works,  and  he  was  one  of  the  original  board  of  directors  of  the  Rochester 
Tumbler  Works,  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  being  his  home  for  many  years. 
In  1902  he  moved  to  Fairmount,  West  Virginia,  there  organizing  the  Mon- 


1022  PENNSYLVANIA 

iiongah  Glass  Company,  of  which  he  was  president  and  general  manager 
until  his  death,  August  20,  1910.  He  married  Jane  Wallace,  and  was  the 
father  of :  Mary,  married  Herbert  Shallenberger,  deceased ;  John,  deceased ; 
Jessie,  married  (first)  Harry  Hurst,  (second)  a  Mr.  Weigel,  and  had  one 
child,  Mary,  by  her  first  marriage.  3.  Samuel  H.,  born  December  9,  1845 ! 
has  been  identified  with  glass  manufacture  all  of  his  active  life,  being  at 
the  present  time  foreman  of  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Works ;  married  Mary 
Belle  Crewson,  and  had :  Horace,  married,  and  is  the  father  of  three  children ; 
Agnes,  married  Andrew  Heintzelman,  and  has  three  children.  4.  Annie  E., 
married  and  had  one  daughter,  Agnes,  who  married  T.  G.  Hammond, 
cashier  of  the  freight  lines  of  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  entering  Columbus, 
Ohio,  where  they  reside,  Mrs.  Hammond's  mother  making  her  home  there. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hammond  are  the  parents  of:  John,  born  July  6,  1891 ;  Sam- 
uel, born  July  15,  1894;  Elizabeth,  born  in  1899;  Margaret,  born  in  1901. 
5.  Sarah,  married  Eli  Castner,  and  resides  in  Steubenville,  Ohio.  6.  Robert, 
deceased.  7.  John,  of  whom  further.  8.  Elizabeth,  lives  with  her  sister, 
Sarah,  in  Steubenville,  Ohio. 

(H)  John,  seventh  of  the  eight  children  of  John  and  Agnes  (Henry) 
Moulds,  was  born  in  Steubenville,  Ohio,  February  14,  1856,  and  was  there 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  His  active  career  began  at  an  early  age 
when  he  obtained  a  position  in  the  Jefiferson  Iron  Works,  at  Steubenville, 
as  nail  cutter,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  the  old  square  nail.  After 
serving  an  apprenticeship  in  the  factory  of  one  year  he  was  placed  on  the 
payroll  at  a  wage  of  three  dollars  per  day,  excellent  returns  from  such  a 
short  novitiate.  When  he  had  attained  man's  estate  he  moved  to  Rochester, 
Pennsylvania,  there  becoming  a  presser  in  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Works, 
as  he  was  employed  for  about  twenty  years.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he 
became  associated  with  the  Keystone  Tumbler  Works,  a  concern  organized 
in  1897,  later  controlled  by  the  National  Glass  Company,  and  at  the  present 
time  operated  by  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Company.  From  1900  until  1902 
Mr.  Moulds  engaged  in  grocery  dealings,  in  the  latter  year  forming,  with 
Mr.  Doncaster,  the  firm  of  Moulds  &  Doncaster,  real  estate  and  insurance 
dealers,  the  firm  handling  real  estate  of  all  kinds  and  selling  fire,  health, 
accident,  burglar  and  bonding  insurance.  Moulds  &  Doncaster  are  well 
known  in  Rochester,  and  the  firm  is  universally  regarded  with  favor  both 
because  of  its  personnel  and  because  of  its  irreproachable  record  during 
its  twelve  years  of  existence.  Mr.  Moulds  is  director  and  president  of  the 
Rochester  Cut  Glass  Works,  and  for  many  years  was  a  stockholder  as 
well  as  an  employee  of  the  Rochester  Tumbler  Company.  His  political 
belief  is  Democratic,  and  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  local  council  from 
1895  to  1901,  having  been  twice  elected  for  three-year  terms.  His  present 
position  in  the  municipal  government  is  as  the  incumbent  of  the  office  of 
tax  collector,  which  he  capably  fills.  He  married  Mary  L.,  daughter  of 
Charles  Hurst,  the  ceremony  being  solemnized  February  17,  1887. 


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BEAVER    COUNTY  1023 

In  the  present  generations  of  the  McGoun  family  there 
McGOUN     is  found  a  mingling  of  Scotch  and  Dutch  ancestry  that  in 

the  several  lines  traces  to  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth, 
and  in  one  to  the  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  the  early 
Dutch  settlement  in  New  York.  The  paternal  ancestry  is  Scotch,  the 
family  home  being  near  the  northern  border  of  Ayrshire,  the  estate  being 
held  by  a  perpetual  lease  and  having  been  in  the  family  for  many  gen- 
erations. Here  the  record  begins  with  John  McGoun,  an  only  son,  who 
married  and  had  one  son,  John  (2).  John  (2)  married  Margaret  Ramsey, 
sister  of  Sir  Robert  Ramsey,  Bart.,  M.  P.,  and  he  had  but  one  son,  John 
(3).  The  family's  social  status  was  high,  their  fortunes  prosperous,  and 
John  (3)  McGoun,  having  completed  his  youthful  studies,  entered  the 
University  of  Edinburgh  to  prepare  himself  for  the  station  in  life  he 
would  be  called  to  fill  later.  While  a  student  at  this  University  his 
father  died,  his  mother's  overwhelming  grief  causing  her  death  a  short 
time  after.  The  son  and  three  daughters  thus  orphaned  being  minors,  a 
guardian  was  appointed  for  the  administration  of  the  estate  and  to  pro- 
vide for  the  welfare  of  the  children.  One  of  his  first  official  acts  was 
to  arbitrarily  remove  John  McGoun  from  college  and  without  asking 
his  consent,  or  consulting  him  in  any  way,  to  place  him  in  the  shop  of  a 
weaver  to  serve  an  apprenticeship.  Then,  more  so  than  now,  the  lot  of 
an  apprentice  was  an  undesirable  one,  and  to  add  to  the  young  man's 
troubles,  his  preceptor  was  a  being  in  whose  nature  "the  milk  of  human 
kindness"  was  entirely  lacking.  To  one  whose  life  had  been  closely 
guarded,  whose  associations  had  been  of  the  most  uplifting,  and  for 
whose  comfort  every  provision  had  been  made,  the  flings,  taunts  and 
privations  sufifered  at  the  hands  of  an  unfeeling  taskmaster  were  unen- 
durable, and  to  escape  from  such  hardships  he  fled  from  the  home  of  his 
employer,  or  better,  his  captor,  and  secured  passage  on  an  American 
bound  vessel,  arriving  in  this  country  through  the  port  of  Philadelphia, 
in  1758.  He  remained  for  a  short  time  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
later  settling  in  Lancaster  county,  in  the  same  state.  He  was  but  seven- 
teen years  of  age  at  the  time  and  it  was  his  intention  to  remain  in  the 
colonies  until  he  should  attain  his  majority,  then  to  return  to  Scotland 
and  through  legal  measures  gain  possession  of  his  estate,  procuring  a 
righteous  judgment  against  the  guardian  who  had  so  willfully  misused 
his  authority  and  had  abused  his  charge.  When  that  time  arrived  he 
learned  through  correspondence  that  his  guardian  had  squandered  his 
fortune,  had  allowed  the  property  lease  to  lapse  and  could  refund  no 
penny  of  the  inheritance  placed  in  his  charge.  Being  of  no  mind  to  send 
"good  money  after  bad,"  Mr.  McGoun  decided  to  remain  in  the  colonies 
and  to  there  make  his  home  as  he  had  prospered  in  fair  measure  during 
his  short  stay,  so  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Lancaster  county,  married  and 
applied  himself  to  a  life  of  agricultural  pursuits.  He  was  thus  engaged 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  war  for  independence,  and  at  once  cast  his  lot 


I024  PENNSYLVANIA 

with  his  fellow  patriots,  joining  the  army  and  rising  to  the  rank  of 
captain.  He  fought  for  a  time  under  General  Anthony  Wayne,  and 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Paoli  and  Brandywine,  also  being  present 
at  the  final  surrender  of  the  British  forces  at  Yorktown,  Virginia.  While 
he  was  in  the  army  his  wife  managed  the  farm,  knitted  and  wove  for 
the  soldiers  at  the  front,  and  in  all  possible  ways  performed  her  part  in 
throwing  ofif  the  yoke  of  oppression  and  tyranny,  support  without  which 
the  army  in  the  field  would  have  succumbed  to  exposure  and  hunger, 
foes  far  more  deadly  than  their  red-coated  enemies.  Some  time  after 
the  triumph  of  the  colonists  and  the  establishment  of  peace  between 
Great  Britain  and  her  colonies,  Mr.  McGoun  came  to  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  four  sons  and  five  daughters. 
He  subsequently  took  up  his  residence  in  North  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  now  Lawrence  county,  locating  near  Mount  Jack- 
son. Here  he  passed  his  remaining  years,  being  at  his  death,  in  1825, 
aged  eighty-five  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  Seceder  burial  ground, 
near  Mount  Jackson,  in  which  yard  his  wife  lies  also.  Both  were  com- 
municants of  the  Seceder  faith.  He  married  Margaret  Lusk,  daughter 
of  parents  born  in  Ireland,  a  cousin  of  the  Honorable  James  Ross,  United 
States  Senator.  They  were  the  parents  of  a  large  family,  the  youngest 
of  whom  was  Ebenezer,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  McGoun,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Margaret  (Lusk) 
McGoun,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  soldier  with  his  brother 
Robert,  in  the  American  army  in  the  second  war  with  Great  Britain, 
being  stationed  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  guarding  the  force  building  Com- 
modore Perry's  fleet.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nicholas  and 
Maria  (Wyckoflf)  Pittenger.  The  Pittenger  line  was  originally  of  Pala- 
tinate stock,  in  Germany,  religious  difficulties  driving  them  to  Holland, 
whence  they  came  to  the  American  colonies  about  1700,  becoming  early 
residents  of  Hunterdon  county,  New  Jersey.  After  the  Revolutionary  War, 
Henry  Pittenger  left  the  family  home  and  moved  to  Virginia,  his  first 
home  being  what  is  now  Wheeling,  West  Virginia.  He  considered  the 
acquisition  of  Wheeling  Island  as  a  site  for  a  home,  but  concluded  that 
it  was  too  low  and  flat  for  desirability,  and  moved  northward  into  Brook 
county,  Virginia,  now  Hancock  county.  West  Virginia.  Here  in  1791  he 
bought  a  farm  near  Fairview,  owned  at  the  present  time  by  his  descendants. 
In  this  locality  he  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Old  Flats  Presbyterian 
church,  now  the  Fairview  church  of  that  denomination,  and  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  church  officiary,  he  was  the  first  elder  elected  by  the  congregation. 
His  place  in  the  session  was  taken  at  his  death  by  his  third  son,  John,  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  Abraham,  and  the  family  is  now  represented  in  the 
session  by  John,  son  of  Abraham,  so  that  never  since  the  founding  of  the 
church  has  there  been  a  time  when  a  Pittenger  has  not  held  an  eldership. 

Nicholas  Pittenger,  son  of  Henry  Pittenger,  studied  theology  under 
the  teaching  of  his  pastor.  Rev.  George  Scott,  subsequently  under  the  Rev. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1025 

John  McMillen,  D.D.,  at  the  old  Canonsburg  Academy.  While  a  student 
in  the  latter  institution  he  lived  in  a  log  house  that  stood  in  Dr.  McMillen's 
yard,  and  there  many  of  his  fellow  students  boarded.  The  larder  was 
supplied  from  the  home  farm  at  Fairview,  Nicholas  Pittenger's  daughter 
Mary  carrying  provisions  between  the  two  places  on  horseback,  when  she 
was  a  girl  of  ten  years.  She  became  a  familiar  figure  along  the  highway 
and  forming  acquaintance  with  every  one  living  along  the  road,  never 
met  with  a  mishap  of  any  kind.  Nicholas  Pittenger  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio,  October  20,  1803,  and  on  June  2'j,  1804,  he 
was  ordained  and  attached  to  the  Presbytery  of  Erie,  being  installed  on 
October  24,  1804,  as  pastor  of  the  churches  of  Westfield,  Pennsylvania, 
and  Poland,  Ohio.  He  resigned  from  the  charges  in  1810,  and  moved  to 
Rocky  Springs,  Ohio,  where  he  died  April  16,  1831,  in  the  sixty-fifth  year 
of  his  age. 

(V)  John  McGoun,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Pittenger)  McGoun, 
was  born  at  Mount  Jackson,  Beaver  (now  Lawrence  county),  Pennsylvania, 
in  181 1,  died  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  was  for  many  years  a  resident  of 
Rochester,  and  attained  prominent  position  in  local  educational  affairs. 
Leaching  school  in  all  parts  of  the  county.  He  was  later,  for  more  than 
twelve  years,  clerk  to  the  county  commissioners,  and  served  one  term  as 
county  treasurer.  Ever  a  stalwart  Republican,  he  defended  and  supported 
that  party  ail  of  his  life,  holding  a  position  close  to  the  leaders  of  the  party 
and  being  frequently  called  into  their  councils.  He  married  Mary  Smith, 
and  had  two  children:  Samantha  J.,  lives  unmarried  with  her  nephew,  J. 
Blaine  McGoun ;  Harvey  Smith,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Harvey  Smith  McGoun,  only  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Smith) 
McGoun,  was  born  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  April, 
1845.  He  left  school  at  an  early  age  and  obtained  employment  in  a  drug 
store  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  engaged  at  the  outbreak  of  active  hostili- 
ties between  the  forces  of  the  North  and  the  South.  He  enlisted  in  the 
107th  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  actively  engaged 
during  the  last  two  years  of  the  conflict,  being  present  at  Lee's  final  sur- 
render at  Appomattox  Court  House,  thus  giving  to  the  family  the  distinction 
of  having  a  member  in  the  victorious  army  at  the  close  of  the  two  most  im- 
portant wars  in  the  history  of  this  continent.  After  the  war  he  was  satis- 
factorily examined  by  the  State  Medical  Board  and  was  authorized  to  prac- 
tice medicine  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  which  he  began  at  Beaver  Falls, 
withdrawing  from  the  profession  because  of  failing  health.  He  then  be- 
came a  commercial  traveler,  that  being  his  occupation  at  the  time  of  his 
retirement.  He  now  lives  at  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  He  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

He  married  Sarah,  born  in  Newcastle,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  June,  1847,  daughter  of  James  Blaine  and  Agnes  McKee ;  her  father, 
born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  aged  sixty-one  years,  a  car- 
penter; her  mother,  born  in  what  is  now  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania, 


1026  PENNSYLVANIA 

died  aged  ninety-one  years.  Children  of  James  Blaine  and  Agnes  McKee : 
I.  Mary,  married  Thomas  Reed,  both  deceased;  lived  in  Sharon,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 2,  James,  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  in  the  Civil  War,  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor.  3.  Eliza,  married  R.  M.  Jameson,  and  resides 
in  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Sarah,  of  previous  mention,  married  Harvey 
Smith  McGoun.  5.  Margaret,  unmarried,  lives  in  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania. 
6.  William  R.,  deceased,  a  grocer  of  Newcastle.  7.  John  A.,  lives  retired  in 
Newcastle,  of  which  place  he  was  postmaster.  8.  Harry  W.,  a  physician, 
practicing  in  Newcastle.  Children  of  Harvey  Smith  and  Sarah  (McKee) 
McGoun:  i.  J.  Blaine,  of  whom  further.  2.  Mary,  married  R.  M.  Patter- 
son, a  physician  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania. 

(VJI)  J.  Blaine  McGoun,  elder  child  and  only  son  of  Harvey  Smith 
and  Sarah  (McKee)  McGoun,  was  born  in  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  May  27,  1871,  and  was  in  his  youth  a  student  in  the  Beaver 
Falls  schools,  graduating  from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of  1888.  He 
then  matriculated  at  Geneva  College,  discontinuing  his  studies  in  that  insti- 
tution after  a  year  and  a  half,  when  he  obtained  a  clerical  position  in  the 
postofiice,  later  with  the  Pittsburgh  Company,  being  so  employed  until  1895. 
In  that  year  he  entered  the  law  ofifices  of  W.  H.  S.  Thomson  and  J.  Rankin 
Martin,  gaining  admission  to  the  bar  in  1898.  For  three  years  he  served 
as  deputy  register  and  recorder,  from  1896  in  1898  inclusive,  and  at  the 
end  of  that  time  he  opened  a  law  office  in  Beaver  Falls,  where  he  has  ever 
since  continued.  His  position  in  his  profession  is  an  assured  one,  founded 
upon  an  able  administration  of  private  practice  and  an  equally  efficient 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  office  of  district  attorney,  which  he  held  in 
1908-09-10-11.  The  natural  qualities  of  the  successful  advocate  are  his, 
personality,  eloquence,  and  a  speaking  voice  of  fullness  and  strength,  to 
which  are  added  a  deep  and  profound  knowledge  of  legal  lore,  acquaintance 
with  its  workings,  skill  in  examinations,  and  extensive  practice,  reaching  to 
all  of  its  departments.  He  has  been  admitted  to  all  state  and  federal  courts 
of  his  district,  his  wide  practice  extending  to  all.  He  is  attorney  for  the 
Dime  Savings  and  Loan  Association  of  Beaver  Falls,  the  only  legal  con- 
nection he  has  formed  with  any  incorporated  interests.  As  an  aspirant 
to  office  he  has  been  a  candidate  of  the  Republican  party,  that  having  been 
his  political  affiliation  since  he  attained  mature  age,  and  he  has  served  two 
terms  as  school  director  of  Beaver  Falls.  His  fraternal  memberships  are 
in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
he  and  his  wife  belong  to  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  McGoun  married,  October  12,  1892,  Emma  G.  McKinney,  born 
in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Rev.  W.  H.  McKinney,  of  New 
Brighton,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Miriam  G.,  bom  June  22,  1893,  a 
student  in  Geneva  College.  2.  Jean,  born  November  7,  1895,  lives  at  home. 
3.  John  bom  May  2,  1898.  4.  Louise,  born  September  26,  1906.  5.  Mar- 
garet, born  February  29,  1912. 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  1027 

The  Townsend  or  Townshend  families  of  England  and 
TOWNSEND  America,  are  of  mixed  Norman  and  Saxon  origin,  and 
of  great  antiquity  in  county  Norfolk,  England.  Walter 
Atte  Townshende,  son  of  Sir  Ludovic  de  Townshende,  a  Norman  noble- 
man whom  Collins  in  his  "Peerage  of  England"  puts  at  the  head  of  this 
family,  flourished  soon  after  the  Conquest.  Sir  Ludovic  married  Elizabeth 
de  Hauteville  and  settled  in  county  Norfolk,  becoming  possessed  of  a  large 
estate  said  to  have  been  granted  them  by  William  the  Conqueror.  The  line 
is  traced  through  the  centuries  to  Richard  Townsend,  of  Cirencester,  Glou- 
cestershire, England,  who  had  two  sons,  Richard  and  William.  Richard  (2) 
Townsend  was  born  in  England,  1644  or  1645.  He  joined  the  Society  of 
Friends,  1672,  settled  in  London  1676,  married  Anne  Hutchins  3  mo.  25 
day,  1677.  He  came  to  Pennsylvania  with  William  Penn  on  the  ship  "Wel- 
come" arriving  at  New  Castle  on  the  Delaware,  October  24,  1682.  He  was 
a  carpenter  and  millwright,  and  had  come  to  the  New  World  prepared  to 
follow  his  trade,  as  about  1727  he  wrote:  "After  a  little  time  I  set  up  a 
mill  on  Chester  Creek  which  /  brought  ready  framed  from  London,  which 
served  for  grinding  corn  and  sawing  of  boards  and  was  of  great  use  to  us." 
This  was  the  first  flour  and  sawmill  in  Pennsylvania.  Barber  in  his  "His- 
tory of  Pennsylvania"  says :  "About  a  mile  and  a  half  northeast  of  Chester 
on  the  left  bank  of  Chester  creek  and  a  short  distance  from  the 
mill  of  Richard  Flowerdews,  there  still  exists  a  cottage  built  princi- 
pally of  brick  by  Richard  Townsend,  for  the  accommodation  of  his 
family  while  he  was  erecting  this  the  first  mill  in  the  province."  Wil- 
liam Townsend  died  at  the  home  of  his  nephew,  Joseph  Townsend, 
in  East  Bradford,  i  28,  1732;  children:  Hannah,  married  Isaac  Cook; 
James,  born  on  the  "Welcome,"  in  Delaware  river,  1682 ;  Joseph, 
born  5  mo.  16  day,  1687.  William  Townsend,  son  of  Richard  and 
brother  of  Richard  (2),  the  emigrant  who  came  with  Penn,  never  left 
England.  He  had  issue  by  wife  Mary,  and  of  this  issue  there  is  record 
of  Joseph  who  came  to  Pennsylvania  and  was  a  resident  there  during  the 
last  ten  years  of  the  life  of  his  uncle  Richard  Townsend,  who  died  at  the 
home  of  his  nephew.  From  Richard  and  Joseph  Townsend,  uncle  and 
nephew,  descend  the  Townsends  of  Pennsylvania. 

(I)  Joseph,  son  of  William  and  Mary  Townsend,  was  born  in  Berk- 
shire county,  England,  in  1684.  In  1710  he  married  Martha  Wooderson, 
born  9  18,  1683,  and  in  1712,  came  to  Pennsylvania  with  his  wife  and 
sister  Joan.  Martha  was  a  daughter  of  Julian  and  Esther  Wooderson. 
They  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  belonged  first  to  Abing- 
ton  Meeting,  coming  thence  to  Concord  Meeting  in  1715,  and  in  1720 
settling  in  Chester.  Joseph  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  In  1725  he  agreed 
with  John  Wanton  of  Rhode  Island  for  the  purchase  of  a  tract  of  eight 
hundred  acres  in  East  Bradford,  Chester  county,  and  settled  thereon 
in  that  year,  but  did  not  get  a  deed  until  1727.  This  land,  adjoining  the 
borough  of  West  Chester,  has  now  passed  out  of  the  family  nans.    Joseph 


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Townsend  died  4  9,  1766,  his  wife  died  3  2,  1767,  and  both  are  buried 
in  Friends'  Birmingham  Cemetery;  children:  Wilham,  born  5  26,  171 1, 
died  II  13,  I792r,  unmarried;  Mary,  born  8  16,  1713,  died  10  8,  1781, 
married  Henry  Woodward;  Joseph  (2),  of  whom  further;  John,  born 
12  2,  1716,  died  8  18,  1803,  married  Joanna  England;  Hannah,  born 
6  9,  1718,  married  (first)  Nathan  Sharpless,  (second)  Charles  Ryant; 
Martha,  born  i  26,  1721,  died  4  3,  1748;  Richard,  born  5  23,  1727,  died 
5  4,  1738;  Esther,  born  5  23,  1727,  died  11  i,  1728. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Wooderson)  Townsend, 
was  born  4  8,  171 5,  died  i  3,  1749.  He  received  from  his  father  a  portion 
of  the  East  Bradford  estate,  thereon  built  a  house  and  cultivated  his 
farm  until  his  early  death.  He  married  3  17,  1739,  Lydia  Reynolds,  born 
April  24,  1716,  daughter  of  Francis  Reynolds  of  Chichester  township, 
Chester  county,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Acton,  granddaughter  of  Henry 
Reynolds  and  great-granddaughter  of  William  and  Margaret  (Exton) 
Reynolds.  Henry  Reynolds,  born  in  England  in  1655,  came  to  New  Jersey 
in  1676,  landing  at  Burlington  after  a  voyage  of  twenty-two  weeks.  He 
married,  January  10,  1678,  Prudence,  daughter  of  William  and  Prudence 
Clayton,  of  Chichester  township,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  settled 
in  that  township  where  he  resided  until  his  death,  October  7,  1724.  Francis 
Reynolds,  third  child  of  Henry  and  Prudence  Reynolds,  born  October  15, 
1684,  inherited  his  father's  homestead  of  two  hundred  and  ninety  acres  in 
Chichester,  and  lived  there  until  his  death  in  1760.  He  married,  in  December, 
1712,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Christian  Acton,  of  Salem, 
New  Jersey,  who  was  born,  February  26,  1690.  Lydia,  who  married 
Joseph  (2)  Townsend,  was  the  second  of  their  eight  children.  Joseph  (2) 
Townsend  had  children:  Francis,  married  Rachel  Talbot,  in  1762;  Benjamin, 
of  whom  further;  Esther;  Joseph  and  Elizabeth. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Lydia  (Reynolds)  Townsend, 
was  born  on  the  Townsend  homestead  in  East  Bradford,  Chester  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1742.  He  and  his  brother  Francis  with  their  families 
moved  to  Western  Pennsylvania  in  1786,  Samuel,  son  of  Francis  Townsend, 
not  moving  with  his  parents.  Benjamin  Townsend  settled  in  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  the  direct  ancestor  of  the  Beaver  county 
family  of  Townsend  through  his  son  Robert  . 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  Benjamin  Townsend,  was  born  in  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania,  April  9,  1790,  his  parents  having  settled  there  but 
a  short  time  previous  to  that  date.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of  wire  worker  and  be- 
came familiar  with  the  process  of  manufacturing  iron.  In  1816  he  located  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  until  1828  was  there  engaged  in  iron  manu- 
facture, becoming  prominent  and  prosperous.  In  1828,  in  association  with 
Reese  C.  Townsend,  Robert  Beer  and  John  D.  Baird,  of  Pittsburgh,  he 
established  a  wire  and  rivet  mill  at  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  under  the  firm 
name  Townsend,   Baird  &   Company.     He  continued  his   Pittsburgh  and 


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Fallston  plants,  being  their  active  head  until  1861,  when  years  and  failing 
health  compelled  his  retirement.    He  married  and  left  issue. 

(V)  William  Penn,  son  of  Robert  Townsend,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  was  there  educated,  and  at  an  early  age  entered  his  father's 
employ  as  clerk.  He  mastered  all  details  of  the  business,  and  in  1840  was 
admitted  a  partner  in  the  Pittsburgh  iron  manufacturing  business  of  R. 
Townsend  &  Company.  In  1864  he  succeeded  to  the  business  of  Townsend, 
Baird  &  Company,  wire  manufacturers  of  Fallston,  becoming  sole  owner. 
In  1866  he  associated  his  sons,  Charles  C.  and  Edward  P.,  with  him  under 
the  firm  name  W.  P.  Townsend  &  Company,  this  firm  continuing  until 
1894.  When  largely  relieved  by  his  sons  of  the  executive  management  of 
their  large  business,  Mr.  Townsend  gratified  his  love  of  travel  by  frequent 
and  lengthy  sojourns  in  Europe  and  in  American  travel.  He  married 
Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Matthew  F.  Champlin,  of  New  York  State;  children: 
Charles  C,  of  whom  further;  Edward  P.,  of  whom  further;  Amelia;  Ehza- 
beth  and  Helen.  William  P.  Townsend  died  September  27,  1894,  aged 
seventy-eight. 

(VI)  Charles  Champlin,  eldest  son  of  William  Penn  and  Sarah  A. 
(Champlin)  Townsend,  was  born  in  Allegheny  City,  Pennsylvania,  (Pitts- 
burgh North  Side),  November  24,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  pubh'c 
schools,  entering  the  employ  of  his  father,  R.  Townsend  &  Company,  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He  so  continued  until  the  outbreak  of  the  war 
between  the  states,  then  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  A,  Ninth  Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania  Reserve  Volunteer  Corps.  Later  he  was  transferred  to 
the  First  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  attaining  the  rank  of  adjutant. 
He  continued  in  the  military  service  until  honorably  discharged  on  account 
of  ill  health,  then  returned  to  the  paternal  home  in  New  Brighton,  Penn- 
sylvania. In  1866  he  was  admitted  with  his  brother  Edward  P.  to  a  partner- 
ship with  his  father  in  his  extensive  wire  and  rivet  manufacturing  business 
in  Fallston,  the  firm  becoming  W.  P.  Townsend  &  Company.  The  sons 
were  ever  afterward  the  moving  power  in  the  business,  which  they  greatly 
enlarged  placing  it  first  among  the  industrial  enterprises  of  Beaver  county 
in  point  of  importance,  as  it  already  was  in  priority  of  establishment.  In 
1894  the  sons  became  sole  owners,  the  name  changing  to  C.  C.  &  E.  P. 
Townsend.  They  added  a  nail  department  to  the  wire  and  rivet  works 
and  beean  the  manufacture  of  wire  nails  of  all  sizes.  This  business,  now 
owned  and  managed  by  the  sons  of  the  former  proprietors,  has  been  estab- 
lished in  Fallston  since  1828,  and  has  never  been  out  of  the  family  name,  the 
present  g-eneration  being  the  fourth  to  actively  prosecute  the  business. 
Charles  C.  Townsend  was  an  active  member  of  the  Republican  party  and 
firmly  snpoorted  its  principles.  He  was  the  successful  candidate  of  his 
party  for  Congress,  receiving  21,636  votes  against  16,640  cast  for  his  priii- 
cipal  and  all  other  opponents.  He  served  with  honor  in  the  Fifty-first 
Congress,  then  returned  to  private  and  business  life.  He  was  an  elder 
of  the  New  Brighton  Presbyterian  church  and  a  citizen  beyond  reproach. 
He  died  July  9,  1910. 


I030  PENNSYLVANIA 

Hon.  Charles  C.  Townsend  married  (first)  in  October,  1865,  Julia 
Sophia,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Rush  Bradford  (see  Bradford  family).  He 
married  (second)  June  2,  1902,  Mattie  K.  (Keyt)  Lynch,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam H.  and  Isabella  (Molen)  Keyt,  and  widow  of  Harry  L.  Lynch  of 
Pittsburgh.  Children  of  first  marriage :  Juliet ;  Gertrude,  died  aged  twenty- 
two  years;  William  P.  (2)  ;  Vincent  L.  Bradford;  Charles  C.  (2) ;  Benja- 
min Rush,  and  John  M.  With  the  exception  of  Benjamin  Rush,  who  is  a 
banker  of  New  Brighton,  these  sons  are  now  active  partners  in  the  firm 
C.  C.  &  E.  P.  Townsend.  Child  by  second  marriage :  Margery,  born 
February  2,  1906. 

(VI)  Edward  P.,  son  of  William  P.  and  Sarah  A.  (Champlin) 
Townsend,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  North  Side,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 2,  1843,  died  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  January  27,  1910. 
He  prepared  for  college  in  Pittsburgh  schools,  then  entered  the  State  Col- 
lege. He  began  business  life  with  his  father,  becoming  familiar  with  the 
details  of  the  business  to  such  an  extent  that  in  1866  he  was  admitted  to  a 
partnership,  forming  with  his  father  and  brother,  Charles  C,  the  firm  of 
W.  P.  Townsend  &  Company,  wire  and  rivet  manufacturers  of  Fallston, 
Beaver  county,  a  business  established  by  his  grandfather,  Robert  Townsend, 
in  1828,  in  Fallston.  The  sons  succeeded  their  father  in  ownership  in  1894, 
the  firm  name  becoming  C.  C.  &  E.  P.  Townsend  and  so  continues,  eighty- 
five  years  from  its  foundation,  managed  by  the  great-grandsons  of  the 
founder  and  never  out  of  the  Townsend  name.  The  wire  rivet  and  wire 
nail  works  that  constitute  the  Fallston  plant  form  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  important  industrial  enterprises  of  Beaver  county,  and  have  been  the 
means  of  adding  greatly  to  the  prosperity  of  the  section  in  which  they  are 
located.  Edward  P.  Townsend  was  active  and  prominent  in  the  business 
and  a  potent  factor  in  its  successful  operation.  He  not  only  managed  his 
own  business  successfully,  but  took  an  active  part  in  the  local  government 
of  New  Brighton,  his  home.  He  served  as  president  of  the  borough  council 
for  several  years,  and  was  leader  in  public  improvement  and  in  all  that  pro- 
moted the  public  good.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  New  Brighton,  serving  as  a  trustee  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  citizen  true  and  loyal,  highly  respected  in  the 
business  world  and  honored  in  the  community  that  knew  his  virtues  best. 
Mr.  Townsend  married  (first)  Emma,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benjamin  C. 
Critchlow,  who  was  elected  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
New  Brighton,  June  17,  1841,  and  continued  its  pastor  until  December  14, 
1874,  when  he  requested  the  dissolution  of  the  relations  that  for  thirty-three 
years  had  existed.  Children  of  Edward  P.  Townsend  by  first  wife :  Robert, 
now  president  of  C.  C.  &  E.  P.  Townsend,  the  fourth  of  his  name  to  manage 
the  affairs  of  this  important  corporation;  Louis  H.,  of  New  Brighton,  and 
Arthur  C,  of  Chicago.  Mrs.  Townsend  died  in  1881,  and  Edward  P. 
Townsend  married  (second)  in  1885,  Grace,  daughter  of  Dr.  Justin  C.  and 
Adelaide  (Hayward)  Elliott,  of  Buffalo,  New  York.     Children  of  second 


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marriage:    Elinor,    married    Springer    H.    Moore,    of    Philadelphia;    and 
Alfred  E. 

The  Hayward  family,  Mrs.  Edward  P.  Townsend's  maternal  ancestors, 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Buffalo,  New  York.  Her  father,  Dr.  J.  C. 
Elliott,  was  an  eminent  physician  and  surgeon  of  Buffalo,  and  one  who 
during  the  Civil  War  won  imperishable  laurels  for  his  skillful  organization 
of  the  hospitals  under  his  control  and  for  his  untiring  labors  for  the  sick 
and  wounded  soldiers.  He  was  captured  by  the  Confederates,  held  for 
six  weeks  a  prisoner  in  Libby  Prison,  Richmond,  then  exchanged  for  an 
officer  of  high  rank.  The  children  of  Dr.  Elliott  are  Hayward,  George, 
Grace,  widow  of  Edward  P.  Townsend,  now  residing  at  New  Brighton, 
Pennsylvania;  and  Russell. 


All  that  pertains  to  the  early  history  of  the  "Art  and 
BRADFORD     Mystery"  of  printing  in  America  is  of  exceeding  interest, 

not  only  to  the  antiquarian,  but  also  to  the  student  of 
general  history.  Tracing  the  generations  of  the  Bradford  family  of  New 
Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  back  to  the  American  ancestor,  leads  to  William 
Bradford,  the  first  printer  in  the  province  of  Pennsylvania  and  publisher 
of  the  first  newspaper  in  the  Colony  of  New  York.  The  first  issue  from 
Bradford's  press  was  an  almanac  called  on  the  title  page: 

KALENDARIUM   PENNSYLVANIENSE 

or 

AMERICA'S     MESSENGER 

being  an 

ALMANACK 

For  the  year  of  grace  1686 

By   SAMUEL   ATKINS 

Printed  and  sold  by  William  Bradford 

The  following  notice  aids  in  settling  the  question  as  to  the  time  when 

the  press  was  first  set  up  in  Philadelphia  county : 

THE  PRINTER  TO  THE  READERS. 
Hereby  understand  that  after  great  charge  and  Trouble,  I  have  brought  the 
great  Art  &  Mystery  of  printing  into  this  part  of  America,  believing  it  may  be 
of  great  service  to  you  in  several  respects;  hoping  to  find  encouragement  not 
only  in  this  Almanack,  but  what  else  I  shall  enter  upon  for  the  use  &  service  of 
the  Inhabitants  of  these  Parts.  Some  irregularities  there  be  in  this  Diary  which 
I  desire  you  to  pass  by  this  year;  for  being  lately  come  hither,  my  materials 
were  misplaced  and  out  of  order,  whereupon  I  was  forced  to  use,  Figures  and 
Letters  of  various  Sizes,  but  understanding  the  want  of  something  of  this  nature 
&  being  importuned  thereto,  I  ventured  to  make  public  this:  desiring  you  to 
accept  thereof  &  by  the  next  (as  I  find  encouragement)  shall  endeavor  to  have 
compleat.  And  for  the  ease  of  Clark's,  Scriveniers  Warrants  etc.  &  what  else 
presents  itself  wherein  I   shall  be   ready  to  serve  you;  and  remain  your  friend. 

W.   BRADFORD. 
Philadelphia  the  28th. 
loth  Month  1685. 
(I)    William   Bradford,  the  first  printer  in   Pennsylvania,  was  bom 
in  Leicestershire,  England,  May  20,  1660,  son  of  William  and  Anna  Brad- 
ford.   He  served  his  apprenticeship  and  learned  the  printer's  art  with  Wil- 


I032  PENNSYLVANIA 

liam  Sowle,  printer  and  publisher  of  Quaker  books,  in  Grace  Church  street, 
London,  a  friend  of  William  Penn  and  George  Fox.  William  Bradford 
came  to  America  in  the  "Welcome"  with  William  Penn,  arriving  at  New- 
castle-on-the-Delaware,  lo  27,  1682,  and  on  September  12,  1683,  was  living 
at  or  near  Philadelphia.  In  August,  1685,  he  was  in  London,  returning  there 
to  obtain  his  bride,  Elizabeth  Sowle,  daughter  of  Andrew  Sowle,  the  printer 
and  publisher  who  although  a  subscribing  witness  to  Penn's  Charter  of 
Liberties  for  Pennsylvania  and  a  "First  Purchaser"  of  Pennsylvania  Land, 
one  thousand  acres  in  Upper  Dublin  township,  county  of  Philadelphia, 
never  came  to  Pennsylvania.  While  in  London,  William  Bradford  received  a 
letter  from  George  Fox,  recommending  him  to  prominent  Friends  in  Amer- 
ica, "As  a  sober  young  man  who  comes  to  Pennsylvania  to  set  up  the  trade 
of  printing  Friends'  books"  etc. 

He  married,  in  Devonshire  Friends  Meeting,  April  2,  1685,  and  on 
his  return  to  America  brought  with  him  his  bride  and  the  printing  press 
on  which  the  Almanack  was  printed.  He  brought  with  him  a  certificate  of 
Devonshire  House  Monthly  Meeting  recommending  "William  Bradford  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  as  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,"  which  was  read 
in  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting,  held  the  4th  of  the  nth  month,  1685,  and 
accepted.  He  seems  to  have  been  successful  in  his  business  until  1692  when 
he  became  involved  in  the  dissension  that  finally  caused  an  open  rupture  in 
the  Society  of  Friends.  He  printed  some  of  the  writings  of  George  Keith, 
with  whom  he  seems  to  have  sympathized,  and  as  a  result  was  arrested  and 
imprisoned.  When  tried  the  jury  disagreed,  but  Bradford,  having  incurred 
the  displeasure  of  the  dominant  party  in  Pennsylvania  and  receiving  offers  to 
settle  in  New  York,  removed  in  1693  to  that  city,  set  up  his  press  and  became 
printer  to  the  government.  The  first  book  from  his  press  in  New  York 
was  a  small  folio  volume  of  the  laws  of  the  Colony,  bearing  date  of  1693. 
In  the  imprint  he  styles  himself  "Printer  to  their  Majesties"  and  directs  to 
his  printing  house  "At  the  Sign  of  the  Bible."  He  continued  to  print  for 
the  government  of  New  York  and  during  thirty  years  was  the  only  printer 
in  the  colony.  During  this  same  period  he  was  also  printer  to  the  govern- 
ment of  New  Jersey.  On  October  16,  1725,  he  issued  the  first  number  of 
The  Nezv  York  Gazette,  the  first  newspaper  printed  in  New  York.  Benjamin 
Franklin  mentions  that  when  he  visited  New  York  about  1723,  William 
Bradford  was  a  printer  and  the  only  one  in  the  city.  Franklin  applied  to 
him  for  work,  Bradford  then  having  little  to  do  could  not  employ  him, 
but  recommended  him  to  his  son  Andrew,  then  a  printer  in  Philadelphia. 
William  Bradford  continued  his  residence  in  New  York,  retiring  from  busi- 
ness several  years  prior  to  his  death,  making  his  home  with  his  son  William, 
in  Hanover  Square.  He  was  also  intimately  associated  with  the  early  manu- 
facture of  paper  in  America,  having  been  one  of  the  builders  and  owners  of 
the  first  paper  mill  on  the  Wissahickon  and  was  owner  of  a  paper  mill 
in  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey,  as  early  as  1728,  these  mills  being  the  first 
erected  in  America  for  the  manu-facture  of  paper.    He  continued  the  publi- 


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cation  of  The  New  York  Gazette  until  1743,  when  it  was  sold  to  James 
Parker  and  Post  Boy  added  to  its  title. 

Although  a  Friend  in  England  and  Philadelphia,  William  Bradford 
was  for  many  years  a  vestryman  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York  (Episcopal), 
and  in  the  old  burying  ground  near  the  north  wall  of  that  church  his  tomb- 
stone may  be  seen.  The  original  monument  over  the  remains  of  William 
Bradford  and  his  wife  in  Trinity  Church  grounds  was  badly  broken  and 
defaced  at  the  time  the  present  church  edifice  was  erected.  A  new  one  of 
marble  was  placed  over  the  graves  by  the  church  vestry  in  May,  1883.  He 
died  May  23,  1752,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  On  the  morning  of  that  day 
he  took  a  long  walk.  The  New  York  Gazette  which  announced  his  death 
on  the  Monday  morning  following  said : 

He  came  to  America  seventy  years  ago,  was  printer  to  the  Government  of  New 
York  upwards  of  fifty  years,  was  a  man  of  great  sobriety  and  industry,  a  real  friend 
to  the  poor  and  needy  and  kind  and  affable  to  all.  His  temperance  was  exceedingly 
conspicuous  and  he  was  almost  a  stranger  to  sickness  all  his  life.  He  had  left  off 
business  several  years  past  and  being  quite  worn  out  with  old  age  and  labor,  his 
lamp  of  life  went  out  for  want  of  oil. 

His  wife,  Elizabeth  (Sowle)  Bradford,  died  July  8,  1731,  (tombstone) 
aged  sixty-eight  years.  William  Bradford  married  (second)  Widow  Smith, 
by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  Children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Sowle) 
Bradford:  i.  Andrew,  born  in  Philadelphia,  1682;  learned  printing  with 
his  father;  was  in  partnership  with  him  in  New  York  until  1712,  when  he 
moved  to  Philadelphia;  he  issued  the  first  number  of  the  American  Weekly 
Mercury,  the  first  newspaper  published  in  the  Middle  States,  December  22, 
1719,  which  he  conducted  until  his  death;  he  was  a  vestryman  of  Christ 
Church,  Philadelphia,  and  is  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  that  parish  with 
his  first  wife  Dorcas  and  his  second  wife,  Cornelia  (Smith)  Bradford.  2. 
William,  of  whom  further.  3.  Tacey,  born  1689 ;  married  John  Hyat,  a 
one-time  sheriff  of  Philadelphia  county,  1741-45. 

(H)  William  (2)  Bradford,  son  of  William  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Sowle) 
Bradford,  was  born  about  1689,  and  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  New  York 
in  1693.  Like  his  brother  Andrew  he  was  taught  his  father's  trade  of 
printer,  but  his  health  being  poor  on  land  he  became  a  sailor  soon  after 
he  became  of  age,  following  the  sea  for  several  years.  In  his  will  he  styles 
himself  "Pewterer."  Several  years  before  his  father's  death  he  was  living 
in  Hanover  Square,  New  York.  His  will,  made  August  31,  1742,  was 
probated  January  24,  1759.  He  married,  November  25,  1716,  Sytie  Sant- 
voort,  baptized  April  14,  1695,  died  later  than  June  5,  1760,  she  being  named 
with  son  William  as  legatees  and  she  sole  executrix  of  the  will.  Sytie  was 
a  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Vroutjie  (Van  Horn)  Santvoort,  both  Dutch 
colonial  families.  Children:  i.  Maria,  married  William  Mercer.  2.  Wil- 
liam, of  whom  further.  3.  Elizabeth,  married  Jacob  Ogden,  of  Jamaica, 
Long  Island.  4.  Abraham  (or  Andrew),  died  aged  eighteen  years.  5. 
Cornelius,  married  (first)  Esther  Creighton,  (second)  Catherine,  widow  of 
Captain  Dennis  Candy  and  daughter  of  Jacob  Ricker. 


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(III)  Colonel  William  (3)  Bradford,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Sytie 
(Santvoort)  Bradford,  was  born  in  Hanover  Square,  New  York,  January 
19,  1721.  He  was  adopted  and  educated  by  his  uncle,  Andrew  Bradford, 
with  whom  he  also  learned  the  printer's  trade  and  business,  becoming  his 
partner  in  1739.  This  connection  was  dissolved  in  December,  1740,  and  in 
December,  1742,  Colonel  William  Bradford  began  the  publication  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Journal  and  Weekly  Advertiser,  a  paper  devoted  to  the  patriot 
cause  from  the  beginning  of  trouble  with  the  mother  country  in  1765. 
The  paper  from  July,  1774,  to  October,  1775,  bore  the  famous  device  of  a 
divided  snake  with  the  motto  "United  or  Die."  Colonel  Bradford  was  an 
ardent  patriot,  defending  the  cause  with  both  pen  and  sword.  He  was  a 
lieutenant  of  Philadelphia  Associators  during  the  French  and  Indian  War, 
1756;  captain  in  a  Philadelphia  Regiment,  1775;  major  in  1776;  fought  at 
the  battle  of  Trenton ;  was  wounded  at  Princeton  and  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  colonel.  He  was  at  Fort  Mifflin  and  in  other  battles,  retiring  from 
the  army  after  the  evacuation  of  Philadelphia  by  the  British,  broken  in 
health  and  fortune,  although  in  1777  was  chairman  of  the  Pennsylvania 
navy  board  in  command  at  Philadelphia,  and  in  1779  was  president  of  the 
court  of  inquiry  respecting  the  military  officers.  After  the  war  he  resumed 
printing  in  Philadelphia,  but  never  regained  his  fortune.  He  consoled  him- 
self with  the  thought  that  he  had  aided  in  securing  independence  for  his 
country,  often  remarking  to  his  children:  "Though  I  bequeath  you  no 
estate  I  leave  you  in  the  enjoyment  of  liberty."  He  died  September  25, 
1791,  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  wife  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  burial 
ground  on  Arch  street,  Philadelphia,  but  later  his  remains  were  removed  to 
North  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  Philadelphia. 

He  married,  August  15  (or  18),  174 — ,  Rachel  Budd,  born  January  7, 
1720,  died  June  26,  1780,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Debora  (Lanstaflf) 
Budd,  granddaughter  of  William  and  Ann  Budd,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Budd,  who  prior  to  1661  was  rector  of  the  parish  of  Mat- 
tock, Somersetshire,  England,  later  coming  to  New  Jersey  with  four  sons. 
William  Budd  in  1685  was  a  member  of  the  general  assembly  of  New 
Jersey. 

Children  of  Colonel  William  Bradford:  i.  Thomas,  of  whom  further. 
2.  William  (4),  attorney  general  of  the  United  States,  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Pennsylvania,  attorney  general  of  Pennsylvania,  graduate  of  Prince- 
ton, 1772,  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  one  of  the 
distinguished  men  of  his  day;  he  married  Susan  Vergereau,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Elias  Boudinot  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Stockton)  Boudinot,  of  Eliza- 
beth and  Burlington,  New  Jersey ;  no  issue.  3.  Schuyler,  died  in  the  East 
Indies.  4.  Rachel,  married  Hon.  Elisha  Boudinot.  5.  Tacey,  married 
Joshua  Maddox  Wallace.    6.  Elizabeth,  married  Captain  Thomas  Houston. 

(IV)  Lieutenant-Colonel  Thomas  Bradford,  son  of  Colonel  William 
(3)  and  Rachel  (Budd)  Bradford,  was  bom  in  Philadelphia,  May  4,  1745, 
died  in  that  city.  May  7,  1838,  aged  ninety-three  years,  buried  in  North 


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Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  Philadelphia.  He  obtained  a  college  education  in 
Philadelphia,  entering  the  printing  business  with  his  father  in  1762  and 
becoming  a  partner  in  1766.  He,  like  his  father,  was  a  militant  patriot,  was 
captain  of  a  militia  company  in  Pennsylvania  and  saw  active  service  at 
Brandywine,  Trenton,  Germantown,  Valley  Forge,  and  elsewhere.  He 
also  served  as  deputy  commissary  general  of  prisoners,  ranking  as  lieutenant- 
colonel.  After  the  war  he  resumed  printing  with  his  father,  continuing  the 
publication  of  the  Pennsylvania  Journal  and  Weekly  Advertiser  until  1801, 
then  merging  it  with  the  True  American  which  he  had  established  earlier. 
In  1801  he  admitted  his  son  William  and  in  1819  retired  from  business.  He 
was  for  some  time  printer  to  congress.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bradford  mar- 
ried, November  23,  1768,  Mary  Fisher,  who  died  November  18,  1805,  aged 
fifty-five  years.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Coleman) 
Fisher,  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Lane)  Fisher,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  William  and  Mary  Fisher,  of  Herefordshire,  England. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  a  book  publisher  of  Philadelphia,  married  Abigail 
Inskeep.  2.  William,  a  printer  of  Philadelphia,  partner  with  his  father  after 
1801.  3.  Thomas,  of  whom  further.  4.  Elizabeth,  married  James  Darrach, 
of  Philadelphia.  5.  Mary,  married  William  Flintham,  of  Philadelphia. 
6.  Susan,  married  Jacob  Ritter,  of  Philadelphia. 

(V)  Thomas  (2)  Bradford,  son  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Thomas  (i)  and 
Mary  (Fisher)  Bradford,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  September  11,  1781.  He 
attended  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  until  fifteen  years  of  age,  then 
entered  the  office  with  his  father,  learning  the  printer's  trade  and  becoming 
an  unusually  expert  compositor.  He  had  a  strong  inclination  for  the  law 
and  after  three  years  in  the  printing  office  obtained  his  father's  permission 
to  begin  legal  study.  He  at  once  entered  the  office  of  William  Todd,  an 
eminent  lawyer  of  the  Philadelphia  bar,  and  so  rapid  was  his  progress  that 
on  October  18,  1802,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  rose  rapidly  in  his 
profession,  practicing  alone  until  1843,  when  he  admitted  his  son,  Vincent 
L.  Bradford,  who  continued  his  partner  until  death  severed  the  connection. 
He  was  not  only  learned  in  the  law  and  highly  regarded  as  an  able,  honor- 
able lawyer,  but  was  also  eminent  in  the  church,  trusted  in  political  life  and 
generous  in  aid  of  philanthropic  institutions.  He  was  an  elder  of  the  Fifth 
Presbyterian  Church,  inspector  of  the  Eastern  Penitentiary,  and  a  past 
master  of  Lodge  No.  121,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  In  1849  JeflFerson 
College  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  He  died  October 
25,  185 1,  and  is  buried  in  North  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery. 

He  married,  May  5,  1805,  Elizabeth  Loockerman,  born  December  23, 
1779,  died  April  12,  1842,  eldest  daughter  of  Vincent  Loockerman,  of 
Dover,  Delaware.  Children:  i.  Vincent  Loockerman,  LL.D.,  lawyer,  mar- 
ried Juliet  Sophia  Rey.  2.  Benjamin  Rush,  of  whom  further.  3.  Elizabeth 
Loockerman,  married  Rev.  William  Theodore  Dwight,  D.D.,  pastor  of 
Third  Congregational  Church.  Portland,  Maine,  for  thirty-two  years.  4. 
Colonel  William,  died  unmarried.    5.  Rev.  Thomas  Budd,  an  eminent  divine 


I036  PENNSYLVANIA 

of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  married   (first)    Henrietta  Singer,    (second) 
Lucinda  Hall  Porter. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Rush  Bradford,  second  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Loockerman)  Bradford,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  September  15, 
1813,  died  June  9,  1884.  He  was  educated  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  his 
health  forbidding  a  collegiate  course.  He  resided  in  Dover,  Delaware,  for 
three  years,  moving  to  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1837,  and  to  a  farm 
near  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  in  1839.  He  was  himself  a  large  land 
owner  and  had  the  care  of  several  landed  estates  in  addition  to  his  own, 
located  in  Pennsylvania  and  Virginia.  In  the  care  of  these  he  traveled  over 
eighteen  thousand  miles  on  horseback  during  his  earlier  life.  He  had  many 
suits  for  ejectment  during  his  managership  of  these  estates,  all  of  which  he 
prepared  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  judges,  before  whom  he  never  lost  a 
case.  He  was  an  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  Brighton, 
was  elected  in  1849  a  trustee  of  Western  Theological  Seminary,  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Union  Benevolent  Society  of  Philadelphia,  one  of 
the  corporate  members  of  the  board  of  colporteurage  and  a  member  of  the 
general  assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  years  1849-55  ^"^ 
i860.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  Sunday  school  of  his  church  and  for 
fifty  years  was  scholar,  teacher  and  superintendent.  He  was  an  active 
worker  in  the  temperance  cause;  was  a  candidate  for  governor  of  Penn- 
sylvania on  the  American  ticket  and  for  lieutenant-governor  on  the  Prohibi- 
tion ticket.  An  able  business  man  and  a  successful  real  estate  dealer,  his 
life  was  more  remarkable  for  his  Christian  activity  and  usefulness.  He 
was  honored  in  his  community  and  died  deeply  regretted. 

He  married,  November  26,  1840,  Margaret,  youngest  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Jane  Campbell,  of  Butler,  Pennsylvania ;  she  was  born  June  6, 
1817,  died  at  New  Brighton,  September,  1888.  Children:  i.  A  child,  died 
in  infancy.  2.  Elizabeth  Jane.  3.  Julia  Sophia,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Thomas,  died  unmarried,  December  21,  1902,  aged  fifty-six,  graduate  of 
Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  C.  E.,  member  of  Pennsylvania  legislature 
1879-80.  5.  Eleanor,  born  October  10,  1848;  married,  March  4,  1875, 
Walter  Buhl,  of  Detroit.  6.  William  Campbell,  died  October  11,  1887,  aged 
thirty-six  years.    7.  Child,  died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  Julia  Sophia  Bradford,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Rush  and  Mar- 
garet (Campbell)  Bradford,  was  born  August  8,  1844,  died  November  19, 
1900.  She  married,  October  12,  1865,  Charles  C.  Townsend,  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1841  (see  Townsend  VI).  Children:  i.  Juliet,  born  November  3, 
1866;  married,  November  27,  1890,  Frederick  George  Barker,  born  Septem- 
ber 10,  1858  (second  wife) ;  children:  Gertrude,  deceased;  Dorothy,  George 
Stevenson,  Rebecca,  Margaret,  Frederick  George  (2),  Juliet,  Richard 
Hoopes.  2.  Gertrude,  born  February  29,  1868,  died  July  4,  1889;  married, 
October  11,  1888,  Frederick  George  Barker  (first  wife).  3.  William  Penn, 
born  April  18,  1870;  married,  October  7,  1890,  Eleanor  Coleman,  born 
January  24,  1870;  children:  John  Coleman,  deceased;  Gertrude,  Eleanor, 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1037 

Genevieve,  Juliete  Bradford,  Richard  M.,  Harriet.  4.  Vincent  Loockerman 
Bradford,  of  whom  further.  5.  Charles  C,  born  April  2,  1872 ;  married, 
October  9,  1895,  Mary  Calvin,  born  September  18,  1875;  children:  Mildred, 
Walter,  Kathryn,  Harold,  Elizabeth  S.  6.  Benjamin  Rush  Bradford,  born 
October  3,  1873.  7.  John  Macdonald,  born  November  27,  1877;  married, 
January  28,  1904,  Mary  Myrtilla  Myers,  born  June  20,  1880;  one  son, 
Edward  M. 

(Vni)  Vincent  Loockerman  Bradford,  son  of  Charles  C.  and  Julia 
Sophia  (Bradford)  Townsend,  was  born  in  Allegheny  City,  Pennsylvania, 
April  3.  1871.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Brighton, 
finishing  the  high  school  course.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  entered 
business  life  with  his  father,  then  a  partner  in  the  wire  manufacturing  firm 
of  W.  P.  Townsend  &  Company,  and  later  head  of  C.  C.  and  E.  P.  Town- 
send.  The  latter  corporation  is  now  owned  and  managed  by  the  great- 
grandsons  of  the  founder,  Robert  Townsend,  who  in  1828  established  the 
plant  in  Fallston.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  William  Penn  Townsend, 
and  in  1894  by  his  grandsons,  C.  C.  and  E.  P.  Townsend,  the  fathers  of 
the  present  owners.  Vincent  L.  Bradford  has  been  continuously  in  the 
service  of  this  corporation  since  his  seventeenth  year,  occupying  various 
important  positions,  his  present  one  being  that  of  secretary  and  treasurer. 
The  business  is  an  extensive  one  and  ranks  with  the  leading  industries  of 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Bradford  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  be- 
longing to  New  Brighton  Lodge,  No.  219,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Beaver  Falls  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Mt.  Moriah  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  Pittsburgh  Commandery,  No.  i.  Knights  Templar;  Syria 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  the  latter  two  bodies  located  in 
Pittsburgh,  the  first  three  in  New  Brighton,  his  home.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club  and  interested  in  out-of-door  sports.  In 
political  faith  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  affiliation  a  Presby- 
terian. 

He  married,  January  29,  1894,  Grace  G.  Critchlow,  born  April  23, 
1871,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Gales)  Critchlow,  of  New  Brighton. 
Children:  Juliet  S.,  bom  October  16,  1902;  Vincent  Loockerman  (3),  De- 
cember 12,  1905. 


Hon.  James  J.  Davidson  was  an  honored  citizen  and 
DAVIDSON     representative    business    man    of    Beaver,    Pennsylvania, 

during  his  active  career.  He  left  an  indelible  impress 
upon  the  civic  and  industrial  annals  of  the  city,  and  upon  his  record  there 
rests  no  shadow  or  blemish.  His  strength  was  as  the  number  of  his  days, 
and  not  only  did  he  accomplish  much  in  connection  with  the  practical  affairs 
of  life,  but  his  nature,  strong  and  kindly  in  tolerance,  was  everywhere  a 
potent  influence  for  good.  Mr.  Davidson  was  born  at  Connellsville,  Fayette 
county,  Pennsylvania,  November  5,  1861,  and  he  was  summoned  to  the  life 
eternal  January  2,  1897,  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  thirty-five  yeara 


I038  PENNSYLVANIA 

James  J.  Davidson  was  a  descendant  of  ancestors  who  as  Protestants 
were  driven  by  religious  persecution  from  their  native  Scotland  and  took 
refuge  in  the  northern  counties  of  the  Green  Isle,  their  children  and  grand- 
children forming  that  stalwart  Scotch-Irish  stock  which  has  given  to  the 
United  States  some  of  her  best  and  ablest  citizens.  The  founder  of  the 
American  branch  of  the  Davidson  family  came  about  1695  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  and  settled  near  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  It  is  a  noteworthy 
fact  that  he  had  lived  in  Londonderry  during  the  famous  siege  of  that 
city  by  the  English. 

William  Davidson,  grandfather  of  James  J.  Davidson,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1783,  at  Carlisle,  Cumberland  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1808 
settled  in  Fayette  county,  in  the  same  state.  His  first  important  position 
was  that  of  manager  of  the  Laurel  Furnace,  and  later  he  became  iron- 
master at  Breakneck.  Mr.  Davidson  was  a  recognized  leader  in  the  public 
affairs  of  Fayette  county,  and  stood  high  in  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
liis  fellow  citizens,  as  appears  from  the  fact  that  he  was  a  member  of  both 
the  senate  and  house  of  Pennsylvania,  serving  also  as  speaker  of  the  latter 
body.  His  influence  among  his  colleagues  in  the  legislature  was  very  great. 
Mr.  Davidson  married  Sarah  Rogers,  a  woman  of  strong  personality  and  a 
high  order  of  intellect,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  two  sons,  among 
them  Daniel  R.,  mentioned  below;  and  one  daughter. 

Daniel  R.,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Rogers)  Davidson,  was  born 
January  12,  1820,  at  Connellsville,  Pennsylvania,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Fayette  county,  where  the  greater  portion  of  his  life 
was  passed.  After  completing  his  course  of  study  he  turned  his  attention  to 
agriculture,  cultivating  with  signal  success  a  tract  of  land  given  him  by  his 
father.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  became  interested  in  the  project  of 
the  railroad  from  Pittsburgh  to  Connellsville,  and  was  instrumental  in  se- 
curing rights  of  way  and  funds  with  which  to  further  the  undertaking.  The 
road  was  completed  in  five  years  and  became  a  power  in  developing  the 
business  resources  of  this  part  of  the  state.  Later  Colonel  Davidson  (as 
he  was  always  called)  promoted  the  Fayette  County  railroad,  and  he  was 
also  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  Southwestern  Pennsylvania  railroad.  His 
fine  business  abilities  were  not  devoted  to  the  development  of  railroads 
alone,  but  were  also  of  service  in  utilizing  the  resources  of  the  great  coking- 
coal  lands  in  Fayette  county.  He  was  the  owner  of  two  plants  in  the  coke 
region,  and  was  president  of  the  Love  Manufacturing  Company  of  Roches- 
ter during  the  period  of  its  existence.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
National  Bank  of  Commerce,  Pittsburgh,  and  during  his  later  years  was 
president  of  that  institution.  Colonel  Davidson  married  Margaret  C.  John- 
ston, and  twelve  children  were  born  to  them,  among  whom  were  the  follow- 
ing: George,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work;  James  J., 
mentioned  below ;  and  Frederick,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Beaver. 
Colonel  Davidson  resided  for  years  on  his  farm  near  Connellsville,  widely 
sought  as  a  counsellor  in  business,  politics  and  personal  matters.     Though 


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actively  interested  in  public  affairs,  he  could  never  be  prevailed  upon  to 
accept  office.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1884,  he  was 
one  of  the  prominent  men,  not  only  in  his  own  county,  but  also  in  western 
Pennsylvania. 

Hon.  James  J.  Davidson,  of  this  notice,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place  and  he  also  attended  Beaver  Seminary.  In  1878 
he  was  matriculated  as  a  student  in  Bethany  College,  at  Bethany,  West  Vir- 
ginia, and  later  spent  three  years  in  the  University  of  Kentucky,  at  Lexing- 
ton, in  which  institution  he  was  graduated  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1883, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  After  leaving  college  he  took  up  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John  J.  Wickham,  of  Beaver,  devoting  his 
attention  to  legal  work  for  the  ensuing  two  years.  In  1886  he  became  in- 
terested in  oil  development  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Darragh,  Watson  & 
Company,  prominent  oil  producers,  and  with  the  passage  of  time  he  gradually 
became  interested  in  other  important  business  enterprises  in  Beaver  county. 
He  was  elected  president  of  the  Union  Drawn  Steel  Works,  of  Beaver 
Falls,  and  his  brother  Frederick  is  now  the  controlling  spirit  in  that  in- 
stitution. 

Early  in  life  Mr.  Davidson  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party,  in  the 
local  councils  of  which  organization  he  became  an  active  factor.  In  1894 
he  received  the  unanimous  endorsement  of  his  party  in  Beaver  county  for 
delegate  in  Congress,  but  at  the  District  Congressional  Convention  later  in 
the  year,  held  at  Beaver  Falls,  he  withdrew  his  candidacy  in  favor  of  Hon. 
T.  W.  Phillips,  of  Lawrence  county.  In  1896  he  was  again  the  unanimous 
choice  of  Beaver  county  for  congress,  and  at  the  district  convention  held 
at  Butler  he  was  nominated  on  the  first  ballot,  and  at  the  ensuing  election 
won  by  a  big  majority.  Shortly  after  the  election  he  went  west  in  order  to 
recuperate  his  health,  which  had  been  seriously  affected  by  an  attack  of 
pneumonia.  He  spent  considerable  time  in  Salt  Lake  City  and  Colorado 
Springs,  and  eventually  settled  at  Phoenix,  Arizona,  where  January  2,  1897, 
he  died  in  his  thirty-fifth  year. 

Mr.  Davidson  was  married,  January  31,  1889,  to  Miss  Emma  E.  Eakin, 
a  daughter  of  John  R.  Eakin,  of  Beaver.  Two  children  were  born  to  them, 
namely:  Philip  James,  whose  birth  occurred  on  May  26,  1891 ;  and  Sarah 
Norton.     Mrs.  Davidson  resides  in  Beaver  with  her  two  children. 

In  a  fraternal  way,  Mr.  Davidson  was  prominent  in  Masonry,  having 
attained  to  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite  branch,  and  having 
likewise  passed  through  the  circle  of  York  Rite  Masonry.  He  was  a  valued 
and  appreciative  member  of  Tancred  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and 
of  Syria  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
He  was  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  the  American  Mechanics,  and  the  Americus  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  leading  and  influential  citizen  of  Beaver,  and  his 
activity  in  business  affairs,  his  co-operation  in  public  interests  and  his  zealous 
support  of  all  objects  that  he  believed  would  contribute  to  the  material. 


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social  or  moral  improvement  of  the  community,  kept  him  in  the  foremost 
rank  of  those  to  whom  the  city  owes  its  prestige  as  a  commercial  center  of 
the  state. 


Documents  show  that  the  Rhodes    who    settled    in    Rhode 
RHODES     Island  emigrated  from  Yorkshire,  England,  about  1635.     In 

England  the  name  was  originally  spelled  Rode  and  later 
Rhode.  In  1566  appears  the  first  record  with  the  letter  "s"  added  to  the 
name.  That  the  name  was  taken  from  a  place  is  shown  by  the  following 
quotation  from  an  old  book:  "Two  Norman  warriors  who  accompanied 
William  the  Conqueror  to  England,  1066,  Willelmus  and  Hugh  by  name, 
were  granted  the  moiety  of  O'Drode  (or  little  Arm  de  Rode),  situated  4>^ 
miles  S.S.W.  of  Macklesfield,  Chester  county,  England.  That  the  name  was 
adopted  from  this  place  is  proved  by  a  deed  of  44  Henry  III.,  in  which 
Willelmus'  descendant,  Thomas  de  Rhode,  granted  by  charter  to  Margery, 
daughter  of  Geoffrey  de  Lostoc,  all  his  rights  to  the  town  of  Rode  for  one 
pair  of  white  gloves  and  a  halfpenny  for  all  services."  The  late  Cecil  John 
Rhodes,  of  Kimberley,  Africa,  and  of  England,  was  a  descendant  of  the 
Hertfordshire  branch  of  the  family. 

(I)  Zachary  Rhodes  commences  the  history  of  the  family  in  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  born  in  1603,  and  settled  in  Rehoboth  in  1643.  In  1644, 
with  other  settlers,  he  signed  an  agreement  forming  a  town  government.  In 
1646  he  left  Rehoboth,  crossed  the  river  and  bay  to  Rhode  Island,  and  with 
others  settled  at  Pawtuxet,  where  he  became  a  large  owner  of  land.  His 
reason  for  leaving  Massachusetts  appears  to  have  been  of  a  religious  nature, 
as  records  show  that  he  refused  to  comply  with  the  Massachusetts  law  which 
sought  to  compel  him  to  contribute  for  the  support  of  preaching.  In  religious 
sentiment  he  was  an  Independent,  or  Baptist.  Without  doubt  he  was 
banished  from  the  colony  because  of  his  peculiar  views,  but  he  became  a 
man  of  strength  and  influence  in  the  community,  in  Rhode  Island.  From 
1664  until  1665  he  was  treasurer  of  the  town  of  Providence,  and  at  the 
same  time  was  a  member  of  the  town  council.  In  1658  he  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  He  was  a  member  of  the  general  court  at  Portsmouth  in  August, 
1659,  and  in  1662-63.  In  1661  he  attended  as  commissioner  from  Provi- 
dence the  general  court  at  Newport,  and  was  appointed  member  of  a  com- 
mittee to  adjust  difficulties  existing  between  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  and  was  also  appointed,  with  Roger  Williams  and  others,  to  draw 
up  and  sign  an  address  to  His  Majesty,  King  Charles  II.  In  March,  1663-64, 
as  deputy  from  Providence,  he  attended  the  general  assembly  of  Rhode 
Island,  held  at  Newport,  and  also  in  1665.  In  1653  he,  with  five  others, 
signed  an  address  to  the  court  assembled  in  Boston,  asking  that  Pawtuxet 
might  be  dismissed  from  the  government  of  the  Massachusetts  colony.  He 
made  his  will  in  1662  and  died  in  1665.  In  1646,  Zachary  (or  Zachariah) 
Rhodes  married  Joanna  Arnold,  born  February  27,  1617,  died  in  1692. 
Children:  Jeremiah,  bom  June  24,  1647;  Malachi;  Zachariah;  Elizabeth; 
Mary ;  Rebecca ;  John,  of  further  mention ;  Peleg. 


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(II)  John,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Zachary  and  Joanna  (Ar- 
nold) Rhodes,  was  born  in  1658,  and  died  August  14,  1716.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1681,  at  a  meeting  of  the  general  assembly  at  New- 
port, at  which  time  he  was  a  resident  of  Warwick.  In  1700,  at  a  meeting 
of  the  general  assembly  held  at  Newport,  he  was  elected  general  attorney 
for  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island.  In  1702-03-04  he  was  a  deputy  from 
Warwick  to  the  general  assembly,  and  in  1707  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
general  assembly.    He  married  (first)  February  12,  1685,  Waite  Waterman, 

born  in  1668,  died  in  171 1.     He  married  (second)  Sarah  ,  born  1653, 

died  March  30,  1730.  Children :  1  Zachariah,  born  at  Scituate,  Rhode 
Island,  November  5,  1687,  married  (first)  Mary  Randall,  (second)  Mary 
Sheldon  ;Ljohn,  of  further  mention,^Mercy,  born  November  20,  1691,  twin 
of  John  f;  Joseph,  born  September  25,  1693,  at  Providence,  married  Mary 
Arnold  ^William,  born  July  14,  1695,  married  Mary  Sheldon  ©Phebe,  born 
November  30,  1698,  married  (first)  Anthony  Holden,  (second)  Samuel 
Aborn  flResoIved,  born  May  22,  1702,  married  Mary  Greene  ;^ait,  born 
December  16,  1703,  married  Abraham  Sheldon. 

Waite  (Waterman)  Rhodes  was  a  daughter  of  Resolved  and  Mercy 
(Williams)  Waterman.  Richard,  the  American  progenitor  of  the  Waterman 
family  was  born  in  England  in  1590,  came  to  America  in  1629,  and  was  of 
Salem,  Mass.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  persons  to  whom  Roger  Williams 
deeded  land  in  Providence,  and  in  1639  was  one  of  the  original  twelve  mem- 
bers of  the  First  Baptist  Church.  He  was  one  among  those  who  signed  an 
agreement  in  1640  for  a  form  of  government.  In  1655  he  was  made  a 
freeman  and  served  respectively  as  commissioner,  juryman  and  warden. 
He  died  in  1673,  and  his  wife  Bethia  in  1680.  Their  children  were: 
Mehitabel,  Waite,  Nathaniel  and  Resolved.  Resolved,  son  of  Richard  and 
Bethia  Waterman,  was  born  in  1638  and  died  in  1670.  He  served  as  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1667.  He  married,  in  1659,  Mercy  Williams,  born  in 
1640,  remarried  after  the  death  of  her  first  husband,  and  died  in  1705. 
Children:  Richard,  born  in  June,  1660;  Mercy,  1662;  John,  1666;  Resolved, 
1667;  Waite,  who  married  John  Rhodes,  as  above  mentioned.  Roger  Wil- 
liams, father  of  Mercy  (Williams)  Waterman,  and  grandfather  of  Waite 
(Waterman)  Rhodes,  founded  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island  in  1636.  He  was 
born  in  South  Wales,  about  1598,  and  was  a  son  of  William  Williams,  of 
Conwyl  parish.  He  died  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  1683.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1632,  Mary  Warnard,  who  died  in  1676.  Children:  Mary,  born  in 
1633;  Freeborn,  1635;  Providence,  1638;  Mercy,  who  became  Mrs.  Water- 
man; Daniel,  born  in  1642;  Joseph,  1643. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  John  and  Waite  (Waterman)  Rhodes,  was  born  in 
Warwick,  November  20,  1691,  and  died  in  1776.  He  held  a  commission  as 
major  in  the  colonial  militia.  In  1716  he  was  admitted  a  freeman,  and  in 
1731-35-42-43-44  and  in  1751  and  1753  he  was  deputy  in  the  general  as- 
sembly from  Warwick.  He  married  (first)  January  29,  1714,  Catherine, 
who  died  July  25,  1731,  a  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Charles  and  Catherine 


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(Green)  Holden;  he  married  (second)  Mary  Whipple.  Children:  Waite, 
born  December  29,  1714;  John,  May  5,  1716;  Catherine,  August  i,  1717; 
Charles,  September  29,  1719;  Mercy,  February  29,  1720-21,  died,  February, 
1723-24;  Anthony,  born  May  29,  1722;  Joseph,  August  22,  1723;  Zachariah, 
September  8,  1727;  Holden,  May  30,  1731. 

(IV)  Records  deficient. 

(V)  William  Rhodes,  the  next  in  line,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  March  18,  1749.  He  must  have  come  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, prior  to  1774,  as  he  was  married  there  in  that  year.  He  was  a  Whig 
in  political  opinion.    He  married,  January  29,  1774,  Elizabeth  Maginn. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Maginn)  Rhodes,  was 
born  January  10,  1778,  and  died  April  17,  1853.  His  entire  life  was  spent 
in  Beaver  county,  where  he  was  active  among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that 
section.  His  death  occurred  in  what  is  now  Chippewa  township.  He  owned 
about  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  a  large  portion  of  which  he  cleared,  and  in 
1826  he  served  in  the  office  of  overseer  of  the  poor  of  Chippewa  township, 
as  is  stated  in  a  document  now  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  Robert  J. 
Rhodes.  He  married,  January  i,  1806,  Margaret,  born  April  2,  1781,  died 
May  25,  1855,  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Catharine  Elizabeth  (Mercer) 
Eberhardt  and  a  niece  of  General  Hugh  Mercer,  of  revolutionary  fame. 
Children :  Jonathan ;  Margaret  Ann ;  Robert  Mann ;  Milton  J. ;  William,  of 
further  mention;  Smiley;  Joseph  Andrew;  Hghnct  ftjwgn. 

(VII)  William,  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (Eberhardt)  Rhodes, 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  September  25,  1814,  and  died  November  28, 
1883.  He  was  educated  in  the  early  district  schools,  and  followed  the  occu- 
pation of  a  farmer  all  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of  prominence  and  influence 
in  the  community,  and  filled  a  number  of  township  offices.  He  married 
(first)  November  22,  1836,  Mary  Maria  Baird,  who  died  September  ^ 
1852.  He  married  (second)  October  6,  1853,  Eliza  Isabel  McMillan,  who 
died  July  23,  1855.  He  married  (third)  April  5,  1856,  Mary  Jane  Whann. 
Children  by  first  marriage:  Margaret  Ann,  married  Williarn  Bradshaw 
Hunter;  Bradford,  married  Caroline  Augusta  Fuller;  three  who  died  in 
infancy.  Child  by  second  marriage:  Joseph  William,  married  Margaret 
Moore.  Children  by  third  marriage :  Elizabeth  Jane,  married  John  Louthan ; 
Robert  James,  of  further  mention  ;  Jonathan  PeaVson  Finley,  married  (first) 
Jane  Oskey,  (second)  Isabel  Whitten;  Thomas  Josiah,  married  Ella  Thom- 
son ;  Elmer  Elsworth,  married  Amy  Dinsmore ;  Nancy  Isabel,  married  Am- 
brose Fombelle ;  Ira  Hillis,  married  Nettie  Dausmann ;  Nettie  Jane,  mar- 
ried Stephen  S.  Smith;  Norris  Odley,  married  Myrtle  Barnes. 

(VIII)  Robert  James,  son  of  William  and  Mary  Jane  (Whann) 
Rhodes,  was  born  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
i860.  He  received  an  excellent  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Chippewa 
township  and  at  the  Darlington  Academy,  and  then  engaged  in  the  occupa- 
tion of  teaching.  He  followed  this  profession  four  years  in  the  schools  of 
Beaver  county  and  five  years  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  after  which 


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he  became  actively  identified  with  mercantile  pursuits.  For  a  period  of  two 
years  he  held  a  clerkship  in  Beaver,  then  became  a  commercial  traveler,  and 
for  the  past  six  years  has  been  a  resident  at  College  Hill,  Beaver  Falls.  He 
has  been  frequently  solicited  to  accept  public  office,  but  until  recently,  re- 
fused. Now,  however,  he  is  filling  the  office  of  a  school  director  of  College 
Hill  Borough. 

Mr.  Rhodes  married  Laura  Anna  Taylor.  During  the  past  nine  years 
he  has  been  an  active  worker  in  the  interests  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
is  a  member  of  blue  lodge  and  chapter.  He  is  a  member  of  the  College  Hill 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  ever  ready  to  do  what  he  can  for  the  success  of 
the  church  and  Sunday  school,  and  the  welfare  of  all  connected  therewith. 


The  western  part  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  appears  to 
McKIBBIN     have  been  particularly  fortunate  in  some  respects,  one  of 

these  being  that  it  has  attracted  an  unusually  large  per- 
centage of  the  intelligent  and  educated  class  of  emigrants,  whose  attention 
was  called  to  the  fertile  soil  and  generally  favorable  conditions.  This  seems 
to  have  been  more  especially  the  case  with  the  Irish  element,  and  the  coun- 
try has  profited  accordingly.  The  McKibbin  family  of  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, forms  no  exception  to  this  rule. 

(I)  Alexander  McKibbin  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  in  the  year  1832.  He  located  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  his  calling  of  stone  mason  for  one  or  two 
years,  then  purchased  a  farm  in  Green  Garden,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  also  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  line  there,  conducting  a  store 
very  profitably  for  a  period  of  thirty-five  years.  At  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1870  he  had  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  clear  and  improved  property.  He 
was  one  of  the  active  members  of  the  Service  United  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  although  he  never 
desired  public  office.  He  married  Nancy  Bryson,  also  born  in  the  North  of 
Ireland,  who  came  to  this  country  in  1832,  and  was  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  Bryson,  who  came  to  West  Deer  township,  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1832,  where  they  purchased  a  farm  on  which  some  of  their 
descendants  still  reside. 

(II)  Alexander  L.  McKibbin,  son  of  Alexander  and  Nancy  (Bryson) 
McKibbin,  was  born  in  Green  Garden,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 
24,  1845.  At  the  completion  of  his  preliminary  education,  when  he  was  in 
his  sixteenth  year,  the  struggle  between  the  north  and  the  south  had  its 
commencement.  Mr.  McKibbin  at  once  enlisted,  becoming  a  private  in 
Company  H,  140th  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  in  August,  1862,  his  regiment 
being  assigned  to  the  Second  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  Chancellorsville 
being  their  first  engagement.  In  1864  he  was  transferred  to  the  Sixth 
Regiment  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  and  assigned  to  Johnson's  Island,  Ohio, 
to  guard  rebel  officers,  and  from  there  was  assigned  to  Company  B  of  the 
same  regiment,  to  do  patrol  duty  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  later  became  mail 


1044  PENNSYLVANIA 

carrier  for  the  company.  In  July,  1865,  he  was  honorably  discharged  at 
this  post.  During  his  three  years'  service  he  was  constantly  engaged  except 
for  a  short  period  when  afflicted  with  typhus  fever.  He  was  fortunate  in 
never  having  received  a  wound  and  never  being  imprisoned.  He  keeps  in 
touch  with  the  old  soldiers  by  membership  in  the  post  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  at  Beaver,  and  is  strict  in  his  observance  of  decorating  the 
graves  of  the  soldiers  in  his  home  cemetery. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr.  McKibbin  entered  Iron  City  College, 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution.  He 
then  returned  to  his  home  for  a  time,  taking  charge  of  the  homestead  farm, 
which  consisted  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and  has  been  identified  with 
agricultural  pursuits  since  that  time.  He  purchased  one  hundred  and  seven- 
ty-one acres  in  Beaver  county,  which  he  has  devoted  to  fruit  raising  and 
general  farming.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  during  this  period  has  held  three  Farmers' 
Institutes  in  the  county  each  year,  and  through  this  influence  considerable 
good  has  been  accomplished.  He  has  been  one  of  the  most  public-spirited 
men  in  the  county,  and  among  the  other  public  offices  he  has  filled  with  a 
remarkable  degree  of  ability  are  the  following:  Member  of  the  school  board 
for  many  years,  and  secretary  of  the  same  for  fifteen  years ;  member  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  for  eight  years,  and  secretary  of  the  board ;  one  term 
as  county  auditor;  one  term  as  director  of  the  poor  of  the  county;  deputy 
register  and  recorder  of  the  county;  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Monaca;  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Beaver  County  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Company;  director  of  Dixmont  Hospital  for  the  Insane  for  the  past 
fifteen  years  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors ;  member  of  the  County 
Fair  Association;  served  two  years  as  inspector  of  orchards  in  division  of 
zoology,  and  served  two  years  in  tlie  state  highway  department  as  inspector 
of  roads.  He  has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  the  councils  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  is  a  devoted  member  of  the  Raccoon  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
Mr.  McKibbin  married,  in  1870,  Matilda  J.  Irwin,  who  bore  him  four 
children,  all  now  married :    Ella  May,  Martha  Jane,  Anna  Mary,  Stewart  L. 


John  MacDonald,  member  of  a  family  of  Scotch  origin, 
MacDONALD  was  bom  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  is  found  in  the 
colonies  in  1773,  when  he  settled  on  Robinson's  Run,  in 
Washington  county.  Of  him  it  is  said  that  he  became  the  possessor  of 
valuable  property,  wide  in  extent,  cultivated  by  a  large  number  of  slaves, 
his  first  home  being  near  the  Virginia  line.  He  married  Martha  Noble,  a 
native  of  Maryland,  daughter  of  the  founder  of  Noblestown,  Pennsylvania. 
John  MacDonald  cleared  the  meadow  on  which  an  Indian  trading  post  was 
erected,  much  of  his  original  tract  of  land  still  remaining  in  possession  of 
his  descendants.  He  was  a  Federalist  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Candor.  Children  of  John  and  Martha  (Noble) 
MacDonald:  James.  Andrew,  William,  twin  of  Andrew  (of  whom  further)  ; 


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Alexander,  Edward,  John,  Margaret,  married  a  Mr.  Glenn ;  Martha,  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Allison;  Elizabeth,  married  a  Mr.  Mitchell,  and  Mary,  married 
William  Nesbit. 

(II)  William,  son  of  John  and  Martha  (Noble)  MacDonald,  was  born 
on  Robinson's  Run,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  in  that  state. 
In  1800,  the  year  in  which  they  attained  their  majority,  he  and  his  twin 
brother  Andrew  settled  on  a  tract  of  land  extending  along  the  Ohio  river 
for  four  miles,  a  site  part  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  Woodlawn.  He 
married  and  had  several  children ;  among  whom  was  Captain  John,  who 
married  Rachel  Oliver,  and  had  David  Alexander,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  David  Alexander,  son  of  Captain  John  and  Rachel  (Oliver) 
MacDonald,  was  born  in  Economy  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
April  4,  1842.  He  was  reared  in  the  township  of  his  birth,  in  boyhood  at- 
tending the  public  schools  and  when  a  young  man  entered  upon  river  work 
with  Captain  William  H.  Brown.  From  a  penniless  beginning,  by  his  un- 
tiring industry  and  ever-evident  willingness  to  work,  he  prospered  in  this 
line  of  endeavor,  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  owned  seven  boats 
plying  the  waters  of  the  Ohio.  A  large  share  of  his  well  earned  pros- 
perity was  taken  from  him  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  when  he  was 
occasioned  a  fifty-thousand-dollar  loss  by  the  seizure  of  his  boats  for  gov- 
ernment uses,  and  he  himself  was  impressed  into  service  for  a  term  of  six 
months.  He  immediately  began  to  repair  his  wasted  fortune  and  continued 
as  the  captain  of  several  boats  on  the  Ohio  until  his  retirement  about  1900. 
During  all  of  this  time,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  years  passed  in  Sewick- 
ley,  Pennsylvania,  his  home  was  in  Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  death 
occurred  October  12,  1910.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  although 
he  was  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  place  in  which  his  residence  happened 
to  be,  the  nature  of  his  calling  prohibited  the  acceptance  of  public  trust  or 
responsibility.  His  church  was  the  Presbyterian,  of  which  he  was  for  many 
years  an  elder,  and  he  held  membership  in  Rochester  Lodge  No.  229,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  was  twice  married,  his  second  wife,  whom  he 
married  June  17,  1869,  being  Mary  Frances,  born  in  Sewickley,  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  and  Sarah  St.  Clair  (Wilson) 
Woods,  her  father  a  son  of  William  (i)  Woods.  William  (i)  Woods 
married  a  Miss  Moore,  and  had  Frances,  John,  Joseph,  Samuel  and  William, 
of  whom  further.  Dr.  William  (2)  Woods  came  to  Woodlawn,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1878,  and  was  associated  with  Captain  David  Alexander  Mac- 
Donald and  other  prominent  citizens  in  the  incorporation  of  an  educational 
institution  in  that  place.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Mary  Semple, 
whose  family  line  is  connected  with  that  of  the  Bissell  family  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  old  and  honorable  families  of  the  state.  Children 
of  first  marriage  of  Dr.  Woods :  William  Semple,  John  Semple,  and  Samuel 
W.  Semple.  Children  of  the  second  marriage:  Robert  Wilson,  Mary 
Frances  (of  previous  mention),  married  Captain  David  Alexander  Mac- 
Donald, Charles  Gelty,  and  Thomas  Patterson.    Children  of  first  marriage 


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of  Captain  David  Alexander  MacDonald :  William,  Ida,  David,  and  Ellen. 
Children  of  Captain  David  Alexander  and  Mary  Frances  (Woods)  Mac- 
Donald:  Charles  Woods,  a  resident  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Sarah  St. 
Clair,  deceased ;  Mary  Frances,  deceased ;  Florence  June,  married  George 
Hoffman ;  Julia  St.  Clair,  lives  at  home. 

Lord  John  MacDonald,  of  Scotland,  is  a  relative  of  this  branch  of  the 
MacDonalds.  Certain  it  is,  that  though  never  honored  with  title  from 
monarch  or  potentate,  there  was  as  true  nobility  in  the  life  of  Captain  David 
A.  MacDonald  as  was  ever  possessed  by  man,  whether  conferred  as  a  mark 
of  respect,  inherited  from  ancestors,  or  acquired  through  upright  life,  and 
in  the  paths  where  he  was  wont  to  walk  there  are  many  who  would  rejoice 
once  more  to  hear  the  sound  of  his  footfall  and  the  greeting  of  his  cheery 


The  North  of  Ireland  was  the  point  of  departure  of  the  Reid 
REID     family  from  the  old  country,  to  which  land  the  Scotch  ancestors 

of  the  name  had  come.  In  their  native  land  the  orthography  of 
the  name  had  been  Reed,  but  later  change  and  subsequent  usage  has  made  it 
Reid,  as  it  is  spelled  by  the  present  generation  of  the  name.  The  great- 
grandfather of  Samuel  Reid,  of  this  record,  the  fourth  generation,  was 
born  on  the  ocean  en  route  to  America,  and  upon  attaining  mature  age  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Finnley,  settling  in  Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania,  later  moving 
to  Allegheny  county,  his  death  occurring  near  Clinton,  where  he  owned  and 
cultivated  land.  He  was  the  father  of :  Andrew,  Samuel,  of  whom  further ; 
William,  James,  Moses,  Isabella,  Mary,  and  Dorcas. 

(II)  Samuel  Reid  was  probably  born  near  Clinton,  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  1777,  died  in  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  ID,  1840.  In  early  life  he  lived  near  Newcastle,  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  distiller,  owning  a  large  plant  near  his 
residence.  In  1812  he  moved  to  Beaver  county,  locating  in  Independence 
township,  where  he  built  a  distillery,  but  decided  not  to  operate  it.  The 
attitude  of  many  people  toward  drinking  and  the  manufacture  of  spirituous 
liquors  had  changed  somewhat  in  the  intervening  time,  and  upon  thoughtful 
and  earnest  consideration  of  the  matter  he  came  to  the  conclusion  that  his 
was  not  a  legitimate  line  of  business,  and  straightway  he  discontinued  the 
manufacture  of  his  products.  He  later  moved  to  Hopewell  township,  pur- 
chasing a  farm  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  which  he  cultivated  for 
the  rest  of  his  life.  He  and  his  family  were  members  of  the  Associate 
Church  of  Scottsville,  known  as  the  Ohio  congregation.  He  married  Agnes 
Scott,  and  had:  i.  Jane,  died  unmarried.  2.  William,  died  unmarried; 
lived  on  a  part  of  the  home  farm.  3.  David,  of  whom  further.  4.  Maria, 
died  unmarried ;  lived  with  her  brother  and  sister,  William  and  Jane.  5. 
Samuel  C,  a  United  Presbyterian  minister,  died  1887,  in  Beaver,  Penn- 
sylvania.   6.  Agnes,  married  Rev.  Andrew  Irons,  died  1902. 

(III)  David,  son  of  Samuel  and  Agnes  (Scott)   Reid,  was  bom  in 


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Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1820,  died  there 
March  17,  1905.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm,  his  youth  being 
passed  after  the  manner  of  that  of  the  majority  of  boys,  in  home  duties, 
school  attendance,  and  pleasure,  and  after  his  father's  death  he  and  his 
brother  William  purchased  the  rights  of  their  co-heirs  in  the  home  property, 
then  dividing  it,  the  share  of  David  Reid  being  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
eight  acres.  He  here  lived  until  his  death,  at  one  time  owning  a  large  flock 
of  sheep,  the  rest  of  the  time  engaging  in  general  operations  of  an  agri- 
cultural nature.  As  a  Republican  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace,  and  served  as  such  for  many  years,  with  his  wife  belonging 
to  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  a  successful  farmer  and 
stock  raiser,  a  man  of  substantial  parts  and  qualities,  one  who  lived  in 
peaceful  and  enjoyable  companionship  with  his  fellows,  by  whom  he  was 
well  liked  and  respected.  He  was  never  above  discharging  the  humblest 
duty  required  of  him,  and  strove,  with  the  most  impersonal  desire,  to  per- 
form well  all  the  tasks  of  public  service  that  were  allotted  him.  He 
married  Mary,  born  near  the  present  site  of  the  borough  of  Aliquippa, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  September,  1829,  died  March  17,  1907, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Emily  (Potter)  McKee.  Thomas  McKee  was 
born  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  was  brought  to  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, when  he  was  four  years  of  age,  the  family  home  being  in  Hope- 
well township.  He  there  grew  to  manhood,  became  a  farmer,  and  culti- 
vated land  near  the  homestead  all  of  his  life.  They  were  members  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Emily  (Potter) 
McKee:  i.  Mary,  of  previous  mention;  married  David  Reid.  2.  James  L., 
twin  of  Mary,  died  in  November,  1913;  a  merchant  of  Richland  Center, 
Wisconsin.  3.  Elizabeth,  married  John  T.  Shannon,  a  farmer,  and  died 
near  New  Sheffield,  Pennsylvania.  4.  William,  died  unmarried  in  young 
manhood.  5.  John,  died  unmarried,  in  young  manhood.  6.  Cyrus  P.,  a 
merchant  at  Wall  Rose,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania;  retired  from  busi- 
ness and  moved  to  Patterson  Heights,  in  the  same  county,  and  there  died 
in  1909.  7.  Emma,  died  October  15,  1913;  married  John  C.  McCormick, 
and  lived  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of  David  and  Mary 
(McKee)  Reid:  i.  Agnes,  died  in  1900;  married  Samuel  Purdy.  2.  Thomas, 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Emily,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Samuel,  of  whom  further. 
5.  An  infant  son,  died  unnamed.  6.  Elmer  W.,  married  Ella  McKibben, 
and  lives  on  the  home  farm.  7.  Valeria,  married  Dr.  J.  A.  Shaffer,  and 
died  in  1901. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  David  and  Mary  (McKee)  Reid,  was  born  in 
Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  20,  1865. 
Born  and  reared  on  the  homestead  farm,  he  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Independence  township,  in  1895  entering  the  University  of  Western 
Pennsylvania  (University  of  Pittsburgh),  whence  he  was  graduated  in  the 
engineering  department  in  1899,  with  the  degree  C.  E.  His  connection  in 
his  profession  has  been  with  but  one  company,  the   Pittsburgh  &  Lake 


I048  PENNSYLVANIA 

Erie  .-ailroad,  with  whom  he  became  associated  immediately  after  gradua- 
tion, and  by  whom  he  has  been  since  employed  as  civil  engineer.  When 
one  says  that  Mr.  Reid  is  a  master  of  his  profession  and  that  he  has  yet 
to  be  awarded  the  commission  to  which  his  knowledge  and  scientific  skill 
does  not  extend,  one  has  covered  his  professional  career,  for  he  has  con- 
tracted no  outside  relations  and  has  given  his  entire  time  to  the  service 
of  the  road  of  which  he  is  an  employee,  using  his  wide  and  extensive 
knowledge  in  safeguarding  the  lives  of  the  thousands  who  travel  over  its 
roadbed  and  in  performing  well  his  part  as  a  member  of  the  corps  of 
engineers  of  that  road.  Since  1899  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Beaver 
Falls,  and  owns  a  tastefully  designed,  comfortable  home  at  No.  411  Elev- 
enth street. 

He  married,  September  i,  1887,  Margaret,  born  in  Raccoon  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  Todd,  both 
deceased,  her  father  a  tanner  and  farmer  (see  Todd).  Child  of  Samuel 
and  Margaret  Reid:  Mary,  born  May  30,  1888,  married  James  O.  Clark, 
an  employee  of  the  Ohio  Steel  Company,  and  lives  in  Youngstown,  Ohio. 
(The  Todd  Line.) 

The  original  spelling  of  this  family  name  was  Tod.  Mrs.  Reid's  great 
grandfather,  James  Tod,  emigrated  from  Scotland,  and  soon  after  his 
arrival  located  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  where  for  some  time  he  fol- 
lowed the  business  of  carpenter  and  architect.  As  early  as  1788  he  came 
to  Beaver  county  and  purchased  600  or  more  acres  of  land.  He  married 
Kate  Forbes,  who  bore  him  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  James,  the  second 
son,  was  born  in  Moon  township  in  1796,  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
William  L.  Littell,  of  Beaver  county,  and  five  children  were  born  to  this 
union :  William  L. ;  James,  of  whom  further ;  Elizabeth,  married  to  George 
Lawrence;  John  and  Forbes — all  now  deceased. 

James  Todd,  the  second  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Littell)  Todd,  was 
born  on  the  old  homestead,  in  Raccoon  township,  in  1828,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  tanner  and  currier,  which  he  followed  until  1871,  when  he  pur- 
chased 200  acres  of  land.  He  married,  in  185 1,  Mary,  daughter  of  Amasa 
and  Eleanor  (Van  Kirk)  Brown,  and  by  this  union  were  eleven  children, 
four  sons  and  two  daughters  now  living:  Alice  M.,  married  Morton  Ram- 
sey, of  Hookstown,  Pennsylvania;  Dr.  James  W.,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia; Dr.  Joseph  L.,  of  Canton,  Ohio;  Dr.  John  C,  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania; Sharp  W.,  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin;  and  Margaret,  married  to 
Samuel  Reid.  Mary  Ellen  Todd  died  in  1878 ;  Dr.  Wilbert  A.,  died  in  1897 ; 
Samuel  Brown  Todd  died  in  1908;  and  two  other  children  died  in  infancy. 
James  Todd  was  elected  county  commissioner  in  1887,  for  a  term  of  three 
years,  by  the  Republican  party,  of  which  he  was  a  life-long  member.  He  and 
his  family  were  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 

Amasa  Brown  (referred  to  above)  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  years, 
being  a  skillful  ship  carpenter  and  boat  builder,  was  engaged  by  Aaron  Burr 
as  master  builder,  and  came  to  Bridgewater,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1049 

where  he  superintended  the  building  and  launching  of  the  fleet  of  boats 
•with  which  Burr's  company  started  down  the  Ohio  on  their  expedition  to 
set  up  an  independent  state  in  the  southwest.  Amasa  and  Eleanor  (V^an 
Kirk)  Brown  had  six  children:  John,  Amasa  Jr.,  Jesse,  O.  H.  Perry; 
Hannah,  married  to  Alexander  Richey ;  Milton ;  and  Mary,  married  to  James 
Todd,  all  of  whom  married  in  Beaver  county,  and,  except  Jesse  (who  died 
without  issue),  left  children  to  survive  them. 


The  Noss  family,  now  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  is  of 

NOSS     German  descent,  and  is  one  of  the  old-established  families  of 

this  county.     At  the  time  the  immigrant  ancestor  came  to  this 

country  there  were  none  of  the  swift  greyhounds  of  the  present  day  and 

it  took  about  three  months,  more  or  less,  to  cross  the  ocean. 

(I)  Jacob  Noss,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was  bom  in  Wuerttemberg, 
Germany,  and  came  to  America  about  1753.  He  made  his  home  at  Harris 
Ferry,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  his  death  occurred.  His  wife  was  a  Harper, 
of  Harper's  Ferry. 

(H)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Noss,  who  lived  in  Juniata  county, 
decided  to  move  to  the  west  with  his  family,  making  Illinois  his  objective 
point.  They  set  out  on  this  journey,  using  an  ox  team  as  a  means  of  pro- 
gression, but  being  snowbound  near  Four  Mile  Square,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  they  were  persuaded  by  the  settlers  there  to  spend  the  remain- 
der of  the  winter  at  that  location.  The  neighbors  were  helpful  in  reroofing 
an  empty  cabin,  in  which  Mr.  Noss  and  his  family  spent  the  winter.  By 
the  time  spring  arrived  the  family  found  their  new  surroundings  so  con- 
genial that  they  determined  to  make  their  permanent  home  there.  They 
became  the  owners  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  a  part  of  which  was 
utilized  for  farming  purposes.  He  married  (first)  a  Miss  Knox;  (second) 
a  Miss  Mary  Copeland,  mother  of  Jacob  (3). 

(HI)  Jacob  J.,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Noss,  was  born  in  Juniata  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  1887.  He  was  eight  years  of  age  in  1818,  when 
he  came  with  his  parents  to  Beaver  county.  He  established  a  brick  works, 
being  the  first  man  to  manufacture  brick  west  of  the  Allegheny  Mountains. 
This  business  grew  to  large  proportions  for  that  time,  and  Mr.  Noss  was 
connected  with  it  until  his  death.  He  transported  the  brick  down  the 
river  on  keel  boats,  built  by  himself,  the  motive  power  being  horses  and 
oxen.  He  was  a  man  of  many-sided  ability,  and  constructed  the  C.  &  P. 
railroad  from  Rochester  to  Vanport,  for  the  Coudersport  &  Port  Allegheny 
railroad.  He  made  use  of  every  opportunity.  When  he  went  to  Pitts- 
burgh with  his  loads  of  brick  he  would  get  stoves,  nails,  and  a  number  of 
other  useful  commodities  for  a  return  load,  and  then  use  his  home  as  a 
distributing  point,  for  various  sections  of  the  country,  even  sending  as 
far  as  Wheeling,  West  Virginia.  He  was  one  of  the  most  extensive  land 
owners  in  that  region,  and  laid  out  the  town  of  Vanport,  Beaver  county. 
While  he  was  active  in  the  interests  of  the  community  and  a  consistent 


I050  PENNSYLVANIA 

supporter  of  the  Republican  county,  he  would  never  consent  to  hold  public 
office.  He  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
held  in  high  esteem  in  it.  Mr.  Noss  married  Anna  Irwin,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Her  grandfather,  William  Irwin,  came  to  Beaver 
county  between  1790  and  1800,  and  was  married  to  Sarah  Boyd,  a  daughter 
of  John  Boyd,  of  a  family  of  Philadelphia.  He  became  a  large  land 
owner  and  a  farmer  in  that  section  of  the  country.  William  Wallace  Irwin, 
his  son,  and  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Noss,  was  the  owner  of  Oak  Grove  Farm, 
and  a  man  of  great  prominence.  He  was  a  Republican  in  his  political 
affiliation,  and  held  a  number  of  public  offices,  among  them  being  those  of 
sheriff,  state  treasurer  and  commissioner  general.  It  was  one  of  his  great- 
est pleasures  to  breed  fine  horses,  and  those  on  his  farm  had  a  wide  repft- 
tation.  He  married  Sarah  McClain.  The  Irwins  were  one  of  the  old 
families  of  Virginia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Noss  had  children :  Sarah  J.,  married 
A.  McDonald;  Mary,  married  W.  C.  Neel;  Margaret,  married  J.  W.  Jack; 
Nancy,  married  J.  J.  McCaslin;  Frances,  married  William  Klepper;  Fanny, 
died  in  infancy;  Emma,  married  J.  J.  Ellis;  William,  deceased;  J.  Boyd, 
deceased;  Curtis  C.  (see  forward). 

(IV)  Curtis  C,  son  of  Jacob  J.  and  Anna  (Irwin)  Noss,  was  born 
at  the  old  Noss  homestead,  opposite  Vanport,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  9,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Beaver 
county,  from  which  he  was  graduated,  and  was  then  sent  to  take  a  com- 
plete course  in  Williams'  Actual  Business  College  in  Pittsburgh.  His 
entrance  into  business  life  was  as  a  pilot  on  a  river  boat,  and  he  held  the 
rank  of  captain  when  he  retired  from  this  labor  after  about  twenty-five 
years.  He  touched  at  Pittsburgh,  Louisville,  and  many  other  important 
points  and  cities.  Later  he  became  a  dealer  in  real  estate,  taking  charge 
of  all  of  his  own  enormous  interests  and  those  of  others.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Rochester  Trust  Company,  and  vice-president  from 
1902  until  191 1,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency,  an  office  he  is 
still  filling  with  remarkable  executive  ability.  He  has  for  many  years 
been  greatly  interested  in  the  improvement  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  in  1902 
called  to  his  office  a  representative  group  of  men  and  helped  organize  the 
Dravo  Waterways  Association,  having  the  improvement  of  the  Ohio  river 
in  view.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Freedom,  and  a 
director  of  the  Rochester  General  Hospital.  He  was  active  in  the  councils 
of  the  Republican  party.  He  has  laid  out  many  lots  in  the  town,  and  has 
greatly  increased  the  real  value  of  the  property.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Beaver  Valley  Country  Club,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of 
the  order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  is  a  Knight  Templar. 

Mr.  Noss  married,  in  1891,  Charlotte  S.  Stewart,  who  was  born  in 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  daughter  of  E.  Pentland  Stewart.  She 
also  is  a  granddaughter  of  Judge  Pentland,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
her  grandmother  being  Hannah  Lacock,  a  sister  of  General  Abner  Lacock, 
a  former  United  States  senator  from  western  Pennsylvania. 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  1051 

Samuel  Mecklem,  born  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsyl- 
MECKLEM  vania,  came  to  Beaver  county,  with  his  young  wife,  and 
located  at  Brush  Creek,  about  the  year  1800.  They  cleared 
the  land  and  converted  it  into  a  farm.  His  wife  was  Rachel  McDaniel, 
also  born  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  Scotch-Irish  descent. 
They  had  children :  William,  see  forward ;  Gideon ;  Jethran ;  Smith  ;  Archi- 
bald ;  Rachel ;  Sarah ;  Eliza. 

(II)  William  Mecklem,  son  of  Samuel  and  Rachel  (McDaniel)  Meck- 
lem, was  a  farmer  at  Brush  Creek,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Nancy 
Strock,  daughter  of  Mathias  and  Lydia  Strock,  of  Brush  Creek,  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  former  was  also  engaged  in  farming. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Strock  had  children:  George,  David,  John,  Lillian,  Nancy, 
mentioned  above;  Catherine.  William  and  Nancy  (Strock)  Mecklem  had 
children :    Mathias,  see  forward ;  Samuel,  Rachel,  Joseph,  Lydia,  John. 

(III)  Mathias  Mecklem,  son  of  William  and  Nancy  (Strock)  Meck- 
lem, was  bom  in  Merion  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  8, 
1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Merion  township,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  apprenticed  himself  to  Richard  Hart,  of  North 
Sewickley,  Pennsylvania,  to  learn  the  trade  of  carpenter.  He  served  two 
years  with  Mr.  Hart,  after  which  he  was  employed  in  Indiana,  by  Henry 
Allman,  with  whom  he  was  for  about  two  years.  He  then  returned  to 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  his  trade,  being  in  the  employ  of  William 
Kuntz,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  for  several  years.  In  1867  he  engaged 
in  business  for  himself  as  a  contractor  and  builder,  in  which  line  he  con- 
tinued until  his  death,  which  occurred  December  13,  1890.  He  erected 
many  houses  in  Beaver  county,  especially  in  Monaca  and  Rochester.  Mr. 
Mecklem  was  a  Democrat  in  his  political  belief,  and  very  strongly  partisan, 
devoted  to  his  party.  In  his  fraternal  relations  he  affiliated  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  the  latter  order 
also  belonging  to  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah.  He  married  Mary  Eliza 
Hunter,  daughter  of  John  and  Ellen  (Wines)  Hunter,  their  marriage  taking 
place  March  9,  1862.  Their  children  were:  i.  Nancy,  born  February  12, 
1863 ;  married  Charles  Musser,  and  had :  Mary,  Ada,  John,  Beula,  Jennie, 
deceased;  Bella,  deceased;  Thomas,  Charles.  2.  Eliza,  born  July  9,  1865, 
now  deceased;  she  married  Joseph  Ecofif;  they  had  one  child,  Vetta,  now 
deceased.  3.  Addison,  bom  August  13,  1867,  died  young.  4.  Child,  twin 
of  Addison,  died  at  birth.  5.  William  John,  mentioned  below.  6.  Joseph, 
twin,  mentioned  below.  7.  Sarah,  born  November  17,  1872,  twin;  she 
married  D.  L.  Shanor ;  children :  Mae,  Paul,  Wayne.  Lee,  Anderson,  Edith. 
8.  Rachel,  born  May  14,  1875;  married  (first)  Sherman  Fletcher,  January 
12,  1896;  they  had  one  child.  Pearl.  Sherman  Fletcher  died  in  1900;  she 
married  (second)  Anderson  Davidson,  October  16,  1901 ;  they  have  chil- 
dren: John,  Margaret,  Anderson.  9.  Samuel,  born  March  6,  1882,  died 
young.     ID.  Lester  O.,  bom  May  7,  1886,  see  forward. 

(IV)  William  John  Mecklem,  son  of  Mathias  and  Mary   (Hunter) 


I052  PENNSYLVANIA 

Mecklem,  was  bom  September  ii,  1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Rochester,  and  commenced  work  with  his  father  when  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age,  and  so  continued  until  his  father's  death.  He  then 
finished  his  trade  with  Saul  Bennett,  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  Isaac 
Barto,  for  whom  he  worked  for  the  next  year.  He  then  went  to  Pitts- 
burgh and  worked  two  years.  Then  he  entered  the  employment  of  the 
Phoenix  Glass  Company  as  head  carpenter,  which  position  he  held  for 
twenty  years,  when  the  firm  of  Mecklem  Brothers  was  organized,  of  which 
he  is  a  partner.  He  does  the  buying  and  selling  for  this  concern,  which 
under  his  able  and  efficient  management  is  very  successful.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  his  political  affiliation.  His  fraternal  orders  are:  United 
Order  of  American  Mechanics,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Daugh- 
ters of  Liberty,  Daughters  of  Rebekah,  and  Apple  Tree  Camp,  No.  5, 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  in 
which  he  is  an  enthusiastic  worker,  and  a  member  of  the  official  board. 
He  also  served  on  the  school  board  four  years. 

William  J.  Mecklem  married,  September  8,  1896,  Ida  Youngling,  who 
died  in  1910.  Their  children  were:  i.  Arietta  Mae,  who  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Monaca  and  at  Duff's  Business  College,  of  Beaver, 
and  is  now  bookkeeper  for  Mecklem  Brothers.    2.  Roy  Henry. 

(IV)  Joseph  Mecklem,  son  of  Mathias  and  Mary  (Hunter)  Mecklem, 
was  bom  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county.  Pennsylvania,  November  17,  1872. 
He  was  educated  in  his  native  city,  and  from  early  years  became  familiar 
with  the  contracting  business.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  associated 
with  his  father,  and  in  1893  established  himself  in  business  independently, 
conducting  it  alone  until  February  i,  1913.  The  firm  of  Mecklem  Brothers 
was  then  organized,  this  including  his  brothers,  William  J.  and  Lester  O. 
They  are  general  contractors  and  dealers  in  builder's  supplies,  and  they 
have  the  most  prosperous  lumber  yard  and  mill  in  that  section.  Their 
place  is  located  in  North  Rochester,  and  they  have  done  much  of  the  city 
construction  work,  among  the  buildings  erected  by  them  being  the  Wahl 
and  Doyle  building,  the  Eagle  building,  the  City  building,  and  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Mecklem  is  a  Democrat,  and  while  he  gives 
earnest  attention  to  all  matters  of  public  import,  he  has  never  desired 
to  hold  public  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
and  a  steward ;  and  of  the  following  fraternal  organizations :  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Patrons  of  the  Home  Circle,  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle,  Workmen  of  the  World,  and  Apple  Tree  Camp,  No.  5,  Woodmen 
of  the  World.  Mr.  Mecklem  married,  March  i,  1891,  Lily  F.,  daughter  of 
Jackson  Brewer,  and  they  have  had  children :  Hazel  A.,  Arthur  J.,  Charles 
C,  Helen  A.,  all  of  whom  attend  school. 

(IV)  Lester  O.  Mecklem,  son  of  Mathias  and  Mary  (Hunter)  Meck- 
lem, was  born  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  7,  1886. 
He  received  his  education  in  Rochester,  and  learned  the  carpenter's  trade 
with  his  brother  Joseph.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1053 

church,  and  a  trustee,  and  also  of  the  Workmen  of  the  World  and  the 
United  Order  of  American  Mechanics,  and  Apple  Tree  Camp,  No.  5,  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  For  some  time  he  has  been  a  member  of  Mecklem 
Brothers,  mentioned  above.  Mr.  Mecklem  married,  January  6.  1904,  Bessie 
Young,  born  near  Alton,  Illinois,  daughter  of  Henry  J.  Young,  whose 
occupation  is  that  of  glassblowing.     They  have  one  child,  Paul  Henry. 

Mary  (Hunter)  Mecklem  was  a  daughter  of  John  Hunter,  who  was 
born  near  Unionville,  Pennsylvania ;  married  Ella  Wines,  bom  near  Little 
Washington.  Enoch  Hunter,  father  of  John  Hunter,  was  of  Irish  descent 
and  married  Mary  Musser,  who  had  German  ancestors.  He  settled  near 
Unionville  at  an  early  date  and  there  reared  his  family.  William,  a  brother 
of  Enoch  Hunter,  was  active  during  the  Civil  War,  was  confined  in  Ander- 
sonville  prison,  and  was  liberated  when  almost  dead.  Another  brother, 
Abel  Hunter,  lost  a  leg  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness. 


Johnston  is  an  old  Scotch  name,  a  modification  of  the 
JOHNSTON     English    name   Johnson,    and   wherever   this   spelling   is 

found  it  marks  its  bearers  as  of  Scotch  descent.  It  is 
very  widely  represented  in  this  country,  especially  in  Pennsylvania,  by 
descendants  who  came  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  are  known  as  the 
Scotch-Irish. 

(I)  James  A.  Johnston,  probably  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, was  a  plasterer  and  farmer  by  occupation,  and  died  at  the  early 
age  of  thirty-four  years.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Rhodes,  born  in  Chippewa 
township,  Beaver  county,  a  daughter  of  Smiley  and  Lydia  (Strain) 
Rhodes,  whose  ancestral  history  will  be  found  at  the  close  of  this  sketch. 
Children:  George,  who  was  burned  to  death  at  the  age  of  three  years; 
William  Ross,  who  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  College  of  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  followed  special  lines  of  medical  work  in  the  hospitals  of  New 
York  City  for  a  time,  and  is  now  engaged  in  private  practice. 

(II)  Frank  Howard  Johnston,  son  of  James  A.  and  Mary  Jane 
(Rhodes)  Johnston,  was  born  in  Chippewa  township,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, June  13,  1869.  His  early  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  township,  after  which  he  attended  the  normal  school 
at  Ada,  Ohio.  Having  served  his  apprenticeship  to  the  carpenter's  trade  he 
followed  this  occupation  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  and  then  became  a 
fireman  on  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  railroad.  During  the  course  of  the 
twenty  years  he  was  connected  with  this  company  he  was  advanced  to  the 
responsible  position  of  engineer,  an  office  he  filled  with  ability.  In  1904 
he  was  appointed  engine  dispatcher  and  has  held  that  position  up  to  the 
present  time.  He  also  has  important  business  interests,  being  senior  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Rhodes  &  Johnston,  dealers  in  building  materials  at 
Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Mechanical 
Engineers,  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  the  Brotherhood  of  Loco- 
motive Engineers,  Division  No.   148.     Mr.  Johnston  married,  September 


1054  PENNSYLVANIA 

19,   1893,  Elizabeth  Vandevort,  born  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  but 
residing  in   Missouri  at  the  time  of   her  marriage.     Children:    Dorothy 
May  and  Mary  Mabel,  also  two  who  died  in  infancy. 
(The  Rhodes   Line.) 

(I)  Zachary  Rhodes  commences  the  history  of  this  family  in  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  born  in  1603,  and  settled  in  Rehoboth  in  1643.  I"  1644, 
with  other  settlers,  he  signed  an  agreement  forming  a  town  government. 
In  1646  he  left  Rehoboth,  crossed  the  river  and  bay  to  Rhode  Island,  and 
with  others  settled  at  Pawtuxet,  where  he  became  a  large  owner  of  land. 
His  reason  for  leaving  Massachusetts  appears  to  have  been  of  a  religious 
nature,  as  records  show  that  he  refused  to  comply  with  the  Massachusetts 
law  which  sought  to  compel  him  to  contribute  for  the  support  of  preach- 
ing. In  religious  sentiment  he  was  an  Independent  or  Baptist.  Without 
doubt  he  was  banished  from  the  colony  because  of  his  peculiar  views,  but 
he  became  a  man  of  strength  and  influence  in  the  community  in  Rhode 
Island.  From  1664  until  1665  he  was  treasurer  of  the  town  of  Providence, 
and  at  the  same  time  was  a  member  of  the  town  council.  In  1658  he  was 
admitted  a  freeman.  He  was  a  member  of  the  general  court  at  Portsmouth 
in  August,  1659,  and  in  1662  and  1663.  In  1661  he  attended  as  commis- 
sioner from  Providence  the  general  court  at  Newport,  and  was  appointed 
member  of  a  committee  to  adjust  difficulties  existing  between  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island,  and  was  also  appointed,  with  Roger  Williams 
and  others,  to  draw  up  and  sign  an  address  to  His  Majesty,  King  Charles 
II.  In  March,  1663-64,  as  deputy  from  Providence,  he  attended  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  held  at  Newport,  and  also  in  1665.  In 
1653  he  with  five  others,  signed  an  address  to  the  court  assembled  in  Boston, 
asking  that  Pawtuxet  might  be  dismissed  from  the  government  of  the 
Massachusetts  Colony.  He  made  his  will  in  1662  and  died  in  1665.  In 
1646  Zachary  (or  Zachariah)  Rhodes  married  Joanna  Arnold,  born  Febru- 
ary 27,  1617,  died  in  1692.  Children:  Jeremiah,  born  June  24,  1647; 
Malachi ;  Zachariah ;  Elizabeth ;  Mary ;  Rebecca ;  John,  of  further  mention ;  ' 
Peleg. 

(II)  John  Rhodes,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child  of  Zachary  and 
Joanna  (Arnold)  Rhodes,  was  bom  in  1658,  died  August  14,  1716.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1681,  at  a  meeting  of  the  general  assembly  at 
Newport,  at  which  time  he  was  a  resident  of  Warwick.  In  1700,  at  a 
meeting  of  the  general  assembly  held  at  Newport,  he  was  elected  general 
attorney  for  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island.  In  1702-03-04  he  was  a  deputy 
from  Warwick  to  the  General  Assembly,  and  in  1707  he  was  elected  clerk 
of  the  general  assembly.     He  married   (first)   February   12,   1685,  Waite 

Waterman,  born  in  1668,  died  in  1711.    He  married  (second)  Sarah  , 

born  in  1653,  died  March  30,  1730.  Children:  i.  Zachariah,  bom  at  Scit- 
uate,  Rhode  Island,  November  5,  1687;  married  (first)  Mary  Randall, 
(second)  Mary  Sheldon.  2.  John,  born  in  Warwick,  November  20,  1691, 
died  in  1776;  married  (first)  Catherine,  a  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Charles 


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and  Catherine  (Green)  Holden,  (second)  Mary  Whipple.  3.  Mercy,  twin 
of  John,  4.  Joseph,  bom  September  25,  1693,  at  Providence ;  married  Mary 
Arnold.  5.  William,  born  July  14,  1695 ;  married  Mary  Sheldon.  6.  Phebe, 
born  November  30,  1698;  married  (first)  Anthony  Holden,  (second) 
Samuel  Aborn.  7.  Resolved,  born  May  22,  1702;  married  Mary  Greene. 
8.  WaitJ  born  December  16,  1703;  married  Abraham  Sheldon. 

Waite  (Waterman)  Rhodes  was  a  daughter  of  Resolved  and  Mercy 
(Williams)  Waterman.  The  American  progenitor  of  the  Waterman  family 
was  born  in  England  in  1590,  came  to  America  in  1629,  and  was  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  persons  to  whom  Roger  Williams 
deeded  land  in  Providence,  and  in  1639  was  one  of  the  original  twelve 
members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church.  He  was  one  among  those  who  signed 
an  agreement  in  1640  for  a  form  of  government.  In  1655  he  was  made  a 
freeman  and  served,  respectively,  as  commissioner,  juryman  and  warden. 
He  died  in  1673,  and  his  wife,  Bethia,  in  1680.  Their  children  were: 
Mehitabel,  Waite,  Nathaniel  and  Resolved. 

Resolved  Waterman,  son  of  Richard  and  Bethia  Waterman,  was  born 
in  1638,  died  in  1670.  He  served  as  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1667. 
He  married,  in  1659,  Mercy  Williams,  born  in  1640,  remarried  after  the 
death  of  her  first  husband,  and  died  in  1705.  Children:  Richard,  bom  in 
June,  1660;  Mercy,  1662;  John,  1666;  Resolved,  1667;  Waite,  who  mar- 
ried John  Rhodes,  as  above  mentioned. 

Roger  Williams,  father  of  Mercy  (Williams)  Waterman,  and  grand- 
father of  Waite  (Waterman)  Rhodes,  founded  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island 
in  1636.  He  was  born  in  South  Wales,  about  1598,  and  was  a  son  of 
William  Williams,  of  Conwyl  Parish,  He  died  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1683.  He  married,  in  1632,  Mary  Warnard,  who  died  in  1676. 
They  had  children:  Mary,  born  in  1633;  Freeborn,  1635;  Providence,  1638; 
Mercy,  who  became  Mrs.  Waterman;  Daniel,  born  in  1642;  Joseph,  1643., 

(V)  William  Rhodes,  great-grandson  of  John  and  Waite  (Waterman) 
Rhodes,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  March  18,  1749.  He 
must  have  come  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  prior  to  1774,  as  he  was 
married  there  in  that  year.  He  was  a  Whig  in  political  opinion.  He  married, 
January  29.  1774,  Elizabeth  Maginn.. 

(VI)  William  (2)  Rhodes,  son  of  William  (i)  and  Elizabeth 
(Maginn)  Rhodes,  was  bom  January  10,  1788,  died  April  17,  1853.  His 
entire  life  was  spent  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  active 
among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  section.  His  death  occurred  in  what 
is  now  Chippewa  township.  He  owned  about  one  hundred  acres  of  land, 
a  large  portion  of  which  he  cleared,  and  in  1826  he  served  in  the  office 
of  overseer  of  the  poor  in  Chippewa  township,  as  is  stated  in  a  document 
now  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  Robert  J.  Rhodes.  He  married, 
January  i,  1806,  Margaret,  bom  April  2,  1871,  died  May  25,  1855,  a 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Catharine  Elizabeth  (Mercer)  Eberhardt,  and  a 
niece  of  General  Hugh   Mercer,  of   Revolutionary   fame.     Children:     i. 


I056  PENNSYLVANIA 

Jonathan,  born  September  30,  1806,  died  December  18,  1893 ;  married  Jades- 
sah  Powers  Cross.  2.  Milton  J.,  born  April  16,  1808,  died  February  8, 
1882 ;  married  Sarah  Brittain.  3.  Smiley,  of  further  mention.  4.  Margaret 
Ann,  born  December  30,  1812,  died  March  2,  1903;  married  John  Brittain. 
5.  William,  born  September  25,  1814,  died  November  28,  1883 ;  married 
(first)  Mary  Maria  Baird,  (second)  Eliza  Isabel  McMillan,  (third)  Mary 
Jane  Whann.  6.  Joseph  Andrew,  born  December  3,  1816,  died  May  24, 
1842;  unmarried.  7.  Robert  Mann,  born  November  17,  1820,  died  Febru- 
ary 21,  1902;  married  Emeline  Powell. 

(VII)  Smiley  Rhodes,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Margaret  (Eberhardt) 
Rhodes,  was  born  March  20,  1810,  died  May  3,  1867.  He  married,  April 
27.  1841,  Lydia  Strain,  born  August  30,  1819,  died  June  10,  1869.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary  Jane,  who  married  James  A.  Johnston  (see  Johnston  I). 
2.  Benjamin  Franklin,  married  (first)  Martha  Isabelle  Wilson,  (second) 
Susanna  Cunningham.  3.  Nancy  L.,  married  Wallace  Fields.  4.  George 
S.,  deceased.  5.  Joseph  Frazier,  married  Harriet  Francis  LittelL  6.  Anna 
Eliza,  married  William  Cosgrove.  7.  Matilda  Emma,  deceased.  8.  Clar- 
issa M.,  deceased.     9.  Maurice  Ellsworth,  married  Laura  A.  Reed. 


The  Anderson  family  of  this  review  came  to  the  United 
ANDERSON  States  toward  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  or  the  beginning 
of  the  nineteenth  century. 

(I)  John  Anderson  came  from  Ireland,  his  native  land,  to  the  United 
States,  and  settled  in  West  Virginia.  His  son,  Andrew  (II),  was  born  in 
West  Virginia,  and  when  he  had  attained  manhood,  migrated  to  Washing- 
ton county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  until  1837. 
He  then  removed  to  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  old 
Seceders'  church,  in  which  he  was  an  elder  for  some  time.  In  political 
matters  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  was  gifted  as  a  musician,  being  an  excel- 
lent fifer,  and  was  never  known  to  fail  on  muster  day.  He  married  Hannah 
Wykoff,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  They  had  children: 
Mary  J.,  Nancy  Ann,  Margaret,  Sarah,  John,  Catherine,  James  W.,  Andrew 
J..  William  M. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Andrew  and  Hannah  (Wykofif)  Anderson,  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  5,  1831.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  Raccoon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  until  1869, 
when  he  came  to  Hopewell  township,  and  there  engaged  in  milling.  He 
first  owned  and  operated  a  water  and  steam  mill  half  a  mile  from  New 
Sheffield,  and  in  1878  built  the  steam  mill  at  New  Sheffield,  which  he 
operated  for  a  number  of  years.  He  also  was  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm 
of  fifty  acres.  He  was  a  Democrat,  and  worked  earnestly  in  the  interests 
of  his  party.  He  held  a  number  of  township  offices,  among  them  being 
that  of  justice  of  the  peace,  an  office  he  filled  many  years.  Devout  and 
sincere  in  his  connection  with  the  church,  he  served  for  many  years  as 


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an  elder  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Anderson  married  (first) 
Mary  Elizabeth  Buchanan,  born  February  24,  1836,  died  February  8,  1890. 
He  married  (second),  November  14,  1898,  Elizabeth  L.  (Eachel)  McCoy, 
widow  of  James  McCoy. 

Samuel  Eachel,  father  of  Mrs.  Anderson,  was  born  June  28,   1814, 

and  was  a  farmer  at  Clinton,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Isabel ,  and 

had  children:   ,  born  February  22,  1835,  died  young;  Harriet,  born 

January  11,  1836;  Mary  Ann,  born  December  2,  1837;  Margaret  Jane,  born 
August  2,  1840;  Elizabeth  L.,  of  further  mention;  Charles,  born  October 
23,  1845;  Sarah  Matilda,  born  May  26,  1847;  Yolande,  born  October  24, 
1849;  twin  of  Yolande,  both  died  young;  Louisa  Ellen,  born  August  3,  1853. 

Elizabeth  L.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Isabel   ( )    Eachel,  was 

bom  September  15,  1842,  married  (first)  James  McCoy,  and  had  children: 
Samuel,  a  farmer  and  oil  producer  near  Weston,  West  Virginia;  Eliza- 
beth, married  Samuel  Schiller,  a  farmer  near  Petersburg,  Ohio;  Maude, 
married  Ernest  Douthitt,  of  South  Heights,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Elizabeth  L.  Eachel  married  (second)  John  Anderson,  and  now  lives  in 
New  Sheffield,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  house  which  he  built  when  he  first 
came  to  that  town. 


The  name  of  Edwards  is  one  which  has  gained  distinction 
EDWARDS     in  this  country  as  well  as  in  Wales  from  which  country  all 
bearing  the  name  have  sprung.    Among  the  most  noted  of 
this  family  is  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  the  eminent  divine. 

(I)  Joseph  Edwards  was  born  at  Swansea,  Wales,  and  emigrated  to 
America  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He  located  at  New  Castle,  Lawrence 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  worked  in  the  rolling  mills  all  the  active 

years  of  his  life,  and  died  at  the  age  of  seventy  years.     He  married  

Leonard,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  children:  David,  James,  Hannah, 
Sarah,  Mary,  Margaret,  John  W. 

(II)  John  W.  Edwards,  son  of  Joseph  and (Leonard)  Edwards, 

was  born  at  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania,  in  September,  1846.  The  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  furnished  him  with  a  substantial  education,  and 
he  worked  in  the  rolling  mills  all  his  life.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  community,  and  gave  his  political  support  to  the  Re- 
publican party.  Mr.  Edwards  married  Mary,  a  daughter  of  Silas  Stevenson, 
of  New  Castle,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  had  children :  Charles  B.,  born  in 
1873,  died  young;  Joseph  S.,  of  further  mention;  Gertrude,  died  young; 
John  H.,  born  January  15,  1871,  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  of 
New  Castle,  then  matriculated  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  for  a  number  of  years  after  his  graduation  from  this 
institution  he  was  employed  as  a  prescription  clerk  in  a  drug  store ;  he  then 
became  bookkeeper  at  the  Standard  Fire  Clay  Works,  a  position  he  is  still 
filling;  he  married  Mae  Foulke,  and  has  children:   Jane  Estella  and  Ruth. 

(III)  Joseph  S.  Edwards,  son  of  John  W.  and  Mary   (Stevenson) 


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Edwards,  was  born  at  New  Castle,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  August 
25,  1875.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools  of  Terra  Haute, 
Indiana,  the  public  schools  of  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a 
graduate  of  the  New  Castle  Business  College.  For  about  nine  years  he  was 
employed  as  a  bookkeeper,  then  in  1902,  in  association  with  James  Garrett, 
organized  the  Standard  Fire  Clay  Works,  of  which  he  is  the  secretary  and 
treasurer.  The  plant  is  located  in  Fallston  borough,  and  they  manufacture 
fire  brick,  the  daily  capacity  being  twenty  thousand  bricks,  and  the  capital 
stock  is  valued  at  thirty-five  thousand  dollars.  He  is  the  treasurer  of  the 
Diedrick  Glass  Works,  a  corporation  which  was  organized  in  1914  for  the 
decoration  of  glassware,  and  which  has  now  constructed  a  new  plant  at 
Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  Since  1895  Mr.  Edwards  has  been 
a  resident  of  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  has  taken 
a  prominent  part  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community.  He  served  one 
term  as  a  member  of  the  borough  council,  and  one  term  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  school  directors;  was  three  terms  a  member  of  the  Republican 
county  committee,  and  in  191 1  was  elected  county  treasurer  of  Beaver 
county  for  a  term  of  four  years.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church. 

Mr.  Edwards  married,  April  17,  1900,  Martha,  daughter  of  William  J. 
Johnston,  of  Monaca,  and  they  have  had  children:  John  William,  bom 
May  15,  1901 ;  Joseph  Leonard,  August  17,  1903;  Blanche  Elizabeth,  De- 
cember 21,  1908;  Sarah  Gertrude,  June  17,  1911;  James  Wesley,  March 
30,  1914. 


The  McCoys  originally  dwelt  in  the  Highlands  of  Scotland, 
McCOY     from  whence  they  migrated  to  Ireland,  and  lived  there   for 

some  generations  before  the  first  member  of  the  family  emi- 
grated to  America.  They  were  noted  for  their  great  size  and  physical 
strength. 

(I)  James  McCoy,  the  first  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  definite 
record  in  this  country,  was  born  east  of  the  Allegheny  Mountains,  and  was 
a  weaver  by  trade.  He  was  also  the  owner  of  a  farm.  He  married  Rachel 
Manor  who,  after  his  death,  came  with  her  children  to  Independence  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1817.  Of  their  fourteen  children, 
six  died  at  an  early  age,  the  others  being :  John,  who  served  in  the  War  of 
1812  with  the  rank  of  colonel,  and  was  an  elder  in  the  United  Presbyterian 
church;  William;  James,  of  further  mention;  Isaac;  Alexander;  Hugh,  of 
further  mention;  Elizabeth,  married  Robert  Gorsuch;  Mary,  married  Wil- 
liam Schooler. 

(II)  Hugh,  son  of  James  and  Rachel  (Manor)  McCoy,  was  a  farmer 
and  carpenter,  and  later  a  preacher,  both  local  and  itinerary.  At  first  he 
was  a  Covenanter,  and  later  a  Baptist.  He  died  in  Independence  township, 
South  Side,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years.  Hugh  McCoy  married  (first), 
in  September,  1814,  Rachel  Schooler,  of  Allegheny  county;  he  married  (sec- 


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ond),  about  1854,  Pamela  Anderson.  By  the  first  marriage  he  had  children: 
Mary,  born  October  7,  1815,  was  two  years  of  age  when  she  was  brought 
to  Beaver  county,  and  still  lives  there ;  Ann ;  Elizabeth ;  Rachel ;  James ; 
William ;  Isaac  Alexander ;  Sarah ;  Lucinda.  Children  by  the  second  mar- 
riage: Robert;  Rachel  Ann;  Amanda;  Martha  J.;  McClellan  Hugh;  Mar- 
garet. 

(II)  James,  son  of  James  and  Rachel  (Manor)  McCoy,  was  born  east 
of  the  Allegheny  Mountains,  and  came  to  Beaver  county  in  1817  with  his 
mother  and  the  others  of  the  family.  Two  years  later  he  took  up  a  tract 
of  land  in  the  wilderness  in  Beaver  county,  in  what  is  now  Independence 
township,  cleared  this  and  there  erected  a  home.  He  added  to  this  by 
degrees  until  he  had  a  fine  farm  of  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  acres.  He 
married,  in  Ohio,  Betsey  Bidvvell,  a  native  of  that  state. 

(III)  Alexander,  son  of  James  and  Betsey  (Bidwell)  McCoy,  was 
born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  came  to  Beaver  county,  in 
the  same  state,  when  he  was  a  very  young  child.  Since  then  his  entire  life 
was  spent  in  Beaver  county,  where  he  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools.  For  many  years  he  lived  on  what  is  now  the  Beatty  farm.  He 
married  Margaret,  born  in  Green  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  McCoy,  early  settlers  on  Service  creek, 
Beaver  county,  whose  other  children  were :  Thomas,  who  died  while  in 
service  in  war ;  Nathaniel ;  Nancy ;  Betsey  and  Jane. 

(IV)  James  E.,  son  of  Alexander  and  Margaret  (McCoy)  McCoy,  was 
born  in  the  house  in  which  he  is  now  living,  in  Monaca,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  June  26,  1837.  For  a  time  he  lived  in  Richland  county,  Ohio, 
then  returned  to  Beaver  county,  and  has  lived  there  continuously  since  1881. 
He  is  now  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm  of  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  acres, 
in  an  excellent  state  of  cultivation,  and  formerly  also  conducted  a  repair  shop 
in  connection  with  his  farming  operations.  The  McCoy  family  were  always 
supporters  of  Republican  principles,  and  Mr.  McCoy  was  no  exception  to 
this  rule  in  former  days.  Later  he  affiliated  with  the  Prohibition  party,  and 
now  is  independent  in  his  political  views.  Like  his  forefathers  he  is  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  denomination,  and  is  a  member  and  elder  in  the  Mount 
Olivet  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  McCoy  married,  October  25,  i860,  Ann 
McCoy,  a  second  cousin,  who  died  at  Chester  with  a  daughter,  December  2, 
191 1.    They  had  children  :  Laura  Chlotilde,  Jennie  Mary  and  Alvina  Rachel. 


While  many  bearing  the  name  of  Graham  have  come  to 
GRAHAM     this  country  directly  from  Ireland  and  England,  they  have 

all  had  a  common  origin.  In  Scotland  the  Grahams  are  a 
family  of  distinction,  and  in  England  and  Ireland  are  those  of  tliis  honored 
name  who  have  attained  to  positions  of  prominence  in  official  life.  The 
traditional  origin  of  the  family  dates  to  the  ducal  house  of  Montrose,  and 
then  traces  back  in  its  ancestory  to  about  the  fifth  century.  In  early  Scottish 
history  the  Clan  Graham  played  an  important  and  chivalrous  part,  and  for 


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gallantry  acquired  the  designation  of  the  "Gallant  Graemes."  In  ancient 
times  the  Grahams  were  famous  champions  of  right  and  justice,  and  even 
in  more  recent  times  there  have  been  those  of  this  honorable  house  who 
have  lent  their  aid  to  the  cause  of  rights  of  man. 

(I)  Patrick  Graham,  born  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  emigrated  to 
America,  and  settled  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  There,  probably  prior 
to  1800,  he  acquired  a  farm  of  several  hundred  acres,  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death  by  accident,  at  the  advanced  age  of  one  hundred  years.  He 
married,  and  had  children :  Joseph,  of  further  mention ;  Daniel ;  Harrison ; 
James;  John;  Rosanna. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Patrick  Graham,  followed  in  his  father's  footsteps 
as  a  farmer,  married,  and  also  had  children. 

(III)  James,  son  of  Joseph  Graham,  removed  to  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  when  he  was  still  a  young  man,  and  there 
followed  his  trade  as  a  tailor,  with  which  he  was  successfully  identified 
until  his  death  in  1886.  He  was  an  intensely  patriotic  man,  and  served 
under  Scott  in  the  Mexican  war,  and  under  General  Meade  in  the  Civil  War, 
being  a  member  of  the  104th  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  serving  his  community  in  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  married,  and  had  children:  Eleanor  H.,  died  in 
infancy;  Frankhn,  a  physician;  John  W.,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  John  W.,  son  of  James  Graham,  was  born  in  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools.  Being  of  a  strong  and  robust  constitution,  he  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  blacksmith  trade,  and  followed  this  calling  some  years.  About 
1883  he  established  himself  in  the  building  and  contracting  business,  and 
has  followed  it  with  excellent  success  since  that  time.  He  has  always  taken 
an  active  and  beneficial  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community,  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  common  council  for  five  years,  and  is  now  judge 
of  elections  in  the  Second  Ward,  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party, 
to  which  he  has  always  given  his  political  support.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  for  the  past  fifty  years  has  affiliated  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  religious  connection  is  with 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  although  his  maternal  ancestors  were  all 
Quakers.  Mr.  Graham  married,  January  17,  1864,  Mary  Ann  Harper,  of 
New  Brighton,  and  they  have  had  children :  Mary  Ellen,  married  J.  Fuller- 
ton,  of  New  Brighton;  Cora  May,  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years;  William 
Harrison,  resides  in  Ambridge;  Maria  Blanche,  married  F.  L.  Grave,  of 
Knoxville,  Pittsburgh;  John  Harper,  a  resident  of  New  Brighton;  Charles 
Edward,  lives  in  Pittsburgh. 


(IV)  Alva  Leonard  Shanor,  son  of  John  Marshall  Foster 
SHANOR     Shanor   (q.  v.)   and  Amelia  Belinda  (Cable)   Shanor,  was 
born  in  New  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  12,  1864. 


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Until  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  attended  the  schools  in  New 
Sewickley  and  Unionville  townships,  then  assisted  his  father  in  the  culti- 
vation of  the  farm  until  this  was  sold  in  1883.  He  then  removed  to  Roches- 
ter with  the  rest  of  the  family  and  worked  in  the  glass  tumbler  factory  until 
1896.  A  co-operative  glass  factory  was  then  organized,  Mr.  Shanor  being 
one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  this  organization,  and  he  was  a  worker  in  it 
until  it  was  bought  by  the  National  Glass  Works.  In  1904  he  removed  to 
the  country,  and  in  1908  purchased  the  James  Brewer  farm  in  Daugherty 
township,  Beaver  county,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  cultivates  his 
farm  for  general  produce,  and  for  dairy  farming,  and  is  a  very  successful 
man  of  business.  He  is  an  active  worker  in  the  interests  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  is  now  serving  as  president  of  the  board  of  school  directors  of 
the  township.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Rochester. 

Mr.  Shanor  married,  December  21,  1885,  Hannah  Brewer,  bom  on  the 
farm  on  which  they  are  living  at  the  present  time,  June  11,  1865.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  James  A.  and  Jane  (Moore)  Brewer,  the  latter  dying  in  No- 
vember, 1865.  James  A.  Brewer  was  born  in  Daugherty  township,  and 
married  his  first  wife,  June  i,  1842.     He  married  (second)  Jane  Watt.     By 

his  first  marriage  he  had  children:   ,  born  February  13,  1843,  married 

Frank  Hays;  Robert,  born  March  5,  1845,  was  killed  during  the  Civil  War; 
Asenath,  born  July  25,  1847,  rnarried  Wesley  Beurne,  deceased,  and  now 
lives  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania;  Elias,  born  May  7,  1850,  died  in  New 
Brighton;  James,  born  December  17,  1852,  now  deceased,  was  a  marble 
cutter  in  New  Brighton;  William,  born  April  9,  1855,  has  a  pottery  estab- 
lishment, and  lives  at  Warren,  Ohio ;  Hannah,  who  married  Mr.  Shanor,  as 
above  mentioned;  Belle,  married  Samuel  Holland,  and  lives  in  New 
Brighton ;  Frances,  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  years.  By 
his  second  marriage  Mr.  Brewer  had  one  son:  Harvey,  a  machinist,  who 
lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Alva  Leonard  and  Hannah  (Brewer) 
Shanor  had  children:  Lawrence  L.,  born  July  15,  1887,  married  Laura 
Pratt  and  lives  in  Rochester,  Pennsylvania;  Howard,  bom  October  10,  1891 ; 
Herbert,  born  June  10,  1900;  Wilbur,  born  August  12,  1902. 


In  connection  with  the  entrance  of  a  family  into  a  new 
PERROTT  land  one  pictures  the  pioneer  father,  refusing  to  dwell  upon 
any  gloomy  forebodings  and  doubts  that  may  assail  his 
mind,  cheering  his  wife  and  the  mother  of  his  family,  comforting  his 
children  during  a  stormy  night  at  sea,  and  in  a  thousand  other  sturdy, 
masculine  ways  bearing  the  brunt  of  the  venture  and  keeping  up  the  spirits 
of  his  little  band. 

The  father  of  Thomas  Perrott  left  Ireland,  the  land  of  his  birth,  and 
embarking  on  a  none  too  seaworthy  sailing  vessel  for  a  port  three  thousand 
miles  distant,  where  he  had  neither  kith  nor  kin,  and  you  see  before  you 


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the  bravest  of  men.  It  was  not  his  lot  to  defy  columned  ranks  of  soldiers, 
it  did  not  fall  to  him  to  fire  a  cannon  in  the  heat  of  battle,  nor  did  he  lead 
a  crusade  for  the  ballot,  but  in  the  story  of  his  emigration  from  his  native 
land  with  his  children,  that  they  might  enjoy  the  blessings  of  liberty  and 
its  concomitant  opportunities,  there  is  hidden  the  tale  of  true  manhood 
and  great  service.  He  made  his  home  at  No.  107  Beaver  avenue,  Man- 
chester (now  Allegheny),  Pennsylvania.  Here  the  children  were  carefully 
reared  to  manhood  and  womanhood,  and  there  the  mother,  Sarah  Perrott, 
died,  at  the  wonderful  age  of  ninety-seven  years.  That  all  of  her  children 
grew  to  be  useful,  honorable  men  and  women  is  the  highest  tribute  to  the 
watchful  and  loving  mother-care  that  guided  their  childish  feet  into  the 
paths  of  right  and  duty.    All  honor  to  her  memory. 

(II)  Thomas  Perrott,  son  of  and  Sarah  Perrott,  was  bom  in 

Cork,  Ireland,  and  as  a  child  was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents. 
He  attended  school  in  Manchester  when  a  boy,  and  in  early  manhood  moved 
to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  married.  One  of  his  first  busi- 
ness positions  was  as  traveling  salesman  for  a  woolen  goods  house  of 
Steubenville,  Ohio.  Resigning  his  position  with  this  firm,  he  was  employed 
by  Matthew  Elder,  a  woolen  manufacturer  of  Darlington  township,  one 
mile  south  of  Watt's  Mills.  After  a  few  years  residence  in  that  locality 
he  moved  to  Fallston  and  became  a  boatsman  on  the  Erie  Canal,  running 
two  boats,  the  "Banner"  and  the  "Prairie  State,"  between  Pittsburgh,  Mead- 
ville,  and  Erie.  His  next  position  was  as  toll-collector  of  the  Fallston 
bridge,  in  which  capacity  he  was  employed  at  the  time  of  his  death,  1866. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  was  a 
Republican  in  all  political  action.  He  affiliated  with  the  Episcopal  Church, 
his  wife  being  a  communicant  of  the  Presbyterian  faith. 

He  married  Mary  Edgar,  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  who 
survived  her  husband  several  years,  remaining  a  widow  to  her  death.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Nancy  (Lusk)  Edgar,  both  probably  natives 
of  Lawrence  county,  who  moved  early  to  Fallston,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  a  miller  by  trade  and  conducted  a  mill  on  the  Beaver 
river,  an  occupation  he  followed  until  just  prior  to  his  death.  Children  of 
Samuel  and  Nancy  Edgar:  i.  Mary,  of  previous  mention,  married  Thomas 
Perrott.  2.  Nancy,  married  James  Duncan ;  died  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
county.  3.  Margaret,  married  William  Reed ;  died  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
county.  4.  Louisa,  married  Samuel  S.  McFerron.  5.  Adeline,  married 
George  M.  F.  Fields;  died  in  Philadelphia.  6.  Robert,  a  merchant.  7. 
James,  proprietor  of  a  livery.  8.  John,  a  follower  of  his  father's  trade, 
that  of  miller.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Edgar)  Perrott:  i.  John 
R.,  a  machinist  by  trade;  fives  in  Bucyrus,  Ohio.  2.  Nancy  S.,  married 
Jacob  B.  Parkinson :  died  in  Beaver  Falls.  3.  Sarah,  married  Jacob  Ecki ; 
lives  in  Beaver  Falls,  her  husband  deceased.  4.  James  Duncan,  of  whom 
further.  5.  Thomas,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Edgar,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Rich- 
ard, a  member  of  the  Beaver  Falls  firm,   Howard   Stove  Company.     8. 


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Mary,  lives  unmarried  at  Beaver  Falls.  9.  Clara,  married  E.  L.  Hutchin- 
son; lives  in  Beaver  Falls.  10.  Jennie  L.,  married  I.  W.  Bollinger;  resides 
in  Beaver  Falls. 

(Ill)  James  Duncan  Perrott,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Edgar)   Perrott,  was  born  in  South  Beaver  township,  Beaver 
county,   Pennsylvania,   March  3,   1844.     He  attended  the  Fallston  public 
schools,  and  was  first  employed  in  the  capacity  of  clerk  by  Duncan  & 
Edgar,  of  Fallston,  in  whose  employ  he  remained  for  the  ten  years  be- 
tween  i860  and  1870.     He  was  then  made  manager  of  a  store  in  New 
Brighton,  owned  by  R.  B.  Edgar,  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm  that 
was  his  former  employer.     He  remained  in  charge  of  this  venture  only 
until  it  was  in  smooth  running  order  and  its  organization  complete,  then 
returned  to  the  employ  of  James  Duncan,  the  other  member  of  the  firm, 
who  commissioned  him  to  open  a  store  in  Beaver  Falls.    This  Mr.  Perrott 
did,  although  the  venture  was  not  a  success,  the  business  failing  in  1872. 
He  then  went  to  Newcastle  and  clerked  in  a  store  for  the  firm  of  Strit- 
mater  Brothers  &  Johnson,  for  one  year,  returning  to  Beaver  Falls  and 
opening  a  dry  goods  department  for  H.  C.  and  S.  R.  Patterson,  in  whose 
employ  he  remained  until  1874.     In  that  year  he  began  independent  busi- 
ness operations,  opening  a  dry  goods  store  on  April  i,  his  place  of  business 
being  on  lower  Seventh  avenue.    In  1884  he  moved  to  his  present  location. 
No.  1012  Seventh  avenue,  and  has  there  ever  since  continuously  engaged 
in  business.    The  necessity  for  larger  quarters  was  the  motive  of  his  change 
of   location,   and   in   his   present   store   he   caters   to   a   large  and   steady 
patronage.    General  dry  goods  is  still  his  main  line,  the  scope  of  his  wares 
being  wide  and  varied.    He  is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the  People's 
Building  and  Loan  Association,  being  one  of  the  two  original  organizers 
who  are  still  connected  with  it  in  any  capacity.     Mr.  Perrott  was  for  sev- 
eral years  connected  with  the  Howard  Stove  Company,  as  treasurer,  he 
being  one  of  the  original  organizers  in   1884;  the  personnel  of  the  com- 
pany were:  Jacob  Ecki,  manager;  Charles  Walters,  mechanical  engineer. 
He  was  president  of  the  Beaver  Falls  Improvement  Company,  which  built 
the  River  View  Street  Car  Line.     He  served  on  the  borough  council  six 
years,  1890-96,  and  during  that  time  the  first  brick  paving  was  installed,  and 
practically  all  of  the  paving  done  in  Beaver  Falls  was  done  by  that  council. 
During   James    Buchanan's   administration   he   carried   mail   between    New 
Brighton  and  Fallston,  his  salary  averaging  eighteen  cents  a  day,  travelling 
four  miles  every  day.    Mr.  Perrott  holds  membership  in  the  Masonic  order, 
belonging  to  Beaver  Valley  Lodge,  No.  478,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  to  Harmony  Chapter,   No.  206,  Royal  Arch  Masons.     His  political 
affiliation  is  with  the  Progressive  party,  of  which  he  is  an  enthusiastic 
member. 

He  married,  in  1875,  Margaret  Jane,  a  native  of  North  Sewickley  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  James  Jackson.  Children 
of  James  Ehincan  and  Margaret  Jane   (Jackson)    Perrott:     i.  Clyde  R.. 


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associated  in  business  with  his  father;  married  Margaret  Wallace,  of  New- 
castle, Pennsylvania;  they  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Clarinda.  2. 
Howard  D.,  connected  with  the  Keystone  Wire  Matting  Company ;  married 
Mabel  McPherson,  and  has  two  daughters,  Virginia  and  Dorothy.  3. 
Frank  C,  who  is  engaged  in  the  manufacturing  business.  4.  Helen  M., 
married  E.  G.  Ferguson;  lives  in  Beaver  Falls;  they  are  the  parents  of 
one  daughter,  Eleanor.  5.  Edward  H.,  an  employe  in  his  father's  store. 
6.  Lucy.  7.  James  Clifford,  a  student  in  Geneva  College.  8.  Thomas  Eu- 
gene, a  student  in  Geneva  College. 


Tracing  the  ancestry  of  Judge  James   Sharpe  Wilson,   of 
WILSON     Beaver,  Pennsylvania,  back  to  the  earliest  known  ancestor, 

leads  one  across  the  seas  to  the  North  of  Ireland  and  to  the 
historic  battle  of  the  Boyne — originally  a  Scotch  family,  the  Wilson  had 
prior  to  1690  settled  in  county  Cavan,  Ireland,  where  Thomas  Wilson,  an 
officer  in  King  William's  army,  had  a  residence  and  an  extensive  bleaching 
green  within  a  mile  of  Coote  Hill  not  far  from  the  county  town.  Thomas 
Wilson  at  the  head  of  his  command  was  one  of  the  first  to  cross  the  river 
Boyne  on  the  morning  of  July  i,  1690,  and  rendered  his  king  important 
military  service  there  and  elsewhere.  He  married  and  had  an  only  son, 
Hugh. 

(II)  Hugh,  only  son  of  Thomas  Wilson,  was  born  in  county  Cavan, 
Ireland,  in  1689;  died  at  the  "Irish  Settlement"  in  Allen  township,  North- 
ampton county,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  autumn  of  1773,  and  is  buried  in  the 
old  graveyard  at  the  Settlement.  He  migrated  to  America  in  1736;  mar- 
ried there,  coming  to  this  country  and  settling  in  the  "Irish  Settlement," 
obtaining  a  tract  of  730  acres  northwest  of  what  is  now  known  as  Hower- 
town  in  Allen  township,  Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania,  to  which  he 
obtained  title  March  7,  1737,  awarded  June  29,  1738.  He  then  erected  a 
flouring  mill  which  was  in  use  until  1857  when  it  was  torn  down.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  prominent  men  of  his  section  and  upon  the  erection  of 
Northampton  county,  March  11,  1752,  he  was  named  as  one  of  the  com- 
missioners in  the  act  to  purchase  land  at  Easton  for  the  court  house  and 
prison  and  on  June  9,  1752,  he  was  commissioned  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
peace  for  the  new  county  and  in  this  official  capacity  assisted  in  holding 
the  first  courts  in  Northampton  county.  He  continued  in  office  for  many 
years,  his  last  commission  being  dated  March  15,  1766.  He  held  a  high 
position  in  the  regard  of  the  Settlement  and  filled  the  office  of  justice — 
then  a  very  important  one — with  dignity  and  honor.  He  married  in  Ireland, 
Sarah  Craig,  a  sister  of  Thomas  Craig,  the  elder,  who  located  in  the  "Irish 
Settlement"  as  early  as  1728.  Children:  i.  William,  born  in  Ireland,  was 
brought  to  the  "Settlement"  by  his  parents  and  there  grew  to  manhood, 
later  he  became  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia,  thence  removing  to  the  West 
Indies  where  he  died.  2.  Mary  Ann,  born  May  21,  1719,  in  county  Cavan, 
Ireland,  died  October  19,  1793.     She  married,  before  leaving  Ireland,  Rev. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1065 

Francis  McHenry,  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  bom  October  18, 
1710,  died  January  23,  1757.  Rev.  McHenry  came  to  this  country  with 
two  brothers  who  differed  from  him  in  reHgion,  they  being  Catholic,  one 
settling  in  Baltimore,  the  other  in  Pittsburgh.  From  this  family  Fort  Mc- 
Henry was  named,  Hon.  James  McHenry,  Secretary  of  War  under  Presi- 
dent Washington,  1796.  Rev.  McHenry  was  licensed  November  10,  1738, 
and  ordained  at  Neshaminy,  Pennsylvania,  July  12,  1739.  In  1743  he  was 
installed  pastor  over  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Deep  Run,  seven  and  one- 
half  miles  northwest  of  Doylestown,  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  continued  14  years.  He  was  a  pure  scholar,  able  preacher  and  a  man 
whose  godly  life  gave  influence  wherever  known.  Children :  Dr.  Matthew 
McHenry,  a  surgeon  of  the  navy,  married  Martha  Greegg;  William,  mar- 
ried Mary  Stewart.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1721,  married  William  Craig, 
a  captain  in  the  Associated  Regiment  of  Bucks  county,  in  1747-48.  She 
survived  him  several  years ;  children :  i.  General  Thomas,  captain  in  Colonel 
Arthur  St.  Clair's  regiment  in  the  Canadian  campaign,  1776;  colonel  of 
the  Third  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  Continental  Line,  from  August  i,  1776, 
until  the  close  of  the  war;  major  general  of  the  Provisional  Army,  1798, 
and  major  general  of  Northampton  county  militia  in  1812-14.  He  died  in 
Allentown,  Pennsylvania,  January  20,  1832,  aged  92  years,  ii.  Hugh.  iii. 
Charles,  first  lieutenant  of  Captain  Miller's  company,  Colonel  William 
Thompson's  battalion  of  riflemen  at  Boston,  1775,  promoted  captain  in 
November,  1775;  later  was  captain  in  the  First  Pennsylvania  Regiment, 
Continental  Line,  and  received  a  wound  in  the  battle  of  Brandywine,  Sep- 
tember II,  1782.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Marks  Bird,  of  Philadelphia. 
In  the  summer  of  1782  he  shot  himself,  iv.  William,  a  captain  in  the 
Third  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  Continental  Line,  July  4,  1777,  resigned  June 
I,  1779.  V.  Mary,  married  George  Palmer,  coroner  of  Northampton  county, 
1781 ;  deputy  surveyor,  and  a  man  of  prominence  in  his  day.  vi.  Sarah, 
married  Hugh,  associate  judge  of  Union  county  from  1813  to  1840,  son  of 
Charles  Wilson,  vii.  Nancy,  married  Dr.  Taylor,  viii.  Elizabeth,  married 
Captain  John  Craig  (not  a  relation).  4.  Thomas,  of  whom  further.  5. 
Charles,  born  January  30,  1726,  died  August  20,  1768.  He  married  Mar- 
garet McNair,  born  March  2,  1728,  died  November  25,  1823;  children: 
i.  Sarah,  born  January  3,  1757,  died  December,  1778;  unmarried,  ii.  Chris- 
tiana, married  William  Latimer,     iii.  Hugh,  born  June  15,  ;  married 

Sarah  Craig,  iv.  Anne,  died  in  childhood,  v.  John,  a  ruling  elder  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Allen  township,  Northampton  county,  for  50  years, 
married  Ann  Hayes,  vi.  Margaret,  married  James  Rosebrugh.  vii.  Sam- 
uel, married  and  left  issue,  viii.  Jane.  6.  Samuel,  married  and  left  issue: 
Hugh,  married  Elizabeth  Osman ;  Abram,  married  Mary  Young;  Thomas, 
died  unmarried;  Samuel,  died  unmarried;  Sarah,  married  a  Mulhallon; 
Abigail,  married  a  Duel ;  Mary,  married  a  Sharp ;  Elizabeth,  a  Winter.  7. 
James,  of  whom  no  record  is  found.  8.  Margaret,  born  1737,  in  the  "Irish 
Settlement"  in  Allen  township,  died  July  20,  1783.     She  married  William 


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McNair,  born  in  Ireland  in  1727,  died  near  Mt.  Morris,  New  York,  in 
1823.  In  1798  this  family  left  the  "Irish  Settlement"  for  the  Genesee 
Valley,  Livingston  county,  New  York.  Children:  i.  John,  married  Mrs. 
Deborah  Isabella  Page.  ii.  Hugh,  married  (first)  Phoebe  Torbert,  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Eliza  Tate  Dungan.  iii.  Charles,  died  unmarried,  iv.  Chris- 
tiana, married  William  Parkinson,  v.  Sarah,  died  aged  eleven  years,  vi. 
William,  born  1774,  died  1813.  vii.  Margaret,  married  her  cousin,  David 
McNair.  9.  Francis,  youngest  son  of  Hugh  Wilson,  the  emigrant,  returned 
to  Ireland,  where  he  studied  theology  and  was  admitted  to  holy  orders  in  the 
Episcopal  church.  He  later  settled  in  Virginia,  was  a  tutor  in  the  family 
of  General  Lee,  and  died  about  the  year  1812. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Hugh  Wilson,  the  emi- 
grant, and  his  wife,  Sarah  Craig,  was  born  in  county  Cavan,  Ireland,  in 
1724,  died  in  now  Union  county,  Pennsylvania,  one  mile  west  of  Lewisburg, 
February  25,  1799,  aged,  according  to  the  inscription  on  his  tombstone, 
seventy-four  years.  He  was  about  twelve  years  of  age  when  his  parents 
came  to  Pennsylvania,  locating  at  the  "Irish  Settlement"  in  Northampton 
county,  where  Thomas  Wilson  became  a  landowner  and  farmer  and  miller 
of  Allen  township.  During  the  Revolution  he  sold  large  quantities  of  flour 
to  the  government  for  the  army,  receiving  his  pay  in  continental  money, 
losing  largely  through  its  depreciation  in  value.  In  consequence  he  sold 
his  land  in  Allen  township  and  moved  to  the  Buffalo  Valley,  now  Union 
county.  He  there  purchased  a  farm,  now  the  site  of  the  Union  county  fair 
buildings,  about  one  mile  west  of  Lewisburg  on  the  turnpike,  where  he 
lived  until  his  death. 

He  married,  in  1760,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (Love) 
Hays,  emigrants  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  who,  after  a  short  stay  in 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  moved  to  the  "Irish  Settlement."  Elizabeth 
survived  her  husband  and  in  1803  moved  with  her  sons,  William  and 
Thomas,  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  died,  in  December, 
1812.  Children:  i.  Hugh,  born  October  21,  1761,  in  Allen  township,  died 
on  his  farm  near  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania,  October  9,  1845.  He  served  in 
the  Revolution  under  Colonel  Nicholas  Kern.  He  moved  to  the  Buffalo 
Valley  where  he  kept  a  store  at  Lewisburg,  1798  to  1804.  He  married 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Captain  William  Irvine,  who  was  a  cousin  of  Gen- 
eral William  Irvine,  of  the  Revolution.  Children:  i.  Dr.  William,  married 
Mary  Potter,  ii.  Elizabeth,  married  William  Cooke  Stedman,  grandson  of 
Colonel  William  Cooke,  of  the  Twelfth  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  Continental 
Line.  iii.  Francis,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel  Aaron  Chamberlin. 
iv.  Margaret  Irvine,  married  James  Flinn.  2.  Sarah,  died  1884,  married 
Richard  Fruit  and  moved  to  Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Elizabeth, 
born  1769,  married  James  Duncan,  born  1758,  in  Scotland,  died  October 
14,  1843,  the  first  sherifif  of  Center  county,  Pennsylvania.  4.  William,  born 
1772,  died  November  6,  1840,  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1810,  Anna  White,  who  died  in  December,  1865.     Child:  Francis 


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Thomas,  married  Mary  A.  Morrison.  5.  Thomas  (3),  of  whom  further. 
6.  Mary,  married  Jonathan  Coulter.  7.  Jane,  drowned  when  a  child  at  her 
father's  mill  in  Northampton  county.  8.  James,  studied  law  and  located  in 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  His  commission  to  practice,  dated  June  28,  1804, 
signed  by  Governor  W.  C.  C.  Oaiborne,  of  Virginia.  9.  Margaret,  mar- 
ried John  Thomas,  of  Buffalo  Valley,  later  moving  to  Darlington,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  Thomas  and  EHzabeth 
(Hays)  Wilson,  was  born  in  Allen  township,  Northampton  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, June  17,  1775.  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  7,  i860. 
In  1803  he  moved  to  Beaver  county ;  his  widowed  mother  Elizabeth  and 
brother  William  accompanying  him,  they  being  the  first  of  this  Wilson 
branch  to  settle  in  that  section.  They  settled  in  what  is  now  Franklin 
township,  where  Thomas  became  a  large  landowner  and  for  many  years  a 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  Whig  in  politics  and  a  devout  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married,  October  7,  1806,  Agnes  Joseph 
Hemphill,  born  February  19,  1783,  died  January  29,  1867,  daughter  of 
Moses  Hemphill,  whose  son  Joseph  was  judge  of  Beaver  county  courts, 
and  died  in  1834,  possessed  of  one  of  the  largest  landed  estates  in  the 
county.  The  Hemphills  were  early  settlers  of  Northampton  county,  where 
Moses  Hemphill  was  born  November  11,  1746,  his  wife  Agnes,  January 
16,  1750.  Children  of  Thomas  (3)  Wilson:  i.  James,  born  September  19, 
1807,  moved  to  Clinton,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died 
July  25,  1873.  He  married  Margaret  Morton.  Children:  i.  Nancy,  mar- 
ried Thompson  Wamock.  ii.  Thomas  D.,  married  Christina  Mehara.  iii. 
Hannah,  married  John  McCandless.  iv.  William  H.,  an  attorney  of  Daven- 
port, Iowa.  V.  Albert  H.,  deceased,  druggist  of  Pittsburgh,  vi.  Enuna  O., 
married  James  Davidson,  vii.  Mary  F.,  married  Dr.  J.  Rhodes.  2.  Nancy 
B.,  born  December  25,  1808,  married,  November  26,  1830,  David  Frew,  born 
in  1803  and  resided  at  Princeton,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  Chil- 
dren :  i.  James  K.,  married  Eliza  A.  Gardener,  ii.  Thomas  W.  iii.  Nancy 
J.,  married  James  B.  Aiken,  iv.  Joseph  H..  married  Kate  Willar.  v.  David 
W.,  married  Margaret  Hawkins,  and  moved  to  Winfield,  Kansas,  vi.  P.  H., 
born  February  26,  1843.  vii.  Mary  E.,  married  James  A.  Gardener,  viii. 
William  M.,  married  Margaret  Aiken,  ix.  Melissa,  married  James  Wilson. 
X.  Albert  F.,  married  Mary  Willar.  3.  Jane,  born  March  31,  1810.  died 
unmarried,  4.  Eliza,  born  January  5,  1812,  married,  in  January  1838.  Rob- 
ert Fillerton,  of  Mt,  Jackson,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children: 
i.  Margaret,  married  Robert  M.  Davidson,  ii.  John,  married  M.  J.  Gilmore. 
iii.  Thomas  W.  iv.  James,  married  Margaret  E.  Swisher,  v.  Nancy  J., 
married  William  P.  Kelso,  vi.  Albert,  married  Mary  J.  Miller,  vii.  Mary, 
viii.  Robert  S.,  married  Mary  B.  Nesbit.  ix.  William.  5.  Thomas  (4), 
born  November  26,  1812,  resided  at  Slippery  Rock,  Pennsylvania.  He  mar- 
ried. June  28,  1842.  Mary  Davidson.  Children:  i.  Margaret  M.  ii.  Nancy 
E.,  married  Dr.  S.  Davis,     iii.  William  H.,  married  Augusta  L.  Leason. 


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iv.  Clement,  v.  Caroline,  vi.  Robert  C.  6.  Mary  A.,  born  February  6, 
1816,  died  unmarried.  7.  Joseph  H.,  born  May  16,  1820,  died  in  the  Union 
army,  near  Ropers  Church,  Virginia,  May  30,  1862,  of  disease  contracted 
in  the  trenches  before  Yorktown,  and  is  buried  at  Zelienople,  Butler  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Jefferson  College ;  district  attorney  of 
Beaver  county  for  three  years;  member  of  the  house  of  representatives  of 
Pennsylvania,  from  Beaver  county,  1857-61 ;  commissioned  colonel  of  the 
loist  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  October  4,  1861.  8.  John  Hays, 
of  wfhom  further.  9.  Francis  S.,  born  July  2,  1824,  became  a  farmer  of 
Franklin  township;  married,  February  2,  i860,  Catherine  Wallace.  Chil- 
dren: Jane,  Mary,  Adaline,  Frank  W.,  William  T.,  Agnes  H.,  Belle  V., 
Catherine  E.,  James  S.  10.  Craig  B.,  born  December  14,  1827,  moved  to 
Petersburg,  Ohio;  married,  May  11,  1853,  Elizabeth  Pontins ;  children: 
Alice  E.,  M^ry  L.,  John  P.,  Nannie  H.,  Joseph  H.,  William,  Robert  T., 
Edith  M.,  Frank  S. 

(V)  John  Hays,  fourth  son  and  eighth  child  of  Thomas  (3)  and 
Agnes  (Hemphill)  Wilson,  was  born  May  22,  1822,  in  Beaver  county,  died 
there  June  16,  1891.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  devoted  his 
life  to  agriculture.  He  was  a  large  landowner  and  influential  citizen,  hold- 
ing many  local  offices,  including  justice  of  the  peace,  and  also  served  as 
county  commissioner,  1891  to  1894.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  a  man  held  in  high  esteem  for  his  manly,  upright  character. 
He  married,  March  8,  1849,  Mary  Elizabeth  Mehard,  whose  parents  came 
from  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  about  1820.  The  home  farm  of  the  Wilsons 
was  in  Franklin  township.  Children:  i.  Agnes  L.,  born  December  26, 
1849,  married  Dr.  J.  M.  Withrow,  of  North  Sewickley.  2.  Christianna, 
born  February  17,  1852,  married  J.  C.  McCandless,  of  New  Galilee,  Beaver 
county.  3.  William  L.,  born  May  2,  1854,  married,  in  October,  1880,  Anna 
Hillman,  and  located  at  Clinton,  Beaver  county.  4.  Omar  T.,  born  March 
4,  1857,  married,  October  30,  1882,  Virginia  West,  and  resides  at  North 
Sewickley.  5.  James  Sharpe,  of  whom  further.  6.  Loyal  W.,  born  March 
25,  1866. 

(VI)  James  Sharpe,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of  John  Hays  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  (Mehard)  Wilson,  was  born  on  the  farm  in  Franklin  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  10,  1862.  He  obtained  a  good 
preparatory  education  in  the  public  schools  and  Sewickley  Academy,  also 
was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He  later 
entered  Geneva  College,  from  whence  he  was  graduated,  A.B.,  class  of  1885. 
He  then  began  the  study  of  law,  entering  the  office  of  Hon.  Henry  Hice,  of 
Beaver,  as  a  student,  teaching  at  the  same  time  in  the  academy  at  Harmony, 
Pennsylvania,  and  two  terms  in  the  night  schools  of  New  Brighton.  He 
completed  his  studies,  passed  the  required  examinations,  and,  on  June  4, 
1888,  was  admitted  to  the  Beaver  county  bar.  The  same  year  he  began  prac- 
tice in  Beaver,  was  in  due  time  admitted  to  all  state  and  federal  courts  of  the 
district,  attaining  and  holding  a  high  position  at  the  bar.     In  1895  he  was 


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the  nominee  of  the  Republican  party  for  president- judge  of  Beaver  county, 
and  was  elected  the  following  November,  taking  his  seat  the  following  Jan- 
uary and  serving  a  ten  years'  term,  ending  in  1906.  He  declined  re-election 
and  returned  to  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Beaver.  Judge  Wilson 
was  an  exceedingly  able  jurist,  and  while  on  the  bench  displayed  a  profound 
knowledge  of  the  law  and  a  quality  of  fairness  to  all,  that  endeared  him 
to  the  entire  bar.  The  judge  has  always  been  interested  in  political  affairs 
although  he  has  never  been  a  candidate  for  political  preferment,  his  term 
as  judge  of  the  thirty-sixth  judicial  district  being  accepted  for  purely  pro- 
fessional reasons.  In  1906  he  assisted  in  the  reorganization  of  The  Fort 
Mcintosh  National  Bank,  and  in  that  year  was  chosen  its  president,  a  posi- 
tion he  now  fills.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he  is  general  counsel 
for  the  court  and  director  of  the  Chester  Cement  Company  of  Walton,  and 
has  other  business  interests  of  importance.  His  alma  mater,  Geneva  Col- 
lege, of  Beaver  Falls,  has  also  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  A.M.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Presbyterian.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  belonging  to  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery,  also  holding 
the  thirty-second  degree  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite. 

Judge  Wilson  married,  December  25,  1888,  Sarah  Ida  Hazen,  daughter 
of  Nathan  and  Judith  Hazen  of  North  Sewickley  township,  Beaver  county, 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (McDannel)  Hazen  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Nathaniel  Hazen  who  came  from  New  Jersey  and  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Beaver  county.  Nathan  Hazen  was  a  farmer  and  merchant,  con- 
ducting a  store  in  North  Sewickley  for  eight  years.  He  married,  March 
4,  1851,  Judith,  daughter  of  Abraham  Zeigler  and  granddaughter  of  Chris- 
topher Zeigler,  who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Franklin  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, dying  in  Mahoning  county,  Ohio,  about  1853,  aged  ninety-seven 
years.  Children  of  Judge  James  Sharpe  Wilson:  i.  John  Howard,  born 
February  i,  1890,  graduate  of  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  A.B., 
class  of  191 1,  and  of  the  law  school  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  1914, 
and  admitted  to  the  practice  of  the  law,  June  15,  1914.  2.  James  Sharpe 
(2),  born  June  5,  1894,  now  a  .student  of  medicine  at  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 3.  Hugh  Hazen,  born  March  9,  1898,  now  a  student  in  Beaver 
high  school.  4.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  June  5,  1899,  student  in  Beaver 
high  school. 

Hardly  yet  in  the  prime  of  life,  Judge  Wilson  holds  an  enviable  posi- 
tion. Honored  in  his  profession,  successful  in  business  and  esteemed  by  all, 
he  does  honor  to  his  ancestry  and  furnishes  an  example  his  sons  may  well 
emulate. 


The  origin  of  this  name  does  not  appear  to  be  clear,  but  it  has 
IRONS    been  preserved  in  its  present  form  for  many  years,  and  has 

been  identified  with  the  settlement  and  development  of  the  state 
of  Pennsylvania.  Three  brothers  of  this  name  emigrated  from  their  native 
land    Ireland,  to  the  United  States,  and  two  of  them  became  pioneer  set- 


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tiers  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  third  of  Ohio,  and  the 
progenitor  of  the  particular  branch  of  which  this  sketch  treats  was  one  of 
the  two  brothers. 

(II)  John  Irons,  son  of  one  of  the  brothers  mentioned  above,  was 
born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  tanner  by  occupation.  He 
was  the  proprietor  of  a  tannery  at  Scottsville,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  there  he  and  his  wife  died.     He  married Moore,  and  they 

had  children:  Joseph,  deceased;  James  Adrian,  of  further  mention;  Eliza- 
beth, deceased,  married  George  Laird ;  Jennie,  widow  of  Gladden  Peoples ; 
Rosanna,  married  Isaac  Meaner,  of  Vanport,  Pennsylvania;  John  D.,  de- 
ceased; Amanda,  married  Wallace. 

(III)  James  Adrian,  son  of  John  and (Moore)  Irons,  was  born 

in  Logstown,  now  Woodlawn,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  12, 
1837,  and  died  April  i,  1910.  His  preparatory  education  was  obtained  in 
the  public  schools  of  Beaver  county.  Moon  township,  and  he  subsequently 
became  a  student  at  Beaver  College  for  a  time,  where  he  was  a  classmate 
of  Senator  Quay.  He  learned  the  trades  of  a  blacksmith  and  a  wagon 
builder,  then  followed  river  occupations  for  some  time,  holding  the  posi- 
tion of  second  engineer.  During  the  Civil  War  he  was  in  active  service 
for  a  time,  and  after  the  war  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  community  in 
which  he  resided.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  at  Monaca  for  a  period 
of  thirty-five  years,  was  a  constable  at  one  time  and  in  office  as  a  burgess. 
He  was  the  first  man  to  formulate  a  bill  to  keep  out  foreign  pauper  emigra- 
tion, while  affiliating  with  the  "Knights  of  Labor,"  later  taking  this  up 
before  the  legislature.  Mr.  Irons  married,  in  Moon  township,  Margaret 
Quinn  Srodes,  born  in  Beaver  county,  in  1839.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Srodes,  who  took  part  in  the  Mexican  War,  1847;  was  captain  of 
the  ram  "Lioness,  No.  2,"  during  the  Civil  War,  and  died  at  Monaca.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Irons  had  children:  Anna  L.,  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years; 
John,  died  October  8,  1861 ;  James  Clyde,  of  further  mention;  Will  Burt 
Clifton,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  James  Clyde,  son  of  James  Adrian  and  Margaret  Quinn  (Srodes) 
Irons,  was  born  December  4,  1863.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  in 
the  public  schools,  he  obtained  a  position  in  the  glass  works,  and  was  identi- 
fied with  this  calling  for  thirty  years.  He  is  now  associated  with  his 
brother  in  the  wholesale  liquor  business.  He  resides  in  Monaca,  where  he 
is  the  owner  of  considerable  property,  and  also  owns  a  farm  in  Moon 
township.  A  Republican  in  political  opinion,  he  has  filled  the  office  of 
constable,  and  is  now  serving  as  burgess,  of  Monaca.  He  is  a  member  of 
Fostoria  Lodge,  No.  281,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Fostoria,  Ohio; 
Monaca  Eyrie,  No.  1412,  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles;  Junction  City  Lodge, 
of  Rochester,  Order  of  the  Moose;  Knights  of  Pythias;  and  since  1881  a 
member  of  the  American  Flint  Glass  Workers'  Union,  and  very  active  in 
this  association.  Mr.  Irons  married,  December  28,  1888,  Mary  Hamilton, 
of  Monaca,  and  they  have  children:  i.  Albro  Earl,  born  October  26,  1889; 


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educated  in  the  public  schools  and  a  glass  worker  by  trade;  he  married, 
and  had  two  children:  Erlin  D.,  now  deceased,  and  James  C.  (2).  2. 
Leonard  D.,  born  July  12,  1893 ;  educated  in  public  schools,  and  is  now  also 
a  glass  worker,  and  a  student  of  music. 

(IV)  Will  Burt  Clifton,  son  of  James  Adrian  and  Margaret  Quinn 
(Srodes)  Irons,  was  born  September  17,  1873.  He  is  a  mold  maker  by 
trade,  and  followed  this  occupation  for  some  years.  He  is  also  affiliated  with 
the  American  Flint  Glass  Workers'  Association.  He  was  also  professionally 
interested  in  bicycle  riding,  and  held  the  state  championship  in  this  field  of 
athletic  exercise,  when  his  collarbone  was  broken  by  an  unfortunate  fall. 
He  won  the  first  championship  at  the  Pennsylvania  Athletic  Club  Pkrk,  in 
Pittsburgh,  and  at  that  time  was  the  proprietor  of  a  bicycle  store  in  that 
city.  In  1906  he  opened  a  wholesale  liquor  business  in  Monaca,  which  he 
is  carrying  on  successfully  at  the  present  time.  His  political  affiliations 
are  with  the  Republican  party,  and  his  fraternal  as  follows :  Rochester 
Lodge,  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Eureka  Chapter,  No.  167, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Pitts  Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Pittsburgh ;  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  of  Rochester;  a  charter  member  of  the  Monaca 
Tribe,  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles ;  Rochester  Lodge,  Order  of  the  Moose ; 
and  a  member  of  the  Glass  Workers'  Union.  Mr.  Irons  married  Margaret 
Wilison,  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio ;  they  have  no  children.  Mr.  Irons  is  also 
a  student  of  Prof.  Little's  Conservatory  of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 

Solomon  Irons,  one  of  the  three  brothers  who  settled  in  Pennsylvania 
and  Ohio,  respectively,  married  Rachel  Dickson,  a  daughter  of  George 
Dickson,  and  had  by  her  the  following  seven  children:  i.  James.  2.  John, 
above  mentioned,  married  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Moore,  of  Irish  descent. 
(3)  Rachel.  4.  William.  5.  Joseph,  married  Margaret  Douds.  6.  Andrew, 
married  Agnes  Reed,  of  near  Independence,  Pennsylvania.  7.  George, 
died  in  Pike  county,  Ohio;  he  married  Margaret  Nevins.  Rachel  Dick- 
son was  a  descendant  of  Rev.  David  Dickson,  who  was  a  professor  in  Glas- 
gow  (Scotland)   University,   1642-57;  he  was  born  in   1791,  died  in   1663. 

Solomon  Irons,  above  referred  to,  was  father  of  John  Irons,  and 
great-grandfather  of  James  C.  Irons.  He  was  the  pioneer  of  this  branch  of 
the  Irons  family  in  Beaver  county.  One  of  the  three  brothers  settled  back 
of  Economy,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  third  settled  in  Ohio,  where  some  of 
his  descendants  still  live.  Solomon  settled  near  where  Woodlawn  is,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Ohio  river  in  Beaver  county,  which  was  then  known  as 
Logstown.  It  was  formerly  a  very  noted  part  of  the  Indian  reservation. 
It  is  thought  that  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  army. 


William  Campbell  was  born  in   1761,  if  in  this  country, 
CAMPBELL     either  in  Cecil  county,  Maryland,  or  near  there  in  Dela- 
ware or  Pennsylvania.     When  a  boy  he  was  apprenticed 
to  a  weaver  by  the  name  of  Henry  Craig,  who  with  his  wife,  apprentice  and 


I072  PENNSYLVANIA 

colored  servant,  came  from  a  place  known  as  "The  Neck,"  the  supposed 
birthplace  of  said  William  Campbell,  and  settled  near  the  head  of  Service 
Creek,  in  what  is  now  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  but  which  was  then 
supposed  to  be  in  Virginia,  about  the  year  1778,  where  Henry  Craig  took  up 
200  acres  of  land.  When  he  was  indentured,  William  Campbell's  mother 
was  most  likely  a  widow.     He  had  a  brother  named  Arthur,  and  sisters, 

among  whom  was  one  who  married Todd,  and  among  whose  children 

was  one  named  Levi,  who  visited  in  Pennsylvania  when  a  young  man. 
There  were  other  Todd  children  named  Edward,  Eliza,  Margaret,  and 
two  sons,  names  unknown. 

William  Campbell  visited  his  relatives  where  he  came  from  but  once, 
in  1798.  He  presented  himself  unannounced  to  his  mother,  who  did  not 
at  first  recognize  him.  His  mother  gave  him  a  present  of  some  calico 
(then  a  rare  article  in  western  Pennsylvania)  for  a  dress  for  her  namesake 
Margaret,  his  little  daughter,  then  six  years  old.  He  married,  about  1786, 
Nancy  Vance.  In  lieu  of  completing  his  apprenticeship  Henry  Craig  of- 
fered him  one-half  of  his  land  (100  acres)  for  taking  care  of  himself  and 
wife,  which  offer  was  accepted  by  Mr.  Campbell  and  he  took  the  southern 
half  of  the  original  Henry  Craig  tract  and  built  a  house  in  what  is  now 
the  garden,  just  below  the  homestead  house  of  his  son  James.  Here  his 
children  were  born  and  here  he  lived  and  died.  After  the  death  of  Henry 
Craig  and  his  wife  he  purchased  the  remaining  100  acres  of  the  Craig 
tract. 

Children  of  William  and  Nancy  (Vance)  Campbell:  i.  Henry,  born  in 
1787,  died  August  14,  1861.  He  never  married,  but  lived  with  his  unmar- 
ried sister,  Margaret,  at  the  old  Henry  Craig  house  in  the  field  below  the 
road,  near  where  the  road  turns  in  or  forks  to  go  to  the  Campbell  home- 
stead. 2.  William,  born  in  April,  1789,  died  June  5,  1863.  He  lived  for  a 
time  with  his  brother  Arthur,  in  partnership  with  whom  he  purchased  the 
farm  of  Joseph  Mercer,  afterwards  known  as  the  Witherow  place,  now 
owned  by  the  Flemings  (1892).  This  purchase  was  made  about  1820-22. 
Afterward  he  and  his  brother  Arthur  purchased  a  mill  in  Hookstown,  about 
1830-31,  but  in  1832  they  purchased  400  acres  of  the  Rev.  Henry  A.  Muhlen- 
berg heirs  on  Service  Creek,  near  Old  Service  Church.  William  received 
the  northwestern  half  of  the  tract.  He  married,  about  1833,  Phoebe,  born 
February  14,  1800,  died  in  1892,  daughter  of  Joseph  Mercer.  They  lived 
for  a  short  time  in  Jackson  county,  Ohio,  but  returned  and  built  a  house  a 
few  yards  from  where  Marshall  Campbell,  his  brother  Arthur's  son,  lived 
in  1892.  On  this  place  William  Campbell  lived  and  died.  Children :  Henry 
Marshall  and  Comfort,  twins ;  John  Anderson,  Margaret  and  James.  Henry 
Marshall  married  Barbara  Smith,  daughter  of  James  and  Rachel  Smith ;  John 
Anderson  married  Barbara,  daughter  of  Elisha  Thomburg ;  Margaret  mar- 
ried James  Ray  Todd ;  Comfort  died  when  young ;  James  was  lost  in  battle. 
3.  Margaret,  born  in  January,  1792,  died  June  5,  1874;  was  never  married, 
lived  with  her  brother  Henry,  and  with  her  nephew  William,  son  of  James 


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Campbell.  4.  Agnes  (Nancy),  born  about  1800,  possibly  earlier,  died  about 
1825-28.  5.  Arthur,  born  September  6,  1798,  died  April  9,  1844;  married 
Sarah,  bom  March  7,  1802,  died  August  15,  1850,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Mercer.  6.  James,  born  June  15,  1801,  died  March  3,  1883;  took  care  of 
his  father;  his  mother  died  when  he  was  about  two  years  old.  He  in- 
herited the  old  Campbell  homestead  where  he  lived  and  died.  He  married, 
in  April,  1832,  Margaret,  born  in  1809,  daughter  of  John  and  Isabelle 
(Duncan)  Craig;  one  son,  William,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  David 
Kennedy. 

Arthur  Campbell  lived  after  his  marriage  on  the  "Witherow  place,"  as 
above  described,  until  about  1831,  when  operating  the  mill  at  Hookstown, 
he  moved  to  the  Andy  McClure  place,  but  moved  to  the  Muhlenberg  tract 
on  Service  Creek  in  1832,  where  he  lived  in  a  house  built  by  John  Robert- 
son, which  stood  near  the  entrance  of  the  garden,  as  it  in  1892  was,  belong- 
ing to  his  grandson,  William  Arthur  Campbell.  Here  Arthur  Campbell  built 
a  new  house  about  1838,  on  the  spot  where  now  is  the  older  part  of  the  resi- 
dence now  lived  in  by  William  Arthur  Campbell,  most  of  the  frame  work  of 
the  present  house  being  that  of  the  one  constructed  in  1838.  In  his  early 
manhood  Arthur  Campbell  was  a  school  teacher;  was  county  commissioner  of 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1844.  The  children  of 
Arthur  and  Sarah  (Mercer)  Campbell  were:  i.  Agnes  (Nancy),  born 
December  27,  1822;  united  with  Service  Church,  June  15,  1842;  was  mar- 
ried to  William  W.  McCoy,  November,  1850;  children:  Alex.  Winfield, 
Arthur  Campbell,  James  Haggerty,  Jeanette,  Joseph.  2.  Joseph,  born  June 
22,  1824;  united  with  the  Service  Church,  August  23,  1845;  married  Isa- 
belle Bryan,  born  about  1819,  daughter  of  John  and  Marcy  (Smith)  Bryan, 
at  Scottsville,  Pennsylvania,  November  6,  1849,  by  Rev.  Alex.  Murray. 
Joseph  Campbell  died  August  16,  1891.  3.  William,  born  March  25,  1827; 
united  with  the  church.  May  14,  1848,  died  September  27,  1853;  married 
Martha  Kennedy,  daughter  of  Samuel  Kennedy,  March  i,  1850.  Children: 
All  died  in  infancy.  4.  Comfort,  born  July  22,  1829;  united  with  the 
church,  June  12,  1852;  died  December  29,  1854;  married  Thomas  Mc- 
Cauley,  September,  1850.  Children:  All  died  young.  5.  Mary,  born  March 
22,  1832;  united  with  the  church  August  23,  1851 ;  died  October  25,  1856; 
married,  May,  1851,  Timothy  Shane;  one  child  survived,  Sarah  Margaret, 
married  Will  F.  Arter.  6.  Marshall,  born  August  30,  1834;  united  with 
the  church  May  29,  1854;  married  Isabelle  J.  Smith,  daughter  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  Smith,  November  6,  1859.  7.  Louisa,  born  February  22, 
1837,  died  September  19,  1853.  8.  James,  born  April  i,  1839,  died  January 
13,  1845.  Of  these  children,  Nancy,  Joseph,  William  and  Comfort  were 
born  at  the  so-called  "Witherow  place;"  Mary  was  born  at  the  Andy  Mc- 
Clure place;  Marshall  and  Louisa  were  born  in  the  old  Robertson  log 
cabin;  James  was  born  in  the  house  built  in  1838. 

Joseph  Campbell,  as  above  stated,  married  Isabelle  Bryan,  and  lived 
at  the  old  homestead  near  Service  Church,  in  the  house  built  by  his  father. 


1074  PENNSYLVANIA 

Arthur  Campbell  in  1838.  This  was  remodeled  in  1869  and  added  to  later. 
Here  all  their  children  were  born,  as  follows:  i.  Sarah,  born  March  11, 
1851,  died  October  6,  1854.  2.  John  Bryan,  born  September  27,  1852; 
united  with  the  church  at  Service;  married  Henrietta,  born  April  27,  1851, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mattie  (McCallister)  McClester,  at  the  McClester 
homestead  near  Upper  Service  schoolhouse,  February  i,  1877,  by  Rev. 
D.  W.  Carson.  Children :  Mattie  Vinnie,  Jennie,  Charles,  Ella  Belle,  Joseph 
Oscar ;  all  born  in  the  house  built  on  the  Nelson  place.  3.  William  Arthur, 
born  March  11,  1855;  united  with  the  church;  married  Agnes  Craig,  born 
March  12,  1858,  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  Craig,  at  the  Craig  home- 
stead, December  28,  1876,  by  Rev.  D.  W.  Carson.  For  a  time  they  lived  in 
the  house  built  by  William  Campbell  and  occupied  by  Marshall  Campbell, 
where  Clarke  was  born ;  the  other  children  were  born  at  their  present  resi- 
dence. Children :  Freeman  Clarke,  Cora,  deceased,  Oscar,  Calvin  Craig. 
4.  Mary  Agnes,  born  September  6,  1856;  united  with  the  church;  married 
James  Henry  Smith,  born  September  12,  1851,  son  of  James  and  Rachel 
(Brinton)  Smith,  at  the  homestead  of  Joseph  Campbell,  November  18,  1886, 
by  Rev.  W.  J.  Golden.  They  live  at  the  James  Smith  homestead.  Chil- 
dren :  Pearl,  deceased ;  Bertha.  5.  James  Oscar,  born  March  21,  1858 ;  united 
with  the  church;  graduated  at  Mt.  Union  College  in  1879;  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  May,  1882,  by  the  Xenia  Presbytery  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  was  ordained  September,  1883,  by  the  United  Presbyterian 
Presbytery  of  Arkansas  Valley;  was  a  member  of  the  Kansas  Legislature 
for  the  term  of  1889-91 ;  was  married  to  Grace  Emily,  born  October  13, 
1863,  daughter  of  James  A.  and  Nellie  (Phelps)  Medbery,  at  their  home  in 
Stafford  Springs,  Connecticut,  May  6,  1885,  by  the  Rev.  George  A.  Phin- 
ney.  They  have  one  adopted  child,  Ida  May,  born  April  5,  1882.  6.  Lizzie 
Jane,  born  September  26,  1859,  died  February  20,  1874.  7.  Ella  Bell,  born 
July  16,  1861,  died  October  26,  1863. 

Marshall  Campbell,  mentioned  above,  was,  like  his  forebears  for  several 
generations,  an  active  worker  in  the  interests  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  political  activity  was  in  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  died  on  the  land  now  in  possession  of  his  son,  Joseph 
Arthur,  in  1903.  He  and  his  wife,  Isabelle  J.  (Smith)  Campbell,  had  the 
following  children:  i.  William  Smith,  born  August  30,  i860,  died  May  20, 
1899.  2.  Sarah  Rosslyn,  born  August  27,  1862,  married  W.  S.  Willson. 
3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  October  6,  1864,  married  J.  B.  Goshorn.  4.  Minnie 
C,  born  November  17,  1866.  5.  Joseph  Arthur,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Everette  Austin,  born  August  21,  1871,  a  minister  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church,  with  pastorate  in  West  Pittsburgh.  7.  James  Wellington, 
born  November  18,  1873.  8.  John  Alvin,  born  July  19,  1876,  a  minister  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church  in  Washington,  D.  C.  9.  Lillian  May,  born 
April  21,  1879,  married  E.  H.  Mankedick. 

Joseph  Arthur  Campbell,  son  of  Marshall  and  Isabelle  J.  (Smith) 
Campbell,  was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  still  resides,  in  Raccoon  town- 


BEAVER    COUNTY  1075 

ship,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  January  3,  1869.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  township  and  at  the  academy  at  Mechanics- 
burg.  At  a  suitable  age  he  commenced  the  business  activities  of  life,  his 
first  occupation  taking  him  into  the  oil  fields  for  about  two  years.  He  was 
formerly  allied  with  the  Republican  party  but  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Washington  party.  His  religious  membership  is  with  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church.  Mr.  Campbell  married,  in  1898,  Anna  Close,  and  they  have 
had  children:  Isabelle  Smith,  Edwin  Glenn,  James  Marshall,  Elizabeth 
Gertrude,  Joseph  Arthur  Jr.,  and  Harold  Leroy. 


Agriculture  has  been  the  principal  pursuit  of  the  representa 
GLASS  tives  of  the  Glass  family  in  America,  but  they  have  also  made 
honorable  records  in  several  other  lines  of  progress. 

(I)  Robert  Glass,  who  had  been  living  in  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, came  from  that  place  with  his  family  and  settled  in  Hancock 
county,  opposite  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  in  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  He  acquired  a  tract  of  land  which  he  cleared  for  farming  pur- 
poses. Some  time  afterwards  he  sold  this  property  and  located  thirty 
miles  lower  down  on  the  Ohio  river.  Prior  to  his  coming  to  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania,  he  had  farmed  for  a  number  of  years  in  West  Vir- 
ginia.   He  married  Jane  Marshall. 

(H)  John  Glass,  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  (Marshall)  Glass,  was  born 
in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  went  west  with  his  parents. 
However,  he  remained  only  one  summer,  then  returned  and  settled  in  Han- 
cock county,  West  Virginia,  where  he  followed  farming.  His  entire  life 
after  his  return  was  spent  in  West  Virginia,  with  the  exception  of  eleven 
years,  when  he  was  a  resident  of  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  died 
in  Hancock  county.  West  Virginia,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  He 
married  Rachel  Kinney,  also  born  in  Washington  county,  died  May  13, 
1891,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  He  and  his  wife  were  both  Pres- 
byterians. 

(HI)  Dorsey  K.  Glass,  son  of  John  and  Rachel  (Kinney)  Glass,  was 
a  general  farmer  and  fruit  grower.  He  died  March  7,  191 1,  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth  A.  Langfitt,  died  January  4,  191 1.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Mary  (McMillan)  Langfitt,  and  lier  ancestors  were  among 
the  first  families  to  settle  west  of  the  Alleghenies. 

The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Langfitts,  Francis  H.  Langfitt,  came 
from  county  Ulster,  Ireland,  and  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  He  arrived 
in  America  between  the  years  1750  and  1765.  settling  in  Fairfax  county, 
Virginia.  His  son  John  was  a  slave  owner  and  had  a  large  plantation.  His 
son  William  he  placed  with  a  gunsmith,  that  he  might  learn  that  trade.  He 
did  not  like  this  occupation,  however,  so  he  ran  away  and  came  north  to 
Holliday's  Cove,  in  West  Virginia,  opposite  Steubenville.  In  this  latter 
place  lived  Bartley  Campbell,  a  wealthy  land  owner,  holding  some  4,000 
acres  of  land.     William  Langfitt  married  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Campbell,  and 


I076  PENNSYLVANIA 

after  their  marriage  they  removed  to  what  is  now  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, then  a  part  of  Westmoreland  county,  and  claimed  as  a  part  of  West 
Virginia.  Here  he  secured  land  by  patent  from  the  commonwealth  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  the  various  Indian 
wars ;  in  the  latter  he  was  severely  wounded.  A  brother  of  William  Lang- 
fitt  married  a  sister  of  John  Hancock,  the  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence. 

Among  the  children  of  William  Langfitt  was  a  son  William  who  in- 
herited a  portion  of  the  original  landed  estate  of  his  father,  which  is  now 
located  in  Hancock  county.  West  Virginia.  He  had  two  sons,  twins,  Ebene- 
zer,  the  father  of  Elizabeth  A.  (Langfitt)  Glass;  and  Obadiah,  who  became 
a  prominent  lawyer  of  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia,  and  a  leader  in  his  pro- 
fession. Ebenezer  Langfitt  confined  himself  to  agriculture,  and  owing  to 
the  death  of  his  father,  he  remained  at  home,  took  care  of  his  mother  and 
furnished  the  funds  for  his  brother's  education,  making  it  possible  for  him 
to  become  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers  in  the  state  of  West  Virginia. 
Ebenezer  Langfitt  was  one  of  the  noblest  of  men  by  nature,  and  one  of 
the  most  highly  respected  members  of  the  community,  beloved  by  all.  He 
died  June  z6,  1902,  aged  eighty-five  years;  his  wife,  Mary  (McMillan) 
Langfitt,  died  August  10,  1897. 

(IV)  Harry  G.  L.  Glass,  son  of  Dorsey  K.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Lang- 
fitt) Glass,  was  born  in  West  Virginia,  September  18,  1868.  He  was  the 
only  child  of  his  parents,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  school  and  at 
Piersoll's  Academy.  He  at  once  entered  the  profession  of  teaching,  in 
which  he  was  successfully  engaged  for  ten  years,  in  the  various  schools  of 
the  county.  He  then  became  identified  with  oil  interests,  became  well 
known  as  an  oil  well  contractor,  and  is  still  connected  actively  with  this 
field  of  industry.  At  the  death  of  his  father  he  took  up  fruit  growing  on 
the  homestead  farm,  and  since  191 1  has  been  thus  occupied.  He  now  has 
under  cultivation  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  fifteen  acres.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  In  political  matters  he 
keeps  well  abreast  of  the  times,  and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
the  Democratic  party. 

Mr.  Glass  married,  October  25,  1901,  Berta  Ferguson,  and  they  have 
had  children:  Dorsey  Kenneth,  Theodore  Dwight,  and  Harry  Lloyd. 

Berta  (Ferguson)  Glass  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1878,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Theodore  and  Jane  Fergu- 
son. Theodore  Ferguson  was  a  son  of  Hugh  and  Rebecca  (Scott)  Fergu- 
son, and  a  grandson  of  William  Ferguson,  who  was  a  veteran  of  the  War 
of  1812,  and  a  direct  descendant  of  Robert  Vance,  who  was  a  captain  in 
the  Revolutionary  War,  serving  under  Washington.  Hugh  Ferguson  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  of  Scotch  birth,  and 
was  a  successful  farmer  in  his  day.  He  married  Rebecca  Scott,  who  was 
born  in  Ireland,  and  immigrated  to  this  country  early  in  the  nineteenth 
century. 


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BEAVER   COUNTY  1077 

Lincolnshire,  England,  was  the  foreign  seat  of  the  Don- 
DONCASTER    casters  of  this  chronicle,  now,  through  the  introduction 

of  the  name  into  the  United  States  by  Richard  Don- 
caster  in  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century,  numerous  in  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania  and  contiguous  territory.  Richard  Doncaster  came  first  to 
Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  upon  his  arrival  in  the  United  States, 
and  after  a  short  residence  in  that  region,  moved  to  Butler  county,  where 
he  entered  the  hotel  business  and  was  proprietor  of  the  Old  Stone  House 
Hotel.  This  he  continued  for  nine  years,  coming  in  187 1  to  Rochester, 
Pennsylvania,  there  establishing  in  the  same  business  as  proprietor  of  the 
Doncaster  House,  a  hostelry  famous  throughout  the  locality  for  its  cordial 
entertainment  and  excellent  service.  The  hotel  business  was  in  the  nature 
of  a  new  departure  for  him,  inasmuch  as  he  was  entirely  inexperienced  in 
the  duties  of  an  innkeeper,  but  he  met  with  the  greatest  of  popular  favor, 
travelers  making  a  point  of  reaching  his  house  for  a  rest  from  wearisome 
journeying  as  much  for  the  pleasure  of  his  smile  and  cheery  greeting  as 
for  the  exceptionally  good  entertainment  he  provided.  He  had  been  taught 
in  the  trades  of  miller  and  millwright,  having  worked  at  both  during  his 
Westmoreland  county  residence,  operating  at  one  time  a  mill  near  Delmont, 
Pennsylvania.  Both  he  and  his  wife  died  in  Rochester,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  his  death  occurring  in  1884.  He  married  Rebecca  North, 
born  in  England,  and  soon  after  their  marriage  came  to  the  United  States. 
Children:  Samuel,  deceased;  John,  deceased;  Daniel,  of  whom  further; 
Richard,  deceased ;  James,  deceased ;  Sarah ;  Elizabeth ;  Agnes,  deceased ; 
Anna,  deceased;  and  Jeremiah. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Richard  and  Rebecca  (North)  Doncaster,  was 
born  in  England  in  1826,  and  died  in  Jefferson  county,  Pennsylvania,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1897.  When  but  a  child  he  was  brought  to  the  United  States 
by  his  parents  and  as  a  boy  attended  the  public  schools  of  Westmoreland 
county.  Upon  attaining  his  majority,  he  indulged  his  liking  for  math- 
ematics by  studying  draughting  and  civil  engineering  and  was  at  various 
times  employed  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  on  the  construction 
of  their  different  lines  throughout  the  state  and  neighboring  territory.  He 
was  also  familiar  with  the  trades  of  miller  and  millwright,  and  in  the  course 
of  his  extremely  active  life  erected  several  mills,  as  well  as  performing  the 
duties  of  operator.  With  his  wife,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  in  political  belief  a  staunch  Republican.  In  1856  he  moved  to  Punx- 
sutawney,  Jefferson  county,  and  there  died,  his  wife  still  residing  in  that 
place.  He  married  Susan,  born  in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1836,  daughter  of  Thomas  Trees,  a  native  of  England.  He  was  a  miller  by 
trade  and  taught  four  of  his  sons  that  occupation  in  the  grist  and  saw-mills 
that  he  owned.  He  married  a  widow,  Mrs.  Hill,  likewise  bom  in  England. 
Children  of  Thomas  Trees,  all  deceased  excepting  Susan:  Elijah,  John, 
Thomas,  Isaac,  Levi,  James,  Joseph,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  and  Susan,  married 


1078  PENNSYLVANIA 

Daniel  Doncaster.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Trees  died  in  Westmoreland.  Chil- 
dren of  Daniel  and  Susan  (Trees)  Doncaster:  Anna,  Richard,  Jeremiah, 
Thomas,  Emma,  Sallie,  James  W.,  of  whom  further;  Daniel. 

(Ill)  James  W.,  son  of  Daniel  and  Susan  (Trees)  Doncaster,  was  born 
in  Punxsutawney,  Jefferson  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  3,  1870.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  and  on  September  26, 
1888,  came  to  Rochester,  enrolling  in  Peirsol's  Academy,  at  West  Bridge- 
water.  After  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  was  for  thirteen  years  mana- 
ger of  the  Doncaster  House,  a  hotel  founded  by  his  grandfather,  who  gave 
it  his  name.  In  1902  he  withdrew  from  the  hotel  business  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  John  Moulds  under  the  firm  name  of  Moulds  &  Doncaster, 
their  field  being  insurance  and  real  estate,  a  connection  which  continues 
to  the  present  time  with  decidedly  satisfactory  results  to  both  parties 
most  intimately  concerned.  As  a  Republican  he  has  been  active  in  the  local 
politics  of  Rochester,  having  been  for  four  years  burgess  of  the  borough 
and  since  1907  secretary  of  the  council.  He  is  very  prominent  in  fraternal 
circles,  being  secretary  of  Rochester  Lodge  No.  283,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks ;  Rochester  Lodge  No.  274,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
which  he  is  past  chancellor.  He  holds  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the 
Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Rochester  Lodge  No.  229,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Eureka  Chapter  No.  167,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Pittsburgh  Con- 
sistory, Sovereign  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret;  Mount  Moriah  Council 
No.  2,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Beaver  Falls  Commandery  No.  84,  Knights 
Templar,  and  to  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  having 
passed  most  of  the  chairs  in  these  organizations.  He  married.  May  9,  1895, 
Mrs.  Georgia  Boothe,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

The  vigorous  and  well-directed  efforts  of  Mr.  Doncaster  have  been  an 
important  factor  in  the  successful  career  of  the  firm  of  Moulds  &  Don- 
caster, and  in  the  course  of  his  business  relations,  in  which  he  of  necessity 
comes  into  contact  with  a  large  number  of  men,  Mr.  Doncaster  has  made 
many  firm  friends  and  cordial  acquaintances.  His  business  dealings  bear 
the  stamp  of  undeviating  uprightness,  and  the  reputation  of  the  firm  for 
integrity  and  fair  dealing  is  known  beyond  the  limits  of  their  field  of 
endeavor. 


Park  L.  Quillen,  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Beaver 
QUILLEN     Falls,  Pennsylvania,  is  a  member  of  a  family  which   for 

many  years  has  been  associated  with  the  state  of  Ohio,  and 
was  himself  born  at  Barnesville  in  that  state,  July  14,  1872,  a  son  of  Josiah 
and  Harriet  Emma  (Harris)  Quillen.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our 
subject  was  a  native  of  Cadiz,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  and  died.  He  was  a 
very  prominent  man  in  his  district,  a  teacher  and  lawyer,  and  the  owner 
of  extensive  tracts  of  land  there,  much  of  which,  however,  he  lost  before 
his  death.  He  was  married  to  a  Miss  Johnston,  probably  a  native  of  Johns- 
town, Pennsylvania,  and  by  her  had  eighteen  children. 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1079 

Josiah  Quillen,  one  of  these  and  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born 
at  Cadiz,  Ohio,  his  father's  lifelong  home,  July  4,  1847.  He  was  but  four- 
teen years  old  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  but  the  next  year,  in  spite 
of  his  extreme  youth,  he  enlisted  for  three  years  in  the  98th  Regiment  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  captured  and  held  as  a  prisoner  of  war  for 
a  considerable  period,  an  experience  which  so  broke  down  his  health  that 
he  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service.  He  re-enlisted,  however,  for 
one  hundred  days,  this  time  with  the  128th  Regiment  Ohio  Volunteers, 
which  formed  a  part  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  His  constitution  had 
been  seriously  undermined,  however,  by  the  hardships  to  which  he  had  been 
subjected,  and  after  the  war  he  was  in  very  poor  health  for  a  long  time, 
never,  indeed,  entirely  recovering  his  strength  or  the  ability  to  do  hard 
work.  In  spite  of  his  having  to  do  only  the  lighter  kinds  of  work  for  a 
living,  he  became  a  prominent  man  in  his  neighborhood,  especially  at  Van- 
port,  Pennsylvania,  whither  he  removed,  and  where  he  held  practically  every 
public  ofifice  within  the  gift  of  the  borough.  He  was  active  in  public  affairs 
and  conscientiously  devoted  himself  to  the  duties  of  the  various  posts  given 
him,  saving  the  borough  much  money  and,  during  his  incumbency  in  the 
school  board,  putting  the  school  house  in  fine  condition.  He  had  been  a 
Democrat  in  politics  until  the  time  of  Horace  Greeley,  but  the  winged  words 
of  the  great  editor  converted  him  and  he  became  a  strong  supporter  of 
the  new  Republican  party.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Mr.  Quillen  Sr.  is  now  blind, 
and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Graham.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  although,  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Vanport  he  identified  himself  with  the  Presbyterian  church  there. 
He  married  Miss  Harriet  Emma  Harris,  a  native  of  the  region  near  War- 
ren, Ohio,  where  she  was  born,  in  the  year  1853.  Mrs.  Quillen  was  a 
daughter  of  Nathan  Harris,  a  farmer  and  miller  of  Warren,  Ohio,  where 
he  carried  on  these  occupations  and  also  dealt  in  stock.  He  later  removed 
to  Michigan,  where  he  operated  a  fruit  farm  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  twice  married  and  had  seven  children  in  all.  Mrs.  Quillen  Sr.  died 
in  1890  at  Vanport,  Pennsylvania,  after  bearing  her  husband  four  children, 
as  follows:  Park  L.  Quillen,  our  subject;  Walter,  died  in  infancy;  Grace, 
now  Mrs.  F.  L.  Graham  of  Pittsburgh ;  and  Pearl,  deceased  wife  of  Noah 
Bailiss  of  Beaver,  Pennsylvania. 

Park  L.  Quillen  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  at  Vanport,  and  after 
completing  his  studies  went  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of 
baker,  and  found  employment  in  his  line  for  a  number  of  years.  On  May 
20,  1905,  he  removed  to  Beaver  Falls  from  Pittsburgh  and  there  established 
himself  in  a  bakery  business  of  his  own  at  No.  508  Seventh  avenue.  On 
May  1,  1912,  he  abandoned  this  location  and  bought  for  himself  a  property 
at  No.  1044  Third  avenue,  Beaver  Falls,  fitted  it  out  as  a  residence,  bakery 
and  store,  and  is  at  present  conducting  a  successful  business  there.  Mr. 
Quillen  is  active  in  politics  and  casts  an  independent  ballot.    He  is  a  mem- 


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ber  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the  Maccabees. 

Mr.  Quillen  was  married,  October  15,  1902,  to  Miss  Algora  Morris,  a 
native  of  Rimersburg,  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  a  daughter  of 
John  Morris,  of  that  place.  To  them  has  been  born  one  child,  a  daughter, 
Sereta.  Mr.  Quillen  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  M,ethodist  Protestant 
church. 


The  German  word  Kaiser  is  probably  the  origin  of  this  name, 
KEISER    and  it  is  found  in  the  various  forms  of  Keiser,  Keyser,  Kay- 
ser,  etc.    Many  of  this  name  are  now  to  be  found  in  all  parts 
of  the  United  States. 

(I)  Daniel  Keiser  was  born  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  lived  and  died  near  Reading.  He  was  prominent  as  a  busi- 
ness man,  being  occupied  as  a  building  contractor,  and  was  a  notable  figure 
in  local  political  afifairs,  as  an  ardent  advocate  of  Democratic  principles.  He 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Lutheran  church.  He  had  children :  Jede- 
diah,  a  retired  farmer,  who  died  at  Milton,  Pennsylvania;  Henry  D.,  of 
whom  further;  Sarah,  married  John  Bender,  and  died  at  Milton,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

(II)  Henty  D.,  son  of  Daniel  Keiser,  was  born  near  Danville,  Mon- 
tour county,  Pennsylvania,  September  20,  1824,  and  died  September  14, 
1904.  After  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Williamsport,  Lycoming  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  a  stockholder  and  manager  of  the  Radix 
Mill  Company,  an  office  he  held  until  ten  years  prior  to  his  death,  when 
he  retired  from  active  participation  in  business  affairs.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat, and  was  honored  by  election  to  several  public  offices,  which  he  filled 
with  credit  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  the  public.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Lutheran  church,  and  for  many  years  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  Mr.  Keiser  married  Sarah  McBride,  born  February  25,  1827,  died 
December  10,  1909,  an  earnest  and  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Dtominic  and  Mary  McBride,  the 
former  born  near  Dublin,  Ireland,  the  latter  near  Danville,  Pennsylvania, 
of  Irish  parents.  Dominic  McBride  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his 
parents  when  he  was  about  seven  years  of  age,  and  they  settled  near  Harris- 
burg.  He  married  there,  then  settled  near  Milton,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  was  a  stone  mason  and  contractor,  and  assisted  in  building  the  Penn- 
sylvania canal.  He  died  at  Milton,  but  he  and  his  wife  are  buried  at  Dan- 
ville, Pennsylvania.  They  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Children:  Abner,  a  hotel  proprietor,  died  at  Salem,  Ohio;  James,  a  roller, 
died  at  Danville,  Pennsylvania;  Mary,  married  Captain  John  Winner,  and 
died  in  Wisconsin ;  Sarah,  mentioned  above,  married  Mr.  Keiser ;  Elizabeth, 

married  Smith,  both  deceased;  Rosa,  widow  of  La  Fayette  Seckler, 

lives  in  Danville.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keiser  had  children:  Elizabeth,  married 
W.  H.  Wertman,  and  lives  in  McCunesville,  Pennsylvania;  Rosa,  married 


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E.  E.  Bobb;  Sarah,  married  D.  K.  Hawkins,  and  lives  in  New  York  City; 
La  Fayette,  is  a  mill  man,  and  lives  in  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania;  Belle, 
married  William  Meginnis,  and  lives  in  New  York  City;  Albert  S.,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(Ill)  Albert  S.,  son  of  Henry  D.  and  Sarah  (McBride)  Keiser,  was 
born  in  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania,  September  3,  1870.  Having  completed 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  Mr.  Keiser  attended 
the  business  college,  from  which  he  was  graduated  about  1888.  He,  then 
accepted  a  position  in  a  planing  mill,  where  he  was  occupied  for  a  period 
of  ten  years,  and  then  took  a  course  at  the  International  Correspondence 
School  in  architectural  drafting  and  designing.  He  came  to  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  as  a  draftsman  for  the  H.  Murphy  Mill  &  Lumber  Com- 
pany, and  at  the  end  of  two  years.  May,  1903,  came  to  Beaver  Falls, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  as  draftsman  for  the  Commercial  Sash  and 
Door  Company.  When  one  year  had  expired  he  was  advanced  to  the  posi- 
tion of  manager  of  this  concern,  in  which  office  he  is  still  serving.  He  had 
about  sixty-five  men  under  his  control,  the  products  being  of  a  general 
nature,  and  under  his  regime  the  output  has  been  increased  by  at  least  one- 
third.  He  has  added  several  new  and  important  lines  of  production,  and 
they  ship  largely  in  the  Pittsburgh  section.  The  main  building  of  the  plant 
is  a  structure  two  hundred  and  fifty  by  four  hundred  feet  in  extent.  Mr. 
Keiser  is  a  director  of  this  concern  and  also  of  the  Beaver  Falls  Water 
Company.  While  he  is  an  Independent  in  his  political  views,  during  his 
residence  in  Williamsport  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Democratic  county 
Committee.  He  attends  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  his  wife  is  a 
member.  His  fraternal  affiliations  are  as  follows :  Beaver  Valley  Lodge, 
No.  478,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Harmony  Chapter,  No.  206,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  No.  84,  Knights  Templar; 
Pittsburgh  Consistory;  Aryeh  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order,  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine;  Lodge  No.  348,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks. 

Mr.  Keiser  married,  in  1889,  Elizabeth,  born  in  Williamsport,  Penn- 
sylvania, a  daughter  of  Edward  McLaughlin,  now  deceased.  They  have 
no  children. 


For  many  generations  the  Yeager  family  has  been  connected 
YEAGER    with   industrial    occupations    in   Germany,   principally   with 

wagon  building.    They  are  a  very  long-lived  family,  and  the 
individual  members  are  noted  for  their  great  physical  strength. 

(I)  John  Yeager  Sr.  was  born  in  Byron,  near  Berlin,  Germany,  April 
II,  1820,  and  is  still  living  there  in  reasonably  good  health.  He  was  a 
wagon  builder  during  all  the  active  years  of  his  life,  as  were  some  of  his 
brothers.  He  had  two  brothers  and  a  sister,  Mary.  His  father  was  also 
a  wagon  builder.  Mr.  Yeager  married  Miary  Ulrich,  daughter  of  a  weaver, 
whose  shop  was  in  his  house,  and  sister  of  Lena,  who  was  the  only  one  of 


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the  family  to  come  to  America.  Mrs.  Yeager  was  born  in  182 1,  at 
Byron,  and  died  in  1908.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yeager  had  children:  George, 
lives    in    a   village   near   his    father,    is   a    wagon    builder    employing   six 

men,    and    married    Retta    ;    John    Jr.,    see     forward;    Bungrutz, 

a  wagon  builder,  has  taken  charge  of  his  father's  shop  and  works 
at  the  old  homestead;  Retta,  married  George  Hitch,  who  holds  a  govern- 
ment position  on  the  railroad ;  Margaret,  married,  and  lives  in  another 
city;  Delia,  also  married. 

(II)  John  Yeager  Jr.,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Ulrich)  Yeager,  was 
born  in  Byron,  near  Berlin,  Germany,  April  11,  1874.  He  acquired  a  good 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  country,  and  then  learned  the 
trade  of  wagon  building.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  was  shipped  to 
America,  as  his  father  desired  him  to  avoid  serving  in  the  army.  He 
went  directly  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  arrived  with  five  dollars  in  his  pocket, 
and  without  the  knowledge  of  a  single  word  of  the  English  language. 
Fortunately  he  happened  to  meet  a  Mr.  Riddle  in  Pittsburgh,  who  took 
a  friendly  interest  in  him,  and  took  him  into  his  employ  on  his  farm  near 
Economy,  Pennsylvania.  There  Mr.  Yeager  remained  for  the  period  of 
one  year,  then  worked  for  about  three-quarters  of  a  year  in  a  blacksmith 
shop  in  Economy.  He  next  removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  where 
he  found  employment  in  the  coopering  shop  of  John  Wolfel,  remaining  with 
him  for  five  years.  His  next  connection  was  with  the  Bell  Coopering  Com- 
pany, and  he  then  learned  the  molders'  trade  which  he  followed  for  four- 
teen years  at  Beaver  Falls.  In  191 1  Mr.  Yeager  purchased  a  farm  of 
forty-seven  acres  in  Daugherty  township,  and  two  years  later  erected  a 
large  and  commodious  barn  upon  it.  He  carries  on  a  dairy  business,  re- 
tailing milk  to  Rochester,  Pennsylvania,  also  devotes  a  portion  of  his  farm 
to  fruit  growing.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  United  Order  of  Druids, 
and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Lutheran  church.  Mr.  Yeager  mar- 
ried, June  16,  1896,  Caroline,  born  in  Ashlopt,  near  Weinsburg,  Germany, 
in  1878,  daughter  of  Karl  and- Rosa  Cook,  the  former  a  carpenter,  who 
came  to  Pittsburg  when  Mrs.  Yeager  was  but  two  years  of  age.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Yeager  have  had  children:  Florence,  John,  George,  Charles,  Helen, 
Oliver. 


James  Hicks,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  emigrated  to  America, 
HICKS     and  settled   in   Hopewell  township,   Beaver  county,   Pennsyl- 
vania, when  that  section  of  the  state  was  yet  almost  a  wilder- 
ness.    In  those  early  days  records  were  not  kept  with  the  accuracy  and 
completeness  of  modern  methods,  and  but  very  little  is  known  of  James 
Hicks  except  that  he  married  and  raised  a  family  of  children. 

(II)  George,  son  of  James  Hicks,  was  bom  in  Hopewell  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1809,  and  was  tducated  in  Moon  town- 
ship, in  the  same  county.  He  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  all  the 
active  years  of  his  life.    In  political  matters  he  was  Democratic,  and  he  was 


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a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  death  occurred  in  1885,  and 
that  of  his  wife  in  1903.  He  married  Isabel  McCuUough,  born  in  Moon 
township  in  1819,  and  they  had  children:  Mary  Jane;  Matilda;  Elizabeth; 
Alexander ;  Hiram,  see  forward ;  John  A. ;  Amendad ;  George ;  Robert ; 
James;  Eleanor;  two  infants,  who  died  very  young.  Mrs.  Hicks  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

(HI)  Hiram,  son  of  George  and  Isabel  (McCullough)  Hicks,  was  born 
in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  28,  1844.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  district  and  at  an  early  age  commenced 
to  assist  his  father  in  the  performance  of  the  usual  duties  of  a  farmer. 
Later,  in  addition  to  this,  he  established  himself  in  the  quarry  business, 
with  which  he  has  been  identified  almost  half  a  century,  and  is  still  actively 
engaged  in  it.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm  in  Moon  township,  and  of 
various  other  properties.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  political  opinion,  and  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married,  October  27,  1874,  Emma, 
born  in  Mjoon  township,  January  18,  1857,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
(Flanagan)  Davis;  granddaughter  of  Francis  Flanagan,  who  was  an  at-' 
torney  in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania.  John  Davis  was  born  in  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1804,  and  died  in  1878.  He  married  Margaret  Flanagan, 
born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1821,  died  in  1893.  They  had 
children :  Frank,  now  deceased,  served  four  years  as  a  surgeon  during  the 
Civil  War ;  William ;  John ;  Henry,  James  and  Sarah,  deceased ;  Margaret ; 
EHzabeth;  Hugh;  Emma,  who  married  Mr.  Hicks,  as  above  mentioned; 
Edward;  Smith,  a  physician  in  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hicks  had  chil- 
dren: Clementine;  Charles,  deceased;  Hiram,  deceased;  George;  Maggie; 
James ;  Smith ;  Isabel. 


The  Holland  family  of  Shuster  had  its  beginning  in  Amer- 
SHUSTER  ica  when,  on  October  26,  1767,  the  ship  "Britania,"  Alex- 
ander Hardy,  master,  arrived  at  Philadelphia,  province  of 
Pennsylvania.  Among  the  passengers  were  Mrs.  Shuster,  a  daughter,  and 
three  sons — Adam,  Peter,  and  Lawrence.  It  is  unknown  what  became  of 
the  daughter  and  little  is  known  of  Adam,  except  that  he  settled  in  Cape 
May,  New  Jersey,  and  married  Dorothy  Hoover.  He  was  undoubtedly 
under  sixteen  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  the  province,  for  his  name  does 
not  appear  on  the  list  of  males  above  that  age  who  arrived  on  the  same  ship. 
It  is  probable  that  the  mother  first  located  at  Middletown,  now  Dauphin 
county,  the  fact  that  Peter  Shuster,  on  March  24,  1778,  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance  before  Joshua  Elder,  one  of  the  justices  of  Lancaster  county, 
Pennsylvania,  leading  to  that  conclusion.  There  are  also  records  showing 
that  in  the  military  line  for  1786-1790  he  was  captain  of  a  company  in  the 
Second  Battalion,  commanded  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Clark.  He  resided 
and  died  at  Middletown,  where  he  followed  the  tailors'  occupation  and 
was  proprietor  of  a  general  store.  Children  of  Adam  and  Dorothy  (Hoover) 
Shuster:  David,  Peter,  Lawrence  (of  whom  further),  Mary,  Dorothy, 
Nancy,  and  Margaret. 


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(I)  Lawrence  Shuster  was  born  in  Holland,  April  19,  1749,  and  came 
to  America  with  his  mother,  sister  and  two  brothers.  For  a  time  he  was 
a  resident  of  Middletown,  although  his  later  years  were  spent  in  Gloucester 
county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  died  "second  month,  eighth  day,  and  1810 
year;"  he  is  buried  in  the  "Sandtown"  graveyard,  Gloucester  county.  New 
Jersey.  They  were,  in  all  likelihood,  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  a 
judgment  based  upon  the  language  of  the  records  of  birth.  He  married, 
in  1772,  Mary,  born  "11  month,  31  day,  1756  year,"  and  died  "10  month 
30  day,  1831  year,"  daughter  of  Isaac  Butterworth.  Children  of  Lawrence 
and  Mary  (Butterworth)  Shuster:  i.  Jonathan,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Mercy,  bom  3rd  mo.  3,  1776,  died  in  Paulsboro,  New  Jersey;  married 
Enos  Fowler,  a  fanner ;  children :  Josiah,  Mary,  John,  Isaac,  Mercy,  Aaron, 
and  Enos  (2).  3.  Christiana  D.,  born  loth  mo.  31,  1778,  died  in  Pauls- 
boro, New  Jersey,  and  is  buried  in  Friends'  graveyard,  Woodbury,  New 
Jersey;  married  John  Packer;  children:  Jonathan,  Lawrence,  Hester  R., 
John,  Daniel,  Christiana,  and  Elizabeth.  4.  Adam,  born  ist  mo.  2,  1781,  died 
aged  three  years,  "burned  to  death."  5.  Peter,  born  ist  mo.  15,  1783,  died 
at  age  of  twenty-three  years,  and  buried  at  Paulsboro,  New  Jersey.  6. 
Isaac,  born  3rd  mo.  27,  1785,  died  at  his  residence  near  Woodbury,  New 
Jersey,  aged  eighty  years;  married  (first)  Mary  Lamb,  (second)  Jane 
Cunnard;  children,  both  of  first  marriage:  Aaron  and  Frederick.  7.  John 
L.,  born  6th  mo.  20,  1787,  died  in  Wilmington,  Delaware;  a  blacksmith; 
married  Mary  Dawson,  and  had  several  children.  8.  Joseph,  born  6th  mo. 
21,  1789,  resided  and  died  in  Gloucester  county.  New  Jersey,  aged  seventy- 
two,  buried  in  the  Woodbury,  New  Jersey,  cemetery;  married  Hannah 
Wood;  children:  Constantine,  William  W.,  Rebecca,  Mary,  Julia,  James, 
Aaron,  Clayton,  Hannah,  Sarah,  and  Deborah.  9.  Benjamin  B.,  bom  7th 
mo.  13,  1791,  lived  and  died  near  Thorawa,  New  Jersey,  married  Sarah 
Crim;  children:  James,  Mary  Adeline,  and  Benjamin.  10.  Mary,  bom  7th 
mo.  4,  1793,  married  Joel  DeWalt.  11.  Samuel,  born  loth  mo.  9,  1795, 
married  Caroline  Horner.  12.  William,  born  6th  mo.  18,  1798,  lived  and  died 
in  Maryland ;  married  Rachel  Steward ;  children :  Christian,  Samuel,  Eliza- 
beth, William,  Rachel,  and  Mary  Ann.  13.  George,  born  3rd  mo.  8,  1800. 
14.  Aaron,  born  12th  mo.  28,  1801,  resided  and  died  near  Thoroughfare, 
New  Jersey ;  married  Johanna  Richards ;  children :  Charles,  Silas,  Joseph, 
Phoebe,  and  Johanna.  15.  Elizabeth,  bom  6th  mo.  15,  1805;  married 
George  Cattell. 

(II)  Jonathan,  eldest  child  of  Lawrence  and  Mary  (Butterworth) 
Shuster,  was  born  April  7,  1774,  died  in  Middletown,  Pennsylvania,  about 
1815.  He  married  Elizabeth  Spayd,  born  June  30,  1778,  died  in  Union 
county,  Ohio,  October  11,  1854,  daughter  of  Christian  Spayd.  Children 
of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Shuster:     i.  Christian,  moved  !b  St.  George, 

Delaware,  in  1834;  married  Mahala ;  children:  two  daughters,  names 

unknown,  one  of  whom  married  Isaac  Ubil,  the  other  Daniel  C.  Welt,  and 
both  lived  in  Delaware  City,  Delaware.     2.   Mary,  born  in  Middletown, 


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March  i,  1802,  died  in  Union  county,  Ohio,  January  22,  1865;  married, 
February  4,  1817,  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Alleman) 
Parthemore,  and  had  children.     3.  Jonathan,  married  Betsey,  widow  of 

Lamb,  and  lived  in  Philadelphia.     4.   Melchior,  of  whom   further. 

5.  Peter.    6.  Lawrence. 

(III)  Melchior,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth 
(Spayd)  Shuster,  was  born  in  Middletown,  Pennsylvania,  May  10,  1810, 
died  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  12,  1876.  He 
followed  the  occupation  of  builder  and  blacksmith,  the  one  trade  always 
offering  employment  if  the  other  failed,  and  for  many  years  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  old  Erie  Canal  Company.  Most  of  his  life  was  spent  in 
New  Brighton,  and  he  there  erected  what  came  to  be  known  as  Shuster's 
Hall,  an  auditorium  for  local  entertainments  and  public  gatherings.  He 
was  first  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican  in  party  affiliations,  always  active 
in  public  affairs,  but  never  an  office  holder.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were 
charter  members  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church  of  New  Brighton. 
He  married,  September  29,  1831,  Sarah  Davis,  born  in  Egg  Harbor,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  at  New  Brighton,  aged  eighty-four  years,  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Catherine  (Adams)  D.avis,  her  mother  a  niece  of  President  John 
Adams.  Children  of  Melchior  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Shuster:  i.  J.  Henry, 
married  Clara  Miller,  and  lives  at  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania;  he  has  held 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace.  2.  Millie,  married  Henry  Craighton; 
lives  at  Beaver  Falls.  3.  Sarah,  deceased,  married  William  King.  4. 
Lawrence,  of  whom  further.  5.  George,  twice  married,  lives  at  Beaver 
Falls.  6.  Amanda,  married  William  D.  Jones,  and  lives  at  Wilkinsburg. 
7.  William,  married  Minnie  Clark,  and  lives  at  New  Brighton. 

(IV)  Lawrence,  son  of  Melchior  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Shuster,  was 
born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  November  19,  1846. 
His  birthplace  was  the  scene  of  his  school  days,  and  is  his  present  home. 
Early  in  life  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  as  water 
boy  on  the  section,  and  remained  in  the  railroad  service,  passing  through 
the  various  grades  of  promotion  until  he  reached  his  present  position,  that 
of  conductor.  He  has  been  in  continuous  service  for  fifty-two  years,  and 
still  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years,  takes  his  regular  runs.  His  record 
with  the  road,  aside  from  its  unusual  length,  may  well  give  him  satisfaction, 
inasmuch  as  it  is  one  of  strict  attention  to  duty  and  unswer\'ing  fidelity  to 
his  employers.  His  political  beliefs  are  strongly  Republican,  and  with  his 
wife,  he  is  a  member   of   the    Methodist   Protestant   church.       He  married 

Mary  Ellen,  born  in  Indiana  county,  daughter  of  James  and  (Mc- 

Claskey)  Walsh.  Her  father  was  a  merchant  tailor,  an  occupation  he 
followed  both  in  Ireland,  his  native  land,  and  in  Indiana  county,  where  he 
died.    Mary  Ellen  Walsh  is  a  descendant  of  John  Knox,  the  leader  of  the 

Protestant  Reformation  in  Scotland.     Children  of  James  and  (Mc- 

Claskey)  Walsh:  i.  Catherine,  born  in  Ireland;  married  J.  K.  Anderson; 
both  deceased.     2.   LilHe,  married  Robert  Calhoun.     3.  Emma,   deceased, 


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married  Rev.  T.  Lane.  4.  Mary  Ellen,  of  previous  mention,  married  Law- 
rence Shuster.  5.  James,  deceased.  6.  Edward,  deceased,  married  Minetta 
Fetter,  who  lives  at  M'cKeesport,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Daniel,  died  unmar- 
ried. 8.  Charles,  married  Eva  Murdock,  and  lives  in  Pittsburgh.  Children 
of  Lawrence  and  Mary  Ellen  (Walsh)  Shuster:  i.  Charles  M.,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Lewis  D.,  died  unmarried.  3.  Lillian,  married  J.  L.  Martin, 
and  lives  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania;  Children:  Loretta,  aged  fourteen 
years,  and  Charles  aged  eight  years.  4.  Lawrence  L.,  married  Marion 
Davis  and  lives  in  Midland,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 

(Y)  Charles  M.,  eldest  child  of  Lawrence  and  Mary  Ellen  (Walsh) 
Shuster,  was  born  in  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1867.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  place  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the  apprenticeship  of  Merrick  & 
Donnellson,  of  New  Brighton,  remaining  in  their  employ  for  two  years. 
At  the  opening  of  the  Conway  yards  of  the  Pennsylvania  railroad,  the 
largest  railroad  yard  in  the  world,  he  obtained  a  clerkship  in  the  railroad 
service,  later  taking  a  one  year's  course  at  Smart's  College.  After  leaving 
college  his  first  position  was  as  clerk  in  the  Mayer  Brothers  Pottery,  and 
after  a  year  he  became  conductor  in  the  employ  of  the  Pullman  Company, 
the  youngest  conductor  then  in  the  service.  He  then  established  in  the 
plumbing  business  independently,  at  Rochester,  and  for  years  had  no  com- 
petition in  his  line,  he  being  the  only  plumber  in  the  town.  Selling  his 
business,  he  was  for  six  months  thereafter  engaged  as  proprietor  of  a 
hotel  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  subsequently  returning  to  the  service 
of  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  as  plumber.  He  resigned  this  position  to 
return  to  the  scene  of  his  former  plumbing  activities,  Rochester,  and  was 
there  situated  for  six  years,  not  only  as  a  plumber,  but  as  a  general  con- 
tractor and  builder  of  stone  and  concrete  structures,  conducting  operations 
in  the  neighboring  towns  as  well  as  in  Rochester.  He  then  formed  a  part- 
nership with  F.  B.  Cheney,  and  erected  the  Hotel  Saint  Clair,  at  Freedom, 
where  he  now  resides.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  gives  freely  of 
his  time  and  service  to  his  party.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  county 
committee  on  numerous  occasions,  and  when  nominated  for  the  office  of 
jury  commissioner  he  was  elected  by  the  largest  of  any  plurality  of  the 
party's  candidates,  both  the  nomination  and  the  election  being  entirely  due 
to  the  confidence  placed  in  his  upright  ability,  as  he  made  no  campaign. 
The  choice  of  the  people  was  amply  justified  by  the  masterly  manner  in 
which  he  performed  the  duties  of  his  office,  as,  by  insisting  upon  juries  of 
business  and  professional  men,  he  obtained  jurors  of  a  much  higher  order 
of  intelligence  than  are  ordinarily  found.  He  is  a  member  of  Lodge  No. 
274,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Rochester,  and  has  passed  all  the  chairs  of  the 
lodge.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  of  New 
Brighton ;  his  wife  belonged  to  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  Shuster  married  Virginia  Goff  Adams,  who  died  January  13,  1901, 
daughter  of   Lewis  Adams.     Lewis  Adams   was  first  officer  on   a   river 


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steamer,  and  was  killed  in  a  boiler  explosion  at  Gallipolis,  Ohio.  He  mar- 
ried (first) ,  (second)  Ellen  Coe.    Child  of  first  marriage,  of  Lewis 

Adams,  Catherine,  married  J.  K.  Howard,  both  deceased.  Children  of  sec- 
ond marriage  of  Lewis  Adams:  i.  Frankie,  married  James  Morrow,  and 
lives  at  New  Brighton;  children:  Lewis,  Edith,  Virginia,  Kate,  and  James. 
2.  Virginia  Goff,  of  previous  mention,  married  Charles  M.  Shuster.  3. 
LiUian,  married  Stewart  Todd,  of  Columbiana  county,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren. Children  of  Charles  M.  and  Virginia  Gofif  (Adams)  Shuster:  i. 
Infant,  died  soon  after  birth.  2.  Mary  Ellen,  born  July  6,  1898 ;  lives  with 
her  grand-parents  at  New  Brighton.  3.  Gene  Adams,  born  November  14, 
1899;  a  student  at  the  Mary  Baldwin  Seminary,  Staunton,  Virginia. 

Mrs.  Shuster  was  at  one  time  a  school  teacher  of  Bridgewater  and 
Rochester.  She  was  a  musician  of  rare  talent,  the  possessor  of  a  soprano 
voice  of  exceptional  clearness  and  sweetness,  and  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage was  soloist  in  the  Episcopal  church  at  Sewickley. 


The  name  of  Taylor  is  one  which  has  received  honorable 
TAYLOR    mention   in  many   instances   in   the   history   of  the   United 

States,  and  the  family  of  this  name  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, have  their  personal  share  in  these  records.  The  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  branch  of  the  Taylor  family  was  William  Taylor,  born  m 
county  Kent,  England,  who  removed  to  London,  and  was  a  sea  captain. 
He  married,  and  had  children:  John  B.,  see  forward;  William,  Jeffrey, 
Elizabeth,  Sarah,  and  Edith. 

(H)  John  B.,  son  of  William  Taylor,  was  born  in  county  Kent,  Eng- 
land, in  1792,  and  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  184 — .  He 
was  educated  in  his  native  county,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  was 
made  a  member  of  a  press  gang  which  was  to  assist  in  abolishing  the 
slave  trade  along  the  coast  of  Africa.  During  the  time  of  this  labor  he 
rose  from  the  rank  of  common  seaman  to  that  of  midshipman.  While 
lying  at  anchor  at  Quebec,  Canada,  he  and  eight  others  deserted;  six  of 
this  party  were  caught  and  strung  up  at  the  yardarm,  while  Mr.  Taylor 
and  two  of  his  companions  escaped.  He  then  became  a  ship  carpenter,  and 
went  to  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  Upon  his  return  trip  he  engaged  in  run- 
ning a  boat  between  Pittsburgh  and  New  Orleans,  before  the  time  of  steam- 
boats. He  also  assisted  in  constructing  the  first  steamboat,  the  work 
probably  being  done  at  Pittsburgh.  He  received  the  title  of  captain  while 
on  a  keel  boat,  and  later  made  his  home,  at  Beaver,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, although  his  occupation  took  him  to  various  places.  Finally  he 
bought  the  homestead  on  which  his  death  occurred  after  he  had  lived  on  it 
for  a  mmiber  of  years.  His  wife  also  died  there.  The  date  of  his  death 
was  December  12,  1877.  He  married  Sarah  Bennett,  and  had  children: 
John  and  William,  who  died  in  infancy;  Elizabeth;  Mary  Ann;  Emilia; 
Esther  L. ;  Clara;  Minnie  E.  L. ;  Joseph;  Alvin  M. ;  George  L. 

(HI)   Alvin  M.,  son  of  John  B.  and  Sarah   (Bennett)   Taylor,  was 


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born  on  the  Taylor  homestead,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  August  i, 
1842.  He  was  but  a  few  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  his 
father,  and  owes  much  to  the  good  and  wise  counsel  of  his  mother.  The 
education  to  be  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  that  period  was  but  a 
comparatively  limited  one,  yet  Mr.  Taylor  profited  by  it  to  a  great  extent. 
His  record  as  a  soldier  is  a  brave  and  inspiring  one.  He  enlisted  as  a 
drummer  boy,  August  11,  1862,  in  Company  F,  140th  Regiment  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer  Infantry,  but  was  put  to  carrying  a  gun  until  July  2,  1863. 
He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  taken  a  prisoner  on  the 
field  of  battle.  Paroled  July  4,  1863,  he  was  sent  to  the  hospital,  trans- 
ferred July  15,  and  lay  there  until  May,  1864.  He  then  returned  to  his  regi- 
ment. At  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville,  May  1-5,  1863,  one  of  the  longest 
and  most  terrible  in  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Taylor  was  one 
of  the  rescue  party  deputed  to  carry  the  wounded  from  the  Chancellors- 
ville house  into  which  they  had  been  taken  for  shelter,  and  is  the  only  one 
of  this  party  of  devoted  soldiers  now  living.  While  in  the  discharge  of 
this  duty  his  comrades  on  either  side  of  him  were  killed.  He  served  with 
his  regiment  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  then  returned  with  it  to  the 
more  peaceful  occupations  of  life.  He  received  a  gunshot  wound  in  the 
left  thigh.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  learned  the  carpet  trade,  being 
with  Keyser,  of  New  Brighton.  He  was  identified  with  this  line  of  work 
until  1869,  was  then  interested  in  oil  enterprises  until  1881,  and  then  re- 
turned to  Beaver,  where  he  followed  the  last  named  business  until  1910, 
when  he  retired  to  private  life.  He  is  the  health  and  ordinance  officer  for 
the  borough.  He  formerly  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Republican 
party,  but  is  now  a  member  of  the  Washington  party.  He  has  been  an 
active  worker  in  local  public  affairs,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  bor- 
ough council  for  a  period  of  eight  years.  He  assisted  in  putting  in  the  new 
waterworks,  and  has  been  identified  with  all  movements  which  made  for 
advancement  and  development  of  the  community.  Secret  societies  have  en- 
gaged a  considerable  share  of  his  attention,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics ;  Knights  of  Pythias ;  and  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Taylor  married,  July  4,  1876,  Josephine  Landis,  born  in  Mercer, 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  15,  1855.  They  have  had  children: 
Effie,  born  June  28,  1877,  died  January  24,  1879;  Elmer,  born  at  Freedom, 
October  24,  1879;  Elsie  O.,  born  December  8,  1881,  died  October  24,  1900; 
Ollie  Leon,  born  December  18,  1883;  Cora  L.,  born  July  22,  1886;  Mamie 
Bell,  born  November  6,  1888;  Frank  Johnston,  bom  August  20,  1891 ;  Al- 
vin  M.  Jr.,  bom  March  26,  1895. 


The  city  or  region  in  which  a  family  lived  in  Germany 

HANAUER    often  gave  rise  to  the  name  by  which  they  were  designated 

upon  moving  to  another  part  of  the  empire.     In  conse- 


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quence  of  this  custom,  when  a  family  which  had  been  residents  of  the  town 
of  Hanau,  in  ancient  times  moved  to  another  locahty,  they  received  the 
distinguishing  title,  Hanauer,  which  plainly  told  everyone  that  they  had 
come  to  the  region  in  which  they  were  then  living  from  the  town  of  Hanau, 
information  to  which  all  had  a  right.  Thus  we  have  the  derivation  of  the 
family  herein  recorded,  of  whom  Asher  Hanauer  is  the  first  whose  record 
is  obtainable.  He  was  employed  for  nearly  all  of  his  life  as  manager  of 
the  large  estates  of  the  Hursch  family,  their  tracts  consisting  of  thousands 
of  acres,  and  besides  his  duties  in  superintending  the  care  of  this  vast  place 
he  engaged  extensively  in  farm  products  dealing.  Not  only  did  he  market 
the  fruits  of  their  land  for  the  farmers  of  the  country-side,  but  he  con- 
ducted even  a  still  more  lucrative  business  in  wool,  receiving  the  raw  product 
from  the  shepherds  round  about  and  supplying  the  large  manufacturers  in 
the  Rhine  valley.  He  prospered  in  his  dealings  and  by  his  thrift  and  capable 
management  of  the  Hursch  estate  won  the  favor  of  his  employer,  whose 
daughter  Sophia  he  married.  Children  of  Asher  and  Sophia  (Hursch) 
Hanauer:  1.  Wolf,  owner  of  a  tannery  and  proprietor  of  an  extensive 
leather  business ;  married  and  had  seven  sons,  all  of  whom  served  in  the 
German  army.  2.  Julius,  a  business  partner  of  his  brother,  Samson.  3. 
Samson,  of  whom  further.  4.  Hannah.  5.  Nannie.  The  last  two  married, 
and  spent  their  lives  in  the  grand  duchy  of  Baden,  Germany. 

(H)  Samson,  son  of  Asher  and  Sophia  (Hursch)  Hanauer,  was  born 
near  Heidelberg,  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  in  1812,  died  there  June  16,  1880. 
He  grew  to  manhood  in  that  locality,  as  a  young  man  attending  the  college 
at  Hohenheim,  graduating  from  the  Royal  School  of  Agriculture.  For  a 
time  after  leaving  college  he  devoted  his  time  and  attention  to  the  applica- 
tion of  the  great  store  of  knowledge  he  had  acquired  in  that  institution,  and 
was  accredited  the  most  uniformly  successful  farmer  in  that  neighborhood, 
both  in  the  quantity  of  his  yield  and  the  quality  of  his  products.  Satisfied 
that  his  years  of  application  and  study  had  not  been  for  naught,  he  sought 
for  greater  returns  than  those  of  an  humble  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  found 
them  in  the  management  of  a  business  similar  to  that  which  had  been  es- 
tablished by  his  father,  trade  in  farm  products  and  wool.  He  had  also 
inherited  the  paternal  duties  in  the  care  of  the  estates  of  the  Hursch  family, 
his  administration  of  these  responsibilities  meeting  with  the  same  apprecia- 
tion as  had  his  predecessor's.  He  and  the  family  were  believers  in  the 
orthdox  Jewish  faith,  and  were  minutely  exact  in  every  observance  of  the 
Mosaic  law.  He  married  Fannie,  bom  at  Neiderstetten,  Wurttemberg,  Ger- 
many, in  1810,  died  in  that  country  in  1885,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Janet 
(Altman)  Baer.  Isaac  Baer  was  born  in  Neiderstetten  and  there  died; 
he  was  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  all  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of  notice- 
able erudition,  held  a  college  degree,  and  was  interested  in  all  scholarly 
studies,  his  reputation  as  a  man  of  learning  extending  throughout  the  region 
in  which  he  lived.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children, 
four  of  their  sons  coming  to  the  United  States,  the  remainder  living  and 


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dying  in  the  homeland.  One  of  these  sons,  Martin,  is  living  in  Rochester, 
New  York,  aged  ninety-seven  years,  having  spent  his  life  in  the  insurance 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  holds  high 
position.  The  other  three  were  Asher,  Simon,  and  Joseph,  all  of  whom 
were  engaged  in  mercantile  dealings  in  Rochester,  New  York,  the  latter 
having  been  a  high  officer  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Chil- 
dren of  Samson  and  Fannie  (Baer)  Hanauer :  i.  Sophia,  married  Lazarus 
Bloomer,  and  lives  in  Adelsheim,  near  Heidelberg,  Germany.  2.  Asher,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Wolfe,  died  in  Germany,  aged  forty  years,  a  merchant. 
4.  Esther,  married  Victor  VoUweiler,  and  lives  in  Baden,  Germany.  5. 
Isaac,  at  one  time  a  baker  owning  a  shop  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania, 
lives  retired  in  Rochester,  New  York.  6.  Hursch,  a  merchant  of  Adelsheim, 
died  in  Germany,  aged  forty  years. 

(Ill)  Asher,  son  of  Samson  and  Fannie  (Baer)  Hanauer,  was  born 
near  Heidelberg,  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  November  11,  1841.  Until  he 
was  twelve  years  of  age  he  was  a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home 
town,  later  entering  the  college  at  Margentein,  discontinuing  his  studies  at 
that  college  after  three  years  to  come  to  the  United  States,  which  he  did 
in  1856,  arriving  in  New  York  on  April  15  of  that  year,  half  a  year  before 
his  fifteenth  birthday.  Since  that  time  he  has  made  three  visits  to  his 
native  land — in  1865,  1881,  and  again  in  1886.  He  made  his  home  in  New 
York  at  first,  from  1856  until  1865  traveling  in  the  employ  of  a  wholesale 
millinery  firm,  Rosenblod  &  Rheinstein,  being  but  an  unbearded  youth  when 
he  began  calling  upon  prospective  customers  as  the  representative  of  that 
house.  After  his  return  to  the  United  States  in  1865  he  opened  a  whole- 
sale millinery  house  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  city  and 
for  quite  a  while  the  only  one,  conducting  business  with  his  partner  under 
the  name  Sloss  &  Hanauer,  which  in  1867  became  Hanauer  &  Lyon.  He 
then  located  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  establishing  the  same  manner 
of  business  in  that  place,  which  he  managed  until  1886,  and  while  proprietor 
of  that  store  opened  another  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania,  in  1873,  his 
third,  of  the  same  nature,  being  placed  in  East  Palestine,  Ohio,  in  1877.  ^^' 
three  of  which  he  supervised  with  pleasurable  success.  He  then  branched 
out  into  the  clothing  business,  establishing  stores  in  Petrolia  and  Martins- 
burg,  Pennsylvania,  and  until  1902  owned  a  similar  store  in  Beaver  Falls. 
In  1902  he  built  the  Lyceum  Theatre  at  the  corner  of  Seventh  avenue  and 
Fifth  street,  Beaver  Falls,  which  at  the  present  time  is  under  the  able  man- 
agement of  his  son,  Samson.  Another  of  his  enterprises  in  the  city  which 
has  been  his  residence  since  1886  was  the  building  of  a  business  block, 
modern  and  substantial  in  design,  graceful  in  appearance,  a  welcome  addi- 
tion to  the  business  facilities  of  the  city.  He  is  now  the  proprietor  of  a 
millinery  store  in  that  place,  handling  all  kinds  of  ladies'  garments,  his 
store  holding  a  generous  and  lucrative  patronage.  Mr.  Hanauer  has  had  a 
business  record  of  excellent  good  fortune,  and  yet  to  attribute  one  iota  of 
his  success  to  any  other  source  than  his  own  self-reliance,  courage,  energy, 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1091 

ambition,  and  ability,  is  to  take  from  him  his  just  due.  He  has  fought  a 
good  fight  and  that  the  tide  of  victory  has  been  turned  in  his  favor  has 
been  through  no  turn  of  chance,  but  has  resulted  directly  from  his  wise  ex- 
ecutive ability,  his  sound  judgment,  and  his  calm,  cool,  business  sense,  which 
have  never  permitted  him  to  embark  in  an  unsafe  venture  or  one  in  which 
there  was  not  a  fair  chance  for  ordinary  profit.  Another  attribute  leading 
to  his  success  has  been  the  accuracy  with  which  he  is  able  to  determine  the 
moral  quality  and  mental  capability  of  men  with  whom  he  associates,  and 
never  has  his  instinctive  judgment  as  to  the  merit  of  one  whom  he  has 
taken  for  a  trusted  employee  led  him  astray  or  caused  him  financial  loss. 
Mr.  Hanauer  is  a  member  of  no  church,  but  despite  his  lack  of  religious 
affiliation  has  lived  a  life  of  kindness,  generosity,  and  charity  that  in  useful- 
ness and  true  fellowship  with  man  far  outshines  those  of  many  professing 
strong  religious  convictions,  and  he  has  been  a  contributor  to  nearly  every 
church  erected  in  Beaver  county  since  his  connection  with  that  neighbor- 
hood. He  was  secretary  of  the  first  Building  and  Loan  Association  or- 
ganized in  Beaver  county,  and  is  now  interested  in  several  organizations 
of  a  like  nature,  all  firmly  established  and  well-paying  associations.  Al- 
though it  has  been  many  years  since  Mr.  Hanauer  has  been  in  constant  inter- 
course with  those  of  his  own  birth  he  has  lost  none  of  his  ease  and  grace 
in  the  use  of  the  German  tongue,  and  it  is  said  by  those  in  a  position  to 
judge  that  his  is  the  most  correct  and  grammatical,  as  well  as  the  most 
fluent,  use  of  the  German  language  heard  in  the  county,  a  high  compliment 
in  a  locality  where  so  many  of  the  inhabitants  are  of  German  birth  and 
residence. 

He  married,  September  17,  1867,  Hannah,  born  in  Germany,  April  26, 
1851,  daughter  of  Dir.  Raphael  Steinfeldt.  Dr.  Steinfeldt  was  a  native  of 
Germany  and  was  educated  for  the  medical  profession  in  that  land,  also 
taking  up  the  study  and  practice  of  surgery,  in  which  department  of  his  pro- 
fession he  became  especially  famous.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1855, 
living  in  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  all  of  his  life,  and  had  to  his  credit 
fourteen  hundred  successful  operations,  testifying  an  active,  useful  life  in 
the  curing  and  alleviation  of  suffering.  He  was  the  inventor  and  patentee 
of  Steinfeldt's  Magnetic  Salve,  as  well  as  of  several  other  remedies,  the 
manufacture  of  which  Mr.  Hanauer  still  continues.  Children  of  Asher  and 
Hannah  (Steinfeldt)  Hanauer:  i.  Samson,  born  July  i,  1880,  manager  of 
the  Lyceum  and  Savoy  theatres,  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Ralph, 
born  January  29,  1890;  was  graduated  from  college  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years,  and  has  since  been  employed  by  the  American  Bridge  Company  in 
the  capacity  of  draughtsman  and  civil  engineer. 


Of  the  early  history  of  the  Purdy  family  but  little  is  known. 

PURDY     In  the  year  1770,  Purdy,  with  wife  and  three  children. 

left  his  native  land,  Ireland,  and  embarked  on  a  sailing  vessel 
for  America.    It  was  destined  that  he  should  never  reach  these  shores.     He, 


1092  PENNSYLVANIA 

his  wife,  and  two  of  his  children,  succumbed  to  the  hardships  of  the  trying 
voyage,  and  the  only  one  to  reach  America  was 

(I)  James  Purdy,  the  third  child,  arrived  at  Philadelphia  in  1770, 
being  at  the  time  eleven  years  of  age.  For  some  time  he  lived  there  with 
an  aunt,  then  went  to  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  marriage  took 
place.  In  1808  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Allegheny  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, locating  near  Mansfield,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  He  then  re- 
moved to  a  farm  near  Clinton,  in  the  same  county,  following  farming  all 
this  time,  and  died  in  March,  1822.  On  this  homestead  his  son  Thomas, 
Thomas'  widow  and  three  children,  lived  many  years.  James  Purdy  was  a 
soldier  during  the  war  of  the  revolution,  and  was  one  of  the  heroes  of 
Valley  Forge.  He  gave  all  his  children  the  best  educational  advantages  that 
the  times  afforded,  this  being  obtained  in  the  district  schoolhouse,  a  crude 
structure,  with  oiled  paper  in  lieu  of  glass  panes  in  the  windows,  and  the 
floor  and  seats  made  of  "puncheons."  James  Purdy  married  Mary,  a 
daughter  of  Gregor  Farmer.  They  had  children:  Jane,  Andrew,  James, 
Archibald,  Isabelle,  John,  Farmer,  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  see  forward;  Mary. 
All  of  these  children  grew  to  maturity  and  were  members  of  the  Associate 
Presbyterian  church.  Andrew,  John,  Farmer  and  Thomas  were  each  rul- 
ing elders  in  the  Associate  Presbyterian  church,  or,  as  it  is  now  known,  the 
United  Presbyterian  church. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Farmer)  Purdy,  was  born  on 
the  Purdy  homestead  near  Clinton,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  a  farmer  there  all  his  life.  His  death  occurred  in  March,  1882.  He 
married,  December  10,  1833,  ]\Iargaret  Cavitt,  who  lived  on  the  farm  with 
her  son,  Andrew  J.,  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  They  had  children : 
Nancy,  James,  George  C,  John,  William  F.,  Mary  Jane,  Margaret  Eliza, 
Isabella,  Thomas  H.,  Andrew  J.,  Samuel  H.,  see  forward. 

(III)  Samuel  H.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Cavitt)  Purdy,  was 
born  in  Finley  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  10,  1853. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  township  and  the  high 
school  at  Clinton.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  education  he  devoted  his 
time  and  attention  to  farming,  buying  land  on  which  he  is  now  located  in 
Murdocksville,  Independence  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1884.  His  farm  consists  of  one  hundred  acres  upon  which  he  had  made 
many  improvements.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Clinton  United 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  political  matters  he  is  a  strong  Republican,  and 
has  filled  a  number  of  public  offices.  He  became  assessor  in  1903,  and  is 
still  in  office,  and  is  also  registrar. 

Mr.  Purdy  married,  October  23,  1883,  Agnes  Reid,  of  Independence 
township,  Beaver  county,  and  they  have  children :  David  Reid ;  Thomas  A., 
a  carpenter;  James  Edwin,  now  a  student  in  Geneva  College,  Beaver  Falls, 
Pennsylvania ;  Mary  M.,  a  student  at  the  State  Normal  School  in  California ; 
Emma  B. 


BEAVER    COUNTY  T093 

Robert   Trotter,  the  American  progenitor  of  this  branch 
TROTTER     of  the  Trotter  family,  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife  in 

Ireland,  emigrated  from  his  native  land  with  several  of 
his  children,  and  founded  the  family  in  the  United  States.  He  was  a  con- 
tractor on  Little  Beaver  creek,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  in  all 
probability  thus  engaged  until  his  death  about  1844.  He  married  (second) 
in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  but  had  no  children  by  this  marriage.  The 
children  of  the  first  marriage  were:  Alexander,  John,  George,  Robert,  see 
forward:  Margaret. 

(H)  Robert,  son  of  Robert  Trotter,  the  immigrant,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land, in  1827,  and  died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  13,  1902. 
He  came  to  America  alone  some  time  after  his  father  had  settled  here,  and 
located  in  Ohio.  He  purchased  a  farm,  but  removed  to  various  places  until 
1864,  when  he  settled  on  land  he  had  purchased  in  New  Sewickley  town- 
ship, Beaver  county,  and  in  the  spring  of  1874  bought  the  sixty-three  acres 
of  land  on  which  his  son,  James  R.,  is  living  at  the  present  time.  He  cleared 
the  greater  part  of  this  land,  utilizing  it  principally  for  potato  raising,  and 
erected  a  number  of  substantial  buildings  upon  it.  There  the  remainder 
of  his  life  was  spent.  He  was  active  in  the  Democratic  ranks  in  local 
politics,  and  served  as  supervisor  of  North  Sewickley  township,  and  as 
school  director  in  Moon  township.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  He  married.  May  25,  1847,  Mildred  Cotton,  born  February  26, 
1828,  a  daughter  of  Simon  and  Mary  (Musgrave)  Cotton,  both  bom  in 
England,  and  married  in  their  native  land.  They  then  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  and  located  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  About  1818  they 
settled  on  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Economy  township,  this  consisting  of 
several  hundred  acres,  which  they  purchased,  and  they  were  among  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  the  section.  Their  first  home  was  in  a  log  cabin  which 
they  erected,  and  this  was  later  replaced  by  a  stone  structure  which  is  still 
in  use.  They  had  children :  Nancy,  Simon,  Sarah.  Catherine,  Mary,  Re- 
becca; Alice;  Mildred,  mentioned  above;  Winifred.  Robert  and  Mildred 
(Cotton)  Trotter  had  children:  Margaret,  John,  Lewis,  Mary,  Catherine, 
Mildred,  Sarah,  James  R.,  see  forward ;  William,  Jennie. 

(Ill)  James  R.,  son  of  Robert  and  Mildred  (Cotton)  Trotter,  was  born 
in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio,  July  9,  1863.  He  was  a  very  young  child 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  he  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Moon  township.  From  an  early  age 
he  had  assisted  his  father  in  the  latter's  farming  operations,  and  he  later 
followed  the  same  occupation.  He  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  Demo- 
cratic councils  of  his  township,  and  has  served  the  community  in  the  office 
of  school  director.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  Mr.  Trotter  married.  June  17,  1896,  Jennie  Zimmerley,  born  in 
Allegheny  county.  Pennsylvania,  and  they  have  had  children :  Mildred,  Sarah 
Isabella,  Robert  James,  and  Jeannette  Rebecca.  Jennie  (Zimmerley)  Trot- 
ter is  the  daughter  of  Henry  and  Isabella  (Bruce)  Zimmerley,  the  former 


1094  PENNSYLVANIA 

born  in  Moon  township,  the  latter  in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania;  and  the  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (Mowry) 
Zimmerley,  the  former  a  native  of  Germany  who  came  to  this  country  in 
early  youth,  located  first  in  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  then  removed  to 
Beaver  county,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Isabella  (Bruce) 
Zimmerley  was  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Jane  (Johnston)  Bruce,  he  of 
Scottish  descent,  who  came  to  Beaver  county  in  the  pioneer  days;  and  a 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (David)  Johnston;  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  James  and  Jane  (Anderson)  Johnston.  James  Johnston  was 
a  private  under  Colonel  Montgomery  Gancy,  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  hav- 
ing enlisted  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  was  captured  at  Fort  Wash- 
ington, and  kept  in  confinement  in  New  York.  Rebecca  (Mowry)  Zim- 
merley was  a  daughter  of  James  Mowry,  born  in  county  Derry,  Ireland. 


The  name  of  Todd  is  one  which  is  identified  with  numerous 
TODD  interests  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  but  with  none  more  so 
than  with  those  pertaining  to  the  agriculture  of  the  state.  They 
were  early  residents  here,  and  became  large  landed  proprietors,  in  many 
instances  the  land  now  in  the  possession  of  the  present  generation  of  the 
various  branches,  having  been  held  by  the  family  in  the  very  early  colonial 
days,  when  the  owners  defended  it  and  the  rights  of  the  country. 

Thomas  H.,  son  of  William  Todd,  was  born  on  the  Todd  homestead 
in  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1844.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public  schools,  and  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  on 
eighty-three  acres  of  land,  a  part  of  the  original  homestead.  He  had  ex- 
cellent buildings  erected  on  this,  and  improved  it  according  to  the  most 
modern  and  scientific  ideas  in  agriculture.  As  an  ardent  Republican  he 
took  a  deep  and  beneficial  interest  in  all  the  public  affairs  of  the  township, 
and,  almost  all  his  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Mount  Carmel  Presbyterian 
Church.  Mr.  Todd  married  Sarah  E.  Todd,  born  at  Raccoon  Creek,  Rac- 
coon township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  descendant  of  an  old  family. 
Her  grandfather,  James  Todd,  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1760,  and  died  in 
1845.  He  emigrated  to  America,  settled  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county, 
where  he  became  the  owner  of  four  hundred  acres  of  land ;  he  married 
Catherine  Forbes  and  had  four  children.  Thomas,  son  of  James  and  Cath- 
erine (Forbes)  Todd,  was  born  in  1802  and  died  in  1874.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Spaulding,  born  in  Scotland  in  1804,  died  in  Moon  township, 
Beaver  county,  in  1888;  among  their  seven  children  was  Sarah  E.,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Thomas  H.  Todd.  Thomas  H.  and  Sarah  E.  (Todd) 
Todd  had  children :  Gilbert,  lives  in  Raccoon  township ;  Charles  P.,  in 
South  Heights ;  Frederick  L.,  of  Woodlawn ;  Orlando,  of  Ravenna.  Ohio ; 
Sidney  V.,  see  forward ;  Harry  R.,  of  Ambridge. 

Sidney  V.,  son  of  Thomas  H.  and  Sarah  E.  (Todd)  Todd,  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  Hopewell  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  for  some  years  was  engaged  in  farming.     He  abandoned  this  occupa- 


BEAVER   COUNTY  1095 

tion  in  favor  of  that  of  painting,  with  which  he  is  identified  at  the  present 
time.  He  has  served  as  township  commissioner  one  term  for  Crescent  town- 
ship, Allegheny  county,  and  is  a  member  of  the  River  Dale  Presbyterian 
Church,  at  Glen  Willard.  He  married,  November  24,  1904,  Edna  E.  Dew- 
rose,  and  has  had  children:  Anna  Bernice,  born  February  2,  1907;  Sarah 
Eliza,  born  February  16,  1910. 


The  Barto  family  was  resident  in  the  eastern  part  of  Penn- 
BARTO     sylvania   for  a   number   of  years  before  any  member  of   the 

family  made  any  attempt  at  a  new  settlement  farther  to  the 
west.  Since  then  they  have  spread  to  all  parts  of  the  state  and  bearers  of 
the  name  are  to  be  found  all  over  the  United  States. 

(I)  David  Barto,  in  the  early  days  of  the  western  settlement  of  the 
state  of  Pennsylvania,  traveled  across  the  mountains  in  a  wagon  built  by 
himself,  and  located  at  the  headwaters  of  Brush  Creek,  Cranberry  town- 
ship, Butler  county,  Pennsylvania.  There  he  took  up  one  hundred  and 
eight  acres  of  land  in  what  was  practically  a  wilderness  at  that  time,  and 
had  cleared  a  considerable  portion  of  this  at  the  time  of  his  death.     He 

married   Catherine  ,   and   had   children :    Christian,    Polly,    Catherine, 

David,  Abraham,  Daniel,  see  forward. 

(H)  Daniel,  son  of  David  and  Catherine  Barto,  was  born  in  Cranbury 
township,  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools.  He  was  the  youngest  of  the  family,  and  from  his  early  years  com- 
menced to  assist  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  homestead,  and  was  a 
farmer  all  his  life.  He  gave  his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party, 
and  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  mar- 
ried Catherine  Limer,  born  near  Portersville,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, a  daughter  of  Isaac  and (Darcus)  Limer,  who  were  of  Scotch 

descent,  but  probably  born  in  America.  Isaac  Limer  was  a  farmer  in 
Lawrence  county,  and  he  was  in  active  service  during  the  war  of  1812.  He 
had  children:  Pamela,  who  married  John  Kelly;  Catherine,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Daniel  Barto,  as  above  mentioned;  Nancy,  never  married;  Re- 
becca, married  Frederick  Boder;  Oliver;  John;  James;  Isaac;  Robert,  who 
died  while  in  service  during  the  Civil  War;  William.  Daniel  and  Cath- 
erine (Limer)  Barto  had  children:  Isaac  Newton,  see  forward;  Mary; 
David  ;  John  ;  William ;  Anna. 

(Ill)  Isaac  Newton,  son  of  Daniel  and  Catherine  (Limer)  Barton,  was 
born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  6,  185 1.  He  acquired 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  was  apprenticed  to  William  Bayde  &  Sons  in  Allegheny,  in 
order  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  assisted  in  putting  in  the  first 
pews  in  the  chapel  of  the  old  jail  on  Beaver  avenue,  Allegheny  City.  In 
1870  he  removed  to  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Matthias  Mecklem,  and  about  the  year  1880  established  himself  in 
the  contracting  business,  with  which  he  has  since  been  identified  in  Roch- 


1096  PENNSYLVANIA 

ester.  He  has  been  very  successful  as  a  general  contractor.  In  1889  he 
erected  the  fine  residence  in  which  he  is  living  at  the  present  time.  Mr. 
Barto  married,  in  May,  1875,  Lydia  Mecklem.  They  have  had  children: 
Nancy  Jane,  a  teacher;  William,  a  carpenter,  died  aged  twenty- four  years; 
Rachel;  Grace,  married  Gilbert  Arkley;  Edna;  an  infant,  died  unnamed; 
Frank,  a  carpenter;  Mary,  a  teacher;  Olive,  also  a  teacher. 

Samuel  Miecklem  was  born  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania,  came 
across  the  mountains  and  located  in  Beaver  county  at  Brush  Creek,  about 
i8c»,  and  there  was  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm.  He  married  Rachel  Mc- 
Daniel,  who  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  they  had  these  children : 
William;  Gideon;  Jethro;  Smith;  Archibald;  Rachel;.  Sarah;  Eliza. 
William,  son  of  Samuel  and  Rachel  (McDaniel)  Mecklem,  was  born  on 
Brush  Creek,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  later  became  a  farmer. 
He  married  Nancy,  daughter  of  Matthias  and  Lydia  Strock,  farmers  of 
Brush  Creek,  whose  other  children  were :  George,  David,  John,  Lillian  and 
Catherine.  William  and  Nancy  (Strock)  Mecklem  had  children:  Matthias; 
Samuel ;  Rachel ;  Joseph ;  Lydia  and  John. 


This  name  is  a  shortened  form  of  MacLaughlin,  and  under 
LAUGHLIN     that  name  formed  a  part  of  the  Clan  Owen  in  Scotland. 

They  settled  in  Ireland  where  they  are  of  record  in 
county  Down,  and  where  the  name  became  McLaughlin,  and  in  this  country 
in  some  instances  was  still  further  shortened  to  the  form  of  Laughlin. 

(I)  Thomas  Laughlin  resided  in  Maryland,  from  whence  he  came  to 
the  western  part  of  Pennsylvania,  settling  in  Greene  township,  Beaver 
county,  prior  to  1800.  He  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land,  which  he  cleared, 
and  where  he  erected  a  house,  and  was  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death. 
The  first  house  he  put  up  for  his  family  was  a  log  cabin,  and  this  was  suc- 
ceeded by  a  frame  house.    He  married  Jane ,  and  raised  a  large  family. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Laughlin,  was  born  near  or  on 
the  Laughlin  homestead  near  Georgetown,  and  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools.  He  became  a  farmer  and  was  the  owner  of  one  hundred  and 
ninety  acres  of  land,  twenty  of  them  being  in  Virginia.  He  married  Re- 
becca Dawson,  born  near  Georgetown,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Jane 
(Mackall)  Dawson,  who  located  in  Maryland  in  1792,  near  Georgetown. 
George  Mackall  and  his  brother  laid  out  the  city  of  Georgetown  and  put 
up  a  storehouse  which  is  still  standing.  He  also  laid  out  the  cemetery,  and 
was  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laughlin  had  six 
sons  and  four  daughters,  among  them  being  Charles  and  John,  the  latter 
on  a  gunboat  during  the  Civil  War,  the  former  in  the  same  company  and 
regiment  as  Samuel  Mackall.    The  family  were  Presbyterians. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  and  Rebecca  (Dawson)  LaughHn,  was 
born  in  Greene  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  3,  1832. 
He  was  educated  in  the  old  stone  schoolhouse  at  Georgetown,  and  at  an 
early  age  commenced  to  assist  his  father  on  the  farm,  continuing  this  until 


BEAVER    COUNTY  1097 

he  had  attained  manhood.  He  then  found  employment  on  the  river,  on 
keelboats,  and  was  thus  occupied  for  twenty-eight  years,  between  Wheeling 
and  Pittsburgh.  His  father  had  also  been  thus  employed  during  the  last 
five  years  of  his  life.  About  1875  ^^-  Laughlin  commenced  farming  opera- 
tions in  Greene  township,  purchasing  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres,  and  on 
this  he  is  residing  at  the  present  time.  He  married,  in  August,  1855, 
Phoebe  Carnegie,  and  they  have  had  children :  Hugh,  deceased ;  Sarah 
Martha,  deceased ;  Matilda,  deceased ;  William,  deceased ;  Amanda,  de- 
ceased; T.  G.,  deceased;  John,  a  farmer  and  teamster;  Robert  L.,  also  a 
farmer  and  teamster,  married,  in  1899,  Ettie,  daughter  of  Joseph  Kennedy, 
and  has  had  children  :     Mary  ;  Homer  ;  Lawrence,  deceased. 


The  story  of  this  branch   of   the  Wagner   family  of   Ger- 
WAGNER     many,   whose   members   have   brought   so   much    fame   and 

honor  to  the  mother  country,  is  one  of  lives  well  spent  in 
peaceful  pursuits,  and  of  endeavor  directed  not  only  toward  personal  benefit, 
but  for  the  good  of  members.  There  is  probably  not  one  of  the  German 
teachers  so  tenderly  remembered  by  so  large  a  number  of  men  and  women 
who  were  once  his  pupils  as  Johannes  Wagner,  for  forty-five  years  a 
teacher  of  schools  in  Koengen,  Germany,  where  he  is  buried.  Others  may 
be  better  known  to  fame,  may  have  risen  to  greater  heights  in  their  pro- 
fession, but  none  has  a  throne  more  lofty  in  the  hearts  of  those  whom  he 
instructed,  nor  is  there  any  whose  teachings  will  have  a  more  lasting  effect. 
He  was  born  in  Faurndau,  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  his  later  years  being 
passed  in  Koengen.  Through  years  of  custom  the  office  of  schoolmaster 
requires  that  the  incumbent  of  that  position  shall  play  the  church  organ, 
be  the  director  of  the  church  choir,  and  conduct  the  funeral  services  at  the 
grave  of  anyone  who  is  buried  during  his  term  of  office,  the  minister  con- 
ducting the  services  only  at  the  church.  Herr  Johannes  Wagner  was  a 
familiar  figure.  He  taught  not  only  rules  of  grammar,  reading  and  mathe- 
matics, but  laws  of  daily  life,  principles  used  in  the  formation  of  character, 
etc.,  with  much  sound  advice  for  the  solving  of  life's  riddles  and  problems. 
In  many  cases  he  taught  the  sons  of  men  who  had  learned  at  his  feet  a 
generation  since,  and  at  times  there  would  enter  one  of  his  younger  classes 
the  grandchild  of  an  old  pupil.  Thus  he  became  a  personage  of  much  in- 
fluence, all  knowing  the  strength  of  his  character  and  the  soundness  of  his 
teachings.  And  so  he  lived  until  his  death,  daily  inculcating  in  those  whom 
he  taught  principles  of  honor,  truth,  industry  and  thrift,  reminding  those 
of  more  advanced  age  in  what  they  had  departed  from  his  instruction,  to 
his  last  days  being  a  sturdy  champion  of  right  living  and  right  acting,  and 
followed  by  many  faithful  disciples.  He  married  and  had  children :  Wil- 
helmina,  Frederick,  William,  Carl,  of  whom  further;  and  Mathilda. 

(II)  Carl,  son  of  Johannes  Wagner,  was  born  in  Koengen,  Germany, 
Christmas  Day,  1838.  He  lived  there  until  i86g  when  he  married  Barbara 
Heller,  and  took  over  the  old  homestead  at  Faurndau,  where  he  lived  until 


I098  PENNSYLVANIA 

i888,  when  he  paid  a  visit  to  the  Economites,  and  in  1890  he  moved  with  his 
lamily  to  Economy,  Pennsylvania.  His  education  was  received  in  the 
school  conducted  by  his  father,  and  his  early  occupation  was  that  of  agri- 
culture, in  which  he  is  engaged  at  the  present  time,  having  varied  the 
routine  of  his  life  by  one  visit  to  the  Harmony  Society's  colony  at  Economy, 
Pennsylvania.  He  and  one  sister  are  the  only  survivors  of  his  father's 
children.  His  religious  faith,  like  that  of  his  father,  is  Lutheran,  that  being 
the  prevailing  creed  in  all  the  branches  of  the  name.  He  married  Barbara 
Hiller,  of  Zell,  near  Aichelberg,  Wurttemberg,  daughter  of  Ebenhardt  Hiller, 
a  farmer,  and  Barbara  Hiller.  Children  of  Carl  and  Barbara  (Hiller) 
Wagner :  Karl  Rudolf,  of  whom  further ;  Lydia,  Emilie,  Victor  Emmanuel 
and  Otto. 

(HI)  Karl  Rudolf,  eldest  of  the  five  children  of  Carl  and  Barbaia 
(Hiller)  Wagner,  was  born  at  Faurndau,  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  May 
18,  1872.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  after 
finishing  his  preparatory  studies  entered  a  college  at  Coppingen.  Just  be- 
fore he  attained  his  seventeenth  year  he  left  college,  with  the  date  of  his 
graduation  but  three  months  distant,  and  came  to  the  United  States,  his 
father  having  arranged  for  his  welfare  with  the  trustees  of  the  Harmony 
Society  at  Economy,  Pennsylvania.  Arriving  in  that  place  he  became  an 
employee  in  the  Economy  store  and  postofifice  from  January  30,  1889,  until 
1893,  in  which  latter  year  he  became  secretary  of  the  board  of  elders  of 
the  Harmony  Society,  holding  this  office  until  the  dissolution  of  the  society. 
For  one  year  thereafter  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Liberty  Land  Com- 
pany, then  establishing  in  the  real  estate  business  independently,  so  con- 
tinuing until  1909,  when  he  admitted  a  partner  to  his  business,  the  two 
operating  as  the  Valley  Realty  Company.  Of  this  concern  Mr.  Wagner 
is  now  the  sole  proprietor,  and  holds  a  prominent  place  among  those  of 
his  calling  in  Ambridge.  The  growth  of  that  place  has  offered  opportunity 
for  the  wise  disposition  of  real  estate,  and  of  the  profits  that  have  been 
forthcoming  from  those  transactions  he  has  had  a  generous  share,  sufficient 
to  mark  his  enterprise  with  the  stamp  of  success.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  from  1894  until  1904  was  justice  of  the  peace,  having  also  held 
various  other  township  offices  before  the  incorporation  of  the  borough. 
His  church  is  that  of  his  ancestors,  the  Lutheran,  and  he  holds  the  office 
of  trustee  of  St.  John's  German  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  at  Economy. 
He  also  affiliates  with  the  Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  being  a  charter 
member  of  the  Ambridge  Lodges  of  the  two  latter  organizations. 

Mr.  Wagner  married,  October  7,  1897,  EHse  Mercur,  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Johannes  Eberhardt. 


James  Leander  Walker,  a  prominent  citizen  of  New  Brigh- 

WALKER     ton,  Pennsylvania,  is  descended  on  his  father's  side  of  the 

house  from  an  old  Pennsylvania  family,  while  his  mother 


BEAVER    COUNTY 


1099 


was  a  native  of  Ireland.  He  was  born  in  1848,  at  Clarksville,  Mercer 
county,  Pennsylvania,  a  son  of  Harvey  and  Martha  (McDowell)  Walker. 
His  paternal  grandparents  were  George  and  Sarah  Walker,  both  probably 
natives  of  Mercer  county,  though  of  Irish  descent.  George  Walker  was  a 
cabinetmaker,  and  died  in  Clarksville  when  our  subject  was  about  five  years 
of  age.  Harvey  Walker,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  the  eldest  of  his 
four  children,  and  was  born  in  Mercer  county  and  educated  in  the  early 
schools  of  the  region.  His  education  completed,  he  apprenticed  himself  to 
his  father  and  of  him  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  making,  which  he  after- 
wards followed  through  life  at  Clarksville.  He  was  a  strongly  religious  man 
and  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  of  the  Sons 
of  Temperance,  and  an  extremely  ardent  partisan  of  the  cause  for  which 
that  organization  stood.  He  was  married  to  Martha  McDowell,  a  daughter 
of  parents  who  were  immigrants  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  the 
southern  part  of  New  York  state.  Miss  McDowell  herself  came  to  this 
country  when  only  three  years  of  age,  with  an  aunt.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walker  were  born  six  children :  Julia ;  Kathrine ;  James  Leander,  our 
subject;  Mary  Ellen;  William  G.  and  Francis  H.  Walker. 

James  Leander  Walker  obtained  his  education  first  in  the  local  school 
of  Clarksville  and  later  in  the  Jamestown  Seminar^'.  Upon  completing  his 
course  of  studies  at  the  latter  institution,  he  engaged  in  a  number  of 
mechanical  occupations  and  finally  became  engineer  for  Logan  and  Stro- 
bage,  a  position  which  he  has  held  for  twenty-six  years.  He  has  also  large 
real  estate  interests.  Mr.  Walker  has  been  very  active  in  the  affairs  of  the 
community,  especially  in  the  matter  of  public  education,  and  has  served 
for  a  considerable  period  on  the  school  board  of  New  Brighton.  He  is  at 
present  (1913)  a  member  of  the  New  Brighton  board  of  health.  He  is 
prominent  in  social  and  fraternal  circles  in  his  community  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  An  interesting  episode  in  Mr.  Walker's  life  was 
his  attempt  to  enlist  in  the  United  States  army  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
War.  His  youth  was  such  that  the  authorities  would  not  accept  him,  and 
he  then  tried  to  get  in  by  joining  a  number  of  substitutes  at  Orangeville. 
He  was  discovered  and  finally  prevented,  however. 

Mr.  Walker  has  been  twice  married ;  first,  in  1872,  to  Miss  Pamela 
Townsend,  a  daughter  of  Levis  and  Harriet  (Hanck)  Townsend.  Of  this 
union  were  born  three  children;  Elma  T. ;  Harriet,  died  when  three  years 
of  age ;  and  Pamela,  died  in  infancy.  The  first  Mrs.  Walker  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1888.  Mr.  Walker  again  married,  in  1899,  Miss  Ada  Way  Coventry, 
a  daughter  of  John  and  May  Coventry,  of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania. 
They  have  had  one  child,  Arthur  C.  Walker.  Mr.  Walker  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church. 


The  Glasson  family  has  been  resident  in  the  United  States 
GLASSON     for  a  number  of  generations,  the  exact  date  of  their  ar- 
rival in  this  country  not  being  a  matter  of  record. 


iioo  PENNSYLVANIA 

(I)  James  Glasson  was  born  in  New  York  City,  and  is  now  deceased. 
He  was  a  maciiinist  and  steelman  with  the  Colonial  Steel  Company,  and 
his  entire  life  was  spent  in  New  York.  He  had  five  brothers  who  were  in 
active  service  during  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Glasson  married  Jane  Nelson, 
also  a  native  of  New  York  City. 

(H)  James  E.,  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Nelson)  Glasson,  was  born 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  December  i8,  1855.  In  that  city  he  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  upon  the  completion  of  this,  entered 
the  employ  of  the  steel  mills  at  Pittsburgh.  Later  he  accepted  a  position 
at  Colona,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  employed  there  as  a 
hammer  man  for  a  number  of  years.  In  April,  191 1,  he  purchased  the 
Clyde  House,  at  New  Brighton,  Beaver  county,  and  has  conducted  this 
with  success  up  to  the  present  time.  He  has  made  many  improvements  in 
this  property,  and  is  noted  for  his  tact  and  executive  ability  as  the  host  of 
this  well  known  place.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  numerous  organiza- 
tions, but  has  resigned  from  all  with  the  exception  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Mr.  Glasson  married,  1881,  Emma  Isabella 
Bovlston. 


The  Tait  family  is  an  honored  one  of  Scotland,  where  their  coat- 
TAIT     of-arms  is  well  known.     The  motto  of  the   family  is:     "Every 

Day  the  Same."  Sir  William  Watson  Tait  was  an  only  son,  and 
died  in  England.  He  married  Jane  Danson  and  had  children:  i.  Mortimer, 
who  was  owner  of  a  cotton  goods  factory  in  Manchester,  England,  and 
this  is  still  carried  on  by  his  two  sons.  2.  Ferdinand  Adolphus,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Alfred  H.,  who  was  a  sea  captain,  and  a  composer  of  some 
note.  One  of  his  compositions  was  entitled  "Fare  Thee  Well.  My  Dear 
Susanna,"  and  was  dedicated  to  his  wife.  4.  William.  5.  Jane.  6.  Con- 
stance. 

(II)  Ferdinand  Adolphus,  son  of  Sir  William  Watson  and  Jane 
(Danson)  Tait.  was  born  in  Liverpool,  England.  August  8,  1808,  and  died 
in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  of  an  attack  of  yellow  fever.  He  came  to 
America  in  1849,  arriving  at  Philadelphia,  from  whence  he  went  to  Pitts- 
burgh. Subsequently  he  went  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
the  sugar  refining  business  with  one  of  his  brothers  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  married  at  Guernsey,  July  29,  1839,  Elizabeth  Trevilla  Richards, 
and  they  had  children:  Elizabeth  Constance,  Alice  Jane;  Ferdinand  Mor- 
timer; Herbert  Thomas;  Alfred  James,  of  further  mention:  Augustus 
Henry;  Emilie  Lucy. 

(III)  Alfred  James,  son  of  Ferdinand  Adolphus  and  Elizabeth  Tre- 
villa (Richards)  Tait.  was  born  in  England,  and  was  an  infant  at  the  time 
of  his  arrival  in  this  country.  He  grew  up  with  a  great  love  for  the  country 
of  his  adoption,  and  during  the  Civil  War  was  a  member  of  Company  D, 
155th  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  three  years. 
He  was  an  active  participant  in  some  of  the  most  important  battles  of  that 


BEAVER   COUNTY  iioi 

struggle,  among  them  being  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness,  Antietam  ami 
Gettysburg.  He  was  but  thirteen  years  of  age  when  he  enlisted,  being  the 
youngest  soldier  in  the  army,  and  never  was  wounded.  Mr.  Tait  married 
Frances,  born  in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Reno,  one 
of  the  early  pilots  on  the  Ohio  river.  They  had  one  child :  Charles  A.,  of 
further  mention. 

(IV)  Charles  A.,  son  of  Alfred  James  and  Frances  (Reno)  Tait,  was 
born  in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania.  While  still  a  young  lad  he  went  to 
Salem,  Ohio,  then  to  Harris ville,  where  he  remained  until  about  fifteen 
years  of  age.  After  this  he  was  on  a  farm  in  Butler  county,  Pennsylvania, 
for  a  time,  then  for  about  four  years  teamed  and  contracted  in  the  oil 
fields  of  Pennsylvania.  In  December,  1904,  he  came  to  Economy,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  be  established  himself  in  the  livery  and  coal  business.  Four 
years  later  he  abandoned  the  coal  business,  but  he  is  still  successfully  en- 
gaged in  the  hvery  and  transfer  business.  In  1908  he  had  a  fine  home 
erected  for  himself,  in  which  he  now  resides.  He  is  a  member  of  the  lodge, 
encampment  and  canton  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr. 
Tait  married,  in  May,  1889,  Ida  A.  Harper,  and  has  children:  Violet,  mar- 
ried. May  8,  1913,  James  A.  Gahagan,  and  they  have  one  child,  Ida  Hen- 
rietta ;  Harry,  Myrtle  and  Alfred.  In  politics  Mr.  Tait  is  a  Republican,  and 
has  served  on  the  borough  council  of  Cambridge.  In  religious  affiliation 
he  and  his  family  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  Mr.  Tait  being 
one  of  the  members  of  the  official  board. 


The  name  of  Johnston  is  found  in  various  forms  in  this 
JOHNSTON     and  all  English  speaking  countries — Johnston,  Johnson, 

Jonson,  etc.  The  American  progenitors  for  the  most 
part  came  to  America  directly  from  England  and  settled  in  New  England, 
from  which  section  of  the  country  they  have  spread  all  over  the  Union. 
Some  members  of  the  Johnston  family  were  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  it  is  of  their  descendants  that  this 
review  treats. 

(I)  Sylvester  Johnston  was  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  17,  1843,  and  was  a  harness  maker  by  trade.  He  came  to  Monaca, 
Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1879,  and  there  established  the  Eureka 
Harness  Manufacturing  Company,  with  which  he  was  associated  until  his 
death  in  1895.  He  married  Sarah  Crable,  born  in  Lawrence  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  30,  1843,  a  daughter  of and  Ruth  Crable,  pioneers 

in  Lawrence  county,  where  he  died,  while  Mrs.  Crable  died  in  Monaca. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnston  had  children :  John  A.,  who  resides  on  Washington 
avenue,  Monaca;  Henry  L.,  deceased;  Edward  M.,  see  forward.  Sylvester 
Johnston  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  During  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  the  Old  Round 
Head  Regiment  in  1861,  and  served  three  years  and  eleven  months.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  of  the  Equitable 
Aid  Union. 


II02  PENNSYLVANIA 

(II)  Edward  M.,  son  of  Sylvester  and  Sarah  (Crable)  Johnston,  was 
born  in  New  Castle,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  September  i8,  1877. 
He  was  but  two  years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Beaver  county, 
and  he  was  reared  in  Monaca  and  there  obtained  his  education.  Upon  the 
completion  of  this  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  glass  blowing, 
and  was  employed  at  this  until  1904.  For  three  years  he  was  then  con- 
nected with  the  harness  making  business,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the 
milk  business.  In  connection  with  this  latter  undertaking  he  established 
himself  in  the  wholesale  ice  cream  business  at  Beaver  Falls,  in  which  he 
has  been  eminently  successful.  In  191 1  he  erected  his  present  place  of 
business  at  No.  1200  Pennsylvania  avenue,  and  is  now  a  manufacturer  of 
ice  cream  and  candies  on  an  extensive  scale.  He  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  the  political  afifairs  of  the  section  in  which  he  lives,  and  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Republican  county  committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Improved  Order  of  Eagles  of  Monaca,  and  represented  this  lodge  at  Seattle, 
Washington,  in  1908.  M'r.  Johnston  married,  in  1896,  Mary  Canton,  of 
Monaca,  born  in  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  they  have  children:  Howard  S., 
James  Miller,  Roberta  May  and  Edna  La  Verne. 


The  Stoop  family  has  been  resident  in  America  for  many  gen- 
STOOP     erations,  and  the  name   is   to  be   found   in   various   forms — 
Stoop,  Stoup,  Stoupe,  etc. 

(I)  James  Stoop,  the  progenitor  of  the  Pennsylvania  family  of  the 
name,  was  born  east  of  the  Allegheny  Mbuntains,  and  when  he  attained 
manhood,  leased,  for  ninety-nine  years,  the  farm  on  the  site  of  which  is 
the  present  city  of  Hagerstown,  Maryland.  He  removed  to  Allegheny 
county,  Pennsylvania,  with  his  family,  at  a  time  when  the  country  was  an 
almost  impassable  wilderness,  and  there  erected  a  log  cabin  at  Chartier's 
Creek.  During  his  absence  the  cabin  was  burned  to  the  ground  by  Indians, 
and  his  wife  and  son  William  made  prisoners  by  the  same  savages.  A 
hunter  by  the  name  of  Brady  recaptured  Mrs.  Stoop  and  returned  her  in 
safety  to  her  husband,  but  the  child  was  in  captivity  three  years.  He  was 
three  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  capture,  and  the  Indians  took  him  to 
Michigan,  where  they  sold  him  to  the  British  and  he  became  a  great  favorite 
among  the  British  ofificers.  Later  they  found  an  opportunity  of  delivering 
him  to  a  lady  who  said  she  would  return  him  to  his  parents  and  at  the 
expiration  of  three  years  this  was  done.  During  his  stay  with  the  Indians, 
William  Stoop  was  struck  on  the  head  by  a  tomahawk  in  the  hands  of  one 
of  his  captors,  and  he  carried  the  mark  of  this  blow  to  the  grave.  He  lived 
at  Blades  Run,  at  the  foot  of  Hog  Island,  and  is  buried  in  Van  Kirk 
Cemetery,  a  large  pine  tree  now  growing  over  his  grave.  About  1813  or 
1814  James  Stoop  was  killed  on  the  Strawbacker  farm,  in  the  borough  of 
Monaca,  then  called  Phillipsburg. 

(II)  Edward,  son  of  James  Stoop,  was  born  in  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  later  became  the  owner  of  a  farm  in  Moon  township. 


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on  which  he  and  his  wife  died.  He  married  Bertha  Morgan,  and  among 
their  children  were  the  following:  i.  Morgan,  see  forward.  2.  A  son  who 
was  employed  on  the  river,  and  when  last  heard  from  was  on  the  sea.  3. 
Jane,  born  1798,  in  Moon  township,  died  in  Freedom,  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania; married  (first)  — —  McCay,  and  (second)  Sample. 

(III)  Morgan,  son  of  Edward  and  Bertha  (Morgan)  Stoop,  was  born 
in  Moon  township,  January  26,  1801,  on  the  family  homestead,  and  died 
there  in  1878.  His  native  life  was  spent  on  this  farm  and  he  never  had  a 
day's  illness.  He  gave  his  active  support  to  the  Republican  party,  and  he 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Sarah 
McGary,  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  7,  1824,  died  July 
5,  1897.  They  had  children:  James;  one  died  in  infancy;  Edward  S., 
see  forward ;  Sarah  Jane ;  Morgan ;  Annie. 

(IV)  Edward  S.,  son  of  Morgan  and  Sarah  (McGary)  Stoop,  was 
born  on  the  homestead  in  Moon  township,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania, 
June  16,  1857.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public  school  of  his  native 
county,  and  assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  farm  until  he  had 
attained  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  when  he  accepted  a  position  on  a  steam- 
boat, and  was  thus  employed  for  some  time.  He  then  turned  his  attention 
to  teaming  and  the  livery  business  with  which  he  has  been  identified  suc- 
cessfully in  Monaca  since  that  time,  a  period  of  sixteen  years.  He  has 
always  given  his  support  to  the  Republican  party,  but  has  never  desired 
to  hold  public  office.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
or  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Stoop  married  (first)  August  26,  1880,  Emilie  Erwin,  who  died 
January  12,  1893,  and  they  had  children:  Charles,  William,  John,  Earl, 
Washington,  and  Wilhelmina,  the  latter  deceased.  He  married  (second), 
October  8,  1895,  Laura  B.  (Wise)  Hufifmyers,  of  German  descent,  born  in 
Pittsburgh,  whose  mother  was  a  great  worker  in  the  interests  of  the  Sixth 
Pittsburgh  Presbyterian  Church.  They  have  had  one  child:  Annie,  born 
March  17,  1898,  now  a  student  in  Beaver  College,  who  has  visited  nearly 
every  state  in  the  Union.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stoop  have  been  very  extensive 
travelers  in  this  country,  and  have  collected  many  interesting  souvenirs  of 
their  travels. 


The  life  of  Louis  Haffely  was  one  of  those  of  which  the 
HAFFELY     annals  of  the  people,  here  in  the  New  World,  afiford  so 

many  instances  of  opportunity  vainly  sought  in  the  land  of 
birth,  of  the  search  abroad  for  what  was  lacking  at  home,  and  the  final 
winning  of  position  and  adequate  wealth  in  a  new  community  through  years 
of  labor  and  devotion  to  duty. 

His  father,  Victor  HafTely,  was  a  native  of  Alsace  Lorraine,  living  his 
life  and  dying  at  last  in  that  historic  and  harried  reeion.  the  battleground 
for  so  long  between  the  two  most  sharply  contrasted  nations  of  Western 
Europe.     Louis  Hafifely  was  born  at  Basle,  just  across  the  Swiss  border. 


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but  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  German  province,  passing  his  childhood 
and  youth  there.  His  birth  occurred  September  5,  1855,  and  twenty-one 
years  later  he  set  out  to  seek  his  fortune  in  that  land  the  name  of  which 
was  on  the  tongue  of  all  the  adventurous  and  enterprising  among  his  fellow- 
countrymen.  Setting  sail  in  the  year  1876,  he  arrived  in  the  United  States, 
and  went  at  once  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  plied  his  trade  of  tailor  to  such 
good  purpose  that  by  1883  he  was  able  to  take  to  himself  a  wife.  In  the 
year  preceding  he  had  removed  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, but  after  his  marriage,  returned  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  short  life.  Mr.  Haffely  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
much  interested  in  public  affairs. 

Mr.  Haflfely  was  married,  June  9,  1884,  to  Miss  Louisa  Wenner,  a 
native  of  West  Bridgewater,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  she  was 
born  October  28,  1856,  daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  (Lehle)  Wenner, 
who  had  emigrated  from  Germany  prior  to  their  marriage.  The  date  of 
Mr.  Wenner's  birth  was  March  3,  1827,  and  that  of  Mrs.  Wenner,  April 
26,  1821.  They  met  on  the  steamer  on  their  voyage  to  America,  and  upon 
arrival  were  married  in  Monaca,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  after- 
wards removed  to  West  Bridgewater,  where  their  daughter  Louisa  was 
born.  They  were  blessed  with  five  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Haflfely  was 
the  second.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haflfely  were  born  three  children,  as  follows: 
C ,  who  died  at  the  age  of  five  years  and  five  months ;  Louis,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  1888,  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  now  a  plasterer  by  trade; 
John,  born  September  20,  1890,  educated  in  the  West  Bridgewater  public 
schools. 

Mr.  Haflfely's  death  occurred  in  Pittsburgh,  in  1891,  and  was  the  occa- 
sion of  his  only  brother  coming  to  that  city.  Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Haflfely, 
Mrs.  Haflfely  has  engaged  in  the  restaurant  business  in  West  Bridgewater^ 
with  an  establishment  on  Bridge  street,  where  she  remained  about  thirteen 
years.  Since  her  mother's  death  in  1910,  she  has  owned  the  old  Wenner 
property  where  her  parents  had  lived  for  upwards  of  thirty  years.  Mr. 
Haflfely's  early  death  at  the  age  of  but  thirty-six  was  a  loss  not  only  to  his 
family  and  friends,  but  to  the  community,  as  his  steady  industry  and  intelli- 
gent cognizance  of  public  affairs  placed  him  in  a  high  order  of  citizenship. 
He  and  the  members  of  his  family  were  communicants  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church. 


With  the  arrival  of  James  McKee  from  Ireland,  the  country 
McKEE     of  his  birth  and  the  home  of  generations  of  his  ancestors,  the 

history  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in  the  United  States  began. 
In  1778  he  obtained  possession  of  a  tract  of  government  land,  260  acres  in 
extent,  the  present  towns  of  Woodlawn  and  Aliquippa  occupying  sites  on 
part  of  his  original  grant.  Both  he  and  his  wife  died  at  McKee's  Rocks, 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  are  buried  in  the  Allegheny  cemetery. 
They  were  the  parents  of  several  children,  among  whom  was  a  son,  John, 
(of  whom  further). 


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(II)  John,  son  of  James  McKee,  was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  died  in  that  state.  He  was  a  farmer,  owned  considerable 
land,  and  was  twice  married,  (first)  to  Rachel  Verner,  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
died  at  McKees  Rocks,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  By  his  first  mar- 
riage he  had  two  children — Maria  and  John,  of  further  mention;  by  his 
second,  one  son,  John. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Rachel  (Verner)  McKee,  was 
born  at  McKees  Rocks,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  23,  1817, 
died  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  April  5,  1883.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  in  young  manhood  inherited  about  125  acres  of 
land  where  Aliquippa  has  since  been  built,  and  located  there  in  1843.  ^'^ 
property  was  a  valuable  one,  graced  with  buildings  of  substantial  character, 
and  the  fertile  soil  brought  forth  abundant  yield.  He  was  an  ardent  Demo- 
crat, and  although  he  had  been  reared  in  the  Episcopal  faith  and  his  wife 
in  the  Methodist,  both  joined  the  Lutheran  church,  of  which  they  were 
lifelong  members.  Mr.  McKee  married,  at  Brunots  Island,  Pennsylvania, 
about  1840,  Abigail,  born  in  Hillsboro,  New  Hampshire,  in  October,  1817, 
daughter  of  Silas  and  Catherine  (Rolf)  Jones.  Catherine  Rolf,  born  in 
Maine,  was  an  orphan  at  the  time  of  her  marriage,  one  of  her  sisters  marry- 
ing John  Jacob  Astor.  Silas  and  Catherine  (Rolf)  Jones  settled  on  Brunot's 
Island,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  died,  the  parents  of:  i.  Jerome,  died  on 
Brunot's  Island,  aged  ninety-two  years.  2.  Catherine,  married  Riswell  Fris- 
bee,  owner  of  a  line  of  steamships,  one  of  which  was  the  first  craft  of  its 
kind  to  make  the  voyage  around  South  America;  he  sailed  the  remainder  of 
his  ships  to  California  and  there  disposed  of  them;  his  death  occurred  in 
Pittsburgh,  that  of  his  wife  in  Glenfield,  Pennsylvania.  They  were  the 
parents  of:  Kate,  married  E.  C.  Fraley,  and  resides  in  Florida;  William,  a 
resident  of  Florida ;  Laura,  married  Philip  L.  Passvant,  lives  in  Lincoln 
Place,  near  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania ;  Ophelia,  deceased ;  John  J. ;  Ida, 
married  L.  F.  Neal,  of  Aliquippa,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Abigail,  of  previous 
mention,  married  John  (2)  McKee.  John  (2)  and  Abigail  (Jones)  McKee 
had  four  children,  the  two  eldest,,  James  and  Ralph,  both  deceased;  John 
J.,  of  whom  further;  and  Kate  S.,  born  May  23,  1847,  married  William  E. 
Winkle,  deceased. 

(IV)  John  J.,  only  surviving  son  of  John  (2)  and  Abigail  (Jones) 
McKee,  was  born  in  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  20, 
1857.  He  obtained  an  elementary  education  in  the  public  schools,  then  at- 
tending Teal  College  until  his  sophomore  year,  later  graduating  from  Duff's 
Business  College,  of  Pittsburgh.  He  then  became  a  riverman,  and  for  the 
past  thirty  years  has  been  a  pilot  and  captain  on  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
rivers,  being  now  in  active  service.  With  all  the  tortuous  windings  of  these 
streams  he  is  perfectly  familiar,  and  during  all  the  years  that  he  has  held  a 
pilot's  and  captain's  license  he  has  suffered  but  few  accidents  to  befall  a 
craft  of  which  he  was  in  charge  or  in  command.  Rivermen  from  New 
Orleans  to  Pittsburgh  know  him  in  person  and  by  reputation,  and  the  cordial, 


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hearty  captain  holds  a  secure  place  in  the  regard  of  the  members  of  the 
river  fraternity.  As  high  praise  is  due  him  who  guides  a  sturdy  ship  in  a 
twisting,  treacherous  inland  waterway,  avoiding  snags  and  shallows  and 
skillfully  making  landings,  as  to  him  who  directs  the  course  of  a  mighty 
liner  in  a  transoceanic  course,  and  none  will  withhold  from  Captain  Mc- 
Kee  the  honor  that  is  his  for  the  masterly  manner  in  which  he  has  ever 
performed  his  duty,  and  the  faithfulness  that  has  brought  him  successfully 
through  his  long  term  of  service.  He  is  a  Democratic  enthusiast  in  all 
matters  political,  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church,  and  belongs  to  Roch- 
ester Lodge,  No.  283,  Benevolent  Protective  Order  Elks. 

He  married,  in  1890,  Mary,  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  John  and  Susan  (McAilains)  Murphy,  of  Allegheny  county, 
Pennsylvania,  both  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McKee  have:  i.  Rolf,  born 
in  September,  1891 ;  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Reno's  Commercial 
College;  now  engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  business.  2.  Vera,  born  in  1893; 
a  graduate  of  the  high  school  of  .Aliquippa.  3.  John  E.,  born  in  1895  >  ^ 
graduate  of  the  Aliquippa  high  school,  for  two  years  a  student  in  the 
Carnegie  Technical  Institute,  now  an  electrical  engineer  in  the  employ  of 
the  Westinghouse  Electrical  and  Manufacturing  Cofpany.  4.  Frank,  born 
in  1897,  attending  school.     5.  Bert,  born  in  1889,  attending  school. 


In  no  less  than  twenty-five  forms,  variations  of  this  name 
MILLIKEN     were   found,  the  territory  containing  those  of  the  family 

originally  being  Saxony  and  Normandy.  From  these  dis- 
tricts the  family  spread  to  the  British  Isles,  where  the  name  gathered  fame 
and  renown,  thence  to  the  American  continent.  Settlement  was  made  all 
along  the  Atlantic  coast  from  Maryland  to  Maine  by  Milliken  pioneers, 
those  in  Pennsylvania  pushing  onward  to  the  extreme  southwest  corner  of 
the  state,  Greene  county,  where  the  father  of  Abram  Milliken  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers. 

(I)  Abram  MilHken,  a  native  of  Greene  county,  there  learned  the 
cabinet-maker's  trade,  which  he  followed  in  that  county  all  of  his  active 
life.  He  married  and  died  in  the  county  of  his  birth,  his  wife's  death  oc- 
curring in  Jefferson,  Greene  county.  They  were  the  parents  of  several 
children,  among  whom  was  Isaac  Franklin,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Isaac  Franklin,  son  of  Abram  Milliken,  was  born  in  Jefferson, 
Greene  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  after  a  public  school  education  entered 
Jefferson  College,  from  which  institution  he  received  a  diploma  of  gradua- 
tion. Beginning  business  life,  different  pursuits  called  him  to  Belleville, 
Washington  county,  Ellwood  City,  Lawrence  county,  and  finally  to  Franklin, 
in  which  latter  place  he  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business,  maintaining  a 
prosperous  establishment  until  his  retirement.  Since  abandoning  the  under- 
taking business  he  has  contracted  no  other  business  relations  nor  assumed 
responsibility  requiring  his  constant  attendance.  His  church  is  the  United 
Presbyterian,  and  he  waives  all  political  affiliation  in  ardent  support  of  the 


BEAVER    COUNTY  1107 

prohibition  movement,  in  the  ranks  of  which  he  has  long  been  an  inspired 
worker.  He  married  Johanna,  born  in  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  HofTman,  both  natives  of  the  county  in 
which  their  daughter  was  born.  This  branch  of  the  Hoffman  family  was 
settled  in  Washington  county  by  the  grandfather  of  John  Hoffman,  who 
came  thither  from  Germany,  the  original  home  of  the  family.  Children 
of  Isaac  Franklin  and  Johanna  (Hoffman)  Milliken:  i.  George  Lesley,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Reeson  Franklin,  a  resident  of  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania, 
paymaster  of  the  Garland  Corporation  of  West  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 
3.  Aola  Jane,  deceased.  4.  Hannah  Lenore,  married  J.  R.  King,  and  lives 
in  Cleveland,  Oklahoma.  5.  Alva  Otto,  an  employee  of  Armour  &  Company, 
resides  in  Atlanta,  Georgia.  6.  John  Hoffman,  a  resident  of  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  an  employee  of  the  Flamilton-Brown  Shoe  Company.  7.  Charles, 
died  in  infancy.  8.  Russell  Dewey,  employed  in  the  credit  department  of  the 
Hamilton-Brown  Shoe  Company  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

(HI)  George  Lesley,  son  of  Isaac  Franklin  and  Johanna  (Hoffman) 
Milliken,  was  born  in  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  9,  1876.  Dur- 
ing his  school  days  he  attended  the  public  institutions  of  Clarksville  and 
Belleville,  Pennsylvania,  completing  the  high  school  course  in  the  latter 
place.  Apprenticing  himself  to  and  mastering  the  carpenter's  trade,  he 
was  engaged  in  this  pursuit  for  three  years  and  was  then  employed  for  a 
like  time  by  the  Pressed  Steel  Car  Company  of  Allegheny  City  (Pitts- 
burgh, Northside)  Pennsylvania,  later  entering  the  grocery  business  in  the 
same  place.  He  continued  in  the  independent  management  of  an  establish- 
ment for  but  fourteen  months,  when  he  formed  an  association  with  Hay- 
worth  &  Dewhurst,  wholesale  grocers,  which  endured  for  a  period  of  eight 
and  a  half  years.  His  next  connection  was  with  the  John  H.  Fitch  Com- 
pany, of  Youngstown,  Ohio,  with  whom  he  remained  for  nearly  three  years, 
then  entering  the  employ  of  Thomas  Roberts  &  Company,  merchandise  bro- 
kers, and  is  at  the  present  time  their  representative  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  is  a  business  man  of  ability,  and  the  interests  of  his  company 
in  the  territory  which  he  covers  are  both  safeguarded  from  the  ravages 
of  competition  and  strengthened  and  protected  by  his  diligent  service.  Since 
1905  Mr.  Milliken  has  been  a  resident  of  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania,  and 
in  1913  there  built  a  handsome  residence  at  No.  1204  Fifth  street.  He 
fraternalizes  with  the  Masonic  order,  his  lodge  being  Union,  No.  259,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  in  this  society  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  New- 
castle Lodge  of  Perfection.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Commercial  Travelers' 
Union  of  America,  of  which  he  is  past  councilor.  With  his  wife  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church. 

Mr.  Milliken  married,  November  29,  1899,  Albra  Faustine,  born  in 
Butler  county.  Pennsylvania,  October  17,  1877,  daughter  of  George  Wash- 
ington and  Elizabeth  Jane  (Walters)  Dodds,  of  Butler  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, now  residents  of  Monongahela  City,  Washington  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania.   Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milliken :    Charles  Lesley,  born  February 


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3,  1902;  Harold  Edgar,  December  18,  1903;  George  Kenneth,  September 
24,  1910. 


The  Hfe  of  the  Lamberts  in  the  United  States  dates  from 
LAMBERT  the  arrival  in  that  country  of  Moses  Lambert,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  who  came  from  that  land  unmarried.  His  trade 
was  that  of  ship  carpenter,  and  although  he  was  especially  skilled  in  this 
line,  ordinary  carpenter  work  was  well  within  his  ability  when  operations 
of  the  former  nature  were  slack.  He  was  also  a  competent  draftsman,  never 
exercising  his  talents  in  that  profession  to  the  extent  that  he  had  used  his 
artisan's  knowledge.  When  he  was  not  employed  at  his  trade  he  devoted 
his  time  to  farming.  He  married  and  made  his  home  in  Beaver  county, 
among  his  children  being  James,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Moses  Lambert,  was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1839,  died  there  in  1868.  He  was  reared  in  Beaver  county, 
as  a  boy  attending  the  public  schools,  and  upon  attaining  his  majority  was 
employed  in  various  capacities  on  the  boats  plying  the  near-by  rivers.  He 
later  began  farming  operations,  in  which  he  took  more  enjoyment  than  in 
river  life,  and  was  so  engaged  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
the  unusually  early  age  of  twenty-nine  years,  when  he  was  not  yet  in  the 
prime  of  life.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church.  He  married  Ellen  Van  Kirk,  born  in  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1829,  died  there  in  1906,  daughter  of  William  Van 
Kirk  and  his  wife  Margaret  McGuire,  the  former  a  native  of  Alsace  Lor- 
raine, Germany,  the  latter  of  Ireland,  both  of  whom  came  to  Beaver  county 
and  were  there  married.  Children  of  James  and  Ellen  (Van  Kirk)  Lam- 
bert: I.  Robert  V.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Charles,  born  April  7,  1864; 
married  Margaret  Snyder,  and  is  the  father  of  three  children — Charles, 
Howard,  and  Robert.  3.  Catharine,  born  July  14,  1867;  married  in  1888, 
Daniel  O'Connor,  of  Connecticut,  they  are  the  parents  of:  Michael,  born 
May  20,  1889;  Ellen,  April  9,  1892;  Mary,  November  11,  1893;  Alice,  born 
February  2,  1896,  died  in  infancy;  Daniel,  born  December  8,  1897;  Robert, 
born  July  21,  1900;  Catharine,  born  August  2,  1903;  and  James  Francis, 
born  July  20,  1905,  died  in  infancy. 

(HI)  Robert  V.,  eldest  of  the  three  children  of  James  and  Ellen  (Van 
Kirk)  Lambert,  was  born  on  the  present  site  of  Aliquippa,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  July  9,  1862.  He  was  reared  on  the  home  farm,  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  in  later  life  became  a  farmer.  He  and  his  brother 
had  inherited  the  home  farm,  and  to  this  he  added  another  contiguous  to 
the  first,  lying  in  Hopewell  township,  a  part  of  which  was  sold  to  the  Ohio 
River  Improvement  Company,  in  whose  operations  it  played  a  prominent 
part.  In  1894  he  moved  to  Aliquippa,  and  there  he  and  his  brother  Charles 
entered  the  coal  business  in  partnership,  the  name  of  the  firm  being  Lambert 
Brothers.  After  a  successful  continuance  in  this  line  of  industry,  Robert 
Lambert  withdrew  from  the  firm  and  retired  from  all  active  participation 


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in  business  affairs.  Politics  still  holds  his  interested  attention,  and  as  far 
as  casting  his  vote  is  concerned  he  is  independent,  there  being  principles  in 
the  platforms  of  each  of  the  leading  parties  which  he  heartily  endorses.  Mr. 
Lambert  is  a  distant  relative  of  Father  Lambert,  who  came  into  prominence 
through  his  replies  to  the  queries  of  Robert  IngersoU. 


For  many  years  Germany  has  been  the  home  of  the  branch  of 
KLEIN  the  Klein  family  herein  recorded,  and,  indeed,  of  all  of  the 
name,  its  derivation  being  plainly  seen  by  one  familiar  with 
the  language  of  that  land.  The  name  was  in  all  probability  applied  to  one 
of  the  early  members  of  the  family,  conspicuous  for  his  small  stature,  and 
has  clung  to  his  descendants,  even  though  the  aptness  of  its  application  has 
been  lost.  C.  G.  Klein  was  the  first  of  this  line  to  tread  American  soil, 
he  coming  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  Well 
educated  in  his  native  land  before  his  emigration,  on  his  arrival  in  Phila- 
delphia he  at  once  obtained  employment  to  defray  his  immediate  expenses. 
He  then  continued  westward  and  in  Pittsburgh  apprenticed  himself  to  a 
trade  he  later  foresook  in  favor  of  stove  mounting,  that  of  blacksmith.  A 
few  years  employment  at  this  occupation  convinced  him  of  two  things — 
first,  its  uncongeniality,  and  second,  its  lack  of  lucrative  possibilities.  After 
completely  mastering  the  art  of  stove  mounting,  he  obtained  employment  at 
his  trade  in  De  Haven,  Pennsylvania,  in  i86g  moving  to  Beaver  Falls  and 
entering  the  service  of  A.  Wolf  &  Company.  When  this  firm  was  succeeded 
by  the  Howard  Stove  Company,  he  remained  with  the  latter  concern  in  his 
old  capacity  until  removed  from  life's  labors  by  death.  He  died  in  1907,  a 
member  of  the  Lutheran  church.  He  married  Catherine  Kirsch.  Children : 
Catherine,  died  in  infancy ;  Charles  W.,  of  whom  further ;  Lewis  F. ;  Eliza- 
beth, married  Joseph  M.  Vandervote;  Walter  G.,  Lillian. 

(H)  Charles  W.,  son  of  C.  G.  and  Catherine  (Kirsch)  Klein,  was  born 
in  Allegheny  City,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  November  15,  1862. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  in  the  place  of  his  birth,  and  when  seventeen 
years  of  age  entered  the  service  of  A.  Wolf  &  Company,  stove  manufac- 
turers, with  whom  his  father  was  for  many  years  identified,  as  bookkeeper. 
He  had  prepared  himself  for  this  position  by  a  course  in  Duff's  Business 
College,  Pittsburgh,  whence  he  was  graduated  in  1878.  After  spending 
three  months  with  the  Wolf  Company  he  associated  with  the  Flint  Glass 
Company  of  Beaver  Falls,  also  as  bookkeeper,  and  there  remained  until 
1886.  In  that  year  he  became  office  manager  of  the  Columbus  Glass  Com- 
pany of  Findlay,  Ohio,  and  for  two  years  managed  the  different  depart- 
ments of  that  business  with  able  skill  and  excellent  judgment.  Becoming 
thoroughly  versed  in  all  the  details  of  the  glass  manufacturing  business, 
after  leaving  the  service  of  the  Columbia  Glass  Company  he  organized  a 
company  at  North  Findlay  for  the  manufacture  of  that  article.  A  profitable 
business  was  conducted  until  June  6, 1891,  when  the  entire  plant  was  destroyed 
by  fire.     Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged  as  general  manager  of  the 


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Co-operative  Flint  Glass  Company  of  Beaver  Falls,  a  corporation  organized 
in  February,  1879,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,000,  and  re-organized  in 
1909,  thirty  years  later,  with  a  capitalization  seven  times  as  great.  Mr. 
Klein  has  under  his  control  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  employees,  operat- 
ing machinery  valued  at  thousands  of  dollars.  Over  this  vast  industry  he 
exercises  a  watchful  care,  and  maintains  a  standard  of  excellence  in  glass- 
ware that  has  been  unsurpassed  during  his  connection  with  the  firm.  Be- 
cause of  his  well  known  ability  in  the  direction  of  enterprises  of  magnitude, 
and  his  prudent  conservative  nature,  Mr.  Klein's  services  have  often  been 
sought  in  the  organization  and  management  of  financial  institutions.  Upon 
the  formation  of  the  Federal  Trust  Company  of  Beaver  Falls  in  1906,  he 
became  its  first  president,  still  continuing  as  such.  He  holds  the  same  office 
on  the  directorate  of  the  Dime  Savings  and  Loan  Association,  and  is 
treasurer  of  the  Manufacturers'  Association  of  Beaver  Falls.  Not  only  in 
business  and  financial  circles  are  his  pre-eminent  qualities  of  leadership  and 
his  executive  ability  recognized,  but  likewise  in  the  religious  institution  with 
which  he  affiliates,  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Beaver  Falls,  in  which 
he  is  president  of  the  board  of  trustees.  To  this  church  he  gives  generously 
of  his  time,  talent  and  labors,  supporting  its  undertakings  with  his  funds, 
as  well.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
Beaver  Falls  Lodge,  No.  662,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Harmony  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons;  Beaver  Valley  Commandery,  Knights  Templar; 
and  Williamsport  Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret;  also 
with  Lodge  No.  448,  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Beaver  Falls. 
Mr.  Klein  married,  November  4,  1886,  Margaret,  daughter  of  William 
and  Rebecca  (Thomas)  McClelland;  children:  Letta,  died  in  infancy; 
Madeline,  married  George  W.  Morrison ;  and  Gretchen,  died  in  infancy. 


Peter  McCallester  was  borji  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
McCALLESTER     June  24,  1825,  and  was  taken  to  Ireland  by  his  parents 

when  he  was  a  very  young  child,  and  they  subse- 
quently died  in  that  country.  He  was  educated  in  public  schools  in  Ireland, 
and  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  had  attained  young  manhood.  For  a 
time  he  located  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  then  went  to  Illinois,  but 
shortly  afterward  returned  to  Beaver  county,  where  he  purchased  fifteen 
acres  of  land  in  Brighton  township.  In  1879  he  made  his  home  in  Roches- 
ter, Beaver  county,  where  he  was  occupied  as  a  laborer,  and  where  he  died, 
April  20,  1904.  He  was  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party,  and 
a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church  of  Saints  Peter  and  Paul.  Mr.  McCal- 
lester married,  in  September,  1861,  Mary  Jane  M^cEneney,  born  at  Loretta, 
Pennsylvania,  August  10,  1834,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (McGuc- 
kin)  McEneney,  both  born  in  Ireland,  who  came  to  the  Province  of  Quebec, 
Canada,  and  located  at  Montreal,  later  migrating  to  Pennsylvania,  and  set- 
tling at  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  during  the  time  when  the  old  covered 
bridge  was  being  built.     He  was  a  gardener  by  trade,  but  became  a  worker 


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on  the  canal,  and  died  in  1865  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years,  while  she  died 
in  1873  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  They  had  children,  all  deceased 
with  the  exception  of  Mary  Jane,  who  married  Mr.  McCallester,  and  Ros- 
anna:  John,  Sarah,  Isabel,  Edward  Henry,  Arthur,  Mary  Jane,  Thomas 
James  and  Rosanna.  Peter  and  Mary  Jane  (McEneney)  McCallester  had 
children:  i.  Thomas  J.,  see  forward.  2.  Rose,  deceased.  3.  John,  of  Kane, 
Pennsylvania ;  married  Ella  Fannin,  and  has  children :  Grace  and  John.  4. 
Daniel,  deceased.  5.  Bernard,  of  Marion,  Indiana.  6.  Mary,  married 
Joseph  Goemann,  a  policeman  of  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  and  has  chil- 
dren: Carl,  Althea,  Zita  Claire  and  Joseph.  7.  Anna,  married  Theodore 
Feltes,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  has  children :  Theodore,  Jerome,  Amine, 
Bernadette.  Before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  McCallester,  Mrs.  McCallester  had 
married  Peter  Marron,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  who  was  born  in  Ire- 
land, came  to  Rochester,  Beaver  county,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  and  died, 
November  22,  1859.  By  this  marriage  she  had  had  children:  John,  de- 
ceased; and  Elizabeth,  who  married  William  Heuring,  of  Rochester,  and 
had  children:  James,  now  in  the  Klondike  region;  Mame,  married  William 
Morgan,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio ;  Alice,  deceased ;  Myrtle,  lives  with  her  mother. 
(II)  Thomas  J.,  son  of  Peter  and  Mary  Jane  (McEneney)  McCallester, 
was  born  in  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania,  June  24,  1862.  He  was  reared 
in  the  county  of  his  birth,  where  he  also  attended  the  public  schools.  Upon 
the  completion  of  his  education  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  box  making 
trade,  and  later  had  charge  for  a  period  of  five  years  of  the  William  Miller 
Box  Factory,  of  Rochester,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  then  employed  by  the 
Bridgewater  Gas  Company  for  eighteen  years  in  the  responsible  position  of 
assistant  superintendent,  and  the  next  nine  years  were  spent  with  the  H.  C. 
Fry  Company,  having  charge  of  their  plumbing  work,  and  the  entire  labor 
department.  He  then  established  himself  in  the  plumbing  business  with 
which  he  has  been  successfully  identified  for  the  past  five  years.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat,  and  in  religious  faith,  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church. 
Mr.  McCallester  married,  in  1902,  Elizabeth  Murray,  of  Cora,  Pennsylvania. 
They  have  no  children.  They  reside  in  a  beautiful  home  at  No.  360  New 
York  avenue,  Rochester. 


ADDENDA  AND  ERRATA 


INDEX 


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Addenda  and  Errata 


Armstrong,  p.  311,  gen.  Ill,  John  Arm- 
strong  died   since   sketch   was   printed,   all 
pertaining  to  him  should  read  in  the  past 
tense. 

Braden,  p.  57,  sth  line,  Alfred  Jackson 
Braden  began  his  railroad  career  in  Beaver 
Falls;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood 
of  Railway  Trainmen  and  Order  of  Rail- 
way Conductors,  and  has  been  a  delegate 
to  their  conventions;  14th  line,  Darwin 
Ransom  Braden,  a  well  known  resident  of 
Beaver  Falls,  died  at  his  home,  No.  923 
Seventh  avenue,  Beaver  Falls;  he  had  been 
a  resident  of  Beaver  Falls  for  many  years, 
and  was  a  roller  employed  in  the  Colonial 
Steel  Mill,  Monaca ;  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Nonpareil  Athletic  Club  and  officiated 
as  the  club's  referee ;  in  his  day  he  was 
known  as  one  of  the  best  athletes  in  this 
section  of  the  country;  he  was  survived  by 
his  wife,  Ella  Braden. 

Gordon,  p.  767,  last  line,  fifty  years  should 
be  almost  sixty  years;  Captain  Henry  Gor- 
don was  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church;  S.  M.  Kane  Lodge,  No.  786,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  Ro- 
chester Lodge,  No.  274,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  which  he  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber; Winifred  Lodge,  No.  159,  Daughters 
of  Rebekah,  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  On  August  5,  1912, 
Captain  and  Mrs.  Gordon  celebrated  their 
golden   wedding   anniversary. 

Note— Volume  I  ends  with  page  546; 
An  asterisk  (*)  against  a  name  in  the 
head :  Addenda  and  Errata. 


Walker,  p.  929,  40th  line,  year  of  birth 
of  Francis  W.  Walker  was  1804;  41st  line, 
year  1844  should  be  1843;  44th  line,  at  the 
age  of  sixty  years  is  incorrect ;  it  should 
read  his  death  occurred  March  20,  1847, 
aged  forty-three  years;  Francis  W.  Walker 
married  Charlotte  Ann  Greasley,  who  died 
in  1885 ;  their  children  were :  Francis  Wil- 
liam, born  1825 ;  Emma,  born  February  21, 
1827,  died  March  14,  1874;  Charles  Thomas, 
born  October  26,  1832,  died  March  20, 
1879;  Charlotte  Ann,  born  April  23,  1835, 
died  191 1 ;  Elizabeth  Maria,  born  February 
20,  1837,  died  December  11,  1839;  Eliza- 
beth Maria,  born  April  26,  1840;  George 
Heckling,  born  December  19,  1842;  Eliza- 
beth Greasley,  born  December  11,  1846, 
died  October,  1847 ;  p.  930,  4th  line,  nine- 
teen years  should  be  eighteen  years ;  15th 
line,  New  Brighton  should  be  Industry; 
26th  line,  Jane  married  Mr.  W.  H.  Riley; 
27th  line,  Margaret  married  Mr.  John  Mc- 
Gafiick;  31st  line  should  read:  Mr.  Cairns 
was  eighty-two  years  of  age  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  and  his  wife  was  eighty-five 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  death; 
34th  line,  year  1865  should  be  1855;  3Sth 
line,  Kenwood  should  be  Kenwood  School, 
New  Brighton;  p.  931,  i8th  line.  United 
States  National  Bank  should  be  United 
States  Trust  Company;  22nd  line,  should 
read  graduating  in  ceramic  engineering. 

Volume  II  begins  with  page  547. 
Index,    refers   the   reader   to   note   under 


Index 


Addenbrook,  Thomas,  306 

Thomas   W.    D.,   306 
Ageman,    John,    140 
Agnew,   Daniel,   529,   530 

James,   530 
Allen,    191,   535 

John,   191 

John  G.,  536 

Robert,  191 

Robert  H.,   192 

William,  536 
Allison,    17s,   70s 

Alexander,   705 

Edward  J.,   176 

James,   I75,  705 

James  M.,  706 

Thomas,   176 
Amsler,  Charles  H.,  730 

William    H.,   y^o,   731 


Anderson,   538,  925,  934 

Alexander    H.,   926 

Alexander   T.,  937 

Benjamin,  937 

Benoni,   937 

Christopher,   538 

Elizabeth,   1057 

Harry  D.,  938 

James,  935 

James  T.,  936 

John,   937,    1056 

John  W.,  934 

Patrick  J.,  538 

Thomas,  925 

William,  925,  934,  936 

Wilham  S.,  935 

William  T.,  926 
Archibald,  David,  468 

William,  467 


1056  Armstrong,    179,   310 
John,   179,   180,  310 
*John,   311 
John  B.,  180 
Atterholt,    Albert    A., 
Alethe,  480 


Atwell,  805 
Floyd,    806 
James,  8o5 
John  B.,  806 
Robert,    805 

Atwood,  445 
John,   445 
John  A.,  446 
John  W.,  445 

Ayers,  Samuel,  301 
William   H.,   301 


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"5 


Baker,  372,  534,  736 

Anthony,  534 

Charles  Q.,  373 

George,  32^,  373,  736,  737 

James   O.,   738 

Joseph  H.,  738 

Michael,  737 

Philip,   534 

Philip    P.,    534 

Robert  L.,  535 

William    H.,   373 

Zachariah   T.,  535 
Baldwin,   Henry,   1006 

Robert   B.,    1006 
Balzer,   236 

Andrew    H.,   237 

Conrad.  237 

Henry,  237 
Banks,   807 

Margaret  E.,  808 

Matthew,  807 

Matthew  C,  809 

Samuel    R.,  807 

William  T.,  808 
Barclay,  854,  911 

Francis  J.,  912 

George   W.,  855 

Robert,   912 

Thomas,  911 

William,  854 

William    F,    J.,   856 
Barker,   875 

Abner,  875 

Harry  T.,  876 

Joseph,  87s 

Samuel,  875 

Thomas  A.,  875 
Barkley,  426 

Frank  A.,  427 

John,  426 

William,  426 

William  J.,  426 
Barnard,  252 

Daniel,   252 

Daniel  C,  252 

Mary  C,  253 
Earner,  Carl,  772 

Robert,  772 
Barnes.  567 

Elijah,  567 

Walter  D.,  568 
Barratt,    105 

Ezra.  IDS 

John  B.,  106 
Barry,  933 
Charles,   933 

John  C,  934 
Michael,  933 
Barto,   1095 
Daniel,   1095 
David,  109s 
Isaac  N.,  1095 
Bausman,  Joseph  H.,  10 
Beatty,  640 
Jonathan,   640 
William,  641 
William  G.,  64a 


Beckert,   John,   950 

Leo,  950 
Beisel,   Henry  B.,  242 

Margaret   L.,   242 
Beitsch,    George    F.,   37 

William    F.,   36,   37 
Bell,   Charles  S.,   161 

William  F.,  163 
Bentel,    931 

Charles  W.,  932 

Eckert,   931 

Frederick,   931 
Bentley,  Louis  L..  208 
Bernhardy,    25 

Harry    W.,    25 

Henry   A.,   25 

Michael,   25 
Berry,    427 

Daniel,   427,   428 

William  D.,  428 
Best,    Conrad,  974 

John   H.,  974 
Bestwick,    120 

Abraham,   120 

George  A.,  120 

Henry,    120 
Bevington,   485 

Charles,  485 

Daniel,  485 

Thomas,  485 
Bickerstaff,   Alvin   M.,  793 
Bigger,    847 

James,  848 

Matthew,    847 

Thomas,  847 
Bimber,  333 

Catherine,   333 

Herman   H.,  333 

Philip,  333 
Bishop,  243 

Electa  A.,  244 

John  H.,  243 
Blair,  Charles,  359 

Lide  P..  359 
Blakely.  308 

James,  308 

Thomas,   309 

William  J.,  308 
Blinn,  Jacob,  816 
Bloom.   Henry,   no 

Nicholas,   109 
Bolton,  786 
Toseph,   786 

Joseph  J.,  788 

William  J.,  786 
Bonzo.  15,  370 
Charles.   16,  370 

Charles  R..  371 

Henry,  370 

Peter  L.,   16 
Born,  John,  375,  376 
Boswell,  George,  526 

William,  527 
Bovard,   199 
George,  200 
George  R.,  201 

Jamei,    199 


James  C,  200 
John,    199 
Boyer,  279 
John,  279 
John  E.,  280 

Braden,   54 

Alfred   B.,  56 

*David  C,  57 

James,   54 

John,  55 
Bradford,   1031 

Benjamin  R.,  1036 

Thomas,    1034,   1035 

Vincent  L.,   1037 

William,    1031,   1033,   i 
Bradshaw,   851,   954 

Charles   W.,   852 

George  C,  852 

Harry  B..  852 

Joseph   F.,   851 

Milo,    954 

Robert,  851,  954 

Thomas,    852,    954 
Brauer,  Frank  W.,  684 

John,   684 
Braun,  Louis  A.,  627 
Bray,  James  H.,  673 
Brehm,    27^ 

August,   27s 

Louis   F.,  275 

William  F.,  276 
Brenholts,  391 

Clayton  S.,  392 

Frederick,   391 

George   W.,  392 
Brobeck,  274 

Charles  P.,  275 

Henry  J.,  274 

John  G.,  274 

Philip,  274 
Brown,  920 

Charles,   924 

Conrad,  924 

Ernest  W.,  921 

John.  924 

Lewis.  921 

Philip.  921 
Bruce,   765 

Charles,   765 

George,  765 

Robert  C,  766 
Bruhn.  John  D.,  476 

John  M..  476 
Bryan.   403,  882 

Aaron  P..  404 

Henry,  882 

John,  403,  882 

Price,  403 

William,  403,  882 
Bryer,   279 

John,  279 

John  E.,  280 

Oliver    J.,    281 
Buchanan.  843.  913 

James  B..  846 

John.    843 


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John  M.,  913 

Joseph  K,  845 

Thomas  C,  913 
Bunn,  Gains,  486 

John  T.,  487 
Burns,  14,  922 

Abel,  922 

Albert,    922 

Charles  N.,  923 

Coston,  IS 

Emmet  S.,  15 

James,  14 

Patrick,   922 

Samuel,  15 
Burry,   Abraham,   296 

John,  29s 

Cable,  941 

Elmer  E.,  942 

George  W.,  941 

John,  941 
Cain,  991,  999 

David,  991 

George,  999,  1000 

George  A.,  1000 

George  W.,  999 

Henry  F.,  991 

Isaac,  991 

James,   999 

John,  991,  999 

William,   991 
Calhoon,   594,  938 

Andrew,  939 

Harry,  939 

James  M.,  594 

John  C,  939 

Milton,   594 

Robert,  939 

Samuel  E.,  59S 
Calhoun,  398 

Andrew,  398 

Harry,  399 

John  C,  399 

Robert,  398 

Thomas   S.,  399 
Camp,  Henry  M.,  352 

Michael,  3Si 
Campbell,  260,  987,   10; 

Arthur,    1073 

Daniel,  260 

H.  Clem,  261 

James  Y.,  988 

Joseph,  1073 

Joseph  A.,   1074 

Marshall,  1074 

Robert,  987 

Samuel  R.,  261 

William,    1071 
Cargo,  James,  574 

Joseph   M.,  574 
Carothers,  461,  586 

James,   58i5 

James  W.,  587 

Jesse   W.,  462 

Tohn,  461,  s86 

John  J.,  586 

Marv  J.,  588 

William  A.,  s88 


Carr,   416 

Cory>don    G.,   419 
Horace  C,  417 
Isaac  E.,  417 

Joseph,  416 
Carroll,  Champ  W.,  997 

Winfield   S,  998 
Carson,   John    W.,  869 
Chaffee,  Edward  E.,  498 

James   S.,  498 
Champion,  972 

Isaac,  972 

Joseph  H.,  972 

Lesley  D.,  973 
Chapman,   William,   582 
Chatley,  700 

Abijah,  701 

Francis,   700 

William  S.,  702 
Cheney   (Gibson),  Fidelia 

883 
Clark,  187 

James,    187 

Robert  S.,   187 

Roger,   187 
Cloak,   424 

Andrew    B.,   425 

John,  424 

Simon,  425 
Coale,  Joseph   B.,  863 

Joseph  H.,  862 
Coates,  Joseph,  537 

William  H.,  537 
Cochran,  John,  423 

Joseph,  423 
Cole,  Ivery,  360 

Rufus  D.,  361 

Susan  A.,  361 
Conkle,   569,   593 

George  E.  W.,  593 

Henry,   569,   593 

James  M.,  570 

John,  569,  593 
Conner,  Michael,  600 

M.  William,  601 
Cook,  7z,  S25 

Frederick  H.,  526 

Henry,  525 

Henry  E.,  525 

James,  73 

Thomas,  y^ 

William   S.,  74 
Cooley,  583 

Frank,  583 

Joseph,  583 

Robert  S.,  583 
Cooper,  603 

Daniel,  603 

John  P.,  604 

Margaret  J.,  604 

Mathias,  603 

Robert,  601 
Cope,  98 

Jesse,   100 

John,  100 

Oliver,  99 

Roger,   103 

Samuel  D.,  loi 


Cordes,  Anton,  827 

Herman,  826 
Cotter,  James,  831 
Couch,  118 

Charles  C,  119 

Nathan,  118 

Nathan  A.,  118 

Orlando  H.,  118 
Courtney,  595 

Addison,  596 

John,  595 
Cowan,  928 

Frederick  A.,  928 

Samuel,  928 

William   H.,  929 
Cowden,  John,  590 

John  A.,  590 
Craig,  857 

Joseph,  857 
A.,    Joseph  A.,  857 

William  D.,  858 
Criswell,  James,    141 

John,    141 
Cronin,   Dennis,  482 

John  D.,  482 
Cunningham,   Philo   M., 

William   M.,  889 
Curtis,  John,   196 

Smith,   197 

Dalbey,  John  C,  840 

Josiah,  840 
Dando.   George,  897 

Mark,  897 
Davidson,   154,  985,  1037 

A.  S.,  986 

Addison,  155 

Daniel   R.,   1038 

Ebenezer,  985 

James  J.,  1037,   1039 

John.   154 

Thomas  J.,  155 

William,   154,    1038 

William  H.,  98s 
Davis,  373.  671,  674 

George  T.,  394 

John   C,  674 

Robert  C,  675 

Stewart,  393 

Thomas,  671 

Thomas  G.,  393 

William,   674 

William  F.,  672 
Dawson,  796 

Amos,  800 

Benjamin,  800 

Benoni,    797 

Catharine,  798 

Daniel  D.,  798 

Edmund,  801 

Elizabeth,  803 

Howard  D.,  799 

James,  802 

John,  796 

Mackall,  800 

Robert,  798 

Susan  F.,  801 

Thomas,  796 


BEAVER   COUNTY 


117 


X 


William  W., 
Denton,  David  W.,  460 

James  T.,  460 
Dickey,  291 

John,   291 

John  S.,  291 

William  A.,  292 
Dietrich,  314 

Qaus,  314 

George  E.,  315 

John  E.,  314 
Dillan,  341,  959 

James,  341 

James  M.,  342 

John,  959 

Lorenzo  D.,  960 

Moses,  959 
Dippold,  Isabella  J..  411 

John,  410 

John  H.,  411 
Dobbs,   Clarisa,  944 

George,  944 
Dockter,   Christian,  783,  784 

George,  783 
Dodds,  Archibald,  205 

Robert  J.,  206 
Doncaster,   1076 

Daniel,   1077 

James  W.,  1078 

Richard,  1077 
Douds,  43,  434 

Edward  H.,  44,  45,  435 

George    P.,   436 

John,   43,   434 

John  M.,  45 

Robert,  43.  434  T„h„   w 

Dougherty,   Caroline    M.,  618    John   W 

James.  617  -  "^^P^^-  , 

John  W.,  617 
Douglas,  David,  904 

Wilkinson,  994 
Douglass,  940 

George  D.,  940 

George  J.,  940 

Herbert    W.,   940 
Douthett,  309 

Harry  G.,  310 

Joseph,  309 

Lemuel,  309 
Douthitt,  693 

Alexander    C,   694 

Emma,  694 

Henry,  693 

Joseph,  693 
Downie,   131 

James   N.,    132 

John.   131 

Robert  M.,  135 
Dravo,  181 

Anthony,  181 
Tohn  F.,   182 

John  S..  185 

Lida,  185 

Michael,  182 
Drew,  John,   782,   783 
Dnerr,   Frederick  W.,   302 
George  F.,  302 


Duey,   292 
Homer  G.,  293 
James  A.,  292 
John  A.,  292 

Duff,  634 
Oliver,  634 
Samuel  C.,  635 
William,  634 
William  J.,  63s 

Dunkerley,  887 
Charles  A.,  888 
Joseph  H.,  887 
William  H.,  887 

Dunn,  978 
Allen  B.,  979 
Thomas,  978 
William  G.,  978 

Eachel,    141,   1057 
Andrew,    141 
Charles,   141 
Elizabeth  L.,   1057 
Emerson    C,    142 
Samuel,   141,   1057 

Eaton,  414,  836 
Henry,  414,  836 
John,   414,  836 
John   H.,  415 

Eckert,  504 
Charles  R.,  506 
Henry  J.,  505 
John  H.,  5u4,  505 

Edie,  Guian,  447 
Joseph  A.,  447 
Sarah   A.,   448 

Edwards,  1057 

IOS7 

057 
Joseph   S.,    1057 

Elder,  628 
John,  628 
John   S.,  629 
William,  628 
William   C,  629 

Elliott,  41 

John  A.,  41,  43 
John  E.,  42 
William,  42 

Ellis,  H.  Alfred,  962 

Elze,  7=;2 
Charles  W.,  752 
Julius,  752 
William,  752 

Engle,  321 

Benjamin  F.,  322 
David,  561 
David  J.,   562 
George,  321,  ■;=;7 
George  W.,  i;?8 
Henry,  321,  557 
James  O.,  e';8 
John  G.,  559 
Oliver  C,  550 
Stacey  D.,  5S8 
Walker  D.,  560 
Washington,  322 
William  J.,  560 


Estermyer,  Alouis,  779 

Louis  J.,  780 
Evans,  John,  422 
Ewing,  568,  809 

Alexander,  809 

David,   568 

James,  809 

John,   568 

Stanton  F.,  568 

Walter  T.,  810 

Fair,  909 

Barney  O.,  910 

John,  910 

Michael,  910 

Philip,  910 
Farr,  503 

Jonas  H.,  503 

Levan  S.,  503 

Louis  T.,  504 

William,  503 

William  T.,  503 
Path,  357 

George  P.,  357 

Jacob,  357 

Jacob  G.,  358 
Fisher,  William  C,  201,  202 
Fitzgerald,   624 

John,  625 

Thomas,  624 

Thomas  M.,  624 
Fleming,    186,  348,  550 

James,  348,  551 

John,   186,  SSI 

John   R.,   552 

Joseph  M.,  551 

Robert,  550 

Robert  D.,  348 
Flenniken.  829 

Elias,  829 

James   D.,   830 

John  A.,  829 

John  W.,  829 
Frazier,  283 

James  B.,  285 

William,  283 

William  M.,  284 
Freed,  618 

Abraham,  618 

John,  618 

John  W.,  619 

William   A.,   620 
Fresch,  950 

George  W.,  951 

John  G.,  950 

John  J.,  951 
Friedfeld,  Edward,  390 

Lavoslav,   391 
Fry,  956 
Henry  C,  957 
John,  956 
Thomas  C,  957 
Pullerton,  226 
Henry,  226 
Miles,  227 
Scott  W.,  227 


iii8 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Funkhouser,  715,  814 

Jacob  O.,  71S,  815 

Samuel,  715,  814 

Samuel   H.,  815 
Gailey,  662 

Joseph,  662 

Silas,  662 

William,  662 
Gallagher,  Daniel,  462 

Peter  P.,  462 
Galvin,  Maurice,  782     _ 

Thomas  J.,  781.  782  ~ 
Garber,  121 

James  S.,  121 

Leonard,   121 

Samuel,  121 

William  H.,  121 
Garrett,  269,  971,  996 

Edward,  270 

Henry  W.,  971 

James  F.,  996 

John,  971 

John  S.,  971 

Perry  A.,  270 

Robert   D.,  270 
Gaston,  Daniel,  41 

John  C,  41 
Geer,  J.  Henry,  148 

Samuel,  147 
George,  145 

Alexander,  145 

Henry  H.,  145 

Henry  Hosie,   146 
Gilchrist,  902 

Alexander,  904 

James,  902 

Joseph,  902 

Theodore  M.,  904 

William,  904 

William  D.,  902 
Gishbaugher,  Michael,  632 

Michael  J.,  633 
Glass,   107s 

Berta  F.,  1076 

Dorsey  K.,   1075 

Harry    G.    L.,    1076 

John,  107s 

Robert,  1075 
Glasson,  James,   noo 

James  E.,   iioo 
Glenn,  576 

David,  576 

Thomas  C,  576 

William,  576 
Goll,  John,  235,  236 
Connelly,  334 

James,  334 

John,  334 

John  J.,  335 
Gordon,  86,  767 

*Henry,  767 

Isaac,  86 

John,  767 

Leibe,  86 

Morris,  87 

William,  767 

William  T.,  768 


Gormley,  James  R.,  591 

Robert,  591 
Gorsuch,  David,  565 

Robert,  565 

Samuel,  566 
Graebing,   Charles  E.,  422 

John,  421 
Graham,  296,  303,  998,  1059 

Adam  R.,  296 

Charles,  998 

James,   1060 

James  M.,  998 

John  W.,  1060 

Joseph,   1060 

Nathan,   303 

Patrick,  1060 

William  A.  P.,  304 

William  F.,  297 
Gray,  215,  932,  973 

Boyd,  932 

Cassius  M.,  216 

Edwin  E.,  973 

James  E.  M.,  932 

Robert,  932 

Samuel,  215 

William  B.,  932 
Green,  ^^ 

Clyde  C,  39 

James,  39 

James  R.,  39 

Levi,  39 

William,  37 
Grim,  448,  449 

Louis   E.,  449 

Michael,  448 

Philip   L.,   448 
Grimm,  George,  900 

William  A.,  900,  901 
Grine,  190 

Albert  F.,  191 

Helwig,  190 

John,   190 
Haas,  432 

Conrad,  433 

Daniel,  432 

Jacob,  432 
Haffely,  Louis,  1103 

Louisa,  1 1 04 

Victor,  1 103 
Haley,  842 

Elizabeth,  843 

Patrick,   842 

William  C,  843 
Hall,  353-  89s 

Charles  H.,  895 

Ebenezer,  353 

James  W.,  896 

Samuel,  353 

Thomas,  895 

William,  353 
Hamilton,  75,  177,  315,  1005 

James,  76,   178,  3  IS 

James  C.  M.,  77 

Oscar,  315 

Philip  E.,  1005 

Robert,  75 

Samuel,   178 

Samuel  D.,  316 


Thomas,    178 
Hammerle,  John,  610,  611 
Hammond,   330 

David,  330 

Ira  N.,  330 

John,  330 
Hanauer,  Asher,  1089,  1090 

Samson,  1089 
Hare,  407 

Casper,  407 

Michael,  407 

Thomas  S.,  408 
Harper,  642 

James,  645,  646 

Samuel,  642,  643 

William   H,  646 
Harris,  812 

Ephraim,  812 

Oliver  C,  813 

Samuel  E.,  812 
Hart,  267 

Frank  D.,  269 

Henry  M.,  268 

John,  267 

John  C,  267 
llartenbach,   364 

Adam,  364 

Conrad,   364 

Henry  C,  365 
Harton,  188 

Harry  M.,  190 

James,   189 

Tohn,    188 

John  E.,    189 
Hartzell,   444,   579 

George,  444-  579 

John,  444,   579 

John  W.,  579 

William  A.,  444 
Hay,  James,  508 

Jean  E.,  509 

Robert,  508 
Hays.  249 

Ephraim   M.,  250 

Tames  M.,  250 

John,  249 

Joseph,   250 

Thomas,  249 
Henderson,  572 

James  M.,  572 

Joseph,  572 

Robert,  572 
Herbert,  Carl,  524 

John,  524 
Hermann,  Leopold,  368 

Louis,  368 
Hetche,  Charles  M.,  513 

Jacob  J.,  511,  512 
Hice,  267,   527 

Henry,  267,  528 

Richard  R.,  267 

Sarah   H.,  529 

William,   527 
Hicks,  969,   1082 

Frank  C,  970 

George,  1082 

Hiram,  1083 


BEAVER    COUNTY 


my 


James,   1082 

William  A.,  969 
Higby,   William  R,  613 
Hineman,  715 

James  M.,  717 

John,  715 

John   M.,  716 
Hoffman,  George,  777 

George  A.,  778 
Hogue,  Andrew,  458 

Eliza,  459 

Frederick,  459 
Holmes,  Joseph  L.,  323 

Leander,   323 
Holt,  681,  995 

Rachel   C,  681 

Richard  S.,  996 

Samuel  J.,  99s 

William  H.,  681 
Holtzmann,  463 

Charles  H.,  464 

Jacob,  463 

Walter  J.,  464 
Hoopes,  438 

Daniel,  438 

David,  438 

Edward,  438 

Eugene  S.,  439 

John  S.,  438 

Joseph,   438 

Joshua,  438 

Robert  E„  438 

Thomas,  438 
Hotchkiss,  Joseph,  639 

Michael,  640 
Houston,  311 

Charles,   311,   312 

James.  311 

William,  312 
Howe,  127 

John,  127 

■Richard,   127 

Richard  H.,  128 
Hoyt,  Thomas  M.,  703 

Thomas  S.,  703 
Huffman,  667 

Frank  L.,  670 

James,  667 

John  T.,  668 
Hughes,  Andrew,  288 
Hummel,    Casper  J.,  724 

John,  723 
Hunter,  327,  664 

Alexander,   664,  665 

John,  326 

Robert  D.,  327 

Robert  J.,  326 

Wallace,  664 
Hutchinson,    Edward   L.,    150 

William,   149,  150 

Imbrie,  877 

David,  877 

James,  877 

James  M.,  879 

William  J.,  880 
Infflefield,  Edward   S.,  592 

William,  592 


Irons,  984,   1069 
Harper  S.,  985 
James  A.,  1070 
James  C,   1070 
John,  1070 
Solomon,  984,   1071 
Will   B.   C,   1071 
William,  984 
William  W.,  984 

Jackson,  320,  431,  584 

.'\ndrew,  431 

Andrew  W.,  432 

Hugh,  584 

James,  584 

James  A.,  320 

John  A.,  431 

Leander  W.,  584 

Thomas,   320 

Thomas  S.,  321 
James,  471 

Jay   B.,  471 

btho,  471 

William,  471 
Jamison,  Robert  J.,  62 

William,  60,  61 
Jeffreys,  697 

George,  698 

John,  697 

John  H.,  698 
Jobe,  Christian,  474 

Thomas   F.,  475 
Johnson,  Adam  M.,  1015 

Samuel,  1015 
Johnston,  378,  876,  1053, 

Charles,   379 

Edward   M.,   1102 

Frank  H.,  1053 

James  A.,   1053 

John,  378 

John  E.,  379 

Joseph,  876 

Michael  B.,  378 

Robert,  876 

Sylvester,    iioi 

William,  378,  877 
Jones,   409,   707 

Alexander  M.,  710 

Blanche,  710 

Charles  E.,  410 

Hiram,  707 

Tames,  409,  709 

Louis,  707 

Thaddeus  F.,  709 

Thomas  J.,  708 
Jope,  James  M.,  521,  522 

John  W.,  521 

Kane,  454,  694 

James,  454,  694 

John,  455,  695 

John  M.,  456 
Kaszer,  John,  523 

Jonas  C,  523 
Kaye,  483 

Anna  K..  483 

David,  483.  484 

Edward,  483 


Walter  D.,  484 
Keeler,  Edward  L.,  77s 

William  E.,  775 
Keiser,   1079 

Albert   S.,    1081 

Daniel,  1080 

Henry    D.,    1080 
Kemmer,  Adam,  278 
Kennedy,  32,  381,  573,  ggg 

Alexander,   575 

Charles  H.,  32 

Curtis   C.,  954 

David  A.,  575 

G.  F.,  33 

Isaac,  953 

James,  953 

John,  575 

John  D.  P.,  383 

John  P.,  382 

Margaret  B.,  956 

Samuel,  381,  573 

Samuel   K.,  956 

Samuel  S.,  573 

Thomas,  953 

Thomas  L.,  33 

William,    381 
Kerr,  346,  543,  564 

David,   544,   545 

Franklin  D.,  546 

James,  346,  564 

Nathaniel,  346 

Thomas  G.,  346 

Thomas  J.,  564 

William,  543,  564 
'  William  W,  348 
King,  Hugh,  509 

Michael,   509 
Kinney,  774 

Albert   M.,  774 

John,  774 

Nathan,  774 
Kirk,   George   A.,   470 

James,  470 
Kirker,  263 

James,  263 

John   S.,  264 

Lorenzo  C,  264 
Klein,   C.  G.,  228,   1109 

Charles    W.,    1109 

Lillian   M.,   228 
Kleyle,  Francis  X.,   1013 

Louis,  1013 
Kniffen,  Le  Grand,  336 

Sarah  A.,  336 
Knight,  David,  717 

Lewis,  718 
Knoedler,  Christian,  784 

John  F.,  785 
Knox.   George  W.,  514 

Joseph.   514 
Koehler,   Ludwig,   468 

Paulus  E.,  469 
Kornman,  Adam,  343 

Frederick,  343 
Kornmann,  Frederick,  729 
Kristufek,  376,  411 

Charles,  376 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Stephen,  411 
Stephen  P.,  412 

Lafferty,  Barney,  624 

William,  623 
Lais,  David,  487 

George  H.,  488 
Lambert,   1108 

James,  1108 

Moses,  1108 

Robert  V.,   1108 
Latshaw,  692 

John,  692 

Peter,  692 

Peter   W.,  692 
Laughlin,  986 

Benjamin,  986 

Fitzsimmons,  987 

Robert  L,  986,  1097 

Thomas,  1096 
Lawrence,  70 

Andrew  Jf.,  70 

Joseph,  70 

Samuel,  70 

Thomas,   1096 
Lease,  Charles  F.,  520 

Frederick  L.,  521 
Leeper,  541 

Hugh,  542 

Hugh  C.,  543 

James,  541 

Robert,  542 

Robert  J.,  543 
Lmdeman,  217 

Christ,  217 

Frank  C.  W..  218 

Karl,  217 
Lint,  481 

Abraham  N.,  481 

George  A.,  481 

Henry,  481 
Littell,  863 

David,  868 

John  R.,  869 

John  S.,  866 

Joseph  M..  867 

William.    864,    86^ 
Llovd.  278,  519 

Griffith,  278 

John,  519 

Rollin,   278 

William,   519 
Locke,  946 

David,  947 

David  C,  948 

James,  946,  947 
Lockhart,  413,  648 

Clarence  J.,  414 

David  O.,  650 

James  R..  413 

Jephtha.  648 

Jephthah,  413 

William,  648,  649 
Logan,  152 

Eliza  J.,  153 

John,   152 

Matthew,  152 
Louthan,  614,  720 

James,  614,  721 


John  R.,  615 

Moses,  720 
Lowry,  Jacob,  265 

John  G.,  265 

Mary  W.,  266 
Lutton,  67 

Aaron,  69 

John  P.,  67 

Lyle  S.,  68 

William,  67 
McAnlis,  439 

James,  439,  440,  441 

James  D.,  443 

Robert,  440 
McBride,  714 

Andrew,  714 

Charles  F.,  714 

Dennis  J.,  714 
McCallester,   Peter,    mo 

Thomas  J.,   ini 
McCallister,  354 

Cornelius,   354 

David,  354 

John,  354 

Mary.   354 
McCandless,  137,  331,  726 

Addison  Y.,  332 

George  J.,   138,  331,  726 

Josiah  C,  727 

Marcus  W.,   139 

Robert,  137,  331,  726 
McCarter,   16 

Clement  B.,   r8 

Daniel,   16 

James,   16 

John,  17 

Joseph  D.,   18 
McCaw.  834 

Charles  F.,  83S 

Thomas,  834 

William  M.,  835 
McCleery,  400 

James  H.,  490 

John  C,  491 

William  H.,  490 
McClure,  220,  514 

Charles,   516 

James   E.,  222 

James  T..  221 

John,  515 

Robert,  '515 

William,  220 
McComb.   Andrew,  293 

David,  294 

Mary,  294 
McConnell,  359.  456 

Alexander,  359 

Charles  T.  458 

George  M.,  ^^eo 

Henry  J.,  458 

Tohn  B.,  456,  457 

John  P.,  457 

Joseph,  457 

Philio.   359 

William,  457 
McCoy,    1058 

Alexander,    1057 


Hugh,   1058 

James,  1058,  1059 

James  E.,  1059 
McCreary,  1007 

James,  1007 
Robert,   1008 

Thomas  W.,   1009 
McCreery,    185 

James  H.,  185 

John  D.,  185 

Thomas  L.,  185 
McCrory,  James,  369 

John,  369 
McCulIough,  721 

John,  721 

Lucien  E.,  722 
Robert    C,   723 
McDanel,  915 

Abram,  916 

Charles  M.,  918 

Fred,  917 

John,  918 

Orrin   P.,  917 

Richard  B.,  916 

William,  9i<; 
McDonald,  187 

John,   187 

Joseph  C,  188 

Leila  M.,  188 

Marshall,   187 
McElhaney,  566 

George,  566,   567 

W.  J.,  567 

WiUiam,  566 
McEIvaney,   Daniel,  650 

William   H„  651 
McGeorge,  James,  688 

William,  688,  687 
McGoun,  1023 

Ebenezer,  1024 

Harvey  S..   1025 

John,   1023,   I02S 

J.    Blaine,    1026 
McGuire,  607 

Charles,  607 

Daniel,  607 

Michael,  608 
McHattie,    163,   397,  690 

Edith  F.,  691 

George,    164 

James,  690 

Norman  S.,   165 

Peter,  164,  397.  690 

Peter  A.,   165 

William,  397 
McKallip,   691 

Henry,  691 

John  K.,  691 

Katherine  L..  691 
McKee,  258,   1104 

James.    1104 

John,   258.    1 105 

John  J,.  1 105 

Robert.  259 

Robert  J.,  259 

Thomas.  258 
McKibbin,    Alexander,    T043 

Alexander  L.   1043 


BEAVER   COUNTY 


McKinley,  Andrew  S.,  287 

John,  287 
McKinnis,   Harry  N.,  901 

Kittie  L.,  901 
McNally,  Martin,  604 

Philip,  604 
McNamee,  1020 

John,  1020 

John  J.,   1021 

Michael,   1020 
McNeese,   Marcus,   602 

Samuel,  602 
McNutt,  289 

Obed  W.,  289 

Otto  R.,  290 

William,  289 
McPherson,  93,  490,  977   ' 

Frank  G.,  96 

Ira  H.,  977 

Nathan,  93 

Reuben,  94 

Reuben   H.,  490 

Thomas  C,  96 

Thomas  G.,  95 
MacDonald,  1044 

David  A.,    1045 

John,   1044 

Mary  F.  W.,  1045 

William,   1045 
Mack,  Frank,  665 

John.  666 
Mackall,  549 

Benjamin,  S49 

James,  549 

Samuel,  550 
Magaw,  769 

David,  770 

James,  769 

John  M.,  770 
Magee,  George,  324 

Stuart,  324 
Majors,  685 

Abner,  SS.'; 

George,  685 

George   H..  685 

Samuel,  685 
Mali,  Christian  W.,  976 

Henry,  975 
Maloney.  James,  771 

John  P.,  771 
Maratta,  Daniel,  371 

Peter,  371 

Peter  H.,  372 
Markey,  James,  766 
Marks,  Andrew  J.,  452 

Thomas,  45 1 
Marquis,  Addison  S.,  820 

David,  819 
Marshall.  John  W.,  944 

William,   944 
Martsolf.  919,  1014 

Debold,  919,   1014 

Frederick.   1014 

George  W..  920 

Jacob  D.,   1014 

Philip,  919 
Mason,  711 

George,  711 


Harvey    R.,   712 

John,  711 

Reno,  711 
Mateer,  318,  366 

George,  366 

Jacob,  366 

John  R.,  319 

Michael,  318,  366 
May,  626 

George,  626 

James,  626 

John  W,  626 
Mead,  51 

Darius,  52 

David,  52 

Ebenezer,  52 

Harry  B.,  54 

John,  52,  53 

Wilson,   53 
Mecklem,   1051 

Joseph,   1052 

Lester   O.,   1052 

Mathias,   105 1 

Samuel,   105 1 

William,   105 1 

William  J.,  1051 
Mercer.    793 

John  N.,  795 

Joseph,  794 

Robert,  794 

Thomas,   794 
Merkel,  Justus.  612 

Marie    E..   612 
Merrick,  26 

Frederick  S.,  30 

James,  26 

Joseph,  27,  28 

Silas,  30 

Timothy,  26,  27 
Metheny,  203 

David,  204 

Joseph,  203 

Mary  E.,  204 

Moses,    203 
Miller,   84,   232,   394, 
992 

Albert,  232,  233 

Albert  H.,  995 

Charles,   "jd}, 

David.   05T 

George  G..  83 

Godfrey.  394 

Henry.    395 

James.  902 

Tohn,  992 

John  E.,  83 

John  F.,  232 

Leander,  994 

Lerov  B.,  84 

Peter.  7*2 

Philip,  952 

Robert.  993 

William.  951 
Milliken,    1106 

Abram,   1106 

George  L..   1107 

Isaac  F..  1106 


762.   95: 


SS6 


Mitchell.  552.  599,  704 

Charles  D.,  704 

David,  704 

David  J.,  554 

James,  552 

James  S.,  554 

James  W.,  553 

John  R.,  600 

Robert,  704 

Thomas,  599 
Molter,  107 

Jonas    C..    107 

Oliver  P.,  107 

Ralph  H.,  108 
Moltrup,  871 

James  C,  871 

J.  Thomas,  874 

Stephen,  873 

William,  871,  872 
Montgomery,  James,  76 

John,  762 
Moody,  555 

John,  555 

Joseph,  556 

Margaret  A, 

Robert,  555 

Samuel,  556 
Moon,  Addison,  zy] 

Lulo  A.,  338 

Robert  A.,  337 
Moore,  71,  84,  251.  696 

Alexander  W.,  696 

Alfred  R.,  85 

Chalmers  B.,  697 

George  W.,  252 

Henry,  84 

Howard  A.,  72 

James,  72.  251 

Joseph,  696 

Robert,  85,  696 

Samuel,  251 

William  H..  72 

Winfield   S..   85 
Morris,   827 

Ephraim,  827 
•     Matthias,  828 

Thomas,    828 
Morrison,  George  W..  ; 

James,  255,  256 
Morrow.  356.  943 

Alexander  P..  35 

Hugh.  943 

John.  357 
Moulds.  John.  1021 
Mount.   Charles   F. 

Timothy,  966 
Murphy,  Lawrence 

William  G.,   174 
Musgrave.  833 

Avery  R..  834 

James.  833 

James   H..  833 
Myers.  Henry  M. 

Samuel,   776 
Mytinger,  437 

George  A.,  437 

John  C,  437 

Robert  E.,  437 


943 


966 


776 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Nair,   167 

Frank  M.,  170 

Harry  W.,   168 

John,   167 

William  R.,   167 
Newkirk,  803 

Henry  H.,  804 

John  F.,  804 

Shipman,  804 
Nickle,  580 

Alexander  M.,  581 

David,  580 

Matthew,  s8o 

Thomas  M.,  581 
Nippert,  298 

George  M.,  298,  300 

John  W.,  299 

Ralph  E.,  300 
Noss,   1049 

Curtis   C.,   1050 

Jacob,  1049 

Jacob  J.,   1049 

O'Neill,   8S9 

Charles,  859 

Henry,  859 

James   M.,  861 
O'Rourke,    Christopher, 

Frank  C,  763.  764 
Oatman,  John  A.,  209,  210 
Orr,  211 

Hugh,  211 

William,  211 

William  J.,  212 

Park,  631 

David,  631 

George  I.,  631 

James,  631 

William,  631 
Parsons,  367 

Elmer  S„  367 

Franklin  D.,  367 

William,  367 
Patterson,  238,  718 

Gawin,   239 

Harry  C,  240 

James,  239,  718 

James  R.,  720 

John  L.,  720 

Robert,  719 
Patton,  277 

David,  277 

Hugh  G.,  277 

Mary,    278 
Paulson.   Henry,  714 

Joseph  F.,  714 
Peffer,  621 

Clarence  W.,  622 

Gottlieb,  621 

William  H.,  622 
Peirsol,  506 

Jacob  S.,  S06 

Sampson,  506 

Scudder  H.,  506 

Scudder  H.,  Dr.,  507 
Perrott,   338,   1063 

James  D.,  1062 

Richard,  338 


Thomas,  1062 

Thomas  R.,  338 
Pettier,  384 

David,  384 

Peter,  384 

Samuel   H.,  384 
Pflug,  838 

Caroline,  838 

Henry,  838 

Jacob,  838 
PhiUis,  755 

Jacob,  758 

James    M.,    758 

Joseph,  755 

Lemoyne  E.,  757 

Nancy,  758 

Thomas  J.,  7S8 
Pinter,  46 

Alexander,  46 

Leopold,  46 

Morris,  46 
Piper,  224 

Adam,  224 

Jacob,  224 

Joseph,  224 

William  W.,  225 
_--,  Wilson  M.,  224 
7^4pii,mmer,   11 

Harry  R.,  13 

James,   11 

James  C,   12 
Porter,  123,  494 

Benjamin   F.,    123 

Enos  H.,  126 

James  M.,  495 

John,  494 

John  B.,  494 
Potter,  386,  759 

James,  387,  759 

John  B.,  760 

John  P.,  761 

"Robert,  386,  387,  759 

Robert  C,  760 

Washington  M.,  387 
Potts,  228 

Jonas,  229 

Jonathan.  230 

Samuel  L..  230 

William  O.,  230 

William  W.,  231 
Powell,  660 

Henry,  660 

Ira,  660 

Ivan,  660 
Powers,  497 

Edward  M.,  497 

Samuel,   497 

Thomas  J.,  497 
Pugh,  850 

John,   850 

Tonathan.  850 

Joseph  T.,  850 
PuUion,  Frank,  975 

Peter,  975 
Purdy,  388,  1092 

Agnes  A.,  462 

Farmer,  ,389 

James,  388,  1092 


John,  389 

Satnuel  H.,  1092 

Thomas,  1092 

Thomas  H.,  462 
Purviance,  Henry  C,  473 

Margaret   R.,   473 

William,  472 
Quay,  Andrew  G.  C,  304 
Quillen,  Josiah,   1079 

Park  L.,  1078,  1079 
Rail,   William,  656 

William  H.,  656 
Ramsey,  657 

Eli,  659 

James,  657 

Joseph  W.,  659 

Robert,  657 

Robert   M.,   658 

Samuel  M.,  658 
Ransom,  Frederick  W.,   144 

Ira,   142 
Rawl,  Harry  M.,  713 

James,  712 
Rayl,  157 

John,   158 

John  B..   159 

John  W.,   160 

William,    157 
Raymer,  Henry,  58 

William,  59 
Reader,  i 

Francis,   4 

Francis  S.,  1-6 

William  S.,  8 
Reeves,   244 

Daniel,  245 

John,  246 

John  T„   248 

Joseph,  244 
Reid,  David.   1046 

Samuel,  1046,  1047 
Retzer,  Frederick,  493 

Martin,  493 
Rhodes,   1040.   1054 
■  -  John,  1041,  1054 
-Robert  J.,  1042 

-  Smiley,  1056 

—  William,  1042,  1055 
-Zachary,  1040,  1054 

Rice,  Thomas.  682 

William  C,  68 
Richards,  John  1 

Sylvanus,  262 
Riedel,  699 

Gustav  H.,  700 

Karl,  699 

Karl  G.,  699 
Rihn,  502 

Charles  M.,   502 

Joseph,  502 

Michael,  502 
Ripper,  449 

John,  450 

Ludwig  L.,  4';o 

William  G.  H.,  4S0 
Robertson,   285,   676 

Alexander  A.,  676 


263 


BEAVER    COUNTY 


[23 


Archibald,   677 

George  S.,  676 

John,  286,  676,  677 

Matthew,  286,  677 

William,  286,  677,  678 
Roden,  839 

James,  839 

Samuel  A.,  839 

William,  839 
Roessler,  Augustus,  496 

William    H.,  496 
Rohrkaste,  Charles  W.,  214 

Frederick  G.,  213 
Rombold,  August  C.,  894 

David,  894 
Rosenkeimer,  Charles.  2ig 

Max,  220 
Russell,  740 

Franklin,   742 

Hugh,  741 

James,  742 

Samuel  C.,  742 

William,  741 
Ryan,    Rev.    Michael   J.,   35 


Schaal,  David,  663 

Frederick,  663 
Schleiter,    1016 

August  G.,  1017 

Conrad,    1016 

Edward  J.,   1017 
Schlotter,  William  K.,  825 
Schofield,   Daniel   C,   308 

James,  307 
Schramm,  821 

Harry  A.,  822 

Henry,  821 

Jacob,  821 

John  P.,  822 
Scott,  James,  588,  589 
Seanor,  John  G.,  751 
Seiple,  849 

Conrad,  849 

Ernst   H.,   849 

Joseph  H.,  849 
Shaffer,   744 

James,  744 

Lorenzo   D.,   745 

William,  744 

William  K.,  744 
Shallenberger,  477,  979 

Aaron  T.,  479 

Abraham,   477 

Herbert  B.,  480 

Horace  M.,  480 

John,  477     , 

Mary   B.,  479 

Oliver  B.,  480,  980 

Ulrich,  477 
Shane,  570,  585 

Cornelius  C,  571 

Harry  D.,  585 

John,   S7I 

Leon  B.,  585 

Neil,  585 

Richard,  585 
Shannon,   563,   678 

James,  563 


John,   563 

John   A.,   563 

Robert,  678 

William,    679 
Shanor,  So,  128,   1060 

Abraham,  80 

Alva  L.,  io6o 

David,   129 

Elias,   80 

Henry,  80 

John   M.  K,   130 
Matthias,    128 

Wilham  A.,  81 
Shaw,  841 

Andrew,   841 

Andrew  N.,  842 

William,  841 
Sheldrake,  Joshua,  254 

Nettie   L.,  255 

William,  254 
Sheridan,   Bartholomew,  281 
Sherwood,  Esther  E.,  271 

William,  271 
Short,  John   H.,  405,  406 
Shugert,  34 

Guy  S.,  34 

Ninian   I.,   34 

William  B.,  34 
Shumaker,  967 

David,   967 

James  H.,  968 

Peter,  967 
Shurlock,    Samuel,  961 
Shuster,   1083 

Charles  M.,  1086 

Jonathan,    1084 

Lawrence,  1084,  1085 

Melchior,    1085 
Small,  453 

John,  453 

Peter,  453 

Thomas  E.,  454 
Smiley,  652 

Andrew,  652 

Hugh,  652 
,  Milton,  652 
/Smith,  328,  374 

Alexander,  328 

Alexander  P.,  329 

Ephraim,   328 

Hannah  R.,  329 

John,  374 

Jonas,  328 

Joseph,  374 

William,  374 

William    S.,   375^ 
Snodgrass,  881 

Bruce,   881 

James  M.,  881 

William  J.,  881 
Sohn,  George,  43a 

Philip  J.,  430 
Somers,  Charles,  452 

Virginia,  452 
Springer,  Daniel,   156 

John,  156 
Staub,   Charles,   355 

Frank,  355 


Stauffer,  David  H.,  327 

Jacob  S.,  328 
Steen,  Matthew,  248 

Richard,  248 
Steiner,  889 

Daniel,  889 

Daniel   A.,   890 

Eugene  B.,  891 
Stevenson,  988,   looi,   loio 

Homer,   loii 

James,  988,   looi,   lOio 

Olen  J.,   ioi_> 

Samuel,    ion 

Sampson,   1003 

Thomas,  990,  1003 

William  H.,  990 

William   S.,   1004 
Stewart,   813 

John,  814 

William,  814 

William  J.,  814 
Stoeffel,  Jacob,   743 
Stone,  514,  891 

Dan  Hull,  892,  893 

George    W.,   895 

James   E.,   895 

John,   891 

Louisa  K.,  514 

Stephen,  891 

Stephen  P.,  514 
Stoop,   1 102 

Edward,  no2 

Edward  S.,  1103 

James,  1102 

Morgan,   1103 
Straube,   Carl   F.,  396 

Wilhelm,   395 
Strohbach,  810 

Charles   P.,  811 

Frederick   C,  810 

Gottlieb,    810 

Josiah   R.,  811 
Stuber,    Henry   L.,  914 

Jacob,    914 
Stubert,  Anthony,  400 

Joseph,  401 
Sturgeon,    192 

Henry,  193 

Henry  P.,  194 

Jeremiah,   193 

John   H.,   195 

Samuel  D.,  194 
Sullivan,  271 

Charles,   271 

Charles  C,  272 

James,   272 

Sophia  M.,  273 
Sutherland,  316,  510 

Hugh  A.,  511 

Isabella   S..   317 

John,  316,   510 

Joseph  A.,  317 
Sutton,  88 

Jeremiah,   88 

John  C,  89 

John  H.,  88 
Swan,  379 

Peter,  379 


1124 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Thomas,  380 

Thomas  W.,  380 
Swearingen,  905 

Basil,   907 

Gerret,  905 

Jackson,  908 

John,  907 

Joseph  L.,  908 

Joseph  P.,  909 

Samuel,  907 

Thomas,  907 
Sweringen,  883 

Charles  G.,  887 

Gerrett,   883 

John,  88s 

Samuel,  885 

Thomas,   885 

Zachariah,  885,  886 
Swick,   653 

Daniel  W.,  653 

J.  Howard,  655 

John,   653 
Tait,   1 100 

Alfred  J.,    1 100 

Charles  A.,  iioo 

Ferdinand,  iioo 

Sir  W.,   IIOO 
Tallon,  466 

Henry.  466 

Robert,  466 

•Robert  E.,  467 
Taylor,   63,   853,    1087 

Alvin   M.,   1087 

James,   63 

James  H.,  854 

John  B.,  1087 

John  T.,  66 

Jonathan,  853 

Joseph,  853 

William,  1087 

William  G.,  63 
Telford,  1000 

John  C,  looi 

John  H.,  TOGO 

Margaret  E.,  lOOl 
Temple,  789 

Alva  H.,  790 

Henry,  790 

Robert,  789,  791 

William  M.,  792 
Thomas,    19 

Fred  E.,  21 

Norman,   19 

Wilson  C,  20 
Thompson,  13,  97,  362,  733 

Clark,  735 

David   C,  362,   733 

Jacob,   13 

John   P.,  98 

Joseph,  13 

Joseph  H.,  14 

Milo,  735 

Samuel,  97 

Samuel   M.,  362 

Samuel  P.,  97 

William,  733,   735 

William  R.,  733 
Todd,  103,  790,  898,  982,  1018, 
1094 


Alexander,  898 

Bela  B,   104 

Ira  H.,   1019 

James,    104,    983,    1018, 

John,  898,  983 

John  S.,  791,   1019 

Nicholas,  89S 

Robert,   103 

Sidney  V.,   1094 

Thomas,  791,  1018 

Thomas  H.,  1094 

Thomas  J.,  899 

William,  983,  1094 

William  M.,  984 
Torrens,   538 

Adelbert  E.,  540 

Francis,   538 

John  J.,  539 

Joseph,    539 
Townsend,    1027 

Benjamin,    1028 

Charles  C.,   1029,  1036 

Edward  P.,  I030 

Joseph,  1027,  1028 

Julia  S.,  1036 

Robert,   1028 

William,  1027 

William  P.,  1029 
Tracy,  325 

Forrest  L.,  325 

Jeremiah,   325 

Sheridan  B.,  325 
Trotter,  James   R.,   1093 

Robert,   1093 
Trumpeter,    499 

Gilbert,  499,  501 

John,  499,  500 

Nelson  H.,  499 
Twiford,  207 

Daniel   M.,  207 

Emanuel,  207 

Milo,  207 

Thomas,  207 
Urwin,  James,   317 

William,  317,  318 

Vance,  547,   597 

Andrew,  598 

Anna,  599 

David,  597 

George  L.,  548 

Mary  I.,  599 

Robert,  597 

William,   547 
Vogel,  363 

George,   363 

Henry,  363 

Jacob,  363 
Vollhardt,  492 

Henry  C,  492 

William  C,  492 

William  N.,  493 

Wagner,    1097 

Carl,    1097 

Johannes,  1097 

Karl  R.,  1098 
Walker,  929,   1099 


^Francis  W,,  929,  930 

Harvey,  1099 

James  L.,  1098,  1099 
1048    William,  930 

Wallace,  2,  753,  754 

David,   753 

David  S.,  754 

George   G.,   754 

James,  3 

John  S.,  754 

Joseph,  754 

Patrick,    753 

William,  2 
Walsh,  James  T.,  345 

Susan,  345 

Thomas,   344 
Walters,  Charles  A.,  313 

Frederick,  313 
Warnock,   David,  955 
Watt,  636 

Reuben,  636 

Robert,  636 

Thomas,  637 
Weir,    Charles    D.,    740 

James  K.,  739 
Werner,  George,  518 

Robert  K,  518 
Wertz,   James   M.,   23 

Reinhart,  22 
Whalen,  605 

Catherine,    605 

Michael,  605 

Patrick,  605 
White,  III,  350,  531,  647,  739 

Adrian  C,  533 

Chamberlain,  114 

John,    112,    117,   350,   647 

John  B.,  648 

Robert,  116 

Samuel   P.,   533 

Thomas,  iii,  114,  350,  647 

Thomas  H.,  739 

Timothy  B.,  531 

T.  Sidney,  533 

William  E.,   115 
Whitehill,  577 

James,    ^77 

John  T.,   578 

Joseph,  577 

William  E.,  578 
Whiteside,  Robert,  90 

Robert  A.,  90,  91 
Wiegel,   Carl,  402 

John  'C,  /102 
Wiesen,   Mathias,  945 

Peter  M.,  945 
Wigley,  Arthur  B.,  964 
Wilhelm,  Edith  A.,  837 

Henry,  837 
Wilson,  385,  745,  1064 

Benjamin  C.,  385 

Eliza,   747 

Frank  B.,  386 

George,  745,  749 

George  L.,  747 

George  R.,  749 

Hugh,  1064 

James,  748 


/ 


BEAVER   COUNTY 


1 125 


James   S.,    1068 
John,  38s,  747 
John  H.,  1068 
Leonidas  L.,  750 
Richard  H.,  748 

Russell,  747 

Thomas,  746,  1064,  1066, 
Winkle,  Kate  L.,  400 

William    E.,   400 
Wise,  John  L.,  616 

Samuel  F.,  616 
Woodrufif,  637 

Frank,   638 

George  E.,  638 

Jemuel,  638 


Woolslayer,  George,  339 

Louis,   339 
Yeager,  John,  1081 

John  Jr.,  1082 
Yost,  488,  522 
.„     Barnhart,  522 
'°67     George  W.,  488 

John  H.,  522 

Thomas  M.,  488 

Walter  M.,  489 
Young,   171,  276,  349,  81 

Anders,   349 

Edward  W.,  I7ir  172 

Jacob,  276,-818,-825- 

John   G.,    172 


John  P.,  349 

John  W.,  276  _ 

Peter,  822 

Robert,  823 

Robert  G.,  823 
Zahn,  Casper,  816 

William    C-,   817 
Zeller,  48 

Henry  W.,  49 

Peter,  48 
822     Peter  W.,  50 
Zigercal,  Louis,  319 

Joseph,  319  ^        ^     ^      ,  , 
Zimmerman,    Joseph    J,    CKO 

Julius,  606 


5  829