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History of Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Vol. II
by A. Warner and Co.,
1889
(facsimile reprint published 1993 by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie,
MD)
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The following are the responses to requests for lookups that I have posted to the PA Allegheny list. I am slowly getting the first names added to the Index of Surnames, but until then you can check here for lookups that I've already done. Use your browser's Find function; these are not in any kind of order.
Updated on Saturday, 01-Jul-2000 18:12:22 MDT
STEWART
John W Stewart
Nothing for Walter Pattersom Stewart
LEMON
Henry, 85
Living in Elizabeth Twp. Head of family in 1790,
Hugh, 137
Living in West Deer Twp in 1803
Samuel, 85
Living in Elizabeth Twp. Head of family in 1790
Thomas, 85
Living in Elizabeth Twp. Head of family in 1790
William, 137
Living in West Deer Twp in 1803
Isabella (Mrs. David), 412
Under Robert Sample, Isabelle daughter of Robert and Mary (Simpson)
married David Lemon, no dates
Robert Sample,farmer, postoffice, Wildwood
BRAUFF
Capt. Alfred ( 380)
Eliza ( 632)
Jacob Gilliland, mine boss, post office Homestead, born 11-8-1833 in Lower St Clair Twp, married Eliza Brauff, still living in this county (1899) at age 78.
Children
His grandfather, David Gilliland, came
to America after the Revolution, settled Ohio.
he had a family of 8 children, of whom Samuel, at 21 came to
Allegheny Co., where he farmed.
He died in Wyandot co, Ohio.
Jacob ( 380) above
Rebecca ( 380) above
Sarah ( 404)
J D O'Neil, Merchant, McKeesport
ROBISON
Anna W. (317)
Dr G R B Robison, physician and surgeon, oldest member of the medical
profession in Sharpsburg
Elizabeth E. (603 )
J B Hayes, husband
Ella M. (719)
George Herwig, married Louise Kaufman, daughter Ella and 5
others
G.R.B. (317) Above
H. (160)
Managing editor of Weekly Observer, established 4-1-1886
Hebron (317) above
Rev. J. (175)
Bellevue Bourgh, The Methodist Protestant Church was organized by
Revs. J Robison, and V Lucus, with 9 members all of whom had
previously been connected with the East Common Church,
Allegheny
James (317) above
John (86, (104)
of Elizabeth Borough (The following were residents in the early part
of the present century, or prior to 1880)
(104) A letter about the Schooner Monongahela Farmer and cargo. signed by, Jacob Ferree, John Robison and David Pollock
Mary (317) above
Thomas (86) above
Virginia H. (317) above
Washington (107)
Washington Robison, first teacher at Elizabethtown, brick building,
erected 1818, on the east side of Second Street.
ACKARD
A. Ackard,(77)
Thomas Lloyd, councilman in Homestead, 1880
A. C. Ackard,(704)
Capt. Abyon D. ( 663)
Captain James D Hayes married Jane daughter of Capt. Abyron Ackard,
they had 4 children
James, Cora, Flora and Charles.
Alice (704), mentioned above.
Captain Alle O, (704) , mentioned above
Alveria (701) should be 704, mentioned above.
Mrs Flora (653)
Capt. Edward West married Maria A, daughter of Henry and Hannah
(Clark) Noble, they reared a family of 6 children, viz,
Jane (663)
Captain James D Hayes married Jane, daughter of Abyron, they had 4
children
Margaret ( 704) mentioned above
Margaret J. ( 704) mentioned above
Mary J. ( 704) mentioned above
Peter J. ( 704) mentioned above
Capt. Thomas J. ( 704) mentioned above
All of the ACKARDs are related....Peter J Ackard is the father and grandfather of all 1799-1865
pages 77, 653, 663, 704, mentioned above
TRICH
Robinson Run, organized in 1790 (the public ordinances were enjoyed here more or less regularly a conciderable number of years before this date); members, 188; Sabbath-school scholars, 203; officers and teachers, 13. Pastors, Rev. J Riddell, D D, 17941829; Rev. Moses Kerr, 1834-35; Rev William Bunett, 1836-38; Rev James Grier, D D, 1829-78; Rev J W English, 1879-. Dr Riddell, who was the first pastor of Robinson Run, and who continued in charge of the congregation for 35 years, was a small man, with piercing black eyes; was a superior scholar and a powerful debater. No on among the early ministers of the Assoiate Reformed Church was more storngly attached to the principles of the church, or more able to defend them. Dr James Grier, another pastor of this congregation for 39 years, was a preacher of more then average ability, possessed of good social qualities, much beloved by his people, and greatly respected by all who knew him.
THOMPSON
p.5 James, William
History of Moon township includes William Thompson in list of residents in 1795, James Thompson in list of residents in 1798 (Samuel and Benjamin Thompson also appear in 1798.)
p. 16 Robert
History of Fayette township includes Robert Thompson in list of residents in 1800. (A Matthew Thompson also appears in the list.)
p. 19 William
History of North Fayette township includes Samuel Thompson and sons John, Matthew, Ivester and William in a list of residents prior to 1820.
p. 75 Dr. William
History of Mifflin township includes Dr. William Thompson and Judge George Thompson in list of residents prior to 1830.
p. 85-86 James, William
History of Elizabeth includes William, Cornelius, Daniel and Margaret Thompson in a list of heads of families in 1790. Another list, of inhabitants in 1793, includes Daniel and James Thompson. Residents prior to 1830 included James and John Thompson.
p. 110 William
History of Versailles township includes William Thompson in list of residents in 1790.
p. 138 Robert
History of West Deer township, formed in 1836, mentions Robert and John Thompson as early residents.
p. 382 James
Bio of James M. Esler, druggist, Tarentum (b. 1854 in Fawn township) married Katie R., daughter of James Thompson of Hawkins, Allegheny county.
p. 391 Robert
Bio of Robert L. Kirkwood, merchant, McKee's Rocks (b. 1858 in Iowa) "was married Feb. 28, 1885, to Marie E., daughter of Robert and Eleanor Thompson, of Allegheny City."
p. 423 Robert
Bio of Gilbert M. McMaster, attorney, Broughton (b. 1833 at Schenectady, N.Y.). "He married, Nov. 30, 1865, Margaret thompson, who was born June 17, 1832, near Pittsburgh, a daughter of Robert and Margaret (McMaster) Thompson."
p. 472 James, Robert, William
"ROBERT THOMPSON (deceased) was born in this county, and died here. His father, James, at the close of the revolutionary war, bought one hundred acres of land in Ross township, which he improved and left to his descendants. The Thompsons were of Scotch descent, and democratic in their political views; in religious matters they were strong Presbyterians. James Thompson married Isabella Gilbraith, and seven sons and four daughters were born to them: John, Hugh, James, William, Robert, Andrew, David. Betsey, Mary, Isabella and Margaret J. Of these children Robert Thompson was well known in Shaler township, although a quiet man. He married Catherine Stewart who resides on the old homestead. Her parents, James and Catherine (Shaffer) Stewart, were married in 1800, the same year Grandfather James Thompson was married. Mrs. Catherine Thompson had six children: Mary J,, James, Alfred, Robert M., Milton (who died in the army) and Adeline V."
p. 483 William H.
"JOHN CROSKETT THOMPSON, merchant, Allegheny, was born June 14, 1844, in Donegal, Ireland, son of Rev. Samuel and Fannie (Huston) Thompson. Mrs. Thompson's father, Rev. William Huston. was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Donegal for forty years, and at his death Rev. Sam-uel Thompson took charge of that church and one at Ballyshannon for several years, afterward occupying the pulpit at Donegal for forty-four years. He was also superin-tendent of the national schools of the district, having spent seven years at Glasgow Uni-versity, where he received the degree of B.A. The grandparents of J. C. Thompson were reared at Belfast, and his grandfather was a stock-broker. Mr. Thompson received his education at home under private tutors, and then served an apprenticeship to the grocery business at Londonderry. At the age of seventeen he went to Wales, and was two years engaged in railroad-building. He then spent five years at the same employ-ment in Belgium and France. In 1868 he came to Allegheny, and carried on a grain and flour business for eight years. He was next in the coal business for nine years. In 1886 he entered the firm of Edward Klotz & Co., manufacturers and wholesale jobbers in
confectionery. Mr. Thompson was married in September, 1875, to Sarah E. McIlwain, of Saltsburg, Pa., daughter of William and Nancy (Kerr) McIlwain, and three children, Samuel K., William H. and Mary Helen, have blessed this union. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of Emsworth Pres-byterian Church, of which he is a trustee. In 1885 he purchased his present fine resi-dence at Emsworth. He is a member of Tancred Commandery, No. 48, K. T., also of the A. O. U. W. His brother, Rev. Samuel H. Thompson, is a Presbyterian minister at St. Paul, Minn."
p. 539
"ANDREW PURDY THOMPSON, Pittsburgh, was born in Hopewell township, York county, Pa., May 22, 1810, and first came to Pitts-burgh in 1835. His grandfather, Archibald Thompson, a Scotch Covenanter, the ancestor of the Thompsons of York county, came from Scotland about the year 1735, and took up what was then known as the "Black run tract,' in Lancaster county, near the Mary-land line, now in Hopewell township, York county wbich tract or farm, after the lapse of one hundred and fifty years, is still the home and in the possession of his grandson, Archi-bald Thompson, at this writing eighty-six years of age.
Archibald Thompson (the first) married Margaret Wallace, the daughter of Alexan-der Wallace, another Scotch Covenanter,who came to this country about 1780, and in whose log house "Old Guinston Church," one of the first Seceder congregations in America, was organized. Alexander, their first son, served in the revolutionary war in Capt. Maffit's company. Joseph, their second son, married Mary Purdy, daughter of Archibald Purdy. another Covenanter. from the north of Ireland, and to this couple were born ten children, the youngest of whom is the subject of this sketch.
Andrew P. Thompson spent his youth on his father's farm, with such slender opportunities of schooling as country districts afforded in the beginning of the present cent-ury. Books were not abundant., but the Bible, the Psalms (Rouse's version), the Shorter Catechism gave ample exercise for memorizing, and Pilgrim's Progress, Gospel Sonnets, Marrow of Modern Divinity and one or two others of like character in poetry and fiction comprised the library of that day.
The minister was always ready to help any boy who cared for his book, and before long we find our subject teaching school in his own county, and afterward in Newville, Cumberland county, whence, after teaching and preparing himself, he came to Western Pennsylvania, and entered Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, teaching during his vaca-tions. After one or two years spent at col-lege he came to Allegheny City, where he became the principal of the Fourth ward public school, which was then in the base-ment of a Seceder (now the Second U. P.) church. Here he began studying for the ministry, but lack of means to regularly prosecute his studies, and the necessities of his little family&emdash;he having married in the meantime&emdash;compelled him to give over this cherished hope. In 1847 he was sent by the church as a missionary to the Island of Trin-idad, West Indies, where he and his wife were stationed nearly three years. On their return he became the agent of the Young Men's Bible society of Allegheny county, a position he has filled almost without interruption ever since.
Originally a whig in politics, then an abolitionist, he was present in Lafayette hall at the birth of the republican party, from whose principles he never swerved except upon the candidacy of Horace Greeley for president. An United Presbyterian in faith, a prohibitionist from conviction, he has spent the last fifty years of his life in this com-munity, respected by all men for his quiet, blameless integrity. In 1844 he married Elizabeth Donaldson, daughter of Andrew Donaldson and Jane McBurney, his wife, whose progenitors, Scotch and Scotch-Irish, first settled in Chester county, and coming west were among the early settlers of Wash-ington county, Pa. Jane McBurney's grandfather, John, the son of a justice of the peace in County Down, Ireland, came to this country when a young man, and, not finding employment quickly, enlisted in the British army and was present at Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755.
Of the eight children of Andrew P. and Elizabeth (Donaldson) Thompson, seven grew to maturity: William Reed, Andrew D. (a physician, who died in Philadelphia), Joseph Alexander; James H., M. D., practic-ing in Pittsburgh; Jennie E. and Ella N. are unmarried; Anna M. is the wife of Otto G. Schultz. of C. J. Schultz & Sons, bridge-builders. Mrs. Thompson having died in 1872, in 1879 Mr. Thompson married Miss Lydia W. McKee, of Allegheny City.
William Reed Thompson was born in Allegheny City, was taken when a child to the island of Trinidad, attended the public schools of Pittsburgh until twelve years old, was employed for five years in the U. P. board of publication under Rev. Dr. Rodgers. During this time he enlisted in the Union army, but was taken out by his father. In 1864 he entered the 100-days service in Knap's Independent Battery, and on his return was employed by Hart, Caughey & Co., bankers, where he remained for four years, meanwhile pursuing his studies and reciting after hours to Prof. Lewis Bradley, formerly in charge of the observatory. Failing to get to college, he entered the Mechanics' National Bank, where he served for fourteen years, beginning as bookkeeper and ending as president. Having bought the interest of John B. Jones, Esq., in the bank-ing-house of Semple & Jones, which then took the name of Semple & Thompson, he resigned his position in the Mechanics' National Bank, devoting his attention to his own business. He is still a director in the Mechanics' National Bank, the treasurer of some of the most prominent charities of this city, a member of the Third Presbyterian Church, and a republican in politics. Mr. Thompson was married to Mary, daughter of William Thaw, a prominent and charitable citizen of Pittsburgh, and they have two children."
p. 587 James M.
Bio of John B. Bailie, farmer, Hites (born in East Deer township). In 1887, he married Nannie B., daughter of James M. Thompson, of Springdale.
p. 716 James, William
"JOHN THOMPSON, farmer, postoffice Monroeville, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1811. His parents, John and Eliza-beth (McMullen) Thompson, came to Pennsylvania in 1812, and settled soon after on the farm where our subject now resides. The father died at the age of one hundred and two, and the mother at the age of forty-five. They reared four sons, of whom the eldest and youngest are now deceased: James, John, William and Alexander. John has passed his life in the township, always residing on the home farm. He has been a lifelong republican, and bears the soubriquet of 'Honest John.' In 1848 he married Mary McKnight, a native of Washington county, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Connor) McKnight. Of thirteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, six died in infancy. The following are the names and residences of the others: William and John, in Cannonsburg, Ohio; Anna Mary. wife of Frank McClure, in Patton township; Nancy Jane, wife of David Clements, in Plum; James, in Patton; Elmer, with his parents, and Rebecca, wife of George Anderson, in Murrysville. Mr. Thompson is a member of the U. P. Church."
p. 744 James, Robert, William
"WILLIAM THOMPSON, farmer, postoffice Bennett, was born Jan. 17, 1817, on the old homestead. His father, John Thompson, a native of Ireland, came to America at the age of thirty, with his brother James. He mar-ried Ellen Davis, who was of Welsh descent, and to them were born sixteen children, of whom fourteen attained maturity, viz.: Nancy, James, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, John, William, Davis, Robert, Isabella, Samuel, Sarah, Ellen, Benjamin. John Thompson enlisted to go to the war of 1812, but was not accepted on account of his age. He bought land in Ross township, now Shaler, upon which his children are living. He was an earnest and active member of the Presbyterian Church, and died on the home-stead, at the age of eighty-five years. Politic-ally he was a democrat. Our subject, Will-iam Thompson, married Mary, daughter of Archie Hazlet. She died Aug. 7, 1881, the mother of six children: Mrs. Isabella Haney, Rebecca J., Elizabeth, Emma, William and John. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been an elder for forty years. Politically he is a democrat."
p. 768 Robert
Bio of R.T. Graham, justice of the peace, Etna (born 1822 in Butler county). His father, Joseph, ws married to Nancy, daughter of Robert Thompson, a native of Glasgow, Scotland.
SULLIVAN
p. 86 Gen.
In history of St. Clair township, a reference is made to Gen. Sullivan "in his Indian expedition." No further reference.
p. 553
"CHARLES A. SULLIVAN. Peter O. Sullivan, a native of Ireland, and who immigrated to America in 1700, locating in Northumberland county, Va., was a great ancestor of Charles C. Sullivan, who was born on the "Partnership Farm," seven miles northwest of the town of Butler, Pa., March 10, 1807. He took rank as an able lawyer and a just legislator and a pronounced abolitionist in Western Pennsylvania; he died Feb. 29, 1860. His son, Charles A. Sullivan, was admitted to practice law at Butler, Pa., March 10, 1870, and on motion of Hon. Thomas M. Marshall was admitted to the courts of Allegheny county April 10, 1886. He married Jan 10, 1870, the youngest daughter of Gen. George W. Reed, of Butler, Pa., and they have one daughter and two sons living: Kathrine Gertrude, George Reed and Joseph Reed Sullivan."
p. 259 Rachel, J.S.
Bio of Gen. Alexander Hays (b. July 8, 1819 in Franklin, Pa.) . One of his children with Annie A. (McFadden) Hays was Rachel (Mrs. J. S. Sullivan.)
CLAUS
p. 756 Catherine
Bio of Adam Henning, saddler, Mt. Oliver (b. 1843 in Hessen, Germany) includes the information that he "married Catherine Claus, a native of Germany, and to them were born six children: Charles, Henry, George, Katie, Emma and Frederich."
MEYERS
p. 131 John, Eli
In history of Patton township, John and Eli Meyers are included in a list of residents prior to 1830. There is also mention of Mrs. Martha Myers who owned the oldest patent in the county, a tract called the "Widow's Dower". Her family is believed to have been the first in the township. Washington's journal of his tour in November 1770 mentions that he dined at "the Widow Mier's, on Turtle Creek." A James Mires, whose name was carved on a stone in the wall of an old mill, is supposed to have been a son of Martha Myers.
p. 665
"HERMAN MEYERS, painter, Verona, was born in Freedom, Beaver county, Pa., in 1837, a son of Christian Frederick and Mary (Smith) Meyers, natives of Germany, who came to America when young, former born in November, 1805, and both died in 1877. Herman Meyers received his education in Lawrenceville and Pittsburgh, and at the age of eighteen learned the trade of glasscutter; after four years at that work he began painting, and has followed that trade ever since. He enlisted, in 1862, in Co. A, 155th P.V.I., assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and was in all its engagements until the close of the war; he was discharged in June, 1865. Mr. Meyers was married Jan. 1, 1866, to Rose Odenwelder, of Lawrenceville, daughter of Charles and Kate (McGurk) Odenwelder, both natives of Pennsylvania. Her father died in 1873; her mother lives in West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers have had three children: Flora, Charles and Emma, latter of whom died when six years of age. Mr. Meyers has resided in Verona since 1878, and is employed as painter in the A. V. R.R. shops. He is a member of the A.O.U.W. and G.A.R."
p. 484 Bessie Laural
In bio of Harry C. Myers, merchant, Pittsburgh (b. 1854 in Pittsburgh): "Mr. Myers married Feb. 27, 1879, Emma, daughter of Samuel Grove, an old resident of Allegheny City and two children have blessed this union: Harry Grove and Bessie Laural."
p. 176 George
In the history of Reserve Township: "John Wilson and George Myers, a deaf mute, were also early settlers."
p. 488
"ELI MYERS, merchant, Monroeville, was born in Patton township, October 6, 1830. The family name is evidently of German origin, and is a historic one in that township. It was at the house of Mr. McElroy, Mrs. Myers' grandfather, that Gen. Washington found shelter after an involuntary bath in the Allegheny. Eli Myers, grandfather of our subject, at one time owned the mill in Wilkins township, on Thompson's run, in Turtle Creek village. His son, William, married Jane Carr, a native of Patton, and died when the subject of our sketch was small. When seven years old Eli was bound out to Robert Beatty, and reared and educated on a farm in Patton township. For many years he worked Mr. Beatty's farm, and in 1880 he opened a store at Monroeville. Next year he was appointed postmaster, and has held the office ever since. He is a republican, and has served eight years as township supervisor and two years a s tax-collector. The family is associated with the Presbyterian Church. August 8, 1854, Mr. Myers married Maria, a daughter of Robert McElroy, and they had a family of eight children: Robert E. (at home), Mary (wife of Robert Swishelm, in Wilkins), Sarah G. and James (in Penn township), Lizzie H. (assistant postmaster), Rachel A., Maggie, S.K. and Virginia Etta (at home). The second child, Fulton McElroy, died in infancy."
RENO
p. 203 Francis
In history of Leet township: "The first religious services by regular appointment in Sewickley valley were conducted by Rev. Francis Reno, an Episcopal clergyman. For the year beginning May 1, 1798, his support was provided by subscriptions from [list of subscribers] The aggregate amount subscribed was twenty-nine dollars and three cents, thirty-six and one-half bushels of corn, one bushel of wheat and an equal quanitty of rye, the latter to be delivered at Daniel Leet's mill. The place of worship was the barn of John Way. Sr., on lot No. 2 in Leet's district. There is reason to believe that Mr. Reno continued to preach here until 1808 or 1809, but no organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church resulted in consequence."
pp. 397-398 Francis, Charles
"CAPT. A. D. RENO, postoffice Putnam, captain and pilot on the Ohio, is of French origin, his ancestors having left their native land and settled in Virginia about the year 1710. Three brothers were the pioneers of this family in America, and from on e of these, Louis Reno, the subject of this sketch is descended. Louis Reno had a son named John, who had a son named Benjamin. Benjamin came to Allegheny county about the year 1765, and settled on the right bank of Chartiers creek, opposite to what is now called Bower hill, where he took up some four hundred acres of land, on which he lived until his death, which occurred about the year 1803. There were born to Benjamin and his wife Jane (nee Bell) six sons and one daughter, viz.: William, Robert, Zachariah, Benjamin, Charles, Louis and Susannah, who married Benjamin Jackson. The third son, Zachariah, was born on the farm, on the banks of Chartiers creek, in the year 1776, and became a coal-dealer, having had some land underlaid with rich coal veins. Born to Zachariah and his wife, Martha, were seven sons - Louis, Benjamin, John, Francis, Samuel, Henry and Alfred, and two daughters - Amanda (married to Christopher L. Magee, who for many years was engaged in the hat and fur trade, and during the war was sutler in the army) and Minerva (married to Samuel Clarke, who was a pilot on the Ohio river). Louis, the oldest son of Zachariah and father of the subject of this memoir, was also born near the banks of Chartiers creek, in the year 1798.
He married Anna E. Frisbee, daughter of Ephraim Frisbee, who started, in 1808, the first boatyard at what is called the Point, in Pittsburgh. Louis, like his father Zachariah, was also engaged in the coal business they being the first parties engaged in running coal in boats to Cincinatti and Louisville. There were born to Louis and Anne E. eleven children, six of whom are living, viz.: Amanda J. (wife of Capt. R. M. Boles), Cornelia (wife of Col. W. L. Foulk, of the United States army), Capt. John L., Louis A., Alfred D. and William S. Alfred D., the fifth son of Louis, was born in Allegheny City, and is now living in Chartiers borough, near Mansfield, Allegheny county, Pa.; was educated under the tutorship of John Kelley, of Allegheny City, and at Duff's College, Pittsburgh, Pa. From early life he has been steamboating, having been a pilot for twenty-one years. He married, in 1869, Alice Wilson, daughter of James P. Wilson, of Pittsburgh, and they have a family of four children: Alice, Charles, Stella and James. Capt. Reno is a member of the R. A., of the A.O.U.W., and of the Presbyterian Church. He is a republican."
STEPHENS, Mrs.
p. 620
Bio of William C. McMillen (b. 1842), farmer, Woodville. William C. was the eldest son of the twelve children born by his father's first wife, Catherine Porter. When she died at 45, William's father's second wife was "Mrs. Stephens who bore him eight children."
STEPHENS, R.C.
p. 125
History of Braddock township. The township was visited in 1825 by General Lafayette. He was met by a delegation which included R. C. Stephens.
DUNMORE, Gov.
p. 180
History of Shaler township included an account of Simon Girty who was "one of two spies intrusted with important duty by Gov. Dunmore in his western campaign, and early became familiar with Indian life." Girty led a career of "unparalleled infamy."
CLENDENNEN/CLENDENEN/CLENDENIN/CLENDENING/CLENDENNING
p. 401 James
Bio of Walter Espy Clendenen (b. 1848 in Fayette county), postmaster, Turtle Creek. Parents were James and Ann Jane (McMichael) Clendenen. James, age 86, was living in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county at the time the book was written. James' father was William, farmer at Mendon, Westmoreland county.
p. 417 James, William, Robert, Andrew
Bio of Charles Washington Clendenning (b. 1788), farmer, Bakerstown. He was the oldest living resident of Allegheny county at the time the book was published, having just celebrated 100 years in May 1888. He and his wife Martha Ross (Porter) had six children: john, Robert Porter, William Ross, Eliza Jane, Arthur and Margaret Ellen. One of Robert's sons was named Andrew Harper.
JONES, John
p. 357
Bio of R. D. Jones, grocer, McKeesport. Married in 1852 to Elizabeth, daughter of John Jones of South Wales.
p. 513
Bio of John James (b. 1841 in Wales), draftsman, Verona. In 1866 he married Miss Diana Jones, daughter of Evan and Mary Jones of Wales. She had a brother John living in England.
p. 575
Bio of Mrs. Rachel (Galbraith) Jones (b. 1826), Jones Station, widow of George Jones who had been engaged in the coal trade in Jefferson township. One of her children was named John. (Yes, Jones Station was named for this family.)
p. 695
Bio of Thomas Jones (b. 1850), coal operator, West Elizabeth. Son of Rachel and George. One of his sons was named John.
p. 333
Bio of Frank Sample, private secretary, Sewickley. His father, John B. Semple, was partner in the firm Semple and Jones, bankers. Jones sold his interest to a Mr. Thompson in 1881.
p. 540
Bio of Andrew Purdy Thompson (b. 1810). This is the Mr. Thompson who bought John B. Jones' interest in Semple & Jones.
p. 439
Bio of James C. Lewis (b. 1822), manufacturer, Emsworth. His daughter Sarah B. married John E. Jones of Portsmouth, Ohio.
p. 611
Bio of Richard Jones (b. 1846 in Wales), machinist, Verona. One of his brothers was named John J. Jones.
p. 753
Bio of William Potter Jones of Pittsburgh. His father was Rev. John Jones of Virginia.
p. 283
Bio of Capt.William Richard Jones (b. 1839 in Luzerne county), manager of the Edgar Thomson steel-works. His father was Rev. John G. Jones of Wales who emigrated in 1832.
p. 513
Bio of R. D. Bowman (b. 1847 in Carbon county), superintendent at Edgar Thomson. He was married in 1868 to Miss Sarah M., daughter of Rev. John G. Jones, sister of Cpt. William R. Jones.
PRESCOTT
The only Prescott in the book is a reference on page 82 to a Mr. Prescott who began coal-mining in West Elizabeth borough in 1840, along with Messrs. McCurdy and McIntosh. Could not find Isaac or Emily Prescott or Emily Drake.
FOX
No Peter Fox, no betsy, Henry, David, Susanna or Rebecca Fox.
p. 643
Bio of John hoffman (b. 1824), farmer, Castle Shannon. He married in 1850 Catherine Fox, daughter of George Fox.
p. 540
Bio of Frederick Lorenz (b. 1794) His daughter Annie married B. F. Fox of Springfield. IL.
p. 186 LOGAN, Matthew
History of Ohio township. List of taxable residents in 1814 includes Matthew Logan.
WATSON
p. 239
Bio of Dr. John Dickson (b. 1812). One of his eight children with wife Mary Way Dickson was Mary W., married to Alexander M. Watson, "a leading atorney of Pittsburgh."
p. 546
Bio of Rev. John Black, D.D. (b. 1768, country Antrim). "Dr. Black was married Sept. 22, 1801, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Margaret Watson, of Pittsburgh."
p. 317
Bio of William Watson Grier (b. 1834), manufacturer, Hulton. His mother was Isabella (Watson) Grier. "William Watson, father of Isabella Grier, was bon in Scotland in 1777, and died in Pittsburgh at the age of fifty. He kept a stoneyard on Water street and engaged in mason-building."
p. 340
ROBERT WATSON, retired, Sewickley, was born January 25, 1814, in Pittsburgh, Pa., son of William and Hannah (Baldwin) Watson. The father was a native of Dumbartonshire, Scotland, and came to America in 1800, settling in Pittsburgh. In the year following his arrival he started in the stone-cutting business for himself, next door to the Monongahela House. He made two trips to his native home for the benefit of his health, and died in 1827; politically he was a whig. The mother died aged eighty-four years; she was a native of this county, and daughter of John and Jane (West) Baldwin. They were the parents of three children: Mrs. Isabella Grier, Robert and Mrs. Jean Birmingham. Robert Watson learned the marble-cutters trade in Allegheny, and followed it with marked success till within twenty-five years ago, when he retired from business, and has lived a quiet life in Sewickley. Politically he is a republican. He married Margaret Arbuckle, a native of Scotland, who died October 15, 1881, aged seventy years. This union was blessed with seven children.
p. 347
JAMES THOMSON, son of Archibald Thom-son, was born in Franklin county, Pa., in December, 1790. His grandfather, Alexander Thomson, of Glasgow. Scotland, came to this country with his family in 1771, and settled in the Cumberland valley in the neighborhood of Chambersburg, Pa., where many of his descendants still reside. The subject of this sketch came west in 1812, at the age of twenty-two, and settled in Pittsburgh, where he continued to reside during the remainder of his life. He married Elizabeth Watson, a native of Pittsburgh, daughter of William Watson. From 1812 until 1825 he carried on the watchmaking and jewelry business on Market street. He soon after entered into partnership with Samuel Stackhouse in the business of engine-building, which they car-ried on on Short street, under the name of Stackhouse & Thomson, until the dissolu-tion of the firm in 1839 or 1840. In 1840 he was elected mayor of Pittsburgh, which office he filled during the year 1841, the official term being limited to one year.
After the expiration of his term of office he entered into partnership with Joseph Tomlinson, and for some time they carried on the business of engine-building on property adjoining the old Pittsburgh Gasworks, now occupied by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, where they built several iron steam-ships for the United States. They afterward moved their shops to Duquesne way, in the Fourth ward, Pittsburgh, where they carried on the manufacture of railroad freight.cars for some time. After the dissolution of the firm of Tomlinson & Co. he was, in 1853, elected engineer of the Plttsburgh Gas com-pany, which position he held until 1871, when failing health compelled him to resign. The company, however, continued him as consult-ing engineer until the spring of 1875. He died in August, 1876, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, respected and esteemed by his fellow-citizens.
p. 489
WILLIAM M. WATSON, attorney at law, Swissvale, was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1855, to James and Maria (Morgan) Watson, latter a daughter of George Morgan and granddaughter of Col. George Morgan, of Princeton, N. J., whose name has become historic through his exposure of the treachery of Aaron Burr. James Watson was for many years a prominent attorney of Washington county. He was the father of ten children, seven now living, our subject being the youngest born. William M. Watson was reared and educated in his native county, graduated from Washington College in 1875, and at once commenced the study of law. After reading one year he entered the Har-vard law-school, from which he graduated in 1878, and the same year was admitted to the bar of both Washington and Allegheny coun-ties. He was married in 1884, to Sarah Ormsby, daughter of William McKnight. a prominent iron-merchant of Pittsburgh. Mr. Watson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is a republican.
CAROTHERS, Robert
p. 131
History of Patton township. List of residents known to have been residents prior to 1830 includes Charles Carothers and sons Robert, Joseph, James, William and Charles.
p. 137
History of Deer township. List of residents as of 1803 includes Robert Carothers.
p. 385
Bio of William Conner Shaw (b. 1846), physician and surgeon, Pittsburgh. His father was William A. Shaw of Versailles township, whose sister was Mrs. Robert Carothers of Patton township.
p. 732
JAMES CAROTHERS, farmer, postoffice Monroeville, is a brother of David Carothers, and was born on the farm where he now re-sides, Oct. 20, 1827. His home has always been here, and he came into possession of it by inheritance in 1853. He enlisted, Aug. 8, 1862, in Co. E. 123d regiment, nine-months men, and served in the Army of the Potomac, participating in the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. In 1868 he mar-ried Elizabeth H. Dubarry, born in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Edward and Wilhelmina Dubarry, of French and German descent. Mr. Carothers has served as assessor, auditor and collector. He is a republican, and is an elder in the Cross Roads Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Carothers have five children: Matilda C., Edward D., Sophie E., Sarah E. and Wilhelmina. The first born, Robert, died in infancy.
CARSON, James
p. 164
History of Harmar township. "About half a century since, James Carson purchased and settled on land which is now owned by his son William."
p. 493
WILLIAM CARSON, farmer, postoffice Har-marville, was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1820, a son of James and Catharine (Allingham) Carson. James was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, emigrated to Washington county in 1819, and later moved to Pittsburgh, where he kept a store for two years. In 1830 he moved to the farm Mr. Carson now owns, and here he died in 1869, aged eighty-three years; his widow died in March, 1887, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years; they were members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Carson received his schooling in Harmar township, and after his father's death took charge of the farm. He married, in 1860, Maria B. Peeples. of South Side, Pittsburgh, daughter of William and Henri-etta (Boggs) Peeples. Mrs. Carson died in 1864, the mother of one child&emdash;James A. Mr. Carson's second marriage took place in 1870, with Jennie Smith, a native of Ireland, and reared in Allegheny City, Pa., daughter of 'Squire David and Jean Smith, of that place. One child, William S., has been born to this second union. Mrs. Carson is a mem-ber of the R. P. Church. Mr. Carson owns two hundred acres of land and fine buildings. He is a republican.
p. 575
JAMES CARSON, farmer, postoffice Har-marville. This family dates its connection with Allegheny county since 1822; at which time James Carson, with his wife, Catherine (Allingham), and their two children, emi-grated from their native county in Ireland. He was a farmer by occupation, and for eight years followed it in Washington county, Pa. He then (1830) purchased 212 acres of land in Indiana township, now Harmar. Seven children were born to him, four of whom are now living. James, born in 1826, being the youngest. He was educated at the public schools in the township, and has fol-lowed farming and stock-raising, being very successful in both. He was married, in 1859 to Miss Jane Elizabeth Beatty, daughter of Francis Beatty, and four children were born to them, two of whom are living&emdash;Francis Beatty and Kathrine. Mr. Carson purchased his present farm of two hundred acres, which is beautifully located and well adapted to farming. He is a republican, and was school director twelve years.
HOPE
p. 464
Bio of James Gray (b. 1815), farmer, Negley. "His maternal grandparents were James and Jane (McPherson) Hope, former of whom was born Jan. 22, 1758, and died in 1828, aged seventy years; the latter died in 1839, aged seventy-six years." His mother was Jane Hope, born Aust 31, 1791.
HAZLET
p. 174
History of Ross township, near Perrysville. A list of early settlers includes Archibald Hazlet and sons Robert, John, Archibld and James.
p. 774
Bio of William Thompson (b. 1817), farmer, Bennet. He "married Mary, daughter of Archie Hazlet. She died Aug. 7, 1881, the mother of six children: Mrs. Isabella Haney, Rebecca J., Elizabeth, Emma, William and John."
p. 288
JOHN KENNEDY, JR., banker, Tarentum, a son of John and Sarah Mc.. (Woods) Kennedy, was born in the village of Tarentum, Sept. 16, 1830. His grandfather, William Kennedy, was formerly a resident of Butler county, and in 1807 removed to what is now East Deer township, Allegheny county, where he and his brother contracted to clear eighty acres of land about a mile above the village of Tarentum, to which place they came, remaining until the spring of 1817, when they removed to Westmoreland county. Here they and their families continued to live until 1852, when William died, and in 1861 his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy, also died. Their children were Catherine, John, William, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, James and Margaret. Jolin Kennedy, Sr., remained with his parents until, in 1826, he secured a contract to build a section of the Pennsylvania canal, which he completed in 1827, and during that year he married and settled at Tarentum. He was principally engaged in the lumber trade. In 1875 he retired from active business life, and is still a resident of that place; his wife died Dec. 3, 1884 Their children were James, John, William and Jane K. John Kennedy, Jr., the subject of our sketch, married, in 1855, Amarilla Jane, daughter of James Pneumon, of Freeport, Pa., and settled in Tarentum, in the growth and prosperity of which place Mr. Kennedy has been prominently identified. In 1852 lie was elected county surveyor of Allegheny county, which office he filled for three years. He was engaged in the oil business in Smith’s Ferry, Beaver county, Pa., in 1861. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. F, 123d P. V.; was wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg. From 1863 until 1866 he was engaged in the oil business at Rouseville, Venango county, Pa. With the exception of these brief periods, he has constantly remained in Tarentum. Being a surveyor, he laid out into lots nearly the whole of the territory upon which Tarentum is now built, including both East and West Tarentum. He was largely instrumental in securing the location of the glass-works at this place; in fact, he has been an important factor in gaining for Tarentum the high position which she holds among her sister boroughs of the state. In 1872, associated with his father and his brother James, they built the planing-mill now operated by them, and in 1887 he erected the Tarentum Bank building; indeed, all enterprises having for their object the improvement of Tarentum find in him a substantial helper. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy’s children are Richard A., an attorney at Pittsburgh, Pa.; Sarah A., now Mrs. Dr. G. M. Getze, of Tarentuin; James W., mining at Gilman, Colo.; Henry Herbert, Charles O., cashiers in Tarentum Bank; Phoebe, a graduate of Beaver Female College; Frank and Walter. The parents are members of the M. E. Church.
p. 321-322
HUGH KENNEDY, superintendent Isabella Furnace company, Sharpsburg, was born in Ohio in 1858. - He is a grandson of Joseph and Jane (Reed) Kennedy, who were among the early pioneers of Mahoning county, Ohio. Among their ten children was T. W. Ken-nedy, born in Ohio, who married Margaret Trusdale, who bore him eight children. He was a practical iron-man, being a designer and builder of furnaces. Hugh, his third son, in 1881 entered upon the duties of his present position as superintendent of the Isabella Furnace company. He married, In 1879, Lizzie, daughter of George Smith, of Ohio, and they have five children: Roy G., Julia T., George W., Margaret and Paul R. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are members of the United Presbyterian Church; politically he is a republican.
p. 695
Bio of Thomas M. Jones (b. 1850), coal-operator, West Elizabeth. "April 15, 1873, Mr. Jones married Sue E., daughter of John and Margaret (Mickey) Kennedy, of Freeport, Armstrong county, Pa., natives of Fayette county..."
p. 738
JAMES KENNEDY, manufacturer, Tarentum, son of John and Sarah M. (Woods) Kennedy, was born at Tarentum,. in 1828, which has since been his home (a record of his family appearing on page 288). He married, Oct. 30, 1851, Margaret N., daughter of James Hare, of East Deer township, Allegheny county, her people being among the pioneers of that part of the country. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy settled in Tarentum, where he followed his trade, that of a carpenter, until 1872, in which year he and his brother, John, built the planing-mill, in which business he is now engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy reared a family of nine children: Mary A., now Mrs. W. A. Tucker, of Tarentum; Kezia A., who has taught for sixteen years in Tarentum; John A., superintendent of the planing-mill at Monongahela City; James H., at the glassworks near Kittanning; Sarah I., Rebecca J.; William G., being educated at the university at Allegheny City; Thomas S., manager of the planing-mill, and Alfred C., at school in Tarentum. The mother died Jan.10,1855,a member of the M. E. Church, of which Mr. Kennedy is also a member.
RIGGS
p 344-345
ROBERT L. RIGGS, real-estate dealer, McKeesport, was born August 26, 1838 a son of John and Mary (Phillips) Riggs. his paternal grandfather, Edward Riggs, a native of New Jersey, of German and Welsh descent, was a pioneer of Snowden township, where he cleared and improved a farm, on which he lived and died. He had four children: Edward, John, Joseph and Mary (Mrs. Elijah Townsend). The maternal grandfather was Joseph Phillips, the first Baptist minister to locate in Western Pennsylvania; he organized the first Baptist Church at Peters Corner, Pa., the centennial anniversary of which was celebrated in 1875. John Riggs, father of our subject, was a native of Snowden township, and at his father’s death succeeded to the homestead, and resided there until his death. His children were David, Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Murray), Edward, Josiah, Lewis, Joseph, John, Robert L., William, Obadiah and Isaac. Of these, John served three years in the rebellion and David occupies the old Riggs homestead.
Robert L. Riggs was reared in Snowden and was educated in the common schools and Bethel Academy. He began life as a teacher in the public schools of Jefferson and Muffin townships, came to McKeesport in 1864, and was principal of the public schools two years. He then embarked in the drug business with Jesse Sill, the partnership existing until the death of Mr. Sill, in 1878, when our subject succeeded to the business, which he conducted until 1880. He then engaged in the lumber and planing-mill business with James R. Gemmill and J. A. Lucas for five years, and since 1885 has been engaged in the real-estate business. He married April 19, 1864, Cordelia C. B., daughter of John and Margaret (Cunningham) Whigham, of Mifflin township, and has six children: Effie W., Jessie J., Thomas A., Viola, Clifford and Walter. Mr. Riggs is president of the board of education, of which he has been a member most of the time since 1867. He is a member of the Baptist Church; in politics a republican.
p 405 Miss
Bio of Jacob Doolittle (b. 1809). The second wife of his father, Moses, was a Miss Riggs.
p 469 - 470
DAVID RIGGS, farmer, postoffice Library, was born May 3, 1822, in Washington county, Pa., a son of John and Mary (Phillips) Riggs. John was born March 13, 1800, in Washington county, on the farm now owned by his son David, on which he passed his entire life save a few years; he died Feb. 28, 1848. His wife was born in Washington county, Pa., April 13, 1800, and died Jan. 25, 1882. David’s grandfather, Edward Riggs, a native of New Jersey. settled on the Riggs farm Dec. 25, 1801. and died in September, 1844; his wife, nee Mary Higbee, died in May. 1853. David Riggs was six years old when his father returned to the old farm in Washington county. He is the eldest of eleven children, and at the death of his father took charge of the family. His brothers and sisters are as follows: Sarah (Mrs. Murray, in Ohio), Edward R. (in Illinois), Josiah (in Leadville, Colo.), Lewis (died Oct. 20, 1884), Joseph (in Leadville, Colo.), John P. (at Mt. Washington, Pittsburg&emdash;he served three years in the civil war), Robert L. (in McKeesport, Pa.), William J., M, D. (at Fifteenth street, Pittsburgh), Obadiah H. (just graduated at Brooklyn Medical College), and Isaac W., M. D. (at Fifteenth street, Pittsburgh). David marrted, in 1850, Elizabeth Bates, born July 23, 1832, in Guernsey county, Ohio, daughter of William and Ellen (Stewart) Bates, latter of whom was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1810. Her father was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1804, and came to this country when nineteen years of age, located in Winchester, Ohio, and always followed teaching; died in 1858. Her paternal grandfather, John Stewart, also a native of Ireland. was a farmer in Washington county, Pa. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Riggs: John S. (in California), William Bates (in Bellville, Canada), Mary E. (now Mrs. James T. Douglas, in Pittsburgh), Sarah J.(wife of Rev. F. W. Cramer, in Ohio), Emma C. (at school in Pittsburgh). David Elmer (died April 29. 1887), Edmonia F. (married to Loyal Cheesman, in Kansas), Elizabeth R., Ida Bell and Alta May (at home). Mr. Riggs has been justice of the peace for twenty years on the republican ticket. He and Mrs. Riggs are members of the Baptist Church at Library.
p 486
Bio of Isaac Blackadore (b. 1819), farmer, Wilkinsburg. His sister Jane was married to a Mr. Riggs.
p 747
LEANDER RIGGS, M. D., Elizabeth, is a son of Joseph (deceased) and Sarah (Cooper) Riggs, of Snowden township, this county, and was born Sept. 6, 1845, in that township. He received his early education at the public schools, and graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve University, of Cleveland, in 1870. In 1871 he located in Elizabeth, where he began the practice of his profession, and is now looked upon as one of the leading physicians of this end of the county. In 1876 he married Mary L., daughter of Robert and Catherine (Boyd) Finney, of Elizabeth. They have no children.
PIERCE
p. 81
History of Jefferson township. List of residents prior to 1830 includes Amos Pierce and sons James and Lewis.
p. 399-400
WILLIAM PIERCE (deceased) was a son of John and Margaret (Scott) Pierce, of this county. John Pierce, Sr., grandfather of William, was a native of Ireland, came to this country over one hundred years ago, and settled on the farm now occupied by Mrs. William Pierce, purchasing 350 acres for twenty-three dollars. The father of William was born on this farm, reared a family of eleven children, and died in 1852. The subject of this memoir, the next to the youngest in the family, was born in 1816. on the homestead, where he always lived. Feb. 12, 1856, he was married to Hannah J. Yaw, of Ohio, and their family consists of five children, as follows: John (on the homestead), David (a physician in McKeesport), Mattie E. (Mrs. Frank G. Copeland, in Irvin, Westmoreland county), Maggie (widow of Charles Craighead, in Elizabeth borough) and Josie B. (at home) The family are members of the U. P. Church of Elizabeth. William Pierce died in 1881.
p. 461
Bio of Perry A. Lytle (b. 1821), farmer, Monogahela City. His daughter Hannah married F. F. Pierce and moved to Gallatin, Tennessee.
p. 514
Bio of Andrew Craighead (b. 1831), real-estate dealer, Elizabeth. His son, Charles B., married Maggie, daughter of William Pierce, of Elizabeth.
FERGUSON
p. 6
History of Moon township. List of residents in 1811 includes John Ferguson.
p. 72
History of Mifflin township. List of residents in 1812 includes William and Joseph Ferguson. Another list of residents prior to 1830 includes ______ Ferguson and his sons James and John.
p. 550
JOHN S. FERGUSON, attorney, Pittsburh, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan 24, 1842, son of Charles Ferguson, who followed the business of a contractor and builder in Pittsburgh till his death in 1869. The subject of these lines was educated in the public schools of Pittsburgh, and at the Allegheny City College. He was admitted to the bar of Allegheny county, April 7, 1863, and has since been engaged in practice in Pittsburgh. He was married Sept. 10, 1863, to Miss Nancy A. Graham, of Pittsburgh, and they have five children: Edwin G., now a member of the bar in Allegheny county; Mary H., wife of H. Watts; Areta, John and Anna.
p.565
Bio of Charles W. Lighthill, foreman in rolling-mill, Allegheny. In 1859 he married Caroline, daughter of James and Mary Ferguson of Washington county.
p. 728
Bio of John Swearingen (b.1816), farmer, Clinton. "He married, Nov. 18, 1838, Mary Ferguson, who was born in Findlay town ship, a daughter of John and Mary (Guy) Ferguson, old settlers of Findlay township."
NORRIS
Barney 576
Bertha 666
Charli 666
Ella 666
Ephraim 666
Lelia 666
Mary 367
Nettie 666
Robert 138
RHINE
H. D. 518
Mrs. Lydia 661
Sarah 518
Lydia Anne HEMPHILL was Mrs. Rhine of Pittsburgh, no further
info.
Sarah BRYANT was the wife of H. D. RHINE, no further info on RHINE
family.
STUMP, Henry on page 226, was a member of
the original board of trustees of Christ Church in Brownsville in
1813. No further reference.
BUCHANAN
President 706
Gilbert 16
Rev. J.J. 76
James 536, 678, 718
President James 373
Martha 429
Nathaniel 429
BUCHANNON
Eleanor 519
Harriet A. 519
John 519
CALDWELL
_____ 33, 131
Agnes 542
Alexander 194
Ann 465
Annie 674
Annie Elizabeth 593
Catherine 592
Charles 195
Charles L. 542
Clifford 593
David 128, 194, 195
Emma Jane 593
Fannie 743
Harry 593
Howard 593
Hugh 110
Prof. J.W. 423
James 239, 542
Jennie 675
John 94, 368, 542,645
John Esq., 86
Joseph 575, 674, 675
Kate 542
Letitia 542
Lewis 194
Margaret 426, 592, 697
Margaret S. 645
Martha 426
Mary 239, 542, 593, 739
Mary C. 407
Mary E. 334
Mary (Galbraith) 575
Mellie E. 549
Nelly G 542
Rebecca 407, 704
Robert 138, 592, 739
Samuel 128, 592
Rev. Samuel 141, 150
Sarah 542
Sarah Ann 542
Sarah H. 239
Sarah Jane 592, 704
William 86, 194, 407, 426, 440, 542, 704
Mrs. William 334
CAUGHEY
Andrew 687, 695
Annabelle 695
Annie 687
Annie B. 687
Belle 695
Benjamin 687
Ellen 687
Fannie 695
James Y. 695
Jane 686
John 686, 695
Joseph 687
Joseph Y. 695
Lizzie 695
Margaret J. 687
Margery 695
Maria 686, 695
Martha 687
Martha Jane 695
Mollie 687
Robert 687
Robert H. 695
Sadie 687
Samuel W. 695
Sarah J. 687
William 687
William Y. 695
One reference to Mary DANIELS on page 516. She was the wife of David
Davis and mother of Caroline Davis who married Alexander Boal. Mary
and Alexander had twelve children.
DECKER
Albert 638
Annie 638
Catherine 475, 638
Charlie 638
Christiana 638
Christopher 638
Daniel 638
Frank 638
Jacob 638
John 638
Joseph 638
Lena 638
Magdalena 581
Mary 638
William 638
DOUGHERTY
Adam 116
Andrew 762
Archie 594
Barnard 12
Bridget 582
Catherine 605
Daniel 687
Freelove 522
G.W. 728
George 522
George Ross 762
Hannah 687
Jacob 687
Jane Warnlc 594
Jennie 594
Jimmie 594
John 137, 605, 687
Joseph Cowan 594
Josephine 522
Letitia J. 594
Maggie 594
Margaret 594, 728
Mary 687
Mary Ann 687
Mary M. 569
Mary Wail Smith 762
Rachel B. 605
Sarah Albert 762
William John 594
GALLAGHER
Ebenezer 72, 78
James 78, 369
Lauretta Bell 369
Maggie 740
Mary 369
Mary Alabama 369
Thomas H. 369
William 78
GALLAHER
Jane 490
John 490
Malinda 490
More details on GALLAHER since they were all
one family on page 490. In
the entry about Hugh James Logan:
"In 1878 Mr Logan married Malinda GALLAHER,
who was born in Plum
township about 1845, a daughter of John and Jane (Mulligan)
GALLAHER,
former a contractor and farmer, and four children have been born to
them..."
JACKSON
Gen. 523
President 227
Rev. 84
Annie M. 353
Benjamin 397
Charles 510
D.C. 28
Elizabeth 594
Frank 510
George 17, 594
George W. 353
Harry 510
Henry 510
Isabella Ann 510
James 198
James L. 318
John 186, 198, 510
Margaret 510
Margaret (West) 510
Mary (Anderson) 510
Mary J. 431
Mary Jane 593
Robert 85, 510
Sarah 594
Sarah J. 721
Sarah (Kime) 510
Sarah (Pescot) 510
Susanne 254
Susannah 397
Thomas P. 510
Washington 431
William 510
McCUNE
Agnes 322
Alvira 607
Ann 485
Eliza 532
Emma 355
Ida 674
James 322, 532, 582, 607
James H. 576
John 448
John B. 355
John R. 551
John Dick 322
John Harvey 355
Joseph B. 532
Julia Flynn 756
Kate 756
Margaret 432, 717
Margaret J. 576
Margaret Smith 322
Martha 723
Mary 355, 657, 723
Mary B. 582
Mary E. 532
Minnie M. 448
Nancy 519, 638
Rosanna 740
Samuel 532, 723
Samuel R. W. 322
Samuel W. 532
Sarah Agnes 322
Sarah H. 355
Sarah Patterson 756
Thomas 355
Thomas Wilson 355
William 756
McGINNIS
Miss 673
Adelinee (Cooper) 501
Andrew 153
Edward 501
Isabella 727
Jennie 486
John 727
Samuel 673
McGINNISS
Ed. 462
Eleanor 461
Eleanor Jane 461
Geo. L. 462
Jasper 461
John 461, 462
Mary 461
Nancy Agnes 461
Wllla Mary 461
Wm. 462
Wm. Ramsey 461
MILLER
_________ 143, 158
Dr. 341, 461
Mrs. 673
A. G. 612
A. H. 710
Abigail 613
Abraham 94
Ada 699
Adam 446
Adam J. 446
Adda May 515
Adele V. 402
Agnes 533
Agnes D. 588
Albert G. 413
Alexander 48, 272
Alice Edna 515
Amanda Hickman 504
Amos 515
Andrew 460, 508, 734
Ann 658
Ann B. (Foster) 573
Anna 455
Anna (Carlisle) 508
Anna Mary 515
Annie 734
Annie E. 338
Annie Spath 599
Augus t 402
Benjamin 6, 31
Burnhart 7 34
C. E. 678
Callie S. 447
Carolina 447
Caroline (Reed) 509
Catharine 447, 621
Catherine 741, 744
Catherine Werkley 766
Charles 447, 527, 678
Charlotte 447
Christiana 766
Christine 621
Clara B. 765
Clara E. (Dean) 559
Conrad 402
Corrinne 504
D. Martin 446, 447
E. C. 390
Eleanor 678
Ella 376
Eliza 324,342, 544
Elizabeth 341, 472,494, 515, 532, 587,613,621
Elizabeth Nesmith 230
Ella 734
Ella T. 734
Ella (Weller) 509
Elvira 527
Emma 621, 699
Emma Jane 515
Eveline 356
Ezekiel 151
Fannie 509
Frances 734
Francis Marian 515
Frank 699, 734
Frank J. 613
George 446, 678, 699, 734
George T. 413, 528, 613
George Wilson 515
Grace 699
H. P. Wiley 765
Hannah 245, 329
Harriet 504
Harry 447, 621
Harry H. 508
Hester 527, 731
Howard 338
Hugh G. 765
Humphries 587
Ida 621
Isabella 430
Rev. J. H. 175
J. J. 551
Dr. J. N. 460
Jacob 87, 504, 599, 621, 678
Jacob C. 621
James 18, 47, 48, 148, 180, 573, 765, 766
James Capt., 230
James Francis 329
Jane 413, 482, 699, 734, 765
Jane B. 527
Jane (Filson) 504
Jane Redman 758
Jane S. 587
Jane Stout 587
Jane T. 612
Jane (Torrence) 426
Jennette 588
Jennie 356, 699
John 6, 18, 48, 152, 153, 324, 545, 587, 606, 621, 678, 699, 734,
765
John, Jr. 515, 678
John, Sr. 515
John F. 447
John H. 526, 527
John S. 678
John T. 413
Jonathan 678
Joseph 48, 93, 362, 573 613, 734
Joseph T. 413
Josephine 734
Julia Eva 658
Kate 613
Katie (Kohler) 633
Laura 671
Lena 447
Lettie 509
Levi 301, 678
Lizzie H. 504
Lizzie J. 585
Louise M. 346
Luella 504
M. C. 677
Magdalena 446
Maggie 460
Margaret 396, 447, 558, 613, 643, 704, 707, 752, 760, 765
Margaret Jane 504
Margaret Watt 765
Maria Louise 329
Martha 765
Martha H. 353
Martin L. 329
Mary 346, 362, 402, 437, 447, 462, 606, 649, 678, 694, 698, 699,
732,
765, 766
Mary A. 504, 613
Mary A. (Cockins) 504
Mary A. (Cunningham) 508
Mary Ann 472
Mary E. 694, 734
Mary F. 402
Mary Jane 413
Mrs. Mary Jane 486
Mary M. 678
Mary P. 413, 613
Mary Paull 426
Mary Ross 587
Matilda C. 765
Miranda 527
Morris 527
Mortimer C. 413
N. G. 71
Rev. N. G. 329
Nancy Jane 390
Nathaniel 152, 699
Noble Gerwin 329
0. H. 158
Rev. 0. H. 76
Olean F. 335
Oliver 47, 48, 573
Peter 508, 766
Phebe A. 6l3
Phebe Ann 413
Philip l1O, 159
Polly 678
R. B. 678
Mrs. R. B. 638
R. J. 533
R. L. 71
Rev. R. T. 376
Rachel 447
Rachel H. 677
Rebecca M. 434
Reuben 245, 331
Reuben Jr. 225, 245, 246
Richard 472
Robert 5, 31, 613, 734, 765
Robert Johnston 329
Rodger 434
Rodney 734, 765
Rosa B. 73
S. G. 316
Sadie 447
Samuel 504
Samuel G. 329
Sarah 19, 324, 331, 430, 752, 765
Sarah Ann 606
Sarah E. 765
Sarah Elizabeth 515
Sarah K. (Torence) 573, 574
Sarah J. 316, 515, 699
Sarah Jane 329
Sarah (Snee) 508, 509
Silas 613
Simon Henry 515
Sophia 447
Susan 405
Susan B. (Walker) 503
Susan Frances 734
Susan T. 362
Susan V. 317
Susannah 449
Mrs. T. A. 335
Thomas 18, 48, 658, 765
Dr. Thomas 353
Thomas E. 338
Vincent 504
Rev. W. F. 141
Col. W. L. 612
W. N. 503
W. T. 341
William 317, 341, 346, 430, 527, 558, 587, 613, 699, 734
William H. 694
William I. 559
William J. 508, 509, 587
Col. William L. 413, 426
William S. 413, 678
Mrs. Wilton 356
NEWELL
One reference on page 69. This was in a paragraph about the history
of
Mansfield borough. List of residents in 1867 included "________
Newell,
on the site of J. C. Bedell's stable"
ONSTOTT
Anna 482,765
Elizabeth 360, 467
Henry 360
Rebecca 360
PALMER
Gen. 352
Elizabeth McCurdy 761
Maggie J. 531
Harriet 710
Mrs. Louise 489
Mary 561
Mrs. Robert 669
Thomas D. 531
William 761
Capt. William 513
PATTON
_______ 312
Benjamin 460
David 143, 460
David Sr., 460
David J. 460
Elizabeth 640
Henrietta 460
James 460
Johanna 460
Josephine 460
Louisa 460
Louisa Adella 475
Margaret 460
Mary 460, 738
Ross Wm. 460
Sophla 460
ROSS
Col. 442
Agnes 85
Andrew Jackson 624
Benjamin 69
C. 614
Carrie May 624
Casey 469
Charles Edward 624
Eliza 645
Eliza Jane 624
Elizabeth 386, 398, 426, 469, 574
Emaline 469
Euphemia 469
George 128
Gertrude 429
James 122, 158, 173, 624
Jane 624
John 5, 65, 128, 147
Col. John 469
John M. 624
Lula Pearl 624
Margaret 624, 686
Margaret Ellen 624
Mary 587, 624
Mary Ann 452
Matilda 386, 469
Nanny Florence 624
Peter 426, 469
Capt. Peter 386
Philip 65, 66, 69, 386, 426, 469
Rev. R. S. 91
Reuben 69
Robert 129
Robert M. 129
Samson S. 624
Samuel 129
Sarah 674
Stephen 69
William 624, 686
RYAN
Most Rev. Archbishop 250
Alice 287
Charles Kelly 593
David 762
Ella Sample 593
Emma 287
George 593
Hugh 287
J. Stephen 618
James 593
James F. 287, 618
Jane McNeal 762
Jane Sample 593
John 593
Josiah 593
Kate 287
Maggie 287
Malvern Hill 593
Marie 287
Martin F. 287
Mary 618
Mary (McCloskey) 287
Rose 287
Sarah 613
Bishop Stephen V. 287
Uriah 593
Urie 593
William 287
Willie 287
SADDLER
Annie 759
John 759
Mary 759
Stephen 759
SADLER
Arteus 242
Giles 242
Jacob 559
John 242
Margaret 559
Oren Winslow, M.D., 242
Scott 242
William 242
William Dexter 242
WATSON
Miss 706
Agnes 765
Alexander M. 239
Mrs. Amanda 753
Amanda McMilllon 765
Andrew 546
Bessie Winn 765
Charles E. 765
Cora A. 765
Dr. Daniel 520
Eleanor 472
Eleanor Rennison 764
Elizabeth 347, 546, 765
Elizabeth Allen 765
Ella 765
Ellen K. 520
Hannah 239 340
Isabella 316, 340
James 489, 713, 765
James H. 713
Jean 340
Jennie 518
Job 520
John 713,765
John W. 765
Kate 408
Mabel 713
Margaret 224, 340,417, 546
Maria 489
Mark 472, 764, 765
Mark W. 224
Mary 323, 440
Mary A. Moore 765
Mary J. 713
Mra. Millie J. 335
Mollie Hohie 765
Patrick 31
Robert 202, 204, 340
Robert Hazard 520
Robert P. 520
Sarah 765
Sarah C. 520
Thomas 408
Thomas F. 764
Thomas F., Jr. 765
William 317, 340, 347
William M. 489
DOUGHERTY, Catherine
The Catherine in the list I posted was born Catherine LEASURE,
married
John DOUGHERTY. Joseph DOUGHERTY (b.1837) of Plum Township had 2
children, Jimmie and Maggie. He was the son of William John
DOUGHERTY
and Margaret Cowan, father born in Ireland. No Patrick or
Dennis.
RYAN, John
The John RYAN on the list I posted was the son of Uriah RYAN (b.
1840)
and Jane SAMPLE, no further info on John.
No OBENAUFs in index.
MORLOCKS on page 658:
Henrietta C. MORLOCK married Jacob Dieterich.
Jacob MORLOCK was the father of Henrietta, Catherine Heiber was his wife.
KAIN/CAIN
One KAIN on page 719 - Mary, widow of James. She was the daughter
of
Isaac Meanor of Findlay Township.
H.P. CAIN, page 243, shoestore owner circa 1850 (no other info)
MASSEY CAIN, page 372, of New Hampshire was the first wife of William Carnahan
KIBE
one family on page 427:
Henry and Elizabeth of Germany, daughter Catherine married Washington
Bell in 1867. Catherine died in 1867, Washington died in 1869. Son
Robert Henry Bell was raised by the Justus family.
NEFF
John, page 158 - "John NEFF was a resident of O'Hara township previous to 1812. He removed to what is now Indiana township, and died there."
Peter, page 157 - in a list of the eary settlers of Indiana township prior to 1820.
KINZER
Jacob J., 566
Matilda M. Klauss, 566
Matilda was the wife of Jacob KINZER of Pittsburgh, no other info on Jacob, Matilda's father was John George Klauss.
GROSSMAN
Mary, 417
Nicholas, 186
Samuel, 86
William, 186
DILLMAN/BAUER
p. 652
WILLIAM BAUER, gardener, postoffice Bennett, was born Feb. 22, 1830 on Troy hill, this county, son of Jacob and Margaret (Wolf) Bauer, natives of Germany. They immigrated to America in or about 1820, and settled in Allegheny City, eventually purchasing property on Troy hill. Jacob Bauer was a coal-merchant for many years; he died aged seventy-six years. He and his wife were parents of seven children, viz.: Frederick, Mathias, William, John, Thomas, Mrs. Mary Ritman and Mrs. Hannah Dillman. William received his education in this county, where he was a coal-digger for eighteen years, and subsequently worked seven years in a rolling-mill. Since then he has been successfully engaged in gardening. He married, Nov. 15, 1851, Caroline Sauter, a native of Germany, and they are the parents of three children: Mrs. Mary Baeuerlein, Mrs. Elizabeth Klussman and Mrs. Anna Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer are charter members of the G. L. Church, which they helped to build; Mr. Bauer is a republican.
HECKENTHORN
p. 762
One mention, Sarah Heckenthorn, wife of Samuel Sutter. They immigrated from Switzerland and settled in Etna. Children: Samuel, Jr. and Mrs. Sarah Seitz. More info on Samuel, Jr. on this page.
STIELY
p. 465
Lydia (Morgan) Stiely was the daughter of Samuel Morgan of Miller's Run and his second wife Margaret nee McGrew. Siblings Alexander and Elizabeth. More info on Samuel Morgan on this page.
MISKIMANS/MISKININS
p. 470
Bio of James Miskimans Johnston, b. 1806, of White Ash. Only child
of
John Johnston of Ireland and Martha Miskimans of Carlisle
p. 488
Mentions Lida Jane (Mrs. J. H. Miskinins) Conner, daughter of John
(b.
1826) and Elizabeth (Arthurs) Conner.
HENGER
p. 482
Bio of Anthony Henger of Germany, farmer in Lower St.Clair township.
ENGLE
pp. 227-228
Bio of John Thaw. His son Benjamin (b. 1753) married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Engle, granddaughter of Benjamin and Deborah Engle of Philadelphia.
p. 322
Bio of George L. Good, b. 1847, of McKeesport. His sister Philomena was Mrs. Charles Engle. No other Engle mention.
SADDLER/SADLER
p. 759
Bio of Jacob Stemler of Chartiers. He married Annie, daughter of Stephen and Mary Saddler and brother of John. Stephen and Mary were natives of Ireland, immigrated 1847.
p. 559
Bio of Ferdinand Malsch, b. 1842, of Allegheny. Married to Margaret, daughter of Jacob Sadler. No other Sadler mention.
p. 242
Extensive full page bio of Dr. Oren Winslow Sadler, b. 1843, of Pittsburgh. Great grandfather's name was John Sadler of Massachusetts.
FEY
p. 581
PETER FEY, merchant, postoffice Homestead, was born Nov. 25, 1857, in Mifflin Township, Allegheny county, Pa. His father, Nocholas Fey, a native of Lorraine, France (now Germany), came to America about forty years ago, and became a farmer and miner in Mifflin township. His wife, Magdalena Decker, also a native of France, si the mother of the following-named children: Catherine, John, Casper, Anna, Nicholas, Peter and William. Peter Fey was a miner in eary life, and later was employed in the steelmill. In 1883 he opened a general grocery-store, and has built up a good trade. He married Lizzie, a daughter of John Rushe, and three children blessed this union: Anna, Gertrude and Estella M. Mr. and Mrs. Fey are members of the Catholic Church; he is a democrat.
DOUGHERTY
p. 728
Bio of William M. Simcox, b. 1826. Margaret (wife of G. W. Dougherty) was the daughter of William and Martha Simcox. No other mention of Dougherty.
p. 594
JOSEPH COWAN DOUGHERTY, carpenter, postoffice New Texas, was born April 11, 1837, at his present home in Plum township, a son of William john and Margaret (Cowan) Dougherty. His father was born in Ireland in 1812, came here when seven years of age, was a blacksmith, and died in 1884, aged seventy-three years. His wife was born at the present home of Mr. Dougherty, in 1808. Joseph's grandfather, Archey, and his wife, Jane Warnic, settled in Patton township, and later on lived in New Texas, where they died. Joseph C. Dougherty received his education at New Texas, and at the age of Twenty-one learned the carpenter and blacksmith trades, following the former in this county most of the time. He married, May 8, 1866, Letitia J. Rowan, of Westmoreland county, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sheerer) Rowan, natives of Westmoreland and Armstrong counties. Two children were born to them, Maggie and Jimmie, both of whom are at home. The family are members of the R. P. Church. Mr. Dougherty enlisted Aug. 10, 1862, in Co. G. 136th P. V. I., for nine months; participated at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorswille and U. S. Ford; re-enlisted in January, 1863, in the 3d. P. H. A., at Fortress Monroe, and sent from there to the light Battery H, detached for service at the defense of Baltimore. He was discharged in 1865. His father served in the old 11th Pa. Regt. During the war, and was shot through the right shoulder. Mr. Dougherty now owns one-half of the farm of 122 acres where his maternal grandfather, Joseph Cowan, settled when he came here from his native place, Lancaster county, Pa. His wife was Mary Thompson, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
HIEBER
p. 182
History of Etna borough includes this sentence: "Daniel Hieber, born in Wurtemburg in 1788, started the first wagon-maker's shop in 1835, having removed to Philadelphia in 1833."
p. 632
Bio of Philip H. Young of Sharpsburg. In 1871, he married Minnie C. Hieber of Etna, daughter of Daniel Hieber.
p. 447
Bio of D. Martin Miller, b. 1860, of Glenshaw. His aunt was Mrs. Sophia Hieber of Etna.
p. 610
FRANK H. HIEBER, blacksmith, McKee's Rocks, a son of John and Margaret Hieber, was born in 1860, in Beaver county, Pa. John, who is a farmer, came from Germany in 1852, and first located at Etna, this county, where he remained several years. He then moved to Beaver county, where he married Margaret Emerick, of that county, and to them were born thirteen children: Frank H., Sadie M., wife of Adolph Bauerman, Charles J., George W., David L., Elizabeth M., Hannah D., Albert D., Amelia A., Bertha C. M., Herman J. (deceased), Wilson S. and Amanda. The parents were members of the Lutheran Church. Frank H. Hieber was married, May 14, 1885, to Lillie D., daughter of James and Maria Nichol, of this county. Mr. Hieber learned the trade of blacksmith, and set up business for himself in September, 1886. He owns a good property in Stowe township, consisting of dwelling-house and a large blacksmith shop. He is a member of the Heptasophs, the Jr. O. U. A. M. and the F. & A. M. He is a Presbyterian.
HUGHES
p. 498
Bio of Alexander Hughes, b. 1827, of Lewis. Lydia was the daughter of Alexander and Annie Jane (Wilson) Hughes.
ATCHESON/ATCHISON
p. 71
In history of Mansfield borough: "The United Presbyterian congregation was organized in 1856, with twenty-five members... [list of pastors] ... T. C. Atchison was installed in 1881, and is in charge at present."
GROSSMAN
p. 417
Bio of Andrew Perkins Stotler, b. 1848, of Negley. He and his wife Margaret E. adopted Mary Grossman from the Allegheny Orphan Asylum.
p. 186
List of inhabitants of Ohio township in 1814 includes names of Nicholas and William Grossman. No other info.
BRICKER
p. 142
History of Richland township includes the name of William Bricker among the list of pioneer settlers (after 1820.) No other info.
YEAGER
p. 572
Bio of W. S. Bell, b. 1852, of Putnam. Married, in 1874, Alida, daughter of Martin and Margaret (Yeager) Frederick of Mansfield. No other info in Yeagers.
AIKEN
p. 465
Bio of Alexander Gilfillan, b. 1831. Married in 1857 to Margaret, daughter of George Aiken of Pittsburgh. No further info on George.
p. 554
Bio of James H. Reed, b. 1853, of Pittsburgh. Married in Jun 1878 to Miss Kate J. Aiken, daughter of David Aiken, Jr. No further info on David.
FORSTER
p. 343 John
Only reference is to the "famous writer John Forster", an ancestor of Charles I. Wade, whose bio is on this page.
GEMMILL
p. 345 James R.
Bio of Robert L. Riggs of McKeesport mentions that in 1880 he "engaged in the lumber and planing-mill business with James R. Gemmill and J. A. Lucas for five years, and since 1885 has been engaged in the real-estate business."
CRISWELL
p. 447 Elizabeth
Bio of Hugh Anderson, b. 1839, of Talley Cavey. In 1869, he married Mattie, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Criswell) Plummer of Richland township.
p. 269 Nancy
Bio of John Herron, b. 1792. His parents were James and Nancy (Davidson) Herron. One sister, Nancy, was the wife of John Criswell.
FLEMMING
p. 571 Ann
Bio of James M. Stewart, b. 1835, of Etna. His parents were George and Ann (Flemming) Stewart.
ANDRES
p. 502
Bio of Aaron M. Work, b. 1818, of Beamville. "Aaron M. married, March 17, 1842, Mary, daughter of Jacob and Susan Andres, the latter still living at the age of eighty-eight years; the former is deceased."
KENNEWEG
p. 585 Callie
Bio of Robert Neupert, b. 1859, harness-maker, McKees Rocks. Married Callie Kenneweg in 1884, two children: Cora (deceased) and Cornelia.
p. 473 Caroline
Bio of F. Mankedick, b. 1834, farmer, Sturgeon. In 1856, he married Caroline Kenneweg, four children: William, Edward, Matilda and Clara.
McCUNE
p. 532 Joseph B.
Bio of Samuel McCune, b. 1846, merchant, Homestead. He and wife Mary E. (Alexander) had two children: Joseph B. and Samuel W.
p. 355 Thomas
Bio Thomas Wilson McCune, b. 1827, of Wilmerding. Parents were John B. and Mary (Wilson) McCune of Pennsylvania. Grandfather Thomas McCune "was of Scotch-Irish parentage; settled on a farm near Buena Vista, where he died." T.W. married Sarah H. Patterson, two sons who died in infacy and childhood. Second wife was Emma (Balfe) Ray, widow of Robert Ray.
There's more on T. W., military and occupation history. If he's yours, I copy it for you.
PALMER
p. 531 Thomas D.
Bio of William Borland Harrison, b. 1853, tax collector, of Wilkinsburg. Married, Oct. 28, 1878, to Miss Maggie J., daughter of Thomas D. Palmer, of New England.
DOLAN
p. 16 Obadiah Dolans was listed as one of the early residents of Fayette township in 1800.
DONEHOO
p. 519
Bio of Joseph McNall, b. 1838, of Imperial. Joseph was "a son of James and Mary (Donehoo) McNall, natives of Washington county, former of whom was a soldier in the war of 1812. Daniel and Nancy (McCune) Donehoo, parents of Mrs. Mary McNall, natives of Ireland, and Presbyterians, were early settlers of Findlay township, but afterward moved to Washington county, Pa."
BURGHER
p. 278 Dr. J. C.
Bio of H. H. Hofmann, M.D., b. 1821, mentions that Hofmann, along with Dr. M. Cote and Dr. J. C. Burgher in 1866 founded the Homeopathic hospital of Pittsburgh. [I believe that Shadyside Presbyterian Hospital started out as this hospital.]
p. 392 John
Bio of Elmer E. Briggs, M.D., b. 1861, mentions that he studied medicine with Dr. John C. Burgher.
BERGER
p. 227
Bio of William H. Brown, b.1815, mentions that he invested in a rolling mill in New Castle with Reis and Berger.
SNOWDEN
p. 47 John
History of Snowden township includes the following:
"John M. Snowden, in whose honor the township is named, was associate lay judge of the county from 1840 to 1845. He was born at Philadelphia, and after learning the trade of a printer, removed to Greensburg in 1798, where he established the Farmers' Register, this being the second journalistic venture in Western Pennsylvania. He removed to Pittsburgh in 1811, where he published the Commonweath and Mercury. He was mayor of the city at various times, county recorder, director of the Bank of Pittsburgh, and was widely known as a leading citizen of the county. He died suddenly April 2, 1845, in the second term of his judicial incumbency."
p. 244 John
Bio of the Hon. Russell Errett, b. 1817, mentions that he served a clerkship with John M. Snowden, Jr. in 1839.
p. 624 William
Bio of John M. Ross, b. 1831: "Mr. Ross married, July 4, 1865, Mary Snowden, born Aug. 29, 1849, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of William and Bridget Snowden. Mr. Snowden was a butcher, a native of New York, and was drowned about 1862. Mrs. Snowden came from Ireland when twelve years of age."
p. 588 William
Bio of Lewallen M. Snowden, b. 1827, of Elizabeth borough. He and wife Lucinda Flemington Snowden had five sons and one daughter: James Henry, William W., a steward on one of the river boats, Charles S., Annie M., Harry A. and Lewallen, Jr.
MILLER
p. 447 Catharine
Bio of D. Martin Miller, b. 1860, of Glenshaw. His second wife was Catharine Daly.
p. 621 Catharine
Bio of Jacob C. Miller, b. 1841, of Hope Church. Mother was Catharine Bender.
p. 741 Catherine
Bio of Philip Bohlander, b. 1832, of Elizabeth. "In 1854 he married Catherine Miller, a native of Germany, who died in 1872, leaving three children: Leonard, John and George, all of Elizabeth borough."
p. 744 Catherine
Bio of D. H. Siebert, b. 1858, of Bennett. "He was twice married; his first wife, Catharine Miller (deceased) was the mother of Mrs. Anna Credel and Martha Siebert."
p. 402 Conrad
Bio of August Miller of Homestead: "was born May 15, 1845, in Godelhausen. Bavaria, Germany, a son of Conrad and Mary Miller."
p. 413 Mary Jane
Bio of George T. Miller, b. 1825, of Port Perry. "George T. Miller married, in 1851, Mary Jane, daughter of Samuel Craig, of Washington county... Mr. and Mrs. Miller have four children: William S....Mortimer C.... John T..... and Joseph T.... " More info on George & family if this looks like a hit.
p. 486 Mary Jane
Bio of Samuel A.Jordan, b. 1807, of Federal. He and his wife Margart (Edgar) had nine children: John M., Nicholas W., "Mary Jane (now Mrs. Miller)", Ann Elizabeth, Samuel Stewart, Sarah, Francis Philip, Isaac Newton and Jacob Lea.
SNOWDEN
Annie M. 588
Bridget 624
CaroIine 371
Charles 713
Charles S. 588
Harry A. 588
Hattie 713
James Henry 588
John M. 47
John M. Jr., 244
Lewallen M. 588
Lucinda 588
Mary 624
Rev. N. R. 175
William 624
William W. 588
RIGG
Carl Hazlett 331
Elizabeth E. 265
Ella 331
Ida Belle 331
John 265
John E. 331
John Edwin 331
Laura 331
Laura Belle 331
Lida Carrie 331
Margaret 331
Mark Allison 331
Newton 331
Robert L. 344
RIGGS
Miss 405
Alta May 470
Clifford 345
Cordelia C. B. 345
David 344, 469
David Elmer 470
Edmonia F. 470
Edward 344, 469
Edward R. 469
Effie W. 345
Elizabeth 469
Elizabeth R. 470
Emma C. 470
Ida Bell 470
Isaac 344
Isaac W. M.D., 469
Jane 486
Jessie J. 345
John 344,469
John S. 470
Joseph 344, 469, 747
Josiah 344, 469
Leander Riggs M.D., 747
Lewis 344, 469
Mary 344, 469
Mary E. 470
Mary H. 469
Mary L. 747
Obadiah 344
Obadiah H. 469
Robert L. 469
Sarah 344, 469, 747
Sareh J. 470
Thomas A. 345
Viola 345
Walter 345
William 344
William Bates 470
William J. M D., 469
ROGERS
________ 28
Alice 700
Miss Ann 70
Annie 724
Catharine 435, 530
Charles 371
D. J. 70
Felix 700
George 323
Hugh 700
James 28
John 700, 728
Joseph 700
Kate L. 728
Lucinda 371
Lucy 371
Maggie 700
Mary 70, 700
Peter 17
Phyllis 323
Sarah 700
Thomas 28
SCOTT
________ 12
Gen. 351
Mrs. 691
A. 71
Ada Love 760
Adam 186, 197
Agnes 457
Alexander M. 521
Andrew 564
Anna 586
Annie 521
Annie E. 649
Arthur 197
Becky 457
Bella S. 564
Belle 524
Benjamin 16
Blair 521
Brewer 586
Caroline 409
Catherine 382
Charlie 586
Daisv 586
David 448, 523, 644
Diana 399
Eliza Jane 382, 457
Elizabeth 457, 458, 521
Eliz. McFadden 457
Emma (Meyran) 556
Evaline 457
Rev. G. T. 20
George 158
Rev. George 150
Rev. George (S.S.) 166
Graham 283
Hannah 414, 457
Harvey 399
Hayes Bell 457
Howard 521
Isabella 276
J. W. 108
James 54, 86, 283, 368, 382, 399, 457, 521
Col. James 86, 502
James Sr., 186
James H. 399
Jane 448, 480
Jennie 586
Jennie A. 445
Jessie May 382
Joel F. 399
John 85, 86, 98, 99, 103, 125, 186, 312, 487, 521
Col. John 93
Judge John 445
John K. 399
John P. 457
John S. 521
John V. 399
John W. 368
Joseph 5, 85, 86, 368, 399, 425, 457, 708
Joseph Esq., 31
Kate (Harbison) 507
Leander 457
Lizzie R. 399
Lucinda 382, 521
Maggie 521
Maggie D. 524
Maggie I. 521
Maggie Jane Sidney 337
Maniec 457
Margaret 399, 599, 742
Margaret B. 521
Maria 521, 524
Martha 431, 586
Mary 312, 368, 382, 399, 425, 521, 523, 708
Mrs. Mary 672
Mary Bainer 586
Mary C. 644
Mary E. 586
Mary (Graham) 283
Mary J. 399
Mary Jane 457
Mary K. 524
Mary Kelly 524
Mary (Kirk) 502
Mary Martin 586
Maud 382
Milton 382
Morris 337
Nancy 521
Nancy A. 399
Nannie L. 399
Priscilla 468
Priscilla Jr., 457
Prudence P. 552
Mrs. R. A. 288
Rachel 368
Rebecca 430, 487
Robert 186
Ruth 368
Sallie C. 586
Sam 686
Samuel 154, 169, 174, 399, 457, 480, 497, 521
Samuel Jr., 457
Samuel Sr., 432
Sarah 312, 399, 457, 497, 521, 523, 525, 573, 674. 718
Sarah Jr. 457
Sarah Ann 457
Sarah J. 502
Susan 399, 708
Thomas 86, 521, 586
Vankirk 368
W. A. Jr., 556
W. K. 760
W. L. 34
W. S. 182
William 5, 128, 131, 399, 430, 457, 521, 523, 524
William D. 399
Wm. Hall 457
William L. 644
Hon. William L. 88
William S. 586
William Wright 524
Winfield 586
Gen. Winfield 718, 719
Zaccheus 86, 368, 382, 399
Zaccheus Roscoe 382
SHULTZ
Ada 735
Frank 735
Harry 735
Jacob 735
James 735
Jennie 735
John C. 735
Wallace 735
SCHULTZ
Anna M. 539
C. J. 539
Caroline 453
Elizabeth 724
Emil 724
Otto G. 539
SCHULTZE
Mr. 39
C. J. 38
SULLIVAN
Gen. 49
Charles A. 553
Charles C. 553
George Reed 553
J. S. 259
Joseph Reed 553
Kathrine Gertrude 553
Peter 0. 553
Rachel (Hays) 259
SUTTON
Aaron 86
Alexander 85
David 85
Eliza 533
Hannah 440
Isabella 741
James 533
John 86, 169, 440, 441
Joseph 86, 441
Josephine 533
Lewis 86, 441
Dr. Lewis 440
Milton 108
R. Stansbury Dr., 533
Sarah 533, 741
Stanabury 533
Susan 441
Walter 741
William 186, 203
STEPHENS
Mrs. 620
Angie 329
Claude 329
Fanny 404
G. 106
Giles 186
Henry 85
Ida Angie 329
Laura G. 329
Lucy 545
Paul 329
R. C. 125
R. C. Esq., 405
Sarah A. 329
William Paul 329
William Richards M. D., 329
SCOTT
p. 399 -- Bio of William Pierce, son of John and Margaret (Scott)
Pierce.
p. 521 -- Bio of Alexander M. Scott (b. 1851) of Camden. Wife was Margaret B. Kirkpatrick of Pittsburgh.
p. 599 -- Bio of John Scott Buchanan Mercer (b. 1848), son of James and Margaret (Scott) Mercer
p. 742 -- Bio of John Addison Courtney (b. 1837), son of William and Margaret (Scott) Courtney.
CASEY
pp. 468-469
In Bio of The Ross Family, descendants of Philip Ross (b. 1732) of Maryland. Philip married Elizabeth Casey (b. 1745), a daughter of Peter and Maudaline Casey of Hampshire county.
ROGERS
________ 28
Alice 700
Miss Ann 70
Annie 724
Catharine 435, 530
Charles 371
D. J. 70
Felix 700
George 323
Hugh 700
James 28
John 700, 728
Joseph 700
Kate L. 728
Lucinda 371
Lucy 371
Maggie 700
Mary 70, 700
Peter 17
Phyllis 323
Sarah 700
Thomas 28
PIERCE
A.M. M.D., 459
Amos 81, 169, 433, 666
Amos Dr., 459
Andrew 433, 678
Andrew Dr., 572
Andrew C. 434
Benjamin 518
Bessle 518
Cassander 518
Cassandra 678
Daniel 87, 518
David 389, 400, 433, 518
Deborah 433
Elisha 87
Eliza Jane 518
Elizabeth 518
Emma 518
Esther M. 389
F. F. 461
George 518
Gertrude 518
Glenn 460
Hannah 461, 518
Hannah J. 400
Henrietta 434
Israel 518
James 81, 518
James McK. 433, 459, 66
Jane 666, 678
Jane C. 433
Jane (Chess) 572
John 87, 399, 400, 518
Mrs. John 527
John B. 460
Jonathan 518
Joseph 87, 433, 518, 666
Joseph A. 434
Joseph 460
Josie B. 400
Lewis 81, 433, 518, 666
Louis 433
Maggie 400, 514
Margaret 399
Maria 518
Martha 518
Martha M. 666
Mary 359, 459, 518
Mary A. 433, 159, 666
Mary Eleanor 460
Mattie D. 460
Mattie E. 400
Nancy 518
Sarah 460, 678
Sarah A. 411
Thomas J. 459
Violet 518
William 399, 514, 518
William T. 434
PEARCE
Amos, 186 Amos 186
Andrew, 94 Andrew 94
Eleanor, 186 Eleanor 186
Elisha, 87 Elisha 87
Francis, 169 Francis 169
Harry, 494, 495 Harry 494, 495
Harry Albert, 495 Harry Albert 495
Joseph C., 495 Joseph C. 495
Rhoda, 495 Rhoda 495
Robert, 85 Robert 85
Samuel, 494 Samuel 494
Samuel C., 495 Samuel C. 495
Sarah, 494 Sarah 494
Sarah H., 495 Sarah H. 495
Thomas H., 495 Thomas H. 495
GRIER
Mr. 468
David 317
Isabella 316, 317
Mrs. Isabella 340
James 26
Jean B. 317
John 264
John F. 316
John Fennel 316
Martha (Black) 505
Mary 264
Mary Eva 317
Samuel C. 534
Susan 264
W.W. 136, 317
Watson Miller 317
William Watson 316, 317
JENKINS
Ap. 294
L.M. 9, 19
Mary 294, 673
Michael 294
William 294
McKINLEY
Andrew 87, 389
Andrew Jr 87
Barbara 389
Belle 389
Clara H. 389
D. 770
Elizabeth 716
George 87, 389
John 72
John G. 389
Maria 389
Martha 389
Mary E. 389
Mary Hays 770
Nancy 719
Nancy C. 298
Noah F. 389
MARSHALL
Judge 278
A. M. 278
Abraham 170
Alexander 18, 338
Andrew 18
Anna 699
Archibald 18
Clara 403
Dorcas 423
Edmundton 5
Eleanor Jane 446
Elinor 423
Ellen (Doyle) 504
Elnetta M. 423
George 385
Rev. George D.D., 49, 483
Henry 18, 170
Isabella 338
Israel 342
James 170, 278, 322, 699
Jane 446, 699
John 18, 170
John K. 423
John R. 423
Joseph 446
Margaret 385, 423
Maria 420
Mary 278, 483, 701
Mary E. 423
Mary J. (Burns) 574
Mary Jane 493
Nancy 493, 752
Robert 385, 423, 493, 752
Samuel 170
Sarah 640
Sarah A. 483
Sarah Ellen 557
Scott 420
Susannah 342
T. M. 194
Thomas 170, 278
Thomas M. 553, 557
W. P. 379
William 5, 18, 157, 423, 574
FERGUSON
__________ 72
Anna 550
Areta 550
Caroline 565
Catherine 403
Charles 550
David 138
Edwin G. 550
Enoch 135
George S. 345
Isaac 135
James 72, 135, 565
James M. 345
John 6 72, 550, 728
John S. 550
Joseph 72
Margaret 747
Mary 565, 728
Mary H. 550
Nancy 384, 641
Samuel 135, 138
Sarah 337
Sarah (Mrs. Robert) 412
William 72, 138
HENDRICKS
Elizabeth (Mehaffay) 505
John 86
Mary E. 321
MERRIMAN
_____ 191
Abraham 197
David 197
Davis 197
Ezekiel 197
Frederick 186, 197, 203
Margaret A. 401
Richard 186
Samuel 197, 203, 401
Samuel Sr., 186
Sarah 401
William 197
There is a Schroder on page 384. Samuel Lock Riddle (b. 1814) was married to Mary Ann Schroder, daughter of Henry and Katharine Schroder
Only one reference to HERBERT, on page 568. The bio of James M. Hemphill (b. 1830) mentions that his daughter Anna C. married a Charles Herbert. No further mention of the Herbert.
No reference to GRAEBER/KROEBER. There is one GRABER, on page 629: the bio of Charles Sossong (b. 1836) mentions that his parents were John and Elizabeth (Graber) Sossong of Prussia.
One BULGER is mentioned, on page 86: Samuel Bulger was listed as one of the early residents in the "Yough Forks" area (Elizabeth, Forward and Lincoln) prior to 1830.
McDONALD
Ada B., 494
Alexander, 60, 143, 169
Andrew, 204
Rev. Andrew, 9
Ann, 382
Anna, 327
Anna M., 494
Rev. D. R., 150
David A., 327
Edith R., 494
Eliza, 553
Elizabeth, 327
Elizabeth N., 367
Eva S., 494
Hannah S., 494
Henry, 645
Isabella, 646
J. Sharp, 327
James, 60, 493
Jennie M., 494
John, 60, 143
Capt John, 327
John Sr., 464
John F., 493
John F., Jr., 494
Capt. John V., 327
Joseph, 327
Josh, 327
Margaret, 464, 572
Marshall, 327
Mary, 694
Mrs. Mary F., 357
Mary L., 494
Mattie, 327
Ollie N., 494
Philip, 60
Phoebe, 327
Rachel, 327
Samuel, 60, 699
Sarah, 436
Susie B., 494
William, 60, 186, 327, 436
William T., 548
JACKSON
p. 431 Mary J.
Bio of William Giffin (b. 1831) of Clinton. He and his wife Nancy J.(Thompson) had 4 children. Mary J., one of the 2 daughters, married Washington Jackson, farmer in Moon township.
p. 593 Mary Jane
Bio of Washington Caldwell (b. 1842) of Verona. Married in 1868 to Emma Jane Longdon, daughter of John and Mary Jane (Jackson) Longdon.
p. 510 Thomas P.
Bio of William Jackson (b. 1830) of Negley. Married in 1851 to Sara Pescot of Newcastle, England. They had ten children, one of whom was Thomas P.
ONSTOTT
p. 482 Anna
Bio of John Curry (b. 1811) of Stoops. Married in 1836 to Anna Onstott, they had six children. No further info about Onstotts.
p. 765 Anna
Bio of George Mason Ferree (b. 1831). Married in 1862 to Rachel O. Curry, daughter of John and Anna (Onstott) Curry. No further info about Onstotts.
p 467 Elizabeth
Bio of Capt. Jacob Lashell (b. 1812) of Lashell's Ferry. He and wife Sarah A. (Boley) had four children. One son, John Lashell, married Elizabeth Onstott and resided near Sharon, Moon township. No further info about Onstotts.
p. 360 Elizabeth, Henry, Rebecca
Bio of S. Y. Anderson (b. 1845) of Sewickley. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Davis) Onstott. No further info about Onstotts.
HUGHES, Thomas
p. 498
Bio of Alexander Hughes (b. 1827) of Lewis. His father Johnston Hughes was a native of County Donegal. First wife bore him two children, Samuel and Thomas. No further mention of Thomas.
p. 667
Bio of W. B. Lucas (b. 1838). Parents were John and Elizabeth (Hughes) Lucas of Greene county. Elizabeth's father was Thomas Hughes, also of Greene county. No further mention of Thomas.
EVANS
p. 237
Bio of Oliver Evans (b. 1816) of McKeesport. One of his brothers was named John - they were both born in McKeesport. Oliver was married to Mary A. Sampson of Versailles township.
p. 238
Bio of Cadwallader Evans, M.D. (b.1843) of McKeesport. Son of Oliver and Mary Evans. Mary was also the name of one of his eight children (wife: Maggie B. Oliver of Allegheny)
p. 322
Bio of James Evans (b. 1840) of McKeesport. Another son of Oliver and Mary.
p. 670
Bio of David Evans (b.1850 in Temperanceville) of Pittsburgh. Parents were John and Jane Evans.
p. 682
Bio of George Evans (b. 1858 in Temperanceville) of Pittsburgh. Another son of John and Jane Evans. John was from Wales, a shoemaker. He and Jane had eight children: "Thomas, Mary (wife of Abram Binen), David, William, Emma (wife of Frank McGowen), John (deceased), George and Annie (wife of Albert Adams)." George married, in 1884, Mary E., daughter of James and Mary A. Obey.
p 693
Bio of Oliver Evans, Jr. (b. 1853 in McKeesport). Another son of Oliver and Mary Evans.
BOSSART
p. 345
Bio of George Bossart (b. 1859 in Youngstown) of McKeesport. A son of John and Susan (Shirey) Bossart of German descent.
STALEY
p. 158
In the history of O'Hara township, in a list
of the early residents:
"Peter Wolf, several by the name of Staley, ___ Bliss and many others
were squatters along the river."
p. 137
History of Deer township, formed 1796. List of early residents in 1805 includes Jacob Staley and William Staley.
p. 468
Bio of William McCammon Richey (b.1830 in County Down) of Verona. "In September, 1856, he married Lucinda Staley, who died in 1883, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rose) Staley, and a native of Allegheny county. Of her fourteen children nine survive her: Mary, Elizabeth, William G., Sadie, Maggie, James, Ida, Harry, Raymond and Clifford."
p. 661
Bio of John W. Hemphill (b. 1840 in Cumberland county) of Tarentum. In 1864 he married Nancy, daughter of James Staley, Sr. of Tarentum.
pp. 754-755
"James Staley, druggist, Tarentum, son of James and Julia A. Staley, former of whom is deceased, was born in Tarentum, Aug. 22, 1845, his parents being among the pioneers of this portion of Allegheny county. Their children were Nancy, now Mrs. J. W. Hemphill of Tarentum; William J., James; Julia A., deceased; Williard, Dora, deceased; Belle, now Mrs. H. Eurich, of Tarentum, and Maud, now Mrs.T. Hudefoll, of Tarentum. James Staley married, in 1867, Miss Sarah M., daughter of Joseph Nash, of Georgetown, Beaver county,