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(III) Samnel, fifth child of Levi and Mary (Shoop) Dell, was born in Union township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1843. He grew to manhood at the home farm, was educated in the public schools, and continued a farmer until June, 1863. He then enlisted in Company A, Twenty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving until February 1, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He was em- ployed principally on scout duty while in the army, and escaping all in- jury returned safely to his home at the expiration of his term of service.
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He then began learning the carpenter's trade, working in Huntingdon county until 1867, when he located in Yeagertown, Mifflin county, find- ing employment with the Freedom Iron Company (now Standard Steel), continuing with that corporation for a term of thirty-three years, a most exceptional record of long and faithful service. In the year 1900 he began lumbering operations in Derry township, a business he has since conducted very successfully. His plant, consisting of several port- able saw mills, was moved from place to place as tracts of timber be- came available, but he has now curtailed his operations to one mill. Dur- ing his near half-century in Mifflin county, Mr. Dell has won an excel- lent standing, and has a wide acquaintance. He is a careful, upright business man and a good citizen. He is a Republican in politics, and from 1904 until 1909 inclusive served as commissioner of Mifflin county, being re-elected to a second term. He gave county business the same careful attention that his own affairs received, and was a most valuable member of the board. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Colonel Huling's Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Both Mr. Dell and his wife are active members of the Lutheran church.
He married, May 23, 1872, Mary Marian, daughter of Simon and Elizabeth Yeager, of Yeagertown, Pennsylvania. Children: I. George, died in infancy. 2. Mary Elizabeth, married I. Harry, son of James J. Dalby ; children: Marian, Caroline and Samuel James. 3. Grace Irene. married William McBride, whom she survives, without issue.
LIDDICK The Liddicks, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, descend from the Perry county family, founded in that county by Frederick Liddick, who was an early settler and a large land owner. He purchased a tract of twelve hundred acres, part of which he cleared and improved. He lived a useful life, married and reared a large family. Both he and his wife, Elizabeth, died in Perry county. Children : William, Jacob, Frederick, John F., of whom fur- ther : Sarah, Amos, Thomas, Louisa and two who died in infancy. All are now deceased, except John F. and Louisa.
(II) John F., son of Frederick and Elizabeth Liddick, was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1838. He attended the pub- lic school, and grew to manhood at the home farm becoming well versed
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in agricultural methods. After his marrriage lie settled on a farm in Watts township, Perry county, continuing there until 1886, when he moved to a farm at Lasher's Run in the same county, remaining there three years. He then moved to Lewistown, where he was employed at the coal shutes three years; then returned to his Lasher's Run farm, re- maining for two years. He then came again to Lewistown, his present home. He enlisted during the last year of the civil war in Company H, Forty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and saw a great deal of actual service. He was engaged in several battles and skirmishes in the Shenandoah Valley, at Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill and others, but came through unscathed, returning to his home in safety. He is a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Mary E. Wright, born in Perry county, died in Lewistown, September 20, 1908, eldest daughter of George and Elizabeth Wright. George Wright was an early farmer of Perry county, owning a small tract which he cultivated until death. He had children: Mary E., John, Harry, Emanuel, William, Matilda, deceased; Ackerman, deceased; Annie, Children of John F. Liddick: 1. Sheridan, killed in the Harrisburg yards of the Pennsylvania railroad. 2. Elizabeth, died January 2, 1912; married Luther Steeley. 3. Louisa, died January 2, 1913, unmarried. 4. Sylvester, died aged five years. 5. Flotilla, married Harry Rothrock, and resides in Lewistown. 6. Emanuel, resides in Lewistown. 7. Thurs- ton, of whom further. 8. Viola, died in infancy.
(III) Thurston, son of John F. and Mary E. (Wright) Liddick, was born in Perry county. Pennsylvania, May 4, 1877. He attended public schools, and until 1897, worked at various places and occupations. He then entered the employ of the Standard Steel Works Company, and two years later became a hammerman in the axle department, continuing until 1912. On August 11, 1911, he purchased a farm of eighty-three acres in Derry township, and in 1912 moved thereon and began general farming. He has eleven acres in fruit and is very successfully specializ- ing in fruits of varied kinds. He is a Republican in politics, positive in his political convictions, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married, January 23, 1896, Albertina M. Ort, born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Henry and Susan (Buryman) Ort.
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The paternal grandparents of John Jacob Crone, of Burn-
CRONE ham, Pennsylvania, lived and died in Germany, leaving issue.
(II) Henry Julius Crone was born in Germany in 1831, and was there educated. About 1849 he came to the United States, locating at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he married. Later they lived at Big Mine Run, Brady Station, Doutyville, for thirteen years, thence to Sha- mokin, where they lived twenty-three years. He was a coal miner, fol- lowing that business until his retirement shortly before his death in 1889. He served in the Union army during the civil war, and was engaged at Antietam and other hard-fought battles. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife members of the Grace Lutheran church, at Shamokin. He married Mary Magdalene Kopp, born in Germany, in 1832, came to the United States in 1848, settling in Pottsville, Pennsyl- vania, where she joined her brother, John J. Kopp, who came earlier. Her mother died in Germany, but her father came to the United States and died in Treverton, where he is buried. She died in 1912. Children : I. Lena, died in girlhood. 2. Francis, now proprietor of a meat market at Shamokin, Pennsylvania. 3. Herman, died in Shamokin. 4. Fred- ericka, married Joseph Kersteter, and resides in Shamokin. 5. Gotthilf, resides in Shamokin. 6. Louis, a cigar manufacturer of Shamokin. 7. Mary, married Samuel Crist, and resides at Shamokin. 8. Julius, a farmer of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 9. John Jacob, of whom further. 10. Henry, died in infancy.
(III) John Jacob, son of Henry Julius and Mary Magdalene (Kopp) Crone, was born in Treverton, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of Doutyville and Shamokin, Pennsylva- nia, and in boyhood worked at the mines as breaker boy. Later he learned the butcher business, and was a partner with his brothers, Francis and Herman, continuing in business at Shamokin for twenty- three years. In 1906 he sold his interest in Shamokin, and in April, 1907, moved to Burnham, Mifflin county, where he has since been en- gaged in the same business. He erected a three-story building thirty by fifty feet, one-half of the ground floor being his meat market, using the remainder as a residence. He is well established, and in addition to his retail business also has a wholesale trade. He employes three men and two wagons, and has ample work for all. He thoroughly understands his
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business, and is one of the substantial men of Burnham. He is a Demo- crat in politics, a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, and both he and his wife members of the Lutheran church.
He married, April 28, 1889, Mary L. Rumburger, born in Shamokin, daughter of Jonathan Rumburger. Children: Emma, married Charles A. Allison; Helen, residing at home.
SHIREY Charles Preston Shirey, of good old English stock, whose family has long been connected with the best interests of Pennsylvania, is one of the leading and progressive cit- izens of Lewistown, Pennsylvania. The first Shirey to dare brave the dangers of the New World was one James S., who crossed early in 1700, landing at New York. In the course of time he left that haven and drifted to Connecticut and thence to Pennsylvania. It is thought that the Shireys of Pennsylvania all descended from this hardy pioneer. The family data is very incomplete, but as far as can be traced it is :
(I) Charles Shirey and his wife Catherine were both born at Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania. He was a tanner by occupation, owned and conducted the most successful tannery in that region. He died at an advanced age, leaving to his children not only real estate, but a good name that has been handed down for generations. Children, of whom five are still living: I. Samuel, of whom further. I. Isaac. 3. Joseph. 4. John. 5. Mary, widow of John Brower. Both he and his wife were members of the Reformed church.
(II) Samuel, son of Charles and Catherine Shirey, was born at Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania. He owns a nice farm and does general farming. He gives his franchise to the Democratic party, and works for it actively. Like his forefathers, he is a member of the Reformed church. He married (first) Mary Ann Mcclellan, who died in 1891, at Beaver Springs. Child: Charles Preston, mentioned below. He mar- ried (second) Emma Shumbaugh, and the children by this marriage are : Mary, Kate, Elizabeth, Frank, Carrie.
(III) Charles Preston, son of Samuel and Mary Ann (McClellan) Shirey, was born at Beaver Springs, October 24, 1875. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of the township. On reaching maturity he rented a farm in Snyder county, where he remained for two years. He came to Lewistown in 1900 and engaged with the
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Standard Steel Works, and then was employed by the Lewistown and Reedsville electric road for five years. In February, 1906, being ambi- tious to own his own business, he established a restaurant on East Mar- ket street in Lewistown, where he has succeeded in building up a pros- perous and ever growing business. He built a pretty home on Electric avenue, and has lived there since 1904. He is considered one of the up-to-date citizens of his town, and commands the respect of all those who know him. He is a Democrat in politics, and like his forbears is a member of the Reformed church. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, of the Fra- ternal Order of Eagles, and the Owls. He married, December 6, 1895, Sallie K. Youtz, a native of Union county, and a daughter of Samuel and Maria (Kleckner) Youtz. Children: I. Esther Maria, born Sep- tember 14, 1896, died April 1, 1897. 2. Sara, born March 13, 1898.
(The Youtz Line).
(I) Henry and Sarah (Brillbart) Youtz were both born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, of German parents. Their families moved to Center county in the early part of the last century. He followed the dis- tilling business for many years, and also did farming. He was origin- ally a Roman Catholic, but his wife converted him to the Evangelical church. He finally moved to his son's home in Mifflinburg, and there died at a ripe old age. Children : George, Henry, Peter, Samuel, of whom further; Aaron, John, William, David, Elias, Sarah, Margaret, Mary, Susannah. Many of them moved out to the middle and far west, and their descendants live there.
(II) Samuel Youtz, son of Henry and Sarah (Brillbart ) Youtz, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, January 19. 1831. He mar- ried Maria Kleckner, born April 14, 1838, in Union county, Pennsylva- nia, daughter of David and Esther (Wingard) Kleckner. Each grew to maturity in their respective counties, met and married. After their marriage they moved to Center Hall, Center county, there he followed the occupation of cabinet-making and undertaking. After several years he moved to Union county on account of failing health, where lie pur- chased a farm of one hundred and twelve acres in Buffalo and Limestone townships, and there continued to live until shortly before his death, when he moved to Mifflinburg, where he died November 27, 1899, aged
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sixty-eight years. Both were members of St. John's Reformed Church, and she has the distinction of having been a member for sixty years. Children : I. David, lived at the Needles, California. 2. Christopher, makes his home in Jacksonville, Florida. 3. Sallie K., wife of Charles Preston Shirey (see Shirey III).
(The Kleckner Line).
David and Esther (Wingard) Kleckner, the grandparents of Mrs. Charles Preston Shirey, were of straight German descent. David was the son of the original immigrant who came across and settled in Union county, Pennsylvania, where he became prosperous and a large land holder. David was born in Union county in 1802, and died in Mifflin- burg in 1888. After their marriage they lived on a farm of over three hundred and fifty acres, and he was considered one of the wealthy men of that section. He retired from active life and moved to Mifflinburg. They were members of the St. John's Reformed Church. They had a family of nine girls, of whom they were very proud. Children : Mar- garet, Barbara, Maria, wife of Samuel Youtz; Christina, Esther, Emma, Lottie, Sarah, a physician; Elizabeth. Of these, Barbara, Christina and Elizabeth are still living.
WORLEY William John Worley, of Burnham, Pennsylvania, can claim a straight English ancestry. His progenitor, Jesse Worley, was among the many respectable, industrious Englishmen who came to the United States when it was yet a wild country and known to the world at large by the ambiguous name, America. Honest and upright in England, he was honest aand upright in the United States, and his descendants have proven themselves worthy citizens of the Great Republic.
(I) Jesse Worley, the emigrant, was born, reared and married to his wife, Mary, in England. He came from the working class. Hoping to better his fortunes and to give his children more advantages socially, educationally and financially than he had enjoyed, even under a liberal monarchy, he emigrated with his wife, coming direct to New York. From New York he went to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he settled. He was a gun barrel maker, a master in the trade, and his bar- rels were in great demand in those days when men used guns to pro-
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cure for them part of their daily food. Later he moved to Berks county, Pennsylvania, and soon thereafter both he and his wife died. They were members of the Lutheran church, and did much good among their neighbors, who were not blessed with as much of this world's goods as they. Children: I. William Jesse, of whom further. 2. John, married Mary Swank. 3. Henry, married Isabel Mohn. 4. Samuel, married Hannah Riechley. 5. Obadiah, who is still living. 6. Caroline, died un- married. 7. Elizabeth, married John Bitting.
(II) William Jesse, son of Jesse and Mary Worley, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1827, died February 28, 1903. He married Eleanor Bertram, born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, Septem- ber 8. 1841, died December 30, 1904, daughter of Jonathan and Nellie (Roeder) Bertram. He reached maturity in Berks county, and there married. After marriage he moved to Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, about 1848, and located in Brown township. He became a builder and contractor, following that occupation many years, and erected many of the homes of that day in the county. He voted with the Democratic party in national as well as local affairs, and was entrusted with various offices of the township, which trust he never betrayed. He was a devout member of the German Lutheran Reformed church, and his wife was an equally devout Presbyterian. He enlisted in a Pennsylvania company during the civil war and served from April until July of 1865, but was in no battle. Children: I. Mary, deceased; married John Dip- ple. 2. Henry, a carpenter by vocation ; makes home in Ohio; has two children. 3. Emmeline, died in infancy. 4. William John, of whom further. 5. Jennie, deceased ; married James Kline ; was mother of five children. 6. Sally, married Alfred Baker; lives near Mifflin, Pennsylva- nia; three children. 7. James, died aged twenty-three. 8. Ella, mar- ried Elliott Manbeck; lives in Burnham; four children. 9. Candace, married Robert Ramsey ; lives in Ohio; three children. 10. Emma, lives at Reedsville. II. Kate, married John Wertz; lives in Reedsville ; three children. 12. Nora, married William Smith; lives in Pittsburgh; four children. 13. Rose, died aged sixteen.
(III) William John, son of William Jesse and Eleanor (Bertram) Worley, was born in Brown township, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 12, 1857. He was educated in Woodland township public school. Leaving school he followed his father's vocation, and learned the car-
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penter's and builder's trade. In 1880 he went to Reading, Pennsylvania, and continued successfully the carpentering business. Sometime later he entered the carpenter's department of a planing mill. He was offered and accepted a position as salesman in a mercantile store, where he re- mained four years. In March, 1903, he returned to Mifflin county and located at Burnham, entering the carpentering departments of the Stand- ard Steel Works, a branch of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Phila- delphia, and remained four years in the employ of the corporation. Dur- ing the panic of 1907, in common with many other workmen, he was laid off and he turned his attention to politics, for which he has great ability. In 1909 he was elected tax collector for Derry township for three years, but the term was extended by a recent law. Among his other enterprises is the selling of fruit trees, representing some of the most reliable nurse- ries in that part of the State. In 1906 he built a large double house on the "Pike," and there lives. Two years previous to this he had erected a house, also on the "Pike." He is a Democrat, working for and voting with that party .. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, aiding it in every way possible. He married, June 27, 1884, Elizabeth Knorr, of Heidelburg township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Cato S. and Elizabeth Priscilla ( Brossman) Knorr, old residents of Heidelburg. Cato S. Knorr was born in Northumberland county, Penn- sylvania, about 1835, and his wife was born in Berks county in 1832. He was an undertaker and farmer, and was one of the best-known men of his day in that part of Pennsylvania. The father of Priscilla ( Bross- man ) Knorr was Adamı Brossman, whose parents were among the early German settlers of Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and accumulated a large amount of property. Children : 1. Charles B., lives in Burnham ; a fireman in the Standard Steel Works; married Annie Widney, and has three children: Elsie, John William and Thelma. 2. Elsie, died aged three. 3. Clarence, died in infancy. 4. An infant, died unnamed.
Jonathan Bertram and his wife, Nellie (Roeder) Bertram, parents of Eleanor (Bertram) Worley, were old residents of Wernersville, Pennsylvania. He was a noted organist in his day, and was ranked among the best music teachers in that section of the country. He also taught school, founding his own school, which became famous while he managed it. He had for his pupils many of the notabilities of the pres- ent day. He died in Wernersville, regretted by all of those who knew
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him. His wife was of an old and distinguished Pennsylvania family, whose ancestors came in colonial days from Germany and settled in the wilderness. The family is widely scattered over the United States, north, south, east and west, some even finding their way into Mexico, where Phillip G. Roeder lives with his wife and four children. Children of Jonathan and Nellie (Roeder) Bertram: I. John, died young. 2. Peter. 3. Eleanor, who was wife of William Jesse Worley and mother of William John Worley. 4. Elizabeth, married John Lamb. 5. Mary, married Henry Binkley. 6. Emma, married Henry Spangler, and is the only one living. 7. Susanna, married a Mr. Fultz. 8. Sarah, married a Mr. Barkman. 9. Rebecca, married Henry Ruth.
Magnus Tate, the first of the name in this country, emigrated
TATE from the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland, and landed at Philadelphia, May 20, 1696, eventually locating in that part of Frederick county, Virginia, which later became Jefferson county, West Virginia. He is said to have died in September, 1747. His wife, Honour Tate, died prior to August 16, 1750. As far as known they had but one son, Magnus, born April 5, 1732, died March, 1808, married Mary Riley McCormick. From this Virginia family it is believed the Pennsylvania family of the Juniata Valley sprang. The earliest record found of them is in Center county, and the first record found is of Wil- liam Tate.
(I) William Tate was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, and there spent his life engaged in farming. He was a man of quiet, indus- trious habits, but prosperous and respected. He married Mary Watson, also a native of Center county. Children: 1. Nancy, married Benjamin Bodle, and died at the Center county homestead. 2. Eli Potter, of whom further. 3. Andrew Gregg, a farmer, yet living in Center county. 4. John Wesley, died in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania ; was a miller.
(II) Eli Potter, son of William and Mary (Watson) Tate, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1845. He attended the public school, and grew to manhood at the home farm, remaining with his parents until departing for the war. He enlisted February 25, 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving until May 30, 1865, participating in the bat- tles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Paul River and Gravel Run. He
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was severely wounded three times in battle, and spent many months on a bed of suffering in the hospital. His first wounds confined him from May to December 21, 1864, and other injuries kept him from duty from March until May, 1865. After the war he returned home, and there was nursed back to health and vigor. In 1868 he married, and for the next thirty years rented and cultivated different farms in Center county. About 1898 he moved to Yeagertown, where he has since made his home with his son, George C. Tate. He is a member of the Grand Arnty of the Republic, and in political faith a Republican. He married Julia Johnsonbaugh, born in Center county, Pennsylvania, in August, 1846, died March 5, 1895, daughter of George and Sarah (Emerick ) Johnson- baugh, of German descent, both natives of Center county, where both died. Children : Susan, deceased ; Kate, deceased ; Mary ; Alfred ; Jerry, deceased; Julia, deceased; George W .; William; Sarah ; John; James; Charles; Calvin, and one who died in infancy. Children of Eli Potter Tate: I. George Calvin, of whom further. 2. William, died in Monon- gahela City ; was a telegraph operator. 3. Burton, now a farmer of Ohio. 4. Newton, now living in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania; a car re- pairer. 5. Luther, twin of Newton, now living in Braddock, Pennsylva- nia; foreman in the Westinghouse works. 6. John, died aged about twenty years. 7. Mary, died in 1911, aged twenty years.
(III) George Calvin, son of Eli Potter and Julia (Johnsonbaugh) Tate, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1870. He at- tended the public schools, and until twenty years of age, remained with his parents. He then began learning the miller's trade in Clearfield county, remaining two years, then in 1892 came to Yeagertown. He entered the employ of J. M. Yeager in his mill, continuing until 1900. He then became interested in contracting and building, a business for which he has a natural aptitude, and one in which he has been very suc- cessful. While his principal business is the erection of dwellings, he has also been the principal contractor on many important public buildings and business blocks of the county. A list of such buildings would in- clude the original Young Men's Christian Association and the public school buildings at Burnham, the Sentinel and Lewistown Trust Com- pany buildings at Lewistown, also several churches and numerous school houses. In connection with his building operations he conducts a stock farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Derry township, which he pur-
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chased in 1908, and there specializes in Belgian and Percheron draft horses and Holstein cattle. This farm is becoming noted for the excel- lence of the strains there produced, the owner being deeply interested in the success of his stock farm and in having it rank with the best in his county. In 1901 Mr. Tate erected his own residence at No. 24 North Main street, Yeagertown, which was the family home until 1913, when he moved to his farm. He is a Republican in politics, and for twelve years has served with much usefulness as school director for Derry township.
He married, October 13, 1892, Kate Hoy, born in Center county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Yearick) Hoy, of an old county family, both deceased. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy: Ira Wellington, died in infancy. 2. Annie, married William Bridge; one child, Willard J. 3. Kate, married George C. Tate. 4. Josephine, mar- ried Newton Dorman; one child, Sherwood; by a previous marriage she had child, Robert Long. 5. Molly, married Russell Stemm; two children : Foster and Mary C. 6. Sarah, never married. 7. Elsie, married Blaine Noll. Children of George C. and Kate (Hoy) Tate: I. Lloyd, died in infancy. 2. Catherine, student at Yeagertown high school. 3. Marian, student at Yeagertown high school. 4. Foster. 5. Frederick. 6. Mary Olive.
From every land the Millers came to this country. MILLER Wherever there was a mill, there was a miller, and when surnames were adopted, Millers became plentiful. In the Juniata Valley of Pennsylvania there are several unrelated families claiming German, English and Scotch-Irish descent. From one of these came Samuel Miller, a blacksmith of Stone Valley, Huntingdon county. He later came to Mifflin county, following his trade in Big Valley, Vira and Achison's Mills, where both he and his wife Belle died, both mem- bers of the Presbyterian church. By a former marriage he had two daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Harmon, now a widow living at Lumber City, near Reedsville, Pennsylvania ; and Mrs. Caroline Osborne, who died in Reedsville. Children of Samuel and Belle Miller: - , married a McIlroy ; Samuel; David; John M., of whom further; Benjamin ; Jacob ; Mary, married Wilkey, of Reedsville; Rachel Newcomer, moved to Nebraska.
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(II) John McIlroy, son of Samuel and Belle Miller, was born in Stone Valley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1851, died in Yeagertown, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1912. He was educated in the public schools of the Kishacoquillas Valley, and in early life worked on the farm. He also for several years was a fence maker, later he worked in an axe factory, then in the Standard Steel Works at Burnham. He was industrious and saving and about 1893 had sufficient capital to start in the lumber business. For a short time he operated with a partner, Samuel Dell, then and until 1908 was alone in the business of manufac- turing lumber. He operated a saw mill and kept a force of from eight to ten men and several teams constantly employed. His field of operation was largely in the timber tracts of the Ferguson Valley at Painter, on the Krepps farm, at Brocks and Hooley's, near Reedsville, and at the time of his death he was working in the Havice Valley. In 1908 his fail- ing health compelled him to again take a partner, and from then until his death he was associated with Joseph Hollis. Mr. Miller was a hard- working, careful, conscientious man, strictly honorable in his dealings and generous to all. He was highly respected by all who knew him. He was fond of his home and carefully provided for those dependent upon him. He gave his lumber business his chief attention, but as a director of the Lewistown Trust Company carefully fulfilled his duty to that in- stitution. He was a Democrat in politics, but never sought public office, although he served a term as school director. He belonged to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church.
He married, March 15, 1877, Chestina Smith, born at Queens Run, near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, who survives him, residing at No. 24 Main street, Yeagertown, in the comfortable home erected by her hus- band in 1878, and her home for thirty-five years. She is a daughter of John and Martha (Baird) Smith, both born in Clinton county, Penn- sylvania, where they married about 1856, settling near Liberty, and in 1864 moving to Liberty, where they both died; he was a farmer and a Democrat, and both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their children: Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Mary Jane, William, Cordelia, Araminta, Chestina, Effie and Matilda. These are all living except Effie. Children of John M. and Chestina Miller: An infant, died unnamed ; Roy, born in 1879, died in 1897.
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The paternal American ancestor of Dr. William Scott HUNTER Hunter, of Reedsville, Pennsylvania, was Dr. John Hun- ter, born in the north of Ireland, died in Upper Stras- burg township, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1870. He was a grad- uate of the University of Glasgow, medical department, class of 1812, and about 1820 came to the United States, settling in Upper Strasburg. There for nearly a half a century he was in continuous practice, resign- ing a few years before his death, to his son, Dr. William A. Hunter, who also continued in practice there many years.
Dr. John Hunter spent his last years with his son, Dr. Robert Irvin Hunter, at New Grenada, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, and helpful in all the charitable work of the district. In his long years of practice he became one of the best known physicians of Franklin county, and was held in the highest esteem as a skillful, honorable practitioner. He married a Miss Russell. Children :
I. Martha, who married Joseph Hunter, not a relative. 2. Mary, died young. 3. Jennnie, married William Glenn and moved to Kansas, where both died. 4. Dr. William A., an honored physician of Franklin county, succeeded his father in Upper Strasburg, where he died aged sixty-five years. 5. Robert Irvin, of whom further.
(II) Dr. Robert Irvin Hunter, son of Dr. John Hunter, was born in Upper Strasburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1831, and died in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1891. He was well edu- cated in the Franklin county schools, and early began his preparation for the medical profession. After a preparatory course of study with his father, he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1855. He settled in Fulton county, Penn- sylvania, and before the war practiced at various places. When the war between the states broke out he enlisted in Company I, Second Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, served in the Memphis and Vicksburg campaigns, but later left the military for the hospital service, being stationed at Jeffer- son Barracks, Missouri. With the exception of an attack of pneumonia, he passed safely through the war. After receiving honorable discharge from the service he returned to Fulton county, where he continued his residence until death. He was prominent in the public affairs of his community, served as school director for twenty years and a justice of
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