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the group of buildings and the equipment of the grounds a debt of $800 remained, a 'Thanksgiving Offering' brought in $1,546.06.
"The influence of this movement did not stop at Huntingdon. Not to speak of several other similar institutions that developed indepen- dently under its inspiration, at Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1883, was started a home which duplicated the Huntingdon work, and for ten years continued jointly under the same superintendence. This institu- tion found in Mr. B. F. Newcomer, of Baltimore, a generous benefac- tor, who through his life and at his death gave in all nearly $40,000.
"The Huntingdon Home for Orphan and Friendless Children was chartered in January, 1883. The board of managers are elected by the churches of the town, giving it an undenominational character."
Mr. Reed married (first) September 10, 1868, Margaret Ellen, daughter of Andrew Glover, of Hartleton, Pennsylvania; she died De- cember 7, 1888. He married ( second) February 5, 1890, Mary Alice Pellman, of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. Children, all by first wife: Jessie, born September 29, 1869, died aged four years; Margaret, born July 1, 1871, died aged two years; Charles Lincoln, born February 8, 1873, now a partner of William Reed & Sons Company, married Mar- garet, daughter of R. M. Speer ; Arthur Wiley, December 3, 1874, now a partner of William Reed & Sons Company, married Elsie Smith : James Craig, born October 12, 1878, now a practicing physician of Saxon, Pennsylvania, married Annie, daughter of Dr. Rohrer; William Glover, born December 5. 1881, now a clerk in his father's store, married Marion F. Kline : Robert Bruce, born June 6, 1883.
Now aged seventy-four years, Mr. Reed has realized the three great aims of his life-"to be proprietor of a good store, to own and have a good home, to be a good citizen." In attaining these, many other good things have come to him, not the least of which are temporal prosperity and the unbounded respect of his townsmen.
Than the Miller family there is none better known nor MILLER more respected in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where the immigrant ancestor located soon after his ar- rival in this country. It has been established in the Juniata Valley since 1700. has prospered and grown exceedingly numerous.
(I) Benjamin Miller was born in Huntingdon county, lived and died there. He was a merchant and did a large business. Both he and his
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wife were members of the Presbyterian church, and were active in their work for it. He married Elizabeth Allison, also of Huntingdon county, and of English descent. Children: I. R. Allison. 2. Harry E., of whom further. 3. Mary, married Dr. Neff. 4. Died young. 5. Died young. 6. Died young.
(II) Harry E. Miller, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth ( Allison) Mil- ler, was born in Huntingdon county, and there died, July, 1892. At- tending fine private schools and, being of a studious disposition, he acquired an unusually thorough education. In 1861 he enlisted in the 125th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served out his enlistment. After peace was declared between the North and South, he returned to Huntingdon county and resumed his former mode of life. He re- entered the mercantile world, doing a successful general merchandise business for years; he later relinquished it and accepted a position as bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Huntingdon, which place he retained for years. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. They lived a quiet life, doing good to their fellowmen in an unostentatious way. He married Mary B. Miller, daughter of Henry and Mary (Hoffinan) Miller, she a daughter of Dr. Jacob Hoffman, of Huntingdon county. Henry Miller was the son of Jacob and Harriet (Ashman) Miller, early settlers in Huntingdon county. For a time he did a large general merchandise business, and later various kinds of clerical work. Children of Jacob and Harriet (Aslıman ) Miller : Henry, , father of Mrs. Harry E. Miller; Ashman; Elliott. Henry Miller, son of Jacob and Harriet (Ashman) Miller, was born in Huntingdon county, on the Miller homestead. He was well educated and taught school for years. Later he was county commissioner's clerk for Huntingdon county. He was a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. He married Mary Hoffman. Children: William Ash- man, a veteran of the civil war, resides in Florida; Nannie, married Dr. E. J. Greene, of Peoria, Illinois ; Harriet ; an infant ; Mary B. (Mrs. Harry E. Miller) ; Rose, married Irvin Hatterman, of Washington, D. C .; Lilian, unmarried; Margaret, married J. C. Campbell. of New York City, deceased, she resides in Huntingdon. Children of Harry E. and Mary B. (Miller) Miller: I. Elizabeth, unmarried. 2. Clyde, died, aged twenty-six. 3. Edwin, died, aged four. 4. Mary, died young. 5. R. Allison, of whom further.
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(III) R. Allison Miller, son of Harry E. and Mary B. (Miller) Miller, was born January 6, 1884, in Huntingdon county. After com- pleting his education he learned plumbing and engaged in that occupa- tion for some time. In 1906 he entered the New York Trade School and perfected himself in that line, learning the latest applied methods of the trade. He established a shop in Huntingdon, where he did a thriving business, commanding at once a large patronage. He next added a complete line of hardware, and at the present time ( 1913) has one of the best equipped and most up-to-date stores in Huntingdon county and the Juniata Valley. He takes great pride in giving satis- faction to his customers, does his work thoroughly and expeditiously. His wife is a member of the Reformed church, but he has no church affiliations. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 200, Free and Accepted Masons, Huntingdon; Royal Arch Chapter, No. 201; Stand- ing Stone Commandery, Knights Templar; Mountain Council, No. 9. R. and S. M. ; also Jaffa Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. In politics he is a progressive, reserving the right to vote for the man he thinks best suited for the office. He has never held, nor desired, office.
On February 22, 1902, he married Dora E. Adams, daughter of John W. and Anna E. (Hull) Adams, natives of Center county, where he was a painter. He came to Huntingdon in 1900, and is now instruc- tor of painting in the Reformatory in Huntingdon.
In 1848 Francis Otto Beaver, a German boy of sixteen BEAVER years of age, came to the United States, founding the family of which George D. Beaver, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, is a representative.
Francis O. Beaver was born in Würtemberg, Germany, November 18, 1835, one of a large family of children, of whom William, Fred- erick and Sophia, wife of Jacob Reichley, were also members. Francis, the fourth child, came to the United States alone in 1848, and for a few years labored at whatever his hands found to do. He secured an education prior to coming to this country, to which he added in this country the English branches and a knowledge of drawing, which he turned to account as a draughtsman. Later he learned marble cutting, which he followed in Fredericksburg, Maryland. York, Pennsylvania, finally settling in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in 1864
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in the same business, continuing about two years. He then entered the employ of James Greene, who was the owner of a marble yard at Huntingdon. After working for Mr. Greene several years as journey- man, he was admitted to a partnership, later becoming sole owner by purchasing Mr. Greene's interest. He conducted a prosperous business alone until 1902, when he admitted his son, George D. Beaver, to a partnership. In 1909 he retired from business and two years later, in 19II, died, after a successful life of seventy-six years, sixty-three of which had been spent in the United States, and for nearly a half a cen- tury Huntingdon had been his home. He was an untiring worker, pos- sessing all the sturdy, admirable characteristics of his race, rising to suc- cess through his own energy and business ability. He was a trustee and an elder of the Lutheran church, which he served with devotion and zeal. He took little active part in public affairs, but was affiliated with the Democratic party. He married Elizabeth Flenner, daughter of David Flenner, of Scotch descent, a farmer and a Lutheran. He had children : Jonathan; David; Samuel; William; Stewart, a soldier of the civil war-these five deceased; Elizabeth, Alfretta and Margaret. Children of Francis and Elizabeth Beaver: Stewart, born 1865, died in infancy ; Charles, died in early boyhood; Ida, married A. B. Baker, no issue ; George David, of whom further ; and a child, died unnamed.
(II) George David, only son of Francis O. and Elizabeth (Flenner) Beaver to survive boyhood, was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1878. He was educated in the public schools and in Juniata College, where he spent one year in the commercial department. He then began working in his father's marble yard, and as the years passed became an expert engraver and worker in stone. Later he was admitted to a partnership, and in 1909 he purchased the entire busi- ness, his father retiring to a well-earned rest. Since 1909 Mr. Beaver Jr. has conducted the business alone. He cuts and engraves stone for whatever use intended, either for building purposes or monumental. He carries a large assortment of rough material of the various stone used and executes any design submitted or will both design and execute. He transacts a large and profitable business, ranking among the sub- stantial men of his city. He is a member of the council, elected as a Republican to represent the second ward. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and he of the Masonic order, be-
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longing to Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 300, Free and Accepted Masons ; Standing Stone Chapter, No. 201, Royal Arch Masons; Huntingdon Commandery, No. 65, Knights Templar; and Java Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
He married, in 1902, Daisy P. Castner, daughter of James and Mary ( Hassinger ) Castner. James Castner served in the civil war until its close, and was engaged in many battles fought during the struggle between the states. Children of George D. and Daisy P. Beaver : Francis, born September 27, 1903; Elizabeth, died in infancy.
FETTERHOOF From Germany came the Fetterhoofs, settling in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, where the first rec- ord is found of Michael Fetterhoof. He left Le- banon county at an early date, settling in Spruce Creek Valley in Hunt- ingdon county, where he owned a tract of four hundred acres, which he partly cleared and cultivated until his death. He married Elizabeth Rinehart, also of German birth. They were both members of the Lutheran church-quiet, industrious, thrifty Germans, prosperous and respected; children : John; Joseph; Samuel; George; Michael (2), of whom further; Lydia, married Michael Lowe; Margaret, married John Shaffer; Elizabeth, married Jacob Shaffer; Susanna, married Charles Merriman.
(II) Michael (2), son of Michael and Elizabeth (Rinehart) Fet- terhoof, was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1802, and spent his early life at the farm. He moved to Huntingdon county with his father, assisted in clearing and cultivating the Spruce Creek Valley home- stead, and on the death of his father inherited that property. He brought the whole tract under cultivation and there lived the remainder of his life a prosperous, contented, respected farmer. He was active in the Whig and Republican parties, holding several township offices. He chung to the religion of his fathers and was a pillar of strength to the Lutheran church of his neighborhood. He married Eliza Beghel. daughter of George and Elizabeth Beghel, both born in Germany. George Beghel was a mason by trade and a strict member of the Lutheran church. He had five children: Eliza, married Michael (2) Fetterhoof (of previous mention) ; Nancy, married David Myers; Mar- garet, married John Matson; Mary, married James Riley. Children of
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Michael and Eliza Fetterhoof: Samuel, deceased; Mary, married Wil- liam Shaffer; Jesse, a farmer, deceased; Elizabeth, yet living, married Thomas K. Henderson ; Daniel, a farmer, deceased; George, a farmer, yet living ; John, a farmer, yet living; William Beghel (of whom fur- ther) ; Margaret, deceased; Francis, died in infancy.
(III) William Beghel, son of Michael (2) and Eliza (Beghel) Fet- terhoof, was born at the original Fetterhoof homestead in Spruce Creek Valley, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1843. He attended public school and spent his early life on a farm. Later he learned the tanner's trade and engaged in business with his father-in-law, David Mong, also conducting farming operations. He married in 1870, and in 1889 moved to Huntingdon, where he was appointed guard at the State Industrial Reformatory, a position he yet occupies. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Margaret, daughter of David Mong-he born in Clarion county, but resided in Huntingdon county from boyhood until death; he owned the tannery located about one inile from Warriors Mark, which he operated until his death; he was a Democrat in politics, and in religion a Lutheran; two of his nine children yet survive. Children of William B. Fetterhoof: Harry Burkett, of whom further; Edith, died 1903, aged twenty years : Lois, resides at home : Virginia, died in infancy.
(IV) Harry Burkett, only son of William Beghel and Margaret (Mong) Fetterhoof, was born at Warriors Mark, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1871. He was educated at a private school in Warriors Mark and at Juniata College, whence he was graduated, class of 1895. He then began the study of medicine at Hahnemann Homieo- pathic Medical College in Philadelphia, whence he was graduated, M.D., class of 1899. He at once began the practice of his profession in Hunt- ingdon, where he is firmly established in honorable, successful general practice. He is a member of the medical staff of Blair Memorial Hos- pital : belongs to the Pennsylvania State and Huntingdon County Home- opathic Societies, and is actively interested in the work of both. His skill in diagnosis and treatment of baffling diseases is recognized by his brethren of the profession, by whom he is often called in consultation. His private practice is large and he is held in highest esteem by a large circle of personal friends and by all who know him. In political belief he is a Republican, and in religious connection a Presbyterian.
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Dr. Fetterhoof married, in January, 1906, Mary M. Orr, born in Philadelphia, daughter of Smiley and Martha Orr, of that city.
WHITE-GRIMISON Mrs. Margaret (White) Grimison, whose well-located millinery parlors in Huntingdon are so well known, is a granddaughter of Anthony White, a Scotchman and early settler of Huntingdon county. He married Elizabeth Fox, and both were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church; children: William; Simon, a farmer ; James, a blacksmith ; Anthony (2) (of further mention) ; David ; Sarah : Martha, married Ferdinand Corbin; Elizabeth, and others.
(II) Anthony (2), son of Anthony ( 1) and Elizabeth (Fox) White, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1825, died aged sev- enty-nine. He was educated in the public school, and on arriving at suitable age learned the mason's trade and until 1861 followed his trade, making a specialty of the bricklaying branch of the business. He en- listed in 1861 in Company B, 49th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and for three years and three months did a soldier's duty. He saw hard service with the Army of the Potomac; was engaged in many of the historic battles that were fought during the war between the states, but, surviving all the perils of war, returned in safety, bear- ing that prized possession of every true soldier, an honorable discharge. He resumed his bricklaying trade, located in Huntingdon, and was until his death almost continuously employed in bricklaying operations. He was an expert mechanic, a good soldier, and a true, loyal citizen. highly respected. He was a Democrat in politics, and in religious faith a Methodist. He married Emmeline Focht, daughter of Jacob and Barbara Focht, of German parentage. Jacob Focht was a mason by trade, and resided in Big Valley, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife were thrifty, industrious Germans and members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. They were parents of : Susan, married David Lantz ; Catherine, married Isaac Steeley: Emmeline, married Anthony (2) White, of previous mention ; Lee, twin of Emmeline, a merchant ; Silas, and others. Children of Anthony (2) White: I. Alice, married Wil- liam Black : child, Richard. 2. Margaret, of whom further. 3. Katha- rine, married Howard C. Hartley, a travelling salesman for I. S. Custer & Company, of Philadelphia.
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(III) Margaret, second daughter of Anthony (2) and Emmeline (Focht) White, was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1873. She was educated in the public schools and began her business life with the firm of William Reed & Sons, with whom she remained twelve years. She became well known as one of the leading sales ladies, and, when she opened her own parlors in Huntingdon, at once secured a generous patronage, which has grown to most satisfactory propor- tions. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a woman of most kindly, generous impulse.
Miss White married, in 1901, William A. Grimison, a wholesale and retail confectioner of Huntingdon, an efficient, enterprising and prosperous merchant of that thriving city ; a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Huntingdon, and of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Grimison had by a former marriage two chil- dren: Lewis, now engaged with his father in business; Anna, educated in the public school, and a graduate of Juniata College, now residing at home.
From distant Germany came John Morning- MORNINGSTAR star, a blacksmith. He settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and there followed his trade until death. He possessed the German attributes of industry and thrift, prospered in his alien home, and left a large family to perpetu- ate his name and many virtues. His wife, Mary Ruff, was also of Ger- man parentage; children : Maria, married a Mr. Huffman, and moved west; Teeny, deceased; Margaret, deceased; Rachel, deceased; Eliza- beth, deceased; John; Adam, of whom further; Matilda; Sarah.
(II) Adam, son of John and Mary (Ruff) Morningstar, was born February 23, 1819, died in 1856. He learned the blacksmith's trade with his father and followed that occupation all his life. He was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hefright, who came to this country from Germany, in 1832, settling first in Huntingdon, later moving to Pittsburgh, where he was proprietor of a hotel. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church, married and left issue : George, deceased, a soldier of the civil war; Frank, deceased, a contrac- tor and builder ; Louis, deceased, an employee of the Pennsylvania rail-
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road; Henry, deceased, also a railroad employee; Catherine, married August Letherman, a merchant; Mitty, married a Mr. Davis; Mary, married Thomas Westbrook; Elizabeth, married Adam Morningstar ; their children: Mary M., born March 31, 1845, married Solomon Os- walt, a lumberman; Annie E., born November 29, 1846, married John R. Hershey, an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad; John Henry, born November 27, 1848, deceased, a teamster and quarryman; Emma, died in childhood; George F., born December 8, 1851, an employee of the Pennsylvania railroad; Thomas, died in infancy ; Louis Adam, of whom further.
(III) Louis Adam, son of Adam and Elizabeth ( Hefright ) Morn- ingstar, was born in Huntingdon, October 22, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Huntingdon, and first began as a wage-earner, working in a brick yard, continuing five years. For the next ten years he worked in a planing mill. Leaving the mill he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad as engine cleaner, being promoted brake- man in 1882, holding that position five years. He was then raised to the rank of assistant conductor on local trains, serving as such eleven years. He was then promoted to conductor, a position he now fills, having worked his way upward from the very bottom of the ladder to his present important position. He has proved faithful and capable in every position held, and ranks as one of the company's most trusted employees. In political faith Mr. Morningstar is a Prohibitionist, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He belongs to the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and to Broad Top Lodge, No. 158, Order of Railway Conductors; and is also a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Association, Pennsylvania railroad veterans.
He married, in 1887, Flora V., daughter of John and Margaret Apger; child: Mabel Gertrude, born March 17, 1888, graduate of Huntingdon high school, and of Juniata College, now residing at home.
This name, honored wherever found, was originally
CHISOLM Chisholm, borne by a numerous and powerful Scottish clan from a period remote in Scotch history, known first as the Clan Siosal, or the Chisholms. Many of the clan fought under Wallace and Bruce, and as a clan they warmly espoused the
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cause of "Prince Charlie" in his attempt to wrest the thrones of Eng- land and Scotland from the House of Hanover. A claymore used by a Chisholm at the battle of Bannockburn is yet treasured as a priceless memento of the loyalty of their race and of their valor on the field of battle. At Culloden the chief of the clan was slain in one of the des- perate charges of the Highlanders against the solid columns of English troops, and when the battle was lost, Prince Charles, trusting his person to their honor and devotion, was guided from the field by three of the Chisholm clan and secreted until opportunity was ripe for his escape. Although a reward of £30,000 was offered by the English crown for his capture, these men were true, and safely they conveyed him to the coast. One of these men, Hugh Chisholm, on shaking hands with the Prince, vowed he would never again offer his right hand to another, a vow he religiously kept. After the battle of Culloden the great-great- grandfather of Dr. Henry Clay Chisolm, of Huntingdon, escaped from the field, and, with others of "Prince Charlie's" defeated adherents, came to America. He was twenty-three years of age when the party landed in South Carolina and settled at Charleston. His son dropped the second "h" from the name, and in this branch it is still written Chisolm. The emigrant married and founded a family that has always been a prominent one in the South and wherever found.
The grandfather of Dr. Chisolm was William J. M. Chisolm, a grandson of the founder. He was born about the year 1800, and died in Kemper county, Mississippi, in March, 1851. He settled in the state of Georgia after his marriage, residing there, a wealthy planter and slave owner, until 1846, when he located in Kemper county, Mississippi, on a large plantation which was his home until death. Kemper county was then infested by a body of lawless men who by their deeds of vio- lence and disregard for human life had seriously retarded the growth and development of the county. With the coming of the Chisolms and others of similar temper, a better condition was brought to pass, although many years have entirely obliterated the evil name given that district by these evil men. William J. M. Chisolm and his wife were both members of the Baptist church, active supporters and workers for the good of their community. In purchasing the Kemper county plan- tation the father incurred a heavy obligation which would in time have been discharged, but his death five years after the removal there left
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the family with a large estate heavily encumbered by debt. Ere his death he exacted a promise from his eldest son, William Wallace Chisolm, that he would stay with his mother, discharge the debt, and educate and provide for his three younger sisters. William J. M. Chis- olm married Dorothy L. Swanson, born in Georgia, in 1802, died in 1882, daughter of a cultured, wealthy family of that state. She was a woman of rare force of character, thoroughly imbued with love and devotion to the Southland, but outspoken in her sentiments of loyalty when the disruption of the union of states was attempted. Of their ten children, two are yet living: Leonard Marbrey Chisolm, of Rio, Mississippi; and Mrs. India Calvert, now living in Texas.
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