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(II) Peter, son of Conrad and Hannah (Morrison) Cutshall, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1790, and died in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, when a very old man. He was ten years old when he accompanied his parents from the state of his nativity, and he later conversed interestingly of their adventures while on their way to their new home. He had many thrilling incidents to relate of attacks of wild beasts and wilder Indians. Reaching his majority he settled on land that was afterward the old Niles and Bird survey. He married Charlotte Lane, born at Lane's mill, Kishacoquillas Valley, daughter of Abraham Lane, a rich farmer and miller, who supplied the county with flour, and ground the wheat of the farmers. Their first three children were Union soldiers in the civil war-Dutton, Albaugh and Abraham; the last named was killed in the battle of Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865- one of the last battles of the war. Other children were: Jeremiah Morris, Samuel, Mary, Susan, Caroline and Anna T.
(III) Jeremiah Morris Cutshall, son of Peter and Charlotte (Lane) Cutshall, was born in Springfield township, Huntingdon county, on his father's farm. He was reared on the farm, and like all of his forbears engaged in farming on reaching maturity. He also raised stock with
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great success. He was one of the best known and most thoroughly liked inen in that section of the state, and always threw his great influence on the side of right. For years he was justice of peace, and every one knew that his rulings were just, and according to law. If he erred it was on the side of mercy, and was prompted by his kind and generous heart rather than cold and acute reason. He was a Whig, as had been his progenitors since the organization of that party; and he and his wife were members of the Church of God. He married Mary A. Brown, born in Springfield township, daughter of John and Susan Brown. The brother of John Brown was with General Washington during the winter at Valley Forge, and is buried in the Baptist cemetery in Springfield township. Children of J. M. and Mary A. (Brown) Cutshall: I. J. B., born December 21, 1835, in Springfield township; married Mary E. Bolinger. 2. Peter B. 3. Allen, of whom further. 4. Aley F. 5. Rush. 6. Alice. 7. Rachel. 8. Laura. 9. Charles R., who died in infancy. (IV) Allen Cutshall, son of Jeremiah Morris and Mary A. (Brown) Cutshall, was born July 12, 1861, in Springfield township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. He received his preparatory education in the public schools of the township, and later attended the Milnwood Acad- emy at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania. Leaving school he taught three years in the Huntingdon county public schools. He gave up teaching and en- tered the mercantile business, opening a general merchandise store at Dublin Mills, prospering greatly. March 17, 1892, he moved to Three Springs and again established himself in a general merchandise business, duplicating his former successes. He ran this for fifteen years, then was a huckster for two years. He was offered and accepted the position of assistant cashier of the National Bank of Orbisonia, Pennsylvania. In August, 1912, he was appointed cashier of the National Bank of Three Springs, which position he holds at this time (1913). He was the original promoter of the latter, and was active in its organization. He has various interests throughout the state; has a fine farm near Mapleton, Pennsylvania, and is a stockholder in the Juniata White Sand Company, at Mapleton, Pennsylvania. He is a Republican, and has held various township offices. With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; and he is a member of Cromwell Lodge No. 572, Free and Accepted Masons; the Independent Order of
Allen Butshall
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Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America; and was formerly connected with the Grange and the Knights of the Maccabees. He married, December 23, 1884, Anna Evans.
The Chilcotes came to America from England, where CHILCOTE Jolin Chilcote was a land owner. He became involved in the political disturbances of the day, lost his prop- erty by confiscation, and either fled or was banished from England. He came to this country, where he was soon after joined by his brother James. They settled in the province of Maryland, purchasing from Lord Baltimore one hundred acre tracts of land, now covered by the streets and buildings of Baltimore. In the second, third and fourth generations the name is variously spelled Chilcoat, Chilcott and Chilcote.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Chilcote, married and had sons : Robinson, of whom further; John (3), Joshua, and Humphrey.
(III) Robinson, son of John (2) Chilcote, was the founder of the family in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family from Maryland to near Shirleysburg, where he engaged in farming. Just prior to the revolution the Indians became so numerous and so warlike that he sold his farm and moved to North Carolina. When the struggle for independence began he was loyal to the king, but later becoming convinced of the justice of the colonial cause, he joined the revolutionary army, was captured by the British, and died of swamp fever while a prisoner. He had sons: Nicodemus, who died of paralysis in Huntingdon county ; John, settled in Tennessee, there found- ing a family ; Hethcote, died in Licking county, Ohio; Humphrey, set- tled in Cromwell township, Huntingdon county, where he died ; Benja- min, of whom further; James, died in Cassville, Huntingdon county, about 1838.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Robinson Chilcote, settled on a farm in Clayton township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, near Three Springs. He was a farmer and miller, conducting for several years a mill at Saltillo. He married Comfort McLain, who died in Cromwell township, March 4, 1844. Benjamin Chilcote died July 31, 1854, aged about ninety-six years. Children: Elizabeth, died unmarried ; Nancy. married Christian Moore; Mary, married Samuel Hicks, and died March 29, 1868: William McLain, of whom further; Sarah, married Henry
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Huntsman; John, died in Orbisonia, Huntingdon county; Susan, mar- ried (first) John Cornelius, (second) Joshua Kelly.
(V) William McLain, son of Benjamin and Comfort (McLain) Chilcote, was born in Clay township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1797, died April 12, 1880. He was a practical, prosperous farmer, moving after his marriage to Cromwell township, where he spent his after life. In September, 1835, he immigrated with his family and some of his relatives to what was then the "West," Licking county, Ohio, making the journey with a four-horse team in thirteen days. He rented a farm four miles from Granville, but in March, 1836, he re- turned to Huntingdon county. He was an earnest Christian, and a class leader of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married (first) in Clay- ton township, near Saltillo, Keziah Long, who died October 3, 1847. He married (second) Permelia Martin, born in Perry county, Penn- sylvania. Children by his first wife: I. James S. 2. John W. 3. Sarah, married Daniel Heck, and died in 1865. 4. B. F., born July 14, 1829; married Ruhama Miller ; he was a soldier in the Union army. 5. Thomas L., of whom further. 6. Mary E., married Thomas Webb. Children by his second wife: 7. Margaret J., married (first ) Laurence Hagbloom, (second) George Doughman. 8. Rebecca E., married George Numer.
(VI) Thomas L., son of William McLain Chilcote and his first wife, Keziah Long, was born in Cromwell township, Huntingdon county, in 1830, died August 1I, 1900. He was educated in the public schools, in after life engaging in agriculture, becoming the owner of a small farm and spending his entire life in that pursuit. In politics he was a Republican, and held several local offices. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Susan Whit- sel, daughter of Powell and Amelia Whitsel, of Huntingdon county, both of German descent. Children: Mary Catherine, died aged eigh- teen years ; Mary E., married William C. Huntsman, a farmer ; Permelia, married George M. Schenfelt, a carpenter; William Henry, of whom further ; Sarah M., married John E. Stuart, a carpenter ; Mattie, married WV. C. McCollum, an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad; Rebecca, married E. M. Schenfelt, a farmer; Abraham, an employee of the East Broad Top railroad; Philip, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
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church, now stationed at New Florence; Thomas F., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, stationed at Fayette City, Pennsylvania.
(VII) William Henry, son of Thomas L. and Susan (Whitsel) Chilcote, was born October 20, 1860. He was educated in the township schools, learned the carpenter's trade, then entered the employ of the East Broad Top Railroad Company, continuing twenty years in their wood-working department. After leaving the employ of the railroad company he became a contractor and builder, a business which he has successfully conducted up to the present time. He is interested in the First National Bank of Orbisonia ; is a Republican in politics ; has served as secretary of the school board, return judge, constable, and in 1903 was elected treasurer of Huntingdon county. Mr. Chilcote has taken a deep interest in the system of road improvement adopted by Penn- sylvania, and since 1912 has been foreman of construction on the Hunt- ingdon county state roads. In all the public offices he has filled Mr. Chilcote has displayed a conscientious regard for the trust placed in him, and has served the county with loyalty and integrity. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 640, in which he has passed all the chairs. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Ile married, April 27, 1893, Charlotte, daughter of William and Ellen Ott. Children of William and Ellen Ott: Charlotte, of previous mention ; Mary W., married Philip Wilson ; Stuart, Annie, Wesley, Hugh M. Children of William Henry and Charlotte (Ott) Chilcote: One, died in infancy : Margaretta, born in 1897.
John Wall, the English immigrant, who sailed from London WALL for America in 1770, was of Devonshire descent, the family having been located there for centuries. It is a name that has been borne by many notable men .- warriors, statesmen, men of letters, artists, members of both houses of parliament, as well as by a host of lesser lights and yeomanry. John landed in Philadelphia and later found his way into Huntingdon county, where he purchased land and converted it into a farm. It is probable that he was a soldier in the war of the revolution, as John Wall served for three years, 1778-79-80, under General Anthony Wayne. He was in the battle at Stony Point, and the records report that he was slightly wounded. He lived and
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died a farmer in Huntingdon county. Among his children was John, of whom further.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Wall, was born on his father's farm in Huntingdon county, immediately after the revolutionary war. He grew up to the family occupation of farming, bought land, and converted it into a fine farm, and there died. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, as was his wife. He married Catherine Stoffer, daughter of a Palatine neighbor. Children: Jonathan, of whom further ; Samuel; and others whose names could not be learned.
(III) Jonathan, son of John (2) and Catherine (Stoffer) Wall, was born August 28, 1828, and died February 1I, 1897, on the home- stead. He was a prosperous farmer, and a prominent man in his com- munity. He enlisted in the civil war, from Pennsylvania, and served through his enlistment. He returned home and again farmed his one hundred and sixty-eight acres. In politics he was a Whig until the or- ganization of the Republican party, when he supported that with his franchise. He and his wife were Lutherans, and were consistent Chris- tians at all times. He married, in 1856, Lavina Shock, born July 24, 1830, daughter of John Shock, a German farmer. He was the father of thirteen children, all of whom were born in Huntingdon county. Like Mr. Wall, he was supervisor of the township and a school director at various times. Children of Jonathan and Lavina (Shock) Wall : I. John Miles, of whom further. 2. Molly, born August, 1865, married Lewis Sanks, a farmer; six children. 3. Samuel, born July 12, 1873, a farmer on old homestead; married Bertha Kocher.
(IV) John Miles, son of Jonathan and Lavina (Shock) Wall, was born July 13, 1859, in Barree township, Huntingdon county, Pennsyl- vania. He received a fair education in the public schools of the town- ship. Reaching maturity he engaged in farming, first on the homestead, afterward for himself. October 1, 1897, he purchased one hundred and sixty-five acres which he has improved both in soil and the buildings on it. Besides general farming he has a large peach and apple orchard from which he reaps a rich harvest, both in delicious and improved fruit and golden ducats. He is a strong Republican, but has never held office. With his wife he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He ranks as one of the progressive farmers of his township. He married Minerva White, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Termen) White. Chil-
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dren: 1. Charlotte, born July 23, 1886; graduated from high school, and has taught several terms in Huntingdon county. 2. Blanche, born April 17, 1888; educated in public schools; at home. 3. Arthur, born September 1, 1890; employee in steel plant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. 4. Harry B., born November 4, 1892; attending school. 5. John W., born November 13, 1894: at home. 6. Ethel, born December 3, 1897; attending school. 7. Mary Maude, born January 22, 1899.
APPLEBY The Appleby family is one of old standing in Pennsyl- vania, three brothers of the name having emigrated to this state in the early part of the eighteenth century. They were John, William and Alexander, natives of England. Wil- liam and Alexander subsequently settled in Georgia, but John Appleby remained in the Keystone commonwealth, locating in the vicinity of Shippensburg, whence he later removed to Huntingdon county. Before taking up a permanent home in the latter section, however, he again lived for two years in Shippensburg. Eventually he settled in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, on the place now owned by Thomas Roddy, the same comprising three hundred acres. On this large farm Mr. Appleby passed the remainder of his life, as did also his wife, who was born in Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Appleby had the following children : Margaret, became the wife of Mr. Stitt, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania ; Jane, married Gilbert Kennedy, and died in Huntingdon county ; Nancy, married George McGee, and died in Beaver county, this state; Martha, married Adam McGee, and died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania ; John, mentioned in the following paragraph; and Alexander, married a Mrs. McGee, and they both died in Preble county, Ohio. John B. Appleby, grandson of one of John Appleby's brothers, was living in Maryland at the time of the war of the rebellion. He was enlisted for service in the Union army, served all through the war, and was several times promoted for bravery. Later he settled in Centralia, Illinois.
John Appleby Jr., fifth in order of birth of the children born to John Appleby Sr., was a native of Dublin township, Huntingdon county, Penn- sylvania, the year of his birth being 1776. He grew to maturity in the strenuous period following the revolution, and after reaching his legal majority settled on a part of the old homestead, which he farmed during the rest of his active career. He filled a number of township offices
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of important trust and responsibility, and was an old line Whig in his political views. He married Mary Moreland, a native of Belfast, Ireland, and to them were born nine children, namely: Margaret; Thomas, who died at the age of twenty years; William, married Elizabeth Spear, and died in Dublin township at the venerable age of eighty years; John, married Priscilla Montague, and he died in Dublin township and she in Mt. Union, Pennsylvania; Alexander, mentioned below; Eliza, mar- ried John Taylor, and with her husband removed from Huntingdon county to Iowa, whence they later returned to Mount Union, Pennsyl- vania; Margaret Ellen, was for many years a resident of Shade Gap, Pennsylvania; Mary Jane, married Henry Likely, and died in Dublin township; and Rosanna, died in early youth. John Appleby was a devout Presbyterian, and was an elder in the church of that denomination in Dublin township. He died in October, 1851, and his devoted wife passed away in 1877, aged eighty-seven years.
Alexander Appleby, father of him to whom this sketch is dedicated, was born on the old Appleby homestead in Dublin township, Hunting- don county, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1817, a son of John and Mary (Moreland) Appleby. He was educated in the subscription schools of his native township, and he assisted his father in the work and manage- ment of the home farm until 1842, when he rented a place owned by his father. Subsequently he purchased a tract of one hundred acres from his father and at the time of the latter's death inherited another tract of one hundred and eight acres. Still later he purchased forty additional acres of land, and he also owned considerable valuable real estate in Shade Gap. He was unusually successful as an agriculturist and stock raiser, and his citizenship was ever characterized by a desire to promote all measures and enterprises tending to better the general welfare. He was a stalwart Republican in his political affiliations, and for nine consecutive years he was a member of the Dublin township school board. November 10, 1842, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Ann Eliza Jeffries, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Wilson) Jeffries. Children: John McGinley, the immediate subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, wife of George Doran, of Burnt Cabins, Pennsyl- vania : David, a prominent physician and surgeon at Tyrone, Pennsyl- vania, married Martha Collins; Mary Jane, wife of William Thompson,
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resides in Barree, Pennsylvania; Lavinia, wife of George Elliot, of Akron, Ohio; and Rosanna, a resident of Pasadena, California.
John McGinley Appleby was born in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, September 23, 1843, son of Alexander and Aun Eliza (Jeffries) Appleby. After completing the curriculum of the public schools of Dub- lin township he was matriculated as a student in the Milnwood Academy at Shade Gap, which excellent institution he attended one term. In 1862 he served in the Lee invasion emergency as a member of the Miln- wood Rangers, of which William H1. Wood was captain, and Mcknight Williamson first lieutenant. In 1864 he enlisted as a regular in Com- pany C, 209th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the civil war. He saw considerable hard service during the closing year of the war but escaped without any serious injury. After the war he engaged in teaching school and he was identified with that line of work for three terms. In 1868 he engaged in the general mercantile business at Orbisonia, with D. S. Baker as a partner. Mr. Baker died in 1870, and in that year Mr. Appleby settled on his present farm in Dublin township, where he has since resided. He is the owner of a fine estate of one hundred and ninety-one acres, the same being im- proved with excellent barns and a fine residence which he erected him- self. He devotes his attention to general farming and has met with marked success in all his ventures. Although not an active participant in public affairs, Mr. Appleby has long been staunch in his allegiance to the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor. His religious views coincide with the tenets of the Presbyterian churchi. in which faith he was reared. Mr. Appleby has lived a life of useful- ness such as few men know. God-fearing, law-abiding, progressive, his life is as truly that of a Christian gentleman as any man's can well be. Unwaveringly, he has done the right as he has interpreted it. His life history is certainly worthy of commendation and of emulation for along honorable and straightforward lines he has won the success which crowns his efforts and which makes him one of the substantial residents of Dublin township.
September 3, 1867, Mr. Appleby married Miss Anna Mary Blair. a native of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. There were three chil- dren born of this union: Alexander Blair, Cora Irene and Amanda
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Blanche, the latter two of whom are deceased. Alexander Blair Ap- pleby was born February 27, 1871; was educated in the neighboring district schools, and is now engaged in running the old home farm in Dublin township. He married Isabella Miller; they have no children.
The Stricklers of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania,
STRICKLER trace their descent to the old pioneers who settled in this country in the early part of the seventeenth cen- tury, a branch of which located in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in Co- lonial days.
(I) Peter Strickler, the first member of the branch herein recorded of whom we have definite information, was born in the year 1760. He served in the war of 1812. He was a man of influence in his com- munity, active in all matters pertaining to its general welfare. He married a daughter of Thomas Groom, who came from England and settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, along the New Jersey line. Children : John, Jacob, Lydia, Isaac, Peter, of whom further; Nancy, Thomas, Sirrich, David, Elizabeth.
(II) Peter (2), son of Peter (1) Strickler, was born December II, 1791. He was a man of public spirit and energy, performing well his part in every walk of life. He married Catherine Grubb, born Septem- ber 27, 1793. They were early settlers in York county, Pennsylvania, where the following children were born: Thomas Grubb, July 16, 1820; David B., March II, 1822; Elizabeth, October 3, 1824, married Silas Lang; William Roberts, of whom further; Peter, July 24, 1830, a farmer in the west.
(III) William Roberts, son of Peter (2) and Catherine (Grubb) Strickler, was born August 12, 1827, in York county, Pennsylvania. He obtained a practical education in the schools of the neighborhood, and as a young man engaged in farming. Later he relinquished farming and came to McConnellstown, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, hav- ing to travel overland and by Pennsylvania canal to reach his destination, where he joined his brother, Thomas Grubb, who was engaged in the plastering business. In 1868 he moved his family to Huntingdon and became a member of the firm of T. G. Strickler & Company, con- tracting plasterers and decorators, this connection continuing until his retirement from active pursuits several years previous to his decease,
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July 3, 1901. He enlisted in the Union army, becoming a member of Company F, 125th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being mustered into service August 12, 1862, and served until May 18, 1863, when he was mustered out. He participated in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, in which engagement his regiment played a promi- nent part, and received a bullet wound through his left thigh which unfitted him for further service. In politics he was a staunch Republi- can, and with his wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married, September 23, 1852, Eliza J., daughter of Squire John and Nancy ( Hastings) Vandevander, granddaughter of Isaac Vande- vander, who was born December 16, 1783, whose parents settled in Penn- sylvania before the county of Huntingdon was established in 1787, and a descendant from the early settlers of Vandevander-Enyearts. Squire John Vandevander was born October 13, 1813; he resided all his life at McConnellstown, where he conducted an extensive wagon- making business; in his later years he filled the office of United States gauger for his district, and was serving as postmaster at the time of his death in 1889. His wife, who was born in Ireland, August 6, 1835. bore him the following named children: Harriet B., married Judge W. B. Watson; Rebecca, married L. S. Kensinger; Eliza J., afore- mentioned as the wife of William R. Strickler ; Ann, married Alin Lloyd ; John Given, married Mary Smith; Elizabeth, married Albert Snare ; Mary; all these children are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Strickler were the parents of eleven children, four of whom are now deceased. namely : John V., George W., David E., Grace. The living children are : Nancy J., married Thomas De Arment : Juniata A., married Charles O. Hollinger ; William Watson, of whom further; Martha Alice, mar- ried Howard C. Wishart; Harriet M., married William McNaight : Florence B., married James M. States; Fannie B., married Clyde E. Logan.
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