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After completing the prescribed course of the public schools of Dublin township John Scott Appleby was matriculated as a student in Milnwood Academy, which he attended for a number of years. On reaching his majority he turned his attention to farming operations and continued to be identified with that line of enterprise until 1897. In that year he was elected steward of the Huntingdon County Home, and he served in that capacity with the utmost efficiency for thirteen suc- cessive years. In 1910 he retired from active business life and spent his closing years at Shirleysburg, where his death occurred in January, 1912. He was active in local politics, being affiliated with the Repub- lican party, and he and his family were devout members of the Presby- terian church. Two of Mr. Appleby's brothers were soldiers in the civil war and both managed to survive that sanguinary conflict. Mr. Appleby married Ann Catherine, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Wilson) Fleming, of Dublin township. Mr. Fleming was a pioneer settler in this section and helped to clear the country of heavy timber. He was a farmer by occupation and owned two hundred and fifty acres of valu- able property. In recent years eight thousand dollars' worth of timber
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was sold off his land. Mr. and Mrs. Appleby became the parents of the following children : Rellie, deceased; Thomas Bruce, of this sketch; Matilda, deceased; Percilla; James; Jane; John O .; Harry C .; Warren, deceased ; Emelia E .; Rola.
Thomas Bruce Appleby was educated in the public schools of his home locality and he early began to assist his father in the work and management of the home farm. In April, 1900, he purchased the old Cree farm, in Dublin township, the same comprising one hundred and twenty-seven acres of most arable land. In 1907 he erected a spacious, modern barn, and it may be said that the fine buildings on his place, situated in the midst of well cultivated fields, are the best indications of his innate ability as an able and progressive farmer. He is engaged in diversified agriculture and the raising of high-grade stock and in both lines of enterprise has won marked success. He is an old-line Republi- can and is now serving in a most capable manner as supervisor of Dub- lin township, where he is likewise a member of the school board. He is deeply and sincerely interested in all that affects the good of the general welfare and in every sense of the word is a representative citi- zen. His religious faith coincides with the teachings of the Presbyter- ian church, in which he is an elder.
In 1907 Mr. Appleby married Margaret, daughter of David Peter- son, and a descendant of an old pioneer family in Huntingdon county. Mrs. Appleby is a woman of charming personality, and she and her husband are well liked by all with whom they have come in contact. Mr. and Mrs. Appleby have two children: Fred and Loraine.
GILLILAND Many of the ablest men in America are ardent de- votees of the great basic industry of agriculture, and it is well that this is so, because the various learned professions are rapidly becoming so crowded with inefficient practition- ers that in a few years it will be practically impossible for any but the exceptionally talented men to make good, or even to gain a competent living therein. The independent farmer who in addition to tilling the soil cultivates his mind and retains his health, is a man much to be en- vied in these days of strenuous bustle and nervous energy. He lives his life as he chooses and is always safe from financial ravages and other troubles of the so-called "cliff dweller." An able and representa-
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tive agriculturist, who has done much to advance progress and conserve prosperity in Juniata Valley, is Samuel E. Gilliland, who owns and op- erates a splendidly improved farm of one hundred and ninety acres in Dublin township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania.
A native of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Samuel E. Gilliland was born on the farm he now owns in Dublin township, the date of his birth being November 8, 1865. He is a son of John and Sarah J. ( Pe- belt) Gilliland. In the agnatic line Mr. Gilliland is descended from German ancestry. His great-grandfather, accompanied by several brothers, came to America in an early day from Germany. Andrew Gilliland, his grandfather, was born and reared in America, and for many years he followed his trade of blacksmith in Black Log valley, where he likewise owned and conducted two farms. He became the father of eight children, whose names follow: Andrew, Samuel, Mat- thew, John, Hannah, Peggie, Liza and Mary. John Gilliland, father of Samuel E. Gilliland, was given but meager educational advantages in his youth, having been obliged to go to work at an early age in order to help support the family. After reaching adult age he and another man bought a farm which they ran in partnership for several years. After his marriage Mr. Gilliland rented a farm for some time and eventually purchased an estate of one hundred and fifteen acres in Dub- lin township. This place continued to represent his home until his death. He married Sarah J. Pebelt, whose grandparents came to America from Ireland in 1750. James Pebelt, an uncle of Mrs. Gilliland, was ship- wrecked at sea while journeying to America. He saved his life by swimming ashore. Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland became the parents of the following children: Andrew W., lived in Philadelphia; William Pe- belt (Andrew W. and William P. married sisters, Emma and Anna Cree) ; John Harvey, deceased, was a resident of Pittsburgh ; Myra E .; George Doris, of Philadelphia; Samuel E .; Myra H .; Ira, died aged fourteen years. At one time in the early pioneer days, when Mrs. Gilli- land was at home alone with her children, a band of Indians came through the country and knocked at her door. She offered them milk from the spring house and being impressed with her hospitality they left her undisturbed.
Samuel E. Gilliland was educated in Cree school in Dublin township. As a youth he assisted his father in the work and management of the
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old homestead farm, and is now the sole owner of this well kept estate. He is engaged in general farming and in breeding high-grade stock, in both lines of which he has met with unqualified success. His farm covers one hundred and ninety acres and is eligibly located near Burnt Cabins. He has been county assessor for six years and has served at different times as a member of the school board. He is a devout Pres- byterian in his religious faith, and a Democrat in politics. Mr. Gilli- land is always courteons, kindly and affable, and those who know him personally accord him the highest esteem. His life has been exemplary in all respects and he has ever supported those interests which are cal- culated to uplift and benefit humanity, while his own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation.
The McClenahen family is one which has been
MCCLENAHEN well known in America since the middle of the eighteenth century, and they have ever been in the front rank when the call to arms came for the defense of the country of their adoption.
(I) William MeClenahen, who was of Scotch descent, married Eliza- beth Wingate, of Irish extraction. She was the daughter of Jesse Win- gate, who married Elizabeth Kennedy. Mrs. McClenahen was the grand- daughter of Samuel Wingate, born in Maryland, married Jane B. Breckenridge, born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Breckenridge, who was captured by the Indians in Chester county. Samuel Wingate was a shoemaker throughout the active years of his life, and the greater part of his life was spent near Belleville, to which section he had come about 1800. Samnel and Jane B. ( Brecken- ridge) Wingate had children : John, married Catherine Lindsey ; David, born in Crawford county, died young; Hannah, married Robert Neiley in Mifflin county; Rachel, died young: Jesse, mentioned above; Jane, born in Lewistown, married Andrew Cross; Agnes, married James Mc- Clenahen : Mary, married George McClenahen; Margaret, married Jesse Crawford; Samuel, married Mary Moore, in Center county. William and Elizabeth (Wingate) McClenahen had a number of sons and daughters.
(II) George B., son of William and Elizabeth (Wingate) McClena- hen, was born in 1803, and after his marriage settled in Milroy, Mif-
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flin county, Pennsylvania, where he resided until his death, which oc- curred February 2, 1884. For fifty years he was the "village black- smith" at Milroy, having learned his trade early in life and followed it conscientiously. He was esteemed by all as a worthy citizen, and re- spected for his intelligence and his justice to all. He was one of the charter members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. He married, 1831, Mary Wingate, died May 27, 1898. They had children: I. Rachel, born November 16, 1832, died May 5, 1862 ; she married, June 5, 1855, Edmund Faulkner, and the two of their children now living are: Laura ; George, married, at Seattle, Washington, October 27, 1889, Lena Park- hurst. 2. Elizabeth, born November 8, 1834, died in infancy. 3. Charles, born September 6, 1836, died November 26, 1894; he married (first) December 23, 1865, Martha Anner, (second) December 11, 1879, Catherine Coldren; children of first marriage: Irene, married Ralph Faulkner; Herbert, married Bessie Snook; Keturah; Mary. 4. Fran- cis B., see forward. 5. Jane, born in 1843, died in infancy. 6. Sarah, born March 14, 1846. 7. William, born June 8, 1849, died in infancy.
(III) Captain Francis B. McClenahen, son of George B. and Mary (Wingate) McClenahen, was born at Milroy, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1840, died June 9, 1911. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native township, and at a suitable age became the assistant of his father, and continued this work until August, 1864, when he enlisted. He was commissioned as a lieutenant recruiting officer, organized a company of soldiers at Milroy, and with the rank of captain was assigned to Company K, Two Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. His service continued until the close of the war. At Petersburg, Virginia, 1865, he was brevetted major for gallant service. June 2, 1865, he was honorably discharged, returned to his home and there resumed his former work, with which he was occupied until almost the close of the year 1868. In 1876 he re- moved to a farm he purchased in Armagh township, near Milroy, and there the remainder of his life was spent, and his intelligent cultivation produced very fruitful results. He was active in the political affairs of the community, always giving his earnest support to the Democratic party, and was appointed postmaster at Milroy, February, 1894, assum- ing the duties the following month. He was an honored member of
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Colonel Huling Post, No. 176, Grand Army of the Republic, at Lewis- town.
Captain McClenahen married, November 19, 1868, Sarahı Agnes, daughter of William A. and Margaret (Brown) McManigal. They have had children: William K., see forward; Edith, married Charles Henry; George B .; Walter B., see forward; Frank W., see forward; Margaret ; May Thompson; Rachel; Harry; James McManigal. - (IV) William K., son of Captain Francis B. and Sarah Agnes (McManigal) McClenahen, was born in Milroy, Mifflin county, Penn- sylvania, January 25, 1870. He received his education in the public schools and was graduated from the high school at Milroy. Until he had attained his majority he was engaged in farming, under the super- vision of his father, then learned the carpenter's trade, with which he was occupied for a period of nine years. During this time he had also given his attention to a variety of other subjects, and in 1904 the firm of McClenahen Brothers was organized, and they undertook contracts for all kinds of plumbing, heating and electrical work. In February, 1909, the Belleville Electric Company was incorporated at Belleville, Pennsyl- vania. The general offices are at Reedsville, Pennsylvania, while the power house is at Belleville. The officers of the corporation are as follows: W. K. McClenahen, president ; Thomas E. Zook, vice-presi- dent; W. B. McClenahen, secretary; I. Z. Hertzler, treasurer; F. W. McClenahen, superintendent. Mr. McClenahen came to Belleville, in May, 1911, as general manager of the company. He is a staunch sup- porter of the Democratic party, but has no desire to hold public office. feeling that he is best serving the country by attending to his business concerns and thus increasing its prosperity indirectly. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. McClenahen married, June 4, 1896, Fanny Foltz, born in Al- lenville, January 15, 1874. She is a daughter of David and Catherine Christina (Lyghtle) Foltz. Children: Catherine Gertrude, born Feb- ruary 3, 1899; Mary Frances, May 7, 1901 ; Robert Lee, June 4, 1903 ; Paul David, December 1, 1905; Sarah Agnes, June 2, 1908.
(IV) Walter B., son of Captain Francis B. and Sarah Agnes ( Mc- Manigal) McClenahen, was born in Milroy, Mifflin county, Pennsyl- vania, September 9, 1874. He also was educated in the public schools and was graduated from the Milroy Academy. Having accepted a
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position as clerk in the store of Mr. Thompson, of Milroy, he re- mained in it for a period of nine years. He then went to Braddock, Pennsylvania, where he was the manager of Walters' grocery store, and held this position two years. He enlisted in the United States army, Artillery Corps, January 25, 1898, and spent six years with the regular army. He served throughout the Spanish-American war; was a private, corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, sergeant major of Artillery Corps and appointed electrician sergeant, June, 1899; appointed to United States Artillery School, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, May, 1901, and was graduated from this institution in June, 1902; in January, 1904, he was discharged at Fort Terry, New York; became a member of the Belleville Electric Company, of which he is the secretary. He was formerly an adherent of the Democratic party, but is now a Pro- gressive.
Mr. McClenahen married, in April, 1901, Jose A., daughter of Jacob Blymyer, who was formerly the proprietor of the Logan Mills. They have had four children: Jose, born March 19, 1902; Margaret, December 4, 1904; Miriam, February 25, 1907; Agnes, May 26, 1909.
(IV) Frank W. McClenahen, son of Captain Francis B. and Sarah Agnes (McManigal) McClenahen, was born in Milroy, Pennsylvania, November 11, 1876. He received his education in the common schools, and assisted with the work of the farm, upon which he resided until he attained the age of twenty-five, when he became a stationary engi- neer at Clearfield, Pennsylvania. In 1904 he became a member of the firm of McClenahen Brothers, remaining to the present time (1913). He is a Democrat in politics, and a Congregationalist in religion, his wife being a member of the Lutheran church. He married, September 22, 1904, Letitia Gertrude, daughter of David and Catherine Christina (Lyghtle) Foltz. Children: John Frederick, born December 4, 1905; Christina Agnes, born June 20, 1912.
Henry Guyer, of Pennsylvania, is descended from straight GUYER German ancestry, his forbears having lived in that coun- try for many generations. In the Fatherland the Guyer family are farmers, and rank among the best and most loyal subjects of the Kaiser.
(I) Henry Guyer, the founder of the American branch, was born
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in Prussia, Germany, in 1824, died in Huntingdon county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1908. He was educated in the schools of his native place, and entered farming while yet a young man. Besides himself there was only one other son in his immediate family, Andrew, who lived and died in Germany. John Bonsla, a neighbor of Henry Guyer in Ger- many, emigrated to the United States. After he had resided in Penn- sylvania a year or so, his sister, Anna Bonsla, joined him, and some- what later Henry Guyer emigrated and made his home for some time with John Bonsla. After arriving in Pennsylvania, owing to his inabil- ity to speak English, he was forced to accept a position in which Eng- lish was not necessarily spoken, and he became a laborer. Later he rented land in Huntingdon county, in which venture he was eminently successful. He finally retired from the farm and moved to McConnells- town, Pennsylvania, where he died. Soon after his arrival in Pennsyl- vania he married Anna Bonsla, whom he had known in Germany. She died in 1895, after spending her life assisting her husband in every way that a thrifty, careful wife could. Children: 1. John, killed on Pennsylvania railroad near Huntingdon; married Anna Cuznes. 2. Conrad, killed on Pennsylvania railroad, unmarried. 3. Henry, of whom further. 4. Anna, deceased; married William Ilicks. 5. Mag- gie, married Wilson Heffner. 6. Andrew, a carpenter in Altoona, Penn- sylvania ; married Rosa Myers.
(Il) Henry (2), son of Henry ( 1) and Anna ( Bonsla) Guyer, was born August 6, 1862, in Porter township, Huntingdon county, Pennsyl- vania. He attended school at Water Street, after which he remained at home with his father assisting him on the farm until his marriage, when he rented a place in Walker township, Huntingdon county. Next he took a farm in West township, and for eight years he so managed it that it paid him handsomely. His next venture was the purchasing of one thousand acres of land, eight hundred of which was timber and mountain land, situated in Barree and Jackson townships, Huntingdon county, known as the Crownover place. This purchase was made in 1911, since which time Mr. Guyer and family have made their home on this valuable tract. He does a successful general farming, and has brought the land under cultivation to a high state of productiveness. In fact, there is not a farmer in Pennsylvania who receives a greater
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profit from tilling the soil than Mr. Guyer. By his enterprise and executive ability he has achieved merited success, and is ranked among the substantial citizens of Huntingdon county. He supports the Demo- cratic party with his franchise, but has never held office, as he finds his time and energies amply engrossed by his business interests. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Manor Hill, giving it moral as well as financial assistance.
He married Ida May Gilbaugh, born October 23, 1869, near Mar- klesburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of Valentine and Sarah (Moyer) Gilbaugh, who were prominent people in the farming community. Mrs. Gilbaugh died when her daughter was eighteen months old, and Mr. Gilbaugh still lives on the homestead. Children: Samuel, born Octo- ber 10, 1892; Philip, March 22, 1894, died October 23, 1912; Cyrus, August 22, 1895; Ruth, April 19, 1897; John Wesley, July 30, 1898; Arthur, February 17, 1900; Thomas, December 20, 1901; Martha, No- vember 29, 1903; Ada Theresa, March 7, 1906; William Foster, De- cember 30, 1907; Anna, June 3, 191I.
YOCUM Coming originally from Sweden to Holland, the Yocum family of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, was planted therein by John Yocum, one of two brothers who came to America in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The other brother settled in Chester county, but John, more favorably impressed by the country to the west, purchased land in the Ridges, Huntingdon county. He married and had issue.
(II) Jesse, son of John Yocum, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1793, died at Mill Creek, same county, April 23, 1875. He followed the occupation of a farmer all his life, owning as well as cultivating the land. Politically he was a Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace for thirty years. Both he and his wife were lifelong members of the Baptist church, in the work of which organization they were very active. He married Elizabeth Kelly, born April 6, 1800, died February 17, 1875. Children: I. Mary Jane, born January 1, 1823; married Matthew Postlethwaite, a farmer and stock-dealer of Illinois. 2. Marshall, of whom further. 3. Amy, born December 29, 1829; married James Van Zandt, a carpenter of Mill Creek, Pennsylvania. 4. Lewis, born November 20, 1825; a la-
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borer; married Sophia Numer. 5. Eleanor, born November 9, 1833; married John McDonald, a distiller.
(III) Marshall, son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Kelly) Yocum, was born in Brady township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1824, died at Mapleton, same county, June 5, 1909. He obtained a public school education and until 1853 was a boatman on the state canal. It was at this time that the construction of the Pennsylvania railroad westward through the state revolutionized the mode of travel, the slow- moving canalers giving way to the swift, steam-driven trains. In the passing of the canal boat, many of the men formerly employed thereon entered the service of the railroad. Among these was Mr. Yocum, who continued in that line until 1871, when he retired, spending his later years peacefully and quietly at his home in Mapleton, where he died. He was a Democrat in political belief, although his interest in affairs of town or county never led him to accept public office. He married, at Huntingdon, February 27, 1853, Sarah Jane Campbell, born June 30, 1830, died April 19, 1893, daughter of Matthew F. Campbell, born in Shirley township, Huntingdon county, June 19, 1801. Matthew F. Campbell was of Scotch-Irish descent, son of John Campbell, who came to America prior to the revolution, settling in Huntingdon county. He married Jane Cluggage, sister of Major Cluggage, of revolutionary fame. John Campbell died when Matthew F. was but a boy, and the latter, to eke out the family's slender resources, was bound out to a tailor, a trade he learned thoroughly, following it until 1837, when he opened a general store at one of the locks along the canal. In partner- ship with Asa Corbin, he purchased a large tract of land on which he realized a great profit by the sale of the timber and by disposing of the land itself as a site for the town of Mapleton. In 1847 he built a house across Hares Creek, from Mapleton, and there resided until a few years previous to his death. In religious belief he supported the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, and was largely instrumental in the erection of a house of worship for the members of that faith in Mapleton, which was the first church built in the town. Politically he was a Whig, and held the office of county commissioner. He married, July 19, 1829, Jane Dean, born March 13, 1809, died December 27, 1864. Children of John and Jane (Cluggage) Campbell: Robert, lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sarah, married John Rush, and lived in
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Allegheny City, Pennsylvania; Matthew F., of previous mention, mar- ried Jane Dean. Children of Matthew F. and Jane (Dean) Campbell : Sarah Jane, of previous mention, married Marshall Yocum; Matilda, died in infancy. Children of Marshall and Sarah Jane (Campbell) Yocum: I. Ellen, died aged five years. 2. Robert Campbell, of whom further. 3. Bruce, superintendent of Pittsburgh Sand Works, married Mattie Stever. 4. Charles, died in infancy.
(IV) Robert Campbell, second child and first son of Marshall and Sarah Jane (Campbell) Yocum, was born in Mapleton, June 27, 1856. He obtained his education in the public schools of Mapleton and in the Iron City Commercial College at Pittsburgh, whence he was graduated in 1872. After graduation he spent two years in Iowa and Illinois, re- turning east in 1874 and engaging in the grocery business at Lewistown. He again went west, but in 1880 came to Philadelphia and entered the employ of commission houses, and in 1881 entered the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad, moving to Harrisburg in 1897, where he con- tracted for twelve years. In 1900 he moved to Mount Union, Pennsyl- vania, remaining there until 1910, when he moved to Mapleton. He is a Democrat in politics, although only active as a private citizen. Mr. Yocum has had uniform success in the varied undertakings and pursuits in which he has engaged and at the present day is one of Mapleton's well-liked and respected citizens. In company with his brother, Bruce Yocum, they own a part of the original Campbell estate, upon which is located valuable glass sand, which is under lease of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co., Philadelphia.
He married, in August, 1880, Annie Mary, born April 7, 1862, daughter of Lorenzo D. and Catherine (Hughes) Civils. Children of Robert Campbell and Annie M. Yocum: I. Fairman Bruce, of whom further. 2. Wilbur M., born October 21, 1883; he is employed as ste- nographer in the office of the general superintendent of motive power for the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona; married Veda Fleck ; has one child, Marshall Emory. 3. Hattie E., born August 22, 1885; married Alexander Sheaffer; two children: Ruth A. and Juniata. 4. Amelia, born February 1, 1887, died in December, 1887. 5. James R., born June 9, 1888, died November 3, 1888. 6. Walter Roy, born July 16, 1889, died May 3, 1892. 7. Jennie E., born November 4, 1890; attends Juniata College. 8. Warren R., born June 29, 1892 ; an employee of the
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