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In 1865 Mr. Graff, forming a partnership with Isaac Firth. erected the Buffalo woolen
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On Jan. 25, 1830, Mr. Graff married Susan Lobingier, daughter of Christopher Lobingier, of near Mount Pleasant, Pa., and a member of a family which had had a long and honor- able record in western Pennsylvania, particu- larly in its connection with the legal profes- sion. Christopher Lobingier, Mrs. Graff's great-grandfather, came from Wittenberg, Germany, prior to 1735, and his son, Hon. Christopher Lobingier, was Mrs. Graff's grandfather. Eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, were born to Peter and Susan (Lobingier) Graff, one son and two daughters dying in early childhood, Elizabeth on March 24, 1842. Joseph lives at Manorville. Arm- strong Co .. Pa. Anna married W. H. Kirk- patrick, of Allegheny City. Dr. Charles H. died in September, 1887, in the prime of life. Sarah Jane married C. B. Linton, of Clifton Springs, N. Y. Edmund D. and J. Frank are mentioned elsewhere in this work. Philip M. is at Duluth, Minn. Peter is at Worthington, Pennsylvania.
J. Frank Graff, son of Peter, was born Aug.
mills for the manufacture of woolen fabrics, and this association lasted for twenty years, 12, 1857. He received a thorough education, until Mr. Firth's retirement in 1885. Then and upon entering business life became man- ager of the company store connected with the Buffalo Woolen Mills, near Worthington. After ten years' service as superintendent he became a partner in the concern. He has numerous interests, in this locality and else- where, being a stockholder in the Scott-Graff Lumber Company of Duluth, Minn., a direct- or of the Merchants' National Bank of Kit- tanning, this county, president of the Althom Sand Company and director of the P. Mc- Graw Wool Company, both of Pittsburgh, a stockholder in the Safe Deposit Trust Com- pany of Pittsburgh, a stockholder in the First National Bank of Parker, Pa., a stockholder in the Kittanning Telephone Company, and a stockholder in the First National Bank of Duluth, Minn. He is a well-known member of the Republican party, and has held local and State offices, having been school director at Worthington, justice of the peace, and member of the General Assembly, to whose lower house he was elected in 1900, continu- ing to serve until 1904, and in 1912 he was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, for four years. He was an elector when Roosevelt was chosen president. the firm of Peter Graff & Co. was organized, the business being afterward carried on under that name; after Mr. Graff's death his sons E. D. Graff and J. Frank Graff, together with James E. Claypoole, continued it until June 3, 1912, when death removed E. D. Graff, and J. Frank Graff and James E. Claypoole took over his interest, and now compose the firm. Peter Graff was as active in business life at the age of eighty as many men twenty-five years younger. In fact, he enjoyed robust health until within a short time before his death, which occurred April 9, 1890. A man recognized as one of the most prominent in the Allegheny valley, his funeral was one of the largest ever seen up to that time in the community. He was so thoroughly identified with the business development and general history of the region that his loss was not con- fined to .one circle, but felt by all classes and by the many with whom his numerous inter- ests brought him into contact. In politics he was a Democrat. He joined the Lutheran church in 1840 and was one of its influential members in this section, being actively en- gaged in Christian work as such for over fifty years. He served as elder of his church and In 1881 Mr. Graff married Carrie Louise Brown, daughter of Rev. J. A. Brown, D. D., LL.D. She died in 1902. They had a family for fifty years as superintendent of the Sun- day school. To the church building erected in Worthington shortly before his death he of six children : James B., Peter, J. Frank, Jr., was a liberal giver, of his time and thought as well as his means. He was buried in the Lutheran cemetery.
Mary H., Edmund D. and Richard M. Mr. Graff's second marriage, in 1904, was to Mar- tha Stewart, by whom he has two sons, Grier S. and Smith S. He and his family are mem- bers of the Lutheran Church, in which he has been a prominent worker, serving twenty-one years as elder and for the same length of time as superintendent of the Sunday school, suc- ceeding his father in the latter incumbency. He is treasurer of the Armstrong County Sunday School Association. Mr. Graff is a high Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner, and is also a member of the Elks, Odd Fel- lows and Royal Arcanum.
Peter Graff 3d, son of J. Frank Graff, was born Sept. 15. 1886, in Worthington, where he was reared to manhood. He received his early education at public school there, later attended Mercersburg Academy, from which he was graduated in 1905, and took his college course at Princeton. being graduated from that university in June, 1909. In September, 1910, he became sole owner of the gristmill at Worthington, one of the oldest milling prop- erties in Armstrong county, and he has since successfully operated it under the name of
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the Peter Graff Milling Company. In 1911 Feb. 9, 1880, at the home of her son, John Mc- he made extensive improvements in the estab- Intyre, near Freeport, Pennsylvania. lishment, building an extension 28 by 50 feet in dimensions for warehouse and office pur- poses. He has already shown himself to be a progressive and enterprising business man, and promises to make the most of the mill and his opportunities. In 1913 he was elected a member of the town council of Worthington. years. Going to Allegheny City, Pa., he again
On June 7, 1911, Mr. Graff married Georgia Isabel Brown, daughter of George and Isabel (Patterson) Brown, of Kittanning, Pa. They have one son, John Francis Graff 3d, born Dec. 26, 1912. Mr. Graff is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Royal Arca- num, and in political sentiment he is a Repub- lican.
CHARLES ARCHIBALD FRASIER Mc- INTYRE, late of South Buffalo township, Armstrong county, was born Dec. 29, 1825, in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland, son of William and Mary (McNish) McIntyre, both of the same place.
Charles A. F. McIntyre was next to the youngest of his father's children. He was educated in the subscription schools held in his time, and at the age of seventeen was apprenticed to Easley Brothers, house and barn builders, with whom he continued three apprenticed himself, for two years, and fol- lowed his trade as journeyman carpenter for fourteen years. Later he went into the con- tracting business for himself, and continued doing business for about twelve years, but on account of ill health he sold his business and moved from Allegheny City, Pa., to South Buffalo township, Armstrong county, in the spring of 1870. He bought a farm of 183 acres, on which he lived until his death, which occurred on May 1, 1908, when he was aged eighty-two years. He was a United Presby- terian in religious faith, and a Republican in his political views.
Mr. McIntyre married, in Allegheny City.
William McIntyre was born Feb. 18, 1778, Pa., on Sept. 9, 1851, Mary Robertson, eldest at Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland. He was a cooper by trade, but later took up farm- ing as a means of livelihood. He was married to Mary McNish, a daughter of William Mc- Nish, postmaster of the town, on April 9, 1801, and they had eleven children, all of whom were born in Scotland. The following are the names : Jane, William, Jean, Margaret, James, Jessie, Mary Ann, Carolina, John, Charles A. F. and Caroline A. E. Jane, Jean and Carolina died in Scotland. The remain- ing children and the parents were buried in Allegheny and Armstrong county cemeteries.
William McIntyre came with his family to America in 1832. They were nine weeks crossing the Atlantic ocean. Landing at Balti- more, Md., they came by horses and wagon to Armstrong county, Pa., and located in what is now South Buffalo township, where Mr. McIntyre purchased 250 acres of timberland, for which he paid $1.50 in gold per acre, and on which he built a log house, stable, and other buildings. Like all early settlers, his first work was the clearing up of this land, and get- ting it into the proper condition to raise crops thereon. He lived there until his death, at the age of seventy-three years, Jan. 15, 1851. It is said that his death was hastened by his being injured by a falling tree. He was a man well and favorably known for his strict honor. and uprightness in all of his dealings. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Orr. William Jacobs, James Reed, Henrietta His wife, who was born March 3, 1782, died Nimo and Isabella Thompson. No children
child and daughter of James and Janette Rob- ertson, who was born in Johnstone, Scotland, July 8, 1827. Her father was a loom machin- ist. He came to America in 1830, settling first at Paterson, N. J., later moved to Richmond, Va., and thence by horses and wagon to Central Missouri, then on the ex- treme frontier. He was there several years. Returning East, he made the return trip also by wagon, and stopping at Allegheny City. Pa., was induced by some friends to invest the larger part of his money in brick works located at Bolivar. Pa. This investment turned out badly. He then moved back to Richmond, Va., and took up his old trade of loom machinist. His wife Janette died there on Dec. 24, 1852. He was a strong Union man, but on account of his age was debarred from taking part as a soldier in the Civil war. His second wife was Harriet Carlton, of Richmond, Va. She was a woman of con- siderable wealth, owning a large acreage and several hundred slaves. Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ertson lost the bulk of their fortune during the Civil war, and afterward went to Nor- wich, Conn., where they spent their declining years. They were buried in the family lot in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va. James Robertson and his wife Janette had born to them six children, as follows: Mary, Janet
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Mrs. Mary ( Robertson) McIntyre died June 13, 1901. She and her husband, Charles A. F. McIntyre, had ten children born to them. (1) The first child, a daughter, died at birth. (2) Charles Louis was born May 27, 1852, in Allegheny City, Pa. (3) Janetta, born in Allegheny City, Pa., died at that place in her fifth year. (4) Frank Frasier, born in Allegheny City, Pa., bought and moved to a farm in South Buffalo township. He married Annie S. Boyd, and after living several years on his farm, sold his property and moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he engaged in the man- ufacture of stained-glass windows. His wife died Jan. 3, 1899. They had two children born to them, Charles and Helen. (5) Mary Elizabeth, born in Allegheny City, Pa., lives with her brother James R. on the old home- stead in South Buffalo township. (6) Mary Bell, born in Allegheny City, Pa., married George .T. Ralston, and they are living on their farm in South Buffalo township. They had three children born to them, Hugh, Jean and Dorothy. (7) Mary Annie, born in Alle- gheny City, Pa., married Robert F. Cathcart, a civil engineer of Pittsburgh, Pa., now of San Antonio, Texas. Two children were born to them, Ruth and Robert F. (8) William and his twin brother (9) James R., were
June 1. 1896, in his twenty-seventh year. (10) Nellie Y. was born in South Buffalo township, and was married to Clifford Stew- art, a farmer. Their home is in South Buf- falo township. Three children were born to them, Mary Robertson, James Given and Rob- ert McIntyre.
were born to James Robertson and his second hauling, grading, etc. He did most of the wife, Harriet Carlton. work in the grading and paving of the first two streets in Bellevue, Pa. He sold out his business in 1895 and bought the place known as the Charles Saltmer farm, in South Buf- falo township, remaining there until 1903, at which time he sold the property. Since that time he and his wife have made their home with Mrs. Dee Bush (widow of Jere- miah Bush) and her daughter Frances A. Bush.
Mr. McIntyre still owns about five hundred acres of coal and lands in fee in South Buf- falo township, and is the largest single tax- payer in the township. He has for several years back held the position of general land agent for the Pittsburgh & Shawmut Rail- road Company, with headquarters at Kittan- ning, Pa. He is a thirty-second-degree Ma- son, a life member of St. John's Blue Lodge, No. 219, of Pittsburgh, Pa., of Allegheny Chapter, No. 239, and of Allegheny Com- mandery, No. 35, of Allegheny City, Pa .; also a member of Coudersport Consistory, of Coudersport, Pa., and of Syria Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Pittsburgh.
On Dec. 30, 1879, Mr. McIntyre married Maria K. Williams, of Bellevue, Pa., who was born May 3, 1857, at Freedom, Pa. She was the only surviving child of Henry and Sarah ( Rogers) Williams. Her father was
born in Allegheny City, Pa .; William died born in Baltimore, Md., July 9, 1812. He was
a charter member of Baltimore Lodge, No. I, I. O. O. F., the first lodge of Odd Fellows established in the United States. As a young man he located in Pittsburgh, Pa. He learned the bookbinder's trade, was in the grocery business, and was also postmaster of Belle- vue, Allegheny Co., Pa., where he resided until his death, which occurred March 24, 1890. On Dec. 21, 1837, he married Sarah Rogers, who was born in Wales Oct. 12, 1817, and came to the United States with her par- ents when thirteen years old, her parents locating on the South Side, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
CHARLES LOUIS MCINTYRE was educated in the public schools of Allegheny City, Pa. He started in life for himself in the spring of 1876, going to California to see his Uncle William Robertson. He was in Colusa coun- ty, Cal., about one year, and from there went to Ogden, Utah, being in the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Atlantic and Her father was a glass worker by trade. In 1836 he purchased in South Buffalo town- ship 250 acres of land, upon which he built a large comfortable brick house, in which he lived until his death, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife lived the latter years of her Pacific Telegraph Companies. During his time he was mostly located at Ogden, Utah. In 1878 he went to work for the Standard Oil Company, and was located at Bradford, Pa. In 1880 he was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Company, in the operating de- life with her daughter, Sarah (Rogers) Wil- partment west of Pittsburgh, Pa. During this liams, in Bellevue, Pa., and died there at the time he was located at Bellevue, Allegheny age of 102 years. Mrs. McIntyre's father was Co., Pa. He resigned his position with the a great worker in the M. E. Church, a man railroad company in 1890, and until 1895 well known and highly respected for his in- was in the builders' supply business, heavy tegrity and Christian character. Her mother,
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Sarah (Rogers) Williams, died March 31, the medical fraternity throughout his career. 1907, aged ninety years.
Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Intyre: (1) Harry Thompson, born Nov. 25, 1880, at Glen Osborne, Pa., was educated in the Bellevue schools, and lived with his par- ents until about 1901. For several years he was a traveling salesman. In 1907 he went to Sabot, Goochland Co., Va., to take charge of a plantation owned by the late Col. W. Horace Rose, of Johnstown, Pa., and is still making his home there with Forest Rose, the present owner of the property. (2) Rich- ard Caughey was born in Bellevue, Pa., Dec. 16, 1883. He was educated at Bellevue, and remained with his parents until he was about eighteen years old. He spent three or four years in the Northwest, and on coming back home went to work as a fireman on the Pitts- burgh & Lake Erie railroad. He was promot- ed to the position of engineer while in the employ of this company. Resigning this po- sition, he went to work for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, and was also for some time employed in the repair shops of the Union Railroad Company. At present he holds the position of inspector of locomotives for the United States Steel Company. His office is in the Carnegie building, at Pitts- burgh, Pa. He was married to Lydia Coch- ran, of Dawson, Pa., on Sept. 17, 1906, and two children were born to them, Mary L. and Virginia Rose. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre are members of the M. E. Church, belonging to Rogers Chapel in South Buffalo township. Mrs. McIntyre has been president of the Ladies' Aid Society since it was started. is an earnest friend and president of the Epworth League, has filled the office of superintendent of the Sabbath school, and is an earnest, active worker in all bodies connected with her church.
J. B. FINLEY WYANT, M. D., of Kittan- ning, has been located in practice for a num- ber of years and is one of the most successful and progressive physicians of Armstrong county. With a strong realization of the worth and dignity of his chosen calling. he has endeavored to live up to its highest ideals. and that he is considered a fit representative of this useful and privileged profession is well shown in the honors he has received from his fellow practitioners. Possessing those qualities of mind and heart generally asso- ciated with the true physician, he has been proud of his work, and has been a credit to
Born Aug. 7, 1862, in Washington township, Armstrong county, the Doctor is a son of Adam Wyant, a substantial farmer of that township, and belongs to the honest, hardy, Pennsylvania German pioneer stock which has contributed so much to the building of this and other States, with its strong religious ten- dencies, industry and thrift. The members of this family have been well represented in the various wars of this country waged in their time, especially in the Civil war.
Dr. Wyant is a great-grandson of Henry Wyant, who was born in Germany, came to the United States, and landing in Philadelphia later located in the Delaware German settle- ment, and then in Bedford county, Pa. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war.
Martin Wyant, son of Henry, was born and raised in Bedford county, and married Christeena Booher, also a native of Bedford county, daughter of Bartholomew Booher. The Wyants and Boohers came from Ger- many together, the Boohers first locating in Berks county, and moving thence to Bedford county. To this union came fourteen chil- dren: Christian. Adam, Bartholomew, John, David, Frederick, Henry, Martin, Jacob, Susan, Julia Ann. Catharine, Christeena and Elizabeth. All of these grew to manhood and womanhood except Christian, who was killed by the kick of a colt when he was ten years old. The next death in the family was that of Martin, who was drowned at the Dickey Island. Three of the sons were in the Union army during the Civil war, Frederick, Henry and Jacob. Frederick enlisted in 1861 in Com- pany C. 78th Pennsylvania Regiment, com- manded by Colonel Sirwell. and was trans- ferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. I. 1863. Henry was a member of Company D, 103d Pennsylvania Regiment, enlisting in 1861, and died in Andersonville prison. Tacob, who also enlisted in 1861 in Company C. 78th Regiment, was killed at the battle of McLemores Cove. Ga. The remaining ten children lived to a good age near the three- score and ten mark and some of them well 11p in the fourscore years. Martin Wyant with his large family left Bedford county in the spring of 1832 and under great difficulties crossed the mountains and finally made a settlement in Washington township, Arm- strong county, in the fall of the same year, where he engaged in farming and charcoal manufacturing. Here the family in time grew up and were married. and followed out the great command given in the beginning of time,
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"Multiply and replenish the earth." But it was left principally for Adam to fulfill the Biblical injunction, for he had the distinction of being the father of seventeen children, two of whom died in infancy, fifteen growing to maturity, marrying and following the same injunction given to the first Adam, as well as to Adam the second, for they "multiplied and were fruitful." The son Bartholomew had a son Jeremiah, who enlisted during the Civil war in Company D, 103d Pennsylvania Regi- mient, and was a prisoner at Andersonville for several months in 1864, from April 20th to Dec. 10th.
Adam Wyant, son of Martin, was born in Bedford county July 4, 1813, and came with his father into Washington township, Arm- strong county, in 1832. In 1833 he married Rachel Yerty, who died in 1846, the mother of seven children, namely: (1) Christian Yerty, born Oct. 4, 1834, married Elizabeth Johns, children, Jessie (married Thomas Taylor and
and had these children: Mary married Curtis Philips, and had two children, Hollis and Grace; Rose married Cash Kramer and had seven children, Charles, Dr. Homer, Alexan- der, Ruth, Willard, Isabelle and Elizabeth (the last named deceased) ; Dr. A. R. E. mar- ried Louise Hulbert and has had three chil- dren, Florence, Elizabeth and Christian (de- ceased) ; Adam Martin, an attorney, married Katherine Doty, and has had two children, Anna Moore and Christian Lucien (the latter deceased) ; Dr. W. W. married Rachel San- ders and has one child, Christian; Dr. Flor- ence married William Matta and has one child, Elizabeth. (2) Martin, born Feb. 29, 1836, married Sarah Zerby and had seven children : John ; Mary, who married John Daily and had seven children : Martha, who married William Boyd and had two children; Margaret, who married George Gray; Etta, who married William Morgan and has two children; Cora ; and Martin, the last named deceased. (3) Andrew H., born Jan. 4, 1838, . married Frances Harding and had three children, Harding, Maude and Pearl, both the daugh- ters being deceased. (4) Archibald M., born Feb. 8, 1842, married Sarah Bowser, and had nine children : Ida, who married Phil. Schreckengostt and had three children, Her- man, Cora and John; Rebecca; Christopher ; William, who married Florence Connell and had one child, Mary; Harry S., who married Margaret Handyside, and has three children ; Robert, who married Anna Potter and has three children, Sarah, and Florence and Olive, twins; John Finley and two others died in infancy. (5) George, born in 1843, died in Margaret (deceased) and Frederick. (8) Jay
infancy. (6) Rachel, born in 1844, died in infancy. (7) Elizabeth, now the only sur- vivor of the children of Adam Wyant's first marriage, born May 4, 1845, married Harvey Frick, and had four children: Minnie, who died young ; Pearle, who married John Sutton and had one child, Harvey; William; and Chattie, the last named deceased.
On March 25, 1847, Adam Wyant married (second) Sophia Bowser, daughter of Abra- ham and Mary Bowser, and they had ten chil- dren: (1) Mary, born March 2, 1848, mar- ried Albert H. Rea, and had two children : Tillie, who died young; and Albert, who mar- ried and has two children. (2) Delilah S., born Sept. 23, 1849, married George Boyl- stein, and both are deceased. They had seven children : Archibald, who married Elizabeth Serene and had one child, May; George L., who married Kate Hanes and has had six
has two children, George and Kathryn), James, Frederick, Daniel, and two that died in infancy; Elizabeth, who married J. B. Greer and has one child, Mary Louise ; Kathryn; Sarah; Daysie; and Sophia, who died young. (3) Eli Fluke, born Aug. 9, 1851, married Parmelia Sindorf and had eight children : Alma, who married William Anderfer and has six children; James; Roy, who married and has one child; Bell, who married Will Butcher and has four children ; Stella; May; and two who died in infancy. (4) Christena, born March 13, 1853, married Thomas Jack and has had six children : Laura married Harve Mechling and had two children, Hazel and Kerneal; Margaret mar- ried Herbert Summers and had five children, Homer, Edward, Ira, Howard and Thomas ; Robert married Alice Stringer and has three children, Dorsey, Alice and Mary Louise ; Rose ; Milton married Dorothy Wolf ; Labana married Marie Bish. (5) Benjamin Wyland, born Sept. 4, 1855, is a prominent resident of Washington township. He married Cynthia Dickey and had six children: Finnie, who died young: Mary, who married Horace Nichols and had one child, Kenneth; John F .; Samuel R .; Anna Sophia, and Benjamin F. (6) Emma Therressa, born Feb. 4, 1858, mar- ried Frank L. Wolfe and had five children : Daniel W., who married Pearle Lias and had four children, Vernon, Pauline, Theone and Sidney ; A. Weldon, deceased ; May, who mar- ried George McAuley; Clifton, and Milburn. (7) S. Katherine, born April 13, 1860, mar- ried Isaac F. Kramer and had two children,
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