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Reese, Isaac 207, 480 Rumbaugh, William R. 447
Reese, Walter L .. 488
Reitler, Fritz 805
Reitler, John 805
Reynolds, Absalom
605
Patton, John M .. 430
Patton, William A. 430
Patton, Hon. Willis D. 72,
320
Peters, Charles B. 463
Peters Family 518
Peters, Howard O 518
Peters, James S. 464
Pettigrew, John M., M. D.
604
Pettigrew, Matthew
Pollock Family
Pollock, William
326
Reynolds, Withington
372
Pontius, Augustus T
594
Rickel Family
479
Pontius Family
594
Rickel, John W.
479
Pontius, Mrs. Laura G .. 595
Porter Families 566, 864
Porter, John S .. 75, 566
864
Riggle Family
687,
Procious, Edward G. 787
Procious, William 787
Prugh, Abner 794
Prugh, Mrs. George A. 794
Prugh, George A. 793
Putney, Boyd H.
423
Putney Families.
.. 252, 423,
799
Putney, Harry E. J. 799
Queen, Evan M. 373
Queen, John
373
Ritchey, James M.
843
Quigley, John P. 412
Quigley, Sharron M. 412
Rabbitt, John F .. 457
Palbiti, William 457
Rairigh, Archie F. 910 Robinson, Elisha
Rairigh, Olynsca C 543
Rairigh, William 910
Ralston Family 461
Ralston, James 414
Ralston, Robert L ..... 74, 460, 665
Ralston, Robert G., M. D .. . 414
Ramsey Families 735, 797
Ramsey, Peter M. 735
Ramsey, William B. 797
Ray, John. 904
Rayburn, Calvin. 75, 226, 532
Rayburn, Calvin, Jr. 533
Rayburn Families .374, 532
Rayburn, James (North Buf- falo Tp.) . 374
Ross, Judge George.
313
Ross, George 314
Ross, J. Alexander 494
Ross, John A.
494
Shaner, Daniel 357
Shaner,
Eddis E.
358
Redick Family 905
Redick, Samuel L. 905
Redinger Family 553
Redinger, Sylvester G. 553
Rees, Abraham 480
Rowley, Samuel C .. 770
Rowley, Thomas J. 763
Rudolph Family 470
Reese, Miss Elvira 488 Rudolph, Dr. Russell. 470
Reese Family 480
Rumbaugh Families .447, 651
Reynolds, David (deceased) .. 385, 630
Reynolds Families
369, 384, 605, 630
Reynolds, Harry 605
Reynolds, Mrs. Isabel. 319
Reynolds, Jackson B .. 369
Reynolds, Richard W. 372
Reynolds, Ross 72, 384
Riddle, Charles R.
941
Riddle Family
Riggle, Absalom B.
687
Porter, William J.
Prager, Charles 947
Riggle, Jacob
Riggle, Miles A.
697
Riggle, Oliver W. 682
700
Risher, Frank
700
Ritchart Family
510
Ritchart, George A.
510
Ritchey Families .748,
843
Roberts, David S.
773
Roberts Families 598, 773
Roberts, Laurence S. 75, 598
Roberts, Samuel 485
Robinson, Mrs. Caroline 983
Robinson, Miss Elizabeth 983
Robinson Family 981
Robinson, Samuel M. 982
Rogers, Charles A., M. D. 807
Rohrback, John H. 683
Rohrback, Peter 683
Rohrer Families 577, 585
Rohrer, John W. 74, 585
Roland Family 945
Roland, M. M .. 945
Rosborough Family 498
Rosborough, Newton
498
Ross, Miss Elisabeth M. 314
Ross Family 312
Ross, John F. 870
Ross, Mrs. Margaret 314
Ross, Washington 314 Shaner, Henry 441
Rowley Family 763
Rowley, John 770
Reese, Benjamin F. 487
Reese, Mrs. Elizabeth (Jones) 484
Ritchart, Samuel
510
748
Ritchey, Edward :
682
Riggle, Daniel
700
Riggle, Thomas F
941
604
326
Reynolds, David 630
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Patterson, William L. 836
Patton Family 731
Patton, John A. 731
Rupert, Ephraim 517
Rayburn, James 533
Shaner, Albert 358
Shaw Families
503, 634
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Shaw, Milo D. 634
Shaw, Milton E. 503
Shearer, John 916
Shearer, Samuel 916
Shick Family 349
Shipman, Charles H. 896
Shipman Family 896
Shirley Family 956
Shirley, John T .. 956
Shoemaker (Shumaker) Fami-
lies 437
496, 729, 813, 826, 857, 915, 920
Shoemaker, Homer H. 728
Shoemaker, Joseph T. 826
Shoemaker, Mervin L. 496
Shoff Family 733 St. Clair (Sin Clair) Family. 417
Shoff, Samuel T. 733
539
Trout Families 421,
589
Shoop, Alfred 776
681
Truby, Mrs. Anna E.
667
Shoop, David
711
Shoop, Edward W.
711
Steel Family
499
Truby, Col. Christopher 975
Steel, Thomas R ..
500
Truby Families 369,
958
Truby, Simon
369
Shoop, John 865
894
Shoup, Jacob
894
Shultz, August 859
Shultz, Harmon 859
Shumaker, Adam C. 921
Shumaker, David
813
Shumaker, Edgar K., M. D .. 438
Shumaker, Ezra Z .. 921
Shumaker (Shoemaker) Fami-
lies 437
496, 729, 813, 826, 857, 915, 920 Shumaker, Isaac E .. 915
Shumaker, Murray E .. 921
Shumaker, Philip W., M. D .. 437
Shuster Family
724
Shuster, William A. 724
Sibbet Family 301
Simpson Family
923
Simpson, George W .. 923
417
Sipes Family 770
Sipes, Hiram H .. 770
Sirwell, Col. William. 66, 623
Slagle, Daniel 450
Slagle Family 450
Slonaker Family 588
Slonaker, Newton H. 588
Smail Family 440
Smail, James B .. 440
Smeltzer, Peter A. 806
Smeltzer, Peter G. 806
Smith, Absalom 842
Smith, Anthony W. 517
Smith, Daniel
842
Smith Families
.. . 349, 517, 522, 784, 908, 931
Smith, Jacob 580
Smith, James P. 909
Smith, Jerry T. 908
Smith, H. D. 743
Smith, Michael F. 931
Smith, Milo E .. 784
Thomas, Jackson 756
Smith, Robert W 349 Thompson, Andrew 654
Smith, Mrs. Susanna 842 Thompson Families 526, 686
Smith, William H. 580
Smullin Family
757
Thompson, Judge James.
71, 303
Wells Family
876
Smullin, R. Stearns
757
Thompson, Marlin E ..
526
Wells, Jacob
876
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Snyder Families
Thompson, Ott 686
Thompson, Thomas E. 585
Thompson, William 585 Thompson, William R. 740
Tittle Family 725
Tittle, Willian 725
Todd, Robert 625
Todd, Robert J. 626
Todd, William P. 626
Somerville Family 755
Somerville, Joseph 755
Spang Family 718
Speer, Robert 478
Spencer Family 697
St. Clair, Mrs. Elizabeth. 540
St. Clair, John
Starr, Andrew B.
Steel, A. J ..
499
Truby, Christian 667
Shoop
Family
776
865
Steim, Joseph M., M. D. 608
Steim, Richard A. 608
Steiner, Julius. . 774 818
Stenger, Christopher
Stenger Family
818
Stepp, Levi
772
772
Turner Families 435, 942
Turner, Fred F.
941
Turner, Thomas
924
Turner, W. Fred 435
Turney Family 684
Stitt, S. S.
944
Turney, Oscar C .. 6S4
Turney, Peter J. 684
Stivanson, Charles T 949
Stivanson Family
949
Umburn Family
SSO
Umburn, William
SSO
345
Upperman, John
906
Upperman, John M. 906
Vandyke Family 382
Vandyke, Hiram 382
Van Kirk Family
509
Van Kirk, Vite E., Jr., M. D. 509
Wadding, John H. 638
Walker, Alexander ( S19
Walker, Edward S. 682
Walker Families
736, 778, 818, 876
Walker, Gustavus A
75, 736
Walker, James 670
Walker, Robert 670
Walker, Samuel 682
Walker, Samuel J. 876
Walker, William B., M. D. 819
Walker, William M ..
778
Wally Families ..
.431, 908, 930
Wally, James C. 431
Wally, James M ..
Wally, Thomas 908
S01
Wareham Family 800
Wareham, John
800
Waugaman Family 832
956 Waugaman, Peter Waugaman, Samuel E. S32
930
Thaw, Mrs. Mary C. 210, 306
Thaw, William .306, 528
Thomas, David O., M. D. 447
Thomas Family 756
727
Stull, Frank 727
Stute, Dr. John E. 968
Swigart Family 850
Swigart, John B .. 850
Sybert, Jacob T. 649
Sybert, Sebastian 649
Szafran, George 849
Tarr Family 359
Tarr, Robert F., M. D. 359
Taylor, David HI. 822
Taylor, John R .. 822
Templeton Family 932
Templeton, Joseph 932
Thaw Family 528
Stockdill, John L. 613
Stone, James 684
Stone, James M. 684
Storey, Mrs. Elizabeth 424
Storey, William C. 424
Turk, Samuel M. 783
Stewart, James E. 635
Stewart, Robert 635
Stitt Family 459
Stitt, Hugh A. 460
Stitt, Levi
460
Stitt, Thomas A. 460
Stivenson Family 345
Stivenson, Joseph H
Stockdill Family 613
Truxell Family 579
Truxell, Frank 579
Turk Family 783
Stepp, Michael
Truitt Families
583, 91S
Truitt, Ner M ..
5S3
Shoup Family
Townsend, H. B. 725
Townsend, John F. 856
Townsend, Labanna S. 925
Trollinger Family 443
Trollinger, Robert M. 443
Trout, Dr. David P. 421
Snyder, Mark H.
927
Snyder, William 814
Snyder, William F. 604
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.603, 624, 863, 927, 947
Snyder, Harvey N .. .75, 624
Snyder, John 814
Snyder, John 927
Snyder, John G. 604
Thompson, James 740 Weisfield, Charles A. 597
Wareham, David
Sin Clair (St. Clair) Family. .
Stull Family
Shoop, Ira
Townsend Families .. 725, 856, 925
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
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PAGE
PAGE
Welsh Family 490
Wiser, Jacob 942
Wray, William A. 684
Welsh, Howard M., M. D. 490
Wiser, Jacob F. 942
Wright, Mrs. Charlotte H .. 549
West, Clayton D. 843
Wolf, David E .. 741
Wright Family 541
West Family
844
Wolf (Wolfe, Wolff) Families 672, 673, 677, 741, 820, 884, 912, 954.
Wright, James R ...
541
Wright, William J .. 548
Wherry, John N. 934
White Family
893
Wolfe, Andrew M .. 820
White, Judge Harry 952
Wolfe, Charles A. 865
White, John M ..
893
Wolfe, Prof. J. Oscar 673
White, Judge Thomas
952
Whitworth Family
427
Whitworth, John F .. .. 69, 75, 427
899, 912, 954.
Wyant, Jeremiah 794
Wick, Curtis W. 536
Wolfe, John E. 899
Wick Family
536
Wolfe, Thompson C. 677
Yingst Family 740
Wick, John, Jr. 128, 512
512
Wolff, David H 954
Yockey Family 838
Wightman, Algernon S. 533
Wolff Families .. 884, 912, 954
Wightman Family 533
Wolff, Findley P. 509, 888
Yockey, John
956
Willard, Bertram L. 929
Wolff, Dr. William W .. .100, 888
679
Williams, James L. 586
Woodside, George R.
679
Zimmerman, Amos L.
568
Willison, Amos W. 872
Woodward, Absalom, Sr ... 193, 392
Zimmerman, Daniel
568
Willison, William
872
Wray Families 592, 684
Zimmerman, David A 755
Wilson Family
591
Wray, Hiram H ..
592
Zimmerman Families 755, 772
Wilson, Ott N. 591
Wray, Richard D. 873
Zimmerman, Sloan A. 772
Wise Family 909 Wray, Robert 873 Zorn, Jacob
551
West, Samuel M.
928
Wherry Family 934
Wolf, Jacob 672
Wyant, Benjamin W
461
Wyant, Mrs. C. Y.
668
Wyant, Christian Y.
668
Wyant Families
Wolfe (Wolf, Wolff) Families 672, 673, 677, 741, 820, 884,
332, 461, 668, 794 Wyant, J. B. Finley, M. D ... 332
Wolff, David 912
Yingst, Samuel 740
Wick, John, Sr.
Yockey, Mrs. Isabell 956
Williams Family 586
Woodside Family
Zeis, George J. 779
Wright, Isaac
548
BIOGRAPHICAL
JOHN A. ARMSTRONG, A. M., M. D., so much so that he would not associate with late of Leechburg, a distinguished physician either of the great political parties of his day and surgeon in practice here continuously for nearly forty-six years, had not only become prominent in his profession but also made a name for himself as a good citizen in other activities, especially in his long and honored connection with the Leechburg school board. It is the privilege of few men to win such high esteem among their fellows as he enjoyed, and his death, which occurred July 12, 1912, was regarded as a public loss. because slavery was tolerated in this country and sanctioned in some measure by both. He was very well known in his section. A few years before his death he removed to Leech- burg, Armstrong county, where he died in 1872, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife died in 1877 in her seventy-fifth year. Both are buried in the Brookland cemetery in Alle- gheny township, Westmoreland county. They had the following children: Eleanor married Hugh McElroy; Adam C. served as a member of the House of Representatives from Ken- tucky, was principal of an academy in that State and also served as superintendent of schools in Bracken county, Ky. (he was acci- dentally killed in that State) ; Robert was a farmer in Westmoreland county, Pa., where he died ; David, an artist by profession, died in Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1909; Elizabeth (deceased) married Hiram Steele; John A. is mentioned below ; Sarah A. (deceased) was the wife of James D. Boale; Samuel S. lived on the old homestead ; Mary J. married Milton Free, who is deceased ; Margaret married Wil- liam J. Sproull, of Parnassus, Pa., who is de- ceased.
Dr. Armstrong was born Aug. 18, 1838, in Allegheny township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., son of John Armstrong and grandson of Rob- ert Armstrong, the latter a native of the north of Ireland who came to this country and settled in Westmoreland county, Pa., about 1820. He followed farming on land he purchased in Allegheny township, and was also engaged upon the construction of the Pennsylvania canal in his section. He died upon his farm and is buried at Brookland cemetery in Alle- gheny township. His wife, Eleanor (McKee), who was also from the North of Ireland, is buried in the same cemetery. They had the following children: John; Alexander; Thom- as; David; Jane, who married George Pat- terson; Margaret, who married John Bole; and Elizabeth, who married William Cope- land.
John Armstrong, son of Robert, was born in Ireland in 1796. There he married Sarah Ann Armstrong (not a member of the same family), who was of Scottish descent, and they emigrated to the New World before his father came, crossing the ocean in 1826 and two years later, in 1828, settling in West- moreland county. There he purchased a farm in Allegheny township which he paid for with his earnings as a contractor for excavations on the old Pennsylvania canal. He was a man of fair education for his day and appreciated the advantages of schools, and he gave all his chil- dren good opportunities. He was a strict member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, ing Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, and was bitterly opposed to human servitude, where he completed the course, graduating in 32
John A. Armstrong attended public school in his home district, and later was a student in academies at Leechburg and Pittsburgh, Pa. He then entered Washington and Jefferson College at Washington, Pa., from which in- stitution he was graduated in June. 1862, after which he began the study of medicine. In 1863, however, he joined the Union Army as a member of Company K. 54th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and served about three months with that command. On Aug. 29. 1864, he enlisted in Company I, 205th Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Heavy Artil- lery, with which he served to the close of the war, being honorably discharged June 13. 1865, at Vienna, Va. Returning home he resumed his medical studies, in September, 1865, enter-
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HISTORY OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
1867. In May of that year he opened an office Henry K. and Mary (Keely) McKallip, of at Leechburg, where he built up a large prac- Leechburg, and they had four children: May Blanche married H. W. Beale and re- sided at Leechburg after his death until her marriage on Jan. 28, 1914, to George A. Walker, insurance solicitor of Pittsburgh ; Ann Orr i's the wife of Lewis Hicks, a promi- nent business man of Pittsburgh, Pa .; Grace Irwin is the wife of Ned M. Austin, of Can- ton, Ohio; Eleannora Caldwell is the wife of John W. Marshall, of Leechburg. tice during his long career. He supplemented his early preparation by further study, having taken a full course at one of the leading Phila- delphia hospitals after his graduation from medical college. His literary education was unusually thorough, and he had the honor of receiving the A. M. degree from his alma mater. Dr. Armstrong showed his progressive disposition in his connection with various im- portant local enterprises. At one time he was Dr. Armstrong was a member of the Pres- interested in the steel mill at Leechburg, and byterian Church at Leechburg, served as elder he was one of the pioneers in the natural gas for several years, and was also a teacher in business, being one of the owners that sunk the the Sunday school. In politics he was a Re- first well in this section when gas was used in publican. the manufacture of steel at Leechburg. For Mrs. Armstrong's parents had the follow- ing children: Labannah S., a general mer- chant, of Pittsburgh, Pa .; Amanda C., Mrs. Armstrong; Rev. John K., a Presbyterian minister ; Johanna J., wife of Robert Pinker- ton, a farmer in Armstrong county, Pa .; James A., a merchant of Leechburg ; Mary H., wife of H. M. Caldwell, a merchant of New Kensington, Pa .; and Henry F., deceased, who twenty-five years he was a member of the bor- ough school board and throughout that period served as secretary of that body, his services being highly appreciated. In 1900 the Doctor took a vacation abroad, making a three months' trip, during which he visited the home of his ancestors in Ireland and attended the Paris exposition.
The Doctor's lovable personality was feel- left a wife and two children.
ingly delineated by his local colleague, Dr. Hunter (whose death has occurred since Dr. Armstrong's), who wrote of him: "He was a graduate of the Washington and Jefferson Lit- erary College, at Washington, Pa., then grad- uated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. We practiced here as physicians nearly forty-six years, and while never part- ners our relations were more like those of brothers. We would leave our patients to each other during an absence or when it was im- possible for one to visit patients. We never had a difference. He was an excellent physi- cian and surgeon, honorable and upright in every way, and greatly deserved the esteem in which he was held by all. He was a promi- nent and active worker in the Presbyterian Church and taught the men's Bible class in that church for years. Dr. Armstrong had the analytical mind and was careful in his judg- ment in all matters."
Of Doctors Armstrong and Hunter it was said : "The medical profession points to those noble men as the highest and best examples of medical men and brothers, for they were not only the most admirable type of the fam- ily physicians, friend and adviser, but Chris- tian gentlemen and brother physicians in all that implies. Both are now dead, but their lives and work will never be forgotten."
On April 2, 1868, Dr. Armstrong married Amanda Catherine McKallip, daughter of
NEWTON ROSBOROUGH, farmer and dairyman of Elderton, in Plum Creek town- ship, Armstrong county, is a descendant of an old established family in this part of Penn- sylvania. His great-grandfather, who was born in the vicinity of Saltsburg, Indiana county, was a pack peddler, and disappeared while on a trip to secure a stock of goods. Nothing was ever afterward heard of him or his son who accompanied him. The Ros- boroughs are of Irish extraction, and the rep- resentatives of the name have always been found among the most creditable citizens in their respective communities. The family sent a large number of volunteers to the Civil war.
Charles Rosborough, father of Newton, was born Dec. 16, 1819, one mile east of Elders Ridge in Indiana county, on a farm where Iselin now stands. He was the eldest of a family of fifteen children. He stayed with his father, James Rosborough, learning the stone- mason's trade, till twenty-three years of age. On Oct. 4, 1842, he married Elizabeth Frailey, of Elderton, which union lasted fifty-eight years, five months. After being married they moved to Clarksburg, Indiana county, living there till March 16, 1848, when he moved to Elderton, Armstrong county, buying the tan- nery property of William Cunningham, built by James Clark, father of Judge Silas Clark,
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HISTORY OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
of Indiana. There he followed tanning and number of years its numbers have borne their harnessmaking till shortly before his death, part in the progress of this important section which occurred March 4, 1901, in his eighty- of Pennsylvania. second year. His wife, Elizabeth (Frailey), died Oct. 4, 1904, in her eighty-first year. She was of German descent, and was reared at Elderton, Armstrong county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Rosborough were married by the famous Rev. Alexander Donaldson, founder of the Elders Ridge Academy, one of the first insti- tutions of its kind west of the Alleghenies and of such high standing and enviable reputation that pupils came there from every State in the Union, even California. Mr. and Mrs. Rosborough had a family of ten children, namely : James, born Aug. 9, 1843, a farmer, now living at Marchand, Indiana county, mar- ried Esther Allshouse and they have had a family of twelve children; Mary died when two years old; Martin died when five years old; William, born March 6, 1850, lives in Philadelphia; Newton is mentioned below ; Anna, born Dec. 4, 1854, married J. N. Mahan and is deceased; Della, born July 10, 1857, is the widow of J. A. Altman (they had five children) ; John, born in November, 1859, died when forty-one years old, leaving a wife, who died shortly afterward, and three children; Catherine, born Oct. 3, 1863, lives at home ; Edward F., born July 10, 1866, married Laura C. Mulberger, of Elderton, and they have had children, Grace (wife of J. E. Clark), Martha (wife of J. C. Mulberger), Vernie (died Oct. 26, 1910, in nineteenth year), Frank (de- ceased), Bertha and Ruth (at home).
The brothers Newton and Edward F. Ros- borough now live at Elderton, on the site of their father's old home, and own a farm of 320 acres adjoining. They bought this prop- erty a little at a time, adding to their hold- ings as prosperity enabled them, acquiring most of it since their father's death. They carry on general agriculture and dairying, being extensively interested in the latter line, which has proved exceptionally profitable, and they are regarded as leaders among the pro- gressive farmers of the district, their methods and work typifying the most up-to-date ideas in their chosen field of work.
Newton Rosborough was born July 10, 1852, at Elderton, where he has passed all his life. He attends the Presbyterian Church, and is one of its most devoted workers, hav- ing been an elder for the unusually long period of thirty-seven years.
Amos Steel was a soldier during the Civil war, enlisting Aug. 16, 1861, in Capt. Thomas McLaughlin's Company, H, 13th Regiment, P. V. I., for three years. The regiment num- ber was changed to 102d. It was organized at Pittsburgh, mustered into the United States service Aug. 6, 1861, and commanded by Col. Thomas A. Rowley, being first assigned to Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Keyes's Corps, Army of the Potomac, and then trans- ferred to the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps. In December, 1863, the regiment was detached from this corps and sent to Hall- town, W. Va., where it was engaged during the winter in guard and picket duty, in March, 1864, rejoining the corps at Brandy Station, Va. Then it was transferred from the 3d to the 2d Division. Mr. Steel took part in the following: 1862-Siege of Yorktown, April 5 to May 3; Williamsburg, Va., May 5; Fair Oaks, Va., May 31; Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30; Malvern Hill, Va., July 1; Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30; Antietam, Md., Sept. 17; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13; 1863-Chancellorsville, Va., May 4; Gettys- burg, Pa., July 4; Rappahannock Station, Va., March 7; Mine Run, Va., March 26; 1864- Spottsylvania, Va., May 8; Cold Harbor, Va., June 12; siege of Petersburg, June 15. In the first day's fight in the Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, he was wounded and lost his fore- finger.
Amos Steel married Elizabeth Myers, and they had children as follows: A. J., of Sugar Creek township; Sidney J., Mrs. Snow, of Fairview township, Butler county, Pa .; Mar- garet M., Mrs. Adams, of Sugar Creek town- ship; Ada M., Mrs. Shakley, of Perry town- ship; and Thomas R., of Sugar Creek town- ship, Armstrong county. The father died in 1907, aged seventy-two years, and the mother survives, making her home in Perry township, this county.
A. J. STEEL, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Myers) Steel, was born in Perry township, Armstrong county, Pa., Dec. 5. 1866, but was brought to Sugar Creek township by his parents when he was ten years old, having at that time already attended public school for two years in his native township. He com- pleted his educational training in Sugar Creek township and at the same time became ac- quainted with every feature of farming in a practical manner, remaining at home until
STEEL. The Steel family is a representa- tive one of Armstrong county, where for a he was twenty-five years old. At that time he
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HISTORY OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
married and settled southeast of the home- stead in Sugar Creek township, where he owns and operates 115 acres of land, about twenty acres of which are in woodland, and the re- mainder under cultivation. There he carries on general farming, and is also interested with his brother Thomas in conducting the saw- mill and cider mill located on the property of the latter, which was formerly the Steel home- stead.
Mr. Steel married Lillie Kamerer, a daugh- ter of D. W. Kamerer, of Brady's Bend town- ship, and two children have been born of this union, Willard Lloyd and Howard Floyd, twins, who are teaching school at Kaylor. Mr. Steel belongs to the Grange at Kaylor and to the Sons of Veterans at Chicora. In re- ligious connection he belongs to the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church, of which he has been an elder for the last two years, and also served as deacon for several years. Inter- ested in the Sunday school, Mr. Steel is its superintendent and exerts a strong influence for good in his community. Politically he is a Progressive Republican, and has served as a school director and township auditor upon several occasions, having held the latter office for the last two years. An energetic man, he has bent his entire forces towards honorable achievement, and deserves the success which has attended him.
THOMAS R. STEEL, son of Amos and Eliza- beth (Myers) Steel, and younger brother as well as partner of A. J. Steel, was born on his present farm in Sugar Creek township, Armstrong Co., Pa., Jan. 22, 1878. After completing his course in the schools of his district, Mr. Steel attended a business college at Butler, Pa., from which he was graduated. Returning to Sugar Creek township he re- sumed farming, better qualified for his work because of his commercial training. His life has been spent on his present valuable farm of 100 acres, eight acres of which is timber, and he is interested in the sawmill and cider mill on his property which he and his brother A. J. Steel conduct in partnership. Thomas R. Steel also owns some residences at Kay- lor and East Brady, and is a man of consid- erable means.
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