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Michael Dinger, his grandfather, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, and was of Ger- man descent. He was one of the first settlers in Red Bank township, where he owned and operated a large tract of land which he cleared for a homestead. This was divided at his death among his children, and his grandson John now owns 106 acres of this tract. Michael Dinger married a Miss Ferringer, and their children were: David, John, Emanuel, Michael, Amos, Eli, William, Jona- than, and Barbara (who married Samuel Shick).
John Dinger, son of Michael, was a native of Schuylkill county, Pa., coming to Arm- strong county with his parents. He took up farming and always followed that pursuit, living on a part of the old homestead of his father-a tract of fifty-three acres. Later in life he moved to Oak Ridge, and his death occurred there in 1901, at the home of his son John, when he was eighty-three years of age. He married Sarah Baughman, daughter of Lawrence Baughman, who was a carpen- ter of Clarion county, near Shannondale. He also followed farming to some extent. Mrs. Dinger died in 1897, at the age of seventy- seven. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dinger, of whom six grew to maturity : Catherine, who married George Holobaugh ; John; Sarah, who married Amos Hinderliter ; William H .; Wilhelmina, who married John
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Reinard; and Lucretia, who married Lewis almost half a century, is a native of Jefferson Scott.
John Dinger was brought up on the farm and received such education in the public schools as was usual for boys of his day. He. remained on the home farm until he reached the age of eighteen. The farmhouse was built of logs, with a clapboard roof. During the severe winters snow was blown under the loose clapboards into the bedrooms, covering the floors and beds as much as two inches at a time. In the morning the boys would jump barefooted from their warm feather bed into the snow on the floor. Shaking the cold crys- tals from stockings, shoes and trousers they hurried downstairs to the blazing fire of wood in the great fireplace. Until his twenty-sixth year John Dinger had never experienced a day of illness. On Aug. 25, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil war, and became a member of Company A, 78th P. V. I. He saw service at the battles of Stone River, Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Dutch Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Moun- tain, and various minor engagements, and he was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., June 28, 1865. On his return home he took up farmng which he followed up to 1892, that year moving to Oak Ridge, where he was employed by the Oak Ridge Mining Company for twelve years, after which he retired.
On Jan. 3, 1867, Mr. Dinger married Eliza- beth, daughter of John and Molly (Holben) Hendricks, of Red Bank township, and they have nine children now living, as follows: Cora, wife of W. L. Patterson; William F., married to Lila Buffington; Idella, wife of Edward Mills ; Bird D .; Melvin A .; John C., married to Gertrude Dunsmore; Ralph L., married to Gertrude Fetler ; Joseph E., mar- ried to Mary McDonald; and Harry E., mar- ried to Lillian Swope. Mr. Dinger is an at- tendant and supporter of the M. E. Church. He is a member of the G. A. R. post at New Bethlehem, and in politics is a Republican. Mr. Dinger has always shown a lively inter- est in the affairs of his locality and has held several local offices in Red Bank township, serving with great efficiency. He is well and favorably known by all who have had deal- ings with him.
GEORGE R. WOODSIDE, who has a farm near Brick Church, in Burrell township, Armstrong county, where he has resided for
county, Pa., born Aug. 9, 1860.
Nathan Woodside, his father, was born in Armstrong county, son of William Woodside, of Dauphin county, Pa., who married before he came to Armstrong county. He was a farmer, and lived to a ripe old age. He and his wife and family were members of the Lutheran Church. Nathan Woodside mar- ried Rebecca Sheesley, and they had a fam- ily of five children, three sons and two daugh- ters, namely: Sophia Ellen married John Knell, and they now reside at Leechburg, Armstrong county (they have a family of seven children) ; Nancy died unmarried; Wil- liam L. is a farmer in Burrell township; George R. is mentioned below; Daniel, who is a farmer in Westmoreland county, Pa., married Mary Nooma, and has two children, one son and one daughter.
George R. Woodside was three years old when brought to his present home in Burrell township, Armstrong county, where he has lived since 1864. His property consists of sixty-three acres, most of which is under cul- tivation, Mr. Woodside raising grain, hay and stock. He has been an enterprising and pro- gressive worker, and his intelligent manage- ment of his own affairs has led to his selec- tion for public trust, his fellow citizens hav- ing chosen him to the position of township auditor, which he held for two terms. He is a Democrat in his political relations. He and his family are Lutherans, attending St. Michael's, the Brick Church.
On Oct. 28, 1886, Mr. Woodside married Laura Swank, of Plum Creek township, daughter of Daniel and Lavina (Loehr) Swank, and they have children as follows : Ella Pearl, born Sept. 25, 1887, wife of Ward Lookabaugh ; Ida Leonia, born Sept. 24, 1889, who is married to Albert Thomas, of Burrell township, a farmer, and has two children, Charles Edgar and George J .; Vivian Agnes, born Jan. 17, 1892, who is at home; Lavina Helen, born Nov. 11, 1894; Hazel Vesta, born June 1, 1898; and Glenn Rugh, born Dec. 12, 1902.
JOHN W. ASHBAUGH, of Kittanning, has been baggagemaster on the Pennsylvania railroad for over thirty years, and an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company since he was a youth of twenty. Mr. Ashbaugh was born Oct. 21, 1858, on his father's farm in Burrell township (now Lower Burrell town- ship), Westmoreland Co., Pa:, just across the Armstrong county line.
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William Ashbaugh, his grandfather, was a his door hungry. He lived to advance the very farmer, owning a large tract of land in Bur- best interests of morality and true righteous- rell township, Westmoreland county, where ness. He left behind him a wife whose love, wisdom and cheer have cast much sunshine and many flowers along the way. To those of us who knew him in the strength of his manhood, when we were his death occurred. He was accidentally killed by a falling limb, while felling trees. In religion he was a Lutheran, as was also his wife, Mary (Shearer). They had a large family, among whom were: John, Henry, younger, his life seemed most beautiful. We Lewis, Margaret (who married Daniel Baer), planted him away in the old cemetery at Caroline (who married Daniel Spiker) and Bethel, and though we say he is dead, yet he William.
liveth and always will live in our hearts and lives."
John Ashbaugh, father of John W. Ash- baugh, was born Sept. 9, 1823, near Leech- burg, Armstrong county, and there reared. Most of his life was spent in that region, for his farm in Lower Burrell township, West- moreland county, was just across the Arm- strong county line. In his young manhood he was engaged in school teaching, following that calling for several years, first in Burrell town- ship, Westmoreland county, and afterward in various townships in this region. Log school houses prevailed in those days, and he had the usual experiences of the early educator in his section. While teaching in winter he engaged in farming during the summer, and eventually devoted all his time to agricultural work, liv- ing on the place in Lower Burrell township now occupied by his daughter Mrs. Harry McGinnis. In early life a Lutheran, Mr. Ash- baugh afterward became associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in whose com- munion he lived and died. He was an active
In 1850 Mr. Ashbaugh married Rebecca Morrison, a native of Westmoreland county, and they lived to celebrate their golden wed- ding. Mrs. Ashbaugh survived her husband several years, passing away on the old home- stead Jan. 24, 1908, at the age of seventy- nine years. They are buried in Bethel ceme- tery. The following children were born to this couple: James M. married Anna Van Horn, of New Florence, Westmoreland county, and they reside at Niagara Falls, N. Y .; Mary Elizabeth married Joseph M. Rowe, of Leechburg, and they reside at Brae- burn, Westmoreland county; Rebecca is the wife of Harry McGinnis and they live on the old Ashbaugh homestead in Lower Burrell township, Westmoreland county; John W. is mentioned below; Ella died when eight years old.
Mrs. Ashbaugh came of pioneer stock of Westmoreland county, where her father, Christian worker, and organized the first Sun- James Morrison, lived and died, in Burrell township. He and his wife Mary had a large family, among them being: Eliza, who never married; Rebecca, Mrs. John Ashbaugh; Jane, who married Lewis Ashbaugh, brother of her sister Rebecca's husband; Matilda, who mar- ried John Baxter, now residing in Westmore- land county; Sophia, who married William Ross and lived near Butler, Pa .; Kate, who married ; James, who married Caroline Fisher ; and Thomas, who was a soldier in the Civil war.
day school in his neighborhood, that of the Bethel M. E. Church. Politically he was a Republican, but though interested in the suc- cess of his party took no active part in poli- tics and never desired office. Mr. Ashbaugh was struck by lightning in the orchard at his home Aug. 27, 1900, being killed instantly. His funeral was one of the largest ever seen in his county, the many who turned out to pay the last tribute of respect testifying to the loving esteem in which this good man was universally held. The following sentences are John W. Ashbaugh received a common school education, attending at the Yetter schoolhouse. He continued at school until twenty years old, meantime also assisting his father with the farm work, and then started quoted from his admiring pastor, who preached his funeral sermon: "He was respected as a true man. He lived not for himself but for others. He was a broad man, and ever given to charity. His knowledge of the Bible was to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- most wonderful, in breadth and accuracy. He pany. After firing for six months he became was a mighty man in prayer. He believed in a brakeman, first on freight trains and then prayer, and when he asked he knew he re- on passenger trains, and after four years of such service was promoted to baggagemaster in 1881. He ran between Pittsburgh and Oil City and now has the run between Pittsburgh and Kittanning. After his marriage he set- ceived. He organized the first Sunday school in all his region of country fifty years prior to his death. He loved to minister to those in distress and the poor man never left
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tled at Braeburn for a time, then moved to Oil City and later to Emlenton and for the last nineteen years has been a resident of Kit- tanning, where he has his home at No. 888 North Grant Avenue. He is a member of the Heptasophs, Kittanning Conclave, No. 186, and a Republican in politics, but not active in the party. His religious connection is with the Kittanning Methodist Protestant Church, which he has served five years in the capacity of steward.
On Nov. 15, 1881, Mr. Ashbaugh married Carrie H. Starr, who was born on a farm in Armstrong county, where Ford City now stands, daughter of Andrew B. and Eliza (Wolfe) Starr, old settlers of Pine Creek Fur- nace and for a number of years residents of Ford City. Mr. Starr hauled the first load of brick used for construction purposes in what is now Ford City. He was born Jan. 10, 1825, and died at Echo, Pa .; by occupation he was a farmer. On April 15, 1847, he was married by Rev. J. Johnston, to Eliza Wolfe, like him- self a native of Armstrong county, who was born March 5, 1827; and to this union were born children as follows: Margaret J., Hester A., David R., Maria E., John W., William J., Mary, E. Andrew W., Caroline H., Catherine S., Samuel H. M., Chambers W. Orr, Harvey H., Josephus G. and Ellen (who died in in- fancy). The mother died Aug. 5, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Starr were members of the Baptist Church, and in politics he was a Democrat but not active in the party, never seeking or desiring office.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashbaugh have had one son, Harry P., born April 5, 1884, at Braeburn. Westmoreland county, who received his edu- cation in the schools of Oil City and Kittan-
Ezra L. Doverspike was born Aug. 18, 1864, ning, graduating from the Kittanning Acad- on the farm in Mahoning township where he emy. He is now engaged as locomotive now resides, and during his youth attended engineer in the Pennsylvania railroad, run- the common schools in the neighborhood. He ning between Pittsburgh and Kittanning. He has always followed farming, cultivating the married Celia Adams, daughter of William old homestead and now owning the 100 acres Adams, and they make their home in Kittan- cleared and improved by his father. He is a worthy member of a family which has been highly esteemed in the township for several generations.
ning ; they have three children : Velma Lenor, born July 6, 1904; Marie Othella, born Nov. 29, 1906; and John William, born Dec. 9, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Ashbaugh are mem- bers of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Mrs. John W. Ashbaugh is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and socially be- longs to the Lenape Camp, Royal Neighbors of America, the ladies' auxiliary of the Wood- men.
EZRA L. DOVERSPIKE, a successful farmer of Mahoning township, Armstrong
county, belongs to one of the first settled families of that section, his paternal grand- father, John T. Doverspike, having settled in what is now Mahoning township in the year 1816. He purchased 240 acres of land, part of which is the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson Ezra L. Doverspike. He mar- ried Katie Knight, and to them was born a family of six children, four sons and two daughters : Daniel married Peggie Beck ; Chris- tena married John Colhup; George married Sarah Gumbert; John married Margaret Mc- Cullough; Katie married Peter Smith; Louis married Lavina Gumbert.
George Doverspike, father of Ezra L. Dov- erspike, was born on the original family home- stead, where Clarence Gould now lives, and was reared there. He succeeded to that part of his father's land now owned and occupied by his son Ezra, and made his home thereon until his death, which occurred Aug. 2, 1888. He married Sarah Gumbert, daughter of Wil- liam Gumbert, a pioneer of Armstrong county, and they became the parents of fifteen chil- dren, seven sons and eight daughters: Eliza- beth, who married Z. H. Nolf; Teamie, who married A. G. Kells; Hannah and Emanuel, twins, the former of whom married R. H. Nolf, the latter Lauretta Miller; David, who died Feb. 24, 1875; Sarah, who married Syl- vester Grinder ; Millie, unmarried ; Mary, who married Amos Bittinger; William, who mar- ried Mary Neal; Ternie, who married Levina Daughenbaugh; Boyd, who married Ella Smith; Ezra L .; Maggie, who married John Cunningham; Wesley, who married Emma Ferguson; and Dessie, who died when quite young.
On Jan. 4, 1894, Mr. Doverspike married Mattie J. Procious, daughter of William and Catherine (Gearhart) Procious, and sister of Edward G. Procious, whose sketch will be found elsewhere in this work. Her father set- tled in Mahoning township in 1840, purchas- ing 105 acres of land then in the wilderness, and which he converted by his industry into a valuable farm. Mr. and Mrs. Doverspike have had three children, only one of whom
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survives, Violet Catherine. They are members of the M. E. Church at Putneyville. In politi- cal matters he is a Democrat.
OLIVER W., RIGGLE, who carries on farming in Burrell township, Armstrong county, was born in that township Jan. 10, 1864, son of George and Hannah (Turney) Riggle.
George Riggle and his wife were both from Westmoreland county, this State, and both were of German descent. They had a family of eleven children: John, who is a farmer of Burrell township, has had four children, two of whom survive ; Leah is unmarried and lives on the old farm; Margaret, who died in the spring of 1912, was the wife of David Riffer and left four children; Philip, a farmer of Burrell township, has a family of eight chil- dren; George (deceased) is survived by one son; Albert, a farmer of Burrell township, has seven children; James, a farmer of Burrell township, married Mary Speer, and six of their children are living; David is a farmer in Westmoreland county; Daniel, of Parks township, Armstrong county, has four chil- dren; Jacob P., a farmer of Burrell township, has three children; Oliver W. completes the family.
Oliver W. Riggle attended the country schools, obtaining a good fundamental educa- tion. He follows farming, having a good place of 104 acres in Burrell township, and is a highly respected member of his community. On March 2, 1892, he was married to Kitty Heilman, one of the five children of William and Hannah (Speer) Heilman who live in Manor township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Riggle have had ten children, namely : Margie, born Jan. 7, 1893; Owen, Oct. 8, 1894; Nellie, Jan. 27, 1896; Ralph, Feb. 8, 1898; Irma, Jan. 8, 1900; Florence, April 24, 1902; Ira, July 15, 1904; Mary, Jan. 7, 1909; and Glen and George, twins, April 17, 1911 (George is de- ceased). Mr. and Mrs. Riggle and their fam- ily are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Riggle is a Democrat in his political views.
Mrs. Riggle is a direct descendant of Peter and Elizabeth (Harter) Heilman, who settled in Kittanning township in 1795-96, their son Solomon, who married Hannah Yount, being her great grandfather. Her grandparents were Jacob and Catherine (Iseman) Heilman. A complete history of the Heilman family will be found elsewhere in this work.
EDWARD S. WALKER, a lifelong resi- dent of Bethel township, Armstrong county,
where he is profitably engaged in general farming, was born there Jan. 16, 1866, son of Samuel and Sarah (Guthrie) Walker, both of whom are now deceased.
Samuel Walker, formerly of Burrell town- ship, this county, was born in that township in June, 1823, moved to the farm in Bethel township now occupied by his son Edward in 1850, and there passed the remainder of his life, dying Aug. 28, 1889. He married Sarah Guthrie, of Kiskiminetas township, Arm- strong county, who was born in April, 1829, of Irish descent, and of the children born to their union two sons and two daughters died young; James B. was born Sept. 30, 1869; Martha married William McCorkell, who died in 1889, and she is now living with her brother on the home farm (she has no chil- dren). The mother of this family died May II, 1905.
Edward S. Walker was reared on the home- stead in Bethel township and received his education in the public schools of the locality. He has been engaged in farming throughout his active years, and has done well, his in- dustrious habits and good management bring- ing him deserved prosperity. He is well thought of by his neighbors, and has been chosen to serve as supervisor of his township, which office he has filled for five years. He is a member of White Rock Lodge, No. 979, I O. O. F., and in religious connection he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian Church at Crooked Creek.
On Sept. 5, 1906, Mr. Walker married Rosa Shearer, of Bethel township, daughter of Samuel J. and Alice (Davis) Shearer, and they have had two children: Sarah Ruth, born June 6, 1909, and Alice Vera, born Aug. 13, 19II.
WILLIAM MOORE, farmer and stock raiser of Boggs township, Armstrong county, has lived in this county since the spring of 1857 and is one of the most respected citizens of his section. He was born in Ireland in 1836, son of Charles and Jane (Hays) Moore, and grandson of Matthew and Eliz- abeth (Stewart) Moore, who had seven chil- dren, two sons and five daughters.
To Charles and Jane (Hays) Moore were born the following children: Elizabeth, Mrs. Parks; Gracie, Mrs. Moses Park, who re- mained in Ireland; Matthew, mentioned else- where in this work; John; Rebecca; Ann Jane, Mrs. Stien; William; Sarah, Mrs. Mickelwain; Sarah; and Charles; of whom William, Charles and John still ( 1913) sur-
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vive. Matthew, Rebecca and Ann Jane were the first of the family to leave Ireland, com- ing to America and settling in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1851 the rest of the family except Gracie followed. Charles and Jane (Hays) Moore spent their last days in Arm- strong county, Pa., with their children, he dying at the great age of ninety-nine years. Mrs. Moore died at the age of seventy. Her parents, John and Gracie (McClure) Hays, lived and died in Ireland; their family con- sisted of four sons and two daughters.
William Moore came to Armstrong county in the spring of 1857, before his marriage, and for a time followed farming in partner- ship with his three brothers. He then bought 100 acres of land, the nucleus of the farm he now owns. The land was then in a poor state of cultivation, and the buildings were tumble-down affairs, but Mr. Moore has changed all that. He not only improved his original holding, but added to it, has erected substantial and modern buildings, and has proved himself to be a progressive farmer in his work and management. For the past ten years he has had a good gas well in operation upon his tract, having struck gas at a depth of 2,500 feet. By well-directed industry he has become one of the prosperous agricultur- ists of his part of the county.
On April 28, 1864, Mr. Moore married Jane Dill, a native of Armstrong county, daughter of William and Nancy Dill, the former a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Dill were farming people of Armstrong county. Mrs. Moore died in 1906, aged sixty- one years. She was the mother of the fol- lowing children: Nannie, who is deceased; Robert; Charles, Mary, deceased; Harney, who is engaged in farming on his father's place; Edgar, at home; and Calvin, deceased. Mr. Moore and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
JOHN H. ROHRBACH, farmer, residing on his tract of fifty-five acres in Brady's Bend . Mr. Rohrbach married Ella Simpson, who township, Armstrong county, located a half mile southwest of Kaylor, on the Sugar Creek and Brady's Bend road, was born in Brady's Bend township, Nov. 1, 1869, son of Peter and Barbara (Kerchner) Rohrbach.
Peter Rohrbach, father of John H. Rohr- bach, was born in Germany June 15, 1829, and attended school and learned the shoemak- ing trade there. In 1854 he accompanied his sister, Mrs. Margaret Boltz, to America, and after they located in Brady's Bend township he secured work in the rolling mills at Brady's
Bend, where he continued until he had earned enough money to enable him to buy twenty- five acres of land, which lies to the east of the farm of John H. Rohrbach. To this he added until he owned fifty-one acres, which he im- proved, building the present farm residence. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and gave assistance when a new edifice was erected. His death occurred Oct. 13, 1902, and he was buried in the cemetery of the Lutheran Church in Sugar Creek township. His first marriage was to Phoebe Kamerer, daughter of David Kamerer, an early settler in this township. At her death she left two children : Henry, who lives at Stoneboro, Mercer Co., Pa .; and Mrs. Kate Richardson, of Wampum, Lawrence Co., Pa. The mother of these children was buried in the cemetery attached to the old church. The second mar- riage of Peter Rohrbach was to Barbara Kerchner, a native of Butler county, and they had the following children : Adam J., who was born March 21, 1886, lives in Lancaster, Ohio ; John H. was born Nov. 1, 1869; Margaret, born Feb. 24, 1873, is the wife of H. G. Fred- erick, of Donegal township, Butler Co., Pa .; Anna, born Jan. 10, 1879, is the wife of R. Edward Zahniser, residing in Brady's Bend township. The widow of Peter Rohrbach lives on the old homestead.
John H. Rohrbach received his education in his native township and remained assisting his father until he was twenty-eight years old, continuing at home one year after he married. With the exception of a few months, a period included between November and May, he has always lived in Brady's Bend township, this period being spent in East Pittsburgh, Alle- gheny Co. Ever since his return he has lived on this farm, on which L. W. Miller (oil pro- ducer) has three producing oil wells. Six acres are in woodland and pasture. On July 5, 1902, Mr. Rohrbach bought the farm from his brother, Adam J. Rohrbach, and he has built an addition to the original residence.
was born in Jefferson county, Pa., daughter of D. C. and Nancy ( Herron) Simpson, and they have four children : Ethel, born in Brady's Bend township March 3, 1899; Florence, born at East Pittsburgh Jan. 30, 1902; Helen, born March 18, 1906; and Kermit, born May 3, 1908. Mr. Rohrbach is a member of the Lutheran Church. In politics he has always voted with the Republican party, and he is one of the prominent township officials. For three years he has been assessor of Brady's Bend township, and by appointment of the county
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