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Mathias Wolfe, son of John, was born Sept. 21, 1815, east of the mountains, and was very young when the family settled in Armstrong county. After living at various locations he bought the place in Washington township where his son John now lives, a tract of forty-five acres then only partly improved. with log buildings and other appointments of the most primitive order. There he spent the rest of his days. He met an accidental death May 22, 1865, at the comparatively early age of fifty, having been killed by a runaway term. Mr. Wolfe served several months in Civil war, having enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company G, 103d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he served un- On Nov. 14, 1864, Mr. Bowser married til the following March, being discharged on Mary Kleinhesselink, daughter of John and Henrietta Kleinhesselink, of Armstrong coun- ty., Pa., natives of Holland. Nine children have been born to this union; Margaret M., who is the wife of Daniel B. Logan ; John H .; James H .; Ida M., deceased; Robert Bruce ; Frank, deceased ; Grace E., deceased, who was the wife of Charles Gates; Lydia H., wife of William F. King; and Curtis C.
JOHN E. WOLFE, a well-known farmer of Washington township, Armstrong county, who makes a specialty of fruit raising, be-
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account of disability. He was a Republican in politics, in religion a Lutheran. On June 8, 1837, he married Elizabeth Earley, who was born Oct. 2, 1816, and died Oct. 2, 1900. Ten children were born to them: William, born May 20, 1838, died the same year ; Evaline. born May 19, 1840, died Feb. 14, 1912; An- drew, born Aug. 14, 1843, died in North Caro- lina in 1863 from exposure, while serving in the Union army in the 103d Pennsylvania Regiment; Mary Ann, born Aug. 16, 1845, is deceased ; Nancy Rachel, born Jan. 29, 1848. is deceased; John E. is mentioned below ;
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Jane, was born Aug. 7, 1852; Harriet, April living, now over eighty-two years old, but his 20, 1854; Margaret E., April 13, 1856; Cath- wife passed away in 1891. They had children as follows: Anna Bell, wife of W. H. Wad- ding ; Sarah Elizabeth ; Shedrach L .; Edmund ; Alfred M .; Erwin J .; Cora, wife of Elmer McMillen, and Bertha, who died in infancy. erine, born Dec. 9, 1861, died March II, 1863. John E. Wolfe was born April 1I, 1850, in Madison township, Armstrong county, and was only a week old when the family removed to the farm in Washington township where he has ever since had his home. He remained at home during his youth and early manhood, working with his father, and eventually be- came manager and owner of the property, upon which he has made many modern im- provements. It is all in fine condition, and he has given particular attention to his orchard, for which the place is noted. Mr. Wolfe has held a number of local offices, having been treasurer, supervisor and school director of his township, where he is a most highly es- teemed citizen. In politics he is associated with the Republican party. In church con- nection he is Lutheran.
On Dec. 4, 1872, Mr. Wolfe married Ela- nore E. Lemmon, who was born Feb. 17, 1854, in Armstrong county, Pa., daughter of Alex- ander and Sarah (Bonner) Lemmon. Seven children have been born to them : Charles A., born Dec. 10, 1873, married Oct. 28, 1902, Laura McGaughey, they have no children. Andrew M., born Sept. 6, 1875, married in November, 1896, Eleanor C. Spencer, who died Nov. 8, 1900, the mother of two children, both deceased; in 1902 he married (second) Carrie Orr, and they have had five children. Harold (deceased), Earl, Charles, Paul and Maxim. Elizabeth A., born Sept. 25, 1877, married E. S. Spencer, of Los Angeles, Cal., and has two children, Fred and Josephine. James H., born Sept. 2, 1879, now living in Nebraska, married Mary Davis; they have no children. Arthur Chester, born March 15, 1882, now living in Kittanning, married Myrtle McGarvey, and they have one child, Ellen. Sarah Jane, born Sept. 8, 1888, is unmarried. John T. Sherman, born Jan. 16, 1891, died Oct. 16, 1901.
ERWIN J. ASHE, a business man of Kit- tanning borough, was born Sept. 15, 1866, in Armstrong county, son of Henry and Lydia (Lichtey) Ashe. His grandfather, also named Henry Ashe, was one of the early settlers of Somerset county, Pa., where he developed a fine farming property.
Henry Ashe, father of Erwin J. Ashe, was born in Somerset county, where he was reared on the homestead. Coming to Armstrong county in 1865, he continued to farm, devoting himself to this calling all his life. He is still
Erwin J. Ashe attended public school in Armstrong county, and when still a lad began earning his own living by working in the lum- ber camps and coal mines. He continued in these lines until twenty-two years old, when he began farming and dealing in stock. These kindred callings absorbed his time for five years, when he went upon the road as a trav- eling salesman. After seven years' work in this capacity he bought the "Eagle Hotel" at Kittanning and operated it for two years. In IgII he opened a wholesale liquor house, and is still engaged in that line. In 1905 he was the Republican candidate for county treasurer, and was elected by a large majority for a term of three years. In 1908 and 1909 he served as chairman of the Republican county central committee and has always been active in politics. He is well known in the local fraternal bodies, belonging to the B. P. O. Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Loyal Order of Moose.
In October, 1887, Mr. Ashe married Martha E. Ross, daughter of Aaron Ross. They have had nine children : Edna, wife of Ivan D. Dov- erspike; Fred R .; Lydia; William A .; James M .; Mabel, deceased; Charles P .; John, who died in infancy, and Robert E.
WILLIAM SMITH ELGIN, a well-known carpenter and contractor of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, was born in Cowanshan- nock township, this county, June 26, 1859, a son of Samuel and Isabella (Truby) Elgin. His paternal grandfather, James Elgin, born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1760, came to America in 1782. He was married in 1791. He became one of the first settlers in what is now Plum Creek township, Armstrong coun- ty, clearing and improving a homestead near what is now the site of Elderton. In 1830 he removed to what is now Cowanshannock (then Wayne) township, purchasing 300 acres of land still owned and occupied by his descend- ants, his grandson, James T. Elgin, residing there. He died at that place in December, 1837, and is buried in St. Thomas cemetery, in Plum Creek township. His children were: Alexander, Hugh, Daniel, John, James, Wil- liam, Samuel, Martha, Jennie, Margaret, Nan- cy and Sarah (married William McIntosh).
Samuel Elgin, son of James Elgin, Sr., was
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born in Plum Creek township, this county, Dec. 1, 18II. Coming with his parents to what is now Cowanshannock township in 1830, he succeeded to the homestead at his father's death. Most of this place he cleared and improved, remaining there until his death, which occurred July 25, 1876. He led an hon- orable and useful life, and held various offices in Cowanshannock township, discharging the duties of same with credit to himself and sat- isfaction to his constituents. On Oct. 1, 1836, he married Isabella Truby, who was born March 10, 1820, daughter of Michael Truby, a pioneer blacksmith of Kittanning, where he was one of the first settlers. They became the parents of fourteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity, viz: Jeremiah, Rebecca (married Robert McFarland), Ellen (married George Reisinger), Samuel, Isabella E. (mar- ried Andrew Gallagher), Martha Jane (mar- ried Ross Milliron), Margaret R., James T., George L., William S., Robert B., Amanda (died young), Alexander and John A. (died young). Of these, Jeremiah, Alexander and Samuel were soldiers in the Civil war, Alex- ander enlisting in 1862, and dying May 21, 1863, at Washington, D. C., while serving as chaplain of Company B, 139th P. V. I. Jer- emiah and Samuel were in Battery M, 204th P. V. I., and served to the close of the war.
William Smith Elgin was reared to manhood at the homestead where he was born in Cow- anshannock township. After attaining his majority, he located in Rural Valley. He served a three years' apprenticeship to the carpenters' trade, in Leechburg, Armstrong Co., Pa., and Fairfield, Iowa. He has been a permanent resident of Rural Valley since 1884, and has been successfully engaged as a carpenter and contractor throughout that pe- riod. His reliable work has gained him high standing among his fellow citizens, both as mechanic and business man.
On Oct. 30, 1883, Mr. Elgin married Al- meda E. Fiscus, daughter of Christopher and Margaret (Graham) Fiscus, of Kittanning township, this county, and they have three children : Mabel, now the wife of Frank E. Peters, of Akron, Ohio; Marshall H., and Corwin F. Mr. Elgin and his family are mmbers of the M. E. Church of Rural Valley, and he is one of the trustees of that church. He has been quite active in its work, and has also taken considerable part in local public affairs, having served as tax collector (twelve years), auditor (twelve years) and in various minor positions. Politically he is a Repub- lican.
JAMES ALEXANDER FOSTER, busi- ness man of Parkers Landing, Armstrong county, was born in Indiana county, Pa., Nov. 23, 1856, son of Evan C. and Elizabeth (Kep- hart) Foster. His grandfather was born in England, and came to the United States with his wife and children, locating at Williams- port, Pa., where he died.
Evan C. Foster, father of James A. Foster, was born in England, and was young when his parents came to America. He grew to man- hood in Pennsylvania and became a lumber contractor. While looking after his business interests in Clearfield county, Pa., he was sud- denly attacked with a fatal illness, in the lat- ter part of 1857. He married Elizabeth Kep- hart, who was of German ancestry.
James Alexander Foster attended the pub- lic schools of Saltsburg, Pa., until he was twelve years of age, and then started out for himself, the death of his father having placed responsibilities upon him unusually early. For eighteen months he drove a team in a lumber camp on the Susquehanna river, and afterward secured employment in the chemical works at Natrona, Allegheny Co., Pa., where he re- mained until 1880. Meantime he made some study of chemistry and took a course of in- struction at Duff's business college, Pitts- burgh, and in addition utilized his spare mo- ments learning telegraphy and the railroad business. Later he completed a course in archi- tecture. In 1882 he located at Chicora, Butler, Co., Pa., and in 1890 came to Parkers Land- ing. From 1885 until 1904 he was associated with the Standard Oil Company in some ca- pacity. Since 1910 Mr. Foster has been con- nected with the Weisfield Manufacturing and Chemical Company, and is manager of their extensive business and one of the stockholders in the same.
In June, 1883, Mr. Foster was married to Christine S., Frederick, daughter of Bernard Frederick, of Chicora, Pa., and they have had three children: Arthur W., who is deceased; Vida I., who is the wife of S. A. Sherman, of Youngstown, Ohio, and Kathleen E. Mr. Fos- ter and his family are members of the Presby- terian Church. Politically he is a Republican. and he is clerk of the city council, having been a member of this body, representing the Sec- ond ward, for five years. He is secretary of the Board of Trade, and for five years was a member of the school board and its secretary. His public activities have always been useful and honorable. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
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JOHN JAMES DUNMIRE, who is en- John and Elizabeth Fairley, the former of gaged in general farming in Rayburn town- ship and also owns and operates a coal mine upon his farm, is one of the leading citizens
whom died in 1866, the latter in October, 1896. Mrs. Dunmire died April 19, 1907, and in 1912 Mr. Dunmire married (second) Eliana of that township, where he has been honored Mary Hutchison, who was born at Parker, with various public positions. Mr. Dunmire Armstrong Co., Pa., daughter of W. P. Hutch- was born May 2, 1863, in Valley township, Armstrong county, son of Philip J. and Salina (or Sallie) S. (Davis) Dunmire, both of whom are deceased.
Philip J. Dunmire, the father, was born July 31, 1832, at Cherry Run, in Armstrong county, of German parents, who settled there. He was a carpenter by trade, and gave all his attention to his own affairs, never aspiring to office or taking any active part in public af- fairs. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion he and his wife were Lutherans. His death occurred Feb. 12, 1899. He married
WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, formerly Sallie S. Davis, who was born March 22, 1837, a farmer of East Franklin township, Arm- in Valley township, and died May 24, 1896. strong county, now living retired in the bor- ough of Kittanning, where he has had his home since the spring of 1911, was born Dec. I, 1839, in Bedford county, Pa., son of James and Eliza (Strunk) Miller. William Henry Miller, the grandfather, was a native of Ire- land, and came to the United States alone, be- fore his marriage. He settled in Mifflin coun- ty, Pa., where he followed farming until his death. His children were: Moses, William, Jackson, James, Martha, Ann, Phoebe, Caro- line. Her father, Daniel D. Davis, died Jan. 26, 1890, aged eighty-three years, eleven months, ten days; her mother, Salina, was born Aug. 9, 1808, in Valley township, Armstrong coun- ty, and died Dec. 19, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Davis had the following children : Eliza Jane, born May 4, 1858; Levi, Feb. 23, 1860 (died July 23, 1909) ; John James, May 2, 1863; George B. McClellan, July 28, 1865; William Clinton, April 8, 1867; Ida Mary, Nov. 2, 1869; Lizzie McNerna, July 7, 1872 (deceased) ; Samuel Jefferson, May 15, 1875 (deceased) ; Maggie Luretta, March 28, 1878; Maud Blanche, July 1, 1880.
John James Dunmire (best known as J. J. Dunmire) received his early education in Pittsburgh. He followed mining in Kittanning for fifteen years, until in 1898 he came to his present home in Rayburn township, Armstrong county. He has a tract of fifty acres, devoted to general crops, and also operates a coal mine situated upon the property. Mr. Dun- mire has managed his business affairs suc- cessfully, and so thoroughly has he won the confidence of his fellow citizens in the town- ship that they have chosen him to fill several public positions of trust. He is at present serving as overseer of the poor, and he has served as school director, auditor and road supervisor, in every capacity giving the com- plete satisfaction that his supporters ex- pected of him. In political sentiment he is a Democrat. He belongs to the United Presbyterian Church. Is 1884 Mr. Dun- mire was married to Christina Fairley, who was born June 26, 1860, on the place he now occupies in Valley township, daughter of
ison. His children, all by the first marriage, are as follows: Sarah Elizabeth, born May 24, 1885, was married Sept. 20, 1906, to Charles Kennedy, and resides at Kittanning, Arm- strong county; Elsie Olive, born March 5, 1887, was married June 29, 1911, to Lee Pat- ton, and lives in the borough of Kittanning ; Arthur Fairley, born Feb. 19, 1889, Janet Agnes, born June 1I, 1893, Mary Maud, born July 13, 1895, and Ruth Christina Fairley, born April 4, 1898, are at home.
James Miller, father of William Henry Mil- ler, of Kittanning, was born in Mifflin county, Pa., where he lived until after his marriage. He learned the carpenter's trade there, and later engaged in the machine business. Lo- cating at the county seat of Bedford county, he conducted a machine shop, and sold the first threshing machine sold in Bedford county. After ten years' residence there he removed to Armstrong county, Pa., in October, 1847, settling on the 300-acre farm in Franklin township upon which he passed the remain- der of his days. He died in 1905, at the age of ninety-three years. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics held to the principles of the Democratic party. He married Eliza Strunk, who was born in Mif- flin county, Pa., two miles from Lewistown, on a farm, daughter of Henry and Mary (Starr) Strunk, and died Aug. 11, 1890, aged seventy-two years, five months, twenty-three days. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had three chil- dren, William Henry, Mary Jane and Caroline.
William Henry Miller received his early education in Bedford county, but he was only eight years old when the family removed to Armstrong county, where he grew to manhood.
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He engaged in farming and stock raising on John S. and Nancy (McAdoo) McAwley. the home place, where he continued to live Samuel McAwley, his great-grandfather, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., and some time between 1825 and 1830 moved to West- moreland county, on the opposite bank of the work, and he farmed there until his retire- Conemaugh river from Saltsburg. throughout his active years, assuming the en- tire care of the property as his father's advanc- ing years made him relinquish the heavier ment, in March, 19II. He has since lived in Kittanning, his home being at No. 499 High street. His son-in-law, Mr. Meals, now has charge of the farm and its cultivation. Mr. Miller prosecuted his work with intelligence and industry, and his large and valuable farm showed the care and attention he bestowed upon it.
In 1862 Mr. Miller married Edith King, who was born Sept. 8, 1843, in Clarion coun- ty, Pa., daughter of Joseph Cheyney and Mar- garetta (Zink) King, and they have had the following children: Anna, Mrs. James Wiley, who lives at Kittanning; James, who is now a resident of Pittsburgh; Joseph, of West Kit- tanning; Cora, wife of Charles Meals; Wil-
Charles, of Detroit, Mich .; Laura, at home ; and Pearl, who died when two years old. Mr. ' and Mrs. Miller are members of the Methodist . tain Weaver, in Company J, Ist Pennsylvania Church. In politics he has always been a Democrat, but he has never taken any active part in such affairs, and has never aspired to office.
JOSEPH CHEYNEY KING, father of Mrs. William Henry Miller, was born Dec. 6, 1807, at Thornton in Delaware county, Pa. Moving to Clarion county, Pa., when a young man, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and later as- sumed the management of Black Furnace. Subsequently, in partnership with Mr. Black, he started a new furnace, known as the Tippe- canoe Furnace, on Tippecanoe creek in Clarion county. After some years the firm dissolved, and Colonel King, as he was then known, came to Armstrong county, becoming manager of Graff's Furnace, on Buffalo creek, in Franklin township. His family was established in a home at Worthington, this county, where he resided until his sudden death, on Sept. II, 1857, at the age of forty-six years. His wife Margaretta (Zink), a native of Lampeter township, Lancaster county, Pa., born Dec. 15, 1816, died Nov. 9, 1887, aged seventy years, ten months, twenty-four days. They had a family of nine children : Esther, Catherine and Phoebe (twins), Edith (Mrs. Miller), Joseph, John, Emma, Elizabeth and Alfred.
On Oct. 16, 1877. John S. McAwley was married to Nancy McAdoo, daughter of Wil- liam McAdoo. One son has been born to this marriage, William J.
William J. McAwley was educated in his district school, which he attended until fifteen years old, when he entered Elder's Ridge academy, from which he was graduated in 1899. Still later he entered Washington and Jefferson College, from which he was grad- uated in 1900, with the degree of A. B. Fol- lowing this he took a law course in the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, graduating from that institution in 1906, with the degree of LL. B. He is a Democrat, very active in the interests of his party.
On June 19, 1913, Mr. McAwley was mar- ried to Flora Bell Stewart, a daughter of D.
W. J. McAWLEY, general merchant at Ed- mon, Armstrong county, Pa., was born in M. Stewart, also a resident of Kiskiminetas Maysville, this county, July. 17, 1878, son of township.
James McAwley was born in 1812, in Hunt- ingdon county, and removed with his father, Samuel, to Westmoreland county. About 1830 he went to Gamble's salt works in Kiskiminetas township, and for twenty-eight years was en- gaged in the manufacture of salt. He bought and operated a farm of III acres in this town- ship, on which he resided at the time of his death, Jan. 2, 1895. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Apollo. His wife was Sarah Ripple, and they had eight children, four of whom are now living.
John S. McAwley attended the public schools of his district, and the Elder's Ridge academy. When only thirteen years old, in 1859, he went into the oil region of Pennsyl- liam, who died at the age of eleven months; ,vania, where he worked for nine years. When his country had need of him he responded to the call, enlisting in August, 1864, under Cap- Battalion, commanded by Colonel Stewart. Mr. McAwley served four months, being present at the burning of Chambersburg. After receiving his honorable discharge he re- turned to Kiskiminetas, and entering into a partnership with James McAdoo became a general merchant at Edmon, where the firm operated under the name of McAdoo & Mc- Awley. Mr. McAdoo died Aug. 16, 1911, and the business is now under the management of W. J. McAwley, although owned by John S. McAwley.
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JOHN RAY came to his present home in Emma Wilson, of Armstrong county, and they Burrell township, Armstrong county, in 1868, forty-six years ago, and with the exception of five years spent at Leechburg has resided there ever since. He is a native of Germany, born Jan. 8, 1835, in Hessen-Darmstadt, son of Ja- cob and Elizabeth (Steiger) Ray. His grand- parents were also of German birth.
Jacob Ray, the father, came to this country when his son John was a small boy, and upon landing went at once to Pittsburgh, Pa., then to Westmoreland county, where he remained for a short time. From there he moved to Armstrong county, where he bought a farm, and his grandchildren still own one farm which he bought and work another. He had two sons and one daughter.
John Ray was given such advantages as the various places in which the family lived dur- ing his boyhood afforded, and he was a farmer throughout his active years, now living retired. He had 120 acres. He is a man universally re- spected and esteemed in his neighborhood, and has served as supervisor of his township, to which office he was elected on the Republican ticket.
On March 23, 1861, Mr. Ray was married to Jane George, who was born April 5, 1844, daughter of John and Nancy (Baker) George, farming people of Armstrong county, and granddaughter of Peter and Anna (Reichard) George, and of Peter and Priscilla (McAw- ley) Baker, all of Westmoreland county. Both her grandfathers, Peter George and Peter Baker, were Germans. The former was a sol- dier in the war of the Revolution and also served during the Indian troubles in West- moreland county, and received a pension for his services. Priscilla McAwley was a daugh- ter of John McAwley, and was of Irish de- scent. John and Nancy (Baker) George had a family of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Ray have had a family of sixteen children, nine sons and seven daughters, namely: Eliza- beth married Samuel Riffer, and died at the age of twenty-seven years; Emma is the wife of Jonas Heckman, and has had seven chil- dren (they live in Westmoreland county) ; William Albert died in 1887, aged twenty-three years ; Harvey died in childhood; Jacob Parry, who lives in Wheeling, W. Va., married Sarah Klingensmith, of Armstrong county, and has had six children; John Martin, who lives in Westmoreland county, married Ida Swank and has had seven children ; Malinda Jane is mar- ried to Jacob Keppler, of Parks township, this county (they have no children) ; Edward lives in Wheeling; Clarence Wilmer is married to
have had four children; Nancy married Jim Myers, of Gilpin township, and they have three children ; Renie died when two years old ; Oscar died when thirteen years old; Mary died when eleven years old; Barton Grover is a stationery engineer at Wheeling, W. Va .; one child died a few hours after birth; George Elmer died when three years old. Renie, Oscar, Mary and George Elmer died within a month, of diphtheria. The family are Luth- erans in religious connection, attending the Brick Church in Burrell township.
REV. FATHER L. A. CARROLL, priest in charge of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Kit- tanning, was born July 9, 1873, at Allegheny City, Pa., son of Michael and Catherine (Campbell) Carroll. The parents were born in County Down, Ireland, and came to the United States in the sixties, during the Civil war. Mr. Carroll became a traveling sales- man, and continued in that line for many years.
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