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his own and several of his friends' interest in that bank. He conducted a banking business until 1878 and sold out to the present Mount Pleasant bank and retired from active life.
Lindley S. Tinstman was educated in the public schools and Western Pennsylvania Scien- tific and Classical Institute of Mount Pleasant. At nineteen years of age he left school, engaged for two years in farming and then attended one term at " Iron City Business college." Leav- ing the Iron City college he went to Greens- burg and embarked in the grocery and hard- ware business. After two years he left Greens- burg and went to Mount Pleasant. From 1872 to 1879 he was engaged in various business pur- suits in different localities of the State. In the latter year he returned to Mount Pleasant and from that time until January, 1887, conducted a large grocery. February 1, 1887, he became manager of the " Mount Pleasant Milling Com- pany," and at the end of one years' service in appreciation of his efficient management, by which a large increase of trade had been secured, he was offered an interest in and became a mem- ber of the company, and at same time became a member of the Acme Facing Mill Co. Since ! 1888 he has given largely of his time to the business of " these two firms," which have built up a large and prosperous trade.
On March 12, 1879, he wasmarried to Emma Mullin, daughter of William D. Mullin, of Mt. Pleasant.
Lindley S. Tinstman is a republican in politi- cal matters. He is recognized as a fine busi- ness man and honorable citizen. He is a mem- ber of Mount Pleasant Council, No. 592, Royal Arcanum, and the Mount Pleasant United Brethren church.
REDERICK TREBER, a native of the beautiful and historic kingdom of Wurt- emberg and a resident of the live and progressive borough of Mount Pleasant, in this
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county, is a son of Michael and Barbara (Shep- pard) Treber and was born in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, then a part of Prussia but now a member of the German Empire, born March 20, 1837. His grandfather, Treber, was born in one of the German States, but immigrated to this country and settled at Hagerstown, Md., where he afterwards died. He was a rope-maker by trade and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church with which he had united in the Fatherland in early life. One of his sons was Michael Treber (father), who im- migrated from his native German province to America in 1853. He located at Cumberland, in northwestern Maryland, where he died in 1878, aged seventy-nine years. He was a weaver by trade and married Barbara Sheppard, whose parents remained in Germany where they died some years ago. Michael and Barbara Treber reared a family of fifteen children, of whom three are living.
Frederick Treber was reared and educated in Wurtemberg, which was a grand duchy until 1803 when its duke became an ally of Napoleon Bonaparte, who extended its territory and made it a kingdom which it has been ever since. IIe came with his father in 1853 to this country. After working at shoemaking at different places, he removed in 1889 to Mount Pleasant where he has continued until the present time. He owns a very good house and lot in what was Bunker Hill village, but which is now a part of the bor- ough of Mount Pleasant. Mr. Treber has been industrious throughout life, has had no help but his own strong hands and well deserves the suc- cess which has rewarded his efforts. In political matters he is a democrat. Ile and his wife and eldest children are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church.
On the 27th of March, 1864, he united in marriage with Susan Felton, a native of Ger- many and a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Shaffer) Felton. Mr. and Mrs. Treber have five children : Catherine, born December 22, 1
1864; Henry L., born July 13, 1867; Annic, born April 13, 1871, and married to John Foltz; Mary, born December 20, 1876, and William E., born April 9, 1881.
EORGE W. WEIMER, a popular re- publican, an old and well-kown business man of the county and a resident of Mt. Pleasant, is a son of Capt. John and Rebecca (Porch) Weimer, and was born in Donegal town- ship, Westmoreland county, Pa., June 18, 1828. His great-grandfather, Weimer, came from Ger- many to this country about 1760. He came as a " Redemptioner," one who allowed his time to be sold for a certain period to pay for his voy- age. After working out his redemption time he located in Somerset county, this State, where he married, and after a lengthy residence removed to Saltlick township, Fayette county Pa., in which he died at an advanced age. One of his sons, David Weimer, migrated from Somerset county to Donegal township. He was a whig, a member of the U. B. church and served as a teamster in the war of 1812. Hle was married three times and his second wife was a Miss Frick, who was a relative of H. C. Frick. Capt. John Weimer (father) was born in Somerset county in 1799, and was brought by his parents about 1801 into Donegal township, where he lived until his death in 1859. IIe served as a captain in the old Pennsylvania militia, was a member of the U. B. church and in politics was a whig and afterward a republican. Ile mar- ried Rebecca Porch by whom he had four sons and four daughters. One of these sons, John, enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment in 1863, par- ticipated in several skirmishes and served until the close of the war. Mrs. Rebecca Weimer, who died in 1865, was a daughter of John Porch, a native of York county, Pa., and who moved to Donegal township when a young man. Ile was a farmer, a whig and a member of the Lutheran church.
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George W. Weimer was educated in the pub- lic and select schools of his time and neighbor- hood. Ile commenced life for himself by teach- ing school which he followed for five years, and then went to Canton, Ohio, where he worked for four years at the trade of machinist with C. Aultman & Co., of that place. At the end of this time he returned to Westmoreland county and was employed for three years in buying and driving stock to the Eastern markets. He then embarked in farming and stock-dealing in Done- gal township, which he followed until the spring of 1889 when he removed to Mt. Pleasant where he now resides, and where he has been success- fully engaged in the restaurant and grocery ยท business since February, 1890.
George W. Weimer, in 1865, married Mary U. Loar (nee Morrison). They have three chil- dren : Ulysses G., a merchant of Markleton, Pa., and married to HIallie Rodes, nee Brooks ; James M., who married Ida Horner (nee Huff- man) and employed in the mercantile busines at Derry, and Annie E. remains single at home with her parents.
George W. Weimer is a republican, believes in and works for the success of the principles of his party and has held the various township offices. In 1889 when the entire republican ticket of Westmoreland county was defeated by majorities ranging well up into the hundreds, he was the republican candidate for director of the poor and only lacked sixteen votes of being elected. In addition to his Mt. Pleasant prop- erty he owns a fine farm of two hundred and sev- enty acres of land in Donegal township. He is a member of the United Brethren church of which he has served as steward.
OHIN PHILIP WERKMAN, JR., a pros- perous grocer of Mt. Pleasant and a resi- dent of that town for over twelve years, was born in the city of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pa., October 15, 1854, and is a son of |
John P. and Christina Werkman, who were natives of Germany. John P. Werkman was born in Frankford-on-the-Main and was a shoe- maker by trade. He married in his native land, came to the United States in 1849 and located in Pittsburg where he remained for some time. In 1851 he removed to Westmoreland county and settled on a farm in Hempfield township. Ile was an honest and hard-working man and gave his attention entirely to farming during the latter years of his life.
John P. Werkman, Jr., received his education in the common schools and worked upon his father's farm until he was twenty-four years of age. In 1878 he removed to Mt. Pleasant where he embarked in the grocery business. He occupies a room which is suitable for his busi- ness and has a well-selected and carefully as- sorted stock of staple and fancy groceries. By strict attention to business and thorough com- mercial aptitude he has succeeded in building up a flourishing trade. On January 11, 1883, he was married to Lucetta M. Stevenson, a daugh- ter of John Stevenson, of Mt. Pleasant township.
John P. Werkman, Jr., is a member of Moss Rose Lodge, No. 350, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mt. Pleasant Council, No 592, Royal Arcanum and Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 198, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. Werkman has achieved success in his chosen line of business and is recognized as one of the leading merchants of Mt. Pleasant.
ACOB R. ZUCK, a leading book and sta- tioner of Mt. Pleasant and one who fought under the " Stars and Stripes " in the dark days of the rebellion, was born at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pa., Christmas, 1843, and is a son of Samuel and Susan (Keister) Zuck. J. R. Zuck is of good old German stock. Ilis paternal grandfather, David Zuck, a native of eastern Pennsylvania, was of German parentage. He was born near the close of the last century,
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removed to Somerset county where he married Esther Miller, and terminated his westward journeyings by settling near Mt. Pleasant.
Samuel Zuck (father) was born March 10, 1821, learned the trade of saddle and harness making, and engaged for twenty-five years in that business after completing his apprenticeship.
He married Susan Keister, daughter of Con- rad Keister, a descendant of one of the oldest and early settled families of the county. They had four children.
Capt. J. R. Zuck received his education in the public schools of Mt. Pleasant. At eighteen years of age he left the school room for the tented field, having enlisted October 5, 1861, in Co. B, twenty-eighth reg., Pa. Vols. He served in the army of northern Virginia, was later on transferred to the army of the Potomac, partici- pated in the battle of Antietam, where he was severely wounded and honorably discharged, January, 1863, on account of disability after a service of fifteen months. From 1862 to 1878 J. R. Zuck was engaged in clerking for A. II. Strickler, McCabb & Ebersole, general mer- chandise business. In 1879 he embarked in a book and stationery store in Mt. Pleasant and has continued successfully in that line of busi- ness up to the present time.
On May 1, 1867, he was united in marriage to Emma Smitley, daughter of John Smitley. To their union have been born two sons: Edwin, born March 8, 1871, and Orray, born July 29, 1875.
In 1871 he became a member of the Na- tional Guards of Pennsylvania and was elected captain of the Mt. Pleasant rifles or Inde- pendent company, seventeenth division. IIe is a member of Robert Worden Post, No. 163, Grand Army of the Republic, was its commander in 1888, Mt. Pleasant Council, No. 592, Royal Arcanum and Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 198, Ancient Order of United Workmeu.
Ilis book and stationery establishment is con- veniently situated in Mt. Pleasant. He carries a well-selected stock of everything that is needed in his line of business, both fancy and staple, including school books, papers, magazines, school supplies, albums and toilet articles. Capt. Ja- cob R. Zuck has been a member of the United Brethren church for a quarter of a century, and is one of the well-known citizens and active busi- ness man of Mt. Pleasant, having filled the office of school director and councilman for several years.
Scottdale
D AVID G. ANDERSON, one of the most energetic business men of Scottdale and proprietor of the largest and leading livery of that place, is a son of William and Ann (Grove) Anderson and was born at Stahls- town, Westmoreland county, Pa., October 28, 1849. William Anderson was born in 1821 at Reganstown, Westmoreland county. His prin- cipal business through life has been buying and selling farms and railroad contracting. He has been very successful in his business ventures. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a resident of Mt. Pleasant. In 1841 he married Ann Grove, daughter of Jacob Grove, of Ligonier township. They were the parents of eight children. Mrs. Anderson was a valued member of the M. E. church, who passed away in 1862 at forty-four years of age.
David G. Anderson attended the common schools of Stallstown until he was thirteen years of age. Ile then went to Washington City, where he was employed with several other boys in the government mess-house to wait on the soldiers who would stop there for meals. At the close of the war he returned home, where he was engaged for two years by W. A. Keifer, of Scottdale, to feed and take care of cattle and hogs. In 1869 he went to Stahlstown and learned the trade of blacksmith. After com- pleting his apprenticeship he came to Scottdale where he opened a blacksmith shop and in con- nection with it conducted a carriage factory. In 1873 he established his present livery stable, 1
the largest and most thoroughly equipped of its kind at Scottdale. These enterprises were not sufficient to require all of Mr. Anderson's time and energies, and from 1877 to 1884 he was en- gaged in merchandising, farming and coal min- ing at Scottdale. On his farm and in his coal bank he employed twenty-five men and sixty-five horses. From 1877 to 1878 he was proprietor of a hotel at Everson. In 1888 he opened his present stone-quarries and sand bank, and in stone quarrying and sand excavating he keeps constantly employed a large force of hands and sixty-five horses. Since 1873 he has lost from eight to ten thousand dollars by fire, but Phoenix- like, his business has arisen from the ashes larger than ever. He has always proved equal to every emergency and is regarded as one of the foremost business men of his neighborhood.
On July 15, 1878, he married Hester A. Morrow, daughter of John C. Morrow and sister to J. Caldwell Morrow (see his sketch). They have eight children living, five sons and three daughters : Albert M., Olive E., Charles, James Ralph, Edgar, Florence, Walter and Anna Elizabeth.
David G. Anderson is a republican but has had neither time nor inclination to engage in politics. He is a member of Scottdale Lodge, No. 885, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Scottdale Lodge, No. 443, Knights of Pythias and Scottdale Council, No. 102, Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Mr. Anderson established the foundation of his present large
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and growing business in 1873. His livery, sale and feed stables is one of the finest estab- lishments of its kind in the county. He con- pucts an extensive wagon, carriage and buggy factory in addition to a large blacksmith shop. He is a successful grading and building contrac- tor, and having large quarries of fine building stone is always able to fill contracts on short notice. In addition to his extensive and success- ful home business enterprises he has one of the largest livery stables at Connellsville, Fayette county, Pa. David G. Anderson is one of those who have by their own industry, energy and de- termination achieved success. In every line of business in which he has been engaged he has always been prompt, honorable and successful.
OIIN A. ARMSTRONG, the efficient cashier of the Scottdale bank, was born September 21, 1854, in New Haven, Fay- ette county, Pa., and is a son of Adam and Isabella (Dodd) Armstrong. The Armstrong family are descendants of the Armstrongs of Gilnocky Hall, in Scotland, who were noted for their size and weight, most of them being more than six feet in height. Adam Armstrong (father) was born in Scotland and reared on the Cheviot Hills, where, owing to the importance and extent of sheep-raising he led a pastoral life. Ile immigrated to America in 1849, lo- cated at Pittsburg, Pa., but soon moved to New Haven, Fayette county, and remaining there a few years settled permanently in Connellsville, Pa. Mrs. Armstrong was also born in Scotland, and with her husband belongs to the Presby- terian church.
John A. Armstrong's parents moved to Con- nellsville when he was but one year old. In that thriving town on the banks of the " dare-devil Yough " he spent his boyhood days, and re- ceived a fair education in the public schools. He then turned his attention to carpentry, at which he worked four years and then accepted a posi-
tion as express clerk for the B. & O. R. R. com- pany at Connellsville, from which he was pro- moted to ticket agent at the same place. On account of ill-health he, after three years' service, resigned this position and embarked in the fire insurance business, at which he remained until about 1884, when he was appointed assis- tant cashier of the Youghoigheny bank of Con- hellsville. In 1887, May 9th, he resigned this position to accept the more luci tive and honor- able one of cashier of the Scottdale bank in which capacity he is now acting. The Scottdale bank was organized in May, 1882, with a capi- tal stock of $50,000. J. R. Stauffer was elected president, and his son, John M. Stauffer, cashier; the institution is sound and its business in a flourishing condition. Mr. Armstrong has for years held the offices of secretary and treasurer of the Connellsville and New Haven Gas and Water company, of which he is also a director. He is a member of King Solomon Lodge, No. 346, F. & A. M., of which he is Worthy Master, and of Fayette Council, No. 346, Royal Arcanum. He is a member of the Presbyterian church at Connellsville and is secretary of its board of trustees. Descended from the " Scots who hae wi' Wallace bled," Mr. Armstrong is a gentle- man of strict integrity, industrious, energetic, faithful and conscientious.
He was married November 15, 1883, to Sarah L., daughter of George W. and Sarah Herbert, of Connellsville, and to their union have been born two children : Helen I. and Mary K.
$ AMUEL D. AULTMAN, one of the lead- ing and thoroughly reliable furniture deal- ers and undertakers of this county, is a son of Jacob and Rebecca (Dobler) Aultman, and was born in East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county, Pa., April 15, 1845. Jacob Aultman was a farmer of Westmoreland county and had many warm friends among those who knew him. He was a republican and served
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for several terms as township road supervisor and tax collector. He was clever, genial, obliging and companionable. He was an earnest member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and died in 1887 at the ripe age of eighty-six years. His widow is a member of the United Brethren church.
Samuel D. Aultman grew to man's estate in his native township, where he was trained to farming and received his education in the com- mon schools. Ile learned the trade of house carpenter at which he worked for fourteen years. Hle built a large number of houses throughout Westmoreland county, but left house carpenter- ing in 1880 to engage in his present successful furniture and undertaking business at Scottdale. Ilis establishment is at No. 120 Pittsburg street and his sales-room is the finest in the town. His stock is large and well selected, embracing fine and medium furniture, including parlor, cham- ber and dining room suites, tables, chairs, etc. He carries a full line of wall paper. Mr. Ault- man's specialty is undertaking. Ile furnishes the best of caskets and coffins and his hearse is among the finest to be found in the county. He. has also made a success of embalming, which he introduced at Scottdale. By his energy, enter- prise and business ability he has deserved as well as built up a large trade. . He is a member of Latrobe Lodge, No. 368, Royal Arcanum, Im- proved Order of Heptasophs and P. A. Williams Post, No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic, and the church of God at Stonersville.
In 1869 he was united in marriage with Maria Stoner, a daughter of Joseph Stoner, a farmer of East Huntingdon township. Two children have been born to this union : Luella and Etta May. Luella passed away June 8, 1886, at the age of seventeen years.
ENRY C. BEST, who is the head of one of the representative milling companies of southwestern Pennsylvania, and the founder of the Broadway Flour-Mills of Scott- dale, is a son of William and Elizabeth (Wads- worth) Best, and was born in Derry township, Westmoreland county, Pa., February 28, 1846. His paternal grandfather, Peter Best, was one of the early settlers of Westmoreland county. His maternal grandfather, Thomas Wadsworth, was a shoemaker and at ninety-seven years of age, when in good health and with splendid prospects of reaching his one-hundredth birth- day, he was struck by a locomotive and killed at St. Clair while attempting to cross the Pennsyl- vania railroad track at that place. William Best (father) is a native of Derry township where he was engaged in farming and stock deal- ing until 1886 when in that year he removed to his present home in Latrobe. He is a faithful mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. Ilis wife died in 1888, aged sixty-seven years, and who was a member of the same church as her husband.
Henry C. Best was reared on a farm in Derry township, and received his education in the common schools and Latrobe normal school. Leaving the school room, he went on the Penn- sylvania railroad where he labored for several years. He then was engaged for some time in farming and teaming. In 1877 he was ap- pointed postmaster at Latrobe and filled the of- fice very acceptably for four years ; he then re- signed that position and was appointed sealer of weights and measures for Westmoreland county. Ile was appointed to this position in 1881 by Gov. Hartranft, and served about twelve months when the office was dispensed with by the Legis- lature of the State. In the spring of 1882 he accepted a position as salesman with P. II. Sox- man & Co., of Latrobe, dealers in agricultural
S. D. Aultman is interested in the develop- ment of his town and county. Ile was secretary for several years of the Scottdale Building and. , implements. After a year's service with this Loan Association and is a member of the West- firm he determined upon embarking in some well established line of business. The milling indus- moreland and Fayette Natural Gas Company.
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try presented sufficient advantages for a success- ful business, and he became and remained a member of the Latrobe Milling Company until January 1, 1885, when he was appointed chief clerk of the county commissioners and served satisfactorily in that capacity for three years. In 1888 he removed to Scottdale, purchased the old Gongaware grist mill on Broadway, and with his characteristic energy and push he took out all the old machinery, enlarging the plant, making a four-story iron-clad mill 47x56 feet in size, which is now known as the Broadway flour- mills. They are fully equipped with the latest improved milling facilities on the full roller graduating plan, including eight rollers, bolting chests, reels, purifiers, elevators, bran dusters, packing chests, and an endless variety of other necessary and improved machinery, which re- ceives power from an engine of 65-horse power and has a capacity of eighty barrels in twenty- four hours. On April 1, 1889, he sold a half interest to Albert Keister. They have operated the Broadway flour mills ever since under the firur name of Scottdale Milling Company, and are manufacturers of favorite brands of pure roller flour, corn meal and chop. Of all the great staple products entering largely into gen- eral consumption not one commands the interest and importance of flour; nor of late years has any other branch of industry in this country made such marked improvement as milling. Among those who are in the front rank of im- provement is the milling company above named. They have attained an enviable reputation for their high grade flour and mill feed, of which the " Diadem "and " Pearl " brands have a strong hold upon public favor throughout this and ad- joining counties.
On the 17th day of May, 1866, he married Mary A. Soxman, daughter of the late Joseph Soxman of Latrobe. They have five children, two sons and three daughters : Annie J., Ada B., Willie J., Alice M. and Harry.
II. C. Best is a member of Latrobe Lodge, No.
541, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Hle is a member of the German Reformed church and is in the front rank of the business men of Westmoreland county.
ARRY F. BOTT. Scottdale as a man- ufacturing and commercial center of Westmoreland county has a record ex- tending back only sixteen years, yet some prom- inent business houses of the county are located there with a good trade and excellent reputa- tion. The leading drug house of the town is the popular and widely-known establishment of Ilarry F. Bott, who is one of the progressive young business men of the place. Ile was born at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pa., Au- gust 1, 1860, and is a son of John C. and Mary Magdalene (Veiock) Bott, natives of Germany. In 1837, during what is known in history as the third interregnum of the German empire, John C. Bott left his native land and came to Pitts- burg, where he remained for six years. He then removed to Stahlstown, Westmoreland county, and was engaged in farming for seven years. In 1850 he came to Greensburg, opened a boot and shoe store and has been successfully engaged in that line of business ever since. Ile married Mary Magdalene Veiock, who came from Germany to the United States at thirteen years of age. Harry F. and Mr. and Mrs. Bott are members of Evangelical Lutheran church.
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