Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Part 11

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994

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settled in Newton township, Cumberland county. Pa. Thomas and Margaret ( Elder) Sharp had five sons and four daughters, namely: Robert, Alexander, Andrew (who was killed by Indians at what is now Sharps- burg, which was named in his honor ), John, James, Mary ( Mrs. John McCune), Agnes (Mrs. Moses Hemphill), Martha (Mrs. Huston) and Mrs. Patton. All of this family but Andrew owned land in Cumber- land county, and lived and died in the neigh- borhood of Big Spring, and there in the old graveyard of the United Presbyterian Church, at Newville, rest their remains, as well as those of their children, and many of their grandchildren. All of the sons of Thomas Sharp except Alexander were com- missioned officers in the Indian or Revolu- tionary wars, and he served as a private.

Alexander Sharpe, son of Thomas, be- came the largest land owner in Newton township, his holdings extending from near Newville, to the turnpike above Stoughs- town, a tract about four miles long and several miles wide, nearly all of which, though divided, is still in the possession of his descendants. Its north- ern boundary was the headwaters of the Green Spring. Besides his extensive realty holdings Alexander Sharpe had a tan- nery, distillery, mills, etc. One of his ap- prentices in the tanning business, which he conducted en quite an extensive scale, was Robert Garrett, whom he sent to Baltimore after he had finished his apprenticeship, and before he was twenty years of age, to get a start in life. He had never been to that city, but Mr. Sharpe secured a warehouse for him, and turned much of the trade of the valley, then carried to Baltimore in wagons, in his direction, thus laying the foundation for the fortune he accumulated. He became the father of John W. Garrett, and grand-

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father of Robert M. Garrett, both presidents of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.

Alexander Sharpe married (first) Mar- garet McDowell, and they had children as follows: Andrew, Rev. Alexander, William MI .. John ( father of Alexander B. Sharpe), Col. Thomas, Elder (who died unmarried. aged nineteen), and Eleanor ( wife of Sam- uel McCune). Of these, Rev. Alexander Sharpe lived at the Green Spring, and was pastor of the Church at Newville ( Big Spring) from 1824 until his death, which occurred in January, 1857. He married Eliz- abeth Bryson, and they had seven sons and two daughters, of whom Dr. Alexander R. married Nellie Dent, a sister of the wife of Gen. Grant.

Andrew Sharpe, son of Alexander and Margaret (McDowell) Sharpe, was the father of the late Hon. J. McDowell Sharpe. a native of Newton township, Cumberland county, who was one of the ablest lawyers of Pennsylvania, and one of the most promi- nent members of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1872-73.

John Sharpe, son of Alexander and Mar- garet (McDowell) Sharpe, and father of Col. Alexander B. Sharpe, was known as "John Sharpe of the Barrens." He married Jane McCune, granddaughter of James and Abigail McCune, of Newton township, and daughter of Samuel and Hannah ( Brady) McCune. The latter was a daughter of Hugh Brady (2), whose father, Hugh Brady, came from Enniskillen, Ireland, and was one of the first settlers in what is now Hopewell township, Cumberland county. Thus it will be seen that Col. Sharpe's ances- tors on both sides were among the first set- tlers in the upper end of the county.

Alexander Brady Sharpe was born Aug. 12, 1827, in Newton township. In 1839 he

began to prepare for college under Joseph Casey, the elder (father of Gen. Joseph Casey), after his death going to Academia, Juniata county, and completing his studies under the direction of Vanleer Davis, at Chambersburg. In 1843 he entered Jeffer- son College, at Canonsburg, Pa., as a Sopli- omore, and graduated from that institution with the highest honors of his class, Sept. 23. 1846. Hon. William H. West, of Ohio, and Hon. John M. Kirkpatrick, of Pitts- burg, were among his classmates. After the completion of his college course, he com- menced the study of law with Robert M. Bard, Esq., of Chambersburg, completing his legal studies under Hon. Frederick Watts, of Carlisle. The committee ap- pointed to examine him consisted of Hugh Caullagher, W. M. Biddle and Hon. J. H. Graham, and on motion of the last named he was admitted to practice Nov. 21, 1848. He continued with his last preceptor, Judge Watts, until the Ist of the following April, when he opened an office and commenced independent practice, in which he continued until his death, with the exception of the time he served in the army.

On April 21, 1861, Alexander B. Sharpe enlisted for service in the Union army, be- coming a private in Company A, 7th Regi- ment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, which was attached to the 2d Brig- ade, McCall's Division. He served in the ranks until Sept. 25th, when he was com- missioned second lieutenant of Company E, same regiment, and appointed adjutant. On Dec. 4th he was relieved from duty with his regiment and ordered to report to Brig. Gen. Ord, commanding the 3d Brigade, who had appointed him aide-de-camp. He joined Gen. Ord the same day, and served on his personal staff until the General was wounded

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and temporarily disabled for field service, when he resigned. After the General re- covered our subject was at his instance again commissioned captain and assigned to duty with him, serving until his resignation, on Jan. 28. 1865. Thus, with the exception of the period from Dec. 27, 1862. to Ang. 28, 1863. he was in constant service, being on field duty with the armies of the Potomac, Rappahannock, Tennessee, West Virginia, the Army of the Gulf and the Army of the James. He took active part in the battles of Drainesville, Dec. 20, 1861; Iuka, Sept. 18 and 20. 1862 ; Big Hatchie, Oct. 5, 1862; Burnside's mine explosion, July 30, 1864; Newmarket Heights (or Chapin's Farm) and capture of Fort Harrison, Sept. 9 and 10, 1864. He was brevetted and promoted to the rank of captain and aide-de-camp, United States Army, for gallant and merito- rious conduct at the battle of Drainesville, and on March 13, 1865, on the recommenda- tion of Gens. Ord, Meade and Grant, re- ceived the brevet ranks of major, lieutenant- colonel and colonel, United States Volun- teers. for gallant conduct at Petersburg, and the various operations before Richmond, Virginia.

On Dec. 19. 1854. Alexander B. Sharpe, married Katherine Mears Blaney, daughter of Major George Blaney, of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, now deceased. Gen. Sharpe was a stanch member of the Republican party, from the time of its orga- nization, but he never held an office, or was a candidate for official honors, political, judi- cial or otherwise. In religion he clung to the faith of his forefathers, holding member- ship in the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle. Socially, he was connected with Capt. Colwell Post, No. 201, G. A. R., and with the Loyal Legion. He was missed in many of the interests of Carlisle outside of

professional circles, for he was an influential advocate of any cause he chose to champion, and a leader in many local enterprises.

WILLIAM WALTERS DALE, M. D. Among the soldiers which King William, in 1690, sent into Ireland was one Charles Dale, who, after the disturbances which called for the presence of the troops ended, married and remained in that country. Not much is known concerning him except that he had a son named Samuel, who resided in County Monaghan, and raised a family. According to tradition he had three sons named, respectively, Nathaniel, Matthew and Samuel. He also had daughters, one of whom married a man named McCord, came to America and afterward lived in Pittsburg.

Samuel Dale's son Samuel was born in 1735. About the year 1766 he came to America and settled in Chester county, Pa., where on Jan. 17, 1769, he married Ann, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Steel) Futhey. After marrying he lived in West Fallowfield township, Chester county, until 1774, when he removed to White Deer township, Northumberland, now Union county. In 1777 the Indians drove him and his family from their frontier home, and they went back to Chester county where they remained for four years. In 1781 they advanced a second time toward the frontier, moving as far westward as Dauphin county, where they tarried for three years, and then again journeyed to White Deer, where seven years before they had settled with the inten- tion of permanently making their home.

Samuel Dale was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and on Jan. 24, 1776, was commissioned captain of the Fourth com- pany of the Second Battalion of the Northumberland County Associators com-

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manded by Colonel James Potter, and was in the battle of Princeton. The same year lic was elected a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and re-elected in 1777, 1778 and 1779. He helped twice to elect Joseph Reed President of the Supreme Ex- ecutive Council; also helped elect John Dick- inson, and later Benjamin Franklin, Presi- dent of the same body. After the war (in 1795). he was elected State Senator, and afterward regularly re-elected until 1801. He was an undeviating Democrat, and an ardent supporter of equal rights. He died in 1804. In person, Samuel Dale was very tall, about six feet seven inches, and his walking stick, which was long preserved by the family, was a curiosity because of its great length. His children were also noted for their height, each of the sons measuring over six feet. They were slender and straight of form, were all well educated, and noted for their suavity of manner. Sam- uel and Ann (Futhey) Dale had the follow- ing children: Ruth, Samuel Futhey, Wil- liam, Jane, James, Ann, Mary and Margaret.

Samuel Futhey Dale. the second child of Samuel and Ann ( Futhey) Dale, was born in West Fallowfield township, Chester county, his parents soon afterward settling upon the Pennsylvania frontier. The boy grew to manhood with very meager educa- tional opportunities. Being possessed of a very vigorous mind he made good use of what advantages were within his reach, and managed to prepare himself fairly well for the useful career upon which he entered early in life. In 1800 he was appointed deputy surveyor of Venango county, and in the following year located in Franklin, the county seat of that county. In 1807 he was elected to represent Venango and Mercer counties in the State Legislature, and re- elected every year thereafter until 1813. In

1812, while attending the session of the Legislature sitting in Lancaster, he mar- ried Eliza Gundaker. oldest daughter of Michael Gundaker, of Lancaster. In the war of 1812 he was elected a colonel, his commission dating August. 1811, and among other services that he rendered, had command of troops who afforded protection to the workmen who prepared Commodore Perry's fleet at Erie.

After the war was over he removed to Lancaster and permanently made his home there. In 1819 he was appointed an Asso- ciate Judge for Lancaster county, which po- sition he held during the rest of his lifetime. He died Sept. 1, 1842. Eliza Gundaker, his wife, died July 5. 1830, and the remains of both rest in Woodland Cemetery in Lan- caster City. On July 29, 1834, Judge Dale married for his second wife Leah Lightner, who was born in March, 1789, and died in February, ISS6.

Samuel F. and Eliza (Gundaker) Dale had issue as follows: Ann Mary, Michael Gundaker, William Walters, Barbara Ann Margaret, James John, Eliza Gundaker, Catharine Clementina, and Charles Henry.

William Walters Dale, the fourth child and third son of the family, was born in Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 15, 1817. He was educated in the public schools, in the Lan- caster County Academy, and Franklin Col- lege. With this preliminary training he be- gan the study of medicine with Dr. Kerfoot, of Lancaster, and then entered Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated in 1838. After his graduation he located at Millers- ville, Lancaster county, but soon left there to come to Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, where he and his brother James pur- chased a drug store. There he practiced medicine for several years, and assisted his

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brother in the management of the drug store. He next moved to Turbutville. Northumber- land county, and for a short time practiced there. From Turbutville he returned to Cumberland county, and for several years was located at New Kingstown, from which place he in 1847 removed to Carlisle, where he continued to practice until his death, Feb. 24. 1891.

As a practitioner Dr. Dale was highly successful and popular, and was the only physician through the successive generations of some families at Carlisle, down to the close of his long professional career. He had the confidence and respect of his entire community, and his brethren of the profes- sion entertained for him the same high re- gard. He was one of the organizers of the Cumberland County Medical Society, and twice its president. He was also a mem- ber of the Inter-State Medical Society, em- bracing Southern Pennsylvania and North- ern Maryland, and twice its vice-president. During the Civil war he was assistant exam- ining surgeon, and after the war long a member of the pension board for Cumber- land county, and was one of the most widely known physicians of central Pennsylvania.

As a business man Dr. Dale likewise ranked high. For thirty years he was a director of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, and at the time of his death its vice-president. He was president of the Carlisle Gas and Water Company ; a member of the Board of Direc- tors of the Carlisle Manufacturing Com- pany ; a trustee of the Metzger Female Col- lege, and active in the promotion of all enter- prises that promised to advance the general good of the town. He was a Knight Tem- plar and an Odd Fellow, and far advanced through the chairs of both orders. In relig- ious faith he was a Presbyterian, having united with that Church at Silver Spring

while yet a young man. Upon removing to Carlisle he united with the Second Presby- terian Church, and was a faithful member and earnest supporter of that congregation until his death. He was a man of strong convictions, and had a keen sense of the right, with the courage to allign himself with it, but was possessed of a gentle and gracious nature that won the confidence and respect of all with whom he came in contact.

Dr. Dale was married June 1, 1841, to Miss Sarah Martin, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Basehore) Martin. of East Pennsboro township, the Rev. N. D. Stook performing the ceremony. To their union four children were born, namely: Elizabeth Gundaker, who married E. P. Imhoff, of Carlisle; Annie J., who married H. P. Can- non, of Bridgeville. Del., and to them three children have been born: Sara Dale, Harry Laws, and Katherine Dale; Kate C., un- married; W. James, who married Annie Rhey and is now deceased.

LLOYD. The Lloyd ancestors came from Wales as a body of Welsh Quakers who had received a grant of a large tract of land along the Schuylkill river from Wil- liam Penn before he came to America. These Welsh immigrants, with a few excep- tions, came over in the ship "Lyon," and landed on the west bank of the Schuylkill Aug. 13, 1682, about three months before William Penn landed at Upland, now Ches- ter, on the Delaware river. This Welsh tract included the townships of Merion, Haverford, Radnor and others, and was sit- uated west of, and adjoining, Philadelphia.

Among the members of the Lloyd fam- ily whose names appear early in the public annals was Thomas Lloyd, third son of Charles Lloyd, of Dolobrand, Wales. He - was a physician, and came to America with

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William Penn on the ship "Welcome." He subsequently became deputy governor under Penn, president of the council, and keeper of the great seal of the Commonwealth. He filled the positions named for several years, and until his Quaker principles prevented him from taking the oath required by Eng- land, which would have bound him to par- ticipate in military affairs. It will be noted that some of the subsequent descendants of the Lloyd family seem not to have been troubled with these conscientious scruples. Thomas Lloyd's family consisted of his wife and nine children. He died in Penn- sylvania Sept. 10, 1694. His great-grand- son and namesake, Thomas Lloyd, was lieu- tenant-colonel in Col. James Burd's battal- ion during the French and Indian war.

David Lloyd, a cousin of the first named Thomas Lloyd, became a member of the General Assembly in 1693, and the follow- ing year was Speaker of that body. He was also a member of the Supreme court, and for fourteen years Chief Justice of the Province. He died in 1731.

Hugh Lloyd, who was prominently asso- ciated with Anthony Wayne, Thomas Mc- Kean and other patriots, in representative assemblies when the storm of the Revolution was gathering, was also colonel of the 3d Battalion of Chester County troops during the war, and after our independence was achieved was twice a representative in the Legislature, and subsequently an Associate Judge of Delaware county for thirty-three years, resigning after he had reached his eighty-third year. He died the year follow- ing.

It was from the gristmill on Darby creek owned by Hugh Lloyd and his brother, Isaac, sons of Richard Lloyd, that Washington after the battle of Brandywine ordered the mill-stones to be removed and hidden in the

woods, that the mill might not be of service to the British.

During the century which elapsed from the landing of these Welsh immigrants, in 1682, the Lloyd name appears very fre- quently in the records of Delaware county, showing that, while in this lapse of time the original family had become separated into several branches, yet the members of all of these were the descendants of the Lloyd Welsh Quaker immigrants of 1682.

Isaac and Rebecca Lloyd, grandparents of William Penn Lloyd, and residents of Delaware county, had the following chil- dren: Elizabeth, born in 1786; Phoebe, in 1788; Joseph, in 1790; John, in 1792 ; Isaac, in 1793: Rebecca, in 1794; and William, the father of William Penn Lloyd, in 1796. Mr. Lloyd's grandmother being deceased, his grandfather, Isaac, removed from Dela- ware county to Lisburn, Cumberland Co., Pa., in 1799. bringing with him his daugh- ter Rebecca and three sons, John, Isaac and William. He died at Lisburn in 1834. John returned to Delaware county in 1812, and died there in 1850. Isaac died in 1849, and William in 1860, both in Lisburn.

On the maternal side, Mr. Lloyd's great- grandfather was George Anderson, of Scotch-Irish lineage. He came from Scot- land early in 1700 and settled in Chester county, Pa. In 1755 he was commissioned by Robert H. Morris-lieutenant-governor and commander-in-chief of the Province of Pennsylvania-a lieutenant in Col. William Moore's Chester County regiment, and served in the Braddock campaign of that year. He had five sons who grew to man- hood. John and George served in the Con- tinental army in the war for independence. John returned and settled in New York State, but George was never heard from. The remaining three moved west of the Sus-

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quehanna river in 1787. Benjamin, the youngest of the sons, and the grandfather of Mr. Lloyd, located at Lisburn, Cumber- land Co., Pa., James at Martinsburg, and Nathan at Winchester. Va. Benjamin was born in 1767, and died in 1830, at Lisburn. He married Charity Martin in 1795, and their daughter. Amanda, married Mr. Lloyd's father in IS27. Their children who grew to mature age were William Penn and his three sisters, Mary Ellen. Margaret Jane and Sarah Rebecca. The first named mar- ried John M. Hart. the second George W. Ettele, and the third Frederick K. Ployer.

WILLIAM PENN LLOYD married Anna Helena Boyer May 23. 1865. She was a daughter of Israel L. and Margaret Moser Boyer. who removed from Berks to Cumber- land county in 1841. Her paternal grand- parents were Michael and Dorothy Helena Luther-Boyer, who came from Germany in 1797.

Mr. Lloyd was born at Lisburn, Cum- berland Co .. Pa., Sept. 1, 1837. He worked on a farm in the summer and attended the public school in the winter until he reached his seventeenth year. when he was employed as a teacher. He taught eight years, six prior to entering the army and two after his return, teaching winter sessions, and attend- ing special schools and studying law the re- mainder of the year. He became a private soldier in Company G, of the Ist Pennsyl- vania Cavalry, Sept. 1, 1861, and was dis- charged with the rank of regimental adju- tant at the expiration of the term of service of his regiment, Sept. 9, 1864. During his last year of service he was frequently as- signed to duty as adjutant general of a brig- ade. He participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac during the three years' service of his regiment, and was present an.l engaged in the following bat-

tles : Drainesville, Dec. 20, 1861 ; Harris- onburg, June 6, Cross Keys, June S, Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, Gaines Mills, Aug. 28, Bull Run, Aug. 29 and 30, and Fredericks- burg. Dec. 13-all in 1862; Brandy Station, June 9. Aldie, June 21 and 22, Gettysburg, July 2 and 3. Shepherdstown, July 16, New Hope Church, Dec. 27-all in 1863; Todd's Tavern, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, May 5, 6, 7 and 8, Childsburg, May 9, Rich- mond Heights and Meadow Bridge, May 12, Haws' Shop, May 28, Cold Harbor, June I, Barker's Mill, June 2, Trevillion Station, June 12, White House, June 21, and St. Mary's Church, June 24-all in 1864. He also participated in thirty-five of the skirmishes in which his regiment and brigade were engaged during his term of service. He was detailed on special service at Camp Cadwallader, Philadelphia, and at the United States Garrison at Carlisle, Pa., to organize and forward drafted men to the army, from Aug. 3 to Nov. 6, 1863. These three months, and one ten days' leave of ab- sence, cover the period of his absence from the front during his whole term of service.

On the reorganization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, after the close of the war, Mr. Lloyd was commissioned division inspector with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, by Gov. Hartranft. He was commander of the Grand Army Post of Mechanicsburg, Pa., for seven consecutive years, has been a member of the Loyal Legion since 1888, and is author of the "History of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry."

He read law with Col. William M. Pen- rose, of Carlisle, for three years prior to his army service, and on his return reviewed his course of study, and was admitted to the Cumberland County Bar April 18, 1865. He is now also a member of the York and Dauphin County Bars, has been admitted to

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practice in the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania, and in the Eastern District court of the United States, and has been a member. and the treasurer of the Pennsyl- vania Bar Association since its organiza- tion Jan. 16, 1895. He represented the 32d District. composed of the counties of Cum- berland and Adams, in the Senate of Penn- sylvania. from 1890 to 1894. This was the only political office for which he has been a candidate, and his majority was nearly three times that of any former candi- date in the district. In 1866 he was appointed Internal Revenue collector for the 15th Congressional District of Pennsyl- vania. This office he resigned in 1869 to accept a position in the Dauphin Deposit Bank. of Harrisburg, where he remained for nearly fifteen years. He quit the bank in 1884. and has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and in the management of extensive financial and agricultural interests, to the present date. He at once met with encouraging suc- cess in the practice of his profession, it be- ing largely in the Orphans' court in the settlement and distribution of decedents' estates. and also as counsel for large individ- ual and corporate interests. He is now fill- ing a number of important positions of pub- lic and private trust. While in the Senate he gave special and untiring attention to the subjects of public roads, common schools, fence laws, equalization of taxation, Sun- day laws and municipal government, and since then, as a speaker and writer, has vig- orously advocated improvements in these branches of our State government.

Mr. Lloyd's family now consists of his wife, Anna H., his daughter, Mary E., mar- ried to Dr. H. A. Smith, and his son, George E., all now residents of Mechanicsburg, Pa. His eldest son, Weir B. Lloyd, died June I,

1903, leaving to survive him his widow, Eliz- abeth A., and three children, Ruth, Anna H., and William Penn Lloyd, Jr., also residents of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Lloyd's maternal ancestors were Presbyterians, and in his youth he frequently attended the Silver Spring Church with his Uncle George and Aunt Martha Anderson, who were also residents of Lisburn. The round trip was fourteen miles, and horse back was then the means of travel. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Me- chanicsburg, and has been a Sabbath-school teacher for more than forty-five years.

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Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Part 11

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 994

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994