Century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania and representative citizens, 20th, Part 76

Author: Hazen, Aaron L. (Aaron Lyle), 1837- comp. and ed. cn
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Richmond-Arnold publishing co.
Number of Pages: 1058

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Mr. Dombaugh and wife belong to the Oak Grove United Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in his political views.

HON. SAMUEL R. BALDWIN, super- intendent of the Pittsburg Stove and Range Company, of New Castle, has been a resident of this city since 1883, coming here when the plant was established at New Castle, and having been identified with the concern since 1872. He was born at Pittsburg, Pa., December 20, 1841, and is a son of John M. and Margaret (Ritter) Baldwin.

Mr. Baldwin was reared and until he

was eleven years of age attended school in Pittsburg, after which he worked in a glass factory for two years and for two more years in a candy manufacturing plant. From there he entered the employ of Alexander . Bradley & Company, of Pittsburg, to learn the molder's trade, and had completed his apprenticeship before he enlisted for service in the Civil War. He entered the army on August 1, 1861, as a member of Company E, Sixty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- try, and was honorably discharged Decem- ber 31, 1862, having been somewhat seri- ously wounded at the battle of Bull Run. After the close of this honorable period of military service, he re-entered the Brad- ley works as a journeyman molder, but for over a year had to move about on crutches from the injury he had sustained. He con- tinued with the above firm after he was able to resume active work, until early in the seventies, when he became manager for Mitchell & Company, of Pittsburg. La- ter nine different plants, by consolidation, formed the Pittsburg Stove and Range Company, Mitchell & Company being one that went into the new organization. In 1881, Robert A. Duncan and Samuel R. Baldwin bought the Mitchell & Company plant, and in 1882 they erected the New Castle works under the name of Duncan & Baldwin. About 1884 Mr. Baldwin pur- chased Mr. Duncan's interests and later sold the same to J. C. Graham, and the business was conducted under the firm style of Baldwin & Graham, and in 1899 they consolidated with the Pittsburg Stove and Range Company.

From early manhood Mr. Baldwin has been active in politics and prominently identified with the Republican party. In 1879 he was elected to the State Legisla- ture from the Fifth District of Allegheny County, and served for four years, during which time he made an honorable record. He has also served four years as a mem- ber of the New Castle City Council, repre- senting the Second Ward.

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Mr. Baldwin was married to Sarah A. Lewis and they have had three children: Harry M., Charles L. and Frank H. Harry M. is vice-president of the Pittsburg Stove and Range Company, with headquarters at Pittsburg. Charles L. is secretary of the Pennsylvania Engineering Company at New Castle. Frank H., who died in his home at Pittsburg, when aged thirty-two years, was superintendent of Division A of the Pittsburg Stove and Range Com- pany. Mr. Baldwin is a very prominent Mason, being mainly identified with the higher branches of the order at Pittsburg.

JACOB R. BOGGS, general farmer, re- siding about eight miles south of New Cas- tle, on his fine estate of ninety-one acres, in Big Beaver Township, was born in De- cember, 1860, in Erie County, Pennsyl- vania, and is a son of John and Martha (Blackwood) Boggs.

The paternal grandfather, Jacob Boggs, died on his farm in Ireland. His widow, Isabella (Forest) Boggs, subsequently came to America, where a number of her children settled. John Boggs, father of Jacob R., was sixteen years old when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean and joined a married sister who was living in New York. He remained with his brother-in- law for some years, assisting the latter in his shoe store, but later went to Erie, Pa., where he married and bought a farm. His wife had also been born in Ireland. In 1872 they came to Lawrence County, where the father purchased the farm in Big Bea- ver Township, on which Jacob R. resides, living in the log house then standing, until it was destroyed by fire. He then erected the commodious frame residence which his son occupies. Both he and wife died on this farm. They had six children, namely : Jacob, James and Margaret, the latter re- siding with her elder brother, and three who died in infancy.

Jacob R. Boggs was about eighteen years of age when his parents came to Big Beaver Township, and as he was the old-

est son, a large amount of the work and responsibility for the comfort of his par- ents and development of the farm fell on him. In 1891 he was married to Mary Blackwood, who died in 1898, leaving three children: Ethel L., born May 1, 1893; Oli- ver B., born May 9, 1895, and John J., born August 14, 1898.

Mr. Boggs has remained on the present farm ever since he came here in youth. It is excellent land and he has it under a fine state of cultivation. He is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, in which he is a deacon.

C. C. WILSON, general farmer and dairyman, residing on his excellent farm of eighty-six and one-half acres, which is situated within seven miles of Ellwood City, was born January 7, 1852, on Camp Run, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Francis Thomas and Mary Ann (Morrison) Wilson.

The father of Mr. Wilson was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1822, where his parents had settled when they came from Ireland to America. He con- tinued to live there until about a quarter of a century ago, when he bought the old Morrison homestead, a part of which be- longs to his son, C. C. Wilson. During the whole of his active life he followed farm- ing. He married Mary Ann Morrison, whose father was a prominent pioneer set- tler of this section, for many years serving as a justice of the peace. They reared a family of nine children, as follows: Will- iam, who has been principal of the State Normal School at Ellensburg, Wash., for the past seven years; Anna, now a resident of New Wilmington, where her children are in school, is the wife of Rev. T. L. Scott, a missionary in India; C. C .; Ella, who married W. J. Maxwell, who follows farming in Perry Township; Harriet, de- ceased, who was the wife of James Lieben- dorfer, of Wurtemburg; Tilly, deceased, who was the wife of Samuel Mckinney, of Zelienople, and three who died in infancy.

GEORGE SHERMAN YOUNG.

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Having lived to see the many changes wrought through the long period given him, Mr. Wilson still retains the vigor of body and soundness of mind to appreciate and enjoy those which have made existence easier and more comfortable.

C. C. Wilson attended school in Beaver County and from boyhood had been trained in the duties which made him cap- able of managing the home farm when he was called upon to take charge. In 1880 he purchased his present excellent prop- erty.

Mr. Wilson was married to Agnes Gra- ham, who was born in Beaver County and is a daughter of David Graham, formerly a well-known farmer. They have had the following children : Harry, deceased; Howard, who married Martha Magee, de- ceased, has one child, Aletha, who resides with her grandfather, and Frank, Vesta, Alda and Arthur, all of whom are at home except Frank, who is in a drug store in Pittsburg. Mr. Wilson and family attend the United Presbyterian Church at Mount- ville. Politically, Mr. Wilson is identified with the Democratic party.

WILLIAM A. EAKIN, Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds for Lawrence County, has occupied his pleasant resi- dence at No. 356 Carlisle Street, New Cas- tle, since May, 1908, and is one of the best known and most popular public officials in the county. He was born February 28, 1872, in Scott Township, Lawrence Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William and Mary (Nelson) Eakin, and a grand- son of William Eakin.

Both grandfather and father of Mr. Eakin were born in Ireland, and after com- ing to Lawrence County settled in Scott Township. The father of William A. still survives and continues to live on his farm there, to which he came when eighteen years of age. He married Mary Nelson, who belongs to one of the early pioneer families of that township.

William A. Eakin attended the public

schools of Scott Township and a private school at Harlansburg, after which he went to Princeton, in Slippery Rock Township, where he learned horseshoeing and black- smithing, where he remained until October, 1892, when he removed to Hillsville. There Mr. Eakin engaged in a vehicle and har- ness business, together with a blacksmith business, and resided in that village until November, 1907, when he was elected to his present office, the duties of which he assumed on January 6, 1908. He is a Re- publican in politics and is well known all over the county as a loyal party man and an honest citizen. For three years he served as a member of the School Board of Mahoning Township and in many ways has testified to his public-spirited interest in the general welfare.

Mr. Eakin married Maggie McIntosh, who was born at Hillsville and is a daugh- ter of William McIntosh, who is the super- intendent of the Carbon Limestone Com- pany of that place. They have two chil- dren, Francis E. and Janey M.

Mr. Eakin is a member of the Home Guards at Lowellville, Ohio, and of Mari- etta Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Mt. Jackson. He is one of the leading mem- bers of the Zoar Baptist Church at Hills- ville.

GEORGE SHERMAN YOUNG, who is engaged in a merchant tailoring business at Ellwood City, where he is one of the leading citizens, was born in Forward Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1871, and is a son of George W. and Catherine Young.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Young were Isaac and Mary Young, the former of whom lived to be ninety-two years of age. The maternal grandparents were Henry and Margaret Marburger, the former of whom lived to be ninety-three years old. The longevity of the family has been unusual, many on both sides living to extreme old age.

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Sherman, was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and has been a life long farmer. He resides on his farm, which now contains fifty-nine acres, a part of the old homestead, which once was of 400 acres. He married Catherine Marbur- ger, who was born in Butler County, in 1844, and they had a family of five sons and three daughters born to them, name- ly : William, who is engaged in a merchant tailoring business at Butler, married Miss Nora Martin; Mary, who is the wife of Daniel Larkin, resides near Wexford, in Butler County; George S .; Lewis, who is employed by the Standard Oil Company ; Nancy, unmarried, who lives in Butler County; Orion, who follows farming, mar- ried Blanche Covert; Elizabeth, who is a teacher in the public schools of Los An- geles, Cal., and Seymour, who still remains on the home farm.

George Sherman Young grew to the age of fifteen years on the home farm, attend- ing the country schools for some years. He then started to learn the tailor trade with George Ifft & Son, of Evans City, where he remained for two years and then worked two years with his brother, who was in the same business, and from there went to Harmony and worked four months with A. W. Latshow. He then lo- cated at Zelienople and embarked in busi- ness for himself, one year later going to Chicago, where he remained for a short time. In 1901 he came to Ellwood City, where he purchased a desirable lot, erected a suitable building and opened up his pres- ent merchant tailoring establishment, hav- ing the largest one of its kind in the city. Mr. Young employs about sixteen people and has a fine line of custom, carrying an exclusive line of goods and producing work of the very best quality and finish. He has prospered ever since coming to Ell- wood City and owns considerable valuable real estate here, including his store build- ing, which is 22 by 50 feet in dimensions, and an attractive home residence on the corner of Seventh Street and Wayne Ave-

nue. As his sole amount of capital was 75 cents when he started out for himself, Mr. Young has every reason to take satis- faction in what he has accumulated through his own persistent and honest ef- forts.

In 1893, Mr. Young was married to Miss Clara Hamilton, a daughter of Robert Hamilton, of Butler County, and they have three sons and one daughter, namely : Arnold, Catherine, Everett and Thaddeus. The family belong to the Methodist Epis- copal Church. In politics, Mr. Young is a Democrat. He served three years as a member of the School Board and was on the building committee when the new school edifice in his ward was erected. He is a Knight of Pythias of the Uniform Rank, and also belongs to the old lodge of the Golden Eagles.

Mr. Young preserves many interesting annals pertaining to his family. Originally the Youngs belonged to England, and they went from there to Holland, and came to America and settled in New Jersey prior to the Revolutionary War. From near Trenton, N. J., they came first to Wash- ington County, Pennsylvania, and then to Butler County, where they were among the earliest settlers. Mr. Young prizes highly a picture of the old log house which was built over one hundred years ago by his grandfather, when all that section of But- ler County was a forest. On both sides of his family, the older members were buried in Butler County. They are universally recalled as people of good intention and useful and virtuous living.

JOHN BARTLE, general farmer and representative citizen of Big Beaver Town- ship, resides on his valuable farm of eighty-five acres, which is situated eleven miles south of New Castle. He was born July 24, 1861, at Hickory Corners, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William and Sarah (Tindle) Bartle.

William Bartle was born in England. There he was married twice, first to the

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mother of his oldest son, George, who later served in the Civil War, in the United States. His second marriage was to Sarah Tindle, who accompanied him to America. They established their first home at Hick- ory Corners, near Sharon, Pa., but later moved to Oil City, where they lived for a number of years, where William Bartle worked as weigh-master for a coal com- pany. Later he worked in the coal mines in that vicinity for six years. When his days of activity were over he retired to Wampum, where he died in 1892, at the age of seventy-eight years. The death of his second wife occurred prior to 1873. They had five children, namely: Sarah, who married Richard Grinnen; John; Wil- liam, deceased; Jane, who married Watt Davis ; and Thomas.

John Bartle was small enough to be car- ried a part of the distance on his father's back when the family removed from Hick- ory Corners to Oil City, and he remained at home until his own marriage. In early boyhood he attended school for a short time, but was not over eight years of age when he began to earn wages by working in a coal bank. His first duty was to bail out water, with a half-gallon bucket, and then he was advanced to the position of mule-driver, later became a miner and still later was made track-layer and still works in that position, in the employ of the Bea- ver Coal & Coke Company, No. 3, whose mine is partly situated on his farm. Fol- lowing his marriage he lived at Possum Hollow, where he worked in a coal bank for a time and then rented the Thomas Cross farm for two years. In 1892 he bought the first ten acres of his present farm from Ernest Barber, and to the orig- inal purchase he added from time to time until he has now as large an acreage as he can comfortably cultivate. Since acquiring this land he has done a large amount of improving, this including the erection of all the present substantial buildings.

Mr. Bartle was married in 1884 to Julia Seaburn. who is a daughter of William and

Sarah (Fye) Seaburn, and they have had seven children: Thomas, Frank, David, Nettie, Sarah, Mary and George. Thomas died aged two years and Sarah aged three years. David is a soldier in the United States army and is serving in the Philip- pine Islands as a member of Battery A, Fifth Regiment. Mrs. Bartle's parents live on the same farm with Mr. and Mrs. Bartle. They had thirteen children, two of whom are deceased, Reuben and Will- iam H. The survivors are: Mary Jane, Matilda, Minnie, Elizabeth, Julia, Benja- min, David, William, Nettie and George.

In his political views, Mr. Bartle is a Republican. He takes an active interest in public affairs and has served in local offices.

EDWARD K. COVER, proprietor of Maple Shade stock farm, a valuable prop- erty containing seventy acres, which is lo- cated near New Bedford, Pulaski Town- ship, is a prominent citizen of this section. Mr. Cover was born May 6, 1859, in Pu- laski Township, Lawrence County, Penn- sylvania, and is a son of Henry R. and Esther A. (Shoaff) Cover. Jacob Cover, the grandfather, was an early settler in Lawrence County, where he acquired land and reared a family which has been a rep- resentative one ever since.

Henry R. Cover, father of Edward K., was born in Lawrence County and during the larger part of his life lived in Pulaski Township, where, at various times in a long and useful life, he held local offices of responsibility. He was a leading member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political views he was a Republican. He married Esther A. Shoaff, who was also born in Lawrence County, and four of their children survive, namely: Edward K .; Sadie, who is the wife of Joseph Kuhn, of Pulaski Town- ship; Maud, who is the widow of Frank Sheriff, and resides at New Bedford; and Frank W., who lives in Pulaski Township.

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was such as could be secured in the public schools of Pulaski Township during his boyhood, and from that time until the present he has been interested in agricul- tural pursuits and has made a specialty for many years of breeding and raising Jersey cattle and the highest grade of trotting horses. The products of Maple Shade farm are well known all over Lawrence County and command high prices on ac- count of their worth.

On December 3, 1885, Mr. Cover was married to Cornelia C. Duff, who was born in New Bedford, Lawrence County, and is a daughter of James H. Duff, who con- ducts a large undertaking establishment there. Mr. Duff was born in Pulaski Town- ship, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, De- cember 9, 1836, a son of William and Mary (Cowden) Duff, and a grandson of William Duff, who was born in Ireland and who was one of the earliest settlers in Mahon- ing Township, Lawrence County. James H. Duff followed carpenter and building work in Pulaski Township until 1873, when he engaged in the undertaking business at New Bedford. He was married December 11, 1860, to Mary M. Rogers, who was born in 1842, in New Bedford, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hedges) Rogers and a granddaughter of Samuel Rogers, who was a pioneer settler in what is now New Bedford. The children of James H. Duff and wife were: Cornelia C. and Charles C., the latter of whom is a resi- dent of New Castle.

While Mr. Cover is nominally affiliated with the Republican party, he is quite cap- able of doing his own thinking and claims the right to cast his vote independently when his judgment leads him in any cer- tain direction. He enjoys the full confi- dence of his fellow citizens and served for three years as township assessor, and in the spring of 1908 was elected road super- visor, for a term of three years. He is practical and enterprising and is num- bered with the successful agriculturists of Pulaski Township.

JOHN R. MILLER, whose pleasant home at New Castle is situated at No. 56 Lincoln Avenue, has been a resident of this city since December, 1907, but he still retains his valuable farm of 130 acres, which is located near Hillsville. Mr. Miller was born near the above village, in Law- rence County, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1834, and is a son of James and Mary (McCreary) Miller, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pennsyl- vania, and the latter in the far eastern part of the State.

James Miller, the grandfather, came to Mahoning Township when his son James was one year old, settling in the woods, at that time almost the only pioneer in that locality. Both he and son continued to live on the land he then secured until the close of their lives, both being men of ster- ling character. The father of John R. Miller died in 1881. He had done his full share in developing his section and had capably filled several township offices. Of his family of children, the following are still living: William M., residing in Mer- cer County, Illinois; Margaret, wife of J. S. Hamilton, residing at Youngstown, Ohio; John R .; Elizabeth, wife of John M. Fullerton, residing in Mahoning Town- ship; Mattie, living at Poland, Ohio; and Mary J., the widow of Albert Fullerton, residing in North Beaver Township.

John R. Miller attended the public schools of Mahoning Township and spent two years at Poland Academy, at Poland, Ohio, during a portion of this time being a classmate of the late President William Mckinley. He then taught school for some nineteen terms, at various places, in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. For seven consecutive years he later served as a justice of the peace and for six years was township auditor and for several years gave time and attention to his school district as a director. It may thus be seen that Mr. Miller stands very high in the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. For twenty years he has been an elder in

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the Westfield Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.

Mr. Miller was married in September, 1863, to Eliza Woods, of North Beaver Township, and they have surviving chil- dren as follows: William G., residing in Los Angeles, Cal .; Mary L., wife of S. L. MeCracken, a well known attorney at New Castle; John F., George G. and Dwight N., all of New Castle.

For fifteen years Mr. Miller has been president of the Mt. Jackson Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of which he was one of the organizers and has been at the head of the enterprise ever since, being also a member of its board of directors. Mr. Miller enjoys the hearty friendship of a large circle, both among those who were his neighbors while he lived in the country, and with those in the city whose tastes and views are the same.

A. W. REYNOLDS, who is a member of one of the oldest pioneer families in this section of Lawrence County, was born in New Castle, in May, 1848, and is a son of John F. and a grandson of Robert Rey- nolds.

The grandfather, Robert Reynolds, was born in Maryland, in 1776, and came to Lawrence County in 1805, settling first in Neshannock Township and later in She- nango Township. He died in 1867, at the age of ninety-one years. He had eight sons and four daughters. The homes of his sons and grandsons are situated where, in his day, forests stood.

John F. Reynolds, father of A. W., was born in Maryland in 1802, and was three years old when his parents came to what is now Lawrence County. His mature life was passed on a farm which is now part of New Castle, and he died in New Castle in 1892. He had a family of fourteen chil- dren, of whom eleven survive.

A. W. Reynolds has passed his life on the property on which his father settled so long ago, and in recent years he has given the larger part of his time to platting and

improving and then selling parts of the farm. He is one of the directors in the Union National Bank and is interested in the Citizens' National Bank as well.

In January, 1872, Mr. Reynolds was married to Miss Carrie Coombs, who was born at Youngstown, Ohio, and is a daugh- ter of Moses Coombs, who was born in England. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have the following children : Ella May, who mar- ried George T. Gillette, resides at New Castle; Chester P., resides at New Castle and is one of the firm of Cooper & Butler, clothing merchants; Harry H., residing at Ellwood City, is engaged there in a grocery business; Fred C., residing at Boston, Mass., is a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church; and Edna G. and Carrie I., both residing at home. Mr. Reynolds and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a member of the official board ever since the church was organized.

ALEXANDER McCLAREN, residing six and one-half miles southeast of New Castle, has a valuable farm of eighty-five acres in Slippery Rock Township. He is a native of Lawrence County, Pennsyl- vania, having been born about four miles north of New Castle on the old McClaren farm, March 6, 1832, and is a son of Will- iam and Mary (Chambers) McClaren.

The McClaren family was established in Lawrence County in the pioneer days by Robert McClaren, grandfather of Alexan- der, who settled on the place on which the latter was born. He was a native of Ire- land and died in this county shortly after the birth of his son, William McClaren.

William McClaren was born on the home place in Lawrence County in 1806, and lived there until 1836, when he moved to a farm three miles east of New Castle, where he passed the remainder of his days. His death occurred April 20, 1875. He was united in marriage with Mary Chambers, daughter of Alexander Chambers, of Law- rence County, and she passed away in Feb-

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Century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania and representative citizens, 20th, Part 76

Author: Hazen, Aaron L. (Aaron Lyle), 1837- comp. and ed. cn Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago, Richmond-Arnold publishing co. Number of Pages: 1058

Author: Hazen, Aaron L. (Aaron Lyle), 1837- comp. and ed. cn
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Richmond-Arnold publishing co.
Number of Pages: 1058