Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania : including the counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, Pt. 3, Part 68

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1332

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During his boyhood and youth, Jacob E. Hugus engaged in farming, continuing to follow that pursuit until June. 18So. when he purchased a half interest in a general store at Turnip Hole. and in December. 1892. he became sole propri- etor. He is a progressive, energetic business man, and is meeting with a well deserved suc- cess, receiving a liberal share of the public pat- ronage.

In 1801 Mr. Ingus was married to Miss Martha E. Wentling, a daughter of Eli Went- ling. The father was born in Beaver township. Clarion county, of German ancestry, is a mechanic by trade. but is now engaged in the oil business, and in farming on a small scale. He is a frail man, having contracted disease from ex- posure during service in the Civil war, and he now receives a small pension from the govern- ment. In the Refermed Church, he holds mem- bership. By his first marriage he has four chil- dren: Edward H .. Martha E., Mrs. Elizabeth Barlett, and Anna. now in Ohio, and by the ser-

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ond, two sons: John and Charles, both at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hugus have a daughter, Grace," born January 4, 1892.

In his political affiliations Mr. Hugus is a a Democrat, and, in 1894, under President Cleve- land's administration was appointed postmaster of Turnip Hole. He is a man of recognized ability, and with his amiable wife stands high in the community where they make their home. Those who know them best are numbered among their warmest friends, and no citizens in Clarion county are more highly respected. They are members of the Reformed Church.

R W. SHOTTS, a well-known lumberman and merchant of Farmington township, has done much to promote the commercial activity, advance the general welfare and secure the ma- terial development of Clarion county. As a busi- ness man he is wide-awake, reliable and ener- getic, and a well-deserved success has crowned his labors.

Mr. Shotts was born in Clarion county, June II, 1845, a son of Henry and Sarah (Steelsmith) Shotts, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter. of German parentage. Henry Shotts cleared and improved a farm in Farmington township, near Tylersburg, where his death oc- curred in 1847, when our subject was but two years old. He left a wife, who had proved a true helpmeet to him during early pioneer days, and eight children whose gladdening presence had completed the household: (1) Israel. born in Clarion county, married (first) Catherine Ohler, (second) Rachel Steelsmith, and died in Parkers- burg, W. Va., where he was engaged in busi- ness. (2) Hezekiah married Kate Knicely, of Clarion county, by whom he has sixteen chil -. dren, and lives on his farm near Tylersburg. (3) Mahala married Stephen Smith, of Forest coun- ty, where she died leaving five children. (4) Mary A., married Joseph Weber, of Clarion county, and moved to Albion. Neb., where he died, leaving a wife and family who still reside in that State. (5) Lucinda married Thomas Porter, of Clarion county, and died some years ago, leaving a family. (6) Henry married Liz- zie Walters, of Clarion county, who died leaving one daughter, Sarah; later he married Jane Hagan, by whom he has seven children, and for some years he has resided in Ringgold county, Iowa. (7) Caroline married Jerry Keely, and during his life time they resided in Clarion coun- ty; he enlisted in the army and was killed there, and after his death she married Conrad Myers, of :

Clarion county, who is also deceased. She has three children, and now resides in Du Bois, Clearfield Co., Penn. (8) is our subject. After the death of the father, Mrs. Shotts married Robert Killen.

During his boyhood and youth R. W. Shotts attended the common schools, and remained with his mother until fourteen years of age, when he started out in life for himself, working one and one-half years for Judge Proper, of Forest county, for $5 per month. He then went to Golinza Mills, Forest Co., Penn., where he helped to haul the first logs ever sawed in that mill. At this time he was not large enough to yoke his team of oxen, but for eighteen months he toiled here for $5 a month. Fortune smiled on the in- dustrious boy, and his next position was with the David Gill mills in the same county, where for a year he received $10 per month for his services, and the second year double that amount. He then returned to Clarion county, and engaged in cutting stave bolts at $20 per month. remaining one year, thence going to Golinza Mills, where he teamed for $1 a day. A Clarion county farm was the next scene of his labors, after which he formed a copartnership with Colwell Hoover, and for six months they worked as jobbers in Golinza Mills. His next occupation was teaming for his brother at $2 per day. At the end of two years he settled on a farm in Clarion county, near Ty- lersburg, later moving to Porter Haskell's Mill, where for two years he put in logs on contract. He next returned to Forest county, where he put in square timber, running it to Pittsburg. From here he went to Lucinda Furnace, Clarion coun- ty, where he continued logging for C. Leeper & Co. The West had some attraction for Mr. Shotts, and he passed a year and a half in De- catur county, Iowa, but returned to Clarion county and resumed logging for C. Leeper & Co. After ten years at this he purchased a farm, but remained on it only a year, thence moving to Leeper, where he built a part of his present store, and also his flouring-mill. He now carries a complete line of hardware, dry goods and gro- ceries, conducts a flouring-mill, and also is en- gaged in lumbering in Lewis county, Washington.

On February 17, 1866. Mr. Shotts was united in marriage with Mary C. De Walt, who was born November 25, 1850, a daughter of Michael and Susan (Walters) De Walt, pioneers of West- moreland county. To Mr. and Mrs. Shotts have been born eleven children, nine of whom are yet living: Lillie, Burl, Aola, Sylvester, Andrew, Jennie, Susie, Blanche and Howard. Politically our subject is a Republican; religiously he ad- heres to no denomination, but his estimable

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wife is a faithful member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., which order he joined twenty-six years ago.

E MANUEL SLOUGHENHAUPT. Laying aside the cares and responsibilities of busi- ness life, this gentleman is now enjoying a well- earned rest. He is a native of Clarion county, born July 9, 1835, in Beaver township, and is a representative of one of its old and prominent pioneer families.

His paternal grandfather was a native of Germany, and was the founder of this branch of the family in America. Philip Sloughenhaupt, the father, was born east of the mountains in Pennsylvania, and was a soldier of the Mexican war. He was a tailor by trade, a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran in religious belief. In early manhood he was married to Mary Peters, who was born near Queenstown, Penn., a daugh- ter of Adam Peters, a hero of the Revolutionary war. Mr. Sloughenhaupt and wife were among the pioneers of Clarion county, and here both died in the same year, at the age of sixty, hon- ored and respected by all who knew them.

The subject of this sketch is the oldest in their family of six children-two sons and four daughters -- the others being as follows: Barbara married H. Kline, and is now deceased; Ellen is the deceased wife of Henry Kearns, who for three years served as a member of the 62nd P. V. I. during the Civil war, and is now a resident of Oil City, Penn .; Joshua lives on the old homestead in Salem township, Clarion county; Margaret is. the wife of Reed Say, of Delaware; and Mary is the wife of Henry Lee, of Colorado.

Emanuel Sloughenhaupt passed the days of his childhood on the home farm, and received his education in the schools of the neighborhood. His patriotism and courage were manifested by his enlistment, July 9, 1862, at the time Presi- dent Lincoln called for 300, 000 more volunteers. He was a member of Company G. 155th P. V. I., under command of Capt. Klotz and Col. Allen, and with his regiment he took part in the follow- ing engagements: Fredericksburg, Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg, Williamsport, the Wilderness, Laurel Hill. Spottsylvania, North Ann River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the mine explo- sion, where the regiment charged on the front. Later followed the battles of Hatcher's Run, Preble's Farm, Five Forks and Appomattox, where Longstreet's corps was taken by the Penn- sylvania troops. Although three times wounded. Mr. Sloughenhaupt was never off duty, and on many a Southern battle-field displayed remark-

able courage. When hostilities ceased. he was honorably discharged June 9. 1865, and returned to his home in Clarion county. He successfully engaged in farming until 1894, but since that time has lived retired in St. Petersburg.

At the age of thirty-eight, Mr. Sloughenhaupt was united in marriage with Miss Susanna Kline, a daughter of Jacob Kline, but he has been called upon to mourn the loss of his estimable wife, who was a member of the Lutheran Church, and died in that faith in April, 1890. Since the war Mr. Sloughenhaupt has suffered greatly from rheu- matism contracted in the service, and also from disease of the heart and spinal trouble. He spent seven years in Reno county, Kans., and while there was a member of Joe Hooker Post No. 17, G. A. R., but now holds membership in Look- out Post No. 425. He is an earnest advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and does all in his power to promote those measures which he believes calculated to advance the gen- eral welfare. His life has been actuated by un- selfish motives, prompted by patriotism and guided by truth and justice, and he has thereby won the friendship and high regard of all with whom he has come in contact.

F REDERICK CRISMAN, a representative ag- riculturist, of Elk township, Clarion county, was born in June 1838, in Armstrong county, Penn., where also his father, John Crisman, was. born in 1801.

The grandfather, Frederick Crisman. Sr .. was a native of Germany, and on coming to the United States located in that county, where he spent his remaining days. In his native county the father married Miss Catharine John, who was also born in Armstrong county, where they con- tinued to inake their home for many years. She died at the age of seventy-four, and Mr. Crisman at the advanced age of ninety-one. His last days were passed in Lawsonham, Clarion coun- ty. They were good, honest, industrious and frugal German people, who had the respect and confidence of all who knew them. They held membership in the Dunkard Church, and. polit- ically, Mr. Crisman affiliated with the Republican party. Their children were: Lavina, Philip. Oscar, Elza, Frederick. John. Hamilton, Cas- sius, Adam, Henry, and Theresa. Of this num- ber, John and Hamilton were members of the State Guard during the Rebellion.

Frederick Crisinan (our subject) was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys of his day, assisting in the work of the fields and at- tending the common schools when his services

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were not needed at home. He enlisted March 17, 1865, in Company G, 78th P. V. I., and when the war was over he was honorably dis- charged in June, of the same year. For some time he made his home in Lawsonhain, and has always engaged in farming and lumbering. In 1881, in partnership with his sons, he purchased 174 acres of valuable land in Elk township, Clarion county, pleasantly located and only a mile and a quarter from Shippenville. He is a progressive and energetic farmer, who keeps thoroughly abreast with the times in every par- ticular, and is meeting with excellent success in his operations.

In 1858 Mr. Crisman was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of Henry Chrisman, now de- ceased. They now have thirteen children: Levi Ferman. Sarah Jane, Addison Summer- ville, John Walter, Melissa May, Henry Clure, Frederick Ross, Laura Luella, Charley Calvin, Edward Alvin, William Harrison, James Bert, and Jesse M. The father and sons all cast their ballots with the Republican party, and the fam- ily is one of prominence in the community. Re- ligiously Mr. Crisman is a member of the Lu- theran Church, and socially he is identified with Amos Kiser Post No. 475, G. A. R.

W R. SHIPPEN, one of the leading citi- zens of Shippenville, was born April 11, 1830, in the town where he still makes his home. and he is a worthy representative of one of the most honored and distinguished families of Clar- ion county. His ancestors came to America about 1639 from England and first located in Boston, but later removed to Philadelphia, and the family has since been prominently identified with the interests of the Keystone State. Most of its early representatives belonged to the So- ciety of Friends, and were engaged in mercantile pursuits. Robert Shippen, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Philadelphia, and was a cousin of Chief Justice Shippen, whose daughter married General Arnold, the traitor.

Richard Shippen, our subject's father. was born in Chester county, Penn., and was reared and educated in Philadelphia. On attaining to man's estate he was united in marriage to Miss Magdalena Ann Black, by whom he had five chil- dren, namely: W. R .: Harriette G .: Mary Ann; Robert B., who died at the age of thirty- eight: and Margaret. The Shippen family owned large tracts of land in Clarion county, whither Richard Shippen removed in 1828, becoming the founder of Shippenville, which was named in his i but also followed the occupation of farming. He

honor. In connection with John and Jacob Black, he was extensively engaged in the inanu- facture of charcoal and in operating iron furnaces, and in this way gave employment to as many as one hundred men. Mr. Shippen also conducted a general store, and was one of the most success- ful, reliable and prominent business men in the county. His name is inseparably and honorably connected with the history of this locality and his memory will long be enshrined in the hearts of his many friends. Politically he was a Repub- lican. He departed this life in 1872, at the age of seventy-four, and his estimable wife passed away at the age of thirty-nine.

W. R. Shippen grew to manhood under the parental roof, and obtained an excellent educa- tion in select schools of Meadville, Penn. On starting out in life for himself, he clerked for some years in his father's store. Being an ear- nest, progressive man, he has met with good suc- cess in his undertakings, and now devotes his time to looking after his large land and oil interests in Clarion county. He has made for himself an honorable record as a business man, and as a citizen merits the confidence and esteem so freely accorded him. In 1861 he donned the blue and went forth to fight for the old flag and the cause it represented, being for three years a member of the Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves. During the greater part of the time he acted as quarter- master, and is now an honored member of the Grand Army Post of Shippenville. In religious belief he is a Lutheran, and as an officer of the Church he takes an active part in its work.

J AMES IRWIN, one of the representative cit- izens of East Brady, Clarion county, and an honored veteran of the Civil war, was born June 15, 1837, in Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania.

James Irwin, Sr., his father, was of Scotch- Irish descent. and was born, reared and married in Westmoreland county, Miss Dorcas Decker. who was of English and Scotch extraction, be- coining his wife. To them were born eight chil- dren, namely: Frances; Alexander, who was a member of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil war, and is now a resident of Derry Station. Westmoreland county. Penn. ; Martha; Mary Ann: John, who died at the age of twenty-four years; Edward. a soldier of the 206th P. V. I., who died in Johnstown, Penn .; James; and Sarah. Only three of the children are now living. The father was a stonemason by trade,

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was an ardent Democrat in politics and a Lutheran in religious belief, while his wife was reared a Methodist, and always adhered to that faith. Their circle of friends and acquaintances was in- deed extensive.

Reared in Westmoreland county, James Ir- win, of this sketch, there learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, which he followed until fourteen years old, then engaged in mining until 1861. Hardly had the echoes from Fort Sumter's guns died away when he enlisted in Company H. 41st P. V. I., for three years, under Capt. A. J. Bolar, and later became a member of the 12th Penn- sylvania Reserves, which made such a gallant record. He took part in the battle of Drains- ville, the seven-days' fight of the Peninsular cam- paign, the second battle of Bull Run, under Pope, and the engagements at Antietam, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Robison's Tavern, the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. He was wounded in the hand at the battle of Fred- ericksburg, and at Harrisburg, Penn., was hon- orably discharged in 1864, with the rank of ser- geant.

In 1870, Mr. Irwin came to East Brady, where for twenty-two years he was successfully engaged in the grocery business, but is now practically living retired upon a place of twenty-seven acres adjoining that village. In a railroad accident in 1873 he had the misfortune to lose his left arm; but notwithstanding he has been handicapped in this way, he has steadily and honorably worked his way upward, and has attained a fair degree of prosperity.

In August, 1864, Mr. Irwin was married to Miss Elizabeth Lorden, who died in Johnstown, Penn., in 1870. Later he wedded Angeline Engle, by whom he had two children: Edward, who died at the age of two years; and Frank E., who died when only three months old. After the death of his wife he married Charlotte Carson, who passed away in August, in 1894. In May, 1895, he was again married, this time to Miss Sarah Beneger, of East Brady.

In his political affiliations Mr. Irwin is a Re- publican, and has been called upon to serve as overseer of the poor, and in other local positions of honor and trust. For many years he has been an earnest, consistent Christian, a faithful mem- ' ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has served as steward several years, class leader for twenty years, teacher in the Sunday-school twelve years, and has been one of the most successful Sunday-school superintendents in Clarion county. Socially he is a member of Thomas M. Sedgwick Post, G. A. R., in which he has passed all the chairs, and also belongs to the Improved Order

of Red Men. His life has ever been in harmony with his profession and is well worthy of emula- tion.

the age of eighty-two. His wife passed away at J OHN L. FOX. a general merchant of Pol- lock, was born in Monroe township, Clarion county, September 8, 1839. His father, John Fox, came to this section of the State from Hunt- ingdon county, Penn., where he was born in 1803, a son of Jacob Fox, a native of the Keystone State, and of English and German extraction. The fa- ther of our subject was married in Mifflin county, Penn., to Eliza Redline, who was born in 1811, at Reeds Mills, Mifflin county, and was of Eng- lish lineage. In 1836 they removed from Hun- tingdon county to Clarion county, locating first in Strattonville. The father was a shoemaker by trade. He spent his last years in Perry town- ship, and died at the home of our subject at the age of sixty-two. They had a family of thirteen children: William, who resides in Perry township; Sarah; Nancy; Jacob; Harriet; John L .; James; Willoughby; Emma; Abner; Frank; Albert; and Lydia. Four of the sons gave their services to the Union during the Civil war, Will- iam going to the front as a member of the 105th P. V. I .; Jacob, a member of the 8th Pennsyl- vania Reserves, died in consequence of service; James, who was in a three-months' regiment, is now living at Freeport, Pennsylvania.

John L. Fox was reared in Clarion county. and acquired his education in the common schools. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for a number of years, but in the early part of the war he put aside all personal considerations and enlisted at President Lincoln's first call for 300,000 volunteers, be- coming a member of Company E, 78th P. V. I. He served for more than three years, and partic- ipated in the battles of Stone River, Murfrees- boro, Chattanooga and Nashville, where he was under fire thirty days. He then went on to At- lanta, and after participating in the battle of Ken- esaw Mountain, the regiment was mounted and participated in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. When his term of service had ended he was hon- orably discharged and returned to his home with a war record of which he may well be proud. He was always at his post of duty, faithfully de- fending the old flag and the canse it represented, and well deserves to be numbered among those to whom the Union owes its preservation. After his return home Mr. Fox followed farming for some time and also worked at the carpenter's trade until 1877, being connected with the indus-

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trial interests of the community for a consider- able period. He then turned his attention to merchandising, and has since carried on business either in Pollock or Perrysville, having now a well conducted store in the former place.

In 1865 Mr. Fox was married to Miss Mary Slaughenhaupt, who was born in Illinois, a daugh- ter of Daniel and Esther (Wilson) Slaughenhaupt, who were natives of the Keystone State, and died in Clarion county. She had one brother, James Alvin, of Venango county, Penn., who served as one of the boys in blue in Company E, 78th P. V. I. Mr. and Mrs. Fox have three children : Frank, who is employed in a wholesale grocery house in Pittsburg; James, who for a number of years has been engaged in business in Allegheny county, Penn .; and Bertha, wife of W. E. Pol- lock, of Allegheny county. Mr. Fox is a prom- inent and leading member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, in which he has served as steward for a number of years, as class leader and as su- perintendent of the Sunday-school. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum, and is highly esteemed by all.

TRVIN M. SHANNON, ex-sheriff of Clarion county, and the present efficient cashier of the Second National Bank of Clarion, is one of the prominent and influential men of the county, where he was born March 6, 1845.

Christopher S. Shannon, his father, was born in Northumberland county, Penn., December 4, 1812, but when a child came with his parents to Armstrong county, and thence to Clarion coun- ty. He was engaged in mercantile lines of busi- ness throughout life. His death occurred May 13, 1896. He was a man of broad business ideas, a good manager, and was one of the active and prominent business men of this section for years. His wife, whom he married March 17, 1842, was Martha McFarland, who was born in Mifflin county, Penn., March 31, 1825, and was the daughter of Robert McFarland. She died June 23, 1891, a most estimable woman. Their children were: A. J. (deceased), I. M., P. M., Sarah C. (Mrs. I. J. Keck), Robert T. (deceased), Nancy E. (deceased). and G. Luke (deceased).

Irvin M. Shannon had but meager educational advantages, going to school but a brief period after his thirteenth year. His father, in addition to being largely engaged in merchandising, was also in the lumber business, and young Shannon was taken from school to assist his father in the business. He clerked in the store until 1860, then was employed on the farm (his father also

at that time carrying on farming operations). In the spring of 1861 he inade a trip to the eastern part of the State, taking a drove of horses which he disposed of to a Mr. Cake, of Pottsville, Penn., who had a government contract to furnish horses for the U. S. army. He was from home some seven weeks, and on returning resumed farm work until in January, 1862, when he could no longer resist his country's call, so enlisted in Company C, 62nd P. V. I., and at once started to the front, going into winter quarters in front of Washington, D. C. In the spring they broke camp and started on the Peninsula campaign, participating in most of its engagements prior to the battle of Gaines' Mills, Va., June 27, 1862, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. He was held a prisoner of war for upwards of one month, and was confined at Libby prison. He was then exchanged, and in December, 1862, was discharged. His brother, P. M., was wounded in the same engagement.

On returning home Mr. Shannon accepted a clerkship in a store at .Shannondale which later was purchased by his uncle. Soon afterward our subject became a partner, and the business was carried on two years by the new firm. At the close of this period he sold his interest to his uncle and joined his brother, P. M. Shannon (now a prominent oil operator in Pittsburg), in merchandising at Shan- nondale. The two conducted the business until 1868, when our subject became the proprietor and conducted a general store at the same point until in 1883. In the fall of 1882 he was elected sheriff of the county, and moved to Clarion. After having served one term of three years in this of- fice he engaged in the hotel business, keeping the "Loomis House " until in 1890. Then for a period, 1891-1892, he was speculating in lum- ber. In January, 1893, he became the assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Clarion, and one year later the cashier. He still holds this position, to which he is admirably adapted. Aside from the sheriffalty, Mr. Shannon has served in other local offices, and was for seven years president of the school board. For some years he was interested in the Jacksonian, a newspaper of Clarion. Mr. Shannon is promi- nent in a number of the secret societies; he is a member of the F. & A. M. and is serving as trustee of the lodge at Clarion, and was one of the building committee that erected the building belonging to the lodge at that point. He is pres- ident of the Clarion Athletic Association: is iden- tified with the I. O. O. F., and with the G. A. R .; and in politics he is a Democrat.

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Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania : including the counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, Pt. 3, Part 68

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1898 Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers Number of Pages: 1332

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1332