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(The Laughlin Line).
James Laughlin was of Washington county, Pennsylvania. He married, and his children were: William B .; Wilson, born in 1791, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, died in 1868, in Rush county, Indiana; and Elizabeth.
William B. Laughlin, son of James Laughlin, served an apprenticeship of seven years learning the hatter's trade, and meanwhile embraced every oppor- tunity for making up for his educational deficiencies. By the time he had finished his apprenticeship he was fitted to enter Jefferson College, where he took a full course, graduating at the end of six years. In 1812 he migrated to Scott county, Ken- tucky, and in 1816 settled in Franklin county, Indiana, where he entered upon the study of medicine. In 1820 he re- moved to Rush county, with the early
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settlement of which he was prominently identified, naming the county and its chief town in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, of Philadelphia. He studied law in Penn- sylvania, and was elected judge soon after settling in Franklin county. In 1818 he became a member of the Indiana Legis- lature, which met at Corydon, then the capital of the State. He owned the land upon which the greater portion of Rush- ville now stands, and in 1822 he donated twenty-five acres of this land to the county for the purpose of having the county seat established thereon. Judge Laughlin died January 1, 1836.
Elizabeth Laughlin, daughter of James Laughlin, became the wife of James El- liott, as stated above.
GARDNER, Emmons Johnson, Oil Operator.
Among well-known business men of Philadelphia is Emmons J. Gardner, oil operator. Mr. Gardner is a descendant of the old family of Gardner of New Eng- land. The name Gardner is of Latin origin ; in Latin it is Gardianis; in Italian Gardena, in French Des Jardine. A knight, Des Jardins, came into England with William the Conqueror, and the name has been known there from that time. The surname Gardner and Gard- iner have the same origin, and the spell- ing Gardener is also found. This family in New England have been most promi- nent and influential there from the begin- ning of American history. The name Gardner and Gardiner may be derived from two Saxon words, "gar," signifying a weapon, dart, a javelin, armed, and "dyn," signifying a noise, alarm. "Gar- dyn," a martial sound, a clashing of arms. A characteristic of the family in New England is its "silent" quality; they have never been known as talkers, but have
been noted for great shrewdness, and in proportion to their number with that of other families of their section, have al- ways held more official or executive posi- tions. The arms as used are:
Arms-Argent, a chevron between three bugle- horns stringed gules.
Crest-An arm in armor, proper, hand grasp- ing the broken shaft of a lance.
In 1128 there was a Sir Osborn Gard- ner, Knight, then head of the family in England, who was Lord of the Manor of Orell, on the Douglas river, Wigam Par- ish, West Derby Hundred, County Pal- antine of Lancaster, England. Members of the family took part in the various cru- sades. The family in America are de- scended from three brothers who came to New England at an early period in its history. From New England the family spread to various parts of New York and other states.
Emmons Johnson Gardner was born at Cattaraugus, New York, April 3, 1873, son of the late Thomas S. and Emily (Johnson) Gardner. Thomas S. Gard- ner was the son of Deacon Artemas and Penilla Gardner, both of whom lived and are buried at Ellicottville, New York. Penilla Gardner was the daughter of Thomas Shankland, a pioneer resident of Cooperstown, New York. Thomas Shankland was the son of Robert Shank- land, a native of Enniskillen, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, who emigrated to America about 1760; he settled at Cherry Valley and was active in the stirring events of the American Revolution, gain- ing distinction for his valor; he is men- tioned in Stone's "Life of Brant."
Emmons J. Gardner was educated in public and high schools, and then entered The Bank of Cattaraugus, New York, re- maining five years. He then was in Buffalo, New York, in the real estate
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business for four years, trading under his own name. His next venture was in the oil business, going to Chipmunk oil fields, and later to the oil fields of Oklahoma, in which State he has large holdings. He is president of the Penn-Wyoming Oil Company, president of the Navajo Oil Company, and is interested as a stock- holder in the McCoach Oil & Gas Com- pany, the Sheppard Oil Company, Reser- vation Gas Company, of Buffalo, and others. The head offices of his various companies are in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Gardner is widely known as a specialist in oil and gas properties. In politics he is a Republican. Among his clubs are the Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cricket, White Marsh Val- ley Club, Germantown Automobile Club, all of Philadelphia. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Chapter, Commandery, Shrine and Lu- Lu Temple. He is also a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadel- phia.
On August 26, 1896, Mr. Gardner mar- ried Charlotte, daughter of Albert and Louise Ten Eyck, of Albany, New York, of the old family of that name, and they are the parents of the following children : Robert Ten Eyck, born November 27, 1899; and Albert Thomas, born April 26, 1910.
JUNKER, J. A. Herman, Leather Manufacturer.
Junker is a name inseparably identified with the leather business of Pittsburgh, and among those who have been most suc- cessful in developing its possibilities is J. A. Herman Junker, a man who has given nearly fifty years to the study of the problems which it constantly presents. Mr. Junker is very prominent in Masonic circles, carrying into that sphere of action
the same traits of enterprise and execu- tiveness which have stamped his work in the world of business.
J. A. Herman Junker was born in Mc- Keesport, Pennsylvania, in 1852, a son of William B. and Katherine (Maurer) Junker. William B. Junker died Febru- ary 7, 1918, at the age of ninety-one years. J. A. Herman Junker was educated in the public schools of his native place, and at an early stage learned the tanner's trade under the supervision of his father. In 1869, after three years' work in the tan- nery, the youth came to Pittsburgh, the father opening a leather store on Liberty street. So well did the enterprise succeed that in 1872 more commodious quarters were necessary, and the business was moved to Smithfield street. Twelve years later the firm took its new abode on Water street and First avenue, where it continues to present an over-impressive example of the results of well directed progressiveness and good business judg- ment. In 1887, Mr. Junker, in partner- ship with his brother, Bernhart L. Junker, succeeded to their father's business, and in 1897 J. A. Herman, by purchasing the interest of his brother, became sole owner. During the twenty years that have since elapsed Mr. Junker has conducted the business in a manner which gives proof of business abilities of no common order.
In the Masonic fraternity Mr. Junker is a conspicuous figure, holding extremely responsible offices. He is a Shriner, has attained to the thirty-third degree, is a member of the Supreme Council, chair- man of the ways and means committee, and a past officer of the many Masonic bodies including the office of past grand commander, Knights Templar, of Penn- sylvania. As a Knights Templar Mr. Junker planned and carried to a success- ful termination the remarkable pilgrimage to San Francisco, 1904, regarded by mem-
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bers of the order the world over as the most notable trip of its kind ever under- taken by anybody in the history of the United States. Nearly three hundred pil- grims were taken to every large city in the West in thirty-one days without a single mishap. The man who accom- plished this feat looks like one capable of it. His expression is that of mingled boldness, forethought and determination. Coolness of judgment is written on the features and keenness of vision looks out of the dark eyes. He has shown himself to be a born administrator. Evidence of this may be found in many phases of his business career, the most striking proof being, perhaps, his conduct of that won- derful Western pilgrimage.
J. A. Herman Junker does not belong among the pioneers. Succeeding to the leadership of an enterprise already estab- lished on permanent foundations, he has reared on those foundations a fair and im- posing structure. In continuing the work begun and largely developed by another he has amplified its design and extended its scope. He has caused to more than fulfill its promise and has assured to it a future of increase and prosperity.
RITCHIE, Craig, Representative Citizen.
Hon. Craig Ritchie, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born in Glas- gow, Scotland, December 29, 1758. He was of the well-known family of Ritchie, of Scotland. The arms of the Ritchie family, as given by Burke, are as follows :
Arms-Quarterly, Ist and 4th, argent on a chief gules, three lions' heads erased of the field; 2nd and 3rd, azure, a crescent or, between three cross- crosslets argent.
Crest-A unicorn's head couped ermine, horned or.
Motto-Virtute acquiritur honos.
Hon. Craig Ritchie came to America in 1772, and in 1782 settled at Canonsburg, Washington county, Pennsylvania. He was one of the purchasers of the first twenty-eight building lots which led to the establishment of Canonsburg, Penn- sylvania, and there he carried on a suc- cessful mercantile enterprise for years. He was also active in public affairs, was elected justice-of-the-peace in 1784 and served in the State Legislature from 1793 until 1795. His energy of character, bus- iness habits and general intelligence, se- cured to him a widely extended reputa- tion. During the "Whisky Insurrection" he took a decided stand on the side of law and order, and rendered himself so un- popular with some of the leaders of that unhappy affair that he was in danger of their vengeance. Indeed, nothing but his absence, in attendance at the General As- sembly of the State, saved his property from the torch of the incendiaries, at the time that General Neville's house was burned to the ground; as some of the party told the family. He enjoyed the confidence and special friendship of Gen- eral Washington, who often visited him, and corresponded with him, and availed himself of Mr. Ritchie's aid, in the man- agement of his landed interests in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania. He not only lodged with Mr. Ritchie, and often dined with him, but took many a walk with him along the banks of Chartiers, conferring with him, not only about his own private interests but the public con- cerns of the country. Craig Ritchie also enjoyed the friendship and confidence of Dr. John McMillan, who made Mr. Ritchie's house his home whenever he was in Canonsburg.
Hon. Craig Ritchie held a commission as captain under General Crawford in the expedition against Sandusky, in 1782. He proved himself a stalwart friend of
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Jefferson College during its most perilous times. He was one of its first trustees, and the secretary of the board for a long time. He was also appointed treasurer, at various times, and managed the finan- cial affairs of the college with great judg- ment and success, often paying large sums in advance from his own pocket. He was by far the most business-like man they had, and did more in devising ways and means to sustain the College than per- haps all the other trustees together, even including Dr. McMillan himself. He gave a large portion of his time and personal attention in superintending the progress of the new building and providing from his own resources whatever might be temporarily wanted by the workmen. And when, in 1817, every other trustee seemed to despair of the further existence of Jefferson College, Mr. Ritchie was un- moved and immovable and took such en- ergetic steps as re-animated the friends of the Institution and secured its continu- ance. He was a gentleman of the old school. His dignified and somewhat aris- tocratic manners, and his fine, personal appearance commanded respect wherever he might be found. For honesty of prin- ciple, goodness and charity, and for self- sacrificing efforts in behalf of Jefferson College, the church of his choice, and the country of his adoption, Mr. Ritchie had no superior in Pennsylvania.
Hon. Craig Ritchie married, November 6, 1788, when thirty years of age, Mary Price, born in Maryland, January 25, 1769, died August 13, 1836, daughter of David and Ann (Husband) Price. David Price was a son of John and Abigail Price. Ann (Husband) Price, the mother of Mary (Price) Ritchie, was a daughter of William and Mary Husband. The Prices were natives of Maryland. Hon. Craig and Mary (Price) Ritchie were the par- ents of the following children :
I. David, born August 29, 1789, died November 6, 1809.
2. Margaret, born September 8, 1791; she married, May 6, 1813, Dr. Andrew Wylie, born 1789, in Pennsylvania, died 1851, in Bloomington, Indiana. Dr. Wy- lie was a graduate of Jefferson College, 1810, and president of Jefferson College, 1812-16; then president of Washington College, Pennsylvania, and later president of Indiana State University at Blooming- ton, Indiana. Dr. Wylie was a son of Adam (2) Wylie, born 17-, died 1821, son of Adam (1) Wylie, born 1718. The children of Dr. Wylie and Margaret (Ritchie) Wylie are as follows: i. An- drew, born 1814. died 1905; a judge of the court in the District of Columbia for many years; married Caroline Bryan. ii. William, born 18-, died 1835. iii. Mary, married J. F. Dodd, and they were the parents of eight children, five of whom were: Kemper, Anna, Emma, Elizabeth ; Margaret, married Theodore F. Rose. iv. Ritchie, born 1819, died 1840. v. Eliz- abeth, married John McCalla, and their daughter Mary married Charles Harris and had a son, John Harris. vi. John H., born 1823, died 1855; married Elizabeth Leeds, and their daughter Irene married William Trask. vii. Samuel Theophy- lact, a lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio. viii. Margaret, married Samuel Martin, a mis- sionary to China, and among their seven children were: Emma, Mary, Claudius, Flora and Nevin. ix. Irene, born 18-, died 1878; married Joseph Bell, of Wheel- ing, West Virginia; children: Andrew, Margaret, Joseph, Walter, Francis; Mar- garet, married Edwin Cavett Ewing, and had sons: Joseph, Wylie B. and Nel- son J. Ewing. x. Redick, born 183I, died 1905; married Madeline Thompson ; children : Jean, -, Frank, Lena. xi. Anderson, born 1833; married Margaret Conklin; children: Mary, Henry, Caro-
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line, Andrew. xii. Jane Mulheme, died 1865.
3. William, mentioned at length in fol- lowing sketch.
4. Matthew, born January 24, 1795.
5. John, born January 12, 1797, died in Texas, December 23, 1870.
6. Ann, born December 31, 1798, died December 27, 1870, in Baltimore, Mary- land. She married Dr. Jonathan Leather- man, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a skillful physician. They were the parents of the following children: i. Elizabeth Craft, born 1820, died in August, 1901; married, in August, 1845, Rev. Joseph Tait Smith, D. D., LL. D., born 1818, died in April, 1906; he was a gifted preacher and greatly beloved ; he was a moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyter- ian church in 1888; pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, and one of the trustees of Princeton Theolog- ical Seminary; children: a. Dr. Joseph Tait Smith, born September 23, 1850, married, October, 1876, Rachel Fleming Perkins, and their three children are as follows: Jennie Ritchie Smith, born 1879; Joseph Tait Smith, 3rd, born May, 1881, married February 20, 1913, Mary Hutch- ins, and had one child, Elizabeth Craig, born February 22, 1915; Henry, born De- cember, 1888. b. Rev. Jonathan Ritchie Smith, D. D., born June 23, 1852; a tal- ented preacher, was pastor for many years of the Presbyterian church in Peekskill, New York; later for a number of years pastor of the Market Street Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; then he accepted an urgent call to a pro- fessorship in the Princeton (New Jersey) Theological Seminary; he married, June 12, 1883, Louise Hasbrouck, born 29, 1856; children: Ritchie Hasbrouck Smith, born May 10, 1886, married, in October, 1917, Edith Walton; Louise Letterman Smith, born November 6,
1887; Dudley Cook Smith, born October II, 1892 ; Craig Ritchie Smith, born May II, 1895.
7. Mary, born October 12, 1800, died September 25, 1828. She married Dr. George Herriott; two children: Craig Ritchie, died aged seventeen years, and Mary Ritchie, became the wife of Dr. William B. Gordon, and died in Novem- ber, 1846.
8. Eliza, born June 25, 1802, died April 22, 1871. She married Redick McKee; four children: Andrew; John; Sarah, be- came the wife of William Dupern ; David, married Frances Dunn, and they had three children : Lanier, Dunn and Redick.
9. Catherine, born July 28, 1804, died 1858, at Bloomington, Indiana. She mar- ried the Rev. Lemuel F. Leake; two daughters.
IO. Jean, born March 1I, 1806, died July 21, 1878.
II. Craig, Jr., mentioned below.
12. Abigail, born June 28, 1810, died in San Francisco, California, aged over eighty years.
13. David, born August 19, 1812, died January 24, 1867; was a noted attorney of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Craig Ritchie was a woman who pre-eminently adorned her station, and greatly contributed to her husband's hap- piness and success in life. The death of Hon. Craig Ritchie occurred June 13, 1833, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Captain Craig (2) Ritchie, son of Hon. Craig (1) and Mary (Price) Ritchie, was born November 24, 1807, in Canons- burg, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and died there January 31, 1879. He was educated in private schools and attended for a time Jefferson College. After enter- ing upon the business of life he was for some years in business in Wheeling, West Virginia, and while there manufactured some of the first cut glass west of the
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Alleghenies. Captain Craig Ritchie re- Virginia Miller, born March 22, 1863, mar- turned to Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, after some years spent in Wheeling, West Virginia, and opened a mercantile estab- lishment, which he continued until death. He was a man of much public spirit ; was one of the founders of what has become the Morganza School of Reform. In pol- itics he was a Whig and later a Repub- lican. He was one of the organizers of the Oak Spring Cemetery at Canonsburg. His title of "Captain" was received on ac- count of his heading a company of men which he drilled for home defense, these drills at that time being known as "must- ers." In religion he was a Presbyterian, and was elder of the Presbyterian church of Canonsburg and member of its board of trustees. He also served as a director of its public schools.
Captain Craig Ritchie married, in Wheeling, West Virginia, December 21, 1836, Mary Ann Chickering, born May 31, 1813, died November 26, 1885, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Balch and Susanna (Swift) Chickering (see Chickering line). Susanna (Swift) Chickering claimed descent from six of the "Mayflower" pas- sengers, notably : Stephen Hopkins, Francis Cook, Edward Doty, Richard Warren, John Howland and John Tilley. Captain Craig and Mary Ann (Chicker- ing) Ritchie were the parents of the fol- lowing children: 1. Caroline Swift, born December 23, 1837, died November 17, 1900; married, December 25, 1879, Rev. John Smith Hays, D. D .; no children. 2. Lieutenant Craig Francis, born March 17, 1839, died November 14, 1863; he took part in eight important battles of the Civil War; was promoted for bravery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July, 1863; was serving at the siege of Morris Island, South Carolina, where he died. 3. Vir- ginia, born April 17, 1841, died April 15, 1863; married, June 1I, 1862, the Rev. Robert Thompson Miller ; one child, Mary
ried, November 25, 1886, Rev. Charles Peter Lynch, and they had two children : Lucy, died in infancy, and Laura Vir- ginia, born October 9, 1888, married Charles Rogers Albright, February 7, 1918. 4. Susan Chickering, born August 28, 1843, died April 21, 1847. 5. Mary Price, born April 9, 1845; married, July 25, 1878, Leaman McCarroll Crothers ; child, Mary Charlotte, born June 27, 1879, married, November 6, 1901, George Law- rence Claypool. 6. Ellen Neil, born De- cember 13, 1847; married, December 21, 1879, Professor William David Butler ; children: Craig Ritchie and Archibald Reynolds, twins, born December 21, 1882; Archibald R. Butler married, June 8, 1910, Genevieve Starin, and their child- ren are : David, born November 23, 1911, and Ellen Rose Anna, born June 4, 1917. 7. William Henry Swift, born June 9, 1850; married (first), November 26, 1872, Sarah Miller; four children: Theodore Morse, Craig Ritchie, Madeline, William ; married (second) Leo White; six child- ren : Beulah Ellen, Virginia Grace, Gord- on Craig, Robert Frank, William Cole- man, Alfonso. 8. Henrietta Grace, born August 18, 1853. 9. Susan Morse, born October 11, 1856; married, March 23, 1881, Campbell Palmer Waugh ; children : i. Henrietta, born September 17, 1882, married Robert Biggs. ii. Craig Ritchie, born February 4, 1884, married, June 16, 1910, Janet Rutherford Thompson ; child- ren: Craig Ritchie and Janet Beatrice, twins, born November 10, 1912, and Campbell Alexander, born January 3, 1914, died October 7, 1916. iii. James Chickering, born April 17, 1888, married April 18, 1914, Margarite Baker; child, James Henry, born April 8, 1915. iv. Samuel Price, born April 17, 1888, mar- ried, March 7, 1916, Flora Virginia Sy- kora; child, Susanna Virginia, born Feb- ruary 26, 1917.
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(The Chickering Line).
(1) Nathaniel Chickering, son of Sim- eon and Prudence Chickering, was born in England, in 1647, and died in Dedham, Massachusetts, October 21, 1694. He came to this country from Wrentham, England, probably, as several letters still in existence, written to him by his mother as late as 1681, are dated at that place.
Some years ago a member of the Chick- ering family caused the records in Eng- land to be searched, and it is said found that Simeon Chickering was a son of Stephen Chickering, who lived at Wickle- wood, England, and died in 1576. The same authority makes Nathaniel a neph- ew of Henry and Francis Chickering, both among the early settlers of Dedham, and all descended from Thomas Chicker- ing, who resided in Wymondham, county of Norfolk, England, in the reign of Henry VIII.
Nathaniel Chickering first settled in that part of Dedham called Dedham Island, on what was later known as the Fuller Place, and married (first) Mary Judson, December 30, 1668. Mrs. Chick- ering died soon, leaving no children. On "3 of ye 10 mo. 1674" (December 3) he married (second) Lydia Fisher, born July 14, 1652, died July 17, 1737, daughter of Captain Daniel and Abigail (Marriot) Fisher, of Dedham, one of the magistrates of the Colony under the old charter.
(II) Nathaniel (2) Chickering, son of Nathaniel (1) and Lydia (Fisher) Chick- ering, was born March 28, 1677, died Jan- uary 16, 1746-47. He married (first) August 14, 1700, Mary Thorp, died Sep- tember I, 1715, daughter of James and Hannah Thorp, of Dedham. He married (second) Deborah Wight, January 26, 1716; she died January 16, 1749, and was a daughter of Joseph and Deborah Wight.
(III) Joseph Chickering, son of Na- thaniel (2) and Deborah (Wight) Chick-
ering, was born May 5, 1717, died Novem- ber 28, 1754. He married, February 7, 1743, Rebecca Newell. Joseph Chicker- ing belonged to the Dover company of minute men, and took part in the battle of Lexington. He had a farm from the original estate, which in later years was known as the Haven Farm. His house is still standing.
(IV) Rev. Jabez Chickering, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Newell) Chicker- ing, was born November 4, 1753, and died March 12, 1812. He married, April 22, 1777, Hannah Balch, born December 10, 1755, died April 17, 1839, daughter of Rev. Thomas Balch, of South Parish, Dedham (now Norwood). Jabez Chickering, born at Dover, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard University in 1774, and was or- dained at South Dedham, July 3, 1776, of which church he continued to be pastor until his death. He succeeded his father- in-law, Rev. Thomas Balch.
(V) Thomas Balch Chickering, son of Rev. Jabez and Hannah (Balch) Chick- ering, was born April 24, 1788, died 1817. He married, May 31, 1812, Susanna Swift, born June 26, 1791, died June 20, 1876, daughter of David and Cynthia (Morse) Swift.
(The Swift Line).
(1) William Swift, probably from Bocking, County Suffolk, England, or its neighborhood, was of Watertown, Mas- sachusetts, in 1635, and possibly earlier. Later removed to Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, where he died in January, 1642. His wife's name was Joan.
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