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George Baker; man and an upright citizen. In 1912
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Mrs. Moul was still living, having at- panionship of a charming and congenial tained the age of ninety-six years.
Charles E. Moul, son of Conrad and Susan (Bollinger) Moul, was born Jan- uary 25, 1858, in Ilanover, where he re- ceived his early education in the public schools, later graduating from Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and then taking a course at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York. After his return to Hanover he entered the service of the Hanover Sav- ing Fund Society, for three years hold- ing the position of teller, and for twenty- six years serving on the board of direc- tors. He early showed himself to be a progressive, wide-awake business man, and was one of the projectors of the Hanover Match Company. In 1903 he was one of the organizers of the Han- over Wire Cloth Company, which under his capable management has become one of the leading industries of York county, its factory giving employment to more than one hundred hands. Mr. Moul was also one of the organizers of the Han- over Sewing Company, another impor- tant industry, employing about one hun- dred and twenty hands. He has been secretary of the firm of C. Moul & Com- pany since its organization.
Mr. Moul married, in 1889, Clara E., daughter of P. H. Glatfelter, a prominent citizen and paper manufacturer of Spring Grove; Mr. Glatfelter is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Moul have been the par- ents of three children: Elizabeth G .; Philip C., deceased ; and Esther B. The home of the family is one of the most attractive residences in Hanover, refined, comfortable and tasteful in all its ap- pointments. Mr. Moul, who is fond of antiquities, takes pleasure in collecting eight-day grandfather clocks, those stately time-pieces that solemnly told of the flight of the hours in bygone days. He is a man of devoted family affections, and by his marriage gained the life com-
woman, one fitted by native refinement, a bright mind and thorough education for her position as one of the leaders of Hanover society, and withal a most ac- complished home-maker. Mr. and Mrs. Moul are active members of St. Mat- thew's Lutheran Church, being associ- ated with the various phases of its work and with numerous charitable enter- prises.
Mr. Moul is a descendant of ancestors who as brave soldiers and wise civilians rendered distinguished service to Penn- sylvania. In his own career as an en- terprising, farsighted business man, he has united the daring aggressiveness of the one with the penetrating sagacity of the other, under the control of that seru- pulous honor which has ever been the guiding principle of all who have borne the name of Moul.
McCOLLUM, Joseph Brewster,
Lawyer, Supreme Court Chief Justice.
This gifted son of Pennsylvania, and late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of his native State, was born on the pa- ternal farm in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county, September 28, 1832, and died October 3, 1903. Until he was seventeen years of age he re- mained his father's assistant on the farm, obtaining a good public school educa- tion, also acquiring a sturdy body and strong constitution. During this period one of his instructors was Justice IIenry W. Williams, afterward his colleague on the supreme bench. From seventeen to twenty years of age he attended Ilar- ford Academy, an institution of high rank in Susquehanna county and one from whose portals issued many young men who became prominent State notables, including Galusha A. Grow, a speaker of the National House of Representa- ives; Henry W. Williams, a Justice of
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the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Charles A. Buckalew, a United States Senator; and Cyrus C. Carpenter, a Gov- ernor of the State of Iowa.
Finishing his course at Harford Acad- emy, Mr. McCollum having decided on the profession of law, entered the State and National Law School at Poughkeep- sie, New York, whence he was graduated LL. B. He then entered the law offices of Ralph B. Little, of Montrose, then one of the ablest and most successful law- yers of Northeastern Pennsylvania. At the August term in 1855 he was admitted to the bar of Susquehanna county, and at once accepted a position in the office of William B. Plate, a lawyer of Geneva, Illinois, where he remained one year, then returning to Montrose, Pennsyl- vania.
law, rapidly acquired for him a wide and lucrative practice and was a most fitting preparation for the higher positions which he was destined to fill.
From 1878 to 1888, Judge McCollum held the high office of President Judge of Susquehanna county, demonstrating at every cause heard those qualities of mind and heart which are associated with the honored, trusted jurist. Affa- ble in manner, dignified but not austere, quick to perceive the salient points of a cause-these sterling qualities rested upon a foundation of sterling, unswerv- ing integrity, a love of truth, an abhor- rence of injustice and a nature in true sympathy with the common people of whom he was one. These constituted the elements which raised him to emin- ence as a judge and furnished the basis of the call from the people to "come up higher."
In 1856, in association with A. J. Ger- ritson, he purchased the Montrose "Dem- ocrat" and assisted in the publication of In 1888 he was elected Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The full significance of the election of Judge McCollum, first as President Judge, then as Supreme Court Justice, cannot be fully comprehended without a knowledge of the fact that he was a life-long Demo- crat running for office in Republican strongholds-Susquehanna, a strongly Republican county normally, elected him President Judge by twelve hundred ma- jority, while Pennsylvania has always been against the Democracy, except up- on rare occasions when the Republican party was rent in twain by internal dis- sension. that journal until January 1, 1858, when he sold his interest to his partner and returned to legal practice. He formed a law partnership with Nathan Newton, which existed two years, then until Au- gust, 1862, was associated with his brother-in-law, D. W. Searle, later President Judge of Susquehanna county. He then practiced alone one year until 1867, when he formed a partnership with Albert Chamberlin, which continued un- til January 1, 1871. He then associated in practice with his brother, Alexander H. McCollum, also an eminent lawyer of the Susquehanna bar. The brothers continued together until 1878, when the As a member of the highest court in the State, Judge McCollum demonstrated anew that he knew the law, and, in his administration of it, knew neither fear nor favor. He won the approval of the bench and bar, and convinced the peo- ple who had elected him that they had made no mistake. His written opinions were models of justice, clearness and partnership was dissolved by the election of Joseph Brewster McCollum to the President Judgeship of Susquehanna county. During his twenty years of practice in Montrose, his careful, con- scientious devotion to the interests of his clients, his eloquent and forceful presentation of his causes to both court and jury, his thorough mastery of the learning, are among the best handed
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down by any judge, and are notable also company raised in York county, Penn- for their comprehensive grasp of the sylvania. He served throughout the Revolutionary war, and was with Gen- eral Washington at Valley Forge, un- dergoing the sufferings and privations of that memorable camp. legal principles at issue and for their terseness of expression as well as the simple, direct style of composition. In August, 1900, owing to the death of Chief Justice Henry M. Green, Judge McCollum, owing to priority of office, became Chief Justice, holding this office, the highest judicial honor his State could bestow, until his death, three years later.
In political life, he was always an ac- tive party man, and rendered the party of his choice valuable assistance. He served as chairman of the Democratic County Committee, and was candidate for many offices, accepting his defeats as a matter of course, his party being in a decided minority. His elevation to the bench of his native county was a just tribute to his legal ability and was to him doubly grateful, coming as it did from political enemies, who sank party to clear the way for the honest man and the upright judge.
Judge McCollum married in Montrose, December 9, 1862, Mary J., daughter of Daniel Searle, then one of the most prominent of Susquehanna's public men. Children: Searle, born April 30, 1867, later a successful practicing lawyer of Montrose ; Charles W., killed in a rail- road accident, October 31, 1891.
PETERMAN, John F., M. D., Prominent Homoeopathist.
Dr. John F. Peterman, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a prominent practitioner of the Homeopathic school, was born in Manchester, Carroll county, Maryland, February 12, 1861, son of Benjamin and Mary A. (Streavig) Peterman. The AIKEN, David, father was a farmer of Carroll county, Manufacturer, Public Official. Maryland, grandson of Peter and Bar- bara (Rheinhardt) Peterman, and great- The men who worked with hands and brain are the men who have made Pitts- grandson of Daniel Peterman, who served as a lieutenant of militia in a burgh-"the workshop of the world"-
Dr. Peterman was reared on the home farm, receiving his education in the pub- lic school and high school of Manches- ter. His first occupation was that of school teacher, in which capacity he served for six years, and with such suc- cess as to afford promise of great dis- tinction in the educational field had he continued in it. However, he had de- cided upon medicine as a profession, and entered the office of Dr. F. F. B. Weaver, a prominent and successful physician of that section of the State, studying under him and assisting him in his practice for two years. In 1884 he went to Phila- delphia and continued his medical train- ing in the Hahneman Medical College, graduating from that institution in 1886. He then removed to Lebanon, Pennsyl- vania, opened an office in that city, and began what has since developed into a large and remunerative practice. At first he had a considerable country prac- tice, which grew into a very extensive one, but of late years he has confined his work almost entirely to the precincts of Lebanon. He keeps in touch with his professional brethren by membership in the Goodnough Medical Society, and he is also connected with Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 226, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, the Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks, and the Steitz Club, of Leb- anon. He is a member of the Reformed church, and in politics a Democrat.
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what she is to-day, and of this powerful class of citizens was the late David Ai- ken, junior, of the well-known firm of Aiken & Company. Mr. Aiken was a descendant of ancestors who belonged to that versatile and progressive Irish race which has contributed so largely to the development of the most vital interests of the Iron City.
George Aiken, grandfather of David Aiken, junior, was born in 1777, in county Antrim, Ireland, and in 1814 emi- grated to the United States, settling in Pittsburgh. He purchased a tract of land which was heavily timbered, and this he cleared, making many valuable improve- ments and converting it into a farm which he cultivated during the remain- der of his life. The site of this farm, which lay between Ellsworthi avenue and the Roup property, is to-day one of the most fashionable thoroughfares of Great- er Pittsburgh. Mr. Aiken married, in Ireland, Sarah Thompson, and their chil- dren were: David; Mary Ann, born May 19, 1809; Nancy, August 31, 1811 ; Thomas, mentioned below; Castleman, born January 5, 1818; Sarah, May II, 1821 ; George, February 25, 1828; Rachel, May 15, 1830; and Margaret, June 21, 1832. George Aiken, the father of this family, died December 8, 1845, surviv- ing his wife but one year, she having passed away December 6, 1844.
Thomas Aiken, son of George and Sarah (Thompson) Aiken, was born December 21, 1814, in Pittsburgh, and received his education in the common schools of East Liberty. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade and in course of time became, by reason of superior mental endowments and busi- ness ability, an architect and builder, doing much contract work and furnish- ing plans and specifications to others. He erected many of the old-time man- sions in East Liberty, and in 1869 founded the firm of Aiken & Company,
thus entering into the slate roofing busi- ness. Mr. Aiken acquired a tract of land owned by his first wife, situated between what is now Amberson street and Aiken avenue, and between the Pennsylvania railroad and Fifth avenue. It was then covered with a thick forest which Mr. Aiken caused to be cleared, devoting the land to farming, and calling the place "Shady Side." When the Pennsylvania railroad was built, a station was placed in that neighborhood, and was called, in compliment to Mr. Aiken, Shady Side Station. Later, when that part of his farm was converted into town lots, the district became known as Shady Side, and Aiken's Lane, as it was originally called, is now Aiken avenue. In every move- ment for the betterment of the commu- nity Mr. Aiken was a leader. He was instrumental in establishing the East Liberty school, serving as one of its di- rectors. In 1867, in association with others, he founded the Shady Side Pres- byterian Church, and from that time to the close of his life was one of its elders, also serving for a number of years as superintendent of the Sunday school.
Mr. Aiken married (first), his cousin, Rachel Castleman, daughter of David and Rachel (Castleman) Aiken. David Aiken emigrated to the United States a few years prior to the coming of his brother George, and purchased valuable land in Pittsburgh, situated between what is now Fifth avenue and the Penn- sylvania railroad, from Neville avenue to Aiken. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken were the parents of one son: David, mentioned below. Mr. Aiken married (second) Eliza Jane McKee, of Wilkinsburg, Penn- sylvania. The death of Mr. Aiken oc- curred June 5, 1873, and was widely and sincerely mourned as that of a man ad- mirable in all the relations of life.
David Aiken, only child of Thomas and Rachel Castleman (Aiken) Aiken, was born October 15, 1833, in Pitts-
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burgh, and received his education in the schools of his native city. In his early manhood he devoted some years to farm- ing, and in 1863-64 built the house on Amberson avenue which is now the resi- denee of his family. In 1869, in associa- tion with his father, he founded the firm of Aiken & Company, which was sue- eessful from its inception, having grown from exclusive slate roofing to the manu- facture of mantles, tiles, fireplaces, gas and electric fixtures, etc., and is now one of the largest plants of its kind in Penn- sylvania. Upon the death of his father, Mr. Aiken became head of the firm, mneh of its success having been from the beginning due to his capable man- agement, farsighted sagacity and aggres- sive yet wisely conservative methods. To his associates Mr. Aiken showed a genial, kindly, humorous side of his na- ture which made their business relations most enjoyable, treating his employees with the utmost kindness and considera- tion, and receiving from them in return loyal service and hearty co-operation.
While never an office-seeker, Mr. Aiken was active in public affairs, and was more than onee placed by his fel- low-citizens in positions of trust and re- sponsibility, the duties of which he dis- charged in a manner alike ereditable to himself and satisfactory to his constitu- ents. For a long period he was a mem- ber of the seleet couneil, serving for sev- eral years as its president, and for eight years he served as treasurer of the coun- ty. He was a man of most benevolent disposition, and no good work done in the name of charity or religion appealed to him in vain. Associated with his father in the organization of the Shady Side Presbyterian Church, he served from that period to the close of his life as its treasurer and one of its trustees, actively participating in its work to which he was always a liberal contribu- tor.
Mr. Aiken married, November 13, 1856, at Torrance Station, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, Caroline A., daughter of Rees and Catherine (Hum- bert) Jones. Mr. Jones was born in 1776, in Philadelphia, and died in 1850, in Pittsburgh. His wife was born in 1799, and almost reached the century limit, passing away at the extraordinary age of ninety-eight and one-half years. Rees Jones was the son of Paul Jones, born 1737, son of Gerrard Jones, born 1705-6, son of Robert Jones, son of John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, county of Mer- ioneth, Wales, whose descendants were among the prominent Welsh founders of Pennsylvania, settling near Philadelphia. John Thomas, of Llaithgwm, gentleman, was a direct descendant of Marehweith- ian, the Welsh chieftain of Isaled, the de- scendants of whom rose to great distinc- tion at various times, both in peace and in war. Marchweithian was one of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales and Lord of Issallet, and bore the following arms : "Gules a lion rampant argent armed langued azure." Mr. and Mrs. Aiken were the parents of the following chil- dren : Katherine Jones, married Judge James H. Reed, and their children are : David Aiken, James H. and Katherine ; David Castleman, died February 28, 1908, in California, married Effie Hester ; Caroline Jones, died aged seven months ; Rachel Castleman; Thomas Clarence, died at the age of fourteen months; Clara Belle; Florence Louise, married William W. Smith, of Pittsburgh; Paul Jones, died aged seven years; James King, died at age of fifteen years; and Grace Christina.
Mrs. Aiken, a woman of most winning personality, shared to the full her hus- band's charitable disposition, and was to him in all respects an ideal helpmate. Mr. Aiken was a man of strong domestic tastes and affections, and delighted in entertaining his many friends. The
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whole family were extremely popular in Pittsburgh society, and the beautiful home over which Mrs. Aiken so grace- fully presided was a center of genial hos- pitality. There Mrs. Aiken, since her widowhood, has continued to reside, the object of the devoted regard of a large circle of friends.
While still in the prime of life and the full maturity of all his powers, Mr. Ai- ken passed away June 8, 1889, leaving in the business, political and social cir- cles of his native city a void well-nigh impossible to fill. A man of widespread influence, he wrought an amount of good the total of which can never be com- puted, and to the financial and commer- cial world he was at once a leader and an example. One of the strong men of the Old Pittsburgh, David Aiken, has passed away, but the record of his life is an inspiration, and his work remains to bless the generations which come after him.
MANSFIELD, Ira F., Soldier, Man of Affairs.
To the Hon. Ira Franklin Mansfield has come the attainment of a distin- guished position in connection with the great material industries of Pennsyl- vania. His life achievements worthily illustrate what may be attained by per- sistent and painstaking effort. He is a man of progressive ideas, and although versatile, he is not superficial ; exactness and thoroughness characterize all his at- tainments, and his intellectual posses- sions are unified and assimilated, for they are his own. His genealogy also betok- ens that he is a scion of a family whose associations with the annals of Ameri- can history have been intimate and hon- orable from the earliest colonial epoch.
Mansfield, son of Sir John Mansfield, Knight, mayor of Exeter, England, and master surveyor under Queen Elizabeth. He was one of the first settlers in New Haven, Connecticut, and ancestor of about all of the Mansfields in Connecti- eut, New York and several of the west- ern and southern States. He came from Exeter, Devonshire, England, settled in "Quinnipiac" in 1639, and died January 10, 1655. The given name of his wife was Gillian, and the youngest of their two children was Moses, whose birth oc- curred in 1639 and who died in 1703. Moses was a major in the colonial army, and a general commanding troops in King Philip's War. He served in the General Assembly of Connecticut and was Judge of the Probate and County Court. He was twice married (first) to Mercy Glover and (second) to Abigail Yale. Among his children was Jona- than, born 1686, and died 1703. Jona- than Mansfield was a farmer by occupa- tion, and served as constable, and as dea- con in the Episcopal church at New Haven, Connecticut. He married Sarah Ailing, and they had a son Moses, born May 5, 1709. Moses Mansfield was con- stable, collector of taxes and schoolmas- ter at New Haven, where his demise oc- curred in 1754. He married (first) Mary A. Kierstadt, and (second) Rachel Ward. Their first daughter never uttered a cry until she was four years old. They named her Silence, and she later became a noted singer in church choirs. John, son of Moses Mansfield, known as "Cap- tain Jack," was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in Wallingford, that State. He served throughout the Revolutionary War, and was at the cap- ture of Yorktown, receiving a bayonet wound through his right hand while leading the forlorn hope that captured the outer batteries of the British army. He served under General Washington,
Following is a brief summary of the Mansfield genealogy. The founder of this family in America was Richard and in special orders was promoted to
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the office of captain. He married Esther Lewis and they had two children, Ira and Sybil, the latter of whom married John Hiddleson, a sea captain of George- town, South Carolina. Ira Mansfield was born in Wallingford in 1769, and died in Atwater, Ohio, in 1849. He mi- grated to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, in 1803, and for years was in the State militia with the rank of captain. Ile married Sukie Kirtland and their son, Isaac K., was the father of the subject of this review. Isaac K. Mansfield, born in Atwater, in 1810, was a merchant in Poland and the city of Philadelphia, and while there was stricken with disease, and died in Poland in 1850. In 1839 Isaac K. married Lois Morse, and to this union were born three children: Charles H., who died in infancy; Ira F., of this notice; and Mary K., who married Sam- uel Moody, a prominent Pennsylvania railroad official living in Beaver. Mrs. Isaac K. Mansfield remained in Poland until 1870, when she came to Cannelton and Beaver, and died in. 1910, aged eigh- ty-nine.
Hon. Ira F. Mansfield was born in Poland, Ohio, June 27, 1842, and was reared in the city of Philadelphia until he was eight years of age. When fifteen his education was cut short by being ex- pelled from Poland College, in attending a dance at the President Mckinley home. Completing the iron moulder's trade at the age of twenty years, he enlisted as a private in Captain Robert Wilson's Company H, 105th Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. He saw service in the Army of the Cumberland, accompanied General Sherman in the "March to the Sea," and participated in the Grand Review at Washington after the close of the war. He was advanced from private to orderly sergeant, and after the battle of Perry- ville, Kentucky, was promoted by Gov- ernor David Tod to the rank of second lieutenant. Just after the battles of
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge he was made first lieutenant. During the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's "March to the Sea" he was assigned as quartermaster with rank. of captain on the staff of General Jeff Davis, com- manding 14th Army Corps.
After the close of the war, in June, 1865, Mr. Mansfield was partner with David Hall in the Brick store in Poland, Ohio, and in October, 1865, moved to Cannelton, Pennsylvania, where he as- sumed charge of the Cannel Coal Mines, which he operated until 1890. Having leased his coal and fire clay mines, he still devotes his attention to the develop- ment of fruits, having an orchard of two hundred acres in which are grown ap- ples, pears, peaches, cherries and other fruits. He is a director and first vice- president of the First National Bank of Rochester ; is a director in several build- ing and loan associations and the Roch- ester and Beaver Realty Companies ; also a trustee in the Beaver Valley Hospital : director in the Beaver County Electric Company ; a member of the Beaver Col- lege Trustees, of which institution he was president for a number of years. Ira F. Mansfield is deeply and sincerely interested in educational matters and in addition to his interest in Beaver College is president of the board of trustees of Greensburg Academy at Darlington, and the active chancellor of the Robin Hood Club of one hundred lady school teachers, who each summer camp out in tents in search of flowers, birds, insects and gen- eral health.
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