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(IV) James Sullivan, son of Charles and Margaret (Johnston) Sulli- van, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1795, died 1848. When he was two years of age his parents brought him to Butler county, where he obtained his education and grew to manhood. He engaged in farming as his life occupation, prospering and becoming the owner of three farms. He married late in life and retired, making his home in Prospect, Butler county, until his death retaining possession of his Butler county property and giving its management his personal supervision. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, attending its services regularly. He married Dorcas McGowan, born in Prospect, Butler county, Pennsylvania, 1805, died there in September, 1885. Children: 1. John, an attorney of Pittsburgh, deceased. 2. Charles C., of whom further. 3. Iantha, married Dr. N. N. Richardson, and lives in New York City.
(V) Charles C. Sullivan, son of James and Dorcas (McGowan) Sulli- van, was born in Prospect, Butler county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1842, died in Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1911. His opportunities for graded instruction were few, and although he attend- ed the common schools, the greater part of his sound and thorough edu- cation was the result of solitary study in paths where he found no direction other than that of his own judgment and taste. To such good effect did he direct his efforts that when he was seventeen years of age he was competent to fill a schoolteacher's position, which he did for five years. It had been his father's intention to have him follow the occupation of farmer, but with this proposition the son found severe fault, the father wisely allowing him to engage in the occupations more to his liking and into which he might put the best of his labors, which he would have been unable to do had he been com- pelled to become an agriculturist. When he was twenty-two years of age
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he went to the oil fields of West Virginia and was there located for six years, contracting for the sinking of oil wells. In 1870 he associated with William Riddle in the establishment of a general store at Prospect, a partnership that continued for five years, dissolved to be renewed four years later. During these four years Mr. Sullivan was proprietor of a shoe store in Greece City, Pennsylvania, his new connection with Mr. Riddle extending over a period of three years. He was then engaged in the mer- cantile business independently in Prospect for eight years, in 1887 coming to Beaver Falls, conducting real estate dealings for three years, that term representing the only time since his departure from the oil fields, in 1870, until his death, when he was not actively engaged in the mercantile business. His place of business in Beaver Falls was in a double store building that he erected at No. 1830-32 Seventh avenue, his line being general dry goods and gentlemen's furnishings. His success as a merchant was due in great meas- ure to his genial and agreeable nature, those meeting him in business chan- nels receiving a pleasant impression from the first. To this was added his unquestioned uprightness, and his irreproachable moral character, that fully justified the confidence universally placed in him. His death removed from the circle of Beaver Falls business men one whose popularity was a byword, and whose firm friends were many, while from his family was taken the most loving and considerate of husbands and fathers. His political creed was Republican, and he belonged to the Masonic order, his wife affilia- ting with the Methodist Protestant church.
Mr. Sullivan married, May 16, 1874, Sophia Margaret, born on Grant street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of George B. and Anna Mar- garet (Klinger) Warren. Children of Charles C. and Sophia Margaret (Warren) Sullivan: 1. Della, married E. H. Pyle, and lives in Butler coun- ty, Pennsylvania. 2. Donald E., died aged twenty-one years. 3. Charles Howard, died aged fifteen years. 4. Anna M., died aged ten months. 5. James, died in infancy. 6. A son, died in infancy. 7. Clara Louise, died aged nineteen years. 8. Kenneth Warren, born July 21, 1888, lives at home with his mother. Since her husband's death Mrs. Sullivan has lived in their old home at 1832 Seventh avenue, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
The Warrens are an old family of Shropshire, England, the grand- father of Sophia Margaret having been Sir Joseph Warren, a member of the English knightage, the owner of a large estate in Shropshire. He was twice married, Henry and Harriet being the children of his first union, his second wife, Eliza (Brown) Warren, bearing him six children. At his death the eldest son, Henry, usurped the entire estate, making the lives of his step-mother, sister and half-brothers and sisters so miserable that they counted it a privilege to leave his roof and to immigrate to the United States. Children of Sir Joseph and Eliza (Brown) Warren: 1. Joseph, located in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and died in young manhood. 2. George B., of whom further. 3. Eliza, married Edward Kyes, and lived in Albany, New York. 4. Clara, married Charles Pearson, a large planta-
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tion owner, and lived in Grandgulf, Mississippi. 5. Sophia, a schoolteacher, died unmarried at the home of her sister, Clara, the victim of an attack of yellow fever. 6. Alfred, a merchant of Rymersburg, Clarion county, Penn- sylvania. George B. Warren was eighteen years of age when the family came to Clarion county, Pennsylvania, having been born in Shropshire, England, in June, 1822. A few years after their arrival in this country he went to Pittsburgh and learned to manufacture pianos, subsequently en- gaging in this occupation under the firm name of Goodall & Warren. He continued in this line in partnership with Mr. Goodall until failing health compelled him to seek other fields of endeavor. He moved to Prospect, Butler county, Pennsylvania, became an undertaker and coffin-maker, his death occurring in that place. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran church. He married Anna Margaret, born in Germany, August 13, 1838, died in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1880, daughter of Peter and Mary Klinger, both born in Germany, in 1850 immigrating to the United States and coming to Butler county, Pennsylvania, whither the father of Peter Klinger had preceded him. Children of George B. and Anna Margaret (Klinger) Warren: I. Charles P., a sawmill operator and carpenter of Butler county, Pennsylvania, died August 10, 1874. 2. Eliza K., married Dr. B. F. Lepley, and lived in Prospect, Pennsylvania, both deceased. 3. Sophia Margaret, of previous mention, married Charles C. Sullivan. 4. Mary, died in infancy. 5. George A., an oil well driller, deceased.
BROBECK The members of the Brobeck family, now so ably repre- sented in various sections of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, may be justified in looking back to their ancestry in this country and in the Old World with a certain amount of pride. Not only were they capable men of business, but a number of them have made their mark in the professions, and they have earned distinction as well in the military field.
(I) John George Brobeck was born in Wittenberg, Saxony, Germany, 1768, died 1830. He became an honored business man. He married Susan Matilda - -, born August 4, 1768, died November 10, 1822.
(II) Philip Brobeck, son of John George and Susan Matilda Brobeck, was born January 1I, 1788. His entire life was spent at Bakers Landing, where for a time he operated a distillery, but later turned his attention to farming interests. He married Katherine Ann Baker, born at Bakers Landing, October 9, 1787, and they had children: Harrison, born April 16, 1813; Matilda, March 4, 1815; Katherine Ann, December 2, 1817; Henry Jackson, see forward.
(III) Henry Jackson Brobeck, son of Philip and Katherine Ann (Baker) Brobeck, was born at Bakers Landing, back of Monaca, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1819. His education, which would be considered a limited one at the present day, was acquired in the district schools near his birthplace, and in later life he obtained a valuable fund
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of knowledge by means of his keen powers of observation. He found occupation on the river, making trips from the Upper Ohio river as far south as New Orleans, Louisiana. He was also a molder by trade, and for a long time was in the employ of the Campbell Foundry. He was a deeply religious man and served many years as an elder in the North Branch Presbyterian Church, He married Pauline Frederica Schwarz, born in Wittenberg, Germany, August 7, 1826, daughter of Rev. Andrew Schwarz, a minister of the German Reformed Church, who had a pastorate in Wheeling, West Virginia, for several years, and also at Pomeroy, Ohio. He had children as follows: Hannah, Alexander, Theodore, Charles, and Pauline Frederica, who became the wife of Mr. Brobeck. Mr. and Mrs. Brobeck had children : Matilda Frederica; Charles P., see forward; Harry. (IV) Charles P. Brobeck, son of Henry Jackson and Pauline Fred- erica (Schwarz) Brobeck, was born at Monaca (then Philipsburg), Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1850. He attended the public schools of his native township, going from them to the Beaver Academy, from which he was graduated with honor. Having qualified for entrance into the drug business, he established himself in this in Rochester, Penn- sylvania, in 1873, and was successfully identified with it until his retire- ment from this line in 1905. He was closely connected with several other important business enterprises, and was regarded as a man of remarkable business acumen and sound judgment. He was one of the organizers of the People's National Bank of Rochester, and has served as one of the board of directors of this institution since its organization. He and his family are members of the First Presbyterian Church, and his political allegiance is given to the Democratic party. He is a member of Rochester Lodge, No. 229, Free and Accepted Masons. He married, 1884, Matilda L. C. Brehm, of West Bridgewater ; children: Amalia A. and Frederick Henry. (The Brehm Line.)
(I) Louis Frederick Brehm, whose entire life was spent in Germany, was a celebrated physician, living in Frankford-on-the-Main. He was twice married, the children of first marriage being: Carl, Matilda, August, see forward; Lena, Louisa. Children of second marriage: Eliza, Lewis, Ottilie, Frederica, Pauline.
(II) August Brehm, son of Dr. Louis Frederick Brehm, was born at Swartzenfelts, and came to the United States on his wedding trip, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. He located at West Bridgewater, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1860, and there followed his trade of watch making, in which enterprise he was very successful. His death oc- curred in 1900, and that of his wife in 1901. Both were at first members of the Lutheran Reformed denomination and later became members of the First Presbyterian Church. He married, in 1860, Augusta, born in Germany, daughter of Conrad Mascher, of Bridgewater.
Conrad Mascher came to America and served as a soldier during the Civil War, and was killed in South Carolina while serving on his sec-
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ond enlistment. August and Augusta (Mascher) Brehm had children: Albert L .; Matilda L. C., married Charles P. Brobeck (see Brobeck IV) ; Louis C .; Caroline L. F .; William F., see forward; Louisa P.
(III) William F. Brehm, son of August and Augusta (Mascher) Brehm, was born at West Bridgewater, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Janu- ary 16, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of West Bridgewater, and at Pearsall's Academy, from which institution he was graduated. He then learned the trade of watch making under the capable supervision of his father, and established a business independently in 1887, at the same location, No. 136 Brighton avenue. Later he bought a valuable piece of property, and in 1901 built a brick block, in one part of which he carries on a general jewelry business and a watch factory. He has attained high rank in the Masonic order, having passed through the various bodies, and achieved the dignity of a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Brehm mar- ried, 1893, Mary M. Flint, of Rochester, and has children: Margaret Ir- vine, Mary Dorothy, William F. Jr.
YOUNG The United States, and prior to the existence of that political body, the American Colonies, have received upon their shores many immigrants bearing the name Young, representatives of many branches of the family, and in some cases members of entirely dis- tinct lines. Those that came from the Continent are probably of more ancient origin than those whose homes were in the British Isles, and it is to the former class that those of this chronicle belong. Jacob and Catherine Young were both natives of Germany, and upon coming to the United States settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, Albert, their grandson, now occupying the land on which they lived. They were the parents of several children, among them Jacob Jr., of whom further.
(II) Jacob (2) Young, son of Jacob (1) and Catherine Young, was born in Deichweiler, Rhinefalz Baerer, Germany, February 20, 1838. He was nine years old when he came to this country, settling in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and all of his life has followed the calling of a farmer, own- ing a farm of one hundred and fifty acres. He has prospered in his under- takings, is well regarded in the locality in which he lives, and holds mem- bership in the German Evangelical Church. He married, September 13, 1863, Sophia, born in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania, July 10, 1842, daughter of John and Margaret Goehring, both natives of Germany, who left their native land when young. They were married in Lawrence county and afterwards came to Beaver county. Chil- dren of Jacob (2) and Sophia (Goehring) Young: Katie M., Lizzie M., Emma V., Anna S., Bertha, Charles, Albert D., Mollie G., Walter, Amanda R., John W., of whom further.
(III) John W. Young, son of Jacob (2) and Sophia (Goehring) Young, was born near Unionville, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1884. His education, begun in the local public schools, was completed in
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Butcher's Business College, and after leaving school he was apprenticed to Joseph Barker to learn the tinner's trade, and later he obtained a position in the employ of F. F. Brierly, with whom he remained for two years. The National Hardware Company, of Mckeesport, was then his employer for two years, after which he went to Economy, thence to New Brighton, in 1906 opening a tinning establishment in the latter place on Eighth avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh streets. His modest accommodations in this place were sufficient to house his business until 1908, when he constructed a brick building at No. 1000 Allegheny street, where he has since conducted a general tinning and hardware business. Ever since beginning in New Brighton he has catered to a steadily increasing trade, constantly adding to his reputation for reliability and expert workmanship, and at the present time his custom and its many demands keep him constantly busy, a grati- fying condition to any business man. Mr. Young is a Republican in politics, well liked by his neighbors and friends for his many substantial qualities, and is serving a term in the council as member from the second ward of the borough. His fraternal relations are numerous, his memberships being in the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Modern Woodmen of America, and he is also a member of the Business Men's Association of New Brighton. Mr. Young married, in 1907, Nora Herron, a native of New Brighton, Pennsylvania.
The intense patriotism which is so characteristic of the PATTON Scottish people has been brought to this country by the early immigrants, and has benefited to the fullest extent the land of their adoption. David Patton was no exception to this rule. Born in Scotland, he married soon after the American Revolution. He emigrated to America, and upon his arrival here he entered the ranks of the Continental army and fought bravely throughout the momentous struggle of those days. After the war was ended he made his home in Westmoreland, Pennsyl- vania, and he died in Pittsburgh, his wife also dying in Allegheny county.
(II) David (2) Patton, son of David (1) Patton, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, died in Portsmouth, Ohio, although his home was in Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. His business occupation was that of a mill worker. He married Jane Gilbreth, a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.
(III) Hugh Gilbreth Patton, son of David (2) and Jane (Gilbreth) Patton, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1825. He was educated in the schools of his native city. He lived in Butler county, Penn- sylvania, for a time, then removed to Cambria county, in the same state, where his death occurred, September 5, 1866. In political matters he gave his unvarying support to the Republican party. He had been reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church, but in latter years joined the Methodist
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church, Mr. Patton married, October 8, 1846, Mary Lloyd (see Lloyd III). They had no children.
(The Lloyd Line.)
(I) Griffith Lloyd was born in Wales, from which country he emi- grated to America with his wife and children. Both he and his wife died in Cambria county, Pennsylvania. He married Eleanor Theopholis, and they had children: Nellie, John, Griffith, Rollin, see forward; Mary,
(II) Rollin Lloyd, son of Griffith and Eleanor (Theopholis) Lloyd, was born in Wales, and came to this country with his parents. He died in Butler county, Pennsylvania, in August, 1856, at the age of fifty-nine years. He married, in Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, in 1820, the year after his arrival in this country, Jane Evans, also a native of Wales, who died in 1863 at the age of sixty-eight years. She was the daugh- ter of John and Jane (Watkins) Evans, who came to this country from Wales in 1819, and settled in Cambria county, Pennsylvania. They had children: Evan, John, Jane, mentioned above as the wife of Rollin Lloyd; Margaret, David, Ann, Richard and Edward (twins), Isaac. Rollin and Jane (Evans) Lloyd had children: Jane, born May, 1821, died 1854; Mary, see forward; Eleanor, born October 31, 1824, living at the age of eighty-nine years; John, born 1826, died 1863; Griffith, born 1828, died 1845; David, born in July, 1833; Rollin, born 1836.
(III) Mary Lloyd, daughter of Rollin and Jane (Evans) Lloyd, was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1822. She married Hugh G. Patton (see Patton III) and after the death of her husband she removed to Rochester, Pennsylvania, where she settled on property which she had purchased a short time previously, on what was then Pennsylvania street, and is now Pennsylvania avenue. She is the owner of three houses on this avenue, and resides in one of them, No. 184. Since her earliest childhood she has been an active worker in the cause of temperance. She has been a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union for the past twenty-eight years, and has held office as superintendent of franchise and president of the local union of Rochester, and as corresponding secre- tary and treasurer. Her religious affiliations at the present time are with the Free Methodist Church, in whose interests she is also an active worker.
KEMMER Adam Kemmer was a worthy representative of that hardy
German stock which forms so substantial an element in the complex population of the United States, that great wel- comer of the races wherein, as in a crucible, fused by the exigencies of the modern industrial struggle, the racial differences seem destined to be merged and welded into a new and national character.
Mr. Kemmer was born in Germany, February 5, 1850, a son of Romans and Kathrine (Hartman) Kemmer, both natives of that country, where they passed their entire lives. He was one of a family of six children born to his parents, all of whom but one brother, David, came to America, and
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all of whom, but the same brother, are deceased. Their names were as follows: Christopher, David, Elizabeth, Jacob, Caroline, Adam. The brothers were all tinners by trade. Adam Kemmer spent the first sixteen years of his life in Germany and obtained his education there. In 1866, however, he came to America and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he learned and plied his trade of tinner. In 1883 he went to Monaca, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and here he was very successful in business, owning and operating a hardware store on Pennsylvania avenue, and own- ing at the time of his death considerable property along that thoroughfare. In politics Mr. Kemmer was a Republican, and he was a member of the German Protestant Church. His death occurred March 12, 1893.
Mr. Kemmer married, 1874, Elizabeth Littinger, of Old Manchester, near Pittsburgh. She was the daughter of Christopher and Julianna (Fie) Littinger, both natives of Germany. Mr. Littinger had come to America with his wife in 1847 and engaged in the grocery business in Pittsburgh. His death and that of his wife occurred in the same year, 1872; hers on March 18, and his April I. Their children were Elizabeth and Christina, twins; Philip, deceased; Henry, now a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Kemmer was born in Pittsburgh, February 18, 1876, a daugh- ter, Christina. She was educated in the Monaca public schools, and on No- vember 10, 1898, was married to Christopher H. Lindsay, of Beaver county. Mr. Lindsay was a son of Gustav and Elizabeth (Kugel) Lindsay, of Mon- aca. He is a carpenter by trade and a professional base-ball player. To Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay was born a daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, August 30, 1899, who is now a student in the high school at Monaca. Mrs. Kemmer resides at present with Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay at 1101 Indiana avenue, Monaca, where they own one of the finest houses in Beaver county.
The family herein recorded, that of Bryer, has long been BRYER native to Pennsylvania, and it was of that state that he of the name with whom this record begins, John, was a son. Pittsburgh was his birthplace and there he spent his boyhood as a student in the public schools. Upon attaining man's estate, he married and settled on a large farm of which he was the owner, on the outskirts of the city of Pittsburgh (Dutchtown being the local name of the locality in which his land was situated). Here he resided until his death, which took place about 1848, his wife surviving him and dying in Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-eight years, never having married a second time. He married Susan Gailey, and was the father of six children : I. Mary, married Peter Finney; died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2. William, a farmer of Salineville, Columbiana county, Ohio. 3. Julia Ann, married John Smith, deceased; lives in Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania. 4. James, a glass blower, died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 5. John E., of whom further. 6. Ormsby G., a glass manufacturer of Pleasure- ville, Ohio.
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(II) John E. Bryer, son of John and Susan (Gailey) Bryer, was born on Pittsburgh's South Side, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1844. Until he was eight years of age his life was confined to the school room, but at that age he began a connection with the glass industry that has embraced well over half a century of active service, during which exceedingly long period of service he has witnessed the many radical and startling changes that have so revolutionized that business and have made it into one of the fields in which there is abundant opportunity for the invention of time and labor- saving devices and appliances, many of which have come to the front. Mr. Bryer first came to Beaver county in 1864, for seven years working at his trade, that of glass-blower, in Bridgewater, subsequently returning to the city of his birth and there remaining until 1878. In that year an oppor- tunity for the establishment of a glass business requiring small capital pre- sented itself and was taken advantage of by Mr. Bryer and a few associates, plans for the new organization being discussed and perfected at meetings held in the home of Mr, Bryer, and the selection of officers being made. A committee of those promoting the enterprise visited Beaver Falls and selected a site close to the tracks of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad as the best available in the locality for the factory of the proposed com- pany and here the plant was erected. Mr. Bryer was instrumental in all the processes of organization, and through his agency the selected spot was secured, his financial interest in the company continuing to the present time. The plant has doubled in size and output since its establishment and has proved to be a venture of unusual stability and exceptional profit. In Mr. Bryer's department of glass work there have been the most decided changes, and in many glass-blowing processes compressed air has taken the place of the human blower, although in the finer pieces of work a skilled workman cannot be displaced by a machine of metal. Mr. Bryer has the honor of being one of the oldest glass workers engaged in active business in western Pennsylvania, his every faculty obedient at instant com- mand, each muscle doing its work with a firmness and precision that belie his sixty-nine years, sixty-one spent in ceaseless application to business.
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