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John B. McConnell was born in eastern Pennsylvania, one of sixteen brothers. He settled in the southern part of Independence township, Beaver county, about 1780, took up several hundred acres of land and spent his after life in literally hewing a farm from the wilderness. He first built a log cabin near Brocktown, later making several short moves, finally erecting on what is now known as the McConnell homestead a house
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of hewn logs, considered at that time a mansion. He and his wife, Susan, were pioneers of the hardiest type, she of German descent and born near Philadelphia. Children: Philip, William, Alexander, Joseph, Mary, Cyn- thia, Rachel, Nancy.
Joseph McConnell, son of John B, and Susan McConnell, was born in Independence township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, there lived and died, a farmer by occupation. He owned a farm of one hundred and eighty acres and was a man of good standing in his community. He mar- ried Elizabeth Wallace, born in Independence township, on the property known as the Canada farm. Children: Nancy, James, John B., of further mention; Joseph, Susanna, Rachel, married William McConnell (not a re- lation) of further mention, Lizzie, Alice.
John B. McConnell, son of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Wallace) Mc- Connell, was born in Independence township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1831. He grew up a farmer, spent a year in Mercer county, three years in Crawford county, returning to Beaver county in 1857, and now resides on a farm of one hundred and seven acres, part of the old McConnell homestead. He married, at the age of twenty-two years, Mary McCorkel, of Mahoning county, Ohio. They are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and Mr. McConnell is a Democrat in politics, Children: Mil- dred, Alexander, Irene, Harry, and one who died in infancy.
William McConnell, above mentioned, was born near Newcastle, Penn- sylvania. He grew up a farmer, and after his marriage settled on the farm inherited from his wife's father, who was one of the early settlers of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. This farm descended to his adopted son, John Pollock McConnell, and is now the home of Henry J. and Charles T., sons of John Pollock McConnell. William McConnell married Rachel McConnell (not a relation). The line of descent from John B. Mc- Connell is through Rachel, not William McConnell.
John Pollock McConnell, adopted son of William McConnell, was from childhood known as John Pollock McConnell. He attended the Bocktown school and grew up at the McConnell homestead farm in Inde- pendence township, where his sons, Henry J. and Charles T., now reside. He became a successful farmer and business man, owning the home farm of one hundred and seventy-four acres as well as considerable other prop- erty. He engaged in general teaming as well as farming and also developed the oil value of his farm, this branch of business now being continued by his son, Henry J. McConnell, who has been working the wells since 1889. He was a Democrat in politics, supervisor of Independence township, and one of the charter members of the United Presbyterian Church. He mar- ried Catherine Diehl, born in Germany. Children: Henry J., of whom further; Ida M., wife of A. R. E. Scott, liveryman of Coraopolis; Robert M., married Myrtle McBride, children : Mearl, John H., Wilson D., Henry, George R., Ida E., Dorothea M .; William R., married Lella A. Purdy, children: Charles L., Mildred C., Florence M .; John A., married Ora
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Tustin, children: Hugh E., and Bessie M .; and Charles T., of whom further. Catherine Diehl, wife of John Pollock McConnell, was born in Germany, daughter of John and Christina (Groath) Diehl, both born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. John Diehl died in Germany, his wife, Chris- tina, marrying (second) William Dietz. Children of John Diehl: Henry, Catherine, and others, who died in infancy. After her second marriage and the birth of a son, John, Mrs. Dietz and her husband came to the United States with their children, Catherine being then aged nine years. They landed in New York, later moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they lived first in Allegheny, moving two years later to the South Side, re- maining one year. They then moved to a farm adjoining the fair-grounds at Hookstown, Pennsylvania, where they lived four years, later going to Independence township, Beaver county, settling near the McConnells on what is now the Potts farm. After a few years in Independence town- ship they returned to Allegheny and fourteen years later bought a farm in Hanover township, sold that and once more purchased one in Indepen- dence township, near Lincks Bridge, where Mr. Dietz died. Mrs. Dietz died on the McConnell homestead.
Henry J. McConnell, son of John Pollock McConnell, was born No- vember 8, 1870. He was educated at the Bocktown school and grew up on the farm. Since December 5, 1889, he has been engaged in oil produc- tion, working leases and meeting with success in his various operations. He married, July 19, 1900, Susan Maloney. Children: Mary Catherine, Anna Louise, deceased, Thelma Bell, Roberta Pearl, James Pollock. Mrs. McConnell, the mother of these children, died April 15, 1910.
Charles T. McConnell, youngest son of John Pollock McConnell, was born on the old McConnell homestead, November 20, 1888, and yet re- sides at the old home. Like his brothers, he attended the public schools of Independence township, grew up a farmer, and has always been en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. The homestead farm of one hundred and seventy-four acres has prospered under his management and as a stock and general farmer he ranks with the best in the township. He married, in June, 1910, Emma E., daughter of Jacob Born. Child, Ida Mary.
This name was originally spelled Hoge, but as there were two HOGUE families of this name in the same section, the one having a Jeff Hoge, and the other a Jess Hoge, the latter changed the spelling to Hogue, although in signing legal documents, etc., the original spelling is retained.
(I) Andrew Hogue lived and died about thirty miles from Phila- delphia. He was a farmer by occupation. During the War of the Revolu- tion he was in active service and participated in the battle of the Brandy- wine. He belonged to what was known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch," and affiliated with the Lutheran Church.
(II) Andrew (2) Hogue, son of Andrew (1) Hogue, was born either
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in Union or Snyder county, Pennsylvania, thirty miles from Philadelphia, in 1796, died in 1866. After his marriage he settled in Venango county, Pennsylvania, as he had been led to believe that the soil was very rich and fertile, but finding this to be an erroneous impression, built a raft in association with a few other families, and they all floated down the Alle- gheny river to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he located in Borough township. He was a miller by trade. His only sister, Louise, married a Mr. Menges. He married Susan Stuck, born in the same section as her husband, in 1806, died in 1865. Her grandmother and several of the chil- dren were murdered. They had children: George, who died in young manhood; Andrew, a teamster, died in 1908; John, a teamster, lives in Brighton township; Frederick, see forward; Benjamin, died young; Louise, resides in Kansas; Susan, married John Russell, and lives in Beaver county, Pennsylvania.
(III) Frederick Hogue, son of Andrew (2) and Susan (Stuck) Hogue, was born at Rockland, Venango county, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1840, died July 6, 1911. He had but very little time at his disposal to acquire an extensive education, but he made the best use of the opportuni- ties which presented themselves to him. From his boyhood he was re- quired to assist his father in cultivating the homestead farm, and through- out his active career was associated with the tillage of the soil. He ac- quired a farm of one hundred and eighteen acres in Brighton township, Beaver county, and this is now cultivated by his widow and one of his sons. His home was in Vanport, where he was a highly respected member of the community. For a time he gave his political support to the Re- publican party, but later he affiliated with the Socialist party. He served his township very capably as a supervisor. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Hogue married, July 10, 1871, Eliza Ann Duck, born in Borough township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1850, daughter of Joel Duck, born in Union county, Pennsylvania, in 1830, died September 2, 1893, and Mary (Fiddler) Duck, born in Eastern Pennsylvania, June 17, 1834, died in 1908, and granddaughter of George and Molly Duck, both born in Eastern Pennsylvania, neighbors of the Hogues, in whose company they were on the raft which brought all of them to Beaver county. During this trip down the Allegheny river the raft was wrecked at Dead Man, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Joel Duck learned the pot- ter's trade, and worked at this during the daytime, while his evenings were employed in making shoes. Joel and Mary (Fiddler) Duck had children: Eliza Ann, who married Mr. Hogue, as above stated; William, died of scarlet fever at the age of six years; George, lives with Mrs. Hogue; Mary, married (first) Charles Alfred Means, (second) Samuel Means, and is now deceased; Lydia, married Frederick Greer, and is now deceased; Estella, married Thomas Croxall, and now resides in California; Sarah Jane, married William Thompson, and lives in Trenton, New Jersey;
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Joseph, lives in East Liverpool, Ohio. Frederick and Eliza Ann (Duck) Hogue have had children: Thomas Jefferson, born April 17, 1872, is a railway engineer and lives in Rochester, Pennsylvania; David James, born January 22, 1874, a railway engineer, lives in Rochester; Cooper, born December 14, 1876, a bricklayer, married Etta Anthony; a boy, born March 13, 1881, died March 16, 1881; Laura, born September 10, 1883, died No- vember 10, 1909, married Drexel Dean; Frederick Jr., born July 9, 1886, has charge of the home farm; William, born April 10, 1889, married Verda Nulph, is a railway fireman, and lives in Mansfield, Ohio; Marion Robert, born January 2, 1893, unmarried, lives at home.
In Beaver county the name Denton has become closely con-
DENTON nected with the glass manufacturing industry, in the person of David William Denton, while the two previous genera- tions of the family, of whom accurate information is obtainable, lived their lives in England and Wales, one as an artisan and the other a railroad employee.
(I) Grandfather Denton spent his entire life near London, England, where he followed the trade of blacksmith, and died at an advanced age.
(II) James Thomas Denton, son of the preceding, was an employee of the Great Western Railway, and died in Wales in 1879. He married Eliza, daughter of John Thomas, an employee of the Great Western Rail- way and a lifelong resident of Wales. Eliza (Thomas) Denton is still living in Wales. Children of James Thomas and Eliza Denton, all born in Wales: 1. Susan Mary, married John E. Morgan; children: Florence Lizzette, Irene, Elizabeth, Evelyn. 2. James Thomas, married Mary Louise Phillips, only daughter of Thomas Phillips, a wealthy merchant of Wales; children: Idris Garfield, Muriel, Reginald Haydn, Hewitt. 3. David Wil- liam, of whom further.
(III) David William Denton, son of James Thomas and Eliza (Thomas) Denton, was born in Cadoxten, South Wales, September 11, 1876. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native land, and for one year after completing his studies he taught school. On his wedding trip he came to Freedom, Beaver county, Pennsylvania to visit his sister, intending only to remain for a short time. So favorably im- pressed was he with the region that he decided to make it his permanent home and has since resided in Beaver county. In Wales, after abandoning the teacher's profession, he had engaged in the tin-plate business, but there being no industry of that nature in Freedom or vicinity he obtained em- ployment with the Rochester Tumbler Company, of which H. C. Fry was president. His first duty was sweeping the finishing room, after which he became selector, then glazer, and finally was chosen from over five hun- dred men to become superintendent of the finishing room. He entered upon his new duties in 1898 and capably filled that position until the fac- tory was destroyed by fire in 1900. In that year Mr. Fry resigned from the
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officiary of the National Glass Company, of which he was president, and organized the Rochester Glass Company, Mr. Denton being the first man employed by the new company, in the capacity of finishing room superin- tendent. His experience and thorough conception of all the processes of the plant made him invaluable in this department and he held that position until he was promoted to become assistant to J. Howard Fry, vice-presi- dent and general sales manager of the H. C. Fry Glass Company. In this capacity he still serves, rendering faithful service to his chief and conducting capably the details of the business delegated to his care. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Rochester, Pennsylvania, and as a trustee of the same assists in the direction of its affairs and in guarding its material welfare. He belongs to the Masonic Order, holding membership in Lodge No. 229, Free and Accepted Masons; Eureka Chapter, No. 167, Royal Arch Masons; the Lodge of Perfection of Newcastle; Pittsburgh Consistory, thirty-second degree, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A Progres- sive Republican in political convictions, he has been for five years a member of the Rochester council and is now chairman of that body. In 1912 he was a nominee of his party for the state legislature. The split in the Republican party and the formation of the Washington party placed six candidates in the field and after a closely fought and hotly contested campaign he was de- feated by the small majority of seventeen votes. A citizen noted for his pub- lic spirit, Mr. Denton gives unsparingly of his leisure to the service of his town and is a member of the innermost circle who promote most of her municipal improvements. Mr. Denton married, in Wales, Florence Court- ney, born at Swansea, Wales, August 6, 1876, daughter of James and Ann (Short) Courtney. Her parents are still living, residents of Wales. Children of David William and Florence (Courtney) Denton: I. Ger- trude Mary, born in Freedom, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1897; a student in Beaver College. 2. James Courtney, born December 2, 190I.
CAROTHERS This name has long been identified with the farming interests of the land, greatly to the advantage of the various sections in which members of the family have resided.
(I) John Carothers was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer and extensive land owner in Patterson township. He served his country bravely as a soldier during the War of 1812, and was public- spirited to a degree. He was a staunch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and held the office of associate judge. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he served as an elder at Bridgewater. He married Agnes White, born in Washington county, and removed to Beaver Falls after the death of her husband. She lived to be more than eighty years of age. They had children: John, Andrew, Jesse Wilkins, William, Thomas, Mary Anderson, Jennie Cunningham,
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Annette Ferguson. All of the sons are now deceased, and all of the daughters are widows.
(II) Jesse Wilkins Carothers, son of John and Agnes (White) Car- others, was born in Patteron township, December 20, 1826. He received his education in the public schools of Fallston, Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania, and practically his entire life was spent on a farm. He purchased a farm of about one hundred and twenty-four acres in Brighton township and there, in 1852, built the house which is still standing in excellent con- dition. By degrees he added other buildings-a barn, etc .- and also pur- chased the adjoining farm which consisted of seventy-six acres. On this he lived until his death in 1909. He and his wife were of the Presbyterian denomination, and he served as an elder in the Bridgewater Presbyterian Church. In political matters he was a staunch supporter of Democratic principles, and he was honored by election and appointment to a number of local offices.
Mr. Carothers married, 1851, Sarah Mitchell, born in Vanport, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Joseph and Anne (McCreery) Mitchell, the former a native of Ireland who settled as a farmer in Beaver county and married there. Mr. and Mrs. Carothers had children: 1. Agnes Anna, married Thomas H. Purdy, and has charge of the homestead farm; they have children: Lulu, married Edmund Gilliland; Sarah Mitchell, married James H. McKean. 2. Elma, married S. F. Duncan and lives near her birthplace; she has children: Jesse, Samuel P., Blair M., Edmund E., Walter G., and Sarah J. 3. Joseph Mitchell, died in infancy. 4. Luella, died in 1908; married Gustavus Brittain, and had one daughter, Jessie. 5. Annetta, died in infancy. 6. One child died unnamed.
The Beaver county representative of this branch of the GALLAGHER large and numerous Gallagher family of Ireland is Peter P. Gallagher, of Midland, son of Daniel Galla- gher, who was born in Ireland and on coming to the United States settled in Braddock, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where he was proprietor of a hotel for about twenty-five years, dying there June 12, 1907. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife were communicants of the Roman Catholic faith. He married, in Bradford, Sarah McMonigal, a native of Ireland, and became the father of the following: 1. John R., his father's successor in the hotel business at Braddock. 2. Daniel, de- ceased. 3. Edward, deceased. 4. Peter P., of whom further. 5. Mary, married Charles McGinley, a hotel proprietor of Spangler, Pennsylvania. 6. William, a dentist of Braddock, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.
Peter P. Gallagher, fourth son of Daniel and Sarah (McMonigal) Gallagher, was born in Monongahela City, Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, June 3, 1874. He obtained his education at St. Thomas' Parochial School, of Braddock, and after finishing his studies was employed by his father until 1906, when he came to Midland and accepted a commission
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from the various steel companies located there as chief of the police force employed to protect their property. As the population of Midland in- creased and the need of a municipal police force became more pressing, he was appointed in the same capacity in the borough service. Despite the fact that Midland is a town in the formative period and burdened with the problem of a large foreign population, there has been preserved a remark- able degree of order and respect for the law. To maintain the peace and to protect the inhabitants of a town from the outcasts and enemies of society is no light task, but the onerous duties of his position have been discharged with a thorough care that has left Midland free, to a large extent, from the civic evils so often the curse of manufacturing centers. Mr. Gallagher is a director of the Midland school board, a Republican in politics, and with his wife a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He also is identified with the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Gallagher married, June 26, 1901, Margaret, daughter of Thomas and Annie Cassidy, of Monongahela City, members of a family long seated in Pennsylvania. Child of Peter P. and Margaret Gallagher, Daniel, de- ceased. Mr. Gallagher's house is one of the most beautiful in Midland and is located on Beaver avenue.
HOLTZMANN The record of this family goes back to a generation which lived and died in Germany. The children of this family were: Dewald, who died in North Carolina, where he was the owner of a fine farm; George, lived and died in Ger- many; Jacob, of further mention; Philip, who is a tailor by trade, came to this country when in young manhood, and now lives in Allegheny, Penn- sylvania; Eva, married Michael Wymer, lived and died in Germany, and of their two sons, who came to America, George, now deceased, located in Rochester, Pennsylvania, and the other lives in Missouri.
(II) Jacob Holtzmann was born in Alsace-Lorraine, at the time when those provinces were a part of France, April 10, 1828, and died in June, 1906. He attended public schools in his native country, and there learned the tailor's trade. At the age of nineteen years he emigrated to the United States, and went directly to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade. This was for a short time only, as he then commenced to travel to the various states of the West, and in 1849, during the gold excitement, went as far as California. For some time after his marriage he worked in a tailor's shop in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and in 1860 purchased sixty-one acres of land in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, the old Henry Ketterer place, which he cultivated during the remainder of his life. He visited his native country several times, and on his last visit there, died shortly before reaching his destination. He affiliated with the Democratic party, and was a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Holtz- mann married Magdalene Holtzmann, a native of the same town as her hus-
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band, but not of the same family, born January 14, 1833, died July 4, 1911. She had sisters and brothers: Louis Jacob, a wholesale liquor dealer who lived in Chicago; Henry, died in Illinois; Mary, died in Germany; Doro- thea, married Christoph Perner, a farmer of Allegheny county, Pennsyl- vania. Jacob and Magdalene (Holtzmann) Holtzmann had children: Charles Henry, of further mention; George, a carpenter, lives on Fifth avenue, Beaver Falls, Beaver county; Henry, a druggist, lives in Jones- boro, Indiana; Lena, died unmarried at middle age.
(III) Charles Henry Holtzmann, eldest child of Jacob and Magdalene (Holtzmann) Holtzmann, was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1859, and died January 16, 1913. With his parents he removed to New Sewickley township and was reared on the homestead farm. At a suitable age he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and soon after the completion of his apprenticeship, removed to Beaver Falls, where his subsequent life was spent. He was connected with his trade all his life, and in addition was associated with his brother George in the con- tracting business, which they pursued very successfully. He held official position in the Lutheran Church, of which he had been a member many years. Mr. Holtzmann married Catherine Margaret, born in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, February 22, 1864, a daughter of Jacob and Sophia (Goehring) Young, the former a native of Germany, the latter born on Camp Run, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Young came to this country in boyhood, and after his marriage settled in New Sewickley township, where he had a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres. He died in 1900, his wife is still living, an active member of the St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church. Mr. and Mrs. Young had children: Cath- erine Margaret, mentioned above; Emma, married John Scheiterlein, of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania; Annie, married William Zahn, lives in New Sewickley township; Elizabeth, married Charles Klein, lives on the Grade Road in Dougherty township; Charles, lives in North Sewickley township; Albert D., lives on the old homestead; Mollie, unmar- ried, lives in Florida; Amanda, married Harry George, lives in Beaver Falls; John, lives in New Brighton, Pennsylvania; Walter, deceased. Mr. and Mrs, Holtzmann have had children, all living at home, except the eldest, who is married; Walter Jacob, of further mention; Renetta; Hilda; Arthur; Martha.
(IV) Walter Jacob Holtzmann, eldest child of Charles Henry and Catherine Margaret (Young) Holtzmann, was born in Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1886. He attended the common schools of Beaver Falls for a time, but left early in order to work in a file fac- tory. From that time he had a diversified business career, his employment being as follows: The H. M. Myers shovel factory; Ewing, wall paper manufacturer; glass factory for fifteen months; learned the cooper's trade under August Mittler and worked for him until 1908; he then purchased the retail milk business of H. M. Grubbs, and has been connected with this
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line of business since that time. In May, 1911, he bought a commodious house and dairy buildings at No. 1514 Sixth avenue, and later at 1211 Fifth avenue, and now has a number of wagons which are necessary to carry on his increased and flourishing business. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias, and the Protective Home Circle, In political matters he is a Democrat. Mr. Holtzmann married, October 16, 1907, Alma Herrmann, born in Marion township, Beaver county, April 17, 1885, and they have had children: Charles Frederick, born May 6, 1909; Eugene, born in July, 1912, died at birth; Catherine Elizabeth, January 9, 1914. Frederick Herrmann, father of Mrs. Holtzmann, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, Ger- many, June 20, 1847, and was about four years of age when he was brought to this country by his parents. He grew up and has been a farmer in Marion township, Beaver county, where he has affiliated with the Demo- cratic party, and filled all the township offices at various times. He mar- ried Elizabeth Pflug, born in Marion township, Beaver county, August 5, 1864. They have had children: Ida, who married George Daubenmeyer, and lives in Muncie, Indiana; Laura Elizabeth, married Charles Young and lives in North Sewickley township; Frederick Walter, married Acie Anna Goetmann, and lives in New Brighton, Pennsylvania; Edwin Daniel, mar- ried Maud Knepp, and lives on the homestead with his father; Amanda, married John Senior, a carpenter, and lives at Oak Hill, New Brighton, Pennsylvania; Alma, who married Mr. Holtzmann, as above stated; Ros- anna, married George W. Alexander, of New Brighton; Della, married Al- bert Graff and lives in North Sewickley township; Renetta and Esther, unmarried. Philip Herrmann, grandfather of Mrs. Holtzmann, was born in Germany, and, in 1851, emigrated to America, settling in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. There he lived on a farm, and then removed to a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Marion township, where the remainder of his life was spent. He and his family belonged to the Lutheran Church. He married, in Germany, Catherine Zehner, a native of that country, and they had children: Catherine, married Adam Nablo and died in Canada; Charles, died in North Sewickley township; Sophia, married Adam Ifft, a veteran of the Civil War, and is now living in Zelienople, Pennsylvania ; Philip, a farmer, now deceased; Caroline, now liv- ing in Franklin township, married Jacob Pflug, who was killed on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad; Henry, living retired in Zelienople. Pennsyl- vania; Frederick, father of Mrs. Holtzmann. Jacob Pflug, maternal grand- father of Mrs. Holtzmann, was born in Germany and came to this country at the age of twenty-one years. At first he lived in New Sewickley town- ship, then he removed with his family to a farm in Marion township, which they made their permanent home. He married (first) Salome House- holder, born in Marion township, a descendant of one of the oldest families of Beaver county; he married (second) Vernelia Goehring. Children by the first marriage: Jacob, married Caroline Herrmann, sister of the father
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