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When relieved of his duties in connection with the Orphans' School Mr. Taylor engaged in the real estate business in Beaver county, also in- vesting in property in other sections of the country, being particularly suc- cessful in both. In 1897 he moved to Beaver, Pennsylvania, and there lived until his death. The words of Dr. O. S. Fowler, a close personal friend of Mr. Taylor, well voice the opinion of many who knew him as a minister, a friend, and a man :
He had one of the best organizations, heads, and temperaments that come under hand; his intellectual faculties were uncommonly clear, cogent, forcible and powerful, reasoning clearly and right to the point, making deep thought so plain that even the unlettered think them simple truths. He was preeminently adapted to reason on moral and religious subjects; he was a natural theologian, minister, Sabbath school and Bible class teacher, and expounder of moral truth, and is peculiarly happy in illustration, and a natural teacher of the young. His strongest sentiments were
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justice, benevolence and the controlling power of conscience; he was not a natural bar- gain driver, but capable of prompt and instant comprehension and action in business matters of any kind, and it was natural for him to succeed. He was a good judge of human nature and knew just how to take men; he could lay plans and think for others, could attend to a great variety of business at one time, in short order and without confusion. He valued money for its use and not for its wealth, and he succeeded in any missionary or benevolent enterprise.
Mr. Taylor married Charlotte Thompson, born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, in 1823, died in 1906, daughter of Hugh Thompson. Their children: I. Margaret, married Nathaniel C. Martin, deceased; lives at St. Paul, Minnesota. 2. Charlotte Elizabeth, married, in 1893, Thomas L. Kerr. 3. James W., unmarried, lives retired in Beaver, Pennsylvania. 4. Ellen S., married W. J. Stewart; resides in Beaver, Pennsylvania. 5. John Thompson, of whom further, 6. Harvey Jones, married Esther L. Potter; resides in Monaca, where he follows his trade of carpenter.
(III) John Thompson Taylor, son of William Graham and Charlotte (Thompson) Taylor, was born at Tarentum, Allegheny county, Pennsyl- vania, August 15, 1858, his parents moving to Beaver in his infancy. The family home was later in Monaca, where he attended the public schools, later becoming a student in Elder's Ridge Academy and then Jefferson Academy at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Completing his studies he returned to Monaca and entered the real estate business with his father, gradually having placed upon him additional responsibility until he was in practical management of all of their affairs, a business he continued until 1900. In the latter year he organized the Beaver Valley Water Company, purchasing the mains and equipment of the different independent companies supplying the towns of the lower Beaver River Valley, merging all into the one or- ganization with the following officers: James F. Grimes, president, R. R. Quay, vice-president, John T. Taylor, secretary, treasurer and general man- ager. This organization continues in flourishing and successful operation until the present time, the offices of the company being in the Masonic Building in Beaver Falls. Mr. Taylor is one of the leading business men of the locality, and is president of the Citizens' National Bank of Monaca, holding the same position in the Cammar Building and Loan Association of that place. His worth as a man of general affairs has been recognized by his associates, and in 1903 he was the successful Republican candidate for state legislature from his district. Mr. Taylor was a member of the cen- tennial celebration committee at Beaver county's one hundredth birthday, and had charge of the great parade that ended the four days of festivity in which Beaver county honored her founders and those who had contributed to her greatness. Mr. Taylor's fraternal affiliations are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Junior Order of United American Me- chanics, and the Masonic Order, in which he belongs to Rochester Lodge, No. 229, Free and Accepted Masons; Rochester Chapter, No. 167, Royal Arch Masons; Beaver Valley Commandery, No. 84, Knights Templar; Pitts- burgh Consistory, and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
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Mystic Shrine. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Manufacturers' Association of Beaver county.
Mr. Taylor married, November 17, 1881, Ida M. McDonald, born at Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, daughter of David A. and Mary McDonald, both deceased, her father captain of a river steamer. John Thompson and Ida M. (McDonald) Taylor are the parents of: 1. Jean, married James H. Duff, an attorney of Pittsburgh, and lives in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. 2. Vera, married George B. Galey, an oil and gas operator and producer, and resides in Beaver, Pennsylvania. 3. William G., associated in business with his father, lives at home. 4. Ida M., married Daniel M. Reissinger, teller of the First National Bank of Beaver, Pennsylvania. Mr. Taylor and family are members of the First Presbyterian Church, and he is a member of the board of trustees of that body.
LUTTON Like so many Pennsylvania families, that of Lutton traces
its ancestry to Ireland, the garden spot of the British Isles, where for generations those of the name have lived, follow- ing, in the main, agricultural pursuits.
(I) From this country, where he was born, came William Lutton, the American ancestor of the Pennsylvania branch of the name, settling at Moravia, Pennsylvania, becoming the owner of a vast tract of land in which is included the present site of the above mentioned town, although at that time the nearest settlement was New Castle. He cleared a part of this, enough to comprise a fair sized farm, and cutivated it, opening a. hotel on the place, and also operating a small distillery. Soon after the completion of the canal he retired from business and moved to New Castle,, Pennsylvania, where he died. He was a soldier in the American army and was at Erie when Commodore Perry was constructing and equipping the: fleet with which he afterward won the battle of Lake Erie. He was a. member of the Presbyterian Church. By the first of his two marriages he was the father of: Hannah, died in Illinois, unmarried; Jacob, a farmer, died in Illinois; Charles, a farmer of Illinois, where he died; Rachel, mar- ried Oliver Hazen, and died near Big Meadow, Pennsylvania; Mary, mar- ried Levi Hazen, and died in the same locality as her sister; John P., of whom further; William, a contractor, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
(II) John P. Lutton, son of William Lutton, was born in what was then Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and died there about 1886. In his boyhood he attended school in that locality, and as a young man learned the plasterer's trade, giving this up in a short time in favor of farming. He bought one hundred acres of the homestead, and cultivated this until his death, meeting with a goodly share of success in his agricultural opera- tions. At the time of the Civil War he presented himself at the recruiting office in the neighborhood to enlist in the Union army, his services being
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refused because of the weakness of his frame, so that he was unable to play his part at the front in the four terrible years that followed. Deprived of this dangerous privilege he performed well that which remained for him to do, and in contributing generously to the support and maintenance of the families of those who left their homes to take active part in the war. Mr. Lutton was a Republican in politics, and on the several occasions that he was elected to township offices by the votes of his many friends he proved a highly acceptable officer, each detail of his duties receiving his serious and undivided attention. With his wife he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He married Nancy, daughter of James and Mary (Gaston) Warnock, born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where she died. James Warnock was born in Ireland, and when he had but attained his majority crossed the ocean from his native land, settling in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and there marrying, the parents of his bride having moved to that region several years previous, although her birthplace was in Washington county, Penn- sylvania. He owned a farm near Big Meadows, on which he died, aged sixty years ; his wife died in the same place, having survived him and lived to the age of eighty-six years. So well had he prospered that in addition to the land on which he lived and where his family was reared, he held title to three other valuable farms, which his wife and children inherited at his death. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and for a long time he officiated in that district as justice of the peace. Children of James and Mary (Gaston) Warnock: John, a farmer, died at Dayton, Ohio; William, a plumber, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania; Sarah, mar- ried James Baldwin, and died on the old homestead; Margaret, married Lyle Miller and died in Big Meadows, Pennsylvania; Anna, mar- ried William White, and died at Mercer, Pennsylvania; Mary, married Wil- liam Echols, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Nancy, of previous men- tion, married John P. Lutton ; a daughter, married William Karnes, and died in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Jane, married John Mains, and died in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Children of John P. and Nancy (Warnock) Lutton: Leander W., died at New Castle, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1913; Edward, a plasterer, died on the old homestead; Lyle S., of whom further; Oscar, a brick-layer, lives at Walla Walla, Washington; Mary, died aged eight years; Frank, died aged five years; Aaron, of whom fur- ther; Elizabeth, married William Graham, and lives in Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania.
(III) Lyle S. Lutton, son of John P. and Nancy (Warnock) Lutton, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1851. In the schools of that county he obtained his early education, and when a young man learned the plasterer's trade. He did not long continue as a journey- man at that trade, but soon began contracting, continuing in this line in New Castle for about five years. In 1885 he moved his scene of operations to Beaver Falls, his field extending throughout the Beaver and Ohio valleys
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and to the districts beyond Pittsburgh, quite eclipsing anything in that line that he had before attempted. He employed numerous gangs of men, owned many teams, and continued in successful and lucrative business until 1897. In that year, having first completed an undertaking course in Pittsburgh, he opened an undertaking and livery establishment at No. 714 Eleventh street, where he continues in business at the present time (1914). There are from twenty to thirty horses constantly housed in his stables, one of the most important departments of his business being the rental of cabs for funerals. His equipages are modern, well-kept, and of good appear- ance, while his horses are of the best, the excellence of his service having earned him a reputation in that region that competitors might well envy. His only other business association is as director of the Columbia Building and Loan Association, a position he has held for the eighteen years that have elapsed since the organization of that company. His political sym- pathies are strongly Republican, and for three terms he was a member of the Beaver Falls council. His memberships are in the Woodmen of the World, the Protected Home Circle, the American Insurance Union, the Royal Arcanum, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he belongs to the Tamaqua Club. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Lutton married (first) in 1881, Kate E. McCready, born in Law- rence county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel McCready ; she died in No- vember, 1900. He married (second) Edith E. Merriman, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, daughter of William Merriman, his second marriage being solemnized in 1906. Children, both of first marriage: George, asso- ciated in business with his father, married Anna Strub, and has one son, Lyle S .; Ruth, died in infancy.
(III) Aaron Lutton, son of John P. and Nancy (Warnock) Lutton, was born on the homestead farm in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, No- vember 11, 1863, He pursued his studies in the public schools, and as soon as he had finished apprenticed himself to the plasterer's trade, serving the time required to become master of that art, and in 1885 came to Beaver Falls. Here he was admitted to a partnership in his brothers contracting business, the firm dealing as Lutton Brothers, the association continuing until 1900, when the senior partner of the firm withdrew therefrom and entered the undertaking and livery business. Mr. Lutton has since con- ducted the business independently, and under his judicious management the name Lutton has lost none of its prestige in contracting circles, depend- ability and fair-dealing being still the distinguishing features of all of his transactions. His business extends through the entire Pittsburgh district, gaining especially large volume in Wilmerding and Homestead, Pennsylva- nia. Mr. Lutton is a Republican in politics, and with his wife holds mem- bership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married, in 1897, Martha Charlotta Lawrence, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew Johnston and Catharine (Huffman) Lawrence.
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(The Lawrence Line.)
(I) The first of the Lawrence line in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, was Samuel and his wife, Mary. Both lived and died in that region, he being the cashier of the first bank opened in the county, the ancestors of the family claiming Irish descent.
(II) Joseph Lawrence, son of Samuel and Mary Lawrence, was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1803, died in South Beaver township, same county, April 20, 1874. Just prior to his marriage he purchased a farm three miles south of Darlington, in South Beaver township, one hundred acres in extent, cleared the greater part of this tract, and erected thereon temporary buildings so that he might have a home to which to bring his bride, later replacing these structures with substantial frame buildings. In this place both he and his wife died, members of the Presbyterian Church. He married (first) Martha, born in South Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, died there May 11, 1844, daughter of Andrew Johnston. Andrew Johnston and his wife were born in Ireland, and early in their married life immigrated to the United States, settling in South Beaver town- ship, in which place he became the owner of considerable land and was known as one of the wealthy members of the community. His death oc- curred about 1843, his sons and daughters who survived him inheriting his possessions. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters. After the death of his first wife, Joseph Lawrence married (second) Nancy Glass, who survived him. Children of first mar- riage of Joseph Lawrence: Samuel, died aged sixteen years; Mary, married Thomas Crofts, and died near East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio; Andrew Johnston, of whom further; Sarah Maria, married John G. Hunter, and lives in Beaver Falls. Children of second marriage of Joseph Law- rence: Louisa, married Scott Groscross, and died in Beaver county, Penn- sylvania ; Martha, married J. Wilson McMiller, and lives on the old home- stead.
(III) Andrew Johnston Lawrence, son of Joseph and Martha (John- ston) Lawrence, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1837, died August 26, 1898. His early life was spent as a farmer, the home acres being the scene of his activities for several years before his entrance into public life, Beaver becoming his home when he was elected to the office of clerk of courts, which he held for six years. His political party had ever been the Republican, and it was the support of this party, whose candidate he was, that placed him in a seat in the state legislature in 1896. He had held this position for only two years when his death left his place vacant and cut short his career as a public servant, which had given full promise of being a long and useful one. As a law-maker he had shown himself to be decisively and immovably fixed in support of the right, and he backed no bills or measures that he did not believe had the power of benefiting the state and its people. He familiarized himself with all proposed legislation, lest ignorance might lead him into a false step, and strove in every way to
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fulfill the expectations of those who had placed him in that deliberative assembly. He was secretary of the Beaver County Mutual Insurance Com- pany, a member of Masonic Lodge, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias. With his wife he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, she being one of the foremost workers in the various ladies' organizations of that church. Although he was of suitable age for enlistment in the army at the time of the Civil War, he was refused admis- sion to the ranks because of his poor health, which would have given way under the strain and stress of active campaigning.
He married Catharine Huffman, born in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, February 19, 1836, died May 11, 1912, daughter of George and Char- lotta (Fulks) Huffman. George Huffman was born on the high seas en route to the United States from Germany, and until he was ten years of age lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania, being then brought to Beaver county by his parents, where he grew to maturity. He became in later life a prosperous farmer, owning three farms, including the one on which he resided. He married Charlotta, daughter of George Fulks, who as a boy was kidnapped by the Indians, being at the time with his parents in a sugar camp, gathering the sap from the trees and preparing it at the camp. Fortunately, he was of sufficient age to retain clear ideas of his home and people, and ever cherished hopes and thoughts of escape. A favorable opportunity did not come until he had become a young man, when he eluded his savage captors and made his way to his own people, settling near Darlington, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, becoming the owner of about four hundred acres of land. This he cleared, cultivated and improved, marrying and rearing a family of several children. Children of George and Charlotta (Fulks) Huffman: 1. Presley, moved to Missouri, became a farmer, and there died. 2. Henry, a farmer, died at Clarkson, Ohio. 3. Alfred, a farmer of Homewood, Pennsylvania, where he died. 4. Adeline, married Dr. A. D. Myers, deceased, and lives in Davenport, Iowa, the only surviving member of her generation of the direct Huffman line. 5. Catharine, of previous mention, married Andrew Johnston Lawrence. 6. Lycurgus, a farmer, lived until he had reached an advanced age in East Palestine, Ohio, died in Beaver, Pennsylvania. Children of Andrew John- ston and Catharine (Huffman) Lawrence: I. William E., formerly a drug- gist of Beaver, now lives on a farm near Wampum, Pennsylvania; married Myra E. McCaslin, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and has two children, George V. and Martha Esther. 2. Joseph W., a tinner and contractor of Beaver, Pennsylvania; married Nettie Reed, of the same place, and has two daughters, Kathryne Reed and Ruth Alene. 3. Martha Charlotta, of previous mention, married Aaron Lutton.
MOORE This name is common in the United States, in Pennsylvania as well as in other parts of the country. Both in America and abroad, many of this name have attained distinction. The
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present family is of the Scotch stock, so important an element in the pop- ulation of this state. Several of the counties of Pennsylvania were largely settled by this people, and Ohio received many of the same race.
(I) James Moore, born in Scotland, was a young child when he came to this country with his parents, who settled in Ohio, where he grew up. He was a cabinetmaker by trade, and some of the tools he used are still in the possession of his grandchildren. He lived in Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, Ohio, and in his early life he was part owner of a woolen mill. He was also a stairbuilder, but his main occupation was cabinet- making. He and his wife were devout Methodists, and very active in church work. Both died in Martin's Ferry after they had reared five sons and two daughters. He married Rachel Turner, who was born in England.
(II) William Henry Moore, son of James and Rachel (Turner) Moore, was born in Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, Ohio, April 23, 1839, and early learned the carpenter's trade under the able supervision and tuition of his father. It was not many years before he had risen to an enviable position as a building contractor, and many of the most imposing buildings in Martin's Ferry are of his construction. He is an ardent and very con- sistent supporter of the Republican party, has taken an active part in local politics, and has held office as city marshal and as deputy sheriff. He was brought up in the Methodist faith, but later joined the Baptist Church, in whose interests he is still active. Physically he is of frail build, but his mentality is as vigorous as ever. Mr. Moore married Genevieve Clark, born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, December 29, 1842. She was the only child of - and - (West) Clark, both born in Martin's Ferry, where her father was a stone mason. By a previous marriage Mrs. Clark had two sons: F. Henry West, a self-made man, who went to the South as a poor boy, was for many years president of the Southern Lumbermen's Exchange at New Orleans, Louisiana, was an officer in the Civil War in the Southern Army, and died at Natchez, Mississippi; John West, known as "Bud," was a cooper by trade and lived in Bellaire, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Moore had children: Howard A., see forward; Nettie, married W. D. Reed, a photographer, and lives in Martin's Ferry, Ohio; Jessie, married John Holbrook, manager of a glass factory at Byesville, Ohio; Annie, mar- ried John M. Crisswell, a Baptist minister, and lives at Philippi, West Virginia; Margaret, married Edgar Fell, a heater at a sheet mill, and lives at Martin's Ferry, Ohio; James A., a sewing machine agent, lives at Pat- terson Heights, Beaver county, Pennsylvania; Homer, has a grocery store in Martin's Ferry, Ohio.
(III) Howard A. Moore, son of William Henry and Genevieve (Clark) Moore, was born in Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, Ohio, De- cember 2, 1863. He acquired his education in the Central public school in his native town, and was but a young lad when he commenced to work in a rolling mill, later becoming a steel sheet roller in the mills. In 1886 he came to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and when the mills were destroyed
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by fire in 1888, Mr. Moore was severely burned, being obliged to remain in bed for four months. He then entered the employment of the Globe Printing Company as a traveling salesman, continued in this position three years, and for the next three years was in the employ of T. L. Hanly, a produce dealer. Four years were then spent as a traveling salesman for Norton & Co., a spring wheat flour company of Chicago, and in 1902 he established the Premier Extract Company, which has its headquarters at No. 816 Tenth street, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. While a very young man he worked for two years as a drug clerk, and during this time had commenced experimenting in the manufacture of a vanilla extract, which took him some time to bring to the point of excellence which he desired. He has now built up an extensive business, resting upon a strong and solid financial basis. He is also manager of the Premier Cider & Vinegar Company of Beaver Falls. He has taken an active part in the interests of the Republican party, and has held the following public offices : A member of the common council of Beaver Falls; member of the school board six years; member of the Carnegie Library Board three years. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. His fraternal af- filiations are as follows: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Modern Wood- men of America, Knights of Malta, and charter member of Tamaqua Club and Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Moore married, October 2, 1886, Margaret E., born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of James Dorsey, a stone mason, and who was very young when she lost her father and mother. Child: Mayme G., born April 23, 1888; married July 5, 1913, Edwin R. Boots, of New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania.
As agriculturists, soldiers, manufacturers, and dental surgeons, COOK the Cook family has been connected with Beaver county life and affairs in three generations.
(I) James Cook was the first of the line herein recorded to come to America, leaving his home-land when a young man to set sail for the United States. Arriving on what were to him alien shores, he made his way inland, locating at Darlington, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. A descendant of a family of farmers, that was his natural choice of occupation, and the remainder of his life was spent in its pursuits on land he purchased soon after coming to the locality. He married and was the parent of several children.
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