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Mr. Rawl married, April 14, 1893, Lena C., born in New Brighton,
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August 14, 1871, daughter of Casimir and Lena Helble, both of whom came to this country from Germany, and settled at New Brighton, where he followed the stone mason's trade. Mr. and Mrs. Rawl have children : Raymond L., born April 9, 1895, a student at the high school; Margaret, born June 18, 1900, also attending school.
McBRIDE The McBride family has been represented in the state of Pennsylvania for many generations, and a number of mem- bers of it have been among the pioneer settlers of the state.
(I) Andrew McBride, the first of whom we have definite record, was a farmer in Butler county, Pennsylvania. He married Neva -, of Butler county, and had children : Dennis J., see forward; John, Edward and James, deceased; Andrew; Sarah, unmarried, lives with her brother Andrew; Mary, married William Magee; Susan.
(II) Dennis J. McBride, son of Andrew McBride, was born in Butler county Pennsylvania. He was a representative of a Philadelphia company, and had charge of the gas pipe lines east of Pittsburgh. He was a member of the Catholic Church, and gave his political support to the Democratic party. He married Mary, daughter of Stoddard and Mary McDonald, and a sister of John, Elmer, Susanna and Alford (twins), Nancy J., Margaret and Rebecca. Mr. and Mrs. McBride had children: Charles F., see forward; Blanche, unmarried and lives with an aunt at Wilkinsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Bride are no longer living.
(III) Charles F. McBride, son of Dennis J. and Mary (McDonald) McBride, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of Pittsburgh, and was graduated from Duff's Business College in the class of 1901. He at once entered upon his business career, accepting a position with the National Tube Company of Pittsburgh, in the traffic department. He resigned from this at the expiration of two and one-half years in order to accept a more advantageous one with the Gulf Refining Company, but at the end of five months formed a connection with the Rock Island lines. At the present time he is traveling freight agent for the Rock Island Railroad Company. He married, in 1907, Cora L. Taylor, born in Beaver, Penn- sylvania, daughter of Avin M. and Josephine (Landis) Taylor, and they lived in Beaver for a period of four years. They have no children.
The Paulson family, of New Brighton, Beaver county,
PAULSON Pennsylvania, has been resident there for a number of generations, and in every generation they have proved their worth as good citizens and as valuable members of society.
(I) Henry Paulson was a machinist by trade. He married Julia Ann Alexander, born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania.
(II) Joseph Fillmore Paulson, son of Henry and Julia Ann (Alex-
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ander) Paulson, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of New Brighton, and at an early age learned the trade of brick laying, with which he has been identified since he was sixteen years of age. He is a member of the United Order of American Mechanics, and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Paulson married, December 8, 1887, Gertrude Drusilla Funkhouser, whose ancestral history follows this sketch. They have had children: Alma Gertrude, Carrie Marie, Lila Catherine, Ruth May, Lois Christine, Joseph Osman, Dorothy Eleanor, Cromwell Truby, Virginia Elizabeth, who died at the age of eight months.
(The Funkhouser Line.)
(I) Samuel Funkhouser was born in North Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and his entire life was spent in New Brighton. He was a blacksmith by trade and a man of great physical strength. He was among the early settlers of the county. He married Caroline, born in what is now Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John Osmon, who was an English sea captain, and became a farmer at Beaver Falls, about 1780 or 1790. Children: Jacob Osmon, of further mention; James Madison, who served in the Civil War; George Dallas, served in the Civil War; Charles B., who also served in the Civil War.
(II) Jacob Osmon Funkhouser, son of Samuel and Caroline (Osmon) Funkhouser, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1839. He learned the blacksmith's trade under the supervi- sion of his father, and worked with the latter until the Civil War. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment Pensylvania Volunteers. Upon the conclusion of this struggle Mr. Funkhouser estab- lished himself in his trade independently, and when he retired from this calling, he became toll taker at the bridge between New Brighton and Beaver Falls. He took an active part in the public affairs of the com- munity as an adherent of the Republican party, and served as high con- stable and tax collector of the borough. He was a charter member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, also the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Funkhouser married (first) Margaret Hays, (second) Cath- erine Ufferman, of Butler county, Pennsylvania. Children by first mar- riage: Dallas, Caroline, and an infant who died young. Children by second marriage: Gertrude Drusilla, who married Mr. Paulson (see Paul- son II) ; Samuel Henry, Virginia May, Harvey Allen.
This name is found in England, Ireland and Scotland. It HINEMAN also occurs in Germany, but there it is spelled Hinmann. Another form of the name is Inman. It is not of record where the earliest bearers of the name in this country came from, but it is certain that they were in Pennsylvania during the very early colonial days.
(I) John Hineman, at an early day, settled in the southern part of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer, and owned a con-
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siderable tract of land. Subsequently he removed to Venango county, Pennsylvania, purchased a farm and spent the remainder of his life in that county. He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church, and his death occurred in 1875. Children: David, deceased; John McConnell, of further mention; Philip, deceased; Alexander, a resi- dent of West Virginia; James, lives in Venango county, Pennsylvania ; Susan, now deceased, married Daniel Howell; Agnes, married Jerry Mc- Clellan, resides in Venango county, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, deceased.
(II) John McConnell Hineman, son of John Hineman, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1825, died December 25, 1901. After his marriage he settled in Independence township, Beaver county, then removed to Venango county, and there purchased a farm of one hundred acres. He sold this in 1865 and removed to Brighton township, Beaver county, where he bought two farms, of about there hundred acres all told, and there his death occurred. He was an active worker in the interests of the Democratic party, held a number of local offices, among them being those of school director and supervisor. He lived in Bridgewater for a few years, and while there was elected a burgess of the town. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and at one time affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Mary Ann Hartford, born April 19, 1828, died February 28, 1910. They had children: Mary, now deceased, married D. A. Collins ; Margaret, married Homer Stevenson ; Mary Agnes, died in infancy; John Oliver, died at Monaca; Cordelia, mar- ried W. J. Newingham, and died at Los Angeles, California; James Madi- son, of further mention; Susan, deceased, married B. F. Carothers, and lived in Brighton township; Matilda, married Weston Hum, and lives in New Brighton; Charles, lives in New Brighton; Belle, married George W. Johnson, and lives in Ohio township; Annie, married C. H. McCready, and lives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma Territory.
James Hartford, grandfather of Mrs. Hineman, and his brother- in-law, Thomas Anderson, were the very first settlers in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. James Hartford probably came from Ireland, and he and Thomas Anderson married sisters by the name of Armor. They settled in what is now Hanover township, Beaver county, before the present division of the counties had gone into effect. This was prior to the defeat of Braddock, and they were driven away from their home by the French and Indians. Three years later, when the Indians were not so frequently to be met with in that locality, they returned, and spent the remainder of their lives there. The log house in which they lived was considered the finest and best in the entire community. Mr. Hartford was small of stature. His son, John Hartford, father of Mrs. Hineman, was born in Hanover township, about a half mile from the Washington county line, not far from Frankfort. He inherited one hundred acres of land as his share of the paternal estate, and this was the eastern portion of the farm. On this he erected a number of comfortable buildings and made numerous
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other improvements. While on a visit to the old home of his father one day, he suddenly dropped dead. He had been one of the leading and most prosperous farmers of the section. He married Margaret Elder, who survived him many years, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hine- man. John and Margaret (Elder) Hartford had children: Nancy, mar- ried James Alexander, and died at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, when she was more than ninety years of age; Jane, married McClure Dunlap, and died in Butler county ; Eliza, married James Gonzalez, and died in Hanover township, Beaver county; Samantha, married James Reagan, and died in Michigan; Abraham, a farmer, died in Venango county; Mary Ann, mar- ried Mr. Hineman, as above mentioned; Caroline, married Joseph Gun- nett, and died near Springfield, Illinois.
(III) James Madison Hineman, son of John McConnell and Mary Ann (Hartford) Hineman, was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of his native township, and then very naturally took up farming on the homestead. He managed this farm very successfully for a period of fifteen years, then removed to Industry township, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and two acres, on which he has resided since 1893. He has made many improvements on this property, among them being the erection of a fine barn, and he has remodeled and improved the dwelling house. In 1909 he bought another farm in Industry township, this containing one hundred and twelve acres, and now cultivates both. He has cultivated his farms for general produce for the greater part of this time, but in recent years he has gradually branched out into fruit growing, and now has about eight acres planted with finely bearing young apple trees, five acres with peach trees, and one acre with plums, pears and cherries. He is a staunch supporter of Democratic principles, has served as justice of the peace from 1895 to 1900, and as school director for the past six years.
Mr. Hineman married, December 17, 1885, Blanche Knight, daughter of Lewis Knight (see Knight II), and has had children: Park, who died in infancy; Earl J., was graduated from the Beaver County Commercial College, and now assists his father in the management of the farms; Harry, died at the age of two years; Lulu B., was graduated from the Slippery Rock Normal School and is now teaching; Lois E., a student in the public schools.
(The Knight Line.)
(I) David Knight was one of the early settlers in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he was one of the prosperous farmers of the section. He was a shrewd business man, and marketed the greater part of his products in New Orleans, to which place he took them by boat. He owned about two hundred and seventy acres of land, all in one parcel. He cast his vote regularly for the Democratic candidates but never desired public office for himself. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of George Mason, also one of the early settlers of Beaver county, his farm there containing
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about six hundred and forty acres. Elizabeth (Mason) Knight was born on the Mason homestead in Industry township, and after her marriage continued living there, and there all of her children were born. They were twelve in number, among whom were: Lewis, of further mention; Almira, now the widow of Jasper Hoyt, lives in Industry township; Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Sears, lives in Ohio. Almira, Emanuel and Elizabeth are the three now living.
(II) Lewis Knight, son of David and Elizabeth (Mason) Knight, was born in Industry township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and died in the same township, in December, 1896. He was a carpenter by trade but later abandoned this in favor of farming. After his marriage he purchased a homestead of one hundred acres, to which he later added five acres. On this addition he erected a commodious residence in which his son now lives. He married Elizabeth (Faucet) Gardner, who was born in Ireland, died in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in September, 1903. She was very young when she was deprived by death of both of her parents, and was sent to an aunt to be cared for. Here, however, she was treated very badly, and she found a way out of her difficulties by running away and joining a party who were coming to America. Upon her arrival here she went to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where after a time she married (first ) Jeremiah Gardner, by whom she had children: Virginia and Jerry, both now deceased. By her marriage with Mr. Lewis Knight there were children: David, of further mention, and Blanche, who married James Madison Hineman ( see Hineman III).
(III) David (2) Knight, son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Faucet-Gardner) Knight, was born on the farm on which he now lives in Industry town- ship, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1857.
The surname of Patterson or Paterson simply means PATTERSON the son of Patrick, and belongs to a large class of surnames similarly formed. Many of the name are to be found in Scotland, in Stirlingshire, Aberdeenshire and Dumfriesshire, where the spelling is generally Paterson; in Ireland this surname is very numerous in the counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, where the spelling is usually Patterson. The coat-of-arms of the Bishop of Ross, a member of the Paterson family is: Argent three pelicans feeding their young or in nests vert on a chief azure as many mullets of the field. The other Patterson arms vary but slightly from this or are similiar to it.
(I) James Patterson, the first of. the branch here under discussion of whom we have definite record, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, in 1779, died in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in 1862. He settled in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in 1815, having probably come to America in that year. He bought two hundred acres of land from the government in Big Beaver township, paying at the rate of six dollars an acre. In
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addition to farming he did a great deal of contract work, and constructed several miles of the old Beaver Valley Canal. He and his family were Covenanters. In stature he was very tall and erect, and he was the only child of his parents. Mr. Patterson married twice, his first wife dying in Ireland, where he also married (second) Jane Bammer, also born in county Armagh. Children by first marriage: William, who lived in Big Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania ; George, lived in Neshannock Falls, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania ; Sallie, married John Peoples, and lived in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Mary. Children by second mar- riage: James, a farmer, carpenter and contractor in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; John, a carpenter, who lived in Hickory township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Robert, of further mention; Jane, married Robert McAnlis, and lived in Big Beaver township, Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania.
(II) Robert Patterson, son of James and Jane (Bammer) Patterson, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, February I, 1812, died in Big Beaver township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in February, 1877. He was about three years of age when he came to America with his parents, and he was reared on the homestead farm. Upon the death of his father he took charge of one hundred acres of the family homestead as his share, and spent his life in its cultivation. He and his family were members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and he was an active worker in church interests. For many years he led the singing at the "White Church." In his younger days he was a member of the Whig party, joining the ranks of the Republicans when that party was organized. He married (first) Martha McClure, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1821, died in 1856; he married (second) Martha Gormley, who died in 1879. Children by first marriage: Jane, married A. Beattie, and lived in Big Beaver township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; James R., of further mention; John, lives in Big Beaver township, Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania. Children of second marriage: Margaret, who died unmarried; Robert, a preacher of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination, and lives in Cleveland, Ohio; William, died at the age of sixteen years; Anna Mary, married John Mckinney, and lives on the original Patterson homestead.
Martha (McClure) Patterson was the daughter of John McClure Jr." and the granddaughter of John McClure Sr., the latter born about 1755, probably in Scotland. He came to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, between 1785 and 1790, and purchased a large farm east of the town of Lancaster, where he spent the remainder of his life, and which is still in the possession of some of his descendants. His children were: 1. John Jr., a farmer in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who became the father of Mrs. Patterson. 2. William, born in 1795, died in December, 1879; in 1818 he made his way on foot to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he located in Big Beaver township, near the present town of New Galilee; he was the owner of a blacksmith's shop there for many years, then bought a nearby farm of three
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hundred and fifty-nine acres, on which his son, William J., now lives. 3. Thomas, a merchant in Lancaster. 4. Francis, was a merchant in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. 5. Joseph, lived on the homestead in Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania. 6. Martha, married Thomas Withero, and moved to Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where their descendants still live.
(III) James R. Patterson, son of Robert and Martha (McClure) Pat- terson, was born in Big Beaver township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1853. He attended McAnlis district school near his home, and worked on the homestead farm until his marriage. He then bought a farm in the same township, lived on it five years, then sold it and purchased a farm in South Beaver township, Beaver county, and removed to that. At the end of three years, 1886, he removed to Beaver Falls, and there estab- lished himself in the lumber business. He, in association with some other men, organized a company which was called the Co-operative Planing Mill. Mr. Patterson sold his interests in this concern at the expiration of three years and engaged in the real estate business, with which he has been identified since that time. He is also a director and vice-president of the Dime Savings and Loan Association of Beaver Falls. His public service is as follows: Member of the common council of Beaver Falls, three years; member of the board of health, six years; constable, three years. He gives his political support to the Republican party, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and has been a member of the board of trustees of that institution for a period of three years. Mr. Patterson married, October 26, 1876, Nannie (Nancy) E. Louthan, born in South Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, February 19, 1856 (see Louthan III). Chil- dren : Robert M., a physician in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania ; John Louthan, of further mention; Bessie, married Thomas Campbell, and lives in Beaver Falls; Jessie, unmarried, a clerk in the post office ; Elda, at home.
(IV) John Louthan Patterson, son of James R. and Nannie (Nancy) E. (Louthan) Patterson, was born in Big Beaver township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1879. He was a pupil in the public schools of New Galilee for one year, after which the family removed to Beaver Falls, where he attended the public schools until he was seventeen years of age. He then entered the employ of Chandley Brothers, plumbers, with whom he learned the plumbing trade, and remained with them until 1904. In that year he established himself in that line of trade at No. 1509 Seventh avenue, where he is doing a very successful business. His work is of a general nature, and it includes all kinds of heating. Mr. Patterson is unmarried, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
(The Louthan Line.)
(I) Moses Louthan and his parents, all natives of Scotland, emigrated to America, and settled in Virginia. There young Moses Louthan engaged in farming. Later he removed to South Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he was one of the first settlers, and where he lived to be more than eighty years of age. He was a member of the Salem Church
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congregation and one of its first elders. He married Betsey -, and they had children: James, of further mention; George, William, Samuel, Henry, Betsey. -
(II) James Louthan, son of Moses and Betsey Louthan, was born in South Beaver township, and later settled on a farm adjoining the homestead of his father. Subsequently he sold this property and removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he died at the age of forty-three years. He married Anna, who died at the age of eighty-three years, a daughter of Robert Brad- shaw, of South Beaver township; as her husband died when their children were all small, she deserves the most credit for their responsible bringing up. They were: Moses; Sarah, married 2417 Sebring; Eliza; Susan, married Sam McConnell; James, of further mention.
(III) James (2) Louthan, son of James (1) and Anna (Bradshaw) Louthan, was born near Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio. He received his education in the public schools of South Beaver township, whither his mother had removed soon after the death of her husband, at which time young James was six years of age. Upon the completion of his educa- tion he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade at New Brighton, and following this occupation he was engaged in putting in the woodwork in the first brick building in that borough, and has followed his trade con- tinuously in South Beaver township for forty years. In addition to this activity, he carefully cultivated a farm of sixty acres of which he was the owner. After the death of his wife he sold this farm and removed to Darlington, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1896, then made his home in Beaver Falls, where his death occurred in 1906. He was in political opinion, successively a Whig, Free Soiler and Republican, and a Covenanter in religious belief. Mr. Louthan married, in 1838, Nancy, who died in June, 1879, a daughter of James Strain, of Chippewa township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. They had children : Mary A., married
Craig; Asa, married Martin; Rebecca, married John R. Rayle, a grocer of Beaver Falls; Susan M., married - Hartzell; Elizabeth W., married Cox; Bradford; Allie, married Bradshaw; James S., one of the leading physicians of Beaver Falls, married May Johnson; Nannie (Nancy) E., married James R. Patterson (see Patterson III) ; John.
The founding of this branch of the Mccullough family MCCULLOUGH in the United States is recorded by the immigration of John and Ellen (Neal) Mccullough, who came thither from Ireland, settling in Philadelphia about 1832. They had been married in Ireland, and after a short stay in Philadelphia moved westward to Beaver county, in which locality both died. They were the parents of four children, of whom two were sons, both serving in the Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves at the time of the Civil War, the names of John and James Mccullough appearing upon the roll of that regiment.
(II) John (2) Mccullough, son of John (1) and Ellen (Neal) Mc-
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Cullough, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1833, died in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. He obtained his schooling in the public institutions of Pittsburgh, in later life becoming a follower of the carpen- ter's trade, in which he continued for many years. In 1907 he was appointed tipstaff of the county court. He was in politics a Republican, his military service giving him membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, and he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, Cctober 9, 1859, Sarah Jane Caldwell, born in Brighton township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1836-37, daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Johnston) Caldwell, both natives of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. The Caldwell family was among the earliest in Beaver county, and Robert Cald- well, by his marriage with Rebecca Johnston, allied his line with that of the Deans, that being the maiden name of her mother. Children of Robert and Rebecca (Johnston) Caldwell: Harriett, Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah Jane, of previous mention, married John (2) Mccullough; Margaret, William, Rebecca, Robert, Minerva, James, Calvin. Children of John (2) and Sarah Jane (Caldwell) Mccullough: Lucien Emmett, of whom further; Elmer; Rebecca; William; Alva, died in infancy ; Robert C., of whom further; Eva; Belle; Ida, deceased; Fred.
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