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(II) Alouis Estermyer, son of Joseph and Theresa Estermyer, was
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born near Metting, Byron, Germany, county Straubing, June 10, 1842, died in Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1908. As a boy he studied in the schools of his native place, and in young manhood found employment upon his father's farm, later serving the required time in the German army. He belonged to the cavalry, and upon his discharge received honorable mention for his unquestioning subservience to the orders of his superiors as a private, for the wisdom that governed his authority as he advanced in rank, and for his soldierly conduct during his term of service. Six years after his marriage he determined to emigrate to the United States, being the first of his family to do so. He accordingly left Germany, March 7, 1870, on the steamer "Rhine," accompanied by his wife, her widowed mother, and two children-Louis and John. They arrived safe at Castle Garden, New York City, March 25, 1870, after a voyage of eighteen days of stormy weather. It being Saturday, they could not land until Monday, the 27th, on which day at 4 p. m. they left for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, arriv- ing there on the 29th at 2 p. m. They resided in Pittsburgh for ten years, during which time Mr. Estermyer was employed as "teaser" in a glass fac- tory, an operation and an employee that have passed into retirement with the invention and practical adaptation of modern and improved machinery. In 1879 a universal strike of glass-blowers in Pittsburgh threw him out of a situation, and for a time he was at a loss as to what employment to find, a problem he solved in the first part of May of 1880, by walking thirty miles to Beaver Falls, there obtaining work in the Co-operative Glass Works. Two months later, on July 28th, he moved his family to Beaver Falls, and was there employed until still more recent inventions made it possible for manufacturers of glass to reduce their working forces to still less propor- tions. In his later years he became a night watchman, and was thus en- gaged at his death. He was a devout, faithful Catholic, and one of the early members of St. Mary's Church, who laid the foundation for its. present prosperity by their whole-hearted devotion and willing self-sacrifice. He was married in Liberfing, county Straubing, Germany, March 17, 1864, to Magdalena Kine, born in Ruzenbough, Germany, now living in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Children of Alouis and Magdalena (Kine) Ester- myer: I. Louis Joseph, of whom further. 2. John, born April 12, 1868, died in July, 1898; a glass worker; married Bertha Schell; no children. 3. Theresa, died aged nine years. 4-5-6-7. Two sons and two daughters, all died in infancy. 8. Mary, born November 30, 1879; married William Beighley ; their residence is at No. 2535 Eighth avenue, Beaver Falls, Penn- sylvania. 9. Lena, born July 27, 1881 ; married Ernest Lynn, and resides at No. ITIO Sixth avenue, Beaver Falls. 10. Peter, born July 19, 1884; an electrical worker; resides in Toledo, Ohio; married to Frances Dickson. (III) Louis Joseph Estermyer, eldest of the ten children of Alouis and Magdalena (Kine) Estermyer, was born near Ruzenbough, county of Straubing, Germany, January 31, 1865, and lived in that country until five years of age, when he was brought to the United States by his parents
Louis. J. Estermyer
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and was placed in St. Michael's Parochial School in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania. He attended this institution until he was twelve years of age, when he left school to lend his efforts to contribute to the support of the family. His first employment was in McCally's Glass Works, 28th street, Pitts- burgh, as "carrying over" boy. Here, in addition to performing a day's labor that would tire any youth, even one of his rugged constitution, it was necessary for him to walk between four and five miles to and from work, morning and evening, from 18th street, South Side, to 28th street, Pitts- burgh, his remuneration being the sum of thirty-seven and a half cents per day. The following year the family home was changed to the corner of 28th street and Smallman street, Pittsburgh, where they resided for one year, and lived on South Side, Pittsburgh, for nine years, Mr. Estermyer being employed during that time in various glass factories. In 1880, when he went with his father to Beaver Falls, he began a connection with the Co-operative Glass Company that lasted for twenty-seven years, first as "sticking-up" boy and later as a glass presser, in which latter department he became most skillful and adept, continuing as such until his retirement in 1907 from glass manufacturing. Since that year he has been part pro- prietor of a wholesale liquor store on Seventh avenue, Beaver Falls, a mem- ber of the firm of Estermyer & Groth. Mr. Estermyer has always been an active political worker, and as a Democrat served one term as council- man for the Fifth Ward. His influence among his countrymen in his district is strong, and he is one of the leaders of his party in the city. In 1894 he was a Democratic candidate for the State legislature, and was defeated, although he made a valiant fight and ran far ahead of his ticket in Beaver Falls, threatening the leaders in a Republican stronghold. Mr. Estermyer and his family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, and he belongs to the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association.
He married, May 7, 1890, Sarah Ellen Gould, born at Tiger Flats, Wood county, West Virginia. Children: 1. Lillian Helena, born August 24, 1891. 2. Louis Joseph Jr., born June 10, 1892. 3. John Thomas, born February 10, 1894. 4. Charles Edward, born June 21, 1896. 5. Saralı Ellen, born August 1, 1898, lived twenty-three days, weighed one pound. 6. Helen Marie, born November 14, 1901. 7. Florence Beatrice, born October 7, 1903. 8. Clarence Paul, born September 3, 1905. 9. Richard Holt, born January 9, 1907. 10. Sarah Evelyn, born October 23, 1909. II. Wilber Howard Gould, born September 5, 1911.
The family home is at No. 2003 Fifth avenue, which property Mr. Estermyer purchased in 1902.
Thomas J. Galvin, a prominent citizen of New Brighton, GALVIN Pennsylvania, is of Irish parentage, and was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, at the place now known as Highland Cut, August 19, 1861. The paternal grandparents on both sides of the house were natives of Ireland, and came from that country to America
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in the first half of the nineteenth century, and settled at Bridgewater, Penn- sylvania. The paternal grandfather was a laborer and remained in Bridge- water until his death.
Maurice Galvin, the father of Thomas J. Galvin, was also born in Ireland and was educated there. He came to America with his parents in 1843, and like his father was a laborer in Bridgewater until the loss of a limb disabled him. For several years after that event he taught school at what is now Cannelton, Pennsylvania. About the year 1859 he removed to New Galilee, Pennsylvania, and later to a large number of places, including Highland Cut, where Thomas J. Galvin was born, Pittsburgh, and finally to East Palestine, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1881. He had three brothers, all of whom enlisted in the Union army at the out- break of the Civil War. Maurice Galvin also desired to enter the serv- ice, but was prevented by the physical disability dependent on the loss of his limb. While still resident in Bridgewater he met and married Ann Connell, who like himself had come from Ireland with her parents and settled there. To them were born six children, as follows: Mary, Catherine, John, Thomas J., Robert, George.
Thomas J. Galvin was educated in the ninth ward school in the city of Pittsburgh, and later, when only fourteen years of age, entered the mines at Palestine, Pennsylvania, and remained there six years, until 1881. He then obtained a position as fireman on the Fort Wayne Railway, a branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and has remained ever since in the employ of the latter. He lived in East Palestine until the death of his father, and then removed to Pittsburgh, and worked for a time as fireman on the Beaver Falls accommodation. In 1887 he was promoted to the rank of engineer on a through freight, and in 1909 became engineer on the Beaver Falls local, a position he still holds. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Mr. Galvin married, December 16, 1886, Anna M. Dunbar, and they have one son, Ralph M., who was educated at the public schools of his birthplace, attending the local high school for two years, and finally took a four years' course at the University of Pennsylvania, winning the degree of D.D.S. He now lives at home and is a practicing dentist. Mrs. Galvin and her son are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
DREW The middle of the nineteenth century marked the introduction into the United States of the branch of the Drew family of which John Drew is the present representative.
(I) John Drew, the first of the line herein recorded, was a native of Ireland, and came to the United States in 1850, bringing his wife, Mar- garet, and his family. General contracting was the business he had fol- lowed in his native country, and it was in this pursuit that he found occupation after his arrival in Pennsylvania. In this he continued until his death, mainly on railroad construction or repair, one of his other con-
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tracts being that for the erection of the water works at Washington City. He married Margaret Fitzgerald and became the father of several children, among whom was John, of whom further.
(II) John (2) Drew, son of John (1) and Margaret (Fitzgerald) Drew, was born in Ireland, May 13, 1848. When two years of age he came with his parents to the United tSates, and was here educated in the public schools. For many years he followed the business of his father and en- gaged in railroad contracting, which he abandoned, after having been very successful, to become the proprietor of a hotel in the city of Pittsburgh. This is his present occupation, besides which he is superintendent of the Glenndrew Stock Farm in Moon township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. This is five hundred acres in extent and here he raises fine blooded trotting horses. Mr. Drew is an excellent judge of horses, skilled in their care, and has raised some trotters of remarkable speed. He married, in 1873, Martha Anrock, and has the following children: May, married Dolen; James B .; John, deceased; Edwin, deceased; Martha, deceased; Irene, deceased; Thomas; Helen; Joseph, deceased; Raymond; Hilda.
The name of Dockter is one which has been prominently.
DOCKTER identified with agricultural interests in the western part of the state of Pennsylvania for a number of generations.
(I) Christian Dockter, the first of the family of whom we have record, came to America with his wife and several children at a very early date. He located in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and there spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife are buried in that county. Among his chil- dren were: George, see forward; Christian.
(II) George Dockter, son of Christian Dockter, was born in Alsace, France, and was nineteen years of age at the time he emigrated to this country with his parents. His education was received in Germany, and when he came to the United States he worked in a brickyard for a period of four years. In addition to this employment he commenced to farm, and purchased land on which his son, George Jr., is now living, this having been bought in 1866. He had, however, lived in Butler county until two years previous to this time. This farm consisted of one hundred acres, which he increased so that at one time his property comprised five hundred acres. He was very successful, at one time owning the property known as Dockter's Heights, and now lives there retired from active busi- ness responsibilities. Mr. Dockter married Elizabeth Evert, born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, and they had children: Frederick; George, see for- ward; Christion, see forward; Charles; Caroline; Henry; one child who died at the age of six months.
(III) George (2) Dockter, son of George (1) and Elizabeth (Evert) Dockter, was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1861. His education was acquired in the public schools of Moon township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and at an early age he commenced his farming labors.
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For many years he had under cultivation one hundred and twenty-eight acres of land, but recently he gave twenty-eight acres of this property to his sons. In addition to general farming Mr. Dockter is extensively en- gaged in stock raising. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he has served in public office as supervisor. He was reared in the Lutheran faith, his wife in the Methodist Episcopal, and they now attend the Presbyterian church. Mr. Dockter married, January 16, 1889, Ida Hamilton, a daughter of Oscar and Catherine (Craig) Hamilton, both born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, granddaughter of James and Eliza- beth (Weigle) Hamilton, both born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and a great-granddaughter of - Hamilton, who came to America from Scotland, and was one of the original settlers of Beaver county. Mr. and Mrs. Dockter have had children: Clarence Nelson, William Harper, Ella Elizabeth.
(III) Christian Dockter, son of George (1) and Elizabeth (Evert) Dockter, was born in Moon township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1871. He was also educated in the public schools of Moon township, and has always been engaged in farming with the exception of three years spent in the employ of the Phoenix Glass Works, at Monaca. He now owns a farm of sixty-five acres, on which he erected a fine dwelling house in 1910. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his political alle- giance is with the Republican party. Mr. Dockter married, in 1890, Mary Ann Johnston, and has had children: Clifford Andrew, Laura Rose, Elva Mabel, Tessie Olive, John Walker.
The present Pennsylvania representative of the Knoed- KNOEDLER ler family is also the emigrant, all the previous genera- tions of his line owning Kingdom of Wuertemberg, Germany, as their birthplace and as their life-long home. This chronicle records :
(I) Christian Knoedler and his wife, Elizabeth (Treiber) Knoedler (great-great-grandparents).
(II) Christof Knoedler, born November 4, 1740, and died 1779, and his wife, Barbara (Stohrer) Knoedler, born December 4, 1751, and died 1806 (great-grandparents).
(III) Johann Christof Knoedler, born March 18, 1791, and his wife, Anna Maria (Reick) Knoedler, born September 9, 1798, and died August 8, 1868 (grandparents).
(IV) Matthaeus Knoedler, born May 10, 1823, and died May 14, 1874 (father ).
Also, on mother's side, the following:
(I) Leonhardt Michael Sing and his wife, Ursula (Strohmaier) Sing (great-great-grandparents).
(II) Johannes Sing, born November 29, 1767, and died February 14,
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1829, and his wife, Anna Dorothy (Treiber) Sing, born July 28, 1768, and died December 19, 1832 (great-grandparents).
(III) Johannes Sing, born October 2, 1794, and died May 18, 1870, and his wife, Maria (Haegenlauer) Sing, born May 17, 1793, and died May 4, 1842 (grandparents).
(IV) Magdalena Sing, born July 22, 1830, and died 1891 (mother).
Children of Matthaeus Knoedler and Magdalena (Sing) Knoedler: I. Pauline, born January 10, 1864; lives in her native land, Kingdom of Wuer- temberg, Germany. 2. John Frederick, of whom further.
John Frederick, only son of Matthaeus and Magdalena (Sing) Knoed- ler, was born in Germany, May 22, 1867. His boyhood was spent in that land and he was there educated, his scholastic training being of a high order, as would be expected from the excellent reputation borne by Germany's educational system, public and private. In 1883 he left the land of his birth, on May 21st of that year finding work with the Harmony Society of Beaver county, laboring for a time as farm hand, finally becoming con- stable and policeman for the society, his election taking place February 21, 1893. This position he held for a period of fifteen years, his income aug- mented by his salary as agent of the Beaver County Land Company in the four years from 1908 until 1912. In the latter year he was elected justice of the peace, and is now serving in that capacity, having been nomi- nated as the candidate of the Democratic party. His church is the German Lutheran.
Mr. Knoedler married, October 1, 1890, Christiana Kroll, born in Ger- many, who came to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1880, and whose chron- icle records the following :
(I) Andreas Kroll, born October 14, 1795, and his wife, Margaretta (Schneller) Kroll, born 1796 (grandparents).
(II) George Gottlieb Kroll, born October 12, 1827, and died Novem- ber 27, 1883 (father).
Also, on the mother's side, the following:
(I) Conrad Adam Meixner and his wife, Magdalena (Meixner) Meix- ner (grandparents).
(II) Christiana Katharina Meixner, born February 27, 1846, and died April 3, 1907 (mother), all of whom were born in the Kingdom of Wuert- emberg, and all of whom died there with the exception of George Gottlieb Kroll and his wife, Christiana Katharina (Meixner) Kroll, who came to Economy, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1880, and who died in that locality.
Children of Gottlieb and Christiana Kroll: 1. Christiana. 2. Jacob. 3. Fredericka, deceased. 4. Christian. 5. Frederick, deceased. 6. Caroline. 7. Minnie.
Children of John Frederick and Christiana (Kroll) Knoedler: I. Katie, born April 20, 1891. 2. Elsie, born January 12, 1895. 3. Christiana, born March 3, 1899. 4. Frederick M., born May 14, 1900.
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Mr. Knoedler affiliates with the Schwabenverein of Pittsburgh, and the German Beneficial Association, District No. 87, and the Knights of Pythias Order, No. 504.
Faithlegg House, Fathlegg, county Waterford, was the BOLTON ancient seat of the Bolton and Power families. Tradition tells us that the manor house was built by Richard Alyward, Esq., when it was denominated Fathlecke. He married Catherine, sister of Sir Almore Gras. In the year 1469 the estate changed hands, having been granted by Oliver Cromwell to Captain William Bolton, an officer in the old army, and one of those chosen by lot at Whitehall, on Friday, April 20, in the same year, to go to the service of Ireland. Here flourished in 1719 a great cleric, the Very Rev. Hugh Bolton, dean of Waterford, and uncle to the Lord Bishop of Raphoe, the Right Rev. James Hawkins, with whose immediate descendants the property remained until the death of John Bol- ton, in 1792, father of Lieutenant General Sir Robert Bolton, G. C. B., when it passed into the hands of the Power family. The ancient castle of Faithlegg or Fatlock, and the picturesque ruins of the little church, sur- rounded by its venerable ash trees, are near the peaceful resting place of many generations of the Bolton family. Seats of the family were: Bolton of Bective Abbey, county Meath; Brazille, county Dublin; The Island, county Wexford; Lullydonell, county Louth; Bolton of Wakefield, York- shire, Blackburn, Lancashire; Avanmore, Eastbourne, Charles Walter Bol- ton, J. P .; Duchray Castle, Aberfoyle, Edwin Bolton, M. P .; Highbrake, Huncoat, Lancashire, H. H. Bolton, J. P .; London, Sir Frederick Bolton, Major General R. H. Bolton; The Island Oulart, county Wexford, William Bolton, J. P .; Turkdean Manor, Northbeach, Gloucester, Lady Bolton.
The members of the Bolton family have long been prominent in the social and business circles of Pennsylvania, and several members of this and allied families have rendered distinguished service in defense of the rights of their country.
(I) Joseph Bolton, the American progenitor of the family, was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, where he was a miller by occupation. Shortly after his marriage he emigrated to America, and settled in Norris- town, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where he obtained employment in a flour mill, and lived to an advanced age. He married in England, his wife being also a native of Blackburn, and they had children: Joseph, now deceased, was a captain in the Civil War, and lived in Norristown; William J., of further mention; Rebecca, died unmarried; John, died unmarried.
(II) William J. Bolton, son of Joseph Bolton, was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and died in October, 1908. He received an excel- lent education for his time, and was graduated from the seminary con- ducted by Samuel Aaron. He learned the machinist's trade, and prior to the Civil War he worked in Jamison's Cotton Mill, on DeKalb street. After the war he established himself in the wall paper business, having a store at a
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corner on Sweden street. He was prominent in the public affairs of the community, and among the offices held by him were: Sheriff of Norristown, having been elected on the Republican ticket; collector of customs at the port of Philadelphia, which office he held at the time of his death. Mr. Bolton was the first man in the state of Pennsylvania to enlist under Gover- nor Curtin. He commenced his service, which lasted until the close of the war, as captain in the Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer In- fantry. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and also at the time of the explosion before Petersburg. The Fifty-first Regiment was the one ordered by General Burnside to take the bridge at Antietam-and they did take it-but there was a great loss of life. Captain Bolton was advanced to the rank of colonel, and when the war closed had risen to the rank of brigadier-general. The Fifty-first Regiment was the only regiment of the Ninth Army Corps which participated in all the battles of the corps, this being the "wandering corps of the army," a corps as an independent com- mand, that never lost a battle nor a gun. Mr. Bolton was appointed a mem- ber of a commission having in charge the unveiling of a monument on the battlefield of Antietam, and upon this occasion he caught a severe cold, from the effects of which he died. Mr. Bolton married Wilhelmina Hall, born at Mill Creek, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1836, died in No- vember, 1908, concerning whose family see below. They had one child : Joseph Jurdin, of further mention. They separated in 1859. Mr. Bolton married (second) Emma Rupert, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. There was one daughter by the second marriage: May R., who is unmarried and lives in Philadelphia. The first wife of Mr. Bolton married (second) James H. Wood and resided in Cleveland, Ohio. They had children: Jessie, married William Brant; Sevilla, married Albert Miller; Luella, married Herbert L. Brainard. All live in Cleveland, where Mr. Brainard is secretary of the Grossman Paper Box Company.
The Hall family, of which Wilhelmina (Hall-Bolton) Wood was a descendant, were Quakers and came to this country from Kent, England. George Hall was married in England, and came to this country with his wife and one son, George, and after they came here they had another son, Townsend.
Townsend Hall, son of George Hall, married Elizabeth Dickson, and they had eleven sons and ten daughters. Her maternal uncle was Andrew Ellicutt, who was the owner of the largest calico mills in Baltimore, Mary- land.
Joseph D. Hall, son of Townsend and Elizabeth (Dickson) Hall, was born December 25, 1803, in Soulesberry township, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, died in Hiram township, Portage county, Ohio, June 19, 1894. He was a carpenter and shoemaker by occupation and removed to Ohio in July, 1866. He was considered the best cradler and mower in the township, and mowed five acres in one day. The mowing was always done by hand and he was picked to lead the field of from ten to twelve mowing at a time.
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He married Rachel Bowne, born May 26, 1804, at Shamokin Post Office, died at Mantua Station, Portage county, Ohio, March 21, 1870. Her father was a well-known teacher and poet, and had four other daughters and three sons. Joseph D. and Rachel (Bowne) Hall had children: Nelson, was an engineer on an ocean steamship, and was washed off the deck during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico; Louisa, married Daniel Goodman, is living at the age of eighty-five years at Youngstown, Ohio; Wilhelmina, men- tioned above; Pierson M., a prosperous and retired merchant of Cleveland, Ohio. Nelson Hall served during the Civil War as a member of the Cam- eron Dragoons. Pierson M., who was born in 1839, served as a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was detailed as government inspector in the arsenal at Phila- delphia.
(III) Joseph Jurdin Bolton, son of William J. and Wilhelmina (Hall) Bolton, was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1856. He went to Ohio with his maternal grandparents in 1866, and lived on the farm in Portage county, and there attended the district school. When he was thirteen years of age he removed to Cleveland and lived with his mother, and attended school for a time. He commenced working in the Cleveland Woolen Mills at the age of fourteen years, then learned the trade of wire drawing in the Cleveland Roller Mill, and remained there seven years. One year was then spent in the employ of R. H. Wolf & Company, of New York, and in 1885 he came to Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and as an expert fine wire drawer formed a connection with the Carnegie Steel Mill Company which remained unbroken for fourteen years. He was appointed superintendent of the mill in 1896. Three years later this company sold out to the American Wire Company, and Mr. Bolton severed his connection with it. Mr. Bolton then engaged in business as a florist, and he has met with the success which his work richly merits. He com- menced with a greenhouse twelve by twenty feet, and now has five large greenhouses in Big Beaver township, near Homewood. His greenhouses are supplied with all the conveniences known to floriculture, and form a picture to delight the most artistic eye. He deals in both cut flowers and potted plants, and his grounds are renowned far and wide. He has rebuilt the house in which he now lives, and has remodeled it along the most mod- ern ideas. He is a member of the Republican party, and of the Royal Arcanum.
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