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(III) William James Stewart, son of John and Barbara Ann (Kronk) Stewart, was born in Raccoon township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1854. There he was educated in the public schools and labored on the farm until he was nineteen years of age. For the next eleven years he was employed on the Ohio river as an engineer on tug boats, after which he engaged in the manufacture of bricks, and was general manager of the Fallston Fire Clay Brick Company. He sold out his interests in this con- cern in 1913, and since that time has been engaged in real estate operations in Beaver, Pennsylvania. He has been a strong supporter of the Republican party, has served thirteen years as a member of the borough council, being chairman of the board of water commissioners during six of them. Mr. Stewart married, December 25, 1878, Ella S., a daughter of W. G. Taylor, M. D., and has had children: I. William James Jr., born April 23, 1880; now superintendent of the repair department of the Buick Motor Company, of Pittsburgh ; married, February 26, 1913, Matilda Dawson. 2. Herbert Thompson, born February 7, 1882; in the employ of the Studebaker Auto Company, of Detroit, Michigan. 3. Ethel Taylor, born March 25, 1885; married, July 5, 1905, Charles Albert Patterson, bookkeeper for the Im- pervious Sheet Metal Company, of Rochester, Pennsylvania; children: James Stewart, born February 13, 1906; Charles Albert, born February 10, 1912.
FUNKHOUSER
Samuel Funkhouser, of German descent, was born in North Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania, and his entire life was spent in New Brighton.
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He was a blacksmith by trade, a man of great physical strength, and was among the early settlers of the county. He married Caroline Osman, born in what is now Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Osman, who was an English sea captain, and became a farmer at Beaver Falls, about 1780 or 1790. Children : Jacob Osman, of further mention ; James Madison, who served throughout the Civil War in the One Hundred and Thirty- fourth or One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- teer Infantry; George Dallas, Charles and Denny, who also served in the Civil War.
(II) Jacob Osman Funkhouser, son of Samuel and Caroline (Osman) Funkhouser, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1839, died in New Brighton. He learned the blacksmith's trade under the supervision of his father, and worked with the latter until the Civil War. Upon the conclusion of this struggle Mr. Funkhouser estab- lished himself in this trade independently, later becoming a tinner, and when he retired from this calling was toll taker at the bridge between New Brighton and Beaver Falls for a period of ten years. He took an active part in the public affairs of the community as an adherent of the Republican party, and served as high constable and tax collector of the borough. For a period of nine months he was in active service during the Civil War. He was brought up in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church but later affiliated with that of the Lutheran denomination. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Funkhouser married (first) Margaret Hays, (sec- ond) Catherine Ufferman, born in Whitestown, Butler county, Pennsyl- vania, of German descent. Children by first marriage: Dallas, Caroline, and an infant, the last mentioned dying young ; children by second marriage : Drusilla, who married Joseph Fillmore Paulson, of New Brighton, Penn- sylvania; Samuel Hendrick, of further mention; Virginia May; Harvey Allen.
(III) Samuel Hendrick Funkhouser, son of Jacob Osman and Catherine (Ufferman) Funkhouser, was born in New Brighton, Beaver county, Penn- sylvania, April 16, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of New Brighton, and at the age of nineteen years was apprenticed to learn the tinner's trade with Charles Bracken. Upon the completion of his appren- ticeship he worked for some years as a journeyman, then, in association with his brother, Harvey Allen, organized the firm of Funkhouser Brothers, tinners, which was in existence for thirteen years. The brothers then ad- mitted Sherman McNeese to a partnership, the firm becoming S. H. Funk- houser & Company, engaged in the general tinning business, and they erected their present building in 1905. They have executed many important con- tracts, and the greatest attention is paid to every detail of any work they undertake, whether it be a large or a small contract. Mr. Funkhouser mar- ried, November 27, 1890, Cornelia Ann McNeese, and they have had chil- dren: Howard Clifton, Lydia Catherine, Mendal Titus, Clare McNeese and Helen Whitcomb. Mr. and Mrs. Funkhouser are members of the Free Methodist church.
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Jacob Blinn, a prominent citizen of Beaver county, Pennsyl- BLINN vania, is a member of a Pennsylvania family, though of Ger- man parentage on his mother's side. He was born April 15, 1857, in Marion township, Beaver county, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Schwartz) Blinn. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and was born in the year 1834, died in 1905 on the farm which in his youth he had cleared and cultivated, replacing the old log buildings with a frame house in 1872 and barn in 1878. His wife, Elizabeth Schwartz, was born in Germany, December 27, 1832, and came to America with her grandfather when she was but sixteen years old. They settled at first in Defiance county, Ohio, but later removed to Pennsylvania, where Miss Schwartz met and was mar- ried to Jacob Blinn Sr. in the month of May, 1856, Mrs. Blinn is still living with her daughter, Mrs. Philip Householder, of Marion township. The paternal grandparents of our subject were residents of Sewickley township during Mr. Blinn's life, after which Mrs. Blinn removed to Marion town- ship, where she died in the year 1877 at the age of sixty-three years. To the parents of our subject were born five children, as follows: Jacob, our subject ; Amelia, now Mrs. Philip Householder, of Marion township; Mary, who became the wife of Christopher Metz and died March 17, 1912; Caro- line, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania; William, a resident of Marion town- ship.
Jacob Blinn Jr. was educated in Marion township, and save for a residence of fourteen years in New Brighton, has always lived there on the home place, which he and his brother helped their father to clear. He has now lived continuously on his eighty-eight acre farm, for twenty-one years, and works the same for general farming purposes. Mr. Blinn is a member of the Democratic party, and is extremely active in local politics, having held every office in the gift of the township (except that of tax collector ) including the office of judge of elections.
Mr. Blinn was married, in 1879, to Elizabeth Knepp, of Franklin town- ship, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. To them have been born six children, as follows: Morris Ellwood; Laura, now Mrs. Charles Hartzell; Elsie Majors; Howard, a resident of Marion township; Lawrence, educated at the High School at Zelienople, Pennsylvania, and at college at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, now a teacher; Harvey, who lives at home. Mr. Blinn is a member of Burry's Presbyterian Church and his wife of the Presbyterian Church at Zelienople.
ZAHN Casper Zahn, who was for many years a well known farmer in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, was a fine example of a self-made man. He was born in the Duchy of Hesse, Germany, and emi- grated to America when he was twenty-seven years of age. At that time steamships were unknown and he came across in a sailing vessel, the voyage lasting forty-eight days. During this trip Mr. Zahn was robbed of all his possessions by some unprincipled fellow traveler, and arrived here absolutely
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penniless. He was obliged to borrow five dollars from a friend in order to make his way to Pittsburgh, and this sum was completely expended during the journey. Compelled to take the first employment which offered itself, in order to obtain the bare necessities of life, Mr. Zahn became a mine worker, and for a period of seven years dug coal in Pittsburgh and its vicinity. Naturally industrious and economical, he managed to save up a sufficient sum of money to enable him to purchase a farm of seventy-five acres in Beaver county, on which his son, William Charles, now resides in New Sewickley township. He continued his industrious career, making a de- cided success of his farming operations, and in the course of a few years was able to purchase another farm, the old Grimm place, consisting of one hundred and six acres in the same township, near Unionville. Finally he retired to Rochester, Beaver county, where his death occurred, February 15, 1905. He was a staunch Democrat, and served for a time as school director. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Zahn married Mary Noell, a daughter of John Noell, born in Germany, who came to America and settled in Beaver county, where he was a farmer, and died at Unionville, having been a widower many years. He had chil- dren : Margaret, married John Wolfe, died in Ohio; Catherine, married Philip Wolfe, died in Ohio; Mary, who married Mr. Zahn, as stated above; Elizabeth, married George Ift; Marie, married Sebastian Butt. Mrs. Zahn was seventy-eight years old, November 1, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Zahn had children: John, a carpenter, who died in Pittsburgh; George, a farmer in New Sewickley township, Beaver county ; Annie, widow of John E. Schmidt, lives in Rochester, Beaver county; Casper, a farmer in Beaver county; Nicholas, lives in Rochester with his mother; Catherine, married (first) William Rosenberger, (second) Nicholas Lotz; Elizabeth, died in infancy; Margaret, married Martin Hartman, and lives in Rochester; William Charles, see forward; Sophie, widow of Charles Conrad, lives in Rochester. (II) William Charles Zahn, son of Casper and Mary (Noell) Zahn, was born on the farm on which he is at present living, in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1872. His education was acquired in the Knob schoolhouse, and all his life has been spent on the farm. From a very early age he was obliged to assist his father in the farm labors, and in this way obtained a thorough and practical knowledge of all the details of farm work. In 1899 he purchased the farm of seventy- five acres, and has cultivated it for general farming. He is a Democrat in political matters, having been active in the interest of the party with which he affiliates, and has held office as tax collector. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Zahn married, February 13, 1895, Annie S. Young, born in New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1869, a daughter of Jacob and Sophia (Goehring) Young (see Young line). They have had children: Melvin W. O .; Hazel G .; Esther S .; Milton A., died at the age of thirteen months; Forrest A.
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(The Young Line.)
(I) Jacob Young, born in Germany, emigrated to the United States about 1850, with his wife and four children, and located in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer, and for a number of years conducted his operations on leased ground, but finally bought 160 acres in Marion township, on which he lived until his death. Politically he was a Democrat and served one term as supervisor. He and his wife were members of the United Evangelical Protestant Church, and for some years he was secretary of this institution. He married Catherine Miller and they had children, of whom the first four were born in Germany: Jacob, see forward; Philopena, married her first cousin, Charles Young, and both died in Zelienople; Cathe- rine, married John Slipper and died at Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Daniel, died unmarried in Marion township; Philip, died in Marion township; Elizabeth, the widow of Joseph Miller, lives in Harmony; Margaret, de- ceased, married Adam Remler, who now lives in Beaver Falls; Caroline, died in young girlhood; Michael, a farmer, lives in Marion township.
(II) Jacob Young, son of Jacob and Catherine ( Miller) Young, was born in Germany, February 13, 1838. He received a good, public school education, and was reared on a farm, and always identified with farming interests. In 1863 he took up farming independently, buying a farm of 160 acres in New Sewickley township, and in 1878 erected a large brick house, in which he resided until his death in 1901. He also put up a barn and a number of other buildings on this property. He always gave his political support to the Democratic party, and was a member of the same church as his parents. Mr. Young married, in 1863, Sophia Goehring, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1842, a daughter of John and Marguerite (Barton) Goehring. John Goehring was born in Germany, and came to America with his parents when he was eight years old. His mar- riage occurred in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to Butler county, Pennsylvania, and finally he bought a farm in Franklin township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, on which he died in 1898. He married Marguerite Barton, also born in Germany, who came to this coun- try with her parents when she was twenty years of age, and died on the farm purchased by her husband, in October, 1894. They had children : Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Brenner, lives in Butler county ; Mary, married Peter Brewey, and lives in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania; Sophia, who married Mr. Young, as above stated; Catherine, deceased, married John Brewey; William, is a farmer near New Castle, Lawrence county, Penn- sylvania ; Charles, a farmer in Marion township, Beaver county. Mr. and Mrs. Young had children: Catherine Marguerita, widow of Charles Holtz- man, lives in Beaver Falls; Elizabeth Matilda, married Charles Klein, and lives in Dougherty township; Emma Virginia, married John Sheiderline, and lives in New Brighton, Beaver county; Annie, married William Charles Zahn (see Zahn II) ; Bertha, married John Shaffer, and lives in Beaver Falls; Charles, is a farmer in North Sewickley township, Beaver county ;
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Molly, unmarried, lives in California; Walter, died in infancy; Albert; Amanda, married Harry George, and lives in Beaver Falls; John William, is a tinner, and lives in New Brighton, Beaver county.
This branch of the Marquis family, originally of England,
MARQUIS first appears in Pennsylvania in the person of David Mar- quis, who was one of the first settlers in Potato Garden Run, Washington county, later coming to Beaver county. He was a farmer and followed this occupation in both of his Pennsylvania residences, con- tinuing in the latter place until his death. With his wife he was a member of the Salem Presbyterian Church, the faith of which the family have long been communicants. He married and had issue, among whom were several sons, one of them David.
(II) David (2) Marquis, son of David (1) Marquis, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1793, died in Beaver county, Penn- sylvania, in 1884. He obtained the usual amount of schooling in the common schools of the day and when quite a youth apprenticed himself to the saddler and harnessmaker's trade at Noblestown, Washington county. Completing the term of his apprenticeship, he followed the trade for a few years in the place where he had learned it and then came to Beaver. Here he still worked actively at his trade, continuing so all his life. He was a Re- publican in political action and was at one time supervisor of Rochester township, taking besides a prominent part in all public matters. Although it was rather a departure from the regular channels of his trade, he was engaged to bore out the logs that served as the first pipes for the distribution of the water supplied by the first waterworks of Beaver, that being long before the day of terra cotta or metal pipes. His shop was located on Third street, the site now occupied by the Mayo Drug Store. In his later years David Marquis retired from active work at his trade and purchased about thirty-five acres of his father-in-law's estate, erecting thereon a large brick house, and there spending the last days of an extraordinarily long and useful life, his death occurring when he was aged ninety-one years. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.
He married, in 1814, Mary Moore, born in Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1797, died in the same county in 1883, preceding her husband to the grave by the short space of twelve months, their married life having covered a period of sixty-nine years, blessed with happiness and the joy of children. Mary Moore was the daughter of Lieutenant James and Isa- bella (Stewart) Moore. Lieutenant James Moore was born at Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1747. He gained his military title as a soldier in the Revo- lution, fighting in that war with the troops of Charlotte county, New York, in Captain Barnes' company, connected with the regiment commanded by Colonel Jacobus Swartmont. He saw more of the different phases of mili- tary life than those ordinarily revealed to a common soldier, and besides engaging in the important battles at Bennington, Stillwater and Saratoga,
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as a private, was several times dispatched by his regiment commander as a spy upon the British forces. In this capacity his services were of such value to the Continental army and his own daring bravery so conspicuous that he was rewarded with a first lieutenancy. At the close of the war he settled on a grant of land on the Beaver river, Pennsylvania, received from the national government in return for his services in the war for inde- pendence, which extended back to the Rochester Hill road, covering two hundred and nineteen acres, for which he received the deed and record of survey in 1803. He was married in 1783 and it is probable that he made his home on his newly received property at once. Certain it is that he lived here until his death in 1833, aged eighty-six years. He married Isabella Stewart, born in 1764, died in 1853, surviving her husband twenty years. The family of which she was a member were of Scotch ancestry, but for religious reasons settled in Londonderry, Ireland. About 1719, in the neigh- borhood of twenty families of the little band that had come from their homeland to the Irish country sailed for the American shore, and among this party, which was headed by the pastor of their flock, was the Stewart family. These emigrants founded the town of Londonderry, New Hamp- shire, a place named after the town that had first offered them asylum as they fled from their native country, and it is said that they there organ- ized the first Presbyterian church in New England. The marriage of Lieutenant James Moore and Isabella Stewart was solemnized at Salem, New York. Children of Lieutenant James and Isabella Moore: James, born in 1784; Sarah, born in 1787; Samuel, born in 1792; Isabel, born in 1794; Mary, of previous mention, married David Marquis; David, born in 1799; Jesse, born in 1802; William, born in 1805; and John, born in 1807.
Children of David and Mary (Moore) Marquis: 1. James, born Sep- tember 22, 1815, died just subsequent to the Mexican War while in the service of the United States army. 2. Lydia Catherine, born September 22, 1818, married Doctor Chapman and moved to Wellsville, Ohio. They later returned to Rochester township and here she died, while still a young woman. 3. David S., born April 14, 1821, deceased, a physician of Ro- chester. 4. Milton M., born January 10, 1824, postmaster at Montour Junction, where he died. 5. Edwin S., born July 21, 1827, a soldier of Com- pany C, Sixty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, was confined in Andersonville prison and was never after reported. 6. Albert S., born July 15, 1830, a farmer, enlisted in the Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, and died in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. 7. Addison Stewart, of whom further. 8. Mary Eliza, born February 9, 1838, died aged five years.
(III) Addison Stewart Marquis, sixth son and seventh child of David and Mary (Moore) Marquis, was born at Beaver, Beaver county, Penn- sylvania, October 13, 1834. His education was obtained in the public schools of Rochester and New Brighton townships and at the Freedom Academy. Soon after completing his studies he began the management of the home farm, and afterward became the owner of about eight acres of
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the old homestead, upon which he lived until the spring of 1914; at the present time he lives at 618 Seventh avenue, New Brighton, Pennsylvania. In political action he binds himself to the dictates of no party, but gives his support without discrimination as to political creed, judging a man or a measure solely upon its merits and casting his ballot accordingly. He has been elected by his neighbors to fill the offices of school director and super- visor, and has discharged the duties of every public trust laid upon him with thoroughness and fidelity. With his wife he is a member of the Pres- byterian Church. Like three of his brothers, he has seen service in the army of the United States, enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty- third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, and serving for nine months. Among the battles in which his regiment participated and in which his company was in motion were South Mountain, Second Bull Run, and Fredericksburg. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Mr. Marquis married, May 24, 1866, Mary Belle Graham, a native of Freedom, Pennsylvania, daughter of Adam and Nancy (Bell) Graham. Children of Addison Stewart and Mary Marquis: I. Annetta, born Feb- ruary 23, 1868, lives at home. 2. Laura Bentel, born December 29, 1871. 3. David Louis, born February 26, 1876, married Hazel Anghinbangh, and is the father of three children, Laura, Robert A., and Howard. 4. Lillian Maude, born September 27, 1878, married Wilbur C. Haun, and lives in Rochester, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of two children, Helen Marquis and Mary Louise. 5. George S., born May 21, 1882, lives at home.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean from his home in Germany,
SCHRAMM Jacob Schramm settled in Marion township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, on the land now occupied by his grandson. He became the owner of a tract of seventy acres, and at the time of his taking possession only four acres was cleared. He gradually freed the remainder of his property from its encumbering growth of timber and cultivated the land until his death. He married, in Germany, Sallie Hunny- dale, born in that land, who also died in Marion township, and had children. (II) Henry Schramm, son of Jacob and Sallie (Hunnydale) Schramm, was born in Marion township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and there died. He was reared on the home farm, attended the local schools, and in man- hood became first manager and later owner of the home farm. He engaged in general farming and stock raising, adding to the original homestead until it consisted of two hundred and eight acres. Fortune attended all of his operations and he was considered one of the most successful men of the neighborhood. His political faith was Democratic, and for fifteen years he was a justice of the peace. He was a member of Saint John's United Evangelical Protestant Church. He married Salome, daughter of Jacob and Salome (Householder) Pflug, both natives of Germany and early settlers in Marion township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Children of
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Henry and Salome (Pflug) Schramm: William, deceased; Emilia, Caroline, Anna, John F., of whom further; Amanda, Edward, Harry A., of whom further ; Linda, Mary, Ella.
(III) John F. Schramm, son of Henry and Salome (Pflug) Schramm, was born on the farm where he now lives, in Marion township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1868. He was reared to a farmer's life, at- tending the township schools. His home has ever been upon the home farm, of which at the present time he owns seventy-eight acres, where, besides the activities of a general farmer, he engages in the dairy business. His cattle are of excellent stock and are accorded careful attention, and they in turn reward him with products upon which he realizes a substantial profit and a generous income. They are housed in a barn of generous dimensions and thorough workmanship that he caused to be erected in 1898, his dwelling being that used by his father. Mr. Schramm is a Democrat in political convictions and has been township supervisor for about nine years. He is a man of simple life and habits, industrious, a hearty supporter of all projects for the best interests of the community in which he lives and a citizen of substantial qualities. He married, in 1894, Ann, daughter of Samuel Wise, and has one adopted son, Rudolph.
(III) Harry A. Schramm, son of Henry and Salome (Pflug) Schramm, was born on the Schramm homestead in Marion township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1880. He grew to manhood on the home farm, as a boy attending the schools of Marion township, and arriving at an age of responsibility, began independent farming operations, which he continues to the present time. His farm is eighty-eight acres in extent and this he cultivates with a skill born of long experience and constant youthful training upon his father's acres, and has made of agriculture a profitable business. The Democratic party claims his allegiance, and as a Democrat he has for six years been a member of the local school board, striving faith- fully for more efficient educational advantages in the township. He and his wife are members of Saint John's Evangelical Protestant Church. Mr. Schramm married, June 14, 1903, Elizabeth Matilda, daughter of Frederick and Margaret (Link) Householder, of Marion township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Children: Marie Elizabeth, Arthur Henry, Dorothy May.
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