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The record following is of another of the numerous branches YOUNG of the Young family, which was introduced into this country by emigrants of the name from Ireland, whence came Peter Young, who was born in that country, educated in its public schools and there lived for a part of his life. After his arrival in this land he located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there entering the employ of Colonel Craw- ford, of Revolutionary fame, later moving to Saw Mill Run and subse- quently, in 1800, to Beaver county. In that locality he purchased a farm of one hundred acres of uncultivated land in Big Beaver township from Mr. Wylie, the original patentee, erecting thereon a house and barn of logs.
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In that place he spent the remainder of his years, neighbors gradually be- coming more numerous and conditions losing some of their pioneer sim- plicity and discomfort, following the farmer's occupation all of his life, and there reared a family of seven children, namely: John, William, Alger, Nancy, married a Mr. Wright; Eliazbeth, James, a physician of Westmore- land county, Pennsylvania ; Robert, of whom further.
(II) Robert Young, son of Peter Young, was born on the homestead in Big Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1803, died in the same place in 1862, aged fifty-nine years. He was educated in the primi- tive common schools, and until the death of his father assisted in the man- agement of the home estate, later falling heir to the home property. This he still further improved, enlarging its arable area, and set out an orchard that later was a lucrative source of revenue. His strongest political opinions were upon the slavery question, and at the formation of the Abolition party he became one of its most ardent advocates, later affiliating with the Republi- can party. He was a regular and consistent churchgoer and worker, belonging to the Presbyterian Church, of which he was for twenty years an elder. He married Jane McAnlis and had: James M., died aged fifteen years ; Mar- garet; Susan, married a Mr. Patterson; William J., deceased, was a farmer cultivating the old homestead, married Harriet Wallace, a sister of the wife of his brother, Robert Gibson; Robert Gibson, of whom further; Hamilton A., a farmer; Elizabeth.
(III) Robert Gibson Young, son of Robert and Jane (McAnlis) Young, was born in Big Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1845. In his youth he attended the district schools near his home and later was a student in the Iron City Business College. Finishing his studies in this latter institution, he obtained a position as bookkeeper in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, and afterwards apprenticed himself to the carpenter's trade, following the same as a journeyman in Iowa and Missouri. In 1870 he returned to his native county and established as a building contractor, but in 1882 abandoned this line to engage in the more profitable occupation of lumber dealing in New Galilee, being the first in that locality to em- bark in that line of trade. His yard was adjacent to the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad and his shipping accommodations were of the best. He handled lumber of all grades and sizes and for all purposes, dealing extensively in walnut logs with merchants of other localities not so boun- tifully supplied with wood of that kind, his shipping list including the names of dealers in foreign countries. His business was one of abundant profit and he was the owner of a handsome house on the boundary line between Beaver and Lawrence counties, his farm lying in both divisions. Since his death in 1906 his son, J. Glen, has been the representative of the family in managing the business, and has continued it upon the lines of strict fairness and integrity that marked his father's administration of all deal- ings, the present stock of the yard including building materials of all kinds, sashes, doors, inside finishing, shingles and agricultural implements, wire
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fencing and slate roofing, departure having been taken from the ordinary stock of such a concern. Mr. Young was a man held in high regard by many who claimed him as friend, eagerly lent his aid to public improve- ments, and was popular socially as well as among his business associates. He was one of the few who could leave the arena of life without fear of the biting tongue of envy or malice, the thought of anything unworthy in his life or work entering the mind of none who knew him. He built the Presbyterian church at New Galilee, and from the time of its commence- ment the congrgation were in grateful receipt of many evidences of his generosity and open-handed liberality. He was a member thereof, and from 1894 until his death held a place in the session, ever being a liberal contributor to its support and in the furthering of its many good works.
Mr. Young married, October 5, 1876, Lucinda Allendel Wallace, born in Columbiana county, Ohio, January 16, 1853, daughter of John and Mar- garet (McCloskey) Wallace. John Wallace was a son of David Wallace, who was a son of Patrick, the emigrant ancestor of the Wallace family, mentioned elsewhere in this work. John Wallace became the owner of a farm of one hundred and forty-five acres in Little Beaver township, Law- rence county, Pennsylvania, one and one-half miles west of Enon Valley, and there lived until his death, which took place when he was eighty-seven years of age, his wife's occurring aged sixty-nine years. He was a man of strong and rugged physique, fashioned mentally as physically, holding decided political views, in which he favored the Republican party, and being a member of the session of the United Presbyterian Church. His wife, Margaret, was born near East Palestine, Columbiana county, Ohio, daugh- ter of William and - (Wilson) McCloskey, both natives of Ireland, early settlers of Columbiana county, Ohio. William McCloskey was twice married, having children by his first marriage, one of whom is Benjamin, whose son, David, lives in East Palestine, Ohio. Children of the second marriage of William McCloskey: 1. William Jr., a business partner of John Hassen, a horse drover; was killed in a Pennsylvania railroad wreck at Horse Shoe Bend. 2. Margaret, of previous mention, married John Wal- lace. 3. Eliza, married John Dilworth. 4. Keziah, married James Hamil- ton; resided two miles west of East Palestine, Ohio. 5 and 6. Harriet and Lucinda, died unmarried. Children of John and Margaret (McCloskey) Wallace: I. William, married Louisa Mckean; was an oil well driller of Adolphus, Ohio. 2. Clark, died aged one year. 3. Harriet, deceased; mar- ried William J. Young, brother of Robert Gibson Young, and lived on the Young homestead, in Big Beaver township, Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania. 4. Lucinda Allendel, named by Dr. Sheets, the physician who at- tended her mother at her birth, of previous mention, married Robert Gibson Young. 5. Mary, died unmarried, aged thirty years.
Children of Robert Gibson and Lucinda Allendel (Wallace) Young: I. J. Clarence, died October 4, 1905. 2. Margaret, an office assistant of her brother, J. Glen. 3. Rutherford J., lives with his mother, engages in
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the slating and roofing business. 4. William Harry, an oil well driller; married Maud Ainslee, and has one son, Melrose A. 5. Mary E., lives at home. 6. J. Glen, succeeded his father in the lumber business at New Galilee, Pennsylvania. 7. Maud, died aged two years. 8. Kenneth, lives at home.
YOUNG Through the immigration of two Jacobs, both natives of Ger-
many, this line of the family of Young was founded in the United States, the family having originated in Germany. Jacob (1) Young came to the United States early in the nineteenth century, land- ing in Pennsylvania, and immediately proceeding westward to Beaver county, where he purchased uncultivated soil on Brush Creek. He was a man of industrious nature and labored steadily, diligently, and to good effect in clearing his land and in making a home for his wife and children. His life was filled with the discomforts and many of the privations of pioneer existence, but the happiness and joy that ever pervaded his home penetrated deep into all surrounding conditions and did much to alleviate their roughness and harshness. He married in Germany, Catherine Miller, a native of that country, who accompanied him to the United States. Chil- dren: Jacob, of whom further; Philip, Michael, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mar- garet, Caroline and Bena.
(II) Jacob (2) Young, son of Jacob (1) and Catherine (Miller) Young, was born in Deichweiler, province of Rhinefalz Baerer, February 20, 1838, died in New Sewickley township, Beaver county. When he was nine years of age he came to the United States, and for a time lived in Bush Creek Valley, making that place his residence for a short period after his marriage. He married, September 13, 1863, Sophie, born in New Sewick- ley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1842, daughter of John and Margaret Goehring, both natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Young moved after their marriage to their present farm in New Sewickley town- ship, where Mrs. Young resides at the present time. Children of John and Margaret Goehring: William, Charles, Sophia of previous mention, mar- ried Jacob (2) Young; Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary. Children of Jacob (2) and Sophie (Goehring) Young: Katie M., Lizzie M., Emma V., Anna S., Bertha, Charles, Albert D., Mollie G., Amanda R., John W., and Walter, deceased. The family are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
SCHLOTTER William K. Schlotter, a prominent citizen of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, is of German ancestry on his father's side of the house, and was born May 11, 1869, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. His paternal grandfather was William Karl Schlotter, a native of Germany, where he lived and died. His father, George Schlotter, was also born in that country, and was edu- cated there, coming to America in 1852 at the age of seventeen years. Upon his arrival he settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he
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remained for upwards of twenty years engaged in the trade of blacksmith. In 1872 he removed to New Springfield, Ohio, and there became a mer- chant, continuing in this place and business for about three years. He then returned to Pennsylvania and his old trade of blacksmith, locating for a time at Stoops Ferry, and later, about the year 1879, removed to Coraopolis in the same state, where he remained for a considerable time. About the year 1903 he retired from active life and is now residing in Pittsburgh. He served in the Union army during the Civil War. While he was a resi- dent of Westmoreland county he met Mary Sheely, a native of the region, and married her. To them were born seven children: Franklin G., Anna B., William K., our subject; Minnie E., Ida M., Jonathan Jacob, and Harry J. Schlotter.
William K. Schlotter received his education at the local schools of Coraopolis and, after completing his education in these institutions, learned the plastering trade, which he followed for twelve or thirteen years at that place and New Brighton, whither he removed in 1889, and where he has since made his home. In the year 1901 he abandoned his trade and went into business for himself as a general contractor, and has since remained therein. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Schlotter was married, May 19, 1892, to Tillie J. Heckathorn, a daughter of Charles H. and Martha H. (Carnegie) Heckathorn, and a granddaughter of Charles A. Heckathorn, who was a pioneer in the region of Georgetown, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Schlotter's maternal grandparents were Andrew and Jane (Foster) Carnegie, natives of Scotland and Virginia, re- spectively. Andrew Carnegie came to America when about eighteen years of age and settled in Georgetown, Pennsylvania, and engaged in farming. He had four sons, two of whom served in the Union army during the Civil War. Mrs. Schlotter was herself a native of Georgetown. To Mr. and Mrs. Schlotter three children have been born: Mary Naomi, William Karl and George Preston.
The Cordes family of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, is of CORDES German origin, and the members of it who have made their home in this country have brought with them the habits of thrift and industry so characteristic of the Germans. They have been mainly engaged in agriculture and kindred interests, with which the family has been connected for many generations in the land from which they came.
(I) Herman Cordes was born and died in Germany, the latter event occurring in 1891. He was a farmer during all the active years of his life, and he and his wife were members of the Roman Catholic Church. He married Angela Mitchell, who died about 1889, and they had children: Lewis, is a farmer in East Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania; Henry, died on his farm in Rochester township, Beaver county; Herman, was drowned in the Ohio river near Rochester; Barnard, a farmer, living in
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Germany; Mary, twin of Barnard, married John Mathlage, and died in Rochester, Beaver county; Anton, see forward.
(II) Anton Cordes, son of Herman and Angela Cordes, was born in Hanover, Germany, October 18, 1859. He received his education in the public schools of Hanover, and upon its completion served two years in the German army. In March, 1883, he emigrated to America, settling at Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he worked for one year in a glass factory. He then rented a farm in New Sewickley township, on which he remained for a period of fifteen years. He cultivated it dili- gently and intelligently, and at the end of this period removed to Rochester township, and there purchased a farm of approximately seventy acres. On this he erected the necessary buildings, and made numerous other improvements, which have added greatly to the value of the property. He is engaged in general farming, but devotes considerable time and attention to stock raising, and makes a specialty of dairy farming. There is a very fine herd of fourteen cows on the farm. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and his wife are members of St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, in Rochester.
Mr. Cordes married, in 1884, Mary Gardes, born in Hanover, Ger- many, a daughter of Gerard and Marguerite (Drace) Gardes. Her parents spent their entire lives in Germany, and had children: Mary, mentioned above; Marguerita, lives in Germany; Gerard, died in Germany; Barnard, a farmer, died in Germany ; Anna, lives in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Cordes have had children: Lewis, a farmer of New Sewickley township, Beaver county, married Mamie Cramer, and has one child, Paul; Henry, unmarried, lives with his parents; John, a farmer in Rochester township, Beaver county, married Angle Delchambre, two children: Frank and Albert; Clara, married Irvin Brewer and lives in Rochester township, three children, Ed- ward, Clair and Irvin, twins; Mary, at home; Anton, Jr.
The name of Morris is one which is so well known in MORRIS the history of this country that an extended introduction in this place is scarcely necessary. The branch of the family of which this review treats is and has been for some generations more especially identified with the agricultural interests of the country.
(I) Ephraim Morris was born in the state of Ohio, and after his mar- riage lived in Center township, Greene county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer by occupation and the owner of considerable land. He married Martha Roseberry and had children: I. Asa, went to California, where he died in Yolo county. 2. Thomas, was killed while in service during the Civil War. 3. John, held the rank of captain during the Civil War; now lives in Washington, Pennsylvania. 4. James F., a farmer and a justice of the peace in Greene county, Pennsylvania. 5. Sarah, married (first) Alexander Black, (second) Judge George Hoskinson, is again a widow, and lives in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. 6. Martha, now deceased ; married
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George Bayard. 7. Katherine, married Henry Scott; lives in Washington, Pennsylvania. 8. Phoebe, now deceased; married Jesse Ullom, also now deceased, who was a merchant for thirty years at Rogersville, Pennsylvania. 9. Matthias, see forward.
(II) Matthias Morris, son of Ephraim and Martha (Roseberry) Mor- ris, was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1834, died June 24, 1913. He had the usual education of a farmer's son of that time, and when he attained manhood commenced farming independently. He bought a home- stead of one hundred and thirty-seven acres, and soon afterward bought another farm and removed to that. With the exception of two years, the remainder of his life was spent on this farm. He was very successful in his farming operations, and became the owner of about seven hundred acres of land in that section. He was a staunch Republican, and held a number of local political offices. Both he and his wife were members of the Disciple Church. He married Sarah Ullom, born February 22, 1840, died November 12, 1910. She was the daughter of Thompson and Annie (Johnson) Ullom, who were among the early settlers of Greene county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and an extensive land owner, and was prominent in the councils of the Democratic party and held several local offices. They had children : I. Jesse, was a merchant and farmer in Center township, Greene county, Pennsylvania. 2. George, deceased; was a lawyer in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. 3. John Thompson, a physician of Waynesburg, Pennsyl- vania. 4. Elizabeth, married John Clutter, both deceased. 5. Jennie, de- ceased; married David Weaver. 6. Sarah, married Matthias Morris, as above stated. 7. Margaret, married (first) James Lower, (second) Barney Wiley. 8. Anna, married Lindsay Orndoff ; lives in Ohio. 9. Martha, de- ceased; married William Orndoff; lived in Greene county, Pennsylvania, 10. Kate, died at the age of seventeen years. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had children: I. Emma, married Ross Miller; lives at Long Beach, California. 2. Thomas, see forward. 3. Jesse L., a farmer in Center township, Greene county, Pennsylvania. 4. Annie, married Harry Thompson; lives in Greene county, Pennsylvania. 5. Edward, was killed by a rolling log in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1896. 6. Burrel J., was killed by a derrick while lifting a stone. 7. Mattie, married John Smith; lives on the homestead. 8. Matthias Lott, lives on the old homestead.
(III) Thomas Morris, son of Matthias and Sarah (Ullom) Morris, was born in Center township, Greene county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1863. He was educated in the public schools of his section of the county, and his early life was passed as his father's assistant on the farm. He farmed for himself about eight years, then went to Rogersville, where he worked as a teamster for a period of sixteen years. November 1, 1910, he removed to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and thirty-six acres in South Beaver and Chippewa town- ships. He also bought a farm of one hundred and thirty-nine acres, the old Bradshaw farm, or the Mitchell farm, as it is known, in South Beaver
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township. He devotes this land to general produce and fruit raising, and has been very successful in his methods. He is a Republican, and a mem- ber of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mr. Morris married, August 19, 1886, Hattie A. Flenniken (see Flenniken IV), and has had children : Hazel, died at the age of seven years; Mabel Evangeline.
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It is not our part to attempt the solution of historical and critical prob- lems. It has been commonly alleged that at Mecklenburg, North Carolina, on May 19, 1775, exactly one month after the battle of Lexington, and over one year before the Declaration of Independence, a county declaration of separation from the British Empire was put forth. While some, espe- cially in North Carolina, staunchly maintain the truth of this narration, it seems to be the general judgment of historical students that it is not histori- cal. Among the signatures appended to this alleged document, which may be found in the printed archives of North Carolina, is that of John Flen- niken. Perhaps this may be deemed strong evidence that the family was active in the cause of independence in their southern home. The first com- ing of the Flenniken family to Western Pennsylvania is assigned to the year 1767, at about the same time as the Swans, Van Meters, Hughes, etc. If the father of the immigrant Flenniken brothers was in North Carolina eight years later he must have been a man past middle life when he came to Pennsylvania. So far as known to us the name of Flenniken has disap- peared from North Carolina. Apparent variant forms in the older records, in which g stands in lieu of k, strengthen the natural impression that the name is itself a form of Flannagan.
(I) John A. Flenniken, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, came from North Carolina, and settled in Frank- lin county, Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer. He was in that county as late as 1787. It is said that he represented Greene county, soon after its erection, in the Pennsylvania legislature, and that he was for many years one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas of the county, having been appointed in 1796. Also, that he was a Presbyterian elder. If all these statements rightly apply to John A. Flenniken, he must have lived to be a very old man. Whom he married is not known. Children, so far as known: I. Elias, see forward. 2. James, born about 1747, died August 25, 1843.
(II) Elias Flenniken, son of John A. Flenniken, was born, probably in North Carolina, October 22, 1745, died March 16, 1836. He came with his brother James to Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1767, one of the very earliest settlers, and lived among the Indians in this region. From 1777 to the end of the Revolutionary war, he served in the Colonial army as a teamster. He took out a land warrant, and possessed four hundred acres at what was then known as Wolf Point, and two hundred and fifty acres below the mouth of Muddy creek. Of the larger of these tracts, an area of one hundred and forty-three acres is retained to this day by his grand-
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son, James Darrah Flenniken, and has never been out of the family. He was one of the organizers of the New Providence Presbyterian Church, this being one of the first churches in Greene county. He married, about 1780, Mary Dunlap, probably from Franklin, who died April 23, 1836, Children : I. Elizabeth, married Thomas Blair. 2. and 3. Margaret and Sarah, twins. 4. Elias. 5. Alexander. 6. Mary, married James Blair. 7. Joseph Dunlap. 8. John Wilkins, see forward. 9. Jane McCoy, married Daniel Smith.
(III) John Wilkins Flenniken, son of Elias and Mary (Dunlap) Flen- niken, was born on the old homestead in Cumberland township, Greene county, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1790, died October 16, 1861. He was brought up on this homestead, and followed farming with success through- out his life. During the War of 1812 he started with his team for the seat of war, but was not needed. He was a trustee of the New Providence Presbyterian Church. He married, in 1822, Hetty Ann, daughter of John and Margaret (Darrow) Wright. She was born in Bucks county, Penn- sylvania, December 29, 1803, died November 23, 1883. Her parents settled in Greene county in 1811. Children, all deceased except two: I. Elias Alexander, born June 2, 1824; married, in 1846, Mary Ann Kerr. 2. Mary Jane, born March 5, 1826; married Thomas Curl. 3. James Darrah, see forward. 4. Margaret, born in September, 1830; married Clement Krepps. 5. William Franklin, born July 31, 1838; married (first) Eliza A. Hartman, (second) Ella Conn. 6. Sarah, born January 21, 1841; married Thomas Laidley. 7. Andrew Stewart, born in 1848; married Anna Patterson. Two others died in infancy.
(IV) James Darrah Flenniken, son of John Wilkins and Hetty Ann (Wright) Flenniken, was born in Cumberland township, June 17, 1828. He was reared on the farm and educated in the subscription schools. He followed farming, residing on the old homestead, and was a dealer in live stock and a buyer of wool until 1889. He was engaged in the hotel busi- ness at Carmichaels for the next eight years. Since that time he has en- joyed the fruits of a successful career. The vigor of the family, which has been shown in the long lives of so many of this line, is well continued in his person. In 1911 he cut, split and set one hundred and sixty-seven fence posts. He enjoys following the hounds and chasing the fox, generally leading the younger men. He is a member of the Tri-State Fox Hunting Club, of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. In 1867 he became a member of the General Greene Lodge, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Jefferson township. Two years later he was one of the charter members of Lisbon Lodge, No. 654, at Carmichaels, and he is today the last of the active charter members. He was a member of the grand lodge which met in Philadelphia in 1876, and also attended the grand lodges in Erie and Harrisburg. Formerly he was an old-line Whig, his first vote being cast for General Zachary Taylor; in his later years he has been a strong Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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