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Mr. Carothers married Mary Jane, daughter of James and Rachel (Murphy) Scott, born in Chippewa township, Beaver county, July 17, 1833. Children of William Allen and Mary Jane (Scott) Carothers: I. Jessie, born 1864, died 1881, diphtheria causing her death. 2. Cora B., born February 4, 1866; married Gustavus Brittain; lives at No. 2027 Seventh avenue, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. 3. Edna, born in March, 1868, died at the same time and of the same cause as her sister, Jessie. 4. Mary, born June 3, 1870, died unmarried in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1910. 5. Wil- fiam Allen Scott, born April 28, 1872, the third victim of the disease that claimed his two sisters in 1881. Since June, 1907, Mrs. Carothers has lived in Beaver Falls, having lived on the farm from the time of her hus- band's death until that year.
James Scott was a son of Hugh Scott, who was a native of Ireland and who came to America while the war for independence was being waged, sending for his wife and two children when peace had been restored. Their
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home was for a time in Chester county, Pennsylvania, after which they journeyed westward and located in Chippewa township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where Hugh Scott became owner of a tract of one hundred and eighty-three acres. He prepared a place for a house, built the same, and then began to remove the dense woods, gradually increasing his arable area until he had a farm of generous dimensions, capable of supplying the needs of his little family. He here died while still in the prime of life and with apparently many years of active usefulness before him, his widow, Jane, living on the home farm until she attained a great age, her death oc- curring in South Beaver township. Children of Hugh and Jane Scott, the first two born in Ireland, the two others in Pennsylvania: I. Jane, married Samuel Cunningham; died in Chippewa township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. 2. Maria, married John Porter; died in Ohio. 3. Isabella, married William Barclay; died in Beaver, Pennsylvania. 4. James, of whom further.
James Scott, son of Hugh and Jane Scott, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1806, died in Patterson township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1856. When but a child he was brought to Beaver county with his parents, and he here grew to maturity, attending the public schools and marrying. He acquired the shares of his sisters in the homestead and lived thereon until 1846, when he bought the Murphy farm, there living until his death. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and as a Democratic candidate was elected to numerous township offices, being at one time justice of the peace. In military affairs he was also actively interested, for many years being a captain of militia in the local organization of the state troops. He married Rachel, daughter of John and Mary (Stratton) Murphy, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April I, 1813, died March 8, 1885. After his death she married a second time, her husband being James Wrigley. John Murphy, father of Rachel Murphy, was born in Ireland, leaving his native land for the United States prior to 1812, settling in Patterson township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, from which locality he enlisted in the company being there raised to go to the front in the war of 1812-14. While he was in the army, his wife made her home with a family by the name of Brooks, close friends and neighbors. Children of John and Mary (Stratton) Murphy: I. Sarah, died in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, aged ninety-six years; married (first) Isaiah Thomas, (second) Hugh Woods. 2. Valariah, married Frank Vesey; died in Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania. 3. Rachel, of previous mention, married James Scott. 4. Nancy, married George Dunning; moved to Iowa, where she died. 5. Sophronia, married Alexander Brown; died in Illinois. 6. Grace, died unmarried in Beaver county, Pennsylvania 7. Cynthia, married John Reeves; died in Patterson Heights, Pennsylvania. 8. Mary Ann, married William Grant; died in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. 9. Caroline, married John Knight; died in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. 10. Samuel, died in Beaver Falls. 11. William, a cooper; died in Beaver Falls. 12. John, a
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soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, died in the service. Chil- dren of James and Rachel (Murphy) Scott: I. Mary Jane, of previous mention, married William Allen Carothers. 2. Valariah, born December 21, 1835, died in infancy. 3. Hugh Franklin, born December 31, 1836; a carpenter ; enlisted in the Civil War, and after its close died, the cause of his death being general physical weakness, the rigors of his many campaigns having proved too great a strain upon his physique. 4. Sarah Ann, born February 26, 1839; married John Wells; died in Crestline, Ohio, in Sep- tember, 1913. 5. Maria Isabel, born April 8, 1841 ; married Ethan Brittain ; lives in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. 6. John Jackson, born June 8, 1845, died aged about eight years. 7. Joseph Frazier, born December 8, 1847, died in childhood. 8. James, born March 4, 1850, died aged twenty years.
COWDEN The Cowden family has been resident in the state of Penn- sylvania for a number of generations, and during the greater number of these years has been prominently identi- fied with agricultural interests.
(I) John Cowden was born near Hickory, Washington county, Penn- sylvania, and died about 1909. He was educated in the district schools of his native county, and at an early age became active in farming interests. He was very systematic and painstaking in whatever he undertook, and worked his way up from small beginnings to a position of wealth and in- fluence. At the time of his death he was the owner of a farm of two hundred and thirty-seven acres in Washington county, one of one hundred and sixty-six acres in Kansas, and a third of one hundred and seventy-six acres in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. In addition to farming he was largely engaged in stock raising, in which he was equally successful. While he was never desirous of holding public office, he gave his political support many years to the Republican party, and later joined the ranks of the Prohibitionists. Until about ten years prior to his death he was a member of the church at Venice, Washington county, and then joined the church at Houston. Mr. Cowden married Louisa Scott, born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and they had children: Isaac Paterson; Joseph Scott; Mary Bell; Esther Ann; Lily, deceased; James Nelson ; William Anderson; John Alexander, of further mention.
(II) John Alexander Cowden, son of John and Louisa (Scott) Cowden, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1872. He received his early education in the public schools of Washington county, and this was supplemented by attendance at the Hickory Academy. Upon the completion of his education he became an active assistant of his father in the cultivation of his various farms, and became thoroughly familiar with every detail of farm management. About the year 1903 he removed to the farm owned by his father in Hanover township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and is residing on this at the present time. He
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has brought it to a fine and profitable state of cultivation, and is progres- sive in his methods. He raises general farm products, and is also to a con- siderable extent a stock raiser. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and he gives his political support to the Republican party. Mr. Cowden married, September 28, 1904, Mary, daughter of Mrs. I. L. Campbell. They have no children of their own, but have given a home to David A. Kennedy, whom they are giving all the advantages in their power. Mr. Cowden takes an active interest in all that concerns the welfare of the community, and is a man of unusually broad-minded views on every subject.
GORMLEY The ancestry of the Gormley family of Beaver county is
Irish and it was from that country that the emigrant an- cestry of the line herein recorded came to Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm, married, and spent all the years of his life. Among his children, of whom three were sons, was Robert, of whom further.
(II) Robert Gormley was born near Newcastle, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, 1828. He there spent his boyhood days, and when a young man purchased a farm in that county, where he still resides. He is a Re- publican in politics, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Churchi. He married Margaret Moak, whom he survives.
(III) Dr. James Renwick Gormley, son of Robert and Margaret (Moak) Gormley, was born near Newcastle, Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania, October 14, 1867. His early life was spent on the old homestead, still the home of his father, and he attended the public schools, later study- ing at Grove City College. After his graduation from the latter institution he was for four years a school teacher, later beginning the study of medi- cine at Western Reserve University, of Cleveland, Ohio, completing his medical education in the Medical Department of the University of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, whence he was graduated in 1893. For one year after his graduation he was house physician in Christ's Hospital, and in 1894 moved to Monaca, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his pro- fession, his able knowledge of his art speedily winning him a large number of patients. In 1897 he became a member of the Beaver County Medical Society, to which he still belongs, also holding membership in the Pennsyl- vania State and American Medical societies. A Republican in politics he has held both county and local offices, having been coroner of Beaver county for two terms, a member of the Monaca council for six years and for five years a member of the school board. He is a member of Saint James Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Eureka Chapter, No. 167, Royal Arch Masons, of Rochester, Pennsylvania; Commandery No. 84, Knights Templar, of Beaver Falls; and Saint George's Lodge of Perfection, of Pittsburgh, thirty-second degree. He also affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, of Monaca, and the Benevolent and Protective
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Order of Elks, of Rochester, Pennsylvania. With his wife he is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Gormley married Lydia E. Ronshausen, of New Brighton, Penn- sylvania. Children: James Renwick (2), born April 4, 1909; Anna Mar- garet, born March 13, 1910. Prominent in all public works, conspicuous in fraternal circles, and one of the leading physicians of the vicinity, Dr. Gormley's active and successful career has been both a credit to him and to the town of his adoption.
INGLEFIELD This family was originally resident in England, the grandfather of the present generation in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, having been Charles Inglefield, a shoe- maker in Lancaster, England.
(II) William Inglefield, son of Charles Inglefield, was born near Lan- caster, England, and came to America with his wife and two children. His wife and the children became very ill at sea and died not long after their arrival in this country, at Philadelphia, where they were buried. Mr. Inglefield migrated to the western part of the state of Pennsylvania, and was one of the contractors engaged in the construction of the Panhandle Railway. He had, however, learned the trade of shoemaking under the supervision of his father, and in later life he took this up again, at Murdocksville, Washington county, Pennsylvania. Still later he bought out the general store of McClarn, and conducted this very successfully until his death. He affiliated with the Republican party, and was active in the interests of the Hebern Church, although he would never consent to hold office, either in the church or public matters. He was once elected to serve as elder in the church, but declined the honor. He was of a very quiet, retiring nature, always thoughtful and considerate of others. Mr. Ingle- field married (second) Hettie Withrow, born September 14, 1833, at Hood's Mill, south of Murdocksville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and they had children: Sophia, now Mrs. Oliver; William W .; R. B .; John S., died at the age of two years; Edward S., see forward; James Oliver ; Charles Oxford; David Patterson.
(III) Edward S. Inglefield, son of William and Hettie (Withrow) Inglefield, was born at Murdocksville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1864. He was educated at the district schools of Murdocksville, and then engaged in farming with which he has been continuously identified. For the past twenty-four years he has also made a specialty of threshing and baling, and also operates a saw mill. He is the owner of sixty-two acres of land which he keeps in a fine state of cultivation. He has been active in local politics in the interests of the Republican party, and is now serving as a member of the board of school directors. He has also served for some years on the board of trustees of the Hebern Church. Mr. Ingle- field married, December 23, 1886, Ada Martha Anderson, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, but reared in Washington county. They have had
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children : William Elmer, of Murdocksville; Sarah Elizabeth, married Charles Cain, and now lives in Ohio; a son who died unnamed; Mary H .; Ada B., a teacher ; James Ralph; Sophia ; Edward Earl. James R. Hender- son, father of Mrs. Inglefield, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where his father, Thomas Anderson, had taken up a tract of land, and farmed, the land being in the family up to the present day. James R. Anderson married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Cully, a pioneer farmer of Washington county, Pennsylvania. They had children: Edward, who died in childhood; Ada Martha, who became Mrs. Inglefield, whose mother died when she was two years of age, and she was brought up by an aunt; Maria Armour.
CONKLE John Conkle came over the mountains and settled in Hickory, Washington county, Pennsylvania, about 1700. He was one of the earliest settlers in that region. He acquired a large tract of land which he cleared and cultivated successfully. He lived until the advanced age of ninety-nine years. In 1795 his sons were located at the following places: Henry, at Hookstown, Pennsylvania; Adam, at Washington, Pennsylvania; John, at Washington, Pennsylvania; Peter, at Little Beaver, Ohio; Jacob, at Calcutta, Ohio; George, at Cannon's Mill, back of Liverpool, Ohio. He married (first) Charlotte Settler, who died at the age of seventy-seven years. He married (second) Christine Shaffer, who died at the age of sixty years. Children by first marriage: George, John, Jacob, Samuel, Sallie, Polly, Betsey, Ann. Children by the second marriage: William; Henry, see forward; Mattie, twin of Henry.
(II) Henry Conkle, son of John and Christine (Shaffer) Conkle, lived to the age of seventy-six years. He had a farm of one hundred and four acres. On this he built the first log house, it being within three rods of the present dwelling.
(III) Henry, son of Henry Conkle, was born in the log house on the family homestead, November 23, 1821, and died at the age of seventy- one years. He built a second log house and put up an addition to the first one, and still later erected a frame house which was burned. He married Catherine Metz, who died July 27, 1903. She was born on the Jesse Mercer place in Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, a great- granddaughter of Peter Metz, who was born east of the mountains, and settled in the western part of the state about 1800. He died at the age of seventy-eight years. He had a daughter, Mary Carnathan, who died at the age of forty-four years, and his son, Adam Metz, who was the father of Mrs. Conkle, died at the age of eighty-eight years. Henry and Cath- erine (Metz) Conkle had children: Robert Franklin, died in May, 1910; Anna Mary ; Samuel M .; Elihu R .; Sarah Martha ; John S .; George E. W., see forward ; Hattie R.
(IV) George E. W. Conkle, son of Henry and Catherine (Metz) Conkle, was born on the farm on which he now resides, in Greene town-
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ship, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, November 13, 1861. He was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Hookstown, Beaver county, and then engaged in farming with which he has been identified all his life on the homestead farm. In 1903 he had a fine house erected to take the place of the one which had been built by his father and destroyed by fire. His farm is cultivated for general produce, and is a very profitable one. He is a member of the Presbyterian faith, as have been all his an- cestors, and is an attendant at the Mill Creek Church. The political al- legiance of the family has been given to the Democratic party for many years.
Mr. Conkle married, in 1897, Amy G. Massey, and they have had children: Wilbur Clayton, Wayne Hampton, Robert Franklin, Edna May and Anna Mildred. Hampton Massey, father of Mrs. Conkle, was born October 15, 1850, in Hanover township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Jesse and Caroline (Adams) Massey, of Columbiana county, Ohio, where they were farmers. He was a carpenter by trade and was in demand for the erection of buildings in Beaver county. He married Lousia, daughter of Eli and Rebecca (Stephenson) Massey, and they had children: Nora May; Amy Georgette, who married Mr. Conkle; Ella Viola ; Charles Morrison; Sarah Bessie; Mary Ethel; Helen. All the mem- bers of the Massey family are attendants at the Mill Creek Presbyterian Church.
CALHOON The name of Calhoon, in various forms of spelling, is a familiar one in this country, and has been borne by men distinguished in various walks of life. They have been especially numerous in the state of Pennsylvania.
(I) Milton Calhoon, born in Greene township, Beaver county, Penn- sylvania, was educated in the early district schools there. He was the architect of his own fortunes, and from comparative poverty, worked his way upward until, at the time of his death, he was a man of considerable wealth. During the summer months he engaged in farming, occupying the fall by towing keel boats, and in the winter was a teamster. He never wasted a minute, but was always engaged in hard work. He commenced with a small farm, to which he added from time to time, until he was possessed of three hundred and twenty-five acres at the time of his deatlı. In later life he was also actively interested in sheep raising, and was suc- cessful in this undertaking. In political matters he cast his vote for the Republican party, and he was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Hookstown. Mr. Calhoon married Phoebe Mackall, a sister of Samuel Mackall, and a native of Greene township, Beaver county, where her family had long resided. They had children: Mary A. Elizabeth; James Mackall, of further mention; Thomas; William Walter; Sarah; Ida; Samuel E., of whom further ; Hamilton.
(II) James Mackall, a son of Milton and Phoebe (Mackall) Calhoon,
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was born one mile south of Hookstown, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1849. He was educated in the public schools of his native township, and from an early age assisted his father in his farming opera- tions, and thus became practically familiar with all farming details. He very naturally turned to farming as his lifework, and now is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-two acres near Georgetown, Beaver county. He and a brother also own another farm of eighty acres in partnership. Mr. Calhoon has put many improvements on his home farm, both in the nature of buildings and methods of cultivation, and he has greatly increased the value of the land since it came into his possession. He is engaged in general farming, but makes somewhat of a specialty of fruit growing. He has been active in the interests of the Republican party, and has filled the office of road supervisor very capably. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Calhoon married, in 1878, Adele Mary, a daughter of Thomas Laughlin, one of the pioneers of this region. They have had children: Clara May; Phoebe Maude; Sarah, deceased; Nellie; Ada; Lelia. A great-grandfather of Mr. Cal- hoon, Benoni Dawson, whose wife was a Mackall, brought slaves to George- town, Beaver county, and later freed them.
(II) Samuel E. Calhoon, son of Milton and Phoebe ( Mackall) Cal- hoon, was born in Greene township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1863. His education was acquired in the public schools of Greene township, and throughout his life he has been actively connected with farming. His farm consists of one hundred and forty-eight acres, on which he raises general produce and a considerable amount of fine fruit. He has erected a number of modern buildings on this property and has improved it in many other directions, greatly increasing its original value.
Mr. Calhoon married (first) in the fall of 1889, Belle C. Boyd, of Greene township; he married (second) in 1904, Florence Adams, also of Greene township. Children by the first marriage: Clyde M., who was graduated as a bookkeeper in East Liverpool, Ohio, is now a successful lumberman in Jasper county, Missouri; Ethel M., who is a teacher in the Woodlawn High School. Mr. Calhoon is a Republican in political affairs, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
COURTNEY The Courtney family came from England originally, and settled in Virginia, from whence some members migrated to West Virginia. John Courtney was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and died in 1873. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and there also married Elizabeth Marsh, who was born in England, December 28, 1843. She came to this country in 1858 with her stepfather, Richard Burkett, who was a master builder and went at first to Philadelphia and then for a time was employed in Carlisle. He re- turned to England but after a short time came back to the United States, and found employment in Wheeling, where he died in 1885 at the age of
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sixty-eight years, his widow dying in 1889. The father of Mrs. Courtney was Daniel Marsh, who lived and died in England. Mrs. Courtney is now living in Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. Courtney had children : Edwin, disappeared at the age of eight years, and no trace of him was ever found; Lewis Samuel, of Canton, Ohio; Emma, married William Britton, of Los Angeles, California; Addison, see forward.
Addison Courtney, son of John and Elizabeth (Marsh) Courtney, was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, September 30, 1873. He was reared by his maternal grandparents and educated in Wheeling. Upon the com- pletion of his education he entered upon his business career by working in a glass factory in Wheeling, remaining there until 1889, when he removed to Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. There he found a position in the H. C. Fry Glass Works, resigning it in favor of one with the Phoenix Glass Company, with whom he remained for a period of eleven years. During this time he was foreman of the blowing department in Factory No. 2, during five years. Three years were then spent in the employ of Ben Mulheim & Son, and for the past twenty years he has lived in West Bridge- water. In 1905 he engaged in the grocery business with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Barnett, this enterprise having been started by Mrs. Barnett in 1897. In political matters Mr. Courtney is a Republican, with a decided inclination to the Prohibition party. In 1908 he was elected burgess on the Prohibition ticket, his term expiring January 1, 1914, and he was the only burgess elected in Pennsylvania on the Prohibition ticket at that time. He is acting chief of the Volunteer Fire Department and secretary of the Union Building and Loan Association. His fraternal affiliations are as follows: Rochester Lodge, No. 229, Free and Accepted Masons, he has been past master; is also a member of Eureka Chapter, No. 167, Royal Arch Masons; Knights of Pythias, of Bridgewater; Mckinley Commandery, Knights of Malta, of Beaver Falls; and a member of the American Flint Glass Workers Union, No. 36. He was appointed tax collector of West Bridgewater in the spring of 1914. On January 5, 1914, he was commissioned justice of the peace by Governor John K. Tenor, of Pennsylvania, for a term of six years, expiring January 5, 1920. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Courtney married, in 1897, Harriet Ann Barnett, born in Bed- ford county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Elisha and Mary (Ede) Barnett. They came from Tennessee to West Bridgewater, where he was a miner. They were both natives of Cornwall, England. He established himself in the grocery business in 1895, and conducted this until his death two years later. The business was then conducted by Mrs. Barnett alone, until her son-in-law, Mr. Courtney, became associated with her. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett had children: May Bray, married George Treverton, of West Bridgewater; Harriet Ann, who became Mrs. Courtney, as above stated; Beatrice, married Clarence E. Kramer, of West Bridgewater. To Mr. and Mrs. Courtney were born the following named children: Mildred M., William E., Chester A., Edwin S.
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