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(II) Edward, son of James Stoop, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and later became the owner of a farm in Moon township,
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on which he and his wife died. He married Bertha Morgan, and among their children were the following: 1. Morgan, see forward. 2. A son who was employed on the river, and when last heard from was on the sea. 3. Jane, born 1798, in Moon township, died in Freedom, Beaver county, Penn- sylvania ; married (first ) - McCay, and ( second) - Sample.
(III) Morgan, son of Edward and Bertha ( Morgan) Stoop, was born in Moon township, January 26, 1801, on the family homestead, and died there in 1878. His native life was spent on this farm and he never had a day's illness. He gave his active support to the Republican party, and he , and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. He married Sarah McGary, born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1824, died July 5, 1897. They had children: James; one died in infancy; Edward S., see forward; Sarah Jane; Morgan; Annie.
(IV) Edward S., son of Morgan and Sarah (McGary) Stoop, was born on the homestead in Moon township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1857. He acquired his education in the public school of his native county, and assisted his father in the cultivation of the farm until he had attained the age of eighteen years, when he accepted a position on a steam- boat, and was thus employed for some time. He then turned his attention to teaming and the livery business with which he has been identified suc- cessfully in Monaca since that time, a period of sixteen years. He has always given his support to the Republican party, but has never desired to hold public office. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order or Odd Fellows.
Mr. Stoop married (first) August 26, 1880, Emilie Erwin, who died January 12, 1893, and they had children: Charles, William, John, Earl, Washington, and Wilhelmina, the latter deceased. He married (second), October 8, 1895, Laura B. (Wise) Huffmyers, of German descent, born in Pittsburgh, whose mother was a great worker in the interests of the Sixth Pittsburgh Presbyterian Church. They have had one child: Annie, born March 17, 1898, now a student in Beaver College, who has visited nearly every state in the Union. Mr. and Mrs. Stoop have been very extensive travelers in this country, and have collected many interesting souvenirs of their travels.
The life of Louis Haffely was one of those of which the
HAFFELY annals of the people, here in the New World, afford so many instances of opportunity vainly sought in the land of birth, of the search abroad for what was lacking at home, and the final winning of position and adequate wealth in a new community through years of labor and devotion to duty.
His father, Victor Haffely, was a native of Alsace Lorraine, living his life and dying at last in that historic and harried region, the battleground for so long between the two most sharply contrasted nations of Western Europe. Louis Haffely was born at Basle, just across the Swiss border,
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but was reared and educated in the German province, passing his childhood and youth there. His birth occurred September 5, 1855, and twenty-one years later he set out to seek his fortune in that land the name of which was on the tongue of all the adventurous and enterprising among his fellow- countrymen. Setting sail in the year 1876, he arrived in the United States, and went at once to Pittsburgh, where he plied his trade of tailor to such good purpose that by 1883 he was able to take to himself a wife. In the year preceding he had removed to Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsyl- vania, but after his marriage, returned to Pittsburgh, where he spent the remainder of his short life. Mr. Haffely was a Democrat in politics, and much interested in public affairs.
Mr. Haffely was married, June 9, 1884, to Miss Louisa Wenner, a native of West Bridgewater, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where she was born October 28, 1856, daughter of John and Catherine (Lehle) Wenner, who had emigrated from Germany prior to their marriage. The date of Mr. Wenner's birth was March 3, 1827, and that of Mrs. Wenner, April 26, 1821. They met on the steamer on their voyage to America, and upon arrival were married in Monaca, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. They after- wards removed to West Bridgewater, where their daughter Louisa was born. They were blessed with five children, of whom Mrs. Haffely was the second. To Mr. and Mrs. Haffely were born three children, as follows : C-, who died at the age of five years and five months ; Louis, born Sep- tember 13, 1888, educated in the public schools and now a plasterer by trade ; John, born September 20, 1890, educated in the West Bridgewater public schools.
Mr. Haffely's death occurred in Pittsburgh, in 1891, and was the occa- sion of his only brother coming to that city. Since the death of Mr. Haffely, Mrs. Haffely has engaged in the restaurant business in West Bridgewater, with an establishment on Bridge street, where she remained about thirteen years. Since her mother's death in 1910, she has owned the old Wenner property where her parents had lived for upwards of thirty years. Mr. Haffely's early death at the age of but thirty-six was a loss not only to his family and friends, but to the community, as his steady industry and intelli- gent cognizance of public affairs placed him in a high order of citizenship. He and the members of his family were communicants of the Roman Catholic church.
With the arrival of James McKee from Ireland, the country McKEE of his birth and the home of generations of his ancestors, the history of this branch of the family in the United States began. In 1778 he obtained possession of a tract of government land, 260 acres in extent, the present towns of Woodlawn and Aliquippa occupying sites on part of his original grant. Both he and his wife died at McKee's Rocks, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and are buried in the Allegheny cemetery. They were the parents of several children, among whom was a son, John, (of whom further).
John Mentee
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(II) John, son of James McKee, was born in Allegheny county, Penn- sylvania, and died in that state. He was a farmer, owned considerable land, and was twice married, (first) to Rachel Verner, born in Pittsburgh, died at Mckees Rocks, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. By his first mar- riage he had two children-Maria and John, of further mention; by his second, one son, John.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) and Rachel (Verner) McKee, was born at McKees Rocks, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1817, died in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1883. He was educated in the public schools, and in young manhood inherited about 125 acres of land where Aliquippa has since been built, and located there in 1843. His property was a valuable one, graced with buildings of substantial character, and the fertile soil brought forth abundant yield. He was an ardent Demo- crat, and although he had been reared in the Episcopal faith and his wife in the Methodist, both joined the Lutheran church, of which they were lifelong members. Mr. McKee married, at Brunots Island, Pennsylvania, about 1840, Abigail, born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, in October, 1817, daughter of Silas and Catherine (Rolf) Jones. Catherine Rolf, born in Maine, was an orphan at the time of her marriage, one of her sisters marry- ing John Jacob Astor. Silas and Catherine (Rolf) Jones settled on Brunot's Island, Pennsylvania, and there died, the parents of: 1. Jerome, died on Brunot's Island, aged ninety-two years. 2. Catherine, married Riswell Fris- bee, owner of a line of steamships, one of which was the first craft of its kind to make the voyage around South America ; he sailed the remainder of his ships to California and there disposed of them; his death occurred in Pittsburgh, that of his wife in Glenfield, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of : Kate, married E. C. Fraley, and resides in Florida; William, a resident of Florida; Laura, married Philip L. Passvant, lives in Lincoln Place, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ophelia, deceased; John J .; Ida, married L. F. Neal, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. 3. Abigail, of previous mention, married John (2) McKee. John (2) and Abigail (Jones) McKee had four children, the two eldest,, James and Ralph, both deceased; John J., of whom further ; and Kate S., born May 23, 1847, married William E. Winkle, deceased.
(IV) John J., only surviving son of John (2) and Abigail (Jones) McKee, was born in Aliquippa, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1857. He obtained an elementary education in the public schools, then at- tending Teal College until his sophomore year, later graduating from Duff's Business College, of Pittsburgh. He then became a riverman, and for the past thirty years has been a pilot and captain on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, being now in active service. With all the tortuous windings of these streams he is perfectly familiar, and during all the years that he has held a pilot's and captain's license he has suffered but few accidents to befall a craft of which he was in charge or in command. Rivermen from New Orleans to Pittsburgh know him in person and by reputation, and the cordial,
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hearty captain holds a secure place in the regard of the members of the river fraternity. As high praise is due him who guides a sturdy ship in a twisting, treacherous inland waterway, avoiding snags and shallows and skillfully making landings, as to him who directs the course of a mighty liner in a transoceanic course, and none will withhold from Captain Mc- Kee the honor that is his for the masterly manner in which he has ever performed his duty, and the faithfulness that has brought him successfully through his long term of service. He is a Democratic enthusiast in all matters political, a member of the Lutheran church, and belongs to Roch- ester Lodge, No. 283, Benevolent Protective Order Elks.
He married, in 1890, Mary, born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Susan (McAilains) Murphy, of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McKee have: I. Rolf, born in September, 1891 ; educated in the public schools and Reno's Commercial College; now engaged in the fire insurance business. 2. Vera, born in 1893; a graduate of the high school of Aliquippa. 3. John E., born in 1895; a graduate of the Aliquippa high school, for two years a student in the Carnegie Technical Institute, now an electrical engineer in the employ of the Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Cofpany. 4. Frank, born in 1897, attending school. 5. Bert, born in 1889, attending school.
MILLIKEN In no less than twenty-five forms, variations of this name were found, the territory containing those of the family originally being Saxony and Normandy. From these dis- tricts the family spread to the British Isles, where the name gathered fame and renown, thence to the American continent. Settlement was made all along the Atlantic coast from Maryland to Maine by Milliken pioneers, those in Pennsylvania pushing onward to the extreme southwest corner of the state, Greene county, where the father of Abram Milliken was one of the earliest settlers.
(I) Abram Milliken, a native of Greene county, there learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed in that county all of his active life. He married and died in the county of his birth, his wife's death oc- curring in Jefferson, Greene county. They were the parents of several children, among whom was Isaac Franklin, of whom further.
(II) Isaac Franklin, son of Abram Milliken, was born in Jefferson, Greene county, Pennsylvania, and after a public school education entered Jefferson College, from which institution he received a diploma of gradua- tion. Beginning business life, different pursuits called him to Belleville, Washington county, Ellwood City, Lawrence county, and finally to Franklin, in which latter place he engaged in the undertaking business, maintaining a prosperous establishment until his retirement. Since abandoning the under- taking business he has contracted no other business relations nor assumed responsibility requiring his constant attendance. His church is the United Presbyterian, and he waives all political affiliation in ardent support of the
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prohibition movement, in the ranks of which he has long been an inspired worker. He married Johanna, born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Hannah Hoffman, both natives of the county in which their daughter was born. This branch of the Hoffman family was settled in Washington county by the grandfather of John Hoffman, who came thither from Germany, the original home of the family. Children of Isaac Franklin and Johanna (Hoffman) Milliken: 1. George Lesley, of whom further. 2. Reeson Franklin, a resident of Newcastle, Pennsylvania, paymaster of the Garland Corporation of West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. Aola Jane, deceased. 4. Hannah Lenore, married J. R. King, and lives in Cleveland, Oklahoma. 5. Alva Otto, an employee of Armour & Company, resides in Atlanta, Georgia. 6. John Hoffman, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, an employee of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company. 7. Charles, died in infancy. 8. Russell Dewey, employed in the credit department of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company in St. Louis, Missouri.
(III) George Lesley, son of Isaac Franklin and Johanna (Hoffman) Milliken, was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1876. Dur- ing his school days he attended the public institutions of Clarksville and Belleville, Pennsylvania, completing the high school course in the latter place. Apprenticing himself to and mastering the carpenter's trade, he was engaged in this pursuit for three years and was then employed for a like time by the Pressed Steel Car Company of Allegheny City ( Pitts- burgh, Northside) Pennsylvania, later entering the grocery business in the same place. He continued in the independent management of an establish- ment for but fourteen months, when he formed an association with Hay- worth & Dewhurst, wholesale grocers, which endured for a period of eight and a half years. His next connection was with the John H. Fitch Com- pany, of Youngstown, Ohio, with whom he remained for nearly three years, then entering the employ of Thomas Roberts & Company, merchandise bro- kers, and is at the present time their representative in Western Pennsyl- vania. He is a business man of ability, and the interests of his company in the territory which he covers are both safeguarded from the ravages of competition and strengthened and protected by his diligent service. Since 1905 Mr. Milliken has been a resident of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, and in 1913 there built a handsome residence at No. 1204 Fifth street. He fraternalizes with the Masonic order, his lodge being Union, No. 259, Free and Accepted Masons, and in this society he is also a member of the New- castle Lodge of Perfection. He also belongs to the Commercial Travelers' Union of America, of which he is past councilor. With his wife he is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Mr. Milliken married, November 29, 1899, Albra Faustine, born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1877, daughter of George Wash- ington and Elizabeth Jane (Walters) Dodds, of Butler county, Pennsyl- vania, now residents of Monongahela City, Washington county, Pennsyl- vania. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Milliken: Charles Lesley, born February
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3, 1902; Harold Edgar, December 18, 1903; George Kenneth, September 24, 1910.
The life of the Lamberts in the United States dates from LAMBERT the arrival in that country of Moses Lambert, a native of Ireland, who came from that land unmarried. His trade was that of ship carpenter, and although he was especially skilled in this line, ordinary carpenter work was well within his ability when operations of the former nature were slack. He was also a competent draftsman, never exercising his talents in that profession to the extent that he had used his artisan's knowledge. When he was not employed at his trade he devoted his time to farming. He married and made his home in Beaver county, among his children being James, of whom further.
(II) James, son of Moses Lambert, was born in Beaver county, Penn- sylvania, in 1839, died there in 1868. He was reared in Beaver county, as a boy attending the public schools, and upon attaining his majority was employed in various capacities on the boats plying the near-by rivers. He later began farming operations, in which he took more enjoyment than in river life, and was so engaged at the time of his death, which occurred at the unusually early age of twenty-nine years, when he was not yet in the prime of life. He was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Ellen Van Kirk, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1829, died there in 1906, daughter of William Van Kirk and his wife Margaret McGuire, the former a native of Alsace Lor- raine, Germany, the latter of Ireland, both of whom came to Beaver county and were there married. Children of James and Ellen (Van Kirk) Lam- bert: I. Robert V., of whom further. 2. Charles, born April 7, 1864; married Margaret Snyder, and is the father of three children-Charles, Howard, and Robert. 3. Catharine, born July 14, 1867; married in 1888, Daniel O'Connor, of Connecticut, they are the parents of: Michael, born May 20, 1889; Ellen, April 9, 1892; Mary, November 1I, 1893; Alice, born February 2, 1896, died in infancy ; Daniel, born December 8, 1897; Robert, born July 21, 1900; Catharine, born August 2, 1903; and James Francis, born July 20, 1905, died in infancy.
(III) Robert V., eldest of the three children of James and Ellen (Van Kirk) Lambert, was born on the present site of Aliquippa, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1862. He was reared on the home farm, educated in the public schools, and in later life became a farmer. He and his brother had inherited the home farm, and to this he added another contiguous to the first, lying in Hopewell township, a part of which was sold to the Ohio River Improvement Company, in whose operations it played a prominent part. In 1894 he moved to Aliquippa, and there he and his brother Charles entered the coal business in partnership, the name of the firm being Lambert Brothers. After a successful continuance in this line of industry, Robert Lambert withdrew from the firm and retired from all active participation
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in business affairs. Politics still holds his interested attention, and as far as casting his vote is concerned he is independent, there being principles in the platforms of each of the leading parties which he heartily endorses. Mr. Lambert is a distant relative of Father Lambert, who came into prominence through his replies to the queries of Robert Ingersoll.
KLEIN For many years Germany has been the home of the branch of the Klein family herein recorded, and, indeed, of all of the name, its derivation being plainly seen by one familiar with the language of that land. The name was in all probability applied to one of the early members of the family, conspicuous for his small stature, and has clung to his descendants, even though the aptness of its application has been lost. C. G. Klein was the first of this line to tread American soil, he coming to the United States when he was eighteen years of age. Well educated in his native land before his emigration, on his arrival in Phila- delphia he at once obtained employment to defray his immediate expenses. He then continued westward and in Pittsburgh apprenticed himself to a trade he later foresook in favor of stove mounting, that of blacksmith. A few years employment at this occupation convinced him of two things- first, its uncongeniality, and second, its lack of lucrative possibilities. After completely mastering the art of stove mounting, he obtained employment at his trade in De Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1869 moving to Beaver Falls and entering the service of A. Wolf & Company. When this firm was succeeded by the Howard Stove Company, he remained with the latter concern in his old capacity until removed from life's labors by death. He died in 1907, a member of the Lutheran church. He married Catherine Kirsch. Children : Catherine, died in infancy ; Charles W., of whom further; Lewis F .; Eliza- beth, married Joseph M. Vandervote; Walter G., Lillian.
(II) Charles W., son of C. G. and Catherine (Kirsch) Klein, was born in Allegheny City, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1862. He attended the public schools in the place of his birth, and when seventeen years of age entered the service of A. Wolf & Company, stove manufac- turers, with whom his father was for many years identified, as bookkeeper. He had prepared himself for this position by a course in Duff's Business College, Pittsburgh, whence he was graduated in 1878. After spending three months with the Wolf Company he associated with the Flint Glass Company of Beaver Falls, also as bookkeeper, and there remained until 1886. In that year he became office manager of the Columbus Glass Com- pany of Findlay, Ohio, and for two years managed the different depart- ments of that business with able skill and excellent judgment. Becoming thoroughly versed in all the details of the glass manufacturing business, after leaving the service of the Columbia Glass Company he organized a company at North Findlay for the manufacture of that article. A profitable business was conducted until June 6, 1891, when the entire plant was destroyed by fire. Since that time he has been engaged as general manager of the
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Co-operative Flint Glass Company of Beaver Falls, a corporation organized in February, 1879, with a capital stock of $25,000, and re-organized in 1909, thirty years later, with a capitalization seven times as great. Mr. Klein has under his control two hundred and seventy-five employees, operat- ing machinery valued at thousands of dollars. Over this vast industry he exercises a watchful care, and maintains a standard of excellence in glass- ware that has been unsurpassed during his connection with the firm. Be- cause of his well known ability in the direction of enterprises of magnitude, and his prudent conservative nature, Mr. Klein's services have often been sought in the organization and management of financial institutions. Upon the formation of the Federal Trust Company of Beaver Falls in 1906, he became its first president, still continuing as such. He holds the same office on the directorate of the Dime Savings and Loan Association, and is treasurer of the Manufacturers' Association of Beaver Falls. Not only in business and financial circles are his pre-eminent qualities of leadership and his executive ability recognized, but likewise in the religious institution with which he affiliates, the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls, in which he is president of the board of trustees. To this church he gives generously of his time, talent and labors, supporting its undertakings with his funds, as well. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, belonging to Beaver Falls Lodge, No. 662, Free and Accepted Masons; Harmony Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; Beaver Valley Commandery, Knights Templar ; and Williamsport Consistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret ; also with Lodge No. 448, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Beaver Falls.
Mr. Klein married, November 4, 1886, Margaret, daughter of William and Rebecca (Thomas) McClelland; children: Letta, died in infancy ; Madeline, married George W. Morrison; and Gretchen, died in infancy.
McCALLESTER Peter McCallester was born in Glasgow, Scotland, June 24, 1825, and was taken to Ireland by his parents when he was a very young child, and they subse- quently died in that country. He was educated in public schools in Ireland, and came to the United States when he had attained young manhood. For a time he located in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, then went to Illinois, but shortly afterward returned to Beaver county, where he purchased fifteen acres of land in Brighton township. In 1879 he made his home in Roches- ter, Beaver county, where he was occupied as a laborer, and where he died, April 20, 1904. He was a strong supporter of the Democratic party, and a member of the Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Mr. McCal- lester married, in September, 1861, Mary Jane McEneney, born at Loretta, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1834, a daughter of Thomas and Mary ( McGuc- kin) McEneney, both born in Ireland, who came to the Province of Quebec, Canada, and located at Montreal, later migrating to Pennsylvania, and set- tling at Rochester, Beaver county, during the time when the old covered bridge was being built. He was a gardener by trade, but became a worker
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