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He married, August 26, 1875, Elizabeth (Cooper) Pollock, born February 15, 1853, died January 26, 1906, daughter of Rev. David H. and Elizabeth (McMullan) Pollock. Her father was pastor of the United Presbyterian church of Laurel Hill for many years. Chil- dren of Alexander Conn Sherrard: I. Mar- garet Jane, born January 28, 1877; graduated from Washington Seminary, June, 1899; lives at home. 2. Thomas Guthrie, born May 23, 1879, died March 10, 1882. 3. David Pollock, born December 23, 1880, died April 22, 1881. 4. Mary Ann, born January 27, 1882; gradi- ated from Washington Female Seminary, June, 1903; lives at home. 5. John Core, bookkeeper in First National Bank, Dawson, Pa., born April 24, 1883 ; married Helen Quay, and lives in Connellsville. 6. William Johnson, born January 10, 1885; graduated from Carnegic Technical Institute, June, 1912. 7. James Espey (q. v.). 8. Jacob Hen- derson, born July 21, 1889; graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, June, 1912. 9. Elizabeth Pollock, born April 8, 1891; attends Washington Female Seminary ; lives at home. 10. Nancy Eleanor, born April 6, 1895; also a student at Washington Female Seminary; lives at home.
(VI) James Espey, son of Alexander Conn and Elizabeth (Pollock) Sherrard, was born in Dunbar township, Fayette county, Penn- sylvania, February 21, 1887. His early years were spent in Dunbar township attending public school in that township and making a
hand on his father's farm in vacation seasons. He also attended the graded school at Van- derbilt, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1906 from the Dunbar township high school. For one year he attended Washington and Jef- ferson Academy, then took a course of four years at Washington and Jefferson College, graduating in 1911 with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts. Since graduation Mr. Sherrard has been reading law at Uniontown, in the office of Reppert, Sturgis & Morrow, and ex- pects to be admitted to the bar-perhaps in the fall of the present year ( 1912). He is a Democrat. He and his wife attend the First Presbyterian Church at Uniontown.
He married, June 21, 1911, Pauline Le- vaughn, daughter of Ralph and Margaret Jane (Stevens) Watson, who was born at Washington, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1891. Her parents are living at Washington, where her father is superintendent of an oil com- pany ; he was born at Olean, New York, in 1868, and his wife is about one year his junior. Children of Ralph and Margaret Jane (Stevens) Watson: Pauline Levaughn, married James Epsey Sherrard; Mildred Stevens; Dorothy Deane. Child of James Espey and Pauline Levaughn (Watson) Sher- rard: Jane Elizabeth, born June 18, 1912.
MCCLINTOCK This family is of that sturdy North of Ireland stock, a blending of
Scotch and Irish blood that, transplanted to America in the eighteenth century, produced a race of hardy pioneers that, particularly in Western Pennsylvania, has brought fame and much material good to the commonwealth. The ancestor of this family was John Mc- Clintock, who settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, prior to the revolution, and was a soldier of that war. His name is found on the payroll of Captain John Nelson's com- pany, April 9 to June, 1781, Cumberland county militia. The gun he carried is yet pre- served in the family. He may be the John who married Mary, daughter of John Will- iamson, born in Dublin, Ireland, came to Pennsylvania in 1730, settling at Chester, where he married Mary Davidson, who came from Derry, Ireland. She died, aged ninety years. John McClintock married Mary Will- iamson before 1771 and died in Somerset county, Pennsylvania.
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(II) John (2), son of John (1) McClintock, the Cumberland county farmer and soldier and Somerset county hunter and trapper, was born about 1800 in Cumberland county, set- tled in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in farming. He married Silbaugh, of German parents, who came to Pennsylvania before the revolution, settling later in Somerset county, where the wife of John (2) was born; they had: William, Robert S., of whom further; Jane, Harriet, Esther and Cassie. Of these Cassie and Jane are yet living (1912).
(III) Robert S., son of John (2) McClin- tock, was born in Somerset county, Pennsyl- vania, 1840. He grew up familiar with horses and farm labor, and after his marriage went to the state of Iowa, where he remained sev- eral years. In Iowa he was a stage coach driver, making long drives between the Mis- sissippi and Missouri rivers with mail and passengers. When railroads were built through Iowa the reign of the stage coach was ended, and the hardy, picturesque drivers were compelled to seek other employment. Mr. McClintock returned to Pennsylvania and purchased a farm in Westmoreland county, where he died June 5, 1907. He carried on a teaming business in connection with his farm for many years prior to his death. He was a strong Democrat, and held many local and county offices-constable, county supervisor, etc. He enlisted in the Union army, but dis- ability caused his early retirement from mili- tary life. Both Robert and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was of a genial, generous nature, and had many warm friends. He married Charlotte Burgess, born in Somerset county, 1836, died 1888, daughter of William Burgess, a black- smith near Listenburg (now Dumas), born in England and came to Pennsylvania when a boy. He married and had six children: Will- iam. Thomas, Nancy, Charlotte, Hylie and Owen, all deceased. Children of Robert S. McClintock: William, Cynthia, Charles S., Mary, Elizabeth. Milton H. and Robert E., of whom further; Florence, Duella.
(IV) Milton Howard, sixth child of Robert S. McClintock, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1868. He was educated in the public schools and after completing his studies began working in a printing office, where he learned type-
setting, and worked for five years as a com- positor on different papers in Pittsburgh and until 1888. In that year, September 22, he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as brakeman and flagman, and in 1891 was promoted to be freight conductor, a position he now holds. He owns a good farm in Lafayette county, six miles from Connellsville. Since September, 1888, he has made that town his residence. He is a So- cialist in political faith and a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, May 21, 1890, Mary Ada McCoy, born July 27, 1869, in Connellsville, daughter of James and Margaret McCoy, and grand- daughter of Matthew and Martha McCoy. Matthew was born in Scotland, a cooper by trade, came early to the United States, where he married Martha Harr. James McCoy was born in Fayette county, in March, 1838. He was a cooper by trade and served in the civil war as a private in a Pennsylvania regiment of heavy artillery; he died January, 1906. Martha, his wife, was born 1838 and survives him.
Children of Milton Howard Mcclintock: I. Lillian Gertrude, born May 10, 1892. 2. Ruth Charlotte, September 18, 1895. 3. How- ard Ray, May 28, 1898. 4. Edgar Melvin, December 15, 1901. 5. Sarah Leona, August 16, 1903. 6. Margaret Kathryn, November 29, 1904. 7. Ernest Merle, April 9, 1905. 8. Mary Elizabeth, December 19, 19II.
(IV) Robert E., seventh child of Robert S. McClintock, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1879. He was ed- ucated in the public schools of Belle Vernon and at West Newton, Pennsylvania, and al- though reared a farmer entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1899, beginning as a brakeman and working his way upward until in 1902 he was promoted a conductor, a position he now holds. He is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife is a Baptist. He holds membership in the Order of Railway Conductors and has served the order officially.
He married, August 18, 1904, Sadie A. Malone, born in West Newton, Pennsylvania, daughter of John W. and Mary A. Malone; -
her father was born in Westmoreland coun- ty, her mother in Greene county, Pennsyl- vania.
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Children of Robert E. McClintock: I. Will- iam Emmett, born May 23, 1906. 2. Walter Clyde, February 21, 1908. 3. Raymond Franklin, August 7, 1910. 4. Calvin Harem- came, June 16, 1912.
The Theakstons of this
THEAKSTON sketch descend fronı John Theakston, born in England. He had sons, Robert of whom further; Philip, John, William H., of whom further. They came to Washington county, Pennsylvania, at an early date, becoming prosperous farmers of that county.
(II) Robert, son of John Theakston, was a farmer of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church. He died in July, 1865. He married Emily Ramage, who died in April, I 865. Children: Selby; William Lyle, of whom further; Samuel Lewis, deceased; An- drew, deceased; Emma; Lucius, deceased; Minerva M. L .; Robert, deceased.
(III) William Lyle, son of Robert and Emily (Ramage) Theakston, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1851. He was educated in the public schools and had spent his life engaged in farming and in the livery business. He now resides in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, a Repub- lican and a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church. He married Lenora Herrington, born in 1849, daughter of George Herring- ton, of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and his wife, Christina (Williams) Herrington, both of whom died in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Children of William L. Theakston: Fred- erick, born 1873, living at Speers, Washing- ton county; Carl, born 1876, died 1906; Har- ry A., of whom further; Minnie, born 1882, married Homer Wolford; child George.
(IV) Harry Adelbert, youngest son of Wil- liam Lyle and Lenora (Herrington) Theaks- ton, was born in West Brownsville, Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1879. He was educated in the public schools and grew to manhood in his native town. He worked at various employments during his earlier years, including seven years in the Hotel Aubrey and two years in Westmore- land county, Pennsylvania. In 1907 he be- came proprietor of the Atwood Hotel in West Brownsville, which he still conducts. He is a Republican in politics and a member
of Brownsville Lodge, No. 1356, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
He married, December 27, 1900, Emma Voss, born in Germany in 1876, daughter of Frederick Voss, who came from Germany to Washington county in 1884, and now resides in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Children : Wil- liam Carl, born December 21, 1902; David Voss, December 19, 1908.
. (II) William H. Theakston, grandfather of the present generation, and son of John Theakston (q. v.), came to the United States with his brothers, Robert, Philip and John, all settling in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, where they ever afterward lived. Will- iam H. Theakston was a prosperous farmer, a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, Eliza (Bowen) Theakston, was a native of West Virginia.
(III) Oliver J., son of William H. and Eliza (Bowen) Theakston, was born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, died in East Bethlehem township, that county, in 1879. He was educated in the public schools, fin- ishing his education at the Pennsylvania State Normal School at California. He was engaged for a number of years as a teacher in the public schools, later engaging in mer cantile life, establishing in Fredericktown, where he was a well-known prosperous mer chant until his retirement in 1876 to his father's farm, where he resided until his death. He married Nellie, daughter of Will- iam Boyd; she died in 1876.
(IV) Frank B., only child of Oliver J. and Nellie (Boyd) Theakston, was born in Fred- ericktown, Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, March 8, 1876. He was an infant when his mother died and but three years old when his remaining parent died and left him to the care of relatives, Townsend H. Theakston, and an aunt, Mary F. Theakston, who cared for him during his early years. He was edu- cated in the public school at Westland, Penn- sylvania, and for one year attended Washing- ton and Jefferson College, but resigned a col- lege in favor of a business career. He en- tered the employ of Erasmus Kaiser, the leading jeweler of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and under his capable direction learned the jeweler's trade in all its detail. He remained with Mr. Kaiser twelve years, until 1904. On the 15th of October that year he began busi- ness for himself in the same line in the Iron
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Bridge Building in Brownsville, where he is now well established and prosperous. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He is prominent in the Masonic Order, belonging to Brownsville Lodge, No. 60, Free and Accepted Masons; Brownsville Chapter, No. 164, Royal Arch Masons; St. Omer Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh. In Scottish Rite Masonry he has attained the fourteenth degree in Uniontown Lodge of Perfection.
He married, September 23, 1908, Jean B., daughter of John and Elizabeth Crasser, of Lonaconing, Maryland.
BLACK This family, of Scotch-Irish an- cestry and marked with the strong qualities of that sturdy race, is one of the very oldest in Pennsyl- vania, dating as far back as 1730. There its members have from the beginning been prominent in legal, political and business life and leaders in cvery department they entered.
(I) The first of the family in Somerset county was James Black, of Scotch-Irish an- cestry, who is mentioned as an early settler in Stony Creek township in 1770, he having emigrated from Adams county, Pennsylvania. His farm was seven miles east of the present village of Somerset, close to the old Bedford Pike. He was a tanner, and had a tanyard in Stony Creek, mentioned as early as 1798. His house was the first voting place in the entire county. He married Jane McDonough from near his old home along Marsh Creek, Adams county, and left issue.
(II) Henry, son of James Black, was born February 25, 1783, in Stony Creek township, Somerset county. Pennsylvania, and died in 1842. He owned a large farm which he per- sonally conducted, although he was at the same time busied with large affairs. He was a man of liberal education, served for twenty years as an associate judge of the county, and was a member of congress at the time of his death. He married, and among his children were sons James (of whom further), and Jere- miah S. Black. The latter named became one of the most distinguished men of his day. He was born January 10, 1810; he rose to a first place at the Pennsylvania bar; was a president judge at the age of thirty-two; he argued many important constitutional cases
before the supreme court of the nation. He was attorney-general in the cabinet of Presi- dent Buchanan, and was nominated to the supreme court bench, but this was on the eve of the outbreak of the civil war, and he was not confirmed on account of the absence of the southern senators who had withdrawn to "go with their states." He died August 19, 1882, leaving a widow, Mrs. Mary (Forward) Black and four children; a son, Chauncey Forward Black, was a leading Democratic statesman, and lieutenant-governor of Penn- sylvania.
(III) James, son of Judge Henry Black, and brother of Judge Jeremiah S. Black, was born in Stony Creek township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, between 1812 and 1815 and died at Somerfield, Pennsylvania, at an advanced age. His boyhood home was a fine farm on the Bedford Pike, near or a part of the original Black family homestead, settled by his grandfather. He later moved to Som- erfield, Addison township, Somerset county, where he owned and operated a pottery and tannery. He married Catherine Johnson, and they both died in Somerfield. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and they reared their family in their own faith. Children:
I. George. J., born June 6, 1842, died No- vember 20, 1902. He succeeded to his fa- ther's business, and for several years con- ducted the pottery and large general store at Somerfield. Later he moved to Myers- dale and established a pottery for the manu- facture of stoneware, and also kept a general
store. He was prominent in public life; in 1887 he was elected county treasurer and served three years; in 1896 he was elected associate judge and served five years, and at the time of his death he was collector of taxes for Myersdale borough. He was a Re- publican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, in 1851, Sarah Margaret Bradfield, of Loudon county, Virginia. Children: Alverda G., mar- ried George Hopwood, of Uniontown; Mary, married Robert H. Koontz; Annie; Susan L., married William T. Hoblitzel, of Myers- dale; James Hamilton, a successful business man of Myersdale; Frank B., one of the great coal operators of his section; J. Milton, a coal operator of Somerset.
2. Albert Gallatin, the only living member
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of the family, now a retired merchant of Con- fluence, Pennsylvania, founder of the busi- ness now conducted by his sons under the firm name of A. G. Black's Sons Com- pany. He married Esther Brownfield, who belonged to one of the most promi- nent families of Fayette county, and, in fact, of the state. Albert Gallatin Black is the father of thirteen children, eight of whom are still living. Named in the order of their birth they are as follows: Virgil Maro Black, who married Mollie Pullin, and is a member of the firm of A. G. Black's Sons Co .; Fannie Black, who married T. J. Schaf- fer, of Pittsburgh, but now resides at the home of her father; Martha Jane Black, died unmarried; Catherine Black, died in infancy ; Thomas William Black, married I illian Dor- othea Flannigan, and is a member of the firm of A. G. Black's Sons Co .; Maud Eliza Black, died in infancy; John Franklin Black, mar- ried Mary Reynolds, and is in business in Dickerson Run, Pennsylvania; Maggie Long Black, died in infancy; James Harry Black, married May Friend, and is a business man of Friendsville, Maryland; Charles Egbert Black, a member of the firm of A. G. Black's Sons Co., and whose wife was - - James, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania; Susan Etta Black, married A. B. Kurtz, jeweler, of Con- nellsville, Pennsylvania; Edgar Brownfield Black, married Hattie Farmer, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, is also a member of the firm at Confluence, Pennsylvania; Mary Clyde Black, died quite young.
3. Newton H., of whom further.
4. James S., one of the earliest bankers of Myersdale, member for many years of the banking firm of Philson, Black & Co., now the Citizens' National Bank of Myersdale; married a daughter of Samuel Philson.
5. Sarah Ellen, married James S. Hook, of Cumberland, Maryland; they later located at Somerfield, Pennsylvania.
6. Charlotte, married (first) James Hamil- ton, (second) Charles H. Rush, a merchant of Uniontown.
7-8. Daughters died in their teens.
(IV) Newton H., third son of James and Catherine (Johnson) Black, was born in Som- erfield, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and died November 5, 1895. He was educated in the public schools and was for a time em- ployed in his father's store. Later he went
to Uniontown as a clerk for his brother-in- law, C. H. Rush. He later established him- self in business, having first a store in Hop- wood and later in Uniontown, also conduct- ing coal operations, having a mine near the former place. He was a successful business man and was held in high esteem. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He mar- ried Alcinda F. Hopwood, born in Hop- wood, Fayette county, daughter of Gaddis and Nancy (Costolo) Hopwood, the father a native of Fayette county, the mother of Laurel Iron Works, Monongalia county, West Virginia .; her father was a local preacher of the M. E. church and a deeply religious man, died in the prime of life in 1849, his widow long surviving him and dy- ing in 1904, aged eighty-three years. Chil- dren: Alcinda F., married Newton H. Black; Caroline, burned to death at the age of five years; William Costolo, died of fever con- tracted in the army in the civil war; Nannie G., married Dr. T. F. Farmer, who survives her, a resident of Confluence, Pennsylvania.
Children of Newton H. Black: I. Herbert G., born October 26, 1871, died August 23, 1895, unmarried. 2. George A., an orange grower of the Salt River Valley, residing in Phoenix, Arizona; married Ada Beam, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 3. William Cos- tolo, of whom further. 4. Paul, born July 31, 1877, died October 10, 1895. 5. Nannie H., born August 25, 1880, died September 6, 1895. 6. Alfred H., died December 5, 1883, aged one year.
(V) William Costolo, third son of Newton H. and Alcinda (Hopwood) Black, was born in Hopwood, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1875. He was five years old when his father removed his mercantile business to Uniontown, where the lad was educated in the public schools, later taking a business course at Redstone Academy. In 1891, at the age of sixteen, he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railway as clerk in the Uniontown ticket and freight office, holding that position five years. On July 31, 1896, at the age of twenty-one, he was promoted to the important position of ticket and freight agent in the same office, and in which he re- mained for three years, resigning in 1899 to enter the employ of Armour & Company as assistant cashier at their Uniontown branch,
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and later was appointed cashier in their of- fice at Grafton, West Virginia. During the years 1901-02 he was payroll clerk at Plant No. 2, Continental Coke Company, during its construction and early operation. On Feb- ruary II, 1902, he was appointed teller of the Citizens' Title and Trust Company at Union- town, and the following year was elected assistant secretary and treasurer, a position he has acceptably filled to the present time. He is also president of the Huntington Bank Book Company of Huntington, Pennsyl- vania, and treasurer of the Waltersburg Coke Company, operating a one hundred and fifty oven plant at Waltersburg. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and has served this city as school director for two terms; is a member of Fayette Lodge, No. 228, F. and A. M .; Union Chapter, No. 165, R. A. M .; Union- town Commandery, No. 49, Knights Tem- plar; Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree, and of Syria Tem- ple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Pittsburgh.
Mr. Black married, December 1, 1903, Anna G. Burnham, born at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, daughter of John H. and Laura S. Burnham; her father is a machinist, formerly of Pittsburgh, later of Connellsville, now residing in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Children: John Newton, born October, 1905, died same year; William Costolo, born De- cember 2, 1906; Herbert Hopgood, July 7, 19II. The family home is at No. 240 East Fayette street, Uniontown.
SMITH There are many families bearing the name Smith to be found in Fayette county and Georges township. Every nation has contributed to the group, for does not the name come from "The Smith that forgeth by the fire?" And as every nation had a smith, so with the adoption of surnames, every nation had a Smith.
The town of Smithfield is named in honor of Barnabas Smith, who laid it out June 13. 1799, on land obtained from the father-in-law, Jonathan Reese. Although the Brownfields owned all the land around the village, it has been named Smithfield from the first. Bar- nabas Smith married Elizabeth Reese and became the head of a large family of descend- ants.
(I) Squire Solomon Smith was a well-to- do farmer of Georges township, and an ac- tive and ardent Democrat. He held the of- fice of justice of the peace several years, and was known locally as Squire Smith. He also served as a school director and was a man of strong, upright character. He married (second) Mary Hayden, born in Georges township, daughter of John, son of William Hayden, who came from the east to Georges township in 1781. The village of Hayden- town was laid out by John Hayden in 1790 on his own land, patented in 1787. Children of "Squire" Solomon Smith, two by a first wife. Jonathan, married Hannah Riffle and lived in West Virginia; Margaret married Jacob Johnson, a farmer of German town- ship, Fayette county; Elizabeth married Jacob Hayden; Albert H., of whom further; Keziah, married Lucien Leech, of Smith- field; Mary Louise, married Albert Johnson, a farmer, near Bethelboro, Fayette county, Pennsylvania.
(II) Albert H., only son of "Squire" Solo- mon Smith by his second wife, Mary (Hay- den) Smith, was born in Georges township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1843, died September 12, 1909. He was well educated in the public schools, and grew to youthful manhood on the home farm. At the age of seventeen years he began teaching in the public schools, continuing for thirty terms. During this long period he taught in many schools, establishing a reputation for marked ability as an instructor. In 1890 he retired from pedagogy and entered the em- ploy of the H. C. Frick Coke Company as bookkeeper. He was employed by different plants owned by the company, finally being located at the Davidson's works near Con- nellsville, where he continued until his death. He was highly regarded in his community, being a man of more than ordinary attain- ment intellectually and of high moral char- acter. He was a Democrat in politics and was the candidate of his party for county superintendent of schools in one campaign, failing, however, of an election, the whole party ticket being defeated at that election.
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