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aged seven years. 4. Mary Bell, born No- vember 7, 1898.
(VI) John D., son of Abraham H. and Mary (Dillinger) Sherrick, was born at Old Bethany, Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, April 19, 1860. He was educated in the public schools, and in early life worked on the farm. Later he began working with his father at the coke ovens. He became an expert at coke manufacture and contin- ued in that business most successfully until 1908, with his brothers owning and opera- ting Pennsville Coke Works. He then went in partnership with his brothers Samuel and Burton T. organizing the Keystone Planing Mill Company, of which company he is vice- president. In addition to manufacturing the regular lines of planing mill products, the company are general contractors and builders. He is also interested in the Pitts- burgh Safe Company, and other enterprises of a minor nature. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Universalist church.
He married, in 1880, Emma Jane, born in Westmoreland county, daughter of Jacob Noel, of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, of German descent. Children: Dick; William; Pearl; Homer; Eva; Mabel.
(VII) Dr. Earl Cleveland Sherrick, eldest son of Burton T. and Clara Bell (Burkhart) Sherrick, was born in Bullskin township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1884. He attended the Pennsville public school and then entered Connellsville high school, whence he was graduated, class of 1903. After a course at business college in Con- nellsville he entered Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia, whence he was gradu- ated M.D., class of 1908. He then served seven months as interne at St. Timothy's Hospital, Philadelphia, then for ten months at Jefferson Medical Hospital. In 1909 he returned to Connellsville and in 1910 began practice and so continued very successfully. While at Jefferson he was a member of the W. W. Keen Medical Society, and from 1906 to 1908 of Jefferson Medical Research Soci- ety.
He is a member of the American, Penn- sylvania State and Fayette County Med- ical societies, and of the Yough Medico Social Club of Connellsville.
A SHERRICK brother of Abraham Sherrick, grandfather of Franklin N. Sherrick, of Connellsville was John Sherrick, who on the death of his father Jacob came into possession of the old Sherrick farm at Sher- rick's Station and there built the first coke ovens in that region, the coal used being taken from the old Eagle Pit. Sherrick's Station was so named from the large coke and coal interests the family owned at that point. John Sherrick became a leading mer- chant and banker of Mt. Pleasant, West- moreland county.
(V) Martin O., grandson of Jacob and son of Abraham Sherrick, was born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania, February, 1840. He attended the public schools and became a farmer. About 1868 he went to Kansas, where he remained four years. On his return to Pennsylvania he located at Tarr Station, in Westmore- land county, where he is yet engaged in farming and teaming, and yet resides there. He is a Republican, and a member of the ยท Church of God. He married (first) Mar- garet Nicely, born in the Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, near Four Mile Run, in 1844, died 1884. When she was eight months old her father was killed by a falling timber at a barn raising. He married (second) Caro- line Gongawere. Children of Martin O. Sherrick and his first wife: I. Curtis Abra- ham, now living at Carnegie, Pennsylvania. 2. Franklin N., of whom further. 3. Harry, died February, 19II.
(VI) Franklin N., second son of Martin O. and Margaret (Nicely) Sherrick, was born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1865. He was three years of age when his parents moved to Kansas, and seven when they re- turned to Tarr Station, Pennsylvania. He attended the old Bethany public school, and while yet a growing boy worked around the coke ovens. Afterward he worked while a youth driving a mule in the coal mines, attending school during the winter months. In 1883, 1884 and 1885 he attended Mt. Pleasant Academy. In the spring of 1885 he entered Duff's Business College in Pitts- burgh, taking a full course and graduating. His mother died in 1884 and the home was
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broken up. After leaving business college he went to Maryland, working in a lumber camp. In the winter of 1886 he again worked in the mines, but a strike was called and he was one of the strikers. He then went to Toronto, Canada, and took a two years course in Ontario Veterinary College, whence he was graduated in 1888. On Jan- uary 1, 1889, he came to Connellsville and began veterinary practice. He has estab- lished a good business and has been contin- uously in practice among the stock and horse owners of the county. In the winter of 1903 he took a post-graduate course at Chicago Veterinary College. He is a reli- able practitioner, understands the horse and his deseases, and has the confidence of the owners who keep him constantly engaged. He is a Republican in politics, but takes little interest in public affairs beyond ex- ercising his duties as a good citizen.
He married, May 3, 1894, a widow, Mrs. Mary E. (Shaw) Turley, born in Connells- ville, daughter of George Washington and Ellen (Cunningham) Shaw, of Connells- ville. Children : Ellen, born December 21, 1894; George Dewey, August 2, 1897. .
The Pierce family is of ancient PIERCE English origin, and the name is spelled in various ways. The first, Thomas of Charlestown, spelled his name Pierce, Peirce and Perice. Older spellings included Pers, Perss, Parrs and many other forms. The arms of the family are: Three ravens rising sable, fesse, num- ette, crest, dove with olive branch in beak; motto, Dixit et Fecit.
(I) Thomas Pierce, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in England in 1583-4 died October 7, 1666. He came to New Eng- land in 1634 with his wife Elizabeth, who was born in England in 1595-6, and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635; was one of the twenty-one commissioners appointed September 27, 1642, "to see that salt peter heaps were made by farmers of the colony." He moved to Woburn and was a proprietor there in 1643, and elected to town offices. He made his will November 7, 1665, when aged about eighty-two years, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth, grandchildren Mary
Bridge and Elizabeth Tufts, "now dwelling with him"; to all grandchildren ; to Harvard College. The widow deposed to inventory March 22, 1666-7, aged seventy-one years. Children : John, mariner, admitted to church at Charlestown, 1652; Samuel, married Mary -; Thomas, mentioned below; Robert, married February 18, 1657, Sarah Ayre; Mary, married Peter Tufts; Eliza- beth, married (first) - Randall, (second) Nicholls; Persis, married (first) Wil- liam Bridge, (second) John Harrison; Abigail, born June 17, 1639.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Pierce, was born in England in 1608. He lived in Charlestown, in the part now Wo- burn, and was called sergeant in the re- cords. He was the progenitor of President Franklin Pierce. Sergeant Thomas Pierce was admitted to the Charlestown church, February 21, 1634. He was an inhabitant of Woburn as early as 1643. In 1660 he was selectman, and served on the committee to divide common lands. He was one of the "Right Proprietors" elected March 28, 1667, and also on the committee appointed by the general court in 1668 to divide lands, etc. He married, May 6, 1635, Elizabeth Cole, who died March 5, 1688. He died November 6, 1683. Children: Abigail, born August 17, 1639; John, born March 7, 1643; Thomas, mentioned below; Elizabeth, De- cember 25, 1646; Joseph, September 22, 1648, died February 27, 1649; Stephen, July 16, 1651; Samuel, February 20, 1654, died October 27, 1655; Samuel, April 7, 1656; William, March 20, 1658; James, May 7, 1659; Abigail, November 20, 1660; Benja- min, married Mary Reed.
(III) Thomas (3), son of Sergeant Thom- as (2) Pierce, was born June 21, 1645, died December 8, 1717. He lived in Woburn. His will was dated November 26, 1717, and in it he mentioned his children, Timothy, Rachel and Abigail, and children of his son Thomas. He married (first) Eliza -
-, (second) March 24, 1680, Rachel Bacon, who was born June 4, 1652. Children, born in Woburn: Thomas, born February 12, 1670; Timothy, mentioned below; Eliza- beth, born January 5, 1676, died February 15, 1699; Rachel, July 24, 1681 ; Abigail, April 14, 1685; Isaac, December 23, 1686,
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died December 28, 1686; Ebenezer, Decem- ber 10, 1687, died May 25, 1688; Phebe, February 13, 1689, died July 12, 1707.
(IV) Timothy, son of Thomas (3) Pierce, was born at Woburn, January 25, 1673, and died May 25, 1748. He lived at Plainfield, Connecticut. His will was dated April 12, 1748. He was one of the most prominent men in Plainfield, and served as judge of probate, colonel of the militia, and member of the governor's council. In his will he mentioned Mary Pierce, his daughter-in- law, his grandchildren, sons of his son Tim- othy, his son Nathaniel, daughter Phebe Smith, the two children of his granddaugh- ter Lydia Cortland, son Ezekiel, who was executor. He had a negro girl Dinah whom he left to daughter Phebe Smith. He mar- ried (first), May 27, 1696, Lydia Spaulding, who died March 23, 1705; (second), Octo- ber 12, 1709, Hannah Bradhurst, born De- cember 14, 1682, died April 2, 1747. Chil- dren : Timothy Jr., mentioned below; Nath- aniel, born June 3, 1701; Jedediah, Febru- ary 23, 1703, died February 21, 1746; Lydia, March 10, 1705; Benjamin, June 7, 1710; Ezekiel, January 8, 1712; Phebe, February 19, 1714; Hannah, May 8, 1717, died Sep- tember 3, 1727; Abel, June 17, 1720, died September 4, 1736; Jabez, married Susanna Sheppard.
(V) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (I) Pierce, was born October 7, 1698. He lived in Plainfield, Connecticut, and died before 1761. He married, June 12, 1723, Mary Wheeler. Children : Lydia, born November I, 1724; Mary, November 15, 1728; Hannah, September 8, 1730; Phebe, May 27, 1732; Timothy (3), May 22, 1734; Azel; Josiah, mentioned below; Sarah, married, Decem- ber 26, 1768, Squire Sheppard.
(VI) Josiah, son of Timothy (2) Pierce, was born in 1745, died August 1, 1805. He married Lydia Sheppard. Children : Job, mentioned below; Azel, June 26, 1773; Pol- ly, April 1, 1775; Josiah, July 21, 1777; Sheppard, April 29, 1780; Lydia, July 23, 1782; Chester, November 25, 1785, died 1799; Dolly, March, 1788; Augustus, Sep- tember, 1790.
(VII) Job, son of Josiah Pierce, was born March 22, 1770, and died in 1827. He lived in Caledonia, New York. He married (first)
Jerusha Mery, who was born in April, 1780, died May 6, 1802; (second) Mercy Stevens. Children, probably not in order of birth: Sheppard, married Mary E. Pitkin; Dolly ; William, mentioned below; Joseph S., born April 22, 1802; Richard; Edward; James; Job C .; Caroline, married Moss.
(VIII) William, son of Job Pierce, was born about 1800, probably at Caledonia, New York. He settled in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania. Children : James, mentioned below; Joshua, a farmer in the Pierce settle- ment on the border of Jefferson and Indiana counties, Pennsylvania; daughter, mar- ried William Odell and lives at Mahaffey's Station, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania.
(IX) James, son of William Pierce, was born probably in Jefferson county, Penn- sylvania. He married Sarah Ann, born about 1834, died in 1900, daughter of Philip Harold, a farmer of German ancestry, of Jefferson county. Children of Philip Har- old: John, lived near the old homestead in Jefferson county and followed farming; Sarah Ann, mentioned above; Mary (Har- old) Blystone, lived at Green Oak, Indiana county, Pennsylvania; Lavinia, lives in In- diana county; Lizzie, married John R. Smith, a farmer, and lives near Marion, In- diana county; Philip, lives on the home- stead in Jefferson county. James Pierce was a salesman, and died in 1865. His children: 1. Mary Elizabeth, died young. 2. John H., living in Indiana county, a lead- ing lawyer; married Martha Josephine Moore. 3. Mary Jane, died unmarried, aged thirty. 4. Elliot C., mentioned below. 5. Emma Catherine, married William Nep- shild; they live at Cochran's Mills, Arm- strong county ; he is a farmer. 6. James R., married Mary Workman; he lives in Ohio; she is deceased.
(X) Elliot C., son of James Pierce, was born in Troutville, Clearfield county, Penn- sylvania. He was bereft by the death of his father when he was but four years old. He attended the district schools in Jefferson and Armstrong counties, Pennsylvania, begin- ning to work at the age of eleven years. Two years later he moved to Larwill, In- diana, where he learned the trade of up- holsterer. When he returned home after three years and a half, he had acquired a
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trade, contrary to the predictions of the neighbors, who had not expected a thirteen- year-old boy to support himself and make good. He took a unique way of learning his trade, starting in business and hiring an upholsterer to work for him, and learning his trade not from an employer but from an employee. He worked for a time at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and when he was seventeen returned to Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, where his mother then lived. Thence he went to Clearfield, in the same state, and engaged in business on his own account as an upholsterer, traveling from house to house and working in the homes of his customers. In 1880 he moved to Lewiston, Pennsylvania. He was then mar- ried and had one child and no capital. He entered the employ of McClintock Brothers, dealers in furniture, for a few months, then moved to Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to work at his trade in the furniture store of Mrs. Greenough. After a few months he had to leave this position on account of an attack of malarial fever and went to Enterton on a visit. When able to work he took a posi- tion as brakeman on the Pennsylvania Rail- road and worked six weeks.
In 1881 he moved to Greensburg, Penn- sylvania, where he started in business with an upholstery shop. At that time Brown's drug store was the only store in that town possessing an awning. He devoted his at- tention to making awnings and in 1899 when he left the town he had made more than 1.300 awnings. He came to Connells- ville and opened an upholstery and awning shop on West Main street in what was then New Haven. In 1905 his business had in- creased to such an extent that he erected a building for his own use. In politics he is a Republican. He was a councilman of East Greensburg after it was incorporated as a borough. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Modern Woodmen of America.
He married (first) November 12, 1879, Alberta L. Smith, who was born in Clear- field county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Martha Smith, of Clearfield. She died February 28, 1890. He married (second) August 14, 1891, Agnes B. Zim-
merman, who was born at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel Zimmer- man. Her father was a contractor and builder in Greensburg. Child by first wife: I. Thomas V., born April 19, 1881 ; married, February 1, 1912, Sarah Cooley ; they reside at Wilmerding, Pennsylvania; he is in the employ of the Westinghouse Company. Children by second wife : 2. Martha E., born March 22, 1892. 3. John S., October 18, 1893. 4. Anna Rebecca, September 24, 1895. 5. Grace Ethel, November 23, 1898. 6. Robert C., January 3, 1900. 7. Harold Fran- cis, January 29, 1902. 8. Muriel Ellis, March 28, 1904.
The Work family, originally of WORK England, settled first in Lan- caster county, Pennsylvania, after coming to this country. The first of whom we have record is Samuel Work, born July 17, 1749, died in 1833. He settled in Fayette county in 1766 and became a land- owner of Dunbar township, where in 1799 he was taxed for three hundred and eighty- two acres of land, four horses, four cows and one slave. He married and had sons: John, born 1787, married in 1814, Nancy Rogers; Andrew, of whom further, and others.
(II) Andrew, son of Samuel Work, was born in Dunbar township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, about 1780, and became a wealthy farmer, owning one thousand acres of land. He was a Whig in politics, and a member of Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, of which his wife and family were also members. He married Rebecca Har- ris. Children: Joseph; Andrew (2) ; Oli- phant ; Jane ; Rebecca ; Eliza ; Samuel ; Jacob H., of whom further; Harriet; Nancy, and two who died in infancy.
(III) Jacob Harris, son of Andrew and Rebecca (Harris) Work, was born in Dun- bar township, Fayette county, Pennsyl- vania, where he died in' 1905, aged eighty- two years. He attended the public school and grew to manhood on the home farm. Later he inherited a part of the Work estate and continued its cultivation all his life, then passing title to his son Daniel C. Work. He was a quiet retiring man and took little active part in public affairs. He was a
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Whig, later a Republican, and was an at- tendant of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member. He married Sarah Craft, born near Browns- ville, Pennsylvania, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Radcliff) Craft, a leading Browns- ville family. Daniel Craft was a farmer and a landowner, a Whig in politics, and a mem- ber of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His children: Altheis; Isaiah; Daniel; Mary; Sarah, of previous mention; Caro- line ; Harriet, and others. Children of Jacob H. and Sarah Work: I. Daniel C., of whom further. 2. Andrew, now living in Connells- ville, a carpenter. 3. Isaiah, died leaving a daughter, Phoebe. 4. Joseph, died with- out issue. 5. Samuel, lives near Adelaide, Fayette county, a farmer. 6. George, a farmer of Franklin township. 7. An infant, died unnamed. 8. Jacob, resides in Kansas. 9. Alexander, resides with his brother George, unmarried. 10. Caroline, died un- married. II. Emily, died unmarried. 12.
Sarah Jane, died aged twelve years. 13. Davis, a farmer of Dunbar township.
(IV) Daniel C., eldest son of Jacob Har- ris and Sarah (Craft) Work, was born April 3, 1841, on the home farm in Dunbar township, on the hill overlooking Leisen- ring No. I, in the same house that is now his home. With the exception of three years spent in Franklin township, this farm has always been his home. He was educated in the public school, grew up his father's assistant, later became manager. After his marriage he farmed in Franklin township for three years, then when his father also moved to Franklin he returned to the home farm, and after the death of the father pur- chased the interest of the other heirs and became sole owner. He yet retains ninety- six acres of the old farm on which he resides and conducts a general farming business. He is a Democrat in politics and has served as tax collector and road supervisor. He is a Knight of Pythias, and an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church, his wife being a member.
He married (first), in 1865, Sarah Jane Fleming, born in Ohio; died in 1892. He married (second) Mrs. Melvina Barnhart, daughter of Alexander and Margaret Hager. Children of first wife: I. Ewing, married
Flora Aspinwall, died and left six children. 2. Albert, married Nancy McIlvaine. 3. Orton, resides in Kansas, unmarried. 4. William, resides in Columbus, Ohio, with wife and two children. 5. Daniel, now re- siding at home unmarried.
RALSTON This family, represented in Masontown by Patrick H. Ralston, came to Fayette county from Canada, where original settle- ment was made by Hugh Ralston, born in Scotland. The grand sire, Hugh Ralston, was a farmer near Edinburgh, his native city. He married and left male issue.
(II) Hugh (2), son of Hugh (I) Ralston, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of six children. He was educated in the common schools, continuing his studies until he was fourteen years of age. He then came with a party of his countrymen to Canada, set- tling at Bristol. He there drifted into rail- road employ and became a well-known divi- sion superintendent of the New York Cen- tral railroad. He died in Bristol, aged eight-four years. He was a conservative in Canadian politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Margaret Fitzsimmons, born in county Cavan, Ire- land, died in Bristol, Canada, aged seventy- eight years, daughter of Patrick Fitzsim- mons, a farmer of Bristol, Canada. Chil- dren : Hugh (3), married Ellen Tulahan, and lives in Bristol, Canada; John W., married Fanny McGrath, and lives in Connellsville, Pennsylvania; Rachel, married John Ray, and lives in Bristol; Mary Jane, married James A. McLean, and resides in Toronto, Canada; Patrick H., of whom further.
(III) Patrick H., son of Hugh (2) and Margaret (Fitzsimmons) Ralston, was born in Bristol, Province of Ontario, Canada, June 5, 1868. He was educated in the public schools of Hudson, New York, and began business life as a clerk in a mercantile house in Hudson, later he came to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, entering the employ of the H. C. Frick Coke Company as bookkeeper at their works at Trotter. He was also sta- tioned at the West Leisenring works, con- tinuing in that employ several years. In 1903 he came to Masontown, where he is now secretary and general manager of the
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Masontown Brewing Company. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, the C. M. B. A., Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and is past dictator of the Order of Moose. He married, in 1894, Mary Evans, born in England, daughter of John Evans, a miller, and his wife, Matilda Steb- bins. Of their eight children, three sons are now living in England, Mary in Penn- sylvania, and four are deceased. The sons are John C., Albert and William. Children of Patrick H. and Mary Ralston, five born in West Leisenring, and three in Masontown, Pennsylvania ; Hugh E., born June 6, 1895; Margaret M., July 18, 1897; Angeline, No- vember 1, 1899; Mary K., January 1, 1901 ; Eleanor E., July 24, 1903; John J., May 5, 1906: Edward, March 24, 1909; Patrick H. (2), December 25, 19II.
The family springs from Michael Crolley, born in CROWLEY Londonderry, Ireland, one of a family of eight children, whose parents were residents of the North of Ireland. One of the seven sons remained in their native land, six sons and a sister coming to the United States and settling in Western Vir- ginia in 1830. Andrew and Hugh became contractors, and were the principal build- ers of the Northwestern Turnpike. Am- brose later was proprietor of a hotel in Cin- cinnati, Ohio; John and Dennis became far- mers.
(I) Michael Crolley, one of the brothers, settling near Parkersburg, in now West Virginia, also became a contractor and, with his brothers, Andrew and Hugh, worked for several years constructing the North- western Turnpike through West Virginia. Later he engaged in mercantile business, having a store in Ritchie and Pleasants counties, West Virginia. He came east to Wheeling in 1846, to purchase goods for his store, and it is thought was attacked by robbers and then thrown in the river. He married Jane McQuain, born in Gilmore county, West Virginia, of Scotch parents, sister of Katherine, wife of his brother John Crowley. Children : I. John, became super- intendent of a narrow-gauge railroad, and died at Bellaire, Ohio, in 1907; married Mary Wheatley, and had: Dennis, Charles
and Leola. 2. Dennis Matthew, of whom further. After the tragic death of her hus- band, his widow Jane survived him twenty years, dying in 1866.
(II) Dennis Matthew, youngest son of Michael and Jane (McQuain) Crolley, was born near Parkersburg, West Virginia, Jan- uary 29, 1845, one year prior to his father's death. His mother died when he was eleven years of age, leaving him to the care of his uncle and aunt, Andrew and Mary Crolley, with whom he lived in Pleasants county, West Virginia, until he reached his eight- eenth year. He served in the government employ two years, 1864 and 1865. He then came to Connellsville, Pennsylvania, where he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, becoming an ex- pert in constructing telegraph lines. The name Crolley became Crowley on the books of the company, and was so often misspelled by others, that he finally gave up opposing the new spelling and Crowley it has always remained. Since 1871 he has been foreman of the telegraph lines for the Baltimore & Ohio, with offices and residence in Connells- ville. In 1911 he was in charge of batteries on the system. He is a member of the old- time Telegraphers' Association, and is an active Democrat in politics, having served as councilman for seven years. He is a Ro- man Catholic in religious faith, belonging to the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion. He married Susan Cunningham, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1855, daughter of John and Caroline (Se- christ) Cunningham. The latter was born in Ohio, in 1831, died in 1883. John Cunning- ham, born in 1827, is still living, at the age of eighty-five years, but for the past ten years has been paralyzed. He was engaged in teaming and draying in Connellsville for many years having contracts for the haul- ing of most of the coal and building sand used in Connellsville. He retired from busi- ness five years before being incapacitated by paralysis, and now lives at his home at No. 1330 West Main street. He is a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted and served in a Pennsylvania regiment during the last year of the war. He is a son of William Cunningham and Sidney Marietta, the lat- ter born March 24, 1806, daughter of George
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