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born April 24, 1861, deceased; married Wil- liam B. Carns. 4. Minnie, born November I,. 1862; married Charles M. Leisinger. 5. Harry Sheridan, born July 11, 1866. 6. Cora, born February 9, 1870, deceased; married B. F. Swartzwelder. 7. Matilda (Tillie), born July 15, 1872, died in infancy. 8.
Charles W., born December 25, 1874. 9. George Chester, born October 14, 1878, de- ceased. Io. Frank Stanley, twin of George C.
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miah Jackson, was born at Jackson's Mills, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1878. He educated in the public school, and attended Dickinson Seminary at Williams- port, Pennsylvania, for one and a half years. He was taught the miller's trade under the direction of his father, with whom he work- ed until the latter's death in 1893. He con- tinued milling until 1900, when he moved to Connellsville, Pennsylvania, entering the employ of the Connellsville Grocery Com- pany, remaining five years. He then en- gaged for several years as commercial trav- eler until October, 1911, when he was ap- pointed manager of the newly established grocery department of Wright-Metzler Company, of Connellsville, a position he now holds. He is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Free and Accepted Masons. He mar- ried, July 18, 1905, Anna M. Curry, who died July 31, 1911 (see Curry).
(The Curry Line)
(1) The paternal great-grandfather of Anna M. (Curry) Jackson was Samuel Curry, a farmer of England, who lived and died in his native land. He and wife Bet- sey were members of the Church of Eng- land. Their five children all died in Eng- land : Samuel, of whom further ; John, Mary, Jens (?), and another died in infancy.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and Betsey Curry, was born at Coal Borns, Eng- land, where he followed farming all his life, renting land from large estates held by the English gentry. He died in 1858. He mar- ried, in 1844, a daughter of William and Sarah Fallows, who survived and married a second husband. William Fallows was a miner. His children : William, John. Thomas, Peter, Sarah, Helen, Alice and Janis; are all. deceased except Sarah and Peter. Children of Samuel (2) Curry : John, of whom further; James, died in England ; Samuel; William; Ralph, died in infancy ; Thomas; Ralph, of Mount Pleasant, West- moreland county, Pennsylvania. Three of these are living in England; William, Thom- as and Samuel.
(III) John, eldest son of Samuel (2) Cur- ry, was born in Priestfield county, Dur- ham, England, in October, 1845. He was given little opportunity to obtain an
education, only being allowed four terms of three months each. He was hired out when but a small boy to neighboring farmers, sometimes for six months or more. On the death of his father in 1858 he was thrown entirely upon his own resources, being then a lad of thirteen years. He worked among the farmers for a few years, then employed with a cattle dealer and butcher who taught him that trade. He continued working at the butcher business until after his marriage several years, having in the meantime es- tablished in business for himself. In 1877 he became manager of a farm, and in June, 1879, came to America with wife and five children. He first settled in the province of Ontario, Canada, nine miles north of To- ronto, hiring out to a farmer in summer, and in winter moving to Toronto and work- ing at whatever employment he could se- cure. Two years later he came to Pennsyl- vania, settling at Mount Pleasant, West- moreland county, where he worked in the coal mines for a short time. He was badly burned in a gas explosion and was obliged to abandon mining. He worked for two years at the coke ovens in Bridgeport, then purchased a farm of three hundred and eighty-nine acres near Indian Creek, Fay- ette county, which he cultivated and great- ly improved. He continued there for eight years. He had considerable timber on his tract which he converted into lumber, and after losing an arm gradually abandoned agriculture and devoted himself entirely to the lumber business. He moved to Hammondville, built a residence, and for three years engaged in the lumber trade, thence came to Connellsville and continued there in the same business until 1905, when he organized the Curry and Bittner Lumber Company, of which he is yet secretary and treasurer. In 1910, in association with his son, John C. Curry, he formed the lumber firm of John Curry & Son, which is one of the successful firms of Connellsville. In political faith Mr. Curry is a third party Prohibitionist, and in religious faith a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married, May 23, 1867, Isabella Corn, born in England, daughter of - and Sarah (Corn) Corn. Children of John and Isabella Curry, first six born in England :
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I. Sarah Ann, born July 23, 1868, died No- vember, 1878. 2. Mary Isabella, born June 4, 1870; married James D. Bigan. 3. Eliza- beth, born July 12, 1872; married James Wil- liams, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 4. Sam- uel, born May 15, 1874, died in infancy. 5. Jane, born May 29, 1875, died. 6. Hannah, born October 8, 1877 ; married F. C. Bishop, of Morgantown, West Virginia. 7. John C., born in Toronto, Canada, February 14, 1880, now a partner of John Curry & Son, Connellsville; married Cora Slonecker. 8. Anna M., born in Pennsylvania, February 17, 1883; died July 31, 1911 ; married Frank Stanley Jack- son (see Jackson). 9. Ruth Naomi, born January 17, 1886, died in infancy.
FOUST During the earlier years of the nineteenth century, Henry Foust, born and reared in the Valley of the Rhine, Germany, came to the United States with his wife, finally locating in Somerset county, Pennsylvania. Among his children he had a son Henry (2), who lived until maturity in Somerset county, Pennsylvania; he married in Fayette coun- ty, - Miller, and among his children was a son, George W.
(III) George W., son of Henry (2) Foust, was born near Indian Head, Salt Lick town- ship, in 1816. He grew to manhood on the home farm at Salt Lick; was a farmer in his earlier years, and served as constable. Later he removed to a point east of Con- nellsville, where he was proprietor of the Drove House, a regular stopping place for the drovers, who previous to the coming of the railroads drove their cattle on foot to Philadelphia and eastern markets. With the advent of the railroads all this was changed, and business at the Drove House lan- guished. He next became proprietor of the Yough House, in Connellsville, later of the Page House a large stone hotel on east Main street. He was a Democrat in poli- tics, always prominent in local politics, and served as constable for several terms, but was defeated for the nomination of sheriff. He was a member of the Dunkard church. He died in Texas, at the time of visiting with his son William, in 1902. He married (first) Margaret Hostettler, born in Salt Lick township, died 1854, daughter of Gide-
on and Margaret (Austin) Hostettler. Her father a farmer of Salt Lick township, was born in Germany. He married (second) Mrs. Rachel (Godby) Swearengen, of Union- town. Children by first wife: Priscilla, born 1842, died 1844; William, born 1844, now a ranchman of Texas; Samuel M., of whom further. Susan, born 1849, died 1850; Thaddeus A., born 1851.
(IV) Samuel M., third child of George W. and Margaret (Hostettler) Foust, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1846. His mother died when he was eight years of age, and until he was sixteen years of age he lived with his grand- father Hostettler, receiving a good educa- tion in the public schools. In 1862, he joined his father, who was then proprietor of the Yough House in Connellsville, re- maining until 1868, assisting in the man- agement of the hotel. From 1868 until 1871 he was employed on the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad with the en- gineering gang as axeman and in other ca- pacities. After this division was completed and until 1874 he was engaged on the pre- liminary survey of projected railroad from New Florence to Indian Head, Pennsyl- vania, now in part occupied by the Indian Creek Valley railway. From 1872 until 1880 he was engineer for the borough of Con- nellsville. In 1880 he was in charge of the construction of ten miles of the Shenandoah Valley railroad in Rockbridge county, Vir- ginia. His next work was the building of Breakneck reservoir for the Connellsville Water Company. He was next employed for six months at Morgantown, West Vir- ginia, as chief of construction of the Black Bottle railroad, but on the failure of the company he returned to Connellsville. For the next two or three years he was engaged as civil engineer by the Dunbar Furnace Company, opening mines, and in other work of a constructive character. In 1882 he was again elected borough engineer of Connells- ville, serving until 1895, with the exception of three terms. In 1892 he was elected sur- veyor of Fayette county ; served three years, and in 1898 was again elected for a term of three years. In this election, on the first returns from the county, Mr. Foust was defeated by his opponent by 12 votes. The
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two militia companies from Connellsville and Uniontown, on their way to the Philip- pines, two days after leaving Hawaii, on the day of election cast their votes, and this changed the result, giving Mr. Foust a ma- jority of 8 votes.
In addition to the operations mentioned, Mr. Foust has made extensive surveys in Southern Fayette county, locating coal lands and establishing bounderies. He is also chief engineer of the Union Creek Valley Railroad Company. He resides on East Main street, Connellsville, in a frame house which he erected in 1898. In politics he is a
Democrat. He married, July 4, 1869, Eliza Jane Marietta, born in Connellsville, daughter of Josiah Marietta, a leading citi- zen of Fayette county, in his day. Chil- dren : Nina, born 1870, died 1890; May Bell, born June 20, 1871, married; W. H. Billhartz, of Knoxville, Pennsylvania; Mar- garet, born August 31, 1874; married Pro- fessor \V. G. Gans, of Uniontown, Penn- sylvania.
COLDREN John Coldren (sometimes spelled Coldron) was a farmer of Pennsylvania, married and had issue. Ellis, son of John Coldren, was born in German township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he learned the shoemaker's trade, and in con- nection with farming made it his lifelong bus- iness in Fayette county. He was a man of great industry and quiet retiring habits, much respected by the neighbors. His wife, Elizabeth Smith, was born in Georges town- ship, Fayette county. They left issue.
(III) John S., son of Ellis and Elizabeth Coldren, was born January 1, 1848, and is now living a retired life at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, and early in life learned the car- penter's trade, which he followed all his ac- tive years as journeyman and contractor. He is a Republican in politics, but never sought public office. In religious faith, both Mr. and Mrs. Coldren are Presbyterians. He married Margaret J. Black, born Septem- ber 26, 1844, daughter of Andrew and Rose Ann Black, who died on their farm in mid- dle life, leaving seven children. Children of John and Margaret Coldren : I. Violet
J., deceased. 2. Ira WV., of whom further. 3. Raymond I., now living at home, a light foreman with the West Penn Company. 4. Emerson A., an electrician, living at home. (IV) Ira W., eldest son of John S. and Margaret J. (Black) Coldren was born in German township, Fayette county, Pennsyl- vania October 21, 1871. He was educated in the public schools, finishing his studies in the local normal school and receiving a teacher's certificate. He taught for twelve terms in Fayette county common and nor- mal schools, then abandoned teaching for a business career. He worked for a short time in a store, then on June 22, 1903, entered the employ of the Evening Genius at Union- town as bookkeeper, continuing eighteen months, then became circulation manager, a position he now occupies with the three papers printed by the same press-the Evening Genius, Morning Herald and Gen- ius of Liberty. In politics Mr. Coldren is a Republican.
He married, June 3, 1899, Margaret E., daughter of John H. and Fanny Newcom- er, of an old county family. Children : J. Arlington, born March 2, 1900; I. Burdette, March 1I, 1902; Raymond W., April 13, 1907.
The Hortons of Connells- HORTON ville, Pennsylvania, herein recorded, descend from Josiah Horton, born in Ireland, came to the United States and settled at Eagle Foundry, Hun- tington county, Pennsylvania, where he lived and died a farmer. He married Ru- hama Griffith, also a native of Ireland. They had issue, including a son, William T.
(II) William T., son of Josiah Horton, was born in Huntington county, Pennsyl- vania, 1854, died 1902. He engaged in the lumber business in Somerset and Fayette counties, and had his residence at Ohiopyle, in the former county, where he died. He organized and was heavily interested in the Somerset Lumber Company for many years. He was a Republican, and served for several years as justice of the peace. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was his wife. He married, in 1876, Eliza- beth Stewart, born in Fulton county, Penn- sylvania, 1852, died in 1903, daughter of
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James A. and Rebecca (Gibson) Stewart, both born in Scotland, and early settlers at Wells Tannery, Fulton county, Pennsyl- vania. James Stewart was a blacksmith, and followed that occupation until his death. Children of William T. and Elizabeth Hor- ton : David H., of whom further ; Nora A., deceased ; Susan L., and Reuben J.
(III) David H., son of William T. and Elizabeth (Stewart) Horton, was born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1878. He was educated in the public schools of Somerset and Fayette counties, and Duff's Business College, from whence he was graduated in 1897. He was for six years bookkeeper for a large lumber com- pany in Maryland. Later he became man- ager of the Kendall Lumber Company, and since 1909 has resided in Connellsville. He is also interested in the Ohiopyle Company, of which J. L. Kendall of Pittsburgh is president; David H. Horton, secretary and treasurer. He is also secretary of the Hus- ton Lumber Company. Mr. Horton is a man of fine business qualities, and is high- ly regarded in business circles. He is a Re- publican in politics, and prominent in the Masonic Order, belonging to Meyersdale Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Harrisburg Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
He married, November 9, 1898, Elizabeth M. Stewart, born in Fayette county, daugh- ter of George W. and Jennie (Corristan) Stewart, of an old Pennsylvania family. Children of David H. and Elizabeth Hor- ton : Helen Marie, born August 13, 1899; Walter Harrison, August 27, 1906; Harry Kendall, May 12, 1909.
The progenitor of the Guihers GUIHER of Smithfield. Pennsylvania, is Emmanuel Guiher, who came to Pennsylvania at an early day, set- tling in Lancaster county. He was a Mora- vian and lived according to the strict faith of the Mennonites. He was buried in the Moravian cemetery at Lititz, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania in 1727.
(I) A descendant, Andrew Guiher, prob- ably born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, lived in Mifflin and Armstrong counties, Penn- sylvania.
(II) Dr. James Guiher, son of Andrew Guiher, was born in Lewiston, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in 1820, died in 1869. He was eight years old when his parents moved to Bradys Bend, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, where he received his pre- paratory education and lived until manhood. He also attended school at Meadville, Penn- sylvania, and at Allegheny College. He prepared for the profession of medicine and after obtaining his degree located in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1845 be- gan the practice of medicine there. He be- came a well-known and skillful physician and a prominent man of Greene county, in- terested in many business enterprises. He married, in 1857, Rebecca Throckmorton. Children : I. J. A., born 1858, now a lawyer of Winterset, Iowa. 2. F. T., born 1860, now a machinist of Waynesburg, Pennsyl- vania. 3. Horace B., of whom further. 4. W. T., born 1865, now a lawyer of Iowa. 5. N. A., born 1869, now living in Waynes- burg.
(III) Dr. Horace B. Guiher, son of Dr. James and Rebecca (Throckmorton) Guih- er, was born in Waynesburg, Greene coun- ty, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1862. He was educated in the public school and Waynes- burg College. Choosing medicine as his profession he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, whence he was grad- uated in the class of 1887. In the same year he located in Smithfield, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he has since been con- tinuously in successful practice. Dr. Guiher is not only a skillful practitioner and highly esteemed as a man, but is also a leading financier and business man of Smithfield. He has taken active part in public affairs and with deep earnestness labored in the cause of public health, education and good government. He was one of the principal organizers of the First National Bank of Smithfield and was its first president, serv- ing in that high position for eight years. He was also one of the original stockholders of the Crystal Coke Company, the Crystal Sup- ply Company and of several other coal and coke companies of Fayette county.
He was a member of the school board of Georges township before the incorporation of Smithfield as a borough, and has been
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for ten years a member of the borough council. He was the first president of the borough board of health and has been for several years borough physician. He is in- dependent in political action, and a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church of Smithfield and president of the board of trustees of that church. He is a member since 1894, and an ex-president of the Fay- ette County Medical Society, a member of Pennsylvania State Medical Society since 1895, and since 1896 a member of the Amer- ican Medical Association. He also holds membership in scientific and other national societies including: The American Associ- ation of Advancement of Science; The Na- tional Geographical Society and The Amer- ican Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. He has been trus- tee of Gallatin Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, of Smithfield, since 1895. Whether as physician, busi- ness man, citizen or neighbor, Dr. Giuh- er meets every requirement and enjoys the fullest confidence and respect of his com- munity.
He married, November, 1892, Maud, daughter of John and Melissa (William) Brownfield. Children : James M., born Jan- uary 20, 1897; Mary M., July 7, 1901 ; Edith R., July 12, 1908.
GRIBBLE The first of this family to settle in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, was John Gribble, born in Preston county, West Vir- ginia, (then Virginia) April 29, 1790. He grew to manhood on the home farm, and be- gan his business career as a teamster on the old Cumberland Pike at the age of eight- een years. He was so employed continu- ously from 1808 until 1837, when he be- came proprietor of the old historical "Red Tavern," located three miles from Browns- ville. He was one of the characters of his day and filled well his position in life. He married Ann Welch. Children : Louis,
John, James, Welch T., of whom further; Lydia, Harriet, Margaret, Ann, Louisa, Mary.
(II) Welch T., son of John Gribble, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1836. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools, and became a farmer of that county, also a well-known stock raiser and dealer. After a life of great activity he is now living a retired life with his son, Dr. Gribble, of Fairchance, Pennsylvania. He is a Democrat in politics. He married Lucy C. Frost, born in Red Stone township, Feb- ruary 6, 1836, died February 14, 1910, daugh- ter of Jesse L. Frost, of Fayette county. Children: Russell T., of whom further ; Annie, Ellis, John, Margery, Lydia, New- ton, Lewis, Ida, Jesse; the last three are deceased.
(III) Dr. Russell T. Gribble, son of Welch T. and Lucy C. (Frost) Gribble, was born in Redstone township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1861. He obtained his early and preparatory education in the public schools, then deciding upon the med- ical profession, entered the University of the City of New York, whence he was grad- uated M.D., class of 1885. He began prac- tice in Tippecanoe, Fayette county, in 1885, continuing there eighteen months. He then located in Fairchance, Pennsylvania, where he is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Gribble stands high in his community both as physician and cit- izen. He is a member of the Methodist church, and a Democrat in politics. He is a member of Pine Knob Lodge No. 559, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Fair- chance Lodge No. 195, Knights of Pythias; Washington Camp No. 138, Patriotic Or- der Sons of America; Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Arcanum.
He married, December 31, 1887 Luella Martin, born in Morris, Illinois, June 21, 1866, daughter of Frank H. Martin. Children : Mary R., born September 30, 1888; Justin L., January 26, 1891; Frank, August 12, 1892, died in infancy ; John R., August 16, 1893; Clara August 14, 1895, died Novem- ber 20, 1897; Joanna F., December 20, 1897; Lloyd L., September 7, 1906; Charles W., October 11, 1907; Luella M., March 1, 1910.
The Gilmores of Connells- GILMORE ville, Pennsylvania, trace on both paternal and maternal lines to the empire of Germany. The origi- nal name was Kilmer, but in the transi- tion from the fatherland to America this
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family name was lost, and Gilmore took its and Isaac, serving in the civil war. The place in this branch in America. The ear- liest ancestor known to this family is Mich- ael Gilmore, who came to the American colonies about the revolutionary period, found his way to Western Pennsylvania, making settlement at Connellsville, where he was in trade until his death about 1844. He married, in Connellsville, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Colestock, who was born in Germany, came to Connellsville and started a blacksmith shop, when that city was hardly yet a village. Several of the Colestock family served in the revolution. Elizabeth Gilmore survived her husband until 1880, being then in her ninety-second year.
(II) Isaac Thomas, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Colestock) Gilmore, was born at Connellsville, May 8, 1814, died there November 18, 1888. He learned the car- penter's trade, and carried on a general building business, including dwellings, barns, grist mills, all built in the strongest fashion, mortise and tendon style. He was well-known throughout the county, and was highly regarded as a man. He was a steadfast Whig, later a Republican, and held many of the local offices, including justice of the peace, school director and council- man, after Connellsville became so far ad- vanced as to take on the dignity of a city. He was a faithful member of the Christian church, as was his wife. He married Rachel Shaw, born at Connellsville, November 6, 1814, died January 10, 1899, daughter of Nathan and Katherine (Vance) Shaw, and granddaughter of James Shaw, who came to Connellsville at an early day, being a con- temporary of Michael Gilmore. Nathan Shaw was born in Connellsville, was a mill sawyer, and helped to work into lumber, a great deal of the timber with which the sec- tion abounded in that early day. He was a Whig, later a Republican. He died in 1873. aged eighty-two years. He married Kath- erine Vance, born in Connellsville, daughter of Crawford Vance an early settler and soldier of the revolution as were others of the Vance family. Nathan and Katherine Shaw had five sons: Solomon, James and David, who all served in the war with Mex- ico, David being killed at Vera Cruz ; George
house in which Isaac Gilmore and Rachel Shaw were married is still standing, north of the present city. She was the widow of - McCoy at the time of her mar- riage to Isaac Gilmore, and had a daughter Margaret, who married Amos Hutton, a minister of the Christian church. Children of Isaac T. and Rachel (Shaw) Gilmore : I. Joseph, born, March 26, 1836, died Sep- tember 9, 1836. 2. Elizabeth A., born Octo- ber 21, 1837; married Joseph Hutton, a farmer of Indiana county, Pennsylvania ; both deceased. 3. Vance Cyrus, born May II, 1839, died February 1905, a veteran of the civil war; he married Vina Robinson, and resided in Connellsville. 4. George Washington, born March 17, 1841 ; married Sadie Woods; and was killed, eleven days after their marriage in 1878, by an explosion of his own engine on the Pittsburgh & Con- nellsville railroad; he was a cavalryman of the civil war. 5. Sidney C., born October 8, 1842, died 1876; married Albert Bradman, who died 1878. 6. Catherine Charlotte, born May 6, 1844; married C. B. Scott, they re- side in Cleveland, Ohio; he is a retired mer- chant. 7. Nathan T., born November 15, 1845, died March 17, 1906; he married Mar- garet Poundstill, and resided in Connells- ville. 8. David Shaw, born August 27, 1847, died 1882, married Mary White; he was a machinist of Connellsville. 9. Alfred Cooper, of whom further. 10. John Lester, born December 5, 1850, (q. v.). II. Joseph Win- field, born January 4, 1853; married Harriet Hitchman; he is a physican of New Stan- ton, Pennsylvania. 12. Anna Mary, born March 25, 1854; married J. W. Stillwagon, a painter of Connellsville. 13. Robert Goble, born January 21, 1856; married Nannie Or- bin, resides at Duke Center, Pennsylvania, where he is foreman of an oil company. 14. Harriet Clara, born September 2, 1858, died 1884; married Mark W. Marsden of Cam- den, New Jersey.
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