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(III) Alfred Cooper, ninth child of Isaac T. and Rachel (Shaw) Gilmore, was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1849. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the carpenter's trade under the instruction of his father. He spent fourteen years in the Pennsylvania oil fields, but the
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balance of his life has been spent in Con- nellsville. While in the oil fields he was engaged in erecting derricks, etc. For the past thirty years, or since 1882, he has been in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road Company, in their carpenter shops. When a lad of thirteen years, he ran away from home to enlist, but went no further than Pittsburgh, as his youth was so ap- parent that the recruiting officers would not listen to his earnest plea to be allowed to enlist. In 1880 he erected his present home on Fairview avenue. He is a Republican, and with his wife a member of the Christian church. He also belongs to General Worth Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and to the Royal Arcanum.
He married, December 19, 1872, Anna Wharf, born in Belmont, Ohio, daughter of William (2) and Elizabeth (Tiernan) Wharf, and granddaughter of William (I) and Elizabeth Wharf of England. William (1) Wharf landed first, and remained for a time in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; then came to Pittsburgh, making the journey westward over the mountains by wagon. He was a stonemason and contractor of bridges, culverts, etc. He and wife are both buried at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He had children: William (2), James, Marga- ret and Elizabeth, all deceased. William (2) Wharf was a lad of eight years when his parents came to Pennsylvania. He be- came a minister of the early Methodist church, and after his first marriage went to Ohio, where his wife died in 1853. He also died in Ohio in 1897. He married (first) Elizabeth Tiernan, (second) Martha James, having issue by both. Elizabeth Tiernan, his first wife, was of Irish descent, daughter of John and Eliza (Newbold) Tiernan. John Tiernan was an early settler of Fayette county, a strong Democrat, and for several years treasurer of Fayette county. He and his wife, Eliza Newbold, are both buried at Fayette City, Pennsylvania.
Children of William (2) Wharf and his first wife Elizabeth Tiernan: Mary Eliza, married Thornton Krepps; John T., de- ceased; William C .; Anna, married Alfred Cooper Gilmore, of previous mention. Chil- dren of William (2) Wharf and his second wife, Martha James: Elizabeth; James, died
in infancy; Thomas, now living in Cali- fornia; Isaac, now living in Ohio; Als- man Baker, deceased; Ella, married Jasper Ansell; Jennie; Grant, now liv- ing in Ohio; Dora. Children of Alfred Cooper and Anna (Wharf) Gilmore; I. George William, born November 31, 1873 ; was educated in the public schools and at Bethany College, West Virginia, whence he was graduated in 1896. He embraced the profession of teacher, and since 1902 has been principal of the high school at Wash- ington, Pennsylvania. He married Rose Curtis of Bethany, West Virginia, and has children : Milton Alfred, and Frances Ann. 2. Isaac Tiernan, born September 5, 1875; a graduate of Connellsville High School, now in the employ of the United Fuel Com- pany, and resides at Hazlewood, Pennsyl- vania. He married Addah Henry, and has children : Alfred E., Helen Beatrice, and Charles Henry.
GILMORE (III) John Lester Gilmore, tenth child of Isaac Thomas Gilmore (q. v.) and Rachel (Shaw) Gilmore, was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1850. He at- tended the public schools of Connellsville, and after completing his studies worked at the machine shops of Boyts, Porter & Com- pany and for four years was their stationary engineer. He then served an apprentice- ship of over three years at the carpenter trade, under the instruction of Edward Clyde, a builder of Connellsville. When oil was discovered in Butler county he went to Petrolia, where he erected a building and opened a grocery store, which he conducted for seven years all through the oil excite- ment. He then returned to Connellsville, where he has since been engaged in build- ing and contracting, having established an honorable reputation for reliability and promptness. He is an active Republican, and always interested in local political af- fairs. He is a member of the Christian church (Disciples of Christ), his wife also being a member of that denomination. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum.
He married, September 25, 1873, Alice M. Scott, born December 24, 1854, daughter of Wilson and Ann (Woodward) Scott, and
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a great-granddaughter of Crawford (1) 6. James, born October 12, 1804, in German Scott. Children of John L. Gilmore: I. An infant, died May 14, 1874. 2. Cora Iola, born April 22, 1875, died October 14, 1880. 3. John Scott, born December 27, 1879, married Mar- garet Gilliland; he is train despatcher at Smithfield, Pennsylvania. 4. Beulah L., born October 1, 1882. 5. Rachel Ann, born March 27, 1886 died September 25, 1899. 6. Kate Maydell, born July 25, 1888; married Guy Reed of Beaver, Pennsylvania, cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania. 7. Mary May, born May 8, 1891.
Crawford (1) Scott was born in the village of Naria, parish of Inniskeel, county Donegal, Ireland. He died in Ireland, but his widow came to the United States in 1788. Their chil- dren, all of whom but Frank came to the United States September 30, 1788: 1. Frank. died in Ireland about 1833; married and had three children: Thomas; Anne, died in Ire- land, married, and had a son, Alexander Bran- don, now living in Ohio; John, came to America in 1788. 2. Thomas, settled in Vir- ginia. 3. John, settled near Wheeling, now West Virginia. 4. William, settled in Car- roll county, Ohio, died May 12, 1849, aged eighty-seven years; his wife, Susanna, died May 12, 1861, at the great age of ninety-six years; children, all deceased : Thomas,
Mary, John, Susan, Jane, William. 5. Craw- ford (2), of whom further. 6. Rebecca, died 1823; married Charles Scott; their only liv- ing child, Thomas, resides at Tabor, Ohio. Crawford (2) Scott was born in Ireland, 1767, came to the United States with his family September 30, 1788, settled at Tabor, Ohio, died September 6, 1844, and is buried there. He married, 1792, Mary Barnes, born 1775, died May 12, 1845. Children : I. Thomas, born October 5, 1793, died January 22, 1840, in German township, Fayette coun- ty, Pennsylvania. 2. Robert, born Septem- ber 24, 1795, moved to Wayne county, Ohio, 1832, died October 25, 1836. 3. Elizabeth, born January 22, 1798; married Cunningham Huston, about 1820; moved to Wayne coun- ty, Ohio; died May 25, 1865, in Millersburg, Ohio. 4. John, born April 25, 1800, moved to Wayne county, Ohio, thence to Carroll, died October 19, 1858. 5. Rebecca, born Au- gust 12, 1802; married Jacob Arford ; moved to Wayne county, Ohio, died July 7, 1841.
township, died there April 27, 1876. 7. Ruth, born September 2, 1806, died October 16, 1885; married William Scott, in Carroll county, Ohio. 8. Wilson, of whom further. 9. Anna, born January 9, 1811 ; married Dan- iel Arford, in Ohio; moved to Napa, Cali- fornia. 10. William, born August 6, 1813, moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, lost with baggage train en route to Kansas during the civil war. II. Crawford (3), born Octo- ber 6, 1815, died May 14, 1892, lived in Carroll county, Ohio. 12. Mary, born Jan- uary 16, 1819, died October 7, 1892 ; married, January 16, 1843, William C. Scott, born No- vember 23, 1817, lived in Carroll county, Ohio. 13. Barnes, born January 16, 1821, lived in Tabor, Ohio. Wilson, eighth child of Crawford (2) Scott, was born September 30, 1808, died March 13, 1891 ; married, Au- gust 6, 1831, Ann Woodward, born Octo- ber 26, 1813, died May 5, 1879, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Daniels) Woodward, and granddaughter of Richard Woodward, who moved from Chester county to Fayette coun- ty, Pennsylvania, in 1789. Wilson Scott was a prominent citizen of Connellsville, where his death occurred. Among his chil- dren was Alice M., previously mentioned.
Alexander Fleming of Un- FLEMING iontown, a prominent manu- facturer and metallurgical chemist, is a grandson of Alexander Flem- ing, who was born June 5, 1822, in the parish of Inverskeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland, died at Newmains, May 27, 1888. He married, January 12, 1844, Isabella Nisbet, born Feb- ruary 28, 1824, at Bedyeats, Perthshire ; died November 27, 1896. They had the follow- ing children: I. Margaret, born December 2, 1844. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Gra- ham, born November 19, 1855. 4. Isabella, born September 1, 1859. 5. Alexander, born June 4. 1862. 6. James, born November 4, 1864, married Maggie Stewart, at Dykes- head, August 28, 1885: she was born April 2, 1859; children : Christina, born Decem- ber 6, 1886; Maggie H., October 13, 1888; Alexander, August 25, 1890; Andrew S., January 8, 1893; James Fleming, October IO, 1894; William, July 20, 1899.
(II) John Fleming, son of Alexander and
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Isabella (Nisbet) Fleming, was born Au- gust 6, 1847. He came to this country in 1870, and located at Port Washington, Ohio, where he obtained employment as a super- intendent of blast furnaces. After this he became superintendent of other furnaces in Ohio. Later he removed to Pennsylvania, settling first, about 1881, in Mifflin county, and later in Huntingdon county, where he had charge of a furnace, going from thence to Wampum, Lawrence county, and latterly returned in 1884 to Ohio. He soon came back to Pennsylvania and spent four years
at Pennsylvania Furnace, going from thence to Bellefonte and operating the fur- nace there for two years. He was then en- gaged by the Cameron Coal & Iron Com- pany as superintendent. Mr. Fleming has now retired from active business and re- sides at Mckeesport, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Cunningham, and they had the following children: Isabella, wife of J. A. Little. of Mckeesport ; Grahmey, wife of James Bryce, of Homestead, Penn- sylvania ; David, deceased; Magdaline, wife of J. C. Neth, of West Newton, Pennsyl- vania; Harry, of whom further; Alexander, of whom further.
(III) Alexander Fleming, son of John and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Fleming, was born at Airdry, Scotland, October 27, 1872, and was brought to this country with his father's family when two years of age. He early evinced the strong scientific bent that characterized the family ability. He went to the Carnegie night school, after which he took a special course in Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. The theoretical knowledge acquired at school he supple- mented by shop work in the laboratories of the Bellefonte Furnace Company, the Cam- eron Iron & Coal Company, the Joseph E. Thropp Company, Everett, Pennsylvania, and the Monongahela Furnace, McKees- port, Pennsylvania. He was then offered a position with the Carnegie Steel Company, working in their various plants in and near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1897 he set- tled at Scottdale, being engaged by the H. C. Frick Coke Company as chief chemist. In this position he continued for seven years, leaving it in 1904 to enter business as an in- dependent chemist, opening the laboratory
in Uniontown, where he was extremely suc- cessful, the business having doubled in vol- ume since its establishment. He has made a specialty of water analysis, and is an expert in firebrick manufacture in addition to the analysis of all kinds of ore, minerals, coal, coke, etc. He receives commissions from all parts of the United States, and does the work for most of the independent firms in the coke regions. He has had to obtain assistance in handling the great volume of work that pours in upon him. He was one of the incorporators and at one time one of the stockholders of the Savage Hill Fire- brick Company of Fairhope, Pennsylvania. He was also vice-president of the West Vir- ginia Fire Clay Company, Thornton, West Virginia, during its existence, and it was through his experiments and investigations that the coke-oven brick has been raised to its present efficiency. Formerly the life of a firebrick in the ovens was from thirty days to one year, but through the untiring efforts of Mr. Fleming the life of a firebrick has been prolonged to from ten to twelve years. He stands at the head of his pro- fession and has contributed valuable facts in the metallurgical industry by various in- vestigations which he has conducted. He is a member of the American Chemical So- ciety ; also of Marion Lodge, No. 562, Free and Accepted Masons, of Scottdale: Con- nellsville Chapter, No. 283, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; Uniontown Commandery, No. 49, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Pittsburgh. Mr. Fleming is in political be- lief a Republican, but he has never been willing to accept public office.
He married, September 26, 1895, Jo- sephine F. Gogley, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Amick) Gogley, of Bedford county, Pennsylvania. They have four chil- dren: Ruth, Elizabeth, Marion and Frank Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Fleming being also a member of the choir.
(III) Harry Fleming, son of John and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Fleming, was born at Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre coun- ty, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1884. He was educated in the Mckeesport public schools, showing at a very early age the mechanical
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and scientific turn of mind that dis- tinguished his father; after leaving school he was for two years assistant chemist for the H. C. Frick Coke Company at Scottdale. He spent some time in different laboratories near Mckeesport, and has for the past four years been assistant in the Uniontown Test- ing Laboratory, and is an important factor in its success.
FLEMING The surname of this illus- trous Scotch family was at first assumed from a person of distinction who in the days of King David I. (1124) a Fleming by birth, came into Scotland and took the surname Fland- erensis, or Le Fleming, from the country of his origin. The statue of the armed knight to be seen in Furness Abbey, Lancashire, England, an ancient burial place of the Fleming family, was placed there genera- tions ago in memory of Sir John Le Flem- ing, a crusader. Robert Le Fleming was one of the great barons of Scotland who fought and seated Robert Bruce on his rightful throne. A descendant, Malcolm, Earl of Wigton, married Janet, daughter of King James IV. Sir Thomas Fleming, son of an Earl of Wigton, emigrated to Vir- ginia in 1616; many of the family followed him to the same colony, one of whom was Colonel William Fleming. Another was the father of James Fleming, born in North Carolina, 1762, afterward removed
to Ohio, where he died 1832. A branch of the family was founded in New Jersey by sons Malcolm Fleming, of Ireland. This branch founded Flemington, the county seat of Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Thomas is a persistent name in this branch, and col- lateral evidence would indicate that Thomas Fleming descended from the New Jersey family rather than from the Virginia branch of which Governor Fleming was a conspicuous member.
(I) The first record we have of the Con- nellsville family is of Thomas Fleming, a farmer of Westmoreland and Fayette coun- ties, owning a good farm. In the latter county he was a man of industry and thrift, rearing a family that are yet living in the county. Two of his brothers, Robert and Abraham are yet living near Scottdale, Pennsylvania.
(II) Thomas Jackson, son of Thomas Fleming, was born in Fayette county, Penn- sylvania, died 1890 or 1891, at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer until a few years before his death, when he retired and resided in Uniontown. His farm was lo- cated in Dunbar township, where his chil- dren were born. Both Thomas J. and his wife were members of the Cumberland Pres- byterian church. He married Mary Ann Smiley, born in Fayette county, died 1879, leaving sons and daughters. A son, Charles M. Fleming, born March 20, 1854, estab- lished in the grocery business in Uniontown in 1888. This record deals with a second son, Christian L.
(III) Christian L., son of Thomas Jack- son Fleming, was born in Dunbar township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1861. He was educated in the public schools and grew to youthful manhood on the farm. He began business life in Uniontown, Penn- sylvania, forming a partnership with his brother, Charles M. Fleming, and for three years operating a grocery. He then entered the employ of the W. J. Rainey Coke Com- pany and still continues with that company. He has been manager of company stores at Acme, Revere, and Mount Braddock, where he is now in charge. His residence since 1893 has been in Connellsville, No. 615 North Pittsburgh street. He is a Repub- lican in politics.
He married, January 29, 1888, Hannah, daughter of Samuel N. and Jemima (Hum- bert) Long, granddaughter of Robert Long, born 1787, a settler of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, coming from there to Fay- ette county. He was a blacksmith and had a shop at the corner of Main and Meadow streets, Connellsville. He was one of the early and strenuous advocates of temperance and one of the organizers of the first tem- perance societies in Fayette county. He married Catherine Foster. Samuel N. Long was born in Connellsville in 1821. He was a farmer, a Democrat and a strict Presby- terian. His first wife, Jemima Humbert, died quite young. Her children : Humbert, of Scottdale; Catherine, married P. S. Mor- row, of Uniontown : Hannah, married Chris- tian L. Fleming (of previous mention). He married a second wife who bore him: Rob- ert, deceased; George R., residing in Con-
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nellsville; James C., deceased. Two children of Christian L. Fleming died in infancy.
Mrs. Jemima (Humbert) Long, mother of Mrs. Fleming had brothers and sisters; Ly- dia, married Joseph Beatty, of Uniontown ; Rebecca, deceased, married Robert Husted ; Eliza, married Robert Parkhill, both de- ceased ; William, deceased ; Robert deceased Jacob deceased.
FLEMING The paternal grandfather of James A. Fleming of Con- nellsville, Pennsylvania, was
born in Scotland. He was a lumberman, and met his death by drowning in the Jun- iata river, while following his occupation, when his son, John J. Fleming, was but two months old, and his name is therefore not preserved. He married, and left issue.
(II) John J. Fleming was born about 1838 in Central Pennsylvania, died March, 1908. He was a millwright and carpenter. He en- listed in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol- unteer infantry, and served four years, attaining the rank of orderly sergeant. He was engaged in many battles, in- cluding Chancellorsville where he was wounded, Fredericksburg, and Peters- burg. He settled in Connellsville in 1880, continuing there until his death. He was a Republican in politics ; was always ac- tive in public affairs, and held several offices in the township and in the, then, borough of New Haven. At the time of his death he was employed in the United States Internal Revenue Service as store keeper and gauger, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He slipped and fell on a pavement in that city, broke his hip, and died in the hospital a short time afterwards, aged seventy years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Union Veteran Legion. He married Mary C. Sample, born in Center county, Pennsyl- vania, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Furey) Sample, of Center county. Mrs. Fleming survives her husband, a resident of Connellsville. Children of John J. and Mary C. Fleming: Gertrude, married F. W. Cun- ningham of Charleroi; Margaret, deceased ; James A., of whom further; Frederick, de- ceased ; Virgil, deceased; Mary, deceased.
(III) James A., son of John J. Fleming, was born at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 1, 1876. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and at the age of eighteen years entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as a clerk in the office of the ma- chinery department. He received several promotions, and on October 15, 19II, was appointed freight agent at Connellsville, a position he most capably fills. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, as is his wife; and belongs to the Baltimore and Ohio League, and the Knights of the Mac- cabees. He is a Republican in politics. He married, September 8, 1899, Emma, daugh- ter of Samuel McCabe, of Pittsburgh, de- ceased. Their only child died in infancy.
HART The immigrant ancestor of the Hart family came with the influx of Scotch-Irish to New England before the revolutionary war. Thence he drifted to Pennsylvania with the Connecti- cut pioneers. In 1777 the family crossed over the mountains in Pennsylvania.
(I) John Hart was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and married Eliza Barr, who was a native of Allegheny coun- ty. He established a pottery at Washing- ton, Pennsylvania, the first pottery in that town, and also conducted potteries at Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania, and Birmingham.
(II) William, son of John Hart, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, Novem- ber 23, 1818. He spent his early years and attended the public schools in Washington, Pennsylvania. He was associated in busi- ness with his father and continued in the pottery business. He enlisted in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of Reserves during the civil war for three months, and re-en- listed for three years. On account of illness he was sent home and assigned to duty as provost-marshal in Washington county. In later years he had a position in the United States internal revenue service. He was a communicant of the Presbyterian church. In politics he was a Republican, and he was a delegate to the first Republican conven- tion ever held in Pittsburgh. He died April 21, 1891. He married Elizabeth Oliver, born January 15, 1822 at Washington, Pennsyl- vania, died October 26, 1904, daughter of
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William and Eliza (Houston) Oliver. Her father was born in 1799 and her mother in 1802 both in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania. Her father was a hatter by trade and manufactured hats, making a specialty of fur hats and caps in Philadelphia. Wil- liam Houston, the first white settler in Washington county, father of Eliza, was a native of Scotland, a soldier in the revolu- tion in the American army. William Oli- ver's father was a loyalist. His home was in Trenton, New Jersey, but he had grants of land elsewhere in New Jersey and in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he removed immediately after the revolu- tion. William Houston built the first hotel in Washington, Pennsylvania, called the Houston Inn, built of stone, and it was in use until it was taken down about 1897. An heirloom of the Oliver family in the posses- sion of Alexander Wilson Hart is an old checker-board given to his great-great- grandmother by Lord Loveridge, in the old country. Children of William Hart: I. Oliver L., living in a western state; served in the rebellion in the War Department at Washington. 2. Jennie. 3. John C., of New- castle, Pennsylvania; is in the marble and stone business. 4. Eliza O., a school teach- er for twenty-five years in Washington Sem- inary, now retired. 5. Alexander Wilson, mentioned below.
(III) Alexander Wilson Hart, son of Wil- liam Hart, was born in Washington coun- ty, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1858. He at- tended the public schools of Washington, and for three years was a student at Wash- ington and Jefferson College. He then en- gaged in the marble and stone business in partnership with his brother John C. Hart, and afterward alone at Newcastle, Pennsyl- vania. After his father died in 1891 he moved to Washington, Pennsylvania, where he conducted a grocery business. He came to Connellsville, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1900, and established a marble and tombstone business, with office and shops on South Eighth street, on the west side of Connells- ville. He deals extensively in granite, mar- ble and other stones for monumental and other purposes. He is a prominent and highly successful business man. In politics he is a Republican ; he and all of the family
are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a citizen of public-spirit, an upright, able and successful business man, kindly, popular and beloved, especially in his home, to which he is devoted.
He married, July 27, 1880, Florence Les- lie, born at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, a daughter of George and Mary McMiller Leslie. Her father and mother were of Scotch-Irish descent. Their parents were among the pioneer settlers of the country. Children : Mary Leslie, born May 22, 1884; George Edward, March 14, 1886.
The Marshalls of Broad MARSHALL Ford, Fayette county, Penn- sylvania, herein recorded,
descend from Henry Marshall, born in Ire- land, where he learned the art of weaving. He came to this country about 1785 and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania. He was then a single man, but soon married an Irish lass, Rebecca Crane, who had preceded him to this country. During the whiskey insurrec- tion he came to Western Pennsylvania with the United States troops to suppress the re- bellion, and liked the country so well that on his return home he sold out all but what could be carried by his wagon and team. In 18II he crossed the mountains with his household goods and wife, finally reached a desired loca- tion in Fayette county, on Possum creek, in Dunbar township. Here he purchased forty acres of John Strickler, and lived all his after life. He set up a loom in his home and in addition to working his forty acres did weav- ing. He prospered and added to his farm acreage. He was a Methodist in religion, and an industrious upright man. Children : John B., of whom further; Samuel, was a major of militia, a title he always retained in Dayton, Ohio, where he died; Phoebe, mar- ried Elisha Castle, and moved to Illinois.
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