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* Samnel Findley was Que ot the first Associate Judges of Butter emily, and his brother William Findley, besides having represented his distur in th National House of Representatives, served as Governor of the State of Fenu sylvania, from December 16, 1917, to December 19, 1x20.
John smith, Sr., died July 22, 1:46. His wife died February 5, 1st 0
: Borings in'o the earth in this vicinity have demonstrated the firt that sixty fret below the strata of coal now being mined, is another vein of red f ur feet in thickness, then a bed of iron ore eighteen inches in depth, succcedal by limestone rock ot the thickness of richter i fret. B-low the limestone ap. tast quantities of fire-eley, aml bebes the latter still a very fine quality of potter's clay.
Mr. Smith has served as Justice of the Prosince 1565. On the 17th of June, 1852. he min ied Miss Margaret J. Hindman, who died December 31, 1578. To them were born ten children. viz. : John S., Nor man. Curtis, William B., Flora J, Melissa J .. Mary E .. Ida J .. Naoma and Sarah Ann.
The Russell brothers-Samuel. David. James. Johu and Caleb- with the Stewarts, Stevensons and Thompsons, were among the first settlers of the south- east quarter of Cherry Township. The Russells came to this region from Virginia. Samnot Russell was married three times, and raised a family of twelve children. He served as a soldier during the year of 1812 11. and died in 1870. nearly ninety-four years of age. having. at that time, nearly two hundred de- scendants. James, his brother, was the father of twenty two children. and David, another brother, was the father of twenty. three children. At the time of his settlement in the territory now known as Cherry Township, Samuel Russell purchased 500 acres of land for $30.
During the year 1798. Andrew Stewart removed from Northumberland County, Penn. (of which he was a native), to the farm in Cherry Township, now owned by his son David. His wife was Miss Mary Russell, whom he married prior to his settlement here. Their children. all of whom were born in this town. ship, were Margaret who married David Phipps. of Verango County, James, William, Archibald. Andrew. Jr., Charles, Perry, David, Ellen ( who married Patton Pollock), and Sarah, who married James Hindman. Of this family. Charles, David. Ellen and Sarah are now living. Charles Stewart was born in 1809. At the age of nine, he attended school for the first time in a small log building which stood just north of the present village of West Sunbury. Robert MeElvain being the teacher then and for several terms there- after. Afterward McElvain taught at Concord Church (the schoolhouse as well as the church being . constructed of logs), and there, also. young Stewart attended his schools. The school-books then in use wore the " Western Calenlator." "United States Spelling Book " and " English Reader." In May, 1836. Charles Stewart married Miss Martha Perry. To them have been born nine children -Moses. Mary. David. Sarah. Phobe, Archibaldl, Samuel. William. A. and Charles B., all of whom are living except Moses, who died at one year, and David at twenty-one years of age.
The parents of Mrs. Stewart removed from North- umberland County in 1796. in company with Andrew Stewart's family. but settled the same year in what was afterward known as Scrubb Grass Township, Venango County.
Abraham Bollinger a native of York County,
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Penn .. with his wife and children, settled near Lo- gan's Ferry, in Allegheny County. in the year 1800. and that point became the permanent home of the major portion of the family. One son, however, by the name of Christian (who was born in 1785), took up his abode in Mercer County about ISI5. where he married Miss Mary Kiffer. Their children were John M., Henry. Jacob, Susan C .. Michael G.4 Daniel D .. Elizabeth and Andrew J. Bollinger. In 1821, Chris- tian Bollinger located upon 200 aeres in Slippery Rock Township, where most of his children were born. They are now widely scattered, Jacob. Susan and Elizabeth being dead: Daniel D. resides in Missouri: Michael G. and Andrew J. in Nebraska, and Henry and John M. in Cherry Township. The latter was married in 1815. to Catharine, daughter of Robert Wallace, who is still with him. They have had six children-Raphael W .. Mary E., Ella T., Charles F., Orville C. and Florinda J. Mr. Bollinger has lived where he now resides since 1850.
James McGill was born near Pittsburgh, Penn. The beginning of the war of 1812 14 found him in the State of Kentucky. Although still in his teens, he joined the Kentucky Volunteers, and marched with them in a campaign against the British and Indians. During the operations at or near Ft. Meigs, he was taken prisoner by the savages, and by them turned over to the British military authorities, who held him as a prisoner of war until the cessation of hostilities.
About the year 1827, he became the owner of the farm in the northwest corner of Cherry Township. now occupied by his descendants. and April 3. 1828, he married Miss Isabella Adams. The results of this marriage were children named Rebecca J., William, Lydia B. and Nancy P., all of whom are living at this writing, except the last mentioned. Born in Pe- ter's Creek, near Pittsburgh. in 1793, James McGill died on his farm in Cherry Township April 13, 1882. . His wife died in October, 1865.
On the Ist day of April. 1819. William Gilchrist and family, of County Down. Ireland, left the port of Belfast in a sailing vessel bound out for America. They arrived safely at Eastport. Me .. where they were transferred to another vessel bound for Philadel- phia. England was then endeavoring to direct emi- gration to the Canadas, and the passage from Ireland to the British Possessions was but five guineas, where- as from Ireland to the United States it was just double that amount. For this reason the Gilchrists løft the Green Isle, bound, apparently, for Canada, but which ruse necessitated a transfer on the shores of Maine.
Remaining at Philadelphia one week, arrange ments were made with a man who. with wagons. hanled them and their effects to Pittsburgh. at the
rate of $13 per hundred pounds. A trip which re- quired eighteen days to accomplish. Finally, how- over. the midsummer of 1819 found them located on a 100-acre tract (near their old friend Samuel Me- Murray) in the territory now Marion Township. The children who came from Ireland with William Gil christ, Sr., were John, Betty Ann, Robert. William, Jr., Joseph and Mary, of whom William, Jr .. is the only survivor. The latter was born May 13, 1806. MIr. Gilchrist married Keziah Graham. of Venango County. On the 1st of April, 1837. with his wife and three children, he settled upon the farm (then wild and unimproved) where he is still living. Besides farming, he has followed the ocenpation of black- smithing for many years. He has been the father of ten children, nine of whom are living-Mary A., Eliza J., Keziah ( William, tirst, a twin brother of Keziah's died at the age of four years). Martha, James, Eliza- beth, William, Jemima and Robert B.
Alexander Hutchison came from Westmoreland County. Peun., and settled on or near the hamlet now Annandale, about the year 1500. His children were Polly, who married John Shroyer: Thomas, who mar ried Margaret Vanderlin; Robert, who married a Miss Seaton; John, who married a Miss Vanderlin: White. who married a Miss Stoops; Margaret, who married Bernard McEnallen: Eliza. who married James Mc- Enallen: Isabella. who married Robert Dunlap, and Lucinda. who married William G. Smith. The chil- dren of Thomas and Margaret ( Vanderlin) Hutchison. were Alexander. John. Stephen V., Josiah. Milton, Robert, Catharine, Harriet, Elizabeth and Viola. Of the sons, Stephen V. serveil in Company H. One Hun- dred and Second Pensylvania Volunteers, during the lato war (see history of that regiment in this volume) and Milton in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Following is a list of the taxpayers of 1851, the date of township organization: James Armstrong's heirs. James Armstrong, Jr .. William Armstrong, Al- exander Armstrong, Robert Allison's heirs. G. M. Allison. Henry Bollinger. John M. Bollinger, Chris- tian Bollinger, Michael Bollinger. James C. Bovard. Charles Bovard, Washington Bovard. Joseph Barr, Samuel Beighley. James Black, Samuel Ball, Joseph Black, John Billingsley. Adam Black. James Bitlings- ley, John Black. George Beighley, Robert Black, Dan- iel D. Bollinger. John F. Christy, S. D. Christy, Dun bar Christy. Andrew Christy. George Christy, George E. Christy, Robert Christy, (filbert Christy, Harvey Christy, James D. Christy, Samnel Christy's heirs, John D. Christy's heirs, Jonathan Christy, John Can non, James Cannon. James Campbell, William Craw - ford, Charles Crawford, Arthur Crawford, Cyrus Carr, Walter Curry, John Dobson, John Dobson, Jr .. George Dobson. Israel Dunbar, Robert Dunbar, Rob-
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ert Dunn, John J. Dunn, Isaac Donble, Thomas Dun- lap, Ebenezer Foster. Michael Frick. Edward Frazier, Samuel Greer, William Greer. James Greer, John Griffin, George Griffin, William Gilchrist, James Gould. Thomas Graham, Benjamin Grossman, John Grossman, Benjamin Grossman, Hugh Grossman. James Grossman, Jane Gordon. Charles Grubb, Al- fred Gilmore, George Lewis, Isaac Hall, John Hall, Benjamin Hockenberry, Robert Hockberry's heirs, John Hogg. Robert Hogg, Robert Hogg. Jr., Henry Hilliard, G. Hilliard. A. W. Hutchison, Thomas Hntch- ison. Alexander Hutchison, Michael Hamilton, John Hindman, John Irwin's heirs, Thomas S. Jamison. James Jamison, William Jones, William Jones, Jr .. Aaron Kelly, Joseph Kelly. Job Kelly, John Kenne- han. Charles King. Joseph Kennedy. James Logne. William Logue. William Lindsey, John Lindsey. George Lindsey, Francis Lindsey. Francis Lindsey, Jr., Cornelius McClafferty, George MeElvain, James McGill. William McGill, John MeCallen, Samuel McMurry, John G. McCandless, Mark McCandless, Russell McCandless. J. W. MeKissick, Hiram C. McCoy, David Morrison. David McCallen. Abner Mc- Callen, Matthais MeGregor, Nancy MeKisson, Marcus McNees, James Perry, Thomas Perry, Jonathan Pe- ters, David L. Peters. John Porter, William Porter. David Perry, Joseph Porter, Alexander Porter. David Russell, William Russell, William Russell, Jr., Rob. ert Russell, John Russell, Huston Russell. Capt. Rus- sell. Samuel Russell, Joseph Rinker, John Smith's heirs, M. M. Stevenson, Hugh Sproul, John Smith. John Stillwagon, David Stewart, John Smith. Charles Stewart, William Stewart's heirs, William Shira, William Smith, William Stevenson, Charles C. Snl- livan. Conrad Snyder, Henry Tinker. Joseph Thomp- son, Joseph Thompson, Jr., Robert P. Thompson, James Thompson (of Joseph)' JJames Thompson (of James), James Thompson, John Thompson fot James), Allison Thompson, Wilson Thompson. David Tinker, Edwin, Tinker Jacob Wolford, Henry Wolford, Eli Wolford, Daniel Wolford, John Wigton, William Wigton, Robert W. Young.
In 1855,* John Hindman served as Assessor and William Gilchrist as Collector. The assessed valna- tion of the township then amounted to $49,911. upon which a county tax of $287.59, and a State tax of $143.85 was levied. In comparison. we find that in 1880, the number of taxables was 310; aggregate value of real estate taxable. $204.280; aggregate valne of all property taxable for county purposes, $226. - 047; aggregate amount of State tax assessed. $11 90: aggregate amount of county tax assessed at the rate of live mills on the dollar, $1, 130.24.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1540. Joseph Cross; 1510, John Hanna: 1813, John Glenn: 1845, Thomas Floyd; 1848, John (Henn: 1849, Johnston Bovard: 1853. John Glenn; 1851, Washington Bovard: 1854. George E. Christy; 1858. Hiram C. MeCoy: 1559. Robert Dunn: 1563. Moses Crain: 1864, Samuel D. Christy; 1565, John Smith; ISGS. Hiram C. McCoy; 1870. John Smith: 1871. John MeCallen: 1575, John Smith: 1576, Rob- ert MeElhenny; 1550. John Smith; ISS]. Robert Me Elhaney.
VILLAGES.
Coaltown. . the most important business center of the township, was established in the fall and winter of 1880-S1. as a result of the " Union Coal & Coke Company." leasing several hundred acres of coal land in the vicinity, and at once engaging very extensively in mining and coking coal.
The first store was opened by the Bard Bros., in the fall of 1880. Shannon & Book, who are natives of Butler County, and came here from Bovard's, opened the next store in the spring of 18S1. The " Kelso House." A. L. Kelso, proprietor. was built the same season. and John H. Walker, druggist, and Dr. W. D. De Wolf also established themselves hore in the spring of ISS1. Sample & Elliott, successors of Lewis Owens, opened their store in the spring of 1882.
The town is connected with the main line of the Shenango & Allegheny Railroad, by a branch three miles in length, and contains besides the business places above mentioned. a post office. telegraph office, lodge of the Knights of Honor, John Cannon's Inmber yard. several small mechanical shops, sixty coke ovens in operation, and a population estimated at 350. On the 30th of June. 1552, the place was visited by a ter. rific storm or tornado, which destroyed tifteen build. ings and killed two people, viz .. Henry Hendley and Mrs. William Barron.
Bovard's, a station on the Shenango & Alle- gheny Railroad, contains a handsome station house, two stores. post office, blacksmith shop, Dr. MeCune's office, a flouring mill propelled by the waters of Slip- pery Rock Creek, and some fifteen dwelling houses. It derives the name from members of the Bovard fam- ily, who have lived here for many years.
Annandale, a small village situated in the north. east corner of Cherry Township, was laid out by John Hanna, about the year 1510. and was named in honor of Rev. William Annan, a Presbyterian minister of Pittsburgh. Mr. Hanna was an early merchant and tavern keeper here. Other business men have been Barnard Shulte, Rey James Green, John D Vogan, Hiram C. McCoy, Braden Porter. merchants, Johu Riddle, John Stillwagon, Jacob Soth and Richard
* The first election in Cherry Township, was held in the quing of 1sat the house now owned by Abner Met'allen.
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Graham. tavern keepers. The post office was estah- lished through the exertions of Mr. Hanna.
Gomersall, another new coal town and railroad point is alhided to in preceding pages of this work.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The early records of the Pleasant Valley Presby. terian Church are meager, but from data gathered by the present pastor (Rev. George W Bean), it appears that this church was organized about the year 1541. by a committee of Presbytery, consisting of Revs. Loyal Young. R. B. Walker and John Coulter. The original members, eighteen in number. being as fol- lows: Dr. H. C. Linn and wife, James S. Mart and wife, Robert P. Allison and wife, James Campbell and wife. Levi Gibson and wife. David Russell and wife, Mrs. Elizabeth MeCandless, Robert McCallen and wife. Mrs. Nancy McElvaine, Mrs. Elizabeth Black and Mrs. Mary Ann Black. of whom Dr. Linn, James S. Mart and Robert Allison were the first Elders elected.
The church edifice was built in IS46, and the same year (but before the completion of the church building) Rev. Joseph Moore began his pastoral labors. He preached once in four weeks for about eighteen months. For some time thereafter. there were but occasional supplies. Then came Rev. Sharp Leason, who served as a supply part of his time for six months. He was succeeded by Rev. John Coulter, who devoted to this congregation one-third of his time until 1864. Rev. James Coulter next came, who administered to the spiritual wants of this and the West Sunbury Church, giving to each one-half of his time, until the year 1871. His successor was Rev. A. L. Thorne, who came in March, 1872, and sorved this and the West Sunbury Church as stated supply for about three years. Following his ministry was preaching | by supplies as they could be had. In May, 1877, Rev. A. W. Lawrence came from the Western Theological Seminary and remained until September of that year. In May, ISTS, he was installed as pastor, which rela tion was dissolved in April. ISSO. Since August, ISSO, this church has been supplied by Rev. George W. Bean, of West Sunbury. It now numbers 108 members, and the members of session are William Porter, George Christy, Wafter Curry. Nelson Me. Elvaine and A. W. Christy.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The history of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Annandale begins with the year 1556, when a class numbering some eight or ten persons was organized by Rev. J. McCombs (in charge of the Clintonville Cireuit). assisted by Rev. Mr. Nye The early moet ings were held in the upper part of Thomas F. Christ
ley's dwelling house, which part being unfinished and ISx36 feet in dimensions, was seated with slab beliches.
In IS59, a series of meetings were held in a grove, a short distance southwest of the Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church, and many were added to the original number of members. The last meeting of the series mentioned was held in the Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church.
Soon afterward. however, the Methodist congrega- tion built a house of their own, which, standing in the woods, about one half mile north of the Pleasant Valley Church, was constructed of unhewn logs. The walls of this primitive structure were six logs in height and total darkness was dispelled from the interior by placing two windows (each containing four lights of Sx10 glass) in the rear gable. Of course. the pulpit and sittings were in harmony with their surroundings. This building was occupied for four years, when it was burned by an incendiary. At the next quarterly conference, held at Clintonville, Penn., it was proposed that the members of this class should give up their organization and join other churches nearest to them as individuals. but the members them- selves would not consent to such a proceeding. and continned holding regular meetings in a schoolhouse, which. located in an almost inacessible place in the forest, was distant about one mile from the site of the church destroyed. Finally the society become able to build a house of worship, and as a result the pres- ent church edifice at Annandale was commenced in 1572. and dedicated May 3, 1873. It cost nearly $2,- 000. The present membership of this organization is 110. For a list of the ministers in charge since Mr. McComb's pastorato, the reader is referred to the sketch concerning the Methodist Episcopal Church of North Washington.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HON HIRAM C. MCCOY.
The progenitors of the Medoy family in Pennsylvania, were Thomas and Catherine MeCoy. natives of Virginia. who emigrated from that State to Mercer County. Penn .. some time pre. vions to the year 1800: he was a farmer and a man of ability and influence. Joseph MeCay, son of Thomas and Catherine McCoy, and father of the subject of this biography, was born in Virginia, and came to this State with the family. He married Miss Isabella Craig. The Craigs were Virginians of Seotch ex- traction, a sturdy race of people. inheriting the promi nent characteristics of their Scotch progenitors. But
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little is known of Joseph McCoy. farther than that he was an industrious man of good habits, a millwright by ocenpation. About 1820, he engaged to construct a mill in Louisiana, and was there taken sich and died, leaving his wife with a family of nine small children.
Hiram C. McCoy. or JJudge MeCry. as more exten- sively known, was born in Mercer Township. Butler County. August 17, 1811, where his father had settled shortly after his marriage. At the time of his father's decease. he was but nine years of age. and the family being in limited circumstances, he was obliged to as- sist in their maintenance, and received only a limited education At the age of seventeen. he was appren- ticed to the trade of a wagon-maker, and after the com- pletion of his indentures, he followed his trade as a journeyman for some time. He went into business in Harrisville, where he was engaged until in 1839. when he came to Annandale, and in company with Judge Vierr engaged in merchandising. where he has since remained. The Judge has always taken an active interest in matters of public import. Iu 1561. he was elected to the representative branch of the assembly. and on the completion of his term was re- elected. In 1865. he was appointed Associate Judge, and since that time has served his fellow townsmen as Magistrate for eight years. In 1834. he was mar- ried to Miss Sarah McCallen. She died in 1837. The Judge is now in his seventy second year, and during his life-time he has never known a single day's sickness: he appears as hale as a man of fifty. company with his son John. he is engaged in merchan- dising under the firm name of H. C. McCoy & Son. In his political and religious affiliations. he is a Repub- lican, and a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
MARION TOWNSHIP.
Its Geographical Position-Wheu Formed-Derivation of Nanie-sur- face-Streams-Business of Its People-trou Furnace-Early Rest- dents-Residents in 1:35-Villages-United Presbyterian Church- Roman Catholic Church
YING upon the northern border of the county. its contiguous civil divisions being Venango Township on the east. Cherry Township on the sonth. Mercer Township on the west, and Venango Conaty on the north, is the township of Marion. Organized in IS54. it was named doubtless. in honor of Gen. Francis Marion. a gallant. American officer who dis- tingnished himself in the Carolinas during the war of 1775-83.
The general surface is hilly, and drained by Slip. pery Rock Creek and its branches. The original for- ests were composed largely of oak. hickory. chestnut
and a considerable portion of the township's area is still covered with a heavy growth of these varieties of trees. The residents of Marion are chiefly en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. the farm products comparing favorably with other sections of the county. while the Shenango & Allegheny Railroad (which was completed in 1576). by crossing the southeast corner of the township, affords quite ample facilities for the shipment of freights, etc., etc. Iron ore, cannel coal. as well as the ordinary quality of bitu minous coal. are also found in considerable quanti ties and at one time. not far remote. an iron furnace* was in blast within the limits of Marion.
EARLY RESIDENTS.
Among the first settlers of the region now known as Marion Township were Messrs. Daniels, Samuel McMurray. Robert Atwell, Robert Seaton. John Black. Robert Waddle. the Porters. Cooks. Van dykes. Dunlaps. Vincents. Wards, Vanderlins, Lees. Murrins and others whose names (many of them) will be mentioned in succeeding pages : yet so many years have passed by since the pioneer's ax first woke the echoes of the primeval forests, that it is extremely difficult, we might add impossible. at this time, to de. termine who the very first settlers were. or the exact date of their settlement. It appears. however, that with the exception of Daniels (who, it is related, came here before the Indians had altogether ceased to be hostile. built a small cabin and cultivated a small plot of ground known to the early residents as " Daniels' garden "+), no white people came to this locality with the intention of remaining permanently until about the year 1800. Who some of those pio- neers were, from whence they came. and the names of the members of their respective families, the reader will now ascertain by perusing the following history.
Samuel McMurry. Sr .. was born in County Down. Ireland. Early in life he enlisted in the British Army, but after obtaining what was then considered a handsome bounty, a soldier's life became distaste ful to him. it seems. for he deserted the king's serv ice and returned to his home. The English officials then. as now. punished those guilty of infractions of military rules with great severity; death, indeed. being frequently meted out to those acensed of deser. tion. and it behooved the friends and relations of Me Murry to smuggle him off to America as speedily as possible. A marriage with the maiden who had al ready won his affections was secretly consummated.
* Jamies Kerr and Bobert Braden built the " Marion Furnace" about the year 1-20, and it was kept in blast for some ten or twelve years, using ore ol -- tained in this and adjoining townships. Its capacity was small, however, and it produced but about three tons of metal per twenty-four bons Charcoal alone was used for -melting.
+ Daniel's garden and cabin were listed upum lands now owned by Robert Vandulin. Frightened by some demonstration on the part of the Indiana, he deserted his scant possessions long before the coming many civilized neighbors.
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and the young wife (a Miss Kelly) at once began her preparations for an ocean voyage. When she boarded an emigrant vessel at Belfast bound for America. there was rolled on board. as part of her luggage, a large cask or barrel. which. it is to be pre- smumed. nover oscaped her eyesight -or thoughts. at least until well out to sea : for. when far from land, and at the proper moment, the hoops of the cask were loosened and out stopped Mr. Mc Murry, smil- ing, and ready to assine his duties as husband and protector.
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