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ABRAHAM ZIEGLER was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1774. He learned the blacksmith's trade in his native county, and was also an extensive farmer there. In [814 he purchased the entire property of the Har- mony Society from Father Rapp, and in 1815 brought his family to this county and took possession of his purchase. He went into merchandising quite exten-
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sively, which he carried on in connection with his farm. He died in 1836, at Harmony. In religious faith, he was a Mennonite, erected the church of that denomination at Harmony. in 1516, and was its principal support for twenty years. He was interred in the graveyard attached to this church. Mr. Ziegler was twice married: his first wife was Catherine Boehm, to whom were born the following children : Maria ; Abraham, and Anna. His second wife was Eliza- beth Eustandire, who became the mother of eleven children, as follows : Cather- ine : Andrew ; Jacob: Samuel; Jonas; David; Michael; Susana; Elizabeth : Barbara, and Joseph, all of whom are dead except the last mentioned.
JOSEPH ZIEGLER, youngest son of Abraham and Elizabeth Ziegler, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1815, and came with his par- ents to Butler county, where he grew to manhood. He then purchased his pres- ent farm of 200 acres, which was a part of the original Rapp property, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Ziegler was reared in the Mennonite faith, and has been minister of the Harmony church for nearly forty years. He married, in 1839, Mary, daughter of George Boyer, of Lancaster township, Butler county, of which union were born ten children : Abraham, deceased ; Sarab, deceased wife of Jacob Wise; George, deceased; Joseph, of Beaver county : Aaron A .; Samuel : Jonas ; David B. ; Elizabeth. and Catherine. Mrs. Ziegler died in April, 1892.
SAMUEL SWAIN was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and was a son of Jacob Swain. a native of Maryland, who first settled in West- moreland county, whence he removed to Butler county in 1816. He was a hat- ter by trade, and followed that business in connection with farming. Samuel was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Brown, a native of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, whom he met and married in Butler county. Their children are as follows : A. A: who resides on the the old homestead ; Samuel L., a resident of Ohio : W. G .. also residing on the homestead farm; G. D., a merchant of Har- mony, and one deceased. Mrs. Swain died in 1551, and he subsequently married a Miss Emerick. to whom was born one daughter, Maria, wife of Joseph T. Donley. Mr. Swain died in 1852 : his widow removed to Butler, and died at the home of her daughter at Etna, Pennsylvania. Mr Swain lived at Whitestown for a period, and later purchased a farm in Jackson township from the Ziegler estate, upon which he spent the remaining years of his life. He was a Dem- ocrat. in politics, and was an elder in the Lutheran church for many years. He contributed towards the erection of both the German and English Lutheran churches at Zelienople.
G. D. Swarv, a leading merchant of Harmony, was born in Jackson town- ship. Butler county, and is the fourth son of Samuel and Sarah ( Brown ) Swain. He received bis primary education in the public schools of Jackson township, subsequently attended Zelienople Academy, and later was engaged in teaching for twelve years. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty- fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Quay, and served nine months, participating in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancel- lorsville, besides several skirmishes. In 1871 he embarked in merchandising at Harmony, where he has since built up an extensive business, one of the largest,
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if not the largest, in this part of the county. In 1865 he married Harriet. daugh- ter of Abraham Mover, of Lancaster township. Butler county, and has two chil- dren : Mary, and Laura. He and family are members of the Lutheran church, in which organization he fills the office of deacon, and he is also a member of the standing committee. In politics. he is a stanch Democrat, and has always taken an active interest in political matters. He has been a school director for twenty years, has been burgess of Harmony for ten consecutive terms, and has served as a delegate to the State conventions. In 1886 he was the Democratic nominee for the legislature, and though he made a splendid race, he was defeated. as the county is strongly Republican. Mr. Swain is a progressive and enterprising busi- ness man, and has won the respect and confidence of the best people of Butler county. He was one of the leading spirits in the erection of the soldier's monu- ment at Butler, and is recognized as a patriotic and representative citizen.
JACOB F. WISE was a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and moved with his father, John Wise, to Beaver county. He married a daughter of Abra- ham Ziegler and settled in Jackson township. Butler county, where he cleared and improved a farm. Ile afterwards moved to the Ziegler farm, on Conno- quenessing creek, and thence to Harmony. He was a member of the Mennonite church. By his marriage to Miss Ziegler he was the father of five children : Abraham, deceased; Nancy, deceased wife of Jacob W. Rice: John ; Jacob. who died at the age of twenty-eight years, and Mary, wife of C. Nicklas, of Petersville. Some years after the death of his first wife he married Sarah, daugh- ter of Benjamin Moyer. of Lancaster township, to which union were born ten children : Alfred M., and Henry M., both residing at Harmony ; Benjamin, of New Brighton ; Susannah, wife of Jacob Fiedler. of Harmony; Levi M., an attorney of Butler ; Israel; who resides upon the homestead farm ; Sarah, wife of James R. Moore, of Allegheny ; Jeremiah, deceased; Catherine. deceased wife of Edward Stauffer, of Harmony, and Noah, who resides at New Brighton. Mr. Wise was a Republican, in politics.
HENRY M. WISE, of the firm of H. M. Bentle & Company, was born in Jackson township, Butler county, January 1, 1851, and is the second son of Jacob F. and Sarah ( Moyer ) Wise. He received a good public school education, afterwards engaged in the distillery business with his father, and in 1878 he became cashier of the Harmony Savings Bank, which position he filled until 1884. In 1882 he became a member of the lumber firm of Wise, Lytle & Haim. but withdrew in 1884. and the following year became a member of the present firm. Mr. Wise was married in 1877, to Jeannette L., a daughter of the late Dr. Joseph S. Lusk, and has one son, Howard Beach. The family are connected with the Presbyterian church of Harmony, and he is a trustee in that body. He is a member of Middle Lancaster Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Harmony Council, R. A. : Tent. Number 13. K. of M., and the Jr. O. U. A. M. Politically, he is a Repub- lican, and has served as burgess and member of the borough council. also as school director of the Harmony public schools. He was at one time the choice of the Republicans of his section for register and recorder of the county, but failed to receive the nomination.
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ALFRED M. WISE, proprietor of livery stable, Harmony, was born in Jack- son township. Butler county, August 6, 1852, son of Jacob F. and Sarah ( Moyer) Wise. He attended the public schools and worked upon the homestead farm until twenty-one years of age. In 1876 he engaged in the livery business at Harmony, where he has since enjoyed the leading trade of the borough. Hle was married in 1874, to Ada Covert, daughter of Samuel Covert, of Harmony. and has four children : Charles : Annie ; Clyde Delmar, and Florence Genevieve. lle and wife are members of the Church of God. Politically, he is a Republican, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum.
ERANIOUS BENTLE was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and for many years was a successful merchant of Zelienople, where he died in 1858. Ile married Rebecca Marquis, and was the father of four children, three of whom are living, as follows : Mary, wife of M. S. Nochtrieb, of Wooster, Ohio; Lavina, and Iloward M. His widow married Edward Mellon, and resides in Zelienople.
HOWARD M. BENTLE, of the firm of HI. M. Bentle & Company, was born in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1856, and is the only son of Eranious and Rebecca Bentle. He was reared in his native town, and received his educa- tion in the public schools, and at Ironton, Ohio, and Beaver, Pennsylvania. In 1877 he was elected teller of the National Bank of Harmony, and filled that position until the bank ceased operations. In 1880 he engaged in merchandising at Harmony, which he continued until 1885, and then became a partner in the present lumber firm and planing mill of II. M. Bentle & Company. Besides their mill at Harmony, they have also a mill at Zelienople, and conduct quite an extensive business. Mr. Bentle was married in 1882, to Lillian HI , daughter of John Tite, of Allegheny, and has two children : Laura Elizabeth, and Lydia Rebecca. He and wife are members of the English Lutheran church. In poli- tics, he is a Democrat, and has served as school director, and overseer of the poor in Harmony. He is a member of the R. A., the Jr. O. C. A. M., and Middle Lancaster Lodge. 1. O. O. F.
WILLIAM STIVER was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and married Jane Orr, a native of Ireland. They were among the early settlers of Jefferson county, Ohio, where Mrs. Stiver died in 1846. Of a family of four children born to this union, three are living, as follows: Jane, wife of J. M. Briggs; F. B., and Henry. Mr. Stiver married for his second wife, a Mrs. Covert, of Butler county, and resided in Harmony about seven years. Ile was a cabinet-maker, and died at West Carlington, Ohio, in 1887. His widow resides at Harmony. Both she and her husband were members of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
F. B. STIVER, dealer in Hour and feed, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, June 11, 1842, eldest son of William and Jane ( Orr) Stiver. He lived in his native county until he was nine years old and then went to West Virginia. At the breaking out of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Company A, Second West Virginia Volunteers, and served three years in that command. In September, 1861, he re-enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of the war, participating in most of the battles, marches and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. After the war he
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located in Harmony, Butler county, and in 1879 engaged in buying and shipping hay, feed, etc., in which he has continued up to the present. Mr. Stiver was married in 1883, to Jennie McConnell, of Lancaster township, Butler county. She is a member of the English Lutheran church, while he belongs to the Baptist church. Politically, a Republican, he has served in the council, also as constable of Harmony, and has been a member of the county committee. He is a member of Captain Wilson Post, G. A. R., of Zelienople, and is a charter member of Evans City Lodge, A. O. C. W.
JOSEPH SIDNEY SEAMAN was born in Harmony, Butler county, Pennsyl- vania, April 11. 1839. the third child of Elias and Margaret Seaman. Ilis mother was a daughter of Charles Goehring, and was born in Cranberry township, But- ler county, September 11, 1811. In 1834 she married Elias Seaman, and became the mother of five children, as follows: William Henry; Elias Jefferson, who died July 1, 1859; Joseph Sidney; Edward M., and Elias Francis. The father was born February 20, 1812, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and died August 21, 1842. Mrs. Seaman afterwards married George Giess, in 1848, which union was blessed with four children : Charles P .; Ihenrietta; Charlotte, who died in infancy, and Emma, wife of Jonas Ziegler. Mrs. Giess, who is still living at the ripe age of eighty years, retains all her mental faculties, and is a very intelligent woman. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Zelien- ople, to which village his parents removed when he was quite young. At the age of seventeen he went to Pittsburg, and served an apprenticeship of three years at roll-turning. By his energy and close application to business, he advanced step by step, until he became a member of the firm of J. B. Young & Company. This firm was prosperous and successful from its inception, and after some changes it was recognized as one of the most important manufacturing establishments in Pittsburg, and is now known as the Phoenix Roll Works, of Seaman, Sleeth & Black. Mr. Seaman was elected the first president of the company, which posi- tion he still occupies. Ife is a stanch Republican and has been president of the Lincoln Club since its organization. For the past twelve years he has been presi- dent of the school board of his ward, and takes a deep interest in educational mat- ters ; is a charter member and director of the Pennsylvania National Bank and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a prominent member and trustec of Grant Street Lutheran church, and is a member of the building committee of that and the East End Mission church. Mr. Seaman was married March 22, 1863, to Miss Alice H. Slater, to which union have been born three children : Charles B. ; Grace, and Joseph, all of whom are living. He has always taken a deep interest in religious matters, and has contributed to the support of every- thing pertaining to the advancement and development of his home.
FREDERICK HALLSTEIN was born in Hesse-Darinstadt, Germany, and immigated to Utica, New York, from which place he came to Zelienople, Penn- sylvania, in 1852. He was married October 30, 1852, to Catherine King, also a native of Ilesse-Darmstadt. They remained in Zelienople until 1857. when they removed to Middle Lancaster. Mr. Hallstein was a shoemaker, and fol- lowed his trade at Zelienopie and Middle Lancaster. 1le died in December. 1889. His widow resides with her son, Henry A., at Harmony. He was a
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member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, filled at different times various church offices, and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twelve years. They were the parents of four children : J. F .. of Butler; John W., a resident of Allegheny, Henry .A., and Elizabeth A., deceased wife of C. W. Burry.
IlENRY A. HALLSTEIN, station agent at Harmony, was born in Middle Lancaster, Butler county. September 11. 1856, son of Frederick Hallstein, After receiving a common school education, he learned the shoe-maker's trade with his father, at which he worked for several years. On September 8. 1882, he was appointed station and freight agent for the Pittsburg and Western Rail- road Company. at Harmony ; also agent for the United States Express Company, and manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company at the same point. In connection with these offices. he is agent for the Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company, of Detroit. Mr. Hallstein was married May 26, 1887. to Lettie M .. daughter of Samuel Schuler, of Harmony, and has three children ; Boneta Beatrice ; Harold Arthur. and Grace. Ile is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Harmony, and is a trustee and recorder of that organization. Politically. he is a Democrat. is now auditor of the borough and secretary of the school board, and secretary of the board of health. He is a member of the R. A., K. O. T. M., and Jr. O. U. A. M., also of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Beneficial Association.
DR. ADAM WEISER was born in Prussia, in 1823, son of Adam and Kath- erine Weiser, natives of that country. His grandfather, Adam Weiser, was a physician, and a graduate of the Medical College of Berlin. He was the father of three children : John: Adam, and Gottlieb. His father. Adam Weiser, was born in Prussia, graudated from the Medical College of Berlin, married Kather- ine Hartung, and had four children. as follows : William, deceased ; Adam : Casper. and Margaret, who married Ambrose Heller. His father died in 1831. and his widow came with her daughter to Wisconsin, where she died in 1859. The subject of this sketch began his medical studies when fourteen years of age, at the Medical College of Berlin, where his father held a professorship, and after seven years spent in that institution was graduated. When the revolution of 1848 broke out in Germany, he became a surgeon in one of the commands. In 1852 he married Louisa Wanner. of Prussia, and they became the parents of seven children, viz. : Samuel; Tricot ; Philip; Adam: William A. : Susan, and one that died in early youth. In 1858 Dr. Weiser immigrated to New Jersey, remained in that state one year, then came to Pittsburg. and from there to Zelien- ople, Butler county. Hle afterwards located at Middle Lancaster, where he practiced his profession until the fall of 1893, when he located at Evans City, and later removed to Harmony, where he is now engaged in practice. Dr. Weiser enlisted in Company F. One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, was appointed surgeon of the field hospital in that command, and was discharged from the service in [863. He is a member of the G. A. R., is a Lutheran in religious faith, and in politics, a Democrat.
ROBERT BoGos was one of the earliest settlers of Butler county. In 1796 he located on a tract of 100 acres of land. upon which the borough of Evans City now stands, and built his cabin in the midst of a wilderness. He was the second
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son of James Boggs, a native of Ireland,, who removed from the vicinity of Philadelphia, about the year 1760, and settled on forty acres of land on the north bank of the Allegheny river, which now forms a part of Allegheny. Robert Boggs was one of a family of four children, as fol- lows : Andrew : Robert ; Nancy, who married Samuel Duncan, and Mar- tha, who became the wife of a Mr. Moore. Their father was killed by a falling trec while clearing a small patch of land in Allegheny county, and his widow subsequently married a man named Robinson. Gen. William Robinson was the fruits of this union ; he was for many years one of the wealth- iest and most prominent men of Allegheny City. Robert Boggs learned the millwright's trade, and operated a mill prior to his settlement in Butler county. He married Martha, daughter of John Crawford, a pioneer of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, before settling in Butler county. Ile opened a tavern for the accommodation of the settlers and immigrants looking for homes, which stood upon the site of the present store of Boggs & Kline, of Evans City. Some years later he erected a grist mill, a very necessary improvement for that period, which stood upon the site of the present brick steam mill in Evans City. It was a log structure, and be operated it continuously until about 1836. when he sold the mill and 200 acres of land to Thomas B. Evans, who laid out the borough of Evans City, then called Evansburg. Mr. Boggs resided in that village until his death, in 1845, aged seventy-two years. Politically, he was a Jackson Demo- crat, filled the office of justice of the peace for many years, and also transacted much of the legal business of his neighbors, such as writing deeds, wills, etc. Ile always took an active part in political campaigns and wiekled considerable influence in the councils of his party. Mr. Boggs was one of the original mem- bers of Plains Presbyterian church, and was buried in the cemetery near the church building of that organization, a plain stone marking his last resting place. By his marriage to Martha Crawford, he was the father of the following chil- dren : James, who married Nancy Richardson, and lives in Adams township; Elizabeth, who married Daniel Graham, and after his death a Mr. Evans; Mar- garet, who married Reese Evans ; Mary, who became the wife of a Mr. Ilill ; Samuel, who married Jane Richardson ; Andrew who married Mary Ann Irwin, and after her death Rachel Hazlett ; Robert, who married Mary Jane MeCand- Jess, and Martha, who became the wife of Sylvester Ash. Robert Boggs' second wife was Mrs. Margaret MeDonald, a sister of Angus Mcleod of Forward town- ship, and their children, were as follows : William, who first married Cynthia McDonald, and for his second wife Mrs. John Welsh; Thomas W., who married Mary E. Lemmon, and after her death Elizabeth Lyons; Nancy, who died unmarried, and Daniel, who married Sarah Hammel, and is the only living child of Robert Boggs, Sr.
ANDREW BOGGs, sixth child of Robert and Martha ( Crawford ) Boggs, was born January 6, 1806, on the site of Evans City. Butler county, Pennsylvania. Hle grew to manhood under the parental roof, learned the miller's trade, and suc- ceeded to his father's business in the old mill. In 1536 he purchased seventy-six acres of land in Forward township, where he died April 10. 1886. He was a Democrat until 1855. then joined the Republican party, and was quite active
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in the political circles of his time. He was a school director for many years, and filled the office of county commissioner from 1855 to 1858. He was an elder in the Plains Presbyterian church for half a century, being one of the original members of that society. Mr. Boggs was twice married, his first wife being Mary Ann, daughter of Archibald Irwin. Their children were as follows : Robert Irwin, of Allegheny ; William F .. of Pittsburg : Dr. Crawford .1 .. deceased ; Matilda, deceased wife of Capt. E. L. Gillespie, and James P'. His second wife was Rachel Hazlett, who died in 1850, leaving one daughter. Mary 1 .. wife of Daniel Dunbar of Forward township.
CAPT. JAMES P. BOGGs, youngest son of Andrew and Mary Ann ( Irwin) Boggs, was born August 12, 1839, upon his present homestead. He received a common school education and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until April 26, 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve, and served until 1861. He participated in the battles of Mechanics- ville, Gaines Mill, Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Mine Run and the Wilderness. lle was severely wounded in the left temple at Second Bull Run, and at the bat- tle of the Wilderness he received a wound from a minie-ball in the right thigh, and was laid up in the hospitals at Fredericksburg, Georgetown, and Philadel- phia. Ile was taken prisoner at Gaines Mill, together with his entire regiment, by Stonewall Jackson, and sent to Castle Thunder, and then to Belle Isle, at Richmond, Virginia, where the men were exchanged and returned to their regi- ment. When his regiment was mustered into the service he was made corporal, was soon after promoted to first sergeant, in January, 1863, to first lieutenant, to captain May 1, 1864. and was mustered out of the service as brevet major. In 1865 he went into the oil fields of Venango and MeKean counties, and was engaged in oil producing until 1881. In 1869-70 he was United States store keeper at Harmony, and is now engaged in farming upon the homestead, which he purchased several years ago. Mr. Boggs married Melissa J., daughter of Joseph Campbell, of Warren county, Pennsylvania, of which union have been born six children : Mary W. : Nettie : Frank W .; Carrie E. ; Grace, and Zora G. A Republican, in politics, Captain Boggs has filled many of the offices of his township, and takes an active interest in political matters. Ile and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and he is connected with Capt. William Stewart Post, G. A. R., of Evans City, also with Camp 45, U. V. L., of Butler.
THOMAS W. BoGos was born on the site of Evans City, Butler county. Pennsylvania, in February, 1813, and died in March, 1885. He was the second son of Robert Boggs, by his marriage with Mrs. Margaret McDonald, a sister of Angus McLeod. Ile learned the carpenter's trade and followed the same for many years. Ile was twice married. His first wife was Mary E. Lemmon, a daughter of Robert Lemmon, of Butler township, where she was born. Mrs. Boggs died in 1819, leaving one child, Henry C. Her husband was again mar- ried. to Elizabeth Lyons, to whom were born four children : J. E., of Massa- chusetts ; Eva L., wife of J. D. Turner, of Phillipsburg. Allegheny county ; Myra B., a resident of Allegheny, and C. L., who resides in the west. Mr. Boggs was a stanch Republican, and served as justice of the peace at Evans City
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for fifteen years. For many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian church of Evans City, and was recognized as a worthy and honorable man.
HENRY C. BoGos, of the firm of Boggs & Kline, merchants. Evans City, was born on the site of Evans City, Butler county, December 21, 1817, and is a son of Thomas W. and Mary E. ( Lemmon) Boggs, and a grandson of Robert Boggs, one of the pioneers of Forward township. He was reared at Evans City. and received his education in the district school. In 1870 he engaged in mer- chandising at Evans City, and has continued in that line up to the present. In 1888 he formed a partnership with John W. Kline, since which time the firm of Boggs & Kline has carried on the business. Mr. Boggs was one of the organiz- ers of the Long Oil Company, is treasurer of the same, and is interested in sev- eral other oil productions. In 1865 he enlisted in Company I. Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which he served seven months. In 1870 he married Mary E., daughter of William Liken, of Jackson township, and has five living children : Flora L. : Harry G. : Iva L. : William Lee, and Margueretta L. Earl Wallace was accidentally killed by the discharge of a gun, February 25, 1892. Mr. Boggs is a Republican in politics, was appointed postmaster of Evans City by President Grant, and served twelve years. He was again appointed by P'res- ident Harrison, in 1889, and served his full term. He has filled the office of school director, and has also been a member of the borough council. lle is a member of Captain Stewart Post, G. A. R., also of Evans City Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and the Select Knights, and the A. O. U. W. He and family are members of the Baptist church of Evans City, in which he has served as treasurer, and took quite an active part in the erection of the present church building.
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