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ANDREW BARR was born about 1525. upon the old Barr homestead, in Adams township, Butler county, son of John and Jane ( Dickey ) Barr. Hle was reared upon his father's farm, and was educated in a subscription school of his neighborhood. Ile married Nancy G., daughter of Judge Samuel Marshall, of Butler county, to which union nine children were born. as follows : Samuel J. ; Esther B. : Mary, and Nancy O., all of whom are dead: two who died in infancy ; Emma J. ; John C., and Andrew M. The parents were members of the United Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Barr was an elder for thirty years. Ile was a Republican, in politics, and filled several of the township offices at different periods. Mrs. Barr died July 20, 1580, and her husband July 5, 1892.
JOHN C. BARR, physician and surgeon. was born April 28, 1859, upon the homestead farm in Cranberry township, son of AAndrew and Nancy G. Barr. After receiving a common school education, he spent three years at Sharpsburg Academy, preparing for a college course, taught school for two years, and then entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, in 1883. where he was grad- uated April 2. 1885. He was resident physician at the Women's Hospital, West Philadelphia, for six months, and then located at Mars, Butler county, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Ile is surgeon for the Pittsburg and Western Railway Company. Dr. Barr was married September 26. 1888, to Lulu C .. a daughter of Abraham Campbell, of Pittsburg, and has one daughter. Helen C. Ile is a trustee in Mars United Presbyterian church, and in politics, he is a Republican. He was elected a delegate to the Republican State Convention of 1894. having the largest vote in the county. Dr. Barr is an ex-president of the Butler County Medical Society, and is one of its active and most useful members. He is a member of the State Medical Society, also of the National Association of Railway Surgeons, and since locating at Mars he has built up a gratifying practice.
ANDREW M. BARR, youngest son of Andrew and Nancy G. Barr, was born upon the old homestead in Cranberry township. Butler county. April Is, 1867, received a good common school education, and also graduated at Duff's Commer- cial College. He studied medicine and graduated from the Medical Department of the Western University in the spring of 1894, and is now practicing his pro- fession in Pittsburg. In 1892 he married Bessie Campbell, of that city, and has one child, De Witt C.
WILLIAM MOMHARLIN was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. in October, 1795, son of William MeMarlin, a native of Tyrone county, Ireland, born in 1753. Ilis father came to the United States and settled on the Susquehanna, near the site of Harrisburg. where he died in Is 13. The subject of this sketch was reared on his father's farm, and was educated in the pioneer subscription schools. Ile married Magdalena Burkhart, a daughter of Jacob Burkhart, of Allegheny county. In IS22 he purchased a farm of 133 acres in Adams township, which he cleared and improved; it is now the home of his son. James A. Mr. McMarlin was the father of wight children, as follows : Jacob B. ; William D. : John, and David, the last three of whom are dead: Mary : David, and Martha J., both deceased, and James A. In carly life he was a member of the Covenanter church, but later joined the United Presbyterian faith and was an elder in that
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church for thirty years. In politics, he was originally a Whig, and afterwards a Republican, and seldom voted any other ticket. Ile died at Tally Cavey in October, 1883.
JAMES A. MeMARLIN, youngest son of William and Magdalena McMarlin, was born upon his present farm, March 17, 1837, and was reared and educated in Adams township. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, First Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Capt. William Williams, and served six months on scouting duty. Ile was then honorably discharged, and soon after re-enlisted in Battery L. Sec- ond Pennsylvania Artillery, under Capt. Paul T. Jones. Ile participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor. Weldon Railroad, Siege of Petersburg, Mine Explosion, Fort Harrison, and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was discharged from the service February 11. 1866, and then returned to his home in Butler county. Mr. McMarlin was married October 3, 1864, to Emma, daughter of Samuel Duncan, and is the father of six children : Grant, deceased ; John G. : William J .; Harry S., deceased : Jacob S., and Bertha P. He is stanch Repub- lican, has filled several of the township offices, and was elected treasurer of But- ler county in 1884, which position he creditably filled for a full term. Both he and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. IIe is a prominent and influential citizen, and one of the progressive and enterprising farmers of the county.
HON. SAMUEL MARSHALL was born in Antrim county, Ireland, April 6. 1800, came to Pennsylvania, with his parents. James and Jean ( Peebles) Mar- shall, in 1822, remained two years in Pittsburg, and in 1824 located in what is now Penn township, Butler county. After coming to this country he worked at various occupations until his marriage, in 1825, to Mary Gilliland, a daughter of Barnet Gilliland, of Connoquenessing township, when he settled on a farm belonging to his father-in-law in what is now Adams township. He soon began to take an active part in political affairs, was elected a justice of the peace and to other minor positions in his township, and in Ists was appointed associate judge of Butler county, was elected to the same position in 1851, again in Is70, and re-elected in 1875. lle was serving on the bench at the time of his death .. November 1, 1880. His wife died several years before, after a married life of more than half a century. Judge Marshall was extensively engaged in farming and stock raising, and was one of the largest real estate owners in the county. He was the father of the following children : James, and Atherton, both deceased : Mary G., wife of Andrew Boggs ; Jane, widow of William Goehring, Esther, deceased wife of David Boyd ; Kennedy, of Butler township ; Daniel G ... and Thomas M .. both residents of Adams township; Sarah J., wife of James Boyle; Elizabeth B., deceased wife of Adam English, and Samuel J., of Adams township. In early life Judge Marshall was a Whig, but upon the formation of the Know Nothing party he became a Democrat, being bitterly opposed to pro- scription of any kind. Ile was an active anti-slavery advocate, and before the war his house was a station on the underground railroad for many years. He was a delegate to the Cincinnati convention that nominated Buchanan for the presi- dency, also to that of 1864 which nominated Mcclellan to the same office. Ile
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was often a delegate to the State conventions and was a leading member of the Democratic party in this section of the State. In 1832 he joined the New School Presbyterian church, which later merged into the United Presbyterian denomi- nation, and was a member of Union, and Mount Pleasant churches, of Adams township.
THOMAS KENNEDY was born in Derry county, Ireland, about 1776, and came to the United States in 1812. coming direct to Butler county, Pennsylvania. lle settled upon a farm of 250 acres in Adams township, which he purchased from John Dunn. He learned the carpenter's trade in his native land, was a well educated man, and taught school for several years, but after settling in Butler county he devoted his attention to farming. He was a member of the Covenan- ter church down to within six years of his death, when he joined the United Presbyterian church. He died June HI. 1877. His wife survived him until February, 1853. Her maiden name was Anna Purvis, and she was a daughter of William Purvis of Pine township, Allegheny county. She was the mother of seven children, six of whom grew to maturity, as follows : Samuel A. ; Robert ; Alexander : Thomas W. : John, and Mary J., deceased.
JOHN KENNEDY, Son of Thomas and Anna Kennedy, was born upon the homestead farm in Adams township, Butler county, May 6. 1 34, received a common school education, and was reared a farmer. In politics, he has always been a Republican, and has been township assessor, collector and overseer of the poor. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church, and has been church auditor for several years. He married Mary D., a daughter of David Douthett, of Indiana, and has had nine children, as follows : Alexander R., who died Jan- uary 31, 1893; Mamie J., wife of William Graham, of Allegheny ; Thomas C. ; William C,: Leonard; Theora N .; Florence G. ; Eva G., and James F. Mr. Kennedy has several producing oil wells on his farm, and is one of the prosperous farmers of the township.
ROBERT DUNCAN was born in Cranberry township, Butler county, in Feb- ruary, 1813, and was a son of Samuel Duncan. who came to this county in 1796. Hle grew up amidst the scenes of pioneer days, and obtained a few months schooling in the subscription schools of that period. He followed agricultural pursuits until his death. He married Julia Anna Graham, whose father was a resident of Connoquenessing township, to which union were born nine chil- dren : William : Nancy. who married James McCaw; Enos C. ; Isaac N .; Beriah M. : Alexander C. ; Presley : Robert B., and Mrs. Julia Wilson. Mr. Duncan and wife were members of Mt. Pleasant United Presbyterian church, and in politics, he was a Republican. He filled most of the township offices, al.d was one of the respected farmers of his community.
PRESLEY Deveax was born in Cranberry township. Butler county, April 21, 1848, son of Robert Duncan, and grandson of Samuel Duncan. Ile was reared upon the homestead farm, and learned the plasterer's trade, which busi- ness he is now carrying on at Mars, Butler county. He was married April 15. 1-75, to Christina, a daughter of Edward List, of Adams township. She died October 25. 1>76. He was again married, to Grace E. S. Clow, a daughter of Samuel C. Clow, of North Sewickley, Beaver county. They are the parent- of
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tive children : Walter R. : Clarence J .; Anna L. ; Zelia C., and Presley E. Mr. Duncan is an elder in the United Presbyterian church, and is a stanch Repub- lican.
JAMES MAGEE, SR., was born in Derry county. Ireland, in 1769, grew to manhood in his native land. and immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four years. In the last decade of the Eighteenth century he settled on 100 acres of land in what is now Jackson township, Butler county, Pennsylvania, and afterwards purchased 280 acres additional. He later removed to Allegheny county, but returned to Butler county in 1821. He had learned the cooper's trade in Ireland, and followed that business after coming to AAmerica, but after locating in Butler county he devoted his principal attention to farming. To James and Jane Magee were born thirteen children. as follows : Isabella. deceased wife of Rody Miller, of Allegheny county ; Mary A., deceased wife of John Flanagan, of Westmoreland county; Robert; Elizabeth, who married Thomas MeCall, of Allegheny county; Rebecca, who married Joseph Douthett, of Butler county : William ; George ; Jane, who married Herman DeHaven, of Allegheny City ; Susan : Lucinda; Margaret, who became the wife of James Anderson ; James, and John, all of whom are dead. Mr. Magee was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church. He died in 1846, in the seventy -seventh year of his age.
JAMES MAGEE was born in Pine Creek township, Allegheny county, in 1814, son of James Magee, Sr., the pioneer of Jackson township. Butler county. Hle was reared upon his father's farm, and in 1839 he married Mary Donthett, a daughter of Benjamin Douthett, of this county, who bore him a family of ten children : William B. : Jane E. : Sarah M., wife of Dr. Thomas J. Black wood, of New Castle : Martha, deceased wife of Cunningham Dickey ; Rebecca, who married Thompson MeKinney; Rosanna, deceased ; Lucinda ; James D. ; Alzina J., wife of James Carpenter, and Leonidas W. Mr. Magee died September 10, 1864, and his wife September 20, of the same year. They were members of the Reformed Presbyterian church in early life, but afterwards joined the United Presbyterian church, and died in that faith. In politics, he was a Republican. but took little interest in public affairs.
JOHN MAGEE was born in Allegheny county. November 4, 1818, and is the youngest son of James Magee, Sr. In 1850 he married Margaret A. Alexander. a daughter of William Alexander, of Beaver county. She died in 1887. They were the parents of six children, three of whom grew to maturity, as follows : William J .. deceased : Mary J., wife of George Welsh. of Jackson township, and Martha S., deceased wife of George MeGaw, of Mars. Mr. Magee is a mem- ber of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and has held the office of elder in that denomination. He is one of the oldest citizens of Jackson township.
JAMES D. MAGEE, son of James and Mary ( Douthett ) Magee, was born upon the homestead near Brownsdale, Butler county. January 19. 1:54. and grew to maturity in his native township. He has been twice married; first to Elizabeth T. Dodds, daughter of David Dodds of Adams township, September 22, 1872 who bore him a family of five children : Mary J .: David D .; Rebecca M .. deceased ; Bertha B., and Edith M. Mrs. Magee died February 4. 1854. He
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was again married April 8. 1887. to Sarah U. Crawford, a daughter of Sample Crawford, of Allegheny county, who is the mother of two children : Marian C., and Anna M. Mr. Magee is a Republican, in politics, and has been assessor in his township three terms, and school director for seven years. He has always taken an active interest in educational matters, and is also trustee and treasurer in the United Presbyterin church.
JOHN IRVINE was born in what is now Adams township, Butler county, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1824, and died March 22. 1864. He received a good edu- cation and taught for some years in connection with agricultural pursuits. He married Angeline Johnson, a daughter of Joseph Johnson, of Adams township, to which union were born seven children : John Q. A. ; Samuel B. ; Josephine. deceased ; Cameron B. : Joseph C. ; Wellington A .. and Alpheus C. Mr. Irvine was a surveyor, and ran the lines dividing old Cranberry township into the sev- eral new ones. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, was a trustee in that denomination for a number of years, and in politics, he supported the Republican party.
WELLINGTON A. IRVINE, son of John and Angeline Irvine, was born upon the homestead in AAdams township. Butler county, September 21, 1860. After receiving a common school education, he attended Grove City College for two terms, and subsequently engaged in teaching. He also learned the painter's trade. which he followed in connection with teaching for some time. afterwards engaging in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Irvine married Amelia Gilliland, a daugh- ter of William U. Gilliland. of Adams township, and has three children : Rachel E. ; Lulu A., and Chauncey C. Politically, he is a Republican, and in religion. is an adherent of the United Presbyterian church.
JAMES DAVISON was born in Down county, Ireland, and came to America in 1775, where he soon afterwards joined the Continental army and served in the Revolutionary war. He was captured by the Indians in one of the battle-, and was kept a prisoner by the savages for some time. He was twice married. By his first wife he was the father of five children : Samuel : John : William ; Mary, who married a Mr. Williams, and Margaret, who married a Mr. Rose. ITis first wife died in 1843, and he was again married, but had no chil- dren by this union. Early in the present century he settled in Adams township. Butler county, where the remaining years of his life were spent.
WILLIAM DAVISON, SR., was born in Adams county. Pennsylvania. and was a son of James Davison. He came with his parents to this county. and spent his life upon the homestead farm in Adams township, lle married Mar- garet Houghton, who bore him a family of six children, as follows : Mary .1 .. deceased ; James K. ; William: Margaret, who married L. Wilson ; Lavina. deceased, and one that died in early youth. In politics, Mr. Davison was a Democrat, but took very little interest in political matters. His wife died August 2, 1858 : he survived her until April, 1880.
JAMES K. DAVISON. eldest son of William Davison, was born in Ist, upon the homestead farm, in Adams township. He has always been engaged in farming. He married Martha J., daughter of Roger McDonald. of Allegheny county, and is the father of five children : Eliza L .: William R. ; Lawrence C ..
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deceased : Thomas F., and Darwin W. Mr. Davison and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics, he is a Republican.
WILLIAM DAVISON was born in Adams township, Butler county, in 1-57, and was reared upon the old homestead, receiving a common school education at the district school. He married Rosilla Wilson, to which union have been born six children, as follows : Clinton R. ; Edward B., deceased ; Cynthia __ 1. ; Theo- dore B .; Nora L., and Nancy B., deceased. Ile and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and politically, he has always voted the Republican ticket.
HUGH KIDD was born in Pine township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, about 1813, was reared a farmer, and received a limited education in the pioneer schools of his neighborhood. He married Margaret Spear, a daughter of David Spear, one of the first settlers of AAdams township, Butler county. in 1830, and purchased the Spear farm, containing 150 acres, upon which he and wife settled. They became the parents of nine children, as follows : David S., and Sarah E., both deceased ; Robert: Hugh Me., deceased ; Mary J., wife of Fred Fleisner.of Butler county, and James, Margaret E., and William, all of whom are dead, and Elizabeth, deceased wife of Anderson Purvis, of Beaver county. Hugh Mc and James enlisted in Company C. Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and were killed at the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, and buried upon the battle- field. Mr. Kidd and wife were members of the United Presbyterian church, and died upon the homestead in Adams township. He was a Whig in early life, and afterwards a Republican, and was connected with the State Militia.
ROBERT KIDD was born December 6, 1833. upon his present farm in Adams township, and is the eldest living child of Hugh and Margaret Kidd. Ile was reared to farm life, and has always followed agricultural pursuits. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served nine months, being honorably discharged in June, 1863. He was married in February, 1864, to Rosanna Donthett, a daughter of John Douthett, of Adams township. and is the father of nine children, seven of whom are living, as fol- lows : James L. : Maggie E. ; Ulysses Roscoe ; John II. ; Elvira E. : Ordillah I., and Blanche E. Mr. Kidd is a trustee in the United Presbyterian church, is a Prohibitionist in politics, and has filled most of the township offices at differ- ent periods.
WILLIAM CASHDOLLAR was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. in 1801, came to Butler county in boyhood, and was reared by Joseph Parks, of Middlesex township. After reaching manhood he married Margaret Richardson, a daughter of Joseph Richardson, of Adams township, to which union were born twelve children : Catherine, who married Robert Hoon ; John F. ; William S. : Joseph ; James; Margaret A., who married Jacob M. Miller; George W., deceased ; Mary E., wife of Samuel Staples ; Rosanna, wife of John A. Purvis ; Samuel B. ; Thomas D., and Matilda, wife of Samuel Ramsey. Mr. Cashdollar died July 4, 1852, at the age of eighty-one years. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, and filled the office of elder in that denomination. He was a stanch Democrat, and was tax collector of Cranberry township, and supervisor
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of AAdams township. Mr. Cashdollar was one of the substantial and respected citizens of Butler county.
JOHN F. CASHDOLLAR was born in Cranberry township, now Adams, Butler county, January 19, 1835, and was reared and educated in his native township. He was married December 16, 1858. to Catherine Beers, a daughter of James Beers, of Adams township. They are the parents of eleven children, as follows : Jane, wife of Frederick McNeal; Samuel J., deceased ; Margaret E., wife of John B. Hill; James M. : William O., deceased ; Elizabeth B .. wife of Harvey Miller : Robert F., deceased ; Charles A. ; Albert C. ; David R .. and Walter F. Mr. Cashdollar and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, in which he is a trustee. In politics, he is a Democrat; was elected county auditor in 1878, and filled that office for three years. He takes an active interest in educational matters, and has served as school director.
JOSEPH CASHDOLLAR was born in what is now Adams township. Butler county, upon the old homestead near Myoma, December 6, 1837, and is the third son of William Cashdollar. He grew to manhood engaged in the usual routine of a farmer's life, and was engaged in that vocation when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, August 7, 1862. lle served in the battles of AAntietam and Fredericksburg, and was honorably discharged from the service June 3, 1863. Returning to his home, he was mar- ried to Sophia Staples, daughter of Job Staples, of Adams township, in Septem- ber, 1861. Mrs. Cashdollar died in 1871, and the following year he married Elizabeth P., a daughter of Anthony Ramsey, of Cranberry township. to which union were born five children : Lawrence B. : Walter : Anthony S .: Edith E. ; and Elizabeth, deceased. The mother died in ISSt, and he married Miss Mar- burger, a daughter of Milton Marburger, of Adams township, in 1852. Three children are the fruits of this marriage, as follows: Milton : William, and George. Mr. Cashdollar is a member of the United Presbyterian church, and is a deacon in that denomination. He is filling the office of notary public at the present time, and has also been a justice of the peace.
WILLIAM STERRETT, physician and surgeon, was born September 25, 1824. and settled at Evans City, Butler county, in Ists, where he practiced his pro- fession for several years. He married Sarah A., daughter of Maj. John Fife, of Allegheny county, who bore him a family of four children : Samuel O. ; Will- iam 11., deceased : Anna B., wife of William Fife, and Evadna M., who is en- gaged in missionary work near Tarsus. Asia. Dr. Sterrett died in 1857. and his wife in March, 1858.
SAMUEL O. STERRETT, physician and surgeon, was born at Evans City. Butler county, March 7. 151, and is the eldest in the family of Dr. William Sterrett. lle received a common school education, then attended Bethel Acad- emy, and subsequently entered Western University. He taught school for nine years and was recognized as a successful teacher. In the meantime he com- menced the study of medicine, attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, was graduated from that institution in the class of 1880, and located in practice at Pittsburg with his uncle. Dr. S. A. Sterrett. In ISSI he moved to Valencia station, Butler county, where he has since been engaged in the duties of his pro-
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fession. Ile married Sarah .A., daughter of William Brown, of Pittsburg, and i- the father of eight children, as follows: William L. : James M. ; Samuel A. : Norman Me. : Wilson B. ; David M. ; Evadna I, and Carl F. Dr. Sterrett is one of the well known member of his profession in Butler county, enjoys a lucrative practice, and has won the esteem and confidence of the community in which he has resided for the past fourteen years.
DAVID SHANNON, SR., was born in Down county, Ireland, in 1785, and came with his parents to Butler county in childhood. They settled in Muddy Creek township, where David grew to maturity. He learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked for many years, and afterwards purchased the Allen mill property, where he erected a grist, woolen and saw mill. Hle sold this property and bought 400 acres of land in Connoquenessing township, upon which his descendants still reside. Mr. Shannon was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth White, and his second, Anna White, her sister. He was the father of eight children, as follows : John L. ; Matthew W. ; Rachel, who mar- ried Alfred Ilines; Fannie, who married Matthew McCollough ; Mary, who married Robert Lemmon ; Elizabeth ; David, and Samuel. Mr. Shannon died in 1880. and his wife in 1879. They were members of the United Presbyterian church, in which he filled the office of elder. Mr. Shannon was a Republican. and served as a justice of the peace for several years.
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