History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, Part 13

Author: Storey, Henry Wilson
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 940

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Mr. Morgan was united in marriage, June 14, 1871, by Dr. Alex- ander Shiras, at St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal church, Wilming- ton, Delaware, to Frances Augustine Eyre, daughter of Manuel and Eliza (Painter) Eyre, of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. She was edu- cated at St. Joseph's Academy, Emmetsburg, Maryland, and the Con- vent of Notre Dame, Philadelphia. Her ancestral line appears here- inafter. Several of her ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War on the American side. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are as follows: 1. John Eyre, born April 11, 1872; married Helen Dure, of Wilmington, Delaware, October 20, 1903. He is now assistant super- intendent of the gas works at Savannah, Georgia. 2. Robert Church- man, born October 10, 1873; married Alberta Schimmel, of Philadelphia, October 1, 1894; he is now an electrical engineer at Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania ; both John and Robert were born at Edge Moor, Delaware, and attended school at Chelten Hills and the University of Pennsyl- vania, graduating from the former in 1889 and from the latter in 1903. 3. Ellen Eyre, born November 25, 1877, at Wilmington, Delaware, educated at Chelten Hills school and afterwards in music, and is now a professional musician; she married Stewart M. Marshall, of Johns- town, June 20, 1906. 4. Frances Augustine, born February 24, 1881, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was educated at Chelten Hills school and Mount Holyoke College.

The subjoined is the ancestral record of the families from which Mrs. Morgan descended :

(I) On the paternal side Sir Garvaise Eyre, of Newbold, Derby- shire, England, married Mary Neville, daughter of George Neville, of Thomey, Nottingham. England.

(II) George Eyre, son of Sir Garvaise Eyre, was born 1630, and died 1708, having married Elizabeth - in 1658.

(III) George Eyre, son of George (2), married Sarah

May 1, 1694, and they were the parents of a son George.

(IV) George Eyre, son of George (3), and wife Sarah, was born November 17, 1700, and died January 14, 1761. He emigrated to America and settled at Burlington, New Jersey, in 1730. He mar- ried Mary Smith, daughter of Emanuel Smith, of Burlington, New Jersey, formerly of Branham, Yorkshire, England. By this union a son was born, named Manuel.

(V) Manuel Evre, son of George (4) and Mary (Smith) Eyre, was born November 10, 1736, and died November 1, 1805. He was en- gaged in the shipbuilding business in Kensington, Philadelphia. Janu-

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ary 8, 1761, he married Mary Wright, daughter of Wright, a shipbuilder; she died April 18, 1798.

(VI) Manuel Eyre, son of Manuel (5) and Mary (Wright) Eyre, was born February 1, 1777, and died February 9, 1845, at the "Grange," near Overbrook, Pennsylvania. He was in the shipbuilding business of the firm of Eyre & Massey. He married Ann Lonisa Con- nelly, who died April 19, 1832, daughter of John Connelly, a lieuten- ant-colonel in the Revolutionary army, a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and director of the United States Bank. March 30, 1780, he married Ann Little, born April 11. 1748, died October 29, 1812, at Philadelphia. Ann Little's brothers were in the Revolutionary army as officers, three in number; John was killed, also her brother-in-law, Major Benjamin Dennis, was killed. John Connelly was in Benjamin George Eyre's company of artillery, early in the Revolutionary strug- gle. Benjamin George Eyre was a son of George Eyre (4). Ann Lit- tle was the daughter of John Little, who was born at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 1712, and died at the same place, January, 1785. He married Mary Longstreet, in 1735. This John Little was a son of John Little, said to have been a Seoteh Presbyterian, who left home on account of persecution ; he was born about 1675; emigrated 1699, settled at Shrews- bury, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He was a lieutenant-colonel of militia in 1746, and the judge of Monmouth county in 1749.

(VII) Manuel Eyre, son of Mannel (6) and Ann Louisa (Con- nelly) Eyre, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 18, 1819, and died August 29. 1879, at Bridgewater, England. He was married October 8. 1840, by Mayor Swift, of Philadelphia, to Eliza Painter, born near Painters Cross Roads, Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, March 24, 1822; died at Edge Moor, Delaware, September 15, 1873. She was the daughter of William Painter, born April 12, 1785, died July 6, 1854, at Wilmington, Delaware. He was married Novem- ber 18. 1807. to Phoebe Churchman, and lived at Painters Cross Roads, Pennsylvania. William Painter's father was Samuel Painter, born February 29, 1752, died Jannary 17, 1802, at Birmingham, Pennsyl- vania. He married Elizabeth Bennett in 1779; she was born February 14, 1751, and died April 1, 1829. Samuel Painter was the son of John Painter, born Angust 3, 1720, died May, 1765: he lived at Birmingham, Pennsylvania, and married, in 1751, Sarah Teatman, born September 28, 1728, died June 21, 1817. John Painter was the son of Samuel Painter, born about 1680, died about 1755; lived in Birmingham, Ches- ter county. Pennsylvania ; he married April 4, 1716, Elizabeth Buxcey, born about 1690. died June 20, 1774; she was the daughter of Humph- rey Buxcey, of Husk, Berkshire, England. This Samuel Painter was the son of Samuel Painter, who emigrated in 1699, and in 1711 bought land in Birmingham, Chester county, Pennsylvania.

Of the Churchman family line, as above referred to, it should be said that Phoebe Churehman, wife of William Painter, was born Sep- tember 20, 1787, and died November 30, 1866, at Wilmington, Dela- ware. She was the daughter of Edward Churchman, born at East Not- tingham, Cecil county, Maryland, February 7, 1757, who married Sep- tember 18. 1782, Rebecca Peirce, daughter of Caleb Peirce, of Thorn- berry, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Edward Churchman was the son of George Churchman, born at East Nottingham, August 28, 1730, died November 18, 1814: he married May 28, 1752, Hannah James, daughter of Mordecai and Gaynor (Lloyd) James. George Church- man, just named, was the son of John Churchman, born at Nottingham.

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Chester county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1702, died July 24, 1775; he was a famous preacher and missionary of the Quakers; he married No- vember 27, 1729, Margaret Brown, daughter of William and Esther Brown. This John Churchman was the son of John Churchman, born 1665, at Saffron-Waldon, Essex, England; he emigrated in 1682 and settled at East Nottingham, 1704. He married in 1696, Hannah Curry, daughter of Thomas Curry of Aston, Oxfordshire, England. This John Churchman died October, 1774.

( VIII) Frances Augustine Eyre, daughter of Manuel and Eliza (Painter) Eyre, was born August 2, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania ; personal mention has been made of her in connection with her marriage to Joseph Morgan, the subject of this memoir. It will be seen that her ancestral line is one of much importance and interest. It bears a trace of the Royal blood, and many of the members of her family have achieved celebrity. John Churchman, Jr., was a celebrated Quaker missionary, and John Churchman (3), was a noted surveyor and geometrician, and was sent abroad to England, France, Russia and Denmark; was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, receiving a gold medal and diplomatie honors; also a silver medal from another society. He died at sea, returning home, July 17, 1805, aged fifty years.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morgan have reared a family who are filling important and highly respectable positions in life, and each is an honor to their worthy parents as well as a blessing to mankind.

RUTLEDGE FAMILY, which held its first annual reunion at Social Hall, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1904, traces its descent through a number of generations to an old and honored family of Ireland, and has a most interesting history. Its members combine in a great degree the natural wit of the natives of Ireland with the energy and enter- prise which characterize those born and reared in this country, and have borne their full share in the development of the various indus- tries of their adopted country. They are widely scattered throughout the United States, and history tells us of Edward Rutledge, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; and of the Rutledge who was governor of South Carolina in the early days of the United States of America.

George Rutledge was born in Enniskillen, county Fermanagh, Ire- land, May 1, 1790. He emigrated to America in 1817 and located in the city of Philadelphia. They lived in that city four years and then removed to Murrysville, Pennsylvania. where they resided until 1829, when they again moved, this time to the General Doty farm, on the Pittsburg pike. He and his wife conducted a boarding house at this time, during the building of the pike. This was in the days before canals or railroads had penetrated to western Pennsylvania, and the stage coach was the only means of transportation. From the General Doty farm they removed to Social Hall, from thence to the Lock on the canal, and then to Steubenville, Ohio. After eighteen months in this latter place they returned to Pennsylvania, settling in Livermore. There they spent the remainder of their days, the death of George occurring May 5, 1866. He married, at Enniskillen, Ireland, March 18, 1812, Elizabeth Shaw, who was an able helpmate to her husband. It is re- lated of her that when she and her husband conducted the boarding honse on the Pittsburg pike, she would rise early on the morning of one day, walk to Pittsburg, a considerable distance, attend to all the

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necessary purchases and return on the following day. She died De- cember 7, 1872. George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge had children : Jane, James, Elizabeth, John, William, Irvin. and George.

Jane Rutledge, eldest child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rut- ledge, was born at Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland, February 15, 1813, died 1895. She married William Elliot, and there are four of her descendants living: Eliza J. Barber, in Killee, county Fer- managh, Ireland; Mrs. Mary Prentice, Livermore, Pennsylvania; George Rutledge Elliot, at the Rutledge homestead, Clough Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland; and Ellen Moffot, county Tyrone, Ireland.

James Rutledge, second child and eldest son of George and Eliz- abeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland, November 1, 1816, died January 21, 1878. He married Han- nah Gallagher, and his surviving children are: John, who lives with his wife and two children in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Mary, who mar- ried Robert Ewing, and resides in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Harry B., resides with his wife and two children in Livermore, Pennsylvania ; Mrs. Lyde Rutledge, of Blairsville, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. George Rut- ledge, of Livermore, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Rutledge, who married Richard Freeland, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1818, died February 25, 1903. Her children are: Myndert Freeland a resident of Livermore, Pennsyl- vania; Nellie, lives in Livermore; Mrs. Hannalı Nofsker, lives in Liver- more; Mrs. Lyde Kemer, resides in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Sarah Irvin, deceased, left three children, all in Johnstown.

John Rutledge, fourth child and second son of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 16, 1820, died November 25, 1856. He married Keziah Me- Curdy and had one child: Samuel M., a resident of Illinois.

William Rutledge, third son and fifth child of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 21, 1822, and is living at Woodhull, Illinois. He married Ann Me- Curdy, and had children : Mrs. Jennie Rutledge Weible; Mrs. Eliza- beth Taze; Mrs. Ella Rutledge West; Mrs. Laura Rutledge Payton; Mrs. Georgia Rutledge Freeman; and Mr. William F. Rutledge.

Irvin Rutledge, fourth son and sixth child of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 24, 1826, died December 25, 1894. He married Lucetta Hay- maker Colleasure, and had eight children: Margaret, Luey, Augusta, Frank, Elizabeth, William, Irvin, all deceased; also Jolin C., of whom sketeh elsewhere.

George Rutledge, fifth son and seventh and youngest child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Social Hall, Penn- sylvania, May 20, 1829, and is living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Shaw was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Shaw, the former a farmer in Ireland, and both dying in 1806. They had chil- dren : William, Irvin, John, George, Elizabeth. Jane and Ellen. George Rutledge received what was considered a good common school educa- tion in those days, and was then employed on the Pennsylvania canal for twenty-five years, as driver, teamster and captain in charge of a boat. He was then engaged in the mercantile business in Livermore, Pennsylvania, for the next ten years, and then at Johnstown, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for five years, as timekeeper and pay- master. He held a position with the Cambria Steel Company for ten years as foreman of the tracks, was the first street commissioner of

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Johnstown, then in the general merchandise business for two years, and is now (1906) and for five years has been in the employ of the National Biscuit Company. He is a man of prominence and influence in his town, and is highly esteemed for his many sterling qualities. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a stanch supporter of the Democratic party.

He married, June 19, 1856, Henrietta Ferguson, daughter of Sam- uel and Susan (King) Ferguson. who died April 10, 1884. They had children : Richard, married Millie M. Clelland; Lillian, deceased; Manira ; Annie; Albert, married Minnie Kerler; Samuel, deceased; James D., whose sketch follows this: Bell M., married Edward San- ford; Frank; and Campbell, whose sketch follows this.

JAMES D. RUTLEDGE, general manager of the Johnstown Gro- cery Company, and prominently identified with the business interests of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, was born at Livermore, Derry township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1866, son of George and Henrietta (Ferguson) Rutledge. (See Rutledge Family.)

His education was received in the public schools of his native town- ship, and at the age of fifteen years he came to Johnstown with his parents and obtained a position in the grocery store of ex-Sheriff John Ryan, remaining there for eight years. After the flood of May 31, 1889. he leased the ground where the store of John Ryan had been standing, and started in business for himself. Shortly afterward he entered into a business partnership with Mr. Ryan. and the firm was thereafter known as Ryan & Rutledge. At the end of two years he sold his interest to Mr. Ryan, and again commenced business for him- self, this time at the corner of Market and Loeust streets, remaining until the fall of 1905, when he abandoned this in order to accept the general managership of the Johnstown Grocery Company, a position he is now holding. He is one of the enterprising energetic young men of Cambria county, and has done much toward the general improve- ment of conditions in that town. He is connected with the Presby- terian church, and his politics are Republican. He is a member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 157, Knights of Pythias, and of Orient Lodge, United Order of American Mechanics.

He married, September, 1892, Fanny Williams, who was one of eight children: Annie, John C., William R., Lenora, Millie, Agnes, Alice and Fanny. The children of James D. and Fanny (Williams) Rutledge are: George, born April 18, 1894; Robert, June 30, 1897; Frances, August 9, 1901.

CAMPBELL RUTLEDGE, general manager of the Johnstown branch of the National Biscuit Company, was born in Johnstown, July 1, 1872, son of George and Henrietta (Ferguson) Rutledge. (See Rut- ledge Family sketch.)

He received his education in the common schools of his native town, and upon its completion entered upon his business career. He was engaged in the mercantile business in Johnstown for about eight years and, in 1897, was appointed general manager of the Johnstown branch of the National Biscuit Company, located on Conemaugh street. This position he is filling very acceptably to the company, and his execu- tive ability, reliability, and faithful attention to all the many details which his work entails are fully appreciated. He is very popular with

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necessary purchases and return on the following day. She died De- cember 7, 1872. George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge had children : Jane, James, Elizabeth, John, William, Irvin. and George.

Jane Rutledge, eldest child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rut- ledge, was born at Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland, February 15, 1813, died 1895. She married William Elliot, and there are four of her descendants living: Eliza J. Barber, in Killee, county Fer- managh. Ireland; Mrs. Mary Prentice, Livermore, Pennsylvania ; George Rutledge Elliot, at the Rutledge homestead, Clough Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland; and Ellen Moffot, county Tyrone, Ireland.

James Rutledge, second child and eldest son of George and Eliz- abeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Lisbellow, county Fermanagh, Ireland, November 1, 1816, died January 21, 1878. He married Han- nah Gallagher, and his surviving children are: John, who lives with his wife and two children in Livermore. Pennsylvania; Mary, who mar- ried Robert Ewing, and resides in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Harry B., resides with his wife and two children in Livermore, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Lyde Rutledge, of Blairsville, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. George Rut- ledge, of Livermore, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Rutledge, who married Richard Freeland, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1818, died February 25, 1903. Her children are: Myndert Freeland a resident of Livermore, Pennsyl- vania ; Nellie, lives in Livermore; Mrs. Hannah Nofsker, lives in Liver- more; Mrs. Lyde Kemer, resides in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Sarah Irvin, deceased, left three children, all in Johnstown.

John Rutledge, fourth child and second son of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 16, 1820, died November 25, 1856. He married Keziah Mc- Curdy and had one child: Samuel M., a resident of Illinois.

William Rutledge, third son and fifth child of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 21, 1822, and is living at Woodhull, Illinois. He married Ann Mc- Curdy, and had children : Mrs. Jennie Rutledge Weible; Mrs. Eliza- beth Taze; Mrs. Ella Rutledge West; Mrs. Laura Rutledge Payton; Mrs. Georgia Rutledge Freeman; and Mr. William F. Rutledge.

Irvin Rutledge, fourth son and sixth child of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 24, 1826, died December 25, 1894. He married Lucetta Hay- maker Colleasure, and had eight children: Margaret, Lucy, Augusta, Frank, Elizabeth. William, Irvin, all deceased; also John C., of whom sketeh elsewhere.

George Rutledge, fifth son and seventh and youngest child of George and Elizabeth (Shaw) Rutledge, was born at Social Hall, Penn- sylvania, May 20, 1829, and is living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Shaw was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Shaw, the former a farmer in Ireland, and both dying in 1806. They had chil- dren : William. Irvin, John, George, Elizabeth. Jane and Ellen. George Rutledge received what was considered a good common school educa- tion in those days, and was then employed on the Pennsylvania canal for twenty-five years, as driver, teamster and captain in charge of a boat. He was then engaged in the mercantile business in Livermore, Pennsylvania, for the next ten years, and then at Johnstown, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for five years, as timekeeper and pay- master. He held a position with the Cambria Steel Company for ten years as foreman of the tracks, was the first street commissioner of

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He married, June 19, 1856, Henrietta Ferguson, daughter of Sam- uel and Susan (King) Ferguson. who died April 10, 1884. They had children : Richard, married Millie M. Clelland; Lillian, deceased ; Manira : Annie; Albert, married Minnie Kerler; Samuel, deceased; James D., whose sketch follows this; Bell M., married Edward San- ford; Frank; and Campbell, whose sketch follows this.

His education was received in the public schools of his native town- ship, and at the age of fifteen years he came to Johnstown with his parents and obtained a position in the grocery store of ex-Sheriff John Ryan, remaining there for eight years. After the flood of May 31, 1889. he leased the ground where the store of John Ryan had been standing, and started in business for himself. Shortly afterward he entered into a business partnership with Mr. Ryan, and the firm was thereafter known as Ryan & Rutledge. At the end of two years he sold his interest to Mr. Ryan, and again commenced business for him- self, this time at the corner of Market and Locust streets, remaining until the fall of 1905, when he abandoned this in order to accept the general managership of the Johnstown Grocery Company, a position he is now holding. He is one of the enterprising energetic young men of Cambria county, and has done much toward the general improve- ment of conditions in that town. He is connected with the Presby- terian church, and his polities are Republican. He is a member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 157, Knights of Pythias, and of Orient Lodge, United Order of American Mechanics.

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those who work under his direction, as his management is a just, if very exacting one. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a stanch supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of Linton Lodge, No. 451, K. P., Johnstown; of Johnstown Council No. 303, U. C. T. : and of Johnstown Lodge. No. 538, F. and A. M.

He married, October 11, 1901, Maud C. Smith, daughter of John C. and Mary E. (Cogan) Smith, who had three children : Mrs. George H. Evans, of Johnstown; Mrs. John E. Jones, of Pittsburg; and Mrs. Campbell Rutledge. John C. Smith. son of Lyman Smith, was born in 1846, died March 4, 1890. He was by occupation a carpenter, and was one of three children: John C .. Harry, and Mrs. Clara Wilson. Mary E. (Cogan) Smith was a daughter of James Cogan, and was born in 1839, died March 3, 1874, one of three children : Mary E., Harry, and Mrs. Cerissa Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge have one child, Dorothy Belle, born October 12, 1905.

JOHN COLLEASURE RUTLEDGE, alderman of the fifth ward of Jolistown, was born in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1865, son of Irvin and Lucetta Haymaker (Colleasure) Rutledge.

Irvin Rutledge : father) was born in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1826, died December 25, 1894, son of George and Eliza- beth (Shaw) Rutledge. Irvin Rutledge was reared to farm life, and after the opening of the Pennsylvania canal turned his attention to boating, becoming captain of a boat, and followed that occupation for a number of years. In 1853 he came to Johnstown. Pennsylvania, was employed at various occupations. and early in the sixties embarked in the fire insurance business in Johnstown, at which he continued until his death. During the sessions of 1891-92 he was appointed door- keeper of state senate, served as justice of the peace for about fifteen years in the fifth ward of Johnstown, serving in that capacity at time of decease, and for two different terms filled the office of burgess while Johnstown was still a borough. He was a member of the First Pres- byterian Church, in which he served for many years as deacon, was a member of Johnstown Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, also Knights of Pythias, and was active in the ranks of the Republican party.

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History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, Part 13

Author: Storey, Henry Wilson Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 940

Author: Storey, Henry Wilson
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 940