History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, Part 67

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

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Mr. Hull married, April 3, 18:0, Catherine Croyle, daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Myers) Croyle, granddaughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Krupper) Croyle, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Croyle. born 1165, came from Bedford to Cambria county about 1290, was the first settler in Summer Hill, taking a large tract of land and be- coming foremost in the affairs of the settlement, built the first grist mill and his wife built the first church. He was a noted hunter and loved to "follow the chase." Hle was a Lutheran in religion, and a Whig in politics. He reared seven children, as follows: Frederick, Samuel, Re- becca, Sara, Elizabeth, Mary and Esther.

Frederick Croyle (grandfather) was a farmer by occupation, a Luth- eran in religion and a Republican in politics. He married Elizabeth Krupper, of Cambria county, and their children were: Joseph, see for- ward. Mary, married Henry Ketner and had three sons: Edward, Will- jam and George Ketner. Susan. married Peter Warner. The mother of these children died in 1830. Mr. Croyle married (second) Margaret Bailey, who died without issue. He married (third ) Margaret Stine- man, who bore him three sons: John, died at the age of twenty-four years. Samuel, removed to Kansas. Philip, married Julia Livingston. and their children are: John. William, Charles, Elen, Anna, Rebecca, Nora, Mabel and Elsie.

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Joseph Croyle (father), born in Cambria county, August 3, 1824, was a farmer of Croyle township, also interested in the coal and lumber trade. For six years he was the superintendent of a mine and later leased the Bank mine in company with others. At his death, March 30, 1894, the company bought his interest in the estate. JIe served as tax collector, and was once defeated for the office of county commissioner by a Democratic majority. He was a Republican, and a member of the Lutheran church. Ile married Barbara Myers, a native of Germany, November 14, 1847, and eleven children were born to them, two of whom died in early life. Those that attained years of maturity were: 1. Wendel, born 1848, married Jennie Rager and had seven children : Robert, Irvin, Joseph, Charles, Mary, Nora and Anna. 2. Frederick, born Au- gust 21, 1850, married NNancy Varner and they had two sons: Jolin C. and Bert E. 3. Catherine, born November 16, 1852, married Edward W. Hull and they had seven children: Anna, Lemon, May, Lilla, Mil- dred, Walter and Alma ; May, who was the wife of James R. Weaver and mother of three children: Olive M., David R., and Edward W. Weaver, died January 24, 1906. 4. Anna L., born 1855, married William Paul and died without issue. 5. William H., born July 26, 1858, married Clara Cooper and had five children: Howard, Webster and three who are deceased. 6. Amanda, born June 20, 1860, died May 18, 1881. 1. Elen, born April 16, 1862, married William Reighard and their children are: George, Charles, died at the age of sixteen years; Lillian, Almeda and Ella. 8. Sherman, born December 3, 1864, married Marinda Miller and has three living children: Miller, Frank and Forest; the deceased are: Harry, Arthur, Grace, who died within one week of scarlet fever, and one child who died in infancy. 9. Alice, born May 1, 1871, married Samuel Seaman and had three children: Russel, Iva and Harry.

THOMAS F. CALLAN, first and present burgess of the borough of Cresson, and who is engaged in the wholesale liquor business at Cres- son, and who has probably done more than any other one man for the past twenty years to improve and advance the interests of Cresson and its immediate vicinity, represents a family which traces its descent to Ireland.

Owen Callan, grandfather of Thomas F. Callan, and the first of the Callan family to emigrate to the United States, came from Ireland with his wife about the year 1816 and settled near Loretto, Cambria county. Pennsylvania. He moved a number of times subsequent to this, first to Butler, Butler county, and from there to a place near where Bolivar is lo- cated, Westmoreland county. Pennsylvania, where he died, and subse- quently the family moved to Johnstown. He was a contractor and builder by occupation and built a portion of the old Pittsburg pike. Before emi- grating from Ireland he was married to Ann Coats. and their children (all of whom are deceased with the exception of Thomas, who is the father of the subject of this sketch) were: 1. Mary, who married John Kingston. 2. Ann, who married George W. Easley. 3. James, who died unmarried. 4. John, who died at the age of fifteen years. 5. Thomas. an account of whom is subsequently given herein. 6. William, who was among the first to settle at Cresson, he having erected the hotel known as the Callan house, now the Commercial hotel. in 1866. He was the manager of the Callan house from the time it was opened until his death in the year 1874. He was engaged for a number of years in the con- tracting and building business, he being an associate with his brother Thomas. He was a keen lover of justice, and this trait was so pre-

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dominant in him and was carried to such a point that he was considered eccentric. He married Ellen Feltz. 7. Stephen.

Thomas Callan, third son and fifth child of Owen and Ann (Coats) C'allan, was born in Butler, Butler county, Pennsylvania, July 12, 1822. Ile became an architect and builder and was engaged in the contracting business until 1862, when he was elected county treasurer of Cambria county. After the expiration of his term of office he was engaged in the hotel business for a number of years at Ebensburg and Loretto. Upon his giving up the hotel business he, in company with his brother William, resumed the contracting and building business. Among the many build- ings erected by William and Thomas Callan as contractors the most gen- erally known and of interest to the public are: The county home on the poor farm of Cambria county; the present county jail in Ebensburg; the old market house of Johnstown, which was erected in 1872 on the site of the present city hall, and which was washed away by the great flood which destroyed Johnstown in 1889. After the death of his brother Will- jam he met with business reverses which necessitated his retiring from active business. In his earlier days he had followed boating on the old canal between Pittsburg and Johnstown. On August 21, 1856, he was commissioned first lieutenant of the "Citizens' Guard" of Johnstown, and on June 6, 1859, he was made captain of that body. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil war it was his desire to enter upon active service but the state of his health precluded this. He has always been an ardent supporter of the Democratic party and held a number of pub- lie offices. He served the county as mercantile appraiser; county treas- urer as above noted; was appointed postmaster at Loretto July 30, 1868; was commissioned justice of the peace March 14, 1874, and again April 5, 1886, in the borough of Loretto, and again May 2, 1889, in Allegheny township. He has always been an ardent member of the Roman Catholic church. At this time (December, 1906) he is in his eighty-fifth year. and is an invalid as a result of having been thrown from a buggy while county treasurer and thereby sustaining injuries from which he has never recovered. He is a man of very strong character and enjoys the respect and honor of all with whom he has ever been associated or with whom he ' has had business relations, and enjoys the comforts of a large and de- voted family for whom he has ever exercised the zealous and dutiful cares of a parental guardian.

On June 20, 1865, he married Regina McGuire, of Loretto, who was born in that town in 1842. She is the oldest daughter of Michael I .. and Sarah (Glass) McGuire, a granddaughter of "Squire Luke" Mc- · Guire, and a great-granddaughter of Captain Michael McGuire, who was the first settler in the Allegheny mountains of Cambria county. (See McGuire sketch.) The children of Thomas and Regina (McGuire) Callan were: 1. A child which died in infancy. 2. James, married Clara Kin- ney and had two children: Jessie and Louise. 3. John, born November 24, 1868, and died May 25, 1869. 4. George, born February 26, 1870, and died June 26, 1904. 5. Regina, married J. W. Donahue and has three children: John, Edward, and Regis. 6. Thomas F., the subject of this sketch (see forward). :. Josephine. 8. Mary. 9. Margaret. 10. William, married Mary Sisk and has three children: John, Pauline, and Gertrude. 11. Frances. 12. Anna. 13. Henry J. 14. Edward, born January 5, 1885, died June 10, 1902. 15. Gertrude.

Thomas F. Callan, sixth child of Thomas and Regina (McGuire) Callan, was born in Loretto, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1872. His first business occupation was in the old Callan house at Cres-

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son, later known as the Commercial hotel, and in 1891 he was engaged by the Union News Company and conducted a news stand for them for two years at Cresson, after which he was appointed postmaster under President Cleveland, in which position he served until 1897. Since that time he has been engaged in the wholesale liquor trade at Cresson. He was one of the organizers of the Cresson Brewery Company in 1902, and at present is one of the directors and the vice president of this company. In 1900 he was an important factor in the organization of the Cresson Building and Loan Association and has been its treasurer ever since that time. He is a man of considerable enterprise and activity, and has done much to advance the publie interests of the community. He has always manifested great interest in educational matters and is now serving as president of the board of school directors of Cresson. He is an ardent Democrat politically, and is Democratic in principle, theory and prac- tice, and has always been an active worker in the interests of that party, and with a success of which he may justly feel proud. He manifested much interest and enthusiasm in both the nomination and election of State Treasurer Berry in 1905, and as an evidence of his zeal and worth in the advancement of the cause of good Democracy he has been twice sent from Cambria county as a representative in the state conventions. He and his wife are practical members of the Catholic church.

He married Anna Baners, daughter of William and Ellen (Reeks) Baners, and granddaughter of Albert Reeks, who came from Germany in 1853 with his wife and family consisting of the following children: Alexander, Albert, Max, Emma, Salome, Anna, Clara and Ellen. Ellen's family was as follows: 1. Richard, married Louisa Travis and had chil- dren : Ellen and Edna. 2. Emma, married S. W. Treese and had one son : Richard. 3. Ida, married W. P. Elder and had children: Arthur, James. William, Virginia and Margaret. 4. Harry, married Minnie Rorabangh and had children: Foster and Josephine. 5. Clara, married F. H. Campbell and they had children: Victor, Minnie and Ruth. 6. Anna and Salome, twins. 7. Salome, married W. H. Brown and has chil- dren : Clarence, Harold and Elwood. 8. Lillie, married A. O. Brown and has children: Veria, Carl, Thelma, Hortense and Naomi. 9. Will- iam, unmarried. 10. Minnie, married G. H. Rosenberry and has one child : Randall. The children of Thomas F. and Anna '(Baners) Callan were: 1. Ralph, born April 7, 1897, died October 16, 1902. 2. Edith. born April 2. 1899. 3. Erma. born April 6, 1904. 4. Loyola, born Jan- uary 17, 1907.

FRANK U. FERGUSON, M. D., of Gallitzin, was born December 12, 1864, in Indiana county, and is a representative of a family of Scot- tish origin which since the colonial period has been resident in Pennsyl- vania, having been founded in Indiana county by James Ferguson, who was born in 1746, and is known to have been a supporter of the cause of the colonists in their struggle for independence.

James Ferguson, son of James Ferguson, the founder, was born February 17, 1781, on the homestead in Indiana county, and was a black- smith by trade, having a shop on his farm near Blairsville. His favorite recreation was the chase, in which he excelled, being a noted fox and deer hunter. Mr. Ferguson married Margaret Devinney, born in 1793, and they were the parents of the following children : Elliott, born 1812 ; Aaron, born 1813; James, born 1815: William, born 1817: Jane, born 1819, living at the present time (1907) in comparatively good health: Elizabeth, born 1821. wife of James Pedicord; Eli, born 1824, physician of Latrobe;

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Devinney, born 1826; John, born 1828, see forward; David, born 1834, a resident of Kansas; Joseph, born 1836; Margaret, born 1838, wife of Thompson Dodson.

John Ferguson, son of James and Margaret (Devinney) Ferguson, was born May 12, 1828, and passed his life as a farmer in Indiana county near Blairsville. He served the township of Blacklick in all its offices, and in politics was first a Whig and later a Republican. He was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Sabilla, born 1845, daughter of Robert Kells, and their children were: 1. Frank U., of whom later. 2. Charles D., born 1866, married Nora Hazlet, of Jack- sonville, Indiana county. 3. Mary S., born 1869. 4. Jennie, born No- vember, 1873, wife of Thomas Dockerty. 5. George C., born 1875, mar- ried Effie Fritz. 6. Rebecca, born 1879, wife of Ray Torence, of San Francisco, California. 7. James T., born October 10, 1883, single, grad- uate of Indiana Normal school, Blairsville. The death of Mr. Fergu- son, which was sudden, occurred May 22, 1895. His widow, who is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, resides near Blairsville.

Frank U. Ferguson, son of John and Sabilla (Kells) Ferguson, was reared on the homestead, receiving his education in the public schools and at Blairsville academy. He then became clerk in the drug store of Mil- ton C. Kerr, of Blairsville, and later served in the same capacity in the store of Hedrick Brothers, of Indiana, remaining with them until 1884, in which year he opened a drug store at Gallitzin. In 1889 he passed the State Board of Pharmacy. In 1887 he entered the Medico-Chirurgical college of Philadelphia, and in 1890 graduated at president of his class, having been unanimously elected. Returning to Gallitzin, he formed a partnership with Dr. E. T. Bradley, which was maintained until 1892, since which time he has practised alone. Dr. Ferguson devotes much attention to surgical work, at which he is regarded as one of the foremost in this part of the state. He has also contributed to the medical journals. He had the first recorded operation for ectopia pregnancy, which was suc- cessful; this was done in 1900. He was the first to use, also to advocate in a paper, before the Cambria County Medical Society anti toxine for diphtheria. He is always ready to follow all advanced ideas along the line of his profession. He has been connected with the board of health since its organization in 1892. In 1895 he returned to Philadelphia and took a polyclinic course. He is a close student and has one of the finest libraries in the eastern part of the county. He is a good citizen and has served four years on the school board. He is a member of the Pennsyl- vania State Medical Society, Cambria County Medical Society, of which body he was elected president in 1896, and American Medical Associa- tion. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Johns- town, and in politics is an independent Republican. He and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic church.

Dr. Ferguson married, June 28, 1887, Margaret Bradley, and they have three children: Paul H., born June 4, 1891: Alvin Arthur, born January 3, 1894; and Mary P., born June 24, 1901. Mrs. Ferguson is a daughter of Thomas Bradley, who was born in 1834, in Ireland, and in 1856 emigrated to the United States, becoming a successful merchant of Gallitzin. He married Catharine King, and among their children was a daughter, Margaret, who became the wife of Dr. Frank U. Ferguson. Mr. Bradley, at the time of his death, which occurred in 1899, was treas- urer of St. Patrick's Organization. His widow died August 24, 1905, at age of seventy-five years. Like her husband, she was a member of the Roman Catholic church.

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MARTIN L. O'LEARY, of Chest Springs, was born November 19, 1847, in Bedford county, and is a son of William O'Leary and a grand- son of Jolin O'Leary, who was born in 1762, in the city of Cork, Ireland, and about 1800 emigrated to the United States, settling in Taneytown, Maryland. Throughout the war of 1812 he served in the army with the rank of colonel, and subsequently moved to Bedford county, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until incapacitated by age. He passed his last years in the home of his son William. In politics he was a Demo- crat. His wife died in 1811, and for nearly half a century he remained a widower, dying in 1855 at the venerable age of ninety-three. He was buried with military honors in the German Reformed cemetery.

William O'Leary, son of John O'Leary, was born in 1807, in Taney- town, Maryland, and was a cooper by trade, following his trade in Bedford county to the close of his life. From 1859 to 1861 he was steward of the county poorhouse, and in 1863 was elected supervisor of Bedford town- ship, serving seventeen years. For sixteen years he was tipstaff of Bed- ford county, and afterward served on the county board of election. He belonged to the Washingtonian Temperance Society, strongly adhering to and advocating its principles. He was a Democrat in politics and served as elder in the Lutheran church. Mr. O'Leary married Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Rebecca Herring, of Bedford, and their chil- dren were: 1. James, born 1839, married Louise Golden, of Hancock, Maryland; enlisted in Seventy-sixth Regiment, Keystone Zouaves, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, disabled during latter part of enlistment by wound received at battle of Wilderness. 2. Elmira, born 1841, wife of William Simpson. 3. Mary E., born 1843, wife of Henry Potter, of Bedford. 4. Philip, born 1845, single. 5. Martin L., of whom later. 6. Julia Ann, deceased, wife of John H. Miller, of Waysburg. 7. William B., born 1851, single, living at Chest Springs. 8. Rebecca, born 1836, single, re- sides in Bedford. 9, 10, 11 and 12. Died in childhood. The father of the family died in 1890, and his widow survived him five years. Christian Herring was a veteran of the war of 1812.

Martin L. O'Leary, son of William and Elizabeth (Herring) O'Leary, in his youth served two years as a cattle-driver on the Pittsburg and Philadelphia pike, and in 1864 carried mail from Bedford to Cumber- land where he delivered it to the soldiers. From 1867 to 1869 he was engaged in learning the saddler's trade, and in 1871 opened a shop in Chest Springs, which he has conducted ever since, opening a branch shop in Patton on January 13, 1906. He has served the borough of Chest Springs in all its offices. In 1885 he was elected justice of the peace, and in 1890 was re-elected. For twenty years he served as clerk of the borough, and for fifteen years as councilman, and secretary of school board. In 1898 he was nominated for poor director, but was defeated by a small majority. He belongs to Cresson Lodge, No. 724, I. O. O. F., is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Mr. O'Leary married, January 12, 1871, Catharine Shaffner, of Cam- bria county, and they have been the parents of the following children: 1. William L., born 1871, died in infancy. 2. Frank M., born January 17, 1873, married Elizabeth Taylor, had three children: Catharine, Harry and Edwin. 3. Charles R., born January 29, 1875, married Estella Douglass, had five children: Esther, Bertha, Harvey and Mabel and Margaret, twins. 4. John Homer, born May 22, 1877, died September 11, 1900. 5. Harvey, born March 21, 1879, married Emma Carlheim, had two children: Homer and William. 6. Elizabeth, born 1882, single, at home. 7. Mary, born 1885, died in childhood.

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THOMAS N. NAGLE, of Patton, was born July 9, 1863, in Cam- bria county. John Nagle, his grandfather, was born in 1806, in Cambria county, and settled on a farm near Hastings, where he passed his life as an agriculturist. He was a Democrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion. Mr. Nagle married Bridget Barnical, of Loretto, and their children were: 1. Sarah, wife of James McMullen. 2. Nicholas, of whom later. 3. Mary Ann, born 1833, wife of William Gooderham. 4. Ellen, born 1835, wife of Leonard Hollas. 5. Margaret, born 1837, wife of William Ruggles. 6. Jane, born 1838, wife of William McNulty. 7. Michael H., born 1844, married first, Lydia Helfrich, and second, Cath- arine Gray. S. Bridget, born 1847, married Caleb Gray. Mr. Nagle, at the time of his death, was seventy-seven, and his widow survived to the advanced age of ninety.

Nicholas Nagle, son of John and Bridget (Barnical) Nagle, was born March, 1831, in Cambria county, bought a farm in Clearfield town- ship, and engaged in agriculture and lumbering, rafting on the Susque- hanna river without missing a spring from the age of eighteen to that of forty-five. his destination being Marietta. He was a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, being a godson of Father Gallitzin. Mr. Nagle mar- ried Catharine, daughter of Richard and Mattie (Baum) Neagle, and they were the parents of the following children: William, Robert, Mar- tha J., Anna, all of whom died in childhood. 5. Clara, born 1857, wife of John D. McMillen. 6. Mary, born 1859, wife of John Carlheim of Altoona. . Thomas N., of whom later. S. Lucy, born 1866, wife of George Biller, of Allegheny township. 9. Aaron, born 1868, married Mand Carl, resides at Loretto. 10. Ida, born 1870, wife of Richard Mc- Millen, of Altoona. 11. Minnie, born 1874, single, at home. Mr. Na- gle died at the age of fifty-eight.

Thomas N. Nagle. son of Nicholas and Catharine (Neagle) Nagle, was reared to agricultural pursuits and engaged in farming and lumber- ing until April, 1893, when he moved to Patton and purchased the livery business of Thomas Litzinger, which he still conducts. He is always in the market for buying, selling or trading and carries on a large business. He is treasurer of Fire Company No. 1 of Patton, and affiliates with the O. A. H., the P. Y. M. I., and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, all of Pat- ton. He votes with the Democrats and adheres to the faith of the Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Nagle married, January 6, 1896, Catharine, daughter of John C. O'Hara, of Pittsburg, and they have one child, Beatrice, born Novem- ber 25. 1896.

FRANCIS E. FARABAUGH, of Patton, was born April 20, 1862, and is a son of Edward Farabangh, and a grandson of Augustine Fara- baugh, who was born in 1800. in Germany, and about 1828 emigrated to the United States. settling on a farm in Carroll township. Shortly after he moved to Allegheny, where he bought a farm which was subsequently owned by his son Edward. Mr. Farabaugh was a stone mason by trade, and erected the Carltown convent and many other buildings in the coun- ty. He was a Democrat and a Roman Catholic. Mr. Farabangh married before leaving his native land, and his children were: Earhart; Leon- ard : Edward, of whom later; Mary, wife of William Cole; and Catha- rine, wife of John Wertner. Mr. Farabaugh died at the age of seven- ty-one.

Edward Farabaugh, son of Augustine Farabaugh, was born in July, 1832, in Cambria county, and settled on a farm in Allegheny township.

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In 1870 he opened a retail meat market which he conducted in connec- tion with his farm until 1900, when he retired. He now lives in Read- ing, Pennsylvania. In 1863 he was drafted, but paid the required sum of three hundred dollars for a substitute. He is a Democrat politically, and in religion a Roman Catholic. Mr. Farabaugh married Catharine, daughter of Jacob Hartman, from Berks county, and their children were: 1. Celestine, married Rose Phalen. 2. Elenora, wife of Joseph Wille- brand. 3. Francis E., of whom later. 4. Helena, wife of Henry Swope. 5. Rosa, wife of Celestine Strittmatter. 6. Isadore, married Elizabeth Kline. 7. Anicetus, died at the age of twenty-three. S. Mar- garet, died at five years old. 9. Herman, died at twenty-five years of age. 10. Ambrose, married, lives at Greensburg. 11. Sylvester, mar- ried Anna McConnell, engineer on Pennsylvania railroad, lives at Al- toona. 12. Emma, wife of George H. Langbein. 13. Adaline, wife of William Wetzell. 14. Felicitas, single, at home.

Francis E. Farabaugh, son of Edward and Catharine (Hartman) Farabaugh, was reared on a farm and received his education in the pub- lie schools and the select normal schools of Ebensburg. He taught for eleven terms in Cambria county, his first term being at the school known as the Eckenrod school, in Carroll township. In 1885 he opened a general store at St. Boniface, which he conducted for four years, and then closed in order to engage in contracting and building in Hastings and Patton, making his home at Patton in 1893. From that year until 1898 he worked as a miner and then returned to contracting. In 1904 he opened a wholesale liquor store, which he conducted until 1905, when he sold out and was again a contractor until December of that year, when he pur- chased the Patton feed and buckwheat mill, which he still operates. He has served the township in various offices, notably that of minority audi- tor of Cambria county, to which he was elected in 1897 and re-elected in 1902. He failed of nomination to the office of county commissioner, at the same time refusing to stand for auditor. His political principles are those advocated by the Democratic party, and he is a member of the Ro- man Catholic church.

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History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, Part 67

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