History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 111

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CALEB M. THOMPSON, manufacturer and dealer in lumber, was born in French Creek Township, Mercer Co., Penn., December 2, 1847, and is a son of Abel and Margaret J. (Bell) Thompson, the former a native of Mercer County, Penn., and the latter of Bedford, Penn., and both residents of Green- ville. The Thompsons were pioneers of French Creek Township, and the par- ents of our subject have had fourteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity. Ten of the children are yet living, and all but two are residents of Mercer County. Caleb M. grew up on his father's farm, on which was a grist-mill, which his father built in 1852 and operated until 1882. He began the lumber business eighteen years ago in a part of the old mill, and has since been en- gaged in that business. During this period Mr. Thompson has operated saw- mills in Mercer and Clarion Counties, Penn., and Andover, Ohio, coming from the latter place to the mill at Loutzenhiser's Corners, which he began operat- ing June 1, 1884. In the fall of 1885 he erected and put in operation a saw- mill immediately north of the Mathers mill in Greenville, which he carried on till January, 1888, when he purchased the Field & Fell stave mill, on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, known as the old Fiske property, to which he removed his saw-mill machinery and where he has since conducted business. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics is a Prohibitionist.

RALPH E. THORN, of the firm of Ford & Thorn, carriage manufacturers, was born in Mill Creek Township, Mercer Co., Penn., September 12, 1856. His father, Charles Thorn, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and married Miss Hulda Holcomb, a native of Vermont. He was engaged in merchandising in Youngstown, but soon after his marriage settled on a farm

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in Mill Creek Township, whence he removed into Sandy Lake Township a few years after coming to Mercer County. He resided in Sandy Lake till his death in September, 1874. Besides the widow he left a family of three children: Ralph E., Wilson S. and Hattie E. In 1876 the family removed to Youngs- town, Ohio, where the mother and two youngest children now live. Ralph E. grew up in Sandy Lake Township, and after attending the public schools spent two terms at the New Lebanon Academy. In 1875 he began learning the carriage builder's trade in Youngstown, Ohio. Coming to Greenville in 1877, he continued working at his trade till January, 1886, when he purchased a half interest in the present carriage factory of Ford & Thorn, one of the leading manufacturing firms of Greenville. Mr. Thorn was married April 8, 1879, to Miss Lizzie Beachler, of Greenville, of which union two children, Ada M. and Helen M., have been born. He and wife are members of the Reformed Church, and in politics he is a Republican.

W. O. AND N. E. TILLOTSON, under the firm name of Tillotson Bros., carry on one of the leading dry goods stores in Greenville. They were born in Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., March 13, 1843, and August 22, 1847, respect- ively. Their father, William Tillotson, was born in Genoa. Cayuga Co., N. Y., December 20, 1810, and is a son of Matthew N. and Asenath (Higby) Tillotson, natives of Hartford, Conn., of English ancestry. William grew to maturity in New York State, and was there married October 17, 1837, to Miss Louisa Ogden. She, too, was born in Genoa, N. Y., and is a daughter of Ezekiel and Abijail Ogden, natives of New Jersey. Two sons and two daughters were born of this marriage: W. Ogden, Clara, wife of James F. Crandall, of Jersey City; Norton E., and Ida, wife of James A. Waugh, of Greenville. The parents came to Greenville in 1868, where they have since resided. Mr. Tillotson is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic order. In January, 1866, W. Ogden, senior member of Tillotson Bros., came from New York State to Greenville, and bought the dry goods stock of Simon Donner, which occupied a room in Packard's Commercial Block. In 1867 his brother, Norton E., came to Greenville to assist him, and the stock was removed to a frame room which stood on the site of Reiss & Son's tobacco store. In 1868 Norton E. obtained an interest in the business, and the present firm was formed. In the extensive fire which occurred in Greenville January 15, 1873, the store of Tillotson Bros. was among those destroyed, and they immediately erected the brick building now occupied by Reiss & Son. They carried on business in that room till the erection, in 1881-82, of their present block, which they took possession of in the latter year. W. Ogden Tillotson was married August 15, 1872, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Hon. John Allison, late register of the United States Treasury. Of this union two sons have been born: W. Ogden and Gustav K. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Tillotson is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Norton E. was married June 6, 1876, to Miss Augusta M .. daughter of W. P. Leech, of Greenville. Two children have been born to them, Jesse M. and William P.

RICHARD TUNISON, retired merchant, was born in Reading, Steuben Co., N. Y., January 16, 1823. His parents, Cornelius and Catharine (Hays) Tunison, were natives of New Jersey, but were married in New York State. In the spring of 1853 the family came to Mercer County, and located north of the site of Thiel College. The parents died on that farm, the father August 20, 1854, aged sixty-eight, and the mother March 10, 1865, aged ninety-one years. Both adhered to the Baptist faith, Mrs. Tunison being one of the original members of the Greenville congregation. Cornelius Tunison was in the United States Army eight years, and served in the War of 1812. In early

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life a Democrat, he subsequently became a Whig and then a Republican, to which political faith he adhered until his death. Richard Tunison grew to manhood in his native county, receiving the usual common school education. He was married in Bound Brook, N. J., to Miss Mary E. Sullard, a native of that town. They resided in New Jersey about three years, and Mr. Tunison then engaged in the grain trade on Seneca Lake, N. Y. In the spring of 1853 he removed with his parents to the vicinity of Greenville, where he followed farming until his removal to that borough some twenty years ago, where he purchased and ran the St. Charles Hotel for one year. In 1873 Mr. Tunison erected a store-room on Main Street, and in partnership with his son, William F., opened a grocery house. In the fall of 1882 he retired from the firm, and his son conducted the business till the spring of 1888, when he sold out. To Richard and Mary E. Tunison have been born three sons: William F., H. A. and Charles, deceased. Both he and wife are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and the family are all stanch supporters of the Republican party.

ALLEN TURNER, lumber dealer, etc., was born in Warren County, Penn., October 18, 1821, and is a son of Marcus and Sarah (Stevens) Turner, the former a native of Massachusetts, born February 12, 1794, and the latter of Vermont. Mr. Turner's grandfather, Abraham Turner, of Massachusetts, was one of the soldiers who erected the fort at the mouth of French Creek, on the site of Franklin, Penn., and also that on the site of Meadville, Penn., after the purchase of this territory from the Indians. He subsequently returned to Massachusetts, and there died. Marcus Turner grew up in that State, and thence came to Meadville, Penn., where he married Sarah Stephens and settled on a farm in Warren County, Penn. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. In 1847 he removed to Chautauqua County, N. Y., where he still resides, and enjoys good health, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. His wife died in Greenville while on a visit to her son Allen, in March, 1869. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living. One of the daughters, Mrs. Orpha Hammond, is a well-known pioneer educator of Penn- sylvania and New York States, and for about one year was editor of the Times (now Argus), of Greenville. Our subject was the oldest son in the family, grew to manhood in Warren County, Penn., and was there married August 19, 1849, to Miss Mary E. Shipman, of Erie County, Penn., and a native of Madison County, N. Y. Mr. Turner followed the lumber business up to his removal to Sharon in June, 1852, where he went into the stove and tin-ware business, having the only store in that line in the borough at that time. In 1856 he removed to Kinsman, Ohio, where he continued business. Finding that Kinsman was not sufficiently flourishing for his business enterprise, he came, in 1859, to Greenville and purchased the store building of Achre, Bit- tenbanner & Co. on Main Street, the upper story of which was then occupied by his sister, Mrs. Hammond, in publishing the Times. In the spring of 1860 he located in the borough, and opened a stove and tin-ware store in the same building which he has ever since been interested in, and which his two sons and son-in-law now occupy. He also carried on a book and wall-paper store in the same building up to 1865, when he sold out, being the only dealer in that line in Greenville during his term of business.

In 1865 he purchased 800 acres of timber lands on the head-waters of the Shenango River, which stream had been declared, by the act of 1803, navigable to its source, and cleaned out up to Greenville. Mr. Turner cleaned out the bed of the stream from Greenville to his purchase, a distance of from thirty-five to forty-five miles. For the succeeding eighteen years he rafted his logs to Greenville, where he had erected extensive saw mills, and cut them into lumber, producing about

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1,000,000 feet annually. His mill was burned in 1881, but he remained in the business until 1883. Mr. Turner, in 1870, started the first tree and small fruit nursery in this portion of the county, which he sold out in 1873, when he had 50,000 valuable roots. He was one of the men who was instrumental in having the rolling mills located in Greenville, and also the Pearce Woolen Mills, and one of the leading spirits in having Thiel College brought to the place. Since 1865 he has been engaged in the lumber business, and has been one of the most successful financiers of this part of the county. Mrs. Turner

died in the Methodist Episcopal faith November 18, 1878, leaving a family of three children: Julius Fillmore, Elmer Allen and Edith, all of whom are liv- ing. Mr. Turner was again married August 23, 1883, to Miss Margaret Sheriff, of Mercer, a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican in politics, and has been burgess of Greenville one term. His mother was a relative of President Fillmore, and Hon. Jabe Sutherland, judge in Utah Ter- ritory, while his brother Oren is a prominent attorney of the Chicago bar.

JOHN LAMBERT TURNER, general grocer, was born in Monmouthshire, Eng- land, April 22, 1838, and is a son of William and Sarah (Lambert) Turner, the former a native of Oxfordshire, and the latter of Monmouthshire, England. In the fall of 1841 the family immigrated to Youngstown, Ohio, where the parents spent the balance of their lives. They reared a family of seven chil- dren, four of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah A. Crowther, of Ashland, Ky .; William, of Niles, Ohio; Mrs. Matilda Hull, of Youngstown, Ohio, and John L. Our subject grew to manhood in Youngstown, Ohio, and worked in one of the iron mills of that town as a roller. Mr. Turner was married May 6, 1858, to Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of David and Hannah (Dumars) Gillespie, who was born at Big Bend, Mercer Co., Penn. One son, John A., a partner with his father in the grocery house, is the only fruit of this union. Mr. Turner followed the iron business until removing to Greenville. In 1871 he super- intended the erection of a rolling mill in Massillon, Ohio, and then went to Wyandotte, Mich., as superintendent of the Wyandotte Rolling Mills, and was subsequently superintendent two years of the iron mills in Hamilton, Ontario. In April, 1881, Mr. Turner came to Greenville, and began operating coal mines in Butler County, which he sold out in December, 1886. In the mean- time he bought out the grocery store of Kamerer & Leech, in February, 1884, and the firm of J. L. Turner & Son has since conducted a general grocery business. The family are attendants of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Turner is a Democrat, and a member of the R. A. and the Masonic fra- ternity.

WILLIAM A. VAUGHN, carriage manufacturer, was born in Washington County, Penn., July 27, 1823, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Alex- ander) Vaughn. The former was born in Washington County, Penn., June 12, 1797, and was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Storer) Vaughn, who were married October 4, 1792, and were the parents of the following chil- dren: Agnes, James, Thomas, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Andrew and Lydia. Thomas came to Mercer County a young man, where he met and married Elizabeth, daughter of William Alexander, a pioneer of Findley Township. He and wife went back to Washington County, and returned to Mercer County in 1824, locating a short distance from the county seat. Of this union three children were born, our subject being the only survivor. The mother died when William A. was a small boy, and his father remarried, and reared by his second wife three children: James A., Harriet E. and Thomas L. He died in Greenville in February, 1884, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Our subject was reared in Mercer County, and learned the carriage

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blacksmith trade at Mossmantown, in West Salem Township. In June, 1847, he opened a shop across the street from his present factory, and in the spring of 1850 erected a building on its present site, where he has ever since carried on the carriage business, which has increased from year to year, until to-day he conducts one of the leading manufacturing institutions of the borough. Mr. Vaughn was married October 18, 1849, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Hugh and Isabel (Hunter) Mossman, one of the pioneer families of West Salem Town- ship. Mrs. Vaughn was born on the old homestead, in West Salem, not far from the Ohio line, and grew to womanhood in that part of the county. The following children have been born of this union: James W., of the firm of W. A. Vaughn & Son; Theresa, deceased; Harriett E., wife of C. H. Gardner, of Cleveland, Ohio; Emma P. and Carrie M. Mr. Vaughn and wife are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Masonic fra- ternity. Politically he is a Republican, has filled the position of councilman and school director, and has always taken a deep interest in the growth and progress of his adopted county.

JOHN W. VOSLER, attorney at law, was born in Salem Township, Mercer Co., Penn., January 20, 1850, and is a son of Leonard and Viletta (Waters) Vosler, the former a native of New York State, and the latter of Eastern Pennsylvania. They came to this county in early youth, married, and are now residents of Salem Township. Our subject was reared upon the old homestead, and received his primary education in the district schools. At the age of seventeen he came to Greenville, and attended the high-school one term. In the fall of 1868 he entered the State Normal School at Edinboro, Penn., where he graduated in June, 1871, and subsequently spent one term at Mount Union College, Mount Union, Ohio. In the meantime he had taught school two winter terms in Mercer County. After graduating he taught one term in the Utica, Penn., public schools as principal; was principal of the schools at Parker's Landing, Penn., one year, and the Freeport schools two years. He began his law studies in 1874, under Judge William Maxwell, of Greenville, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1876. He did not begin active practice, however, in Greenville until the spring of 1878, since which time he has followed the duties of his profession. In the fall of 1878 he was elected, on the Republican ticket, one of the auditors of Mercer Coun- ty, and re-elected in 1881, serving in that position six years. Mr. Vosler was married February 7, 1878, to Miss Mary Hoak, of Freeport, Penn., of which union one son, Ray, survives. Mrs. Vosler died in the consolations of the Christian faith, January 25, 1888, after a lingering illness of about three years' duration. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to the I. O. O. F. Since locating in Greenville Mr. Vosler has built up a fair practice at the bar of Mercer County.

HON. WILLIAM WAUGH was born in New Bedford, Lawrence Co., Penn., May 4, 1818. His father, James Waugh, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., July 5, 1788, and his grandfather, James, was a captain in the Revo- lutionary War, and died on his farm near New Wilmington, Penn., about 1815, whither the family had removed early in the present century. The father of our subject, when a boy, crossed the Mountains to Crawford County, Penn., with Alexander Power, a pioneer surveyor of that county, whence he subsequently returned to Cumberland County. Soon after reaching manhood James, Jr., opened a small store in a log cabin near New Bedford, Penn., into which town he subsequently removed. About 1824 he formed a partner- ship with his brother, Alexander Power Waugh, under the firm name of J. & A. P. Waugh, and started a store in Greenville. They carried on merchandis-

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ing in that town about twenty years, and during this period operated its lead- ing mercantile establishment. Their business house stood west of the Shenan- go, on Main Street. Alexander P., born July 4, 1791, located in Greenville in 1824, and was the first postmaster of the village. After giving up mer- chandising he led a retired life, and died in the Presbyterian faith March 7, 1869. He was a quiet, unassuming man, and well known and respected by the early settlers of Mercer County. They sold their store to Gen. James Power and John Waugh, a son of James, who, as Power & Waugh, removed it to the east side of the Shenango, and were leading merchants of Green- ville. They were also large canal contractors, and in connection with Charles M. Reed, of Erie, Penn., built the first blast furnace in Greenville, which they operated a few years at a large financial loss. John Waugh was also one of the prominent stock dealers of Mercer County, and one of its well- known citizens. James Waugh and family resided in New Bedford till the spring of 1829, when he joined his brother at Greenville. Politically he was a Whig, and in 1828 was elected from Mercer County to the Legislature, and served one term. He was married at New Bedford to Miss Jane Thompson, born in July, 1788, who bore him four children: Margaret, Elizabeth, John and William, all of whom are dead except the last mentioned. During the War of 1812 he served at Erie, in Capt. Gilliland's company. The family were Presbyterians, and his wife died in that faith July 19, 1861, her husband surviving her until July 18, 1874. James Waugh was a self-educated man, of strong argumentative ability, and a wide knowledge of men and affairs. William came to Greenville with his parents in the spring of 1829, attended school in the Jamestown Academy, and in 1838 graduated at the Western University, Pittsburgh. He then read law with Pearson & Stewart, of Mer- cer, and was admitted to the bar December 28, 1842. He soon gave up the law profession, however, and engaged in other business. In 1850 he was appointed associate judge, and served until new judges were elected by popu- lar vote, when he was not a candidate. In 1857 he was elected, on the Repub- lican ticket, prothonotary of Mercer County, and re-elected to the same office, in which capacity he served six years. Judge Waugh was a leading spirit in the organization of the First National Bank of Greenville, in 1864, and was its first cashier. He filled that position until the death of the president, the late Samuel P. Johnston, in the fall of 1875, when he was chosen president of the bank, and served in that capacity up to January, 1888. Judge Waugh was married February 6, 1846, to Miss Annie D. Lasher, of Philadelphia, Penn., of which union three sons have been born: James A., of Greenville; William F., professor in the Medical Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, and John H., a stock grower of Dakota. From 1845 until 1848 Judge Waugh was editor and proprietor of the Mercer County Whig, at Mercer, and in the latter year was the nominee of the Whig party of Mercer County for the Leg- islature, but, because of his opposition to the division of the county, the Whigs in the southern part split off and defeated him.

SAMUEL WEST, grocery merchant, was born in Lehigh County, Penn., April 2, 1828, and is a son of David and Catharine (Beitnett) West, also natives of Lehigh County, and of German parentage. They grew up and married in their native county, and in 1832 removed with their family to Canfield, Ohio, and settled on a farm. Two years afterward they removed to Leavittsburg, Ohio, and in 1842 came to Mercer County, and located one mile east of Green- ville. In 1849 the parents moved into West Salem Township, where they spent the remaining years of their lives. The mother died in 1863, and the father in 1867. They were life-long Lutherans, and Mr. West supported the

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Democratic party up to his death. They reared three children: Samuel, Mrs. Polly Greenewalt, of Crawford County, Penn., and Mrs. Mary Struble, who died in Wisconsin. Samuel left the parental roof in 1841, came to the vicinity of Greenville, and worked on a farm until his twenty-fourth year. In 1852 he got a government contract to carry a daily mail between Greenville and Mer- cer. He established a hack line, and carried the first daily mail between those points, which he continued to do for eight years. In 1856 he obtained a sim- ilar contract to carry the mail from Greenville to Warren, Ohio, which lasted four years, both contracts ending in 1860. Mr. West then engaged in farm- ing, and in 1863 opened a grocery store in Greenville, which he conducted for one year. He purchased and ran the Greenville Steam Saw-mill for the next two years, and then sold out and went into the clothing business. In the spring of 1871 he disposed of his stock and again engaged in the grocery trade, which he has since continued. Mr. West was married April 6, 1852, to Miss Mary L. Homer, who bore him one daughter, Mrs. Frances Hernevious, of West Salem Township. Mrs. West died, in the Methodist faith, December 23, 1855. In December, 1859, Mr. West was again married, to Miss Maria Knappenberger, who has borne him four daughters and three sons: Minnie, Lydia, Samuel, Alice, John, Harry and May, all living at home. The family belong to the Lutheran Church, and Mr. West is a member of the I. O. O. F., and a stanch supporter of the Democratic party.

JAMES R. WICK was one of the early business men of Greenville, where he located as a clerk in the store of J. & A. P. Waugh in 1826-27. He was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1807, and was a son of Rev. William Wick, a Presbyterian minister. After clerking a few years he began merchandising, and continued in the mercantile business till about 1850, when he started a private bank. He was engaged in the brokerage line until 1856, and then re- moved to Wisconsin. He finally returned to Greenville, and died November 1, 1865. Mr. Wick was the second postmaster of Greenville, filling the office from July, 1830, till October, 1831. He was also a justice of the peace sev- eral terms, and associate judge one term. He was married in 1830 to Cathe- rine, daughter of Jacob Loutzenhiser, a pioneer of Greenville, and reared a family of six children. She died October 11, 1887, surviving her husband nearly twenty-two years.

CHAPTER XXXII.

BIOGRAPHIES OF SHARPSVILLE.

D AVID AGNEW, deceased, was born at Frankstown, Huntingdon Co., Penn., September 25, 1805, and died at Sharpsville, Penn., August 24, 1882. Ere reaching manhood he obtained a clerkship with Dr. P. Shoen- berger, at Maria Forges, in Bedford County. About the year 1823 he removed to the Doctor's iron works, at Pittsburgh, where he remained until the spring of 1832, when he removed to Wheeling, Va., having entered into partnership with Dr. Shoenberger for the erection of a rolling mill at that place, the first in that city, and believed to be the first of the kind erected in that State. He was about the same time connected with a forge and furnace at Hanging Rock, Ohio. While a resident of Wheeling he was appointed by

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the governor a member of the" County Court;" was instrumental with others in establishing the Merchants' & Mechanics' Bank, of Wheeling; was a director, and for a time acted as president of that institution, and subsequently was appointed by President Tyler postmaster, which office he held for more than four years. During his term of postmaster Polk was elected President, and when the new administration came into power an attempt was made by the politicians to have Mr. Agnew removed; but the Postmaster-General, having examined into the affairs of the office, and finding that they were conducted in such an able and business-like manner, protested so strongly against any change being made that Mr. Agnew, though of different political faith, was permitted to retain the office. Wheeling, at that time, was one of the most important points along the line of the National Road, being a distributing office. Mr. Agnew resigned about a year later. In the year 1846 he removed to Sharon, this county, and, in connection with Dr. Shoenberger and others, built the Sharon Furnace. Afterward, together with Gen. Curtis, Mr. Boyce and other citizens of Sharon, the Sharon Iron Company was formed, and the rolling mill at Sharon, known as the Sharon Iron Works, was erected, of which Mr. Agnew was a director and manager. About the year 1846 there was considerable excitement in Mercer County in regard to the coal and iron business, which led to the erection of quite a number of blast furnaces along the Shenango Valley, but the expectations of these pioneers in the iron business of this county were destined to disappointment. The Lake Superior ores had not been obtained, and confined, as they were, to the native ores, and the use of mineral coal, with a general want of knowledge and experience in the working of these ma- terials, it is not surprising that the business proved unprofitable, and was gen- erally abandoned, so that very few of these old furnaces remain, having, since the introduction of Lake Superior ores, been superseded by larger and more perfect establishments. The connection of the iron ore of Lake Superior with the coal of Mercer County has produced an entire revolution in the manufact- ure of iron in Mercer County, and throughout Western Pennsylvania gener- ally. Mr. Agnew and his brother, John P. Agnew, were the first to use Lake Superior ore in a blast furnace. While running the old Sharpsville Fur- nace they procured, at great expense, a few tons of ore for that purpose, which, it is believed, was the first time it had ever been so used. In 1856 Mr. Agnew removed to Erie, where he remained two years, looking after the business affairs of the Sharon Iron Company, at the end of which time he severed his connection with the firm, and went to Parkersburg, W. Va., and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1862 he went to Mount Savage, Md., and took charge of the rolling mills and furnaces in that place, and returned to Parkersburg about the close of the war, and stayed until the spring of 1869, when he came to Sharpsville. In an acquaintance of over fifty years Mr. Ag- new witnessed many seasons of prosperity and adversity, as well as great im- provements, in the iron industries of the county. Since 1869 he resided in Sharpsville, having the general supervision of the books and accounts con- nected with the various iron, coal and other concerns in which the late Gen. Pierce was interested, and in the capacity of secretary and treasurer of the Sharpsville Railroad Company. The business of the Pierce estate was closed in 1881, and notwithstanding its extensive and varied character, and the immense amount of labor involved, under Mr. Agnew's wise management, and com- prehensive acquaintance with the affairs thereof, it was settled in a compara- tively speedy and satisfactory manner to all concerned. In politics Mr. Ag- new was a Republican, but never took an active part in any of the campaigns of the party. In 1873, just before the borough of Sharpsville was formed,

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History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 111

Author: Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1288

Author:
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1288