History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 156

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Publication date: 1888
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PHILIP HOOBLER, retired, post-office Osborn, Penn., was born May 5, 1816, in Allegheny County, Penn., and is a son of Abram Hoobler. Caleb Hoobler,


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the grandfather of our subject, was born in Germany, and immigrated to this country when a young man, and lived in Allegheny County for several years, and while there he met and married Mary Mantle. They were old pioneer settlers in Mercer County, but the date of their settlement we are unable to learn. There were eight children born to them: Abram, Jacob, Philip, Dan- iel, George, Martha, Susan and Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased. Abram came to this county in 1820, with his family, consisting of his wife, Catherine Maits, and three children: Mary, widow of E. Davis, of Crawford County; John, deceased, and Philip. They settled on a farm in Sugar Grove Town- ship, where they lived until their deaths. There were four children born to them in this county: Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Flowers, of Allegheny County; Catherine, wife of H. Laferty; William and Jacob, of Sugar Grove Town- ship. Politically Abram was a Democrat. He died June 12, 1829, and his widow in October, 1854. Philip remained at home until he was fourteen years of age, when he went to learn the shoemaker's trade. He was married October 3, 1839, to Elizabeth J. Croco, of Allegheny County. They resided in Pittsburgh for three years, when they came to Sugar Grove Township and lived there until 1855, since which time they have resided in Salem Township. There were six children born to them: John, of Crawford County; James, Henry C., Sarah J., widow of A. Hood, of Venango County; Elizabeth A., deceased, and Joseph L., of Salem Township. Politically Philip is a Repub- lican. He, his wife and his daughter, Sarah J., are members of the Method- ist Episcopal Church. John was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, where he lost an arm. James and Henry C. were also there, but were less fortu- nate than their brother, and were killed on the field of battle.


RICHARD MATTHEWS, farmer, post-office Hadley, was born September 28, 1824, in Poland, Mahoning Co., Ohio, where he was reared and educated at the common schools. In 1845 he came to Deer Creek Township, this county, where he worked as a laborer in various localities. He was married February 15, 1855, to Rhoda, daughter of George and Martha Vosler, of Salem Town- ship. They settled on a farm in Perry Township, which he had previously purchased, and where they lived until 1866, when he purchased another farm in Salem Township, owned by George Vosler, and on which they settled and still live. There were three children born to them: Thomas, died in infancy; Julena, married Warren Flick June 20, 1878; and Lucy, married John Euard, of Hadley, December 25, 1885, who was born in Salem Township, moved to Illinois in 1862, where he lived until his marriage. Politically Mr. Matthews is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have accumulated their property by their own efforts and hard labor. Julena and her husband are living on the Matthews farm, in Salem Township, and are the parents of three children: Richard, Blanch and Elsie. Lucy and her husband live at Hadley, where he is engaged in blacksmithing. To them have been born two children: Mertie May and Josephus.


JACOB YOUNG McLEAN, farmer, post-office Leech's Corners. The subject of this sketch was the youngest son of William and Elizabeth McLean. William McLean was born in Somerset County, Penn., in October, 1770, and was a son of Andrew McLean, of Scotch descent, who served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He received his pay in continental money, which depreciated so as to become worthless, and was finally consumed in a bonfire in an old-fash- ioned fire-place. William McLean was married to Elizabeth Ross, daughter of James Ross, of Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Co., Penn. They settled per- manently in this county in 1798, purchasing a small farm in Salem Township from John Caughey, on which they lived and died. He was a mechanic as well as


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a farmer. In 1806 he was appointed justice of the peace by Gov. Mckean, which office he held until his hearing became impaired. He held the position of class- leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for nearly forty years, and was active in all the interests of the church. To him were born ten children: James, Andrew, John, William S., Margaret, Cornelius, Jane, Eliza, James Ross and Jacob Young, all of whom are deceased except J. Y. and J. Ross. He died August 5, 1839, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. His wife, Elizabeth, died April 4, 1862, in the eighty-third year of her age. Of the sons, John and William S. were ordained ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John entered the Pittsburgh Conference in 1827; was afterward transferred to the Erie, and on the division of that conference fell into the East Ohio, and at the end of an itinerancy of fifty years died at Elyria, Lorain Co., Ohio, in February, 1887, in the eighty-second year of his age. William S. served the church for many years as a local elder, and died at his home, in Salem Township, in December, 1866. Cornelius married Eliza A. Walker, of Greenville, and in 1853 removed with his family to Henry County, Ill. From there he went to Iowa; enlisted in an Iowa regiment, and died at Quincy, Ill., in 1863. Jacob Young McLean, the subject of this sketch, was born November 23, 1820. He re- ceived his education at the country schools and at the old Mercer Academy, and for several years taught school in the winter seasons. He was married, October 24, 1847, to Miss P. Donaldson, and settled on a small farm in Salem Township, a part of his brother Andrew's tract, originally purchased from David Leech. To them was born one child, Nellie, wife of J. W. Steven- son. Mrs. McLean died August 5, 1849, at the age of twenty-two. After the death of his first wife, J. Y. engaged in mercantile business for three or four years, and May 12, 1853, he was married to Miss Ada Holcomb, of Trumbull County, Ohio. In politics he is a Republican. In 1855 he was elected justice of the peace, and again elected in 1864. In 1868 he was elected county com- missioner for three years, and at different intervals was elected several terms as school director of his township. In 1878 he was a candidate at the Republican county convention for the State Legislature, and lacked but a few votes of receiv- ing the nomination. At the next convention he declined to be a candidate. He is now (1888) living on his farm in Salem Township, which he cleared up from the original forest, and thus far is enjoying the results of a busy life. J. Ross McLean was born July 22, 1818, and was married May 25, 1842, to Elizabeth Keck, of West Salem Township. They settled on the old homestead, which descended to him from his father. To him were born ten children, seven of whom are now living: Esther E., Celia, B. O. Plympton, J. Theodore, Felicia, Chloe J. and Andrew Curtin. Politically J. R. is a Republican, and for some years has been deaf from the effects of chill fever.


STEPHEN A. OSBORN, farmer, post-office Osborn, Penn., was born April 2, 1840, in Jackson Township, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and is a son of John Osborn, who was born December 4, 1806, in Fayette County, Penn., and was married March 31, 1832, to Abigail Allen, of New York State, one of the descendants of Ephraim Allen. John and his wife located on a farm in Jackson, Ohio. There were born to them six children: Hiram B., of Kansas; Almira. wife of L. N. Stephenson, of Wisconsin; Sarah, wife of J. Chess, of Sandy Creek Township; Stephen A., lives in Salem Township; James P., and William, who lives in Wisconsin. John's wife died in 1844, and he married for his second wife, in 1848, Miss Mary M. Lewis, of Jackson, Ohio. They remained in Ohio until 1850, when they purchased a farm of 106 acres of Jacob Foulk, in Salem Township, this county, on which they settled. John obtained his edu- cation at the common schools, and taught school a few terms. Politically he


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was a Whig and Republican. Stephen A. was reared at home until he was eighteen years old, then he was in the South and West for three years and a half, when he returned to Mercer County, and enlisted in the late war under Capt. Wood, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Company G, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, and served three years. He enlisted as a private, and was gradually promoted to the office of second lieutenant. During his soldier life he spent about six months in the various Southern prisons. He was mar- ried October 1, 1865, to Malinda, daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Newbold) Rhodes, of Salem Township. They lived in Salem Township one year, in Crawford County two years, and then returned to Salem Township, and settled on the farm where they now live. There were three children born to them: May, Lewis M., and one who died in infancy. His wife died in 1870 at the age of twenty-five, and he married for his second wife, in May, 1871, Hannah M. Rhodes, and by this union they have two children: U. Leon and Ira M. Politically our subject is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.


J. LESLIE RILEY, farmer and lumber dealer, post-office Leech's Corners, was born May 6, 1842, in Sugar Grove Township. John Riley, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Westmoreland County, where he was reared and married to Barbara Simons, and came to Sugar Grove, Mercer County, in a very early day, and settled on a farm now owned by David McGranahan, where they lived until their decease. There were eight children born to John and Barbara Riley: James T., John W., Abigail, wife of David McGranahan; Cornelius, deceased; Jane, wife of James Elwood; Hannah, wife of Edward Callahan; Margaret, wife of Lewis Lindsey; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas El- wood. James T., father of our subject, was born June 24, 1812, in Sugar Grove Township. where he was reared and educated. He was married to Mary E. Miller, of Crawford County, and settled on a part of his father's homestead, where they spent the most of their days. For many years James T. was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his father. To James T. and Mary E. were born six children: Elizabeth, wife of G. H. Dumars; William L., a clergyman in Corry, Penn .; J. Leslie; Lo- vina, deceased; Emily, wife of George Linn, of Iowa; Lewis L., of James- town, N. Y. Politically James T. was a Prohibitionist, with Republican pro- clivities. He died May 22, 1885, in his seventy-third year, and his wife died in February, 1883, and the age of sixty-six. J. Leslie was reared at home and educated at the common schools. He was married, July 16, 1863, to Melissa, daughter of David and Margaret (Wilson) Linn, of New Vernon Township. They first settled in Sugar Grove Township. J. Leslie was engaged in coop- ering, and remained there until 1875, when they went to Salem Township and lived on a part of the Caughey farm until he purchased the Dean farm, where they now live. There were two children born to them: Ellis A. and Ada E., wife of A. L. Beil. J. Leslie is a member of the Eureka Lodge No. 290, F. & A. M., and of the I. O. O. F., and is also a member of the State police. Politically he is a Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of the Method- ist Episcopal Church.


THOMAS RHOADES, farmer, post-office Osborn, was born November 2, 1832, in Salem Township. His father, Jacob, was born December 9, 1779, in Schuylkill County, Penn. In 1796 Jacob came to Salem Township, this county, and made a settlement on a tract of 200 acres of land, and remained there until 1798, when his parents, Caleb and Hannah, also arrived, and made a permanent settlement, the original settlement of Jacob being made for his father. Some years afterward Jacob purchased 200 acres more for himself,


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adjoining his father's, and at the death of his father purchased the interests of the heirs in the homestead. The entire 400 acres of Jacob Rhoades is still in the possession of the descendants. There were nine children born to Caleb and Hannah Rhoades: Betsey, Martha, Anna, Sebina, Hannah, Sarah, Lewis, Jacob and Polly. All of these are dead. Jacob, the father of our subject, was mar- ried September 14, 1813, to Anna, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Young) Burrier. Jacob remained on the homestead with his parents until their deaths. He then purchased the farm. Caleb died in March, 1830, aged ninety-one years. His widow, Hannah, died in 1850, aged ninety-seven. To Jacob and Anna were born ten children: John, deceased; Lewis; Susannah E., wife of P. Vosler; Hannah, wife of R. Bates; Martha, wife of N. Simmons; Samuel . H., Jacob C., Benjamin, Thomas, and Anna M., wife of A. Boush. Jacob was a Democrat, but never aspired after official positions. He died August 23, 1853. His widow died September 2, 1874. Jacob was drafted twice and served in the War of 1812. Thomas, our subject, was reared at home, and obtained a limited education at the common schools. He was married March 6, 1862, to Charlotte, daughter of Robert and Mary (Critchfield) Roberts, of Salem Township. They settled on a part of the homestead, willed to him by his father. There were seven children born to them: Emily M., wife of W. McCracken; Adolphus M., Mary A., Anna M., Jacob S., Melva F. and Lena D. He is a Democrat.


JOHN R. RHOADES, farmer, post-office Kennard, was born August 7, 1855, in Salem Township. Lewis Rhoades, his father, was born in Salem Township November 23, 1816, and was married September 3, 1841, to Sarah Newbold, of Crawford County, Penn., and settled on a farm of 101 acres, in Salem Town- ship, which was left to him by his father, Jacob Rhodes. Unto Lewis and Sarah Rhoades there were fifteen children born, of whom only seven are living: Anna E., wife of Thomas Roberts; Martha, widow of Levi Gifford; Hannah M., wife of S. A. Osborn; Ira N., of Crawford County; Thomas S., of Salem Township; John R., of Salem, and Ida C., wife of J. D. Tiffany, of Crawford County. John R. was married to Samantha, daughter of J. C. McAdoo, of Kennard, on the 26th of September, 1876. They settled on the portion of the farm which was given to him by his father. Politically John R. is a Repub- lican. He and his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.


CALEB RHOADES, farmer, post-office Kennard, was born February 22, 1841, in Salem Township, on the farm on which he now lives. His grandparents, Caleb and Hannah Rhoades, natives of Schuylkill County, came to Salem Township, this county, in 1798, and settled on a tract of 200 acres selected by their son, Jacob, in 1796, and on which he had remained the two intervening years. There were nine children born to Caleb and Hannah Rhoades, of whom Lewis (father of our subject) was born the year of their arrival in this township, or on the 5th of October, 1798. Lewis was reared at home, and educated at the com- mon schools. At the age of twenty-one he went to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for several years. He was married June 11, 1825, to Eliza- beth, daughter of James and Elizabeth (McDowell) Fetterman, pioneers of Crawford County, Penn. They settled on a farm of 150 acres, which he had previously purchased of David Leech, in Salem Township, where he engaged in farming in connection with carpentering. There were seven children born to them: Elizabeth, wife of James Riley; Hannah, wife of George Davenport; James, of Sugar Grove Township; William, of Salem Township; John, of Otter Creek Township; Lewis (deceased) and Caleb. Politically Lewis was a Democrat. He died in March, 1886, aged eighty-eight years. His widow resides on the homestead with her two sons, William and Caleb.


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ROBERT R. ROBERTS, deceased, was the son of Thomas and Leanah (Watters) Roberts, and was born May 15, 1829, in what is now Sugar Grove Township. He was reared and educated at home. On the 12th of January, 1858, he was married to Louesa, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Palm) McCorkle, of Salem Township. For fourteen years after marriage they lived on a farm near Kennard, and then moved to another farm in Salem Township, where the fam- ily now live. They have had four children: Clare E., Mary J., wife of C. E. Miller, of Crawford County; Thomas M. and William O. Robert R. was drafted in the late war, but, being unable to leave his family, he furnished a substitute. He was a Democrat, and died August 24, 1886. His widow resides on the old homestead with her two sons, Thomas and William. The Roberts' are among the best known and most respected families of the town- ship.


JAMES F. ROBERTS, farmer, post-office Kennard, was born April 12, 1840, in Salem Township. His father, Robert Roberts, was born June 11, 1793, in the southeastern part of this State, and was there united in the holy bonds of mat- rimony to Mary Critchfield. They came to Salem Township, Mercer County, in 1818, and purchased a portion of the Bishop Roberts tract, on which they settled. For several years he was in the employ of Bishop Roberts, in con- ducting business at his grist-mill, and when the milling business was aban- doned, Robert gave his attention to farming, There were thirteen children born to them, all of whom grew to maturity, and were all, excepting one, the heads of families, viz. : John, lives in Wisconsin; Joanna, wife of Mr. Tiffany; Phobe, deceased; Martha, deceased; William C., deceased; Mary, deceased; Sarah, wife of Mr. Cook, of Washington Territory; Susan, wife of N. Kline, of Wisconsin; Robert, deceased; Jane, widow of J. Partridge; Charlotte, wife of Thomas Rhoades, of Salem Township; James F. ; Emily, deceased. In pol- itics Robert was a Whig, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Robert died July 22, 1844, in his fifty-second year. His widow died January 30, 1879, in her eighty-fifth year. She spent the lat- ter years of her life with her son, James F., on the homestead on which she first settled. James F. was reared by his widowed mother, and educated at the common schools. He was married February 18, 1863, to Susan, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (White) Mackey, of Sandy Creek Township. They located on the paternal homestead, and purchased the interests of the heirs. There were seven children born to them: Sophia, William, John, Nettie, Milton, Sherman, Hattie. In politics Mr. Roberts is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.


GEORGE STEVENSON, farmer, post-office Kennard, was born August 22, 1832, in Salem Township, this county, and is a son of Findley Stevenson. James Stevenson, the grandfather of our subject, was born October 18, 1760, in the County Down, Ireland, where he was reared, and married to Jane Caughey on the 13th day of July, 1782. They immigrated to this country in 1790, and settled in Chester County, Penn., and lived there and in Westmoreland County until 1798, when they came to Salem Township, Mercer County, and made a final settlement on the lands now owned by D. M. Stevenson. James was a blacksmith, which occupation he followed through life. There were three children born to them in Ireland: James, William and Mary; one born to them in Chester County, Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Stokely, of Cool Spring Township, and two born to them in Mercer County, John and Findley. James, died March 5, 1813, aged fifty-three, and his widow in August, 1847, at the age of eighty-seven. Finley, the father of our subject, was born Septem- ber 3, 1804. He was reared at home, and was married June 29, 1826, to


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Elizabeth, daughter of John and Nancy (Roberts) McGranahan. They settled on the old homestead, where he and his brother John lived for over twenty years, with all of their interests undivided. There were eleven children born to Finley and Elizabeth Stevenson: John, James E., George G., William, Rob- ert (deceased), Jane, wife of J. Wick; Margaret, widow of G. Hunter; Findley (deceased), Nancy, wife of H. Dick; David M., and Elizabeth E., wife of E. A. Jones. In after years, when their families grew to maturity, John and Findley divided their interests with perfect satisfaction to all concerned, each one remain- ing on their respective portions until death. Politically Findley was a Whig, and afterward an Abolitionist. He died September 28, 1847, aged forty-three, and his widow October 17, 1887, in the eighty-first year of her age. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church from youth, and he had been class-leader and Sabbath school superintendent for many years. George G., our subject, was married, June 22, 1852, to Martha A., daughter of Leon- ard and Catherine (Frittz) Watters. They located on a portion of the Bishop Roberts farm of seventy acres, purchased by the father and deeded to him, and to which our subject has added seventy more adjoining, where they still live. To George G. Stevenson and Martha A. (Watters) Stevenson there have been born eleven children: Almira J., widow of Francis M. McDowell; John L. (deceased), Ida T., wife of Robert A. Christy; Findley R., Electa K. (deceased), Elda E., Vista L., Alta A., Judson L., Adelbert G., Clyde C. Politically our subject is a Republican. He was drafted in the late war and furnished the means to procure a substitute.


SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP.


LEWIS N. BENNINGHOFF, farmer and oil operator, post-office Greenville, was born August 13, 1850, in Cherry Tree Township, Venango County, and is a son of George and Julia (Baney) Benninghoff. Our subject was reared at home, and in 1866 moved with his parents to a farm near Meadville, Craw- ford Co., Penn. In the following year Lewis returned to Venango County to oversee some interests for his father, where he remained until 1877. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mary M., daughter of A. J. McClintock, of Cherry Tree Township, Venango Co., Penn. In 1877 they removed to Tarport, Mc- Kean Co., Penn., where he followed contracting and operating for oil until 1882, when they removed to Meadville, where they lived two years. He then settled on a farm that he had previously purchased of the Benninghoff heirs in Sugar Grove Township. He still follows contracting and drilling oil wells, and still has some undeveloped territory. There were six children born to them: Harry, Comer, Wilbur, Buss, Laura and Earl. Our subject ob- tained his education at the common schools, and attended one term at the Commercial College at Meadville. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politically is a Republican.


WILLIAM F. BURTON, farmer, civil engineer and surveyor, post-office Leech's Corners, was born in Delaware Township, this county, in 1846. William Bur- ton, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, where he was reared and married to Jane Stinson in 1794. By this union they had five children: Mary A., Ellen, James, William and Henry. In the year 1824 the family immigrated to America and rented a farm of Gen. Scott, in what is now Sugar Grove Township, where they remained for two years, when they moved to Delaware Township and purchased a farm of 200 acres, in the Fourth Donation District, No. 698, issued to a soldier of the Revolutionary War, on which they resided until their deaths, he dying in 1851, at the age of ninety- seven, and she in 1854, at the age of eighty-four. Henry Burton, the father


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of our subject, was born in 1806, and was reared and educated at home. He was married November 3, 1843, to Amelia Tait, daughter of Fergus and Agnes (Giffen) Smith, of Cool Spring Township. They located on a portion of his father's farm, where they remained until 1852, then rented the Byron Hull farm one year, and then bought a farm of ninety-five acres of Asbury Leech, in Salem, now Sugar Grove, Township. There were tive children born to them: W. F., Nancy J., Martha E., wife of W. Hardy; Mary A., deceased, and Elizabeth, wife of F. D. Bary. Politically Henry is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. William F., our subject, was married December 26, 1876, to Clara C., daughter of John and Sarah Ellis, of Jackson County, Iowa. They settled in Eastland County, Tex., where he followed surveying and stock raising on a farm of 600 acres, which he still owns. There was one child born to them, John McKean. His wife, Clarissa, died May 29, 1878. In the fall of 1878 he returned to Mercer County, and is now living on the old homestead. Politically he is a Democrat, and a member of the United Presbyterian Church.


EDWARD M. CAMPBELL, farmer, post-office Leech's Corners, was born No- vember 9, 1827. The Campbell family are among the pioneer families of Mercer County. Edward Campbell, the grandfather of our subject, and his wife, Margaret (Satterfield) Campbell, settled .on a farm in Hickory Town- ship in 1800. Margaret was a sister of the Rev. James Satterfield, of Hickory Township. They had seven children: William, James, Anna, Margaret, Jane, Mary and Eliza, all of whom are deceased. James, the father of our subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1800, and was reared in Hickory Township, this county. He was married to Nancy Thompson, of Hickory Township, and located on a farm in Hickory, where he remained about ten years, when he purchased a farm near Wheatland, on which the Sharon fair grounds are now located. There were five children born to them: Edward M., Rev. David T., Margaret J., wife of J. M. Pettit; William B. and Ade- line, deceased. He was a Democrat, and was also a member of the F. & A. M., and of the Mercer County Agricultural Society. They were identified with the Presbyterian Church. James died March 7, 1885, in his eighty-fifth year, and his wife died June 22, 1869, aged sixty-one years. Edward M. was married in 1851 to Martha Conover, of Brookfield, Ohio. They located on a farm in Pymatuning Township, this county, and remained there until 1854, when he purchased a stock of goods from J. A. Waugh at Greenville, where they resided until 1859. They then went to the Indian Territory, Choctaw Nation, and engaged in the dry goods trade, also in stock shipping. After remaining there one year they returned to Greenville, leaving his brother William in charge of the goods and stock. At the breaking out of the war the Confederates took the stock, paying $17,000 in Confederate scrip, none of which was of any value. Edward M. then purchased a farm in Sugar Grove Township, this county, of John Reznor, where he still resides. Two children have been born to Edward M. and Martha Campbell: James M. and Albert, de- ceased. Politically he is a Democrat, and has filled the office of justice of the peace for fifteen years, and school director for twenty-three years. He was president of the Shenango Agricultural Society one term and treasurer three years. He was master of the P. of H. of Mercer County for several years, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Greenville.




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