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Pymatuning .- Constables, Joseph Mattocks, S. Ferguson; supervisors, J. Ferguson, William Mattocks; overseers, N. Vernon, S. Clark, Jr .; appraisers, S. Koonce, J. Adams; auditors, William Campbell, J. Beggs, S. Connelly, E. Evans.
Delaware. - Constables, S. Williamson, A. McDonald; supervisors, S. Donaldson, Jonathan Kerr; overseers, C. Strigle, William Beatty; apprais- ers, Robert Beatty, D. Galloway; auditors, D. Walker, J. McDonald, J. Linn, J. Connelly.
Lackawannock .-- Constables, M. Dawson, W. Zuver; supervisors, James Byers, James Thompson; overseers, W. McMillan, John Wright; appraisers,
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J. McNair, William Young; auditors, M. McComb, J. Donaldson, R. Mc- Crumb, L. Irwin.
Mahoning .- Constables, Thomas Allen, James McFate; supervisors, Jacob Rose, Alexander Wright; overseers, Alexander Miller, William Porter; appraisers, J. S. Cunningham, John Bentley; auditors, J. Summerville, T. Covert, J. Book, J. Carnahan.
Slippery Rock .- Constables, H. Hull, W. Coulter; supervisors, Joseph Emery, Abraham Green; overseers, John Gealy, William Moore; appraisers, John Green, E. Allen; auditors, J. Wallace, J. Bentley, G. Carlin, R. Glenn.
Neshannock. - Constables, John Rea, N. Patterson; supervisors, J. Daniels, S. Pearson; overseers, J. Daniels, S. Pearson: appraisers, S. Wilson, J. Donaldson; auditors, J. Falls, P. Wilson, R. Gormly, G. Pearson.
Springfield .- Constables, R. Lyda, W. Small; supervisors, William Christly, C. Troxell; overseers, James Braden, J. Findley; appraisers, J. Williams, J. Winger; auditors, John Kerr, Benjamin Alexander, J. Palmer, John Rose.
Mercer .- Constables, W. D. Bell, T. Rodgers; overseers, James Thomp- son, Jacob Forker; auditors, D. Porter, John Banks, M. Yeager, J. Zahniser.
Salem. - Constables, Adam Wier, H. Williamson; supervisors, R. Roberts, J. Williamson; overseers, W. Crawford, R. Snodgrass; appraisers, Alexan- der Dumars, N. Roberts; auditors, J. McGranahan, M. Bennett, S. Latta, W. McMillen.
Cool Spring .- Constables, R. Bowman, R. Brownlee; supervisors, W. Hill, J. Livermore; overseers, J. White, H. Beckwith; appraisers, John Hanna, J. Alexander; auditors, R. Newell, R. Hamilton, T. Hosack, George Smith.
French Creek. -- Constables, P. Van Vores, J. M. Daily; supervisors, P. Van- Vores, Robert Cochran; overseers, Jacob Reed, A. Carnahan; appraisers, A. Carnahan, Jacob Reed; auditors, George Henry, J. McCracken, H. Moore, A. S. Carnahan.
Sandy Creek .-- Constables, A. McCleary, J. Couse; supervisors, G. Car- ringer, J. Benson; appraisers, Ross Byers, W. E. Stright; auditors, W. McNamara, F. Beatty, J. Montgomery, A. Carnahan.
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Springfield. - Constables, James Lyda, William Small; supervisors, John Crill, Thomas Armstrong; overseers, John Findley, James Braden; apprais- ers, Jacob Wingard, John Williams; auditors, Joseph Kerr, Thomas Palmer, John Findley.
Salem. - Constables, H. Williamson, H. McFetridge; supervisors, William McMillen, Jonas Fell; overseers, William Bennett, Alexander Dumars; appraisers, Samuel Latta, Andrew McLean; auditors, David Kitch, Nathan Roberts, William Leech.
Cool Spring .- Constables, Adam Harper, R. Hamilton; supervisors, Will- iam Hill, John Livermore; overseers, William Zahniser, Thomas Hosack; ap- praisers, David Garvin, H. Beckwith; auditors, John McEwen, Jacob Zahniser, M. Rambo.
Mercer .- Constables, William D. Bell, James Clark; overseers, William Amberson, Jonathan Smith; auditors, Bevan Pearson, David T. Porter, J. Zahniser, J. Houghton.
Lackawannock. - Constables, Samuel Zuver, John Coyle; supervisors, Samuel Bend, Jonathan Young; overseers, William McMillan, John Wright
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appraisers, James Byers, A. Cotton; auditors, Francis Scott, John Wright, Thomas Gordon.
Sandy Creek. - Constables, Alexander McCleary, Ashur Williams; Super- visors, Amzi L. Stright, John McCracken; overseers, Griffith Bennett, Will- liam McNamara; appraisers, Ross Byers, James Brush; auditors, David Garner, William E. Stright, Aaron Ross.
Neshannock .- Constables, Ebn. Byers, R. McCaslin; supervisors, John Sampson, John Pomroy; overseers, John Sampson, Robert Gormly; apprais - ers, John Graham, Andrew Buchanan; auditors, John Fisher, James Banks, William Hodge.
West Salem .- Constables, F. Shannon, John Speir; supervisors, Irwin Kerr, John Loutzenhiser; overseers, John Loutzenhiser, James Waugh; appraisers, Henry Walker, Thomas W. Bean; auditors, Robert Bean, Andrew Campbell, Alexander Hunter.
Wolf Creek. - Constables, Chapman Rose, James Riddle; supervisors, John Daugherty, James Stewart; overseers, John Wolford, John Purry; appraisers, Michael Uber, Henry Kuntz; auditors, A. Riddle, J. Graham, John Galbraith.
Pymatuning. - Constables, Joseph J. Duncan, Joseph Mattocks; supervis- ors, Andrew White, James Ferguson; overseers, David Thompson, John Gil- lespie; appraisers, Luke Porter, Joseph Arbuckle; auditors, John Stevens, James Young, George Reynolds.
Delaware .- Constables, S. Williamson, Thomas H. Bean; supervisors, Jacob Emery, Jonathan Carr; overseers, Richard Law, George Reznor; appraisers, Adam Kamerer, William Emery; auditors, James Linn, William Smith, John Donaldson.
Slippery Rock .-- Constables, Noah Dean, John Gealy; supervisors, Samuel Anderson, Charles Dickson; overseers, John Emery, William Stoughton; appraisers, George Bruce, William George; auditors, J. McCamon, John Reed, John Bentley.
Shenango. - Constables, Joel Gold, William Kerr; supervisors, Joseph Budd, James Scott; overseers, Andrew Satterfield, John Rankin; appraisers, Samuel McKay, Edward Means; auditors, William Budd, John Carver, John Byers.
Sandy Lake. - Constables, John Carmichael, Samuel Walker; supervisors, Lewis Egbert, John Carmichael; overseers, Allen Dunn, James Wilson; appraisers, Augustus Giebner, Thomas Graham; auditors, Enoch Perrine, Jonathan Ball, Jared Tuttle.
Mahoning. - Constables, John Kerr, R. McDonald; supervisors, C. Flaugher, Peter Gundy; overseers, Thomas Allison, John Book; appraisers, Francis Ward, Henry Robinson; auditors, M. Small, William Porter, Alexan- der Miller.
French Creek .- Constables, A. J. Carnahan, Jacob Reed; supervisors, A. J. Carnahan, Hugh Evans; overseers; Adam Carnahan, Jacob Reed; apprais- ers, John Thompson, Cookson Long; auditors, A. Carnahan, S. Barr, John De France.
Sincerely yours John Frunkey
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CHAPTER XXIX.
BIOGRAPHIES OF MERCER.
TOHN J. ALEXANDER, attorney, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6, 1850, to B. W. and Mary A. (Kilby) Alexander. The father was born in this county in October, 1809, and was the son of Joseph Alexander, one of the earliest settlers of Mercer County, and who is mentioned in a former chapter of this work. Joseph Alexander was the father of the following children: B. W., Thomas, John, Margaret. William, Joseph, Samuel and James. The last of the children was buried March 3, 1886. B. W. Alexander was a master mechanic, and when a young man he settled at Cincinnati, where he followed his trade and was married. He became the father of three children: Margaret (died in Cincinnati when small), Genetta B. (died in this county at the home of her uncle Joseph) and John J. The parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, and are buried at Cincinnati, Ohio. John J. Alexander was reared by his uncle, Joseph Alexander, from his sixth year, and was educated at the Mercer Union Schools and Kingsville Academy, Ash- tabula County, Ohio. He read law with Griffith & Mason, of Mercer, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and went into active practice in 1878. He married Ruth E., daughter of McLean Thorn, and with her belongs to the First Pres- byterian Church of Mercer. He was secretary of the borough, council three years, and is a Democrat.
W. C. ALEXANDER, banker, now of Grove City, was born September 10, 1843, in this county. His parents, William H. and Mary M. (McConnell) Alex- ander, were born, the former in this county and the latter in Ohio. The father survives his wife, and two of his four children are living: D. H., of Worth Township, and W. C. The father was elected prothonotary of Mercer County in 1863, at the time when the business now done by the county clerk was attached to the duty of the prothonotary. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and taught at the age of nineteen. He was his father's deputy prothonotary, and held the same position under A. B. McCartney. Before the latter's term expired he was chosen teller of the First National Bank of Mercer, and after twelve years in that position he was promoted to its cashiership. After three years in this department he served as deputy in- ternal revenue collector under J. F. Walther, of Erie, for two years. He then engaged with W. B. Bard in the lime business in Butler County. He went out with the 100 day troops. He has been a member of the borough council one term, is a Republican, and is now connected with the Grove City Bank, doing business, under the firm name of Graham & Alexander.
THE AMBERSONS. - The original Amberson that came into Mercer County was William. He came from Pittsburgh, where he had lived prior to the Revo- lution, and where he had been engaged in conducting a small furnace and dis- tillery. He arrived in Mercer about 1803, and located at once on the corner of East Market and Pitt Streets, now owned by Mrs. Dr. Temple and occupied as a barber shop. He built a hewed log house, a portion of which still remains. He was married to Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had ten children, nine of whom were born prior to his coming to Mercer. Their names were as follows: Elizabeth, born May 10, 1873, married to John Findley, who aided in laying
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out Mercer; Silas, born October 10, 1785, was a captain and recruiting officer in the War of 1812; Clarissa, born January 7, 1788, never married; Presley N., born February 5, 1791, married to Sarah Cunningham, sister of Thomas Scott Cunningham, whose sketch is found in the Bench and Bar chapter. He was the father of Alexander C. Amberson, now a resident of Mercer; Mary, born Feb- ruary 14, 1794, married to Robert Johnson; Nancy, born October 1, 1796, married to George Flake, of Philadelphia, died in 1884, in Mercer; William, born January 1, 1799, died in infancy; William, born December 25, 1799, lived to manhood, married Margaret Hunter; Caroline, born December 24, 1802, died in infancy; Tarleton E., born in Mercer September 4, 1804; he became a physician, and married Emaline Flake, of Philadelphia. He died at Beaver Falls, Penn. William Amberson, the progenitor of the Ambersons in Mercer County, was a colonel in the Revolutionary War, and served several years. While a resident of Mercer he drew a pension until the time of his death, which occurred January 4, 1838, in his eighty-third year. He was associate judge of Mercer County for a number of years. His house is still standing, one of the oldest in Mercer. The weather-boarding was not sawed, but riven from timber and smoothed with the drawing-knife. It was fastened by means of nails wrought by hand. It is said to be the oldest structure in the town, eighty-five years having elapsed since it was erected.
A. C. AMBERSON, retired farmer, was born May 18, 1819, in the borough of Mercer. His parents, P. N. and Sarah (Cunningham) Amberson, were natives of Pittsburgh and Washington County, Penn., respectively. They had the following children: W. Smith, late of Waynesboro, Franklin County; Alexander died small; A. C., Mary married Bartram Cook, and lives in Ohio; Clarissa married Robert E. Barnes; Elizabeth, died in 1845; Presley N., died in 1845, and Samuel C., who lives in Minneapolis. The father of the above children died April 20, 1874, and the mother March 25, 1841. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and has always followed farming. He was married February 5, 1845, to Miss Margaret Hosack, whose family history will be found elsewhere. By this union he has had the following children: Presley N., deceased; Sarah married M. L. Calvin; B. C., lives in Superior, Neb. ; Rebecca married S. S. Smith; Beriah lives in Salida, Col., and is an en- gineer on the Rio Grande Railroad; W. S. lives in Leadville, Col., and is an en- gineer; Charles E. resides in Superior, Neb. Mr. Amberson sold his farm, and in 1882 came to Mercer, where he has lived a retired life since. He was first lieutenant of a military company in Mercer County in 1850. He served as a justice of the peace in Findley Township for fifteen years, and as school director for nine years. He was a Democrat until 1856, when he joined the Republican party because of the agitation of slavery. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
ANDERSON BROTHERS, grocers. This firm consists of A. E. and S. G. Ander- son. They began business in Mercer in 1884, and by a strict attention to busi- ness they have merited a large patronage. Their line of goods consists of gro- ceries, tobacco, cigars, tin-ware, glass-ware and queens-ware. These gentle- men are both natives of Mercer County, and are enterprising business men, deserving of the lucrative trade they enjoy. In politics they are adherents to the Republican party.
J. R. W. BAKER, attorney, was born in Findley Township, Mercer Co., Penn., November 30, 1848, to John and Susan (Walker) Baker, natives of Ireland, who immigrated to Pittsburgh in 1826, where the father engaged in the hardware business. In 1840 they removed to Mercer County, and located on a farm in what is now Findley Township. The father died in 1859, and the widow died
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' February 22, 1887. They were members of the Covenanter Church. Their children were: S. E. W. and Thomas A. (these two brothers were educated in Rome, the former holding the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Guttin- gen; the latter was bishop of Wilmington, Del., from 1870 to 1886, when he was transferred to the See of Savannah, Ga., where he now lives. The for- mer died in California in 1884); Joseph D. enlisted in Company F, Fifty- seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1861, and served in all the engagements with the regiment until taken prisoner at the battle of Gettysburg, was con- fined in Libby, Belle Isle and Andersonville prisons, and died in the last men- tioned in 1864-the family could not get the body; Lizzie married Sam- uel Barnes, and J. R. W. The last named was educated in the common schools until eighteen, when he entered Westminster College, New Wilmington, Lawrence Co., Penn., where he was graduated in 1871. He then taught in the Dayton Academy, Armstrong County, one year. In 1872 he began read- ing law with White & Jackson; was admitted to the bar in 1873, and practiced until 1877, when he was appointed deputy sheriff, which position he held until the spring of 1888. He is now giving his attention to law. He was married September 12, 1876, to Anna Pardoe, by whom he has two children: Hunter P. and Ruth. He is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Second United Presbyterian Church.
W. B. BARD, jeweler, was born in Butler County to John and Isabella (Cross) Bard, natives, the former of Huntington, and the latter of Butler County. The father was a merchant, and ran probably the first engine that was brought into Mercer County. He died in 1878, in Centreville, Butler County, and his wife died many years before. They had seven children: J. E. & H. E., merchants at Centreville; Margaret, Zelmira, Mrs. S. F. Thompson, whose husband is an attorney at Mercer, and W. B. The others are deceased. The father was a Democrat, and was elected prothonotary of Butler County. He was nominated for Congress in his district. He was an elector on the Greeley ticket for President, a delegate to the conventions that nominated Seymour and Tilden for President, was chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee of Butler County, and held his share of the minor offices where pay was not considered. He was president at the time of his death of a savings bank at Centreville, Butler County, and interested with F. H. Oliphant in the manufacture of lime in Butler County, which business his son, W. B .. now conducts. He worshiped at the Episcopal Church. W. B. Bard opened up his book business in 1878, by purchasing the stock of goods of A. B. Filson. In January, 1882, he added the jewelry business, and employs two experienced workmen. Mr. Bard is the owner of a farm in Butler County, on which is a good gas well and a large vein of limestone. He has a kiln, and made the first successful attempt to burn lime by the use of natural gas. He is engaged largely in the manufacture of this necessary article under the firm name of Bard, Alexander & Co. He is a stockholder in the L. M. Ormsby Coal Company, limited, and is a director and manager of a railroad at Stoneboro. At one time Mr. Bard was a partner in the publication of the Western Press. He is a stockholder of the First National Bank of Mercer, is chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, and has often served as a delegate to State and county conventions.
D. L. BARTON, of the Mercer Dispatch and Republican, was born October 13, 1841, in West Carlisle, Coshocton County, Ohio, son of Henry and Char- lotte (Harris) Barton. D. L. Barton was educated in the common schools of his native county. He began newspaper work in Coshocton, Ohio, some time prior to the breaking out of the rebellion. He subsequently worked at Cairo,
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Ill., Cleveland, Ohio, and for the last fifteen years he has been connected with the Mercer Dispatch, now Dispatch and Republican. He enlisted August 4, 1861, as sergeant of Company H, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and served until October 17, 1864, with the Army of the Cumberland, participating in all of its battles. He was married at Carbondale, Ill., No- vember 14, 1867, to Mary E. Dunham, daughter of L. T. and Mary Dunham. He is a member of the G. A. R., A. O. U. W. and E. A. U., is a stanch Repub- lican, and at the present time is chairman of the Republican County Com- mittee.
JOHN W. BELL, attorney, was born in Liberty Township, this county, April 18, 1848. His father, William Bell, was born in Mercer County, and his grand- father died in Liberty Township, and was the father of Margaret, William, Joseph C., Elizabeth, and Rev. J. R. Catharine Breckenridge, the mother of John W. Bell, is a distant relative of the Breckenridge family of Kentucky, and was one of nine children: W. W., Jane, Rebecca, James, Catharine, Sarah A., Louisa, Mary and Joseph C. William and Catharine Bell are living in York, York Co., Neb. Their children are: Mary, married C. M. Cunningham, of Grove City; John W., Harriet, married A. P. Ramsay; Elizabeth, married A. M. Craig; Robert O., James M., editor of a paper in York, Neb. ; Frances, William, Edwin, clerk in a national bank in York, Neb. John W. Bell was educated in the common schools, select school at Grove City and Edinboro Normal. He began reading law in 1873, with Hon. James A. Stranahan, and recited to S. S. Mehard; was admitted to the bar in May, 1874, and after a short period with Mr. Stranahan, he went into practice for himself. He was married January 17, 1871, to Hester J. Davitt, by whom he has two children, Nellie D. and Frank B. He and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church, and he is a Republican.
JOHN A. BINGHAM was born in a two-story brick house in Mercer, adjoining the jail on the south side of the public square, in December, 1815, son of Hugh Bingham, a former resident of Adams County. who came to Mercer County in the early part of the century. He was a carpenter, and with his brother, Thomas Bingham, built the old Whistler House, which stood on the site of the present post-office and First National Bank building. Hugh held several pub- lic trusts, notably those of prothonotary and commissioner. He was regarded an industrious and worthy gentleman. John's early education was obtained in the Mercer Academy, his instructors being John Kelly and D. B. Cook. The latter was familiarly known as "Old Doby," and believed in the rote method of instruction. The text had to be memorized verbatim, and a failure to recite the exact language of the text was considered an unpardonable offense. John did not look at matters in the same light, and on one occasion was mortified to have a younger pupil called upon to recite the declension of a Latin noun, the forms of which had eluded his retentive grasp. When reminded that he ought to be ashamed to allow an urchin to surpass him, he suggested that the boy could give the language but did not comprehend it. He was good in declamation. He had mastered the great speeches of Webster, Clay and Cal- houn, as well as the leading orations of the ancient orators, and rendered them with telling effect. He was an active spirit in a town debating society which embraced such young men as William Stewart, William S. Garvin, John J. Pearson, Joseph T. Smith and James Galloway, all of whom arose to distinc- tion in legal, political or ecclesiastical circles. In this debating club he laid the foundation for the power which he subsequently exhibited as a public speaker. John had also spent considerable time and exercised a similar amount of patience in learning the art of printing. He began in the Mercer Luminary,
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a strong anti-Masonic sheet. During the two years thus employed he became an anti-Mason, and in him were developed those principles which subsequently made him an Abolitionist, a Whig and a radical Republican, a striking illus- tration of the influence of cardinal principles upon human life. Disliking the printing business, young Bingham concluded to enter the legal profession. Seeking the advice of John J. Pearson, then a prominent member of the Mer- cer bar, he was told that he would act wisely to increase his educational outfit. Acting upon the advice, he entered Franklin College, at New Athens, Ohio, about 1836, and spent several sessions. Returning to Mercer with his additional equipment, he entered the law office of Pearson & Stewart, and applying himself diligently to study of the law, was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was an active speaker in the ensuing political campaign, espousing thoroughly the cause of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Soon afterward he removed to Harrison County, Ohio, where he became a prominent man. He represented his district in Congress many times, and for eleven years repre- sented the United States at the court of Japan. He was employed as counsel in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, and likewise in the prosecution of the conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln. Mr. Bingham is still a resident of Cadiz, Ohio.
C. H. BLOCK, proprietor of a novelty and notion store, was born in Green- ville, Penn. His father was a native of Germany, and immigrated to America in 1853. He settled in Warren, Ohio, where he was employed as a clerk in a clothing house for three years. In 1856 he engaged in the clothing business at Greenville, and did the leading business in that line in the place for a period of twenty years. In 1871 he started a store in Mercer, which is now the property of Frankel & Wright. He was also engaged in the same at Sheakleyville. At the present time he is a butcher at Greenville. He was married to Orrilla Stephenson, by whom he has two children: C. H. and Julia, who married D. P. Packard, an attorney of Greenville. The parents are mem- bers of the Episcopal Church. C. H. Block graduated in the union schools of Greenville, and took the junior year at Thiel College. He had early training in his father's stores, and the first business he did for himself was at Pitts- burgh, where he conducted a queensware store. He traveled for the queens- ware and glassware store of James C. Lewis & Sons, of Pittsburgh, for four years. He also traveled for E. M. McGillin & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, gen- eral dry goods merchants. In 1885 he opened a notion and novelty store at Mercer. He began with $300, and by strict attention to business he has es- tablished himself thoroughly among the people of Mercer and the surround- ing country as a square man to deal with, who belives in "live and let live." He carries a stock of over $4,000, of which he is the owner. He was mar- ried in November, 1884, to Miss Ella M. Dickey, of Pittsburgh, by whom he has two children: Claire and an infant. He is a member of Argeronia Lodge No. 289, I. O. O. F., of Pittsburgh. In politics he is a Republican.
H B. BOWSER, attorney, was born November 16, 1854, in Clarion County, Penn., son of William and Nancy E. (Brandon) Bowser. The father was a native of Armstrong County, Penn., and became an early resident of Clarion County. He was educated at Princeton, N. J., and Jefferson Medical College, and practiced medicine for many years. His children were six: Emma, mar- ried Samuel Shield, and resides in Iowa; Anna married G. M. Clugh, and lives in Iowa; Mary is a maiden lady; H. B., Ella, deceased wife of D. A. Moore, of Dunlap, Iowa, and Alice, a maiden lady. Mrs. Bowser was born in Pine Township, and the mothers of Q. A. Gordon, A. H. McElrath and W. B. Rose, deputy prothonotary, are her sisters. William Bowser was a strong Abolition-
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