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JAMES P. MCCLELLAN, farmer, is a native of Venango county and son of Samuel and Hannah Mcclellan, the father born in Mercer county, Penn- sylvania, and the mother in Orange county, New York. John McClellan, father of Samuel, was a native of Ireland and an early settler of Mercer county, where his death occurred many years ago. Samuel Mcclellan lived in Venango county the greater part of his life and was a farmer by occupa- tion. He returned to Mercer county in 1863, and was a resident of the same until his death, which occurred March 5, 1888, at the age of seventy- three years. His wife, Hannah (McMullen) Mcclellan, is a daughter of Galbreath McMullen, who died in Venango county in the fall of 1884 at the advanced age of one hundred and four years. Mrs. McClellan is still living in Mercer county. Samuel and Hannah Mcclellan had a family of eleven children: John J., deceased; Zura A., deceased; James P .; Mrs. Martha J. Turner; Mrs. Mary E. Wise; Mrs. Rebecca J. Dean; Mrs. Margaret Arm- strong; Archibald; L. G .; Mrs. Ambrett Smith, and Mrs. Dorcas Ray. James P. McClellan was born June 18, 1842, and grew to manhood on a farm in Venango county, attending the common schools. He remained with his father on the farm until his twenty-first year, at which time (1864) he entered the army as private in Company G, One Hundredth Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, with which he served fourteen months, having been discharged in April, 1865, on account of disability resulting from a serious wound in the foot received in the battle of Spottsylvania. On leaving the army he returned to Mercer county, where he followed agricultural pur- suits until 1868, when he purchased his present place in French Creek town- ship, upon which he has since resided. Mr. McClellan is a successful farmer and one of the most extensive stock dealers in Venango county, buying for both local and general markets. He is a Democrat in politics, belongs to the I. O. O. F., and for a number of years has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. March 24, 1864, he married Miss Ann E., daughter of Enoch and Catharine (Kelpes) Perrine, who has borne him the following children: Samuel P .; Anna B., and Mary G.
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SANDY CREEK.
JAMES FOSTER, farmer, was born in Sugar Creek township, February 14, 1810, son of John and Mary (Martin) Foster, both natives of Maryland, the former a son of Ross Foster, who came to Franklin at an early date, whence he removed to the vicinity of Pittsburgh and died. Mrs. Foster was a daughter of James Martin, a pioneer of Sandy Creek township, where he first improved the Kephart farm, upon which he planted an orchard of five hundred trees, one of the first in this section. He removed to Indiana at an advanced age. John and Mary Foster reared a family of seven chil- dren. The sons are Ross, James, Caleb, and John, of whom Caleb was a Methodist preacher in the Pittsburgh Conference and in the western states; the others were farmers. The daughters were as follows: Polly, wife of William Dewoody; Julia Ann, wife of John Temple, and Elizabeth, wife of Seth Temple. James Foster removed with the family of his father to this township in 1812, and has lived here ever since. He obtained a limited education at the pioneer schools, and in 1833 engaged in farming, which he has since followed. He was married in 1832 to Catharine Smith, who was the mother of two children: James M., a Methodist preacher, and Mary, wife of Jackson Gordon, of Scrubgrass township. Some months after the death of his first wife he married Margaret Armstrong, to whom five chil- dren were born: Catharine, wife of Robert Graham; Robert A., of this town- ship; John F., of Sugar Creek township; Wesley B., of Pittsburgh, and William S., of Sandy Creek. His second wife also died, and he was mar- ried in 1853 to Mrs. Priscilla Burns, nee Robinson, and they are the parents of two children: Joseph, and Margaret H., wife of Reverend W. H. Bunce, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Foster has been a mem- ber of that church more than sixty years, and was largely instrumental in the erection of the church at East Grove. In politics he is a Repub- lican.
ROBERT A. FOSTER, son of Jamesand Margaret (Armstrong) Foster, was born in this township November 11, 1841. His education was obtained in the common schools, and he was reared a farmer, which calling he followed until 1864, but since the development of the oil interests in this section he has been actively identified with that industry. He now controls the pro- duction of several farms in addition to his own. In 1863 he married Mary Ann, daughter of Theodore Haslett of Rockland township, later of Cran- berry. They are the parents of eight children: Olive A .; James E .; Arthur T .; Robert A. ; Mary L .; George W .; Etta M., and Daisy B. The family is connected with the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically Mr. Foster is a Republican.
ESSINGTON KEPHART, farmer, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsyl- vania, July 9, 1807, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Epley) Kephart, of English and German descent. In 1827 Mr. Kephart came to this township
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and bought two hundred acres of land from Alexander McCalmont, upon which he now resides. He married in 1830, Mary Ann B. Meiss, and they are the parents of four children: Henry and George E., deceased ; Mrs. Katharine Domer, and Mrs. Sarah E. Meyers. Mr. Kephart is a local preacher in the Methodist church, and politically a Republican,
WILLIAM E. MCELHANEY, farmer, was born June 11, 1808, the sixth of a family of nine children born to Alexander and Mary Ann (Dawson) McEl- haney: John; Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin; Mrs. Eleanor Griffin; Mrs. Martha Phillips; Mrs. Phoebe Durning; William; James; Mrs. Mary Ann Vincent, and Alexander. Alexander Sr., settled at Pithole in 1796, and then returned to the East. Some years later he came back, but within a short time removed to the vicinity of Waterloo. He came into Sandy Creek in 1819. In 1836 William E. made a journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, returning by way of Chicago, then a small village. In 1838 he mar- ried Caroline, daughter of Isaac Haslett, who is the mother of seven children, three of whom are living: Isaac H .; John A., and David W. In 1882 he married Mrs. Maria L. Sankey, nee Cooper. He is a member of the Methodist church, and politically a Prohibitionist.
JAMES MCELHANEY, farmer, was born June 8, 1813, son of Alexander McElhaney. He began farming in 1839, upon a farm included in the four hundred acre tract originally secured by his father in this township, and in the same year married Catharine Kephart. Eight children are living: Naugle; Mrs. Elizabeth Graham; Mrs. Mary J. Stewart; Mrs. Susanna Marshall; Henry E .; Mrs. Laura Gould; Mrs. Viola Pettit, and Estella.
JOHN GRAHAM, farmer, was born May 9, 1825, at the mouth of Sandy creek in Victory township, son of Robert and Margaret (Gordon) Graham, of whom the former was born December 25, 1797, the latter September 29, 1802, and they were married December 22, 1819. They were the parents of thirteen children: Eliza, wife of John Smith, now of Osage county, Kan- sas; Samuel G .; John; Jane, who died in infancy; Robert; Hiram; William J., who enlisted in the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry and died at Anderson- ville; James; Alexander; Jesse, who died in childhood; Florinda, wife of W. B. Houser: Madison M., and Nathaniel D. S. Prior to 1830 Robert Graham removed to the farm in which the Graham graveyard is located, and here lived until his death. Here John Graham was brought up, and in 1841 went to Franklin, where he learned the trade of carpenter. He was engaged at this continuously some years. In 1856 he bought the farm upon which he now resides. He was married in 1852 to Jane, daughter of John Black, and they are the parents of eleven children, nine of whom are living: Benjamin, Clinton, Jesse, and William, in the oil business at Alton, Mckean county; Laura A., wife of James Spangler; Mattie E., wife of John Smith; Maggie L .; Edward, and Orrin P. The family is connected with the Meth- odist church. Politically Mr. Graham is a Republican.
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ROBERT GRAHAM, farmer, was born September 2, 1828, son of Robert and Margaret (Gordon) Graham. He was brought up in this township and ob- tained a limited education. In 1851 he began farming. In 1856 he mar- ried Catharine, daughter of James Foster, and they are the parents of twelve children, of whom the following are living: Mrs. Mary P. Siefer; Kiefer M .; Mrs. Ruth E. Lynn; Harry A .; James F .; Arrin H., and Cora B. The family is connected with East Grove Methodist church. Politic- ally Mr. Graham is a Prohibitionist.
SAMUEL GORDON, farmer, was born in Richland township September 28, 1826, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Gordon, who came to this county from Centre and in 1826 removed to Sandy Creek township, where Samuel Gor- don secured a tract of two hundred and fifty acres, including the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. Here they lived until death and are buried in the old Franklin cemetery. They reared a large family, of whom Samuel, Jr., was next to the youngest. He obtained a common school edu- cation. In 1846 he engaged in farming and has since followed this calling. He married in 1843 Melvira, daughter of Peter Houser; they are the parents of eight children, six of whom are living: Margaret, wife of George Steb- bins; Elizabeth; Jennie; C. P .; W. B., and A. C. Politically Mr. Gordon is a Democrat.
GEORGE W. MAYS, miller, was born in Richland township, April 23, 1819, son of Thomas W. and Henrietta (Myers) Mays. Thomas W. was a son of Thomas, a veteran of the Revolution, and by occupation a miller and mill-wright. The family is of Scotch descent, and first settled in this coun- try in the state of South Carolina. Since Thomas Mays, Sr., came to this country, his descendants have always been identified with the milling inter- est. Thomas W. Mays reared a family of twelve children: Mrs. Polly Karns; Henry; James; Mrs. Sarah Shaw; George W .; Mrs. Nancy White; Mrs. Henrietta Shonp; John; Jesse; Louis A. ; Mrs. Emily J. Morrow, and Oliver P., all of whom grew to maturity and reared families. Thomas W., in partnership with John Myers, built the original predecessor of Giering's mill, in Richland, the first in that township. Four of his sons chose milling as a business: George W .; John, of Mill Village, Erie county; Jesse, of Rockland, where he owns a mill near Slab furnace, and Henry, deceased. Of his sons-in-law, Barney Shoup was a miller, and David Shaw established the first carding mill in Rockland township. George W. engaged in the business in 1848 at Pine run, Rockland township, where he built the first and only mill on that stream, still operated by his son. In 1880 he pur- chased the site of old Sandy mill, and erected the present mill, on one of the oldest milling sites in the county. In 1845 he married Juliet, daughter of Thomas Elder, of Clarion county, who was the mother of five children: James P., engaged in the milling business in Rockland; Erena, wife of William Smith; Emily, married to Thomas Dorsey, of New Mexico; Charity
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A., widow of P. Dorsey, also of Socorro, New Mexico; and Julia, wife of Albert Smith, of Toronto, Ontario. As his second wife he married Lucinda Askey, in 1858. Their children are Henrietta and Cora L., wife of Tracy B. Pettit, of Victory township. Politically, Mr. Mays has been a life-long Democrat, inheriting in this respect the proclivities of his father and grand- father. Thomas W. Mays served in the war of 1812.
JOHN DoUT, farmer, was born January 11, 1826, in Butler county, Penn- sylvania, son of Reuben and Annie (Stopp) Dout, of German descent, who removed to Butler county in 1824 and there brought up a family of eleven children to maturity: John; Reuben; Mrs. Annie Lytle; Jacob; Mrs. Cath- arine Stopp; Abraham; Samuel; Mrs. Sarah Cook; Daniel; Polly, and Levi. John Dout had a common school education. He learned the trade of car- penter, which he followed nine years. In 1852 he removed to the vicinity of Springville, this county, and in 1865 took up his residence on his present farm. He was married in 1847 to Susan, daughter of Andrew and Nancy Zeigler, of Butler county, and they are the parents of nine children: An- drew; Sidney; Mrs. Ellen Sechler; Nathan; Alfred J .; Mrs. Lavinia Ross; Noah; Austin, and Elmer. Mr. Dout is school director and road commis- sioner in Sandy Creek township and Democratic in politics.
WASHINGTON B. HOUSER, farmer, was born October 15, 1837, on the farm he now occupies, son of Peter and Margaret (Hill) Houser. The Houser family was among the pioneers of the county, and its first representative here was John P., a veteran of the Revolutionary war and after that a resi- dent of Centre county, whence he removed to Coal Hill, now Mt. Washing- ton, near Pittsburgh. In 1800 he went to Franklin, where he established a ferry between the Big Rock and Allegheny bridges. He lived in Cran- berry township. Afterward he removed to the Tarkiln neighborhood. where he resided until his death. He had five sons: Philip; Jacob; Cornelius; Peter, and David; and four daughters: Mrs. Sarah Stover; Mrs. Huey; Mrs. Mary Cox, and Mrs. Susan Martin. In 1836 Peter removed to Sandy Creek township, where he reared a family of seven children: Mary J., wife of T. H. Martin; Mrs. Samuel Gordon; Hugh P .; Andrew, and Cornelius, deceased; Washington B., and Margaret, wife of Immanuel Herman. Washington B. was married in 1860 to Florinda, daughter of Robert Graham, a pioneer of this township. They are the parents of eight children: Mrs. Mary E. Hoults; Mrs. M. J. Foster; Mrs. Ella G. Smith; George W .; Frederick P .; Maud (deceased); Catharine A., and Charles A. The family is connected with Pleasant Grove Methodist church. Politically Mr. Houser is a Democrat with Prohibition proclivities.
JOHN P. HATCH, oil producer, was born in Sparta township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, son of Levi and Sarah Eliza (Brown) Hatch. The ancestry on both sides is traced through a period of two hundred and sev- enty-five years, when the first representatives came from England to Massa-
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chusetts and Vermont. The paternal grandfather of John P. lived and died at Whitehall, New York, from which place Levi Hatch removed to Crawford county. Here he reared a family of six children, all of whom are living: Smith F .; Ann Eliza, wife of Martin Porter; Charles R .; John P .; Maria C., wife of Lester Fish, and Edwin B. Our subject obtained an academic education at Waterford Academy and Edinboro State Normal School, and also attended Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburgh. Since the age of ten years he has been engaged in business, having received at that age fifty sheep from his father, from which he accumulated three thous- and dollars before reaching his majority. In 1869 he engaged in the oil business at Woodcock station on the Allegheny river. He was one of the original members of the Pleasantville Oil Exchange, and has been largely interested at Fagundus, Parker's Landing, Petrolia (where he drilled the first well), and Butler county, experiencing all the vicissitudes of fortune incident to the business. In 1877 he came to this township, and has since been engaged in oil production. On the 29th of February, 1864, he en- listed in Company C, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was in the service seventeen months, until the close of the war Politically he is a Republican, and has held the offices of justice of the peace, township clerk, constable, assessor, and collector in this township. He is connected with Pleasant Grove Methodist church, in which he has served as steward, class leader, and trustee. He was married July 16, 1881, to Belle B., daughter of Thomas Gregory of Franklin. They are the parents of three children: John P., Jr .; Irene M., and Elizabeth P.
MINERAL.
THE WHANN FAMILY immigrated at an early date from Scotland or the North of Ireland to Chester and Northumberland counties, Pennsylvania, whence, in 1798 or 1800, William Whann removed to French Creek, now Mineral township, Venango county. Within a brief period he went farther westward, locating with his son John in Harrison county, Ohio, where he resided the remainder of his life. William Whann, Jr., settled at Wells- burg, West Virginia, while two other sons, Robert S. and Francis, remained in this county.
ROBERT S. WHANN lived to the age of seventy-five. He served in the war of 1812 and was for many years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, first at Amity and afterward at Mount Pleasant. Elizabeth, wife of Robert S. Whann, lived to the age of eighty-two, dying in 1862. They reared a family of four sons and two daughters: William, Matthew L., Elizabeth L., Eleanor C., Walter L., and Robert F., of whom the following record is preserved:
William passed the most of his life in Venango county, where he was born and reared. He married Tamar Williams, daughter of Eli
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Williams of this county. Early in life he engaged in the furnace and mer- cantile business and afterward in farming. He now resides in Franklin and with his son, Walter L., is engaged in oil producing. Matthew L. married Sarah Williams, daughter of Eli Williams, and they reared a large family; after her death he married Matilda Raymond, daughter of A. W. Raymond of Franklin, and she survives him. He was a ruling elder in the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church and justice of the peace at Henderson- ville, Mercer county, at his death in 1877. Elizabeth L. married Joseph Phipps of Scrubgrass, and they were the parents of a numerous family, all of whom died in 1852 with the exception of Robert J. and John M., who enlisted for service in the late war, the former rising to the rank of major and the latter dying from illness caused by the hardships of army life. Eleanor C. married William Lyons of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They resided a number of years at New Philadelphia, Ohio, and then removed to Kansas, where the family now reside. Robert F. engaged in the cabinet- making business. He married Sarah Phipps, daughter of Samuel Phipps of Scrubgrass, and they made Raymilton their home until his decease. He served as justice of the peace when but a young man. They had two sons; one died in childhood, the other, Walter L., resides in the West. The widow married William Raymond of Raymilton, Pennsylvania. A sketch of Doctor Walter L. Whann appears in the chapter on the medical profession.
FRANCIS WHANN, youngest of the family of William Whann, with whom he came from Northumberland county, married Jane Smith, who came from Greene county, Pennsylvania, at the age of seven years, riding the entire dis- tance on horseback. Her father settled upon a farm in Mineral township, where he spent the remainder of his life. After his decease this farm was purchased by Francis Whann, who resided thereon until his death at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died at the age of seventy-nine. Their family was as follows: Hannah, who married John F. Henderson, both deceased; Sarah, wife of John Adams of Polk; William, who married Cath- arine Wood; Jane, deceased wife of Thomas Hoge; Francis, who married Nancy Walker and resides in Mineral township; Andrew, who married Sarah Woods; Ellen, married to Reverend J. M. Gallagher, who preached a number of years in the Cumberland Presbyterian congregations of Rock- land and Cranberry and is the present pastor of Bethany church, Mercer county; Daniel, married to Leah Hauk, both deceased, and John, married to Sarah Griffin, now residing at Tipton, Iowa. Francis Whann was a soldier in the war of 1812.
SETH GUILINGER, farmer, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, October 20, 1811, son of Martin and Eve (Hendricks) Guilinger. Martin Guilinger was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and was left an orphan at an early age by the death of his father. His first permanent residence was in Harrison county, Ohio. From here he went to Pittsburgh, thence to New Castle,
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thence to Mercer county, Pennsylvania. He then came to this township, and from here removed to Marion county, Indiana, and afterward to Pulaski, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and thence to Marietta, Ohio, where he died. He had a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters. Seth, the third son, came to Venango county in 1837, from Sharon, Mercer county, and has lived in this township ever since. He married Susan, daughter of Charles Cooper, then of Mercer county, afterward and at the time of his death a resident of Marietta, Ohio. They are the parents of ten children: Martin; Charles; James; Jacob; John; Albert; Mrs. Elizabeth Ritchey, and Amanda, living; and Maria and Washington, deceased. Mr. Guilinger has been engaged at various times in charcoal burning and brick making, but principally in farming. For two years he was employed by Everhart Lytle to superintend the mining of ore. He and wife are mem- bers of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and in politics he is a Demo- crat.
WILLIAM ADAMS, farmer, was born near the village of Polk, March 27, 1813, and is a son of Welden Adams, an early and prominent settler of Venango county, and at one time a commissioner thereof. A sketch of the Adams family will be found in the chapter on French Creek township. Our subject was brought up at Franklin, and in French Creek township, and began farming in 1837, in Muskingum county, Ohio, where he lived seven years. He then removed to the adjoining county of Perry, and subse- quently to Edgar county, Illinois. Returning to Venango county in 1864, he engaged in the oil business, and in 1866 purchased his present farm in this township. He was married in 1838 to Miss .Susanna McElhaney, who was the mother of ten children. In 1862 he married Mary Bartlett, who bore him three children. After her death he married Mrs. Martha Allen, nee Simcox. Six children are living: Mrs. Henrietta Marshall; Mrs. Susanna LeFevre; Mrs. Sarah Croan; Mrs. Maud Mosier; Georgie, and William. Mr. Adams is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
SAMUEL W. REAGLE, deceased, was born October 29, 1814, in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, the son of John Reagle, who was born May 2, 1779, and died June 27, 1873, in the ninety-fifth year of his age. He was brought up in Lawrence county, and obtained such education as the common schools of that day afforded. While yet a young man, he came to what was then French Creek, now Mineral township, where he bought a tract of uncleared land. His sister acted as housekeeper, and in this manner he lived, gradually clearing and improving his farm. October 15, 1841, he married Sarah Amon, and they were the parents of eight children: John A .; Mrs. Eliza M. Barnes; Samuel A .; Sarah M. ; Cyrus L .; Mrs. Matilda J. Cole; Mrs. Hannah Hays and Charlotte, of whom John A., Eliza M., Cyrus L., and Samuel A. are now living. Mrs. Reagle having died, he married Miss Mary E. Long, November 16, 1864, and she is the mother of three
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father in this vicinity. Mr. Raymond was married September 29, 1874, to Miss Mary Adams, who died October 4, 1882. She was the mother of one child, Florence, who was born August 23, 1875, and died January 26, 1882.
CHARLES H. RAYMOND, merchant, of the firm of Raymond Brothers, Raymil- ton, was born February 3, 1832, at Utica, Venango county, Pennsylvania, the son of A. W. Raymond, whose sketch appears in the biographical chapter of Franklin. He was brought up there and had limited educational advan- tages. At an early age he was called upon to assist his father in his various business operations, clerking in the store at Utica, and doing various other kinds of work, and was thus associated until August, 1862. He then enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-First Pennsylvania Volunteers, was elected second lieutenant, and served about one year, participating in the campaigns of 1862-63, and being engaged at the battles of Fredericks- burg and Chancellorsville, commanding his company in the latter engagement. He was wounded in the former. In July, 1863, owing to impaired health, he was compelled to resign. Upon his return to Venango county, he engaged in the oil business, and was interested in the developments at Pithole and elsewhere. He continued at this several years. In 1868, in company with George and Aaron W. Raymond, Jr., he entered into busi- ness at Raymilton, and has been so engaged continuously ever since. In 1871 Mr. Raymond was married to Jennie S., daughter of Frederick Ives, of Herkimer county, New York. They are the parents of two children: Elizabeth and Dora. They are connected with Mount Pleasant church, of Mineral township, of which Mr. Raymond has been an elder some years. He was the first postmaster at Raymilton, appointed in 1868, and is one of the well-known citizens of his township.
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