History of Venango County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, including, Part 98

Author: Bell, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1868-
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Brown, Runk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1323


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STEPHEN JONES, one of the early settlers of Venango county, settled in what is now Scrubgrass township, afterward removed to Irwin township, and located south of Mechanicsville. He served in Captain Witherup's company in the war of 1812. He married Margaret McCool of Scrubgrass township, who bore him the following children: Robert; Eliza; Margaret; Nancy; George; William, and Keller. He was a member of the Methodist


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Episcopal church, class leader in that society for many years, and died in 1864, his widow surviving him until 1883.


ROBERT JONES, son of Stephen, was born in Scrubgrass township in 1819, and followed farming until 1863. He then enlisted in Company K, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was commissioned second lieutenant. After six months' service he resigned because of disability, but afterward re-enlisted and served until the end of the war. when he settled in Michigan and engaged in farming. His wife died in 1876 leaving the following chil- dren: Kate, wife of Ira Marsh; Jane, wife of James Mansfield; Lizzie, wife of Weslie Mansfield; Albert; Stephen; Jackson, and George. He married as his second wife Mrs. George McMurdy, by which union two children were born to him: James and Mary A. He died in March, 1886.


ALBERT M. JONES, farmer and coal operator, is a son of Robert Jones. He was born in Irwin township, in 1842, and spent his early life upon his father's homestead. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and at the end of eighteen months' service was discharged for disability. He re-enlisted in October, 1863, in the same company, with which he served until the war was ended, being wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, March 31, 1865. Returning to his home he pur- chased his present farm, and in 1868 developed thereon a coal mine which he worked extensively for several years. Mr. Jones married Miss Sarah Edmiston of Clarion county, Pennsylvania, who is the mother of five chil- dren: Robert; Frank; Katie; Annie, and Sadie. Politically he is a Prohi- bitionist, a member of the G. A. R., and an adherent of the Church of God.


JOHN HoVIS, farmer, is a son of Ernest and Margaret (Hoffman) Hovis, and grandson of John Theodore and Nancy (Baker) Hofius. Ernest Hovis was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1794, was a stone- mason, and worked at his trade when he first came to Venango county. About 1818 he purchased a farm of one hundred and six acres on the line of Butler county which is now the property of William Cross. About 1838 he bought a farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Irwin township, where his son John now lives. He served at Erie in the war of 1812. He was married July 2, 1811, to Margaret Hoffman, who bore him the following children: Nancy, married to Martin Fritz; Mary, deceased wife of Joseph Fritz; Catharine, married to Adam Vogus; Adam, deceased; George; David; Elizabeth, married to Joseph Vogus; Julia Ann, married to Henry Sutley; Sarah J., married to William Hunter; Susanna, who became the wife of James Beatty; Michael, deceased; Ernest T., deceased, and John. The father died February 28, 1867, and was buried in the Methodist church- yard at Clintonville. His widow survived him until July 22, 1885. John Hovis was born in Clintonville in 1816, learned the stonemason's trade, and followed it for some years. In 1844 he settled on the part of the homestead farm where he has since resided. In 1836 he married Amanda, daugh-


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ter of Henry Sherrard, of Rockland township, and their children are as fol- lows: William; Nicholas; Mary A., married to Robert Campbell; Caleb G. ; John T. ; David; Lyman H. ; Sarah J., married to John Keer; Amanda, mar- ried to Daniel Layton, and James B. Politically Mr. Hovis is a Democrat; he is a class leader in the Methodist church, and has always taken an active interest in the public affairs of the township.


DANIEL H. CASSIDY, farmer, is a son of William and Sarah (Hoffman) Cassidy. William Cassidy was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, and a miller by trade. He came to Venango county in 1823 for the purpose of running the Phipps grist mill in Clinton township. He after- ward built and operated a small pottery in that township, and eventually purchased a farm in Irwin. His wife died in 1864, and he in 1866. He was one of the early members of the Church of God, of Barkeyville. His children were as follows: John H .; Daniel H .; Carlisle; Elizabeth, who married Curtis Rook; James; Mary Ann, who married Abraham Lamer; Thomas; Walter, and William. Our subject was born in 1817, came to Venango county with his parents, and in 1839 engaged as a driver on the stage line between Pittsburgh and Butler, and followed various occupations up to 1843, when he located in Mechanicsville. He was engaged in rafting for some years on the Allegheny river, and in 1869 settled on his present farm, where he has since resided. He was married in 1847 to Miss Julia A., daughter of Chauncey Hamilton, an early school teacher of Venango county. Mr. Cassidy votes the Republican ticket, has filled several of the offices in Irwin township, and in 1865 was elected county commissioner, and served one term.


ROBERT M. STERRITT, farmer, was born in Beaver county, now a part of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and is a son of Alexander and Margaret (Montgomery) Sterritt. The former was a native of Beaver county, and the father of six children: Rebecca, wife of William Simpson, of Mercer county; John, deceased; Robert M .; William, of Ohio; Matthew D., of Colorado, and Thomas, deceased. Mrs. Margaret Sterritt died in 1837, her husband surviving her until 1844. Robert M. lived in Beaver county until eight years old, when his parents settled in Irwin township, Venango county. He there grew up, and served an apprenticeship with Abner Gibson, of Wilmington township, Mercer county, to the tanning business. After his time was out he worked about two years at his trade, and then leased a part of the land he now lives upon. He subsequently purchased it and adjoining lands, until he now has a finely improved farm of three hundred and sixty acres in Irwin township, also one hundred and six acres in Cranberry township, upon which there are three producing wells. In 1860 Mr. Sterritt engaged in the oil business, which he con- tinued for several years in the counties of Venango, Armstrong, and Clarion. He is largely interested in the breeding of Clydesdale horses and the


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finer grades of sheep and cattle, and deals extensively in wool. Mr. Ster- ritt is an ardent Republican, and in 1881 was elected a commissioner of Venango county. He also takes a deep interest in the progress of educa- tion in his township, and has been largely instrumental in having many of the new brick school houses erected therein. He was married, in 1852, to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Karnes, of Mercer county, who has borne him a family of seven children, five of whom are living: Melissa, wife of John Riddle; Fulton B .; Zonie; Elemme, wife of Sherman R. Smith; Sadie, wife of Wilbur Yard, of Colorado, and U. G., who resides upon the homestead. In 1887 Mr. Sterritt organized the Mount Irwin Cemetery Company, and is its president. Mr. Sterritt's grandfather, John Sterritt, was a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, married Eliza Pat- terson, and settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where in the old West- field churchyard their remains were laid to rest. Mr. Sterritt and family are members of Amity Presbyterian church, and he is one of the most sub- stantial and enterprising citizens of his adopted county.


ROBERT WOODS, merchant and justice of the peace, Mechanicsville, is a son of John and Margaret (Anderson) Woods, natives of County Cavan, Ire- land, where our subject was born August 29, 1852. He was reared and educated in his native land, and early engaged as a clerk in a mercantile house. In 1870 he immigrated to the United States and located in Titus- ville, Pennsylvania, where he entered the employ of N. R. Bates, oil pro- ducer, as a driller. He was engaged as employe, contractor, and oil pro- ducer for about eight years, and then settled in Martinsburg, Butler county, where he carried on a store, thence removing to Bullion, where he continued the same business. He afterward went to Chicago and followed merchandising, and in 1886 purchased his present property in Mechanics- ville, where he has since conducted his business. Mr. Woods was married in 1873, to Miss Margaret J., daughter of James and Margaret Clinton, of Omah, County Tyrone, Ireland. Politically he is a Republican, and was elected justice of the peace in 1887, which office he now holds. He is a member of the Episcopal church.


FRANCIS MCCONNELL, farmer, is a son of John and Christina (Taylor) Mc- Connell. The father was a native of Ireland, and settled in Wolf Creek township, Mercer county, about 1810, and was married in 1811. His wife was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he had resided a short time previous to his location in Mercer county. He was with Captain McCoy, in 1813, at Erie. His death occurred in 1869, his wife dying a few days before her husband; but both lived to the ripe old age of eighty years. Their family consisted of ten children: George; William; Eleanor, who married Reverend Isaac Scoefield; Francis; Hettie, married to Patrick Dunn; Susan, who married William Barr; Elizabeth; James; Christina, Mrs. George Kinder, and John T., all of whom are dead excepting Francis,


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William, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Kinder, and John T. Our subject was born in 1819, in Mercer county, where he lived until 1842, when he settled upon the place where he now resides. He has always followed farming. He married, in 1842, Eleanor J., daughter of Captain James McCoy, who died March 27, 1889. By this marriage they were the parents of six children, three of whom are living: James T., of Butler county; Hettie, Mrs. Silas Montgomery, and Margaret, Mrs. James Baker. Mr. McConnell is one of Irwin's enterprising and respected citizens, and has been a life-long Demo- crat.


C. M. WILSON, physician, is a son of John and Sarah A. (Savage) Wil- son, natives of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and England, respectively. Doctor Wilson was born in Worth township, Mercer county, in 1854, and received his primary education in the common schools of that locality. In 1876 he entered the Cincinnati Medical College, and graduated in 1878. He commenced practice at Mill Brook, Mercer county, but soon afterward located at Mechanicsville, Venango county, where he has since practiced his profession. Doctor Wilson was married in 1883 to Miss Ann, daughter of John and Mary A. Shelly, and by this union has two children: Ralph and Iva. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and votes the Republican ticket.


MILLARD F. SMITH, farmer and stock dealer, is a son of Samuel and Eliza (McMullen) Smith. He was born in 1856, on the homestead farm in Irwin, and received his education at the public schools of the township. His early life was spent upon the farm. In 1886 he settled upon his pres- ent place, situated three-quarters of a mile northwest of May's Corners. Mr. Smith is engaged in general farming and the purchasing of all kinds of stock for the Eastern markets. He was married in 1887 to Miss Nettie, daughter of Joseph Matthews, deceased, of Irwin township, and by this union they have one child, Ella M. Our subject is one of the enterprising young farmers of the township, and in politics a Republican.


ERASTUS F. LOUCKS, A. M., principal of Barkeyville Academy, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1857. He is a son of the Reverend Peter and Anna (Fox) Loucks, the former a minister of the Church of God. Professor Loucks received his primary education in the common schools, and then entered Mount Pleasant Institute, Westmoreland county, where he remained three years, subsequently entering the Lewis- burg University, and graduated in 1881 from Rochester University in New York state. He taught in the schools of Westmoreland county, and in 1883 was appointed an assistant teacher at Barkeyville, and in 1885 promoted to the principalship, which position he has since filled in a highly creditable manner. Professor Loucks was married in 1887 to Henrietta Hunsberger, of Barkeyville, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Loucks is a daughter of Abraham Hunsberger, a merchant of Barkeyville.


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SHERMAN R. SMITH, breeder of fine stock and proprietor of Fairfield Stock Farm, is a son of Samuel and Eliza (McMullen) Smith. His father was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and son of Valentine Smith; he was married in 1840 to Sarah Arnest, a native of Germany. Valentine Smith settled in Irwin township and was the father of the following children: John; William; David; Francis M. ; Samuel; Sarah, who married Samuel Park; Susan; Eliza, and Kate, all of whom are dead excepting Kate, wife of Philip Walter; David, and Francis M. He died in 1867. Samuel Smith was a- carpenter, and followed that business about twenty years. In 1849 he pur- chased the farm whereon our subject now lives, and engaged in farming and stock breeding. He afterward bought lands in Irwin township until he owned six hundred and thirty acres. He was one of the justices of the township, and took an active interest in educational affairs. Though com- mencing life comparatively poor, by close attention to his business he accumu- lated a handsome competence. He died in 1879, and his widow still sur- vives and resides with his son on the old homestead. They were the par- ents of eight children: John; Valentine; Millard F .; Sarah, wife of E. O. Riddle; David, deceased; Clayton; Alice, wife of Rillie McDowell, and Mary, wife of D. W. Walter.


Sherman R. Smith was born July 27, 1865, was educated in the common schools, and reared to his present occupation. He was married in 1885 to Miss Zonie E., daughter of Robert M. Sterritt, who is the mother of two children, Karl and Sadie E. In 1887 he engaged in breeding Clydesdale horses, and has among his stud Monarch Derby, No. 3314, Volume IV, im- ported in August, 1888; Bloomsberry, registered 5556, Volume IV, imported at the same time; Monarch Derby, No. 3314, Volume IV, and the thoroughbred mare, Ethel the Second, registered 4284, Volume IV. These are thoroughbred Clydesdales, imported from Scotland, with the exception of Monarch Derby, which was bred in Lawrence county. Mr. Smith is also an extensive breeder of Shropshire sheep. He is a stanch Republican, and one of the enterpris- ing young men of his township.


SCRUBGRASS.


THE CRAWFORDS are one of the most numerous and best known families in the southern part of Venango county. John Crawford, immediate ances- tor of this branch of the family, was born November 1, 1748. He was one of the first settlers of Greene county, Pennsylvania, whence he removed to Butler county, where he died February 18, 1812. His wife, Isabella (Park- er) Crawford, was born August 21, 1756, and died December 30, 1839. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom the names in order of birth are as follows: William, James, John, George, David, Alexander, Arthur, Samuel, Ebenezer, Polly, Rebecca, and Robert J. The family immi- grated to this section in 1798. The first year, assisted by several of his


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sons, the father made a small clearing and planted a crop on what afterward became the homestead farm, two miles south of Emlenton, now the home of William T. Crawford. The following year he returned with his family, and although several married sons remained for a time in Greene county, all ex- cept Alexander eventually secured homes in the vicinity of the paternal resi- dence. William located on the farm now owned by his son, David M., in Scrubgrass township; Samuel, on the west end, and Ebenezer, on the east end of the homestead tract; David and George, one mile east of Six Points, Butler county, now the property of Grant, Durnell and Sloan; John and James, the same distance south of that village, now the Fowler and Craw- ford farms; Alexander, a physician, removed to Washington county, and died there; Robert J. lived first on the old homestead, then removed to Richland township, this county. George, David, and John afterward set- tled in Richland county, Ohio. The family is Presbyterian in faith, and has been represented in the session of Scrubgrass Presbyterian church since its organization.


WILLIAM CRAWFORD, son of John and Isabella (Parker) Crawford, set- tled in Scrubgrass township at the present residence of his son, David M., in 1799, and was among the pioneers of the county. November 29, 1796, he married Nancy, daughter of James Reed, of Fayette couuty, the officiat- ing clergyman being Reverend David Smith. Their children were as fol- lows: Ibbey, born September 30, 1797, died March 18, 1870; John, born December 10, 1799, died May 19, 1877; James, born September 12, 1801, died July 19, 1820; Jane, born November 29, 1803, died October 1, 1881; Samuel, born November 28, 1805, died September 9, 1849; Polly, born Jan- uary 1, 1808, died in 1856; William, born March 15, 1810; George R., born November 10, 1812, and David Mitchell. Mrs. Nancy (Reed) Craw- ford was born February 1, 1774, and died November 20, 1849.


EBENEZER CRAWFORD, son of John aud Isabella (Parker) Crawford, was born March 14, 1789, and died January 31, 1859. He married Jannette, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Johnson) Grant, both natives of Scot- land. Alexander Grant built the first stone house in Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania; thence he removed to Butler county, and died in Armstrong county about 1833, the death of his wife having occurred some years previously. Ebenezer Crawford was the father of thirteen children: Alexander B., liv- ing at Emlenton; John P., of Scrubgrass township; Eliza, who died in in- fancy; Isabel, married to Harvey Gibson, of Martinsburg, Butler county; William R., ex-sheriff of Venango county; Ebenezer, of Emlenton, who married Elizabeth Wilson; Robert J., deceased; Matilda J., married to Aaron Harvey Crawford, of Emlenton; Samuel W., of Emlenton, who mar- ried Jane Truby; Emmeline Louther, widow of George W. Livingston, of Stark, Florida; Elizabeth J., who died in infancy; Aaron Harvey, of Em- lenton, married to Martha J. Ross, and Elihu C., who at the age of eigh- teen was killed by accident in a coal mine.


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JOHN P. CRAWFORD, born October 12, 1816, was reared in Armstrong county, and attended a district school two miles from his early home. In 1837-38 he engaged in farming and lumbering with his father. Subse- quently he learned the trade of carpenter, and pursued this calling from 1840 to 1851 at Brady's Bend. After an absence of fifteen months on the Pacific coast, during which time he was interested in several mining vent- ures with fair success, he opened a store at Harrisville, Butler county. In 1860 he removed to Crawford's Corners, his present residence, and since 1867 the oil business has received much of his attention. He married, Oc- tober 10, 1843, Barbara E., daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Thomas) Hicks, who was born at Machin, Wales, June 17, 1822, and lived at Nantes, France, until the age of ten years, when her parents immigrated to Orange county, New York. She became the mother of twelve children: Arthur Hicks; Alonzo Grant; Amelia Janet; Annetta Margaret, deceased; Smiley Parker, deceased; Cora Ella, deceased; an infant daughter, deceased; Mead Satterfield, of Six Points, Butler county, who married Amanda Kuhns, of Emlenton, and has one child, Bessie Barbara; Carlisle J., register and recorder of Venango county; Ida J., widow of B. L. Kohlmeyer, and the mother of three children: Haldine and Beulah Lavina, deceased, and Ralph Waldo; Mary A., and Barbara Estella. Mrs. Crawford died February 24, 1888. Politically Mr. Crawford is a Republican. The family, like all the ancestry, are adherents of the Presbyterian church.


DAVID MITCHELL CRAWFORD, farmer and oil producer, was born March 28, 1821, the youngest child of William and Nancy (Reed) Crawford. He was reared in this township, and had small educational advantages. In 1851 he began farming, having been associated with his father several years previously. The house in which he lives is one of the old style buildings, and was erected in 1824. Mr. Crawford was married July 18, 1843, to Nancy F., daughter of Thomas Anderson of this township. Their children are: James Reed, oil operator; Elizabeth, who died in 1881; Thomas A., a resident of Butler county; Nancy B., who died in 1858, and Clara E., wife of S. W. Phillips of Emlenton. The family is Presbyterian in church connection and Mr. Crawford is a Republican in politics.


CARLISLE J. CRAWFORD, register and recorder of Venango county, was born at Harrisville, Butler county, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1855, son of John P. Crawford, subject of the foregoing sketch. He was reared and educated in Scrubgrass township, Venango county, and is a graduate of Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh. In the fall of 1884 he was elected on the Republican ticket, and re-elected in 1887. Mr. Crawford was married December 27, 1877, to Miss Mary M., daughter of James and Janet McClelland of Balm, Mercer county. Pennsylvania, and has two children: Flora B. and Milo H.


JOHN LOWRIE and family in the year 1792 immigrated to the United


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States from Edinburgh, Scotland, where he had been engaged in the bank- ing business. They first located in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, but shortly afterward removed to the border of Venango and Butler counties, where they made their permanent home. They were intensely Presbyterian, and John Lowrie was for many years a prominent figure in the Scrubgrass Presbyterian church. In its cemetery he and his wife are buried, both hav- ing attained the age of nearly one hundred years. His eldest son, Matthew B. Lowrie, married and moved with his family to Pittsburgh, which he made his permanent home. He soon became an important factor in the government of the city and was so frequently elected mayor that he received the cognomen of "Mayor " Lowrie.


Matthew B. Lowrie's eldest son, Walter H. Lowrie, was a lawyer of eminence and well-known in this community. He was for many years judge of the courts in this commonwealth, was judge of the supreme court of the state from 1857 to 1863, six years of this time as chief justice. He was judge in the Crawford county district at the time of his decease. Rev- erend John M. Lowrie, D. D .; James A. Lowrie, M. D .; Mrs. Hervey Childs; Mrs. Doctor Courtney, and Mrs. Reverend Wiley were members of this family. Walter Lowrie, the second son of John Lowrie, was the most generally known throughout the country. When twenty-seven years old he was elected state senator, which place he filled for seven years. He was then elected to the United States senate. At the expiration of his term, in 1825, he was elected secretary of the United States senate, which position he filled for twelve years. At that period he was elected secretary of the Pres- byterian board of foreign missions. He resigned his place in the senate and accepted this position, which he filled thirty years, till the time of his decease at the age of eighty-four. The eldest son of Walter Lowrie, John C. Lowrie, D. D., and wife were two of the first foreign missionaries sent by the Presbyterian church to India. After the lapse of two years impaired health compelled him to return to this country. He was then elected as- sistant and is now senior secretary of the board of foreign missions. Rev- erend Walter M. Lowrie of the same family went as missionary to China and in 1847 was murdered by Chinese pirates. A younger brother, Rever- end Reuben P. Lowrie, went as missionary to China, where he spent the remainder of his life. Recently a son of Reuben P. Lowrie, a clergyman, returned to China as a missionary, accompanied by his mother and sister. Of this family there were three other members: Matthew S., attorney-at- law, of Butler, Pennsylvania; Robert J., attorney-at-law, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Samuel Baird, of Pittsburgh.


Anne Lowrie, eldest daughter of John Lowrie, was born and reared to adult age in Edinburgh, Scotland. She immigrated with her father and was married to Andrew Porter, of Richland township, where they resided during his life. Their son and daughter, Andrew and Anne (also the


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mother, though over seventy-five years old), went as missionaries to the Chippewa Indians. John L. Porter, eldest son of Andrew and Anne Porter, was a mill owner and surveyor. He married Nancy Stevens and reared a family, making this locality their permanent home.


Mary Lowrie, daughter of John Lowrie, was married to Andrew McCas- lin, of Emlenton. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits many years, and was at one time sheriff of Venango county. He built and operated the Rockland furnace, in Rockland township, Venango county.




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