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David E. Albert secured his early educational discipline in the public school of Youngstown and supplemented this by academic study and per- sonal application of the most earnest and appreciative order, while he put his acquirements to practical test and utilization by engaging in pedagogic work. having been a successful and popular teacher in his native county for a number of years during his carly manhood. He finally established himself in the general merchandise business in Youngstown, where he built a good trade and where he remained until 1890, when he removed his business to Latrobe. where he opened and equipped a general store, and here he met with gratifying suc- cess from the start. He was a man of broad mentality and was kindly and chari- table in his judgment of his fellowmen. He was never known to compromise
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with conscience or to intrigue with any form of questionable undertaking. He stood "four square to every wind that blows," and thus gained and re- tained a strong hold upon the confidence and regard of those with whom he came in contact, while his loyalty was one of the dominating characteristics of his strong, true nature. In politics he gave his allegiance to the Demo- cratic party, and his religious faith, exemplified in his daily walk, was that of the Reformed church.
Mr. Albert married, May 14. 1873, Anna Kistler Evans, born in Adams- burg, this county, March 3, 1851, a daughter of Abner and Anna Mary ( Kist- ler ) Evans, prominent residents of this section, where they passed their entire lives, the father having devoted the major portion of his active career to farming. Mrs. Albert survives her honored husband, and finds her greatest measures of consolation for his loss in the love and solicitude of their five children, all of whom remain beneath the home roof at the time of this writing, their names, with respective dates of birth, being as follows: Bertha E., Sep- tember 8, 1874 : George D., September 6, 1876; Anna M., November 25, 1878; Margaret B., September 15, 1881 ; and Lucille E., February 6, 1886. George D. is one of the popular young business men of Latrobe, having been for sev- eral years employed as bookkeeper in the office of the Latrobe steel works. He married Anna Blair, of Westmoreland County, October 31, 1905. The family is prominent in the social life of the community, and Mrs. Albert is a zealous and devoted member of the Reformed church.
CHARLES W. SAXMAN was born March 23, 1851, in Salem township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, son of John and Catherine (Osborn) Saxman, and a descendant of the old and honorable Saxman family, which is and has been so prominent in this section of the state. John Sax- man ( father) was a farmer by occupation. He owned a large farm near Har- vey's Five Points, in Salem township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife Catharine (Osborn) Saxman, reared a family of six children. John and Catharine Saxman were leading members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church at Delmont, Pennsylvania, and took an active part in church work. Catharine (Osborn) Saxman was born in 1820, and died De- cember 5. 1873. John Saxman was born in 1815, and died July 29, 1874. He and his wife, Catharine ( Osborn) Saxman, reared a family of six chil- dren: 1. Lovenia M., died unmarried March 9. 1904. 2. William H., en- listed to serve for three years in the civil war; after serving about two years he was killed April 1, 1865. He was a member of Company F, Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, Richard Coulter in command. 3. Alvin S., mar- ried Mary S. Craig ; he always resided in Westmoreland county, and his death occurred in Greensburg, March 18, 1895 : aged forty-five years. ten months, and twenty-three days. He was a contractor and builder. 4. Charles W., men- tioned hereafter. 5. Celia J., married Samuel Duncan ; they reside on a farm in Indiana county, Pennsylvania. 6. Anna C., married S. H. Anderson, now resides in Vandergrift, Westmoreland county.
Charles W. Saxman acquired his early education in the public schools of his native county, and later attended Delmont Academy, Delmont, Pennsyl- vania, also Mount Union College, Ohio. Upon the completion of his studies he engaged in teaching for three winters, assisting his father on the farm dur- ing the summer months. The ten succeeding years after the demise of his father, he continued the vocation of school teaching during the winter months, working the home farm alone for the remainder of the year. In the fall of
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1885 he removed to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the mercan- tile business for two years. At the expiration of that period of time, foresee- ing that better opportunities presented themselves in the real estate field, he sold his interest in the former business and gave his entire attention to real estate and fire insurance. Shortly afterward he discontinued the fire insur- ance business, but continued with the real estate, in which he achieved a large degree of success. In politics he is a Republican. He is held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen as is shown by the fact that in 1903 he was elected to the office of director of the Home for the Poor of Westmoreland county. He also served for sixteen years as notary public, is now serving his fifth term, and also served three years as tax collector. After the death of his father Mr. Saxman was appointed trusee of the church in his stead, which office he held for ten consecutive years or until his removal to Latrobe. A few years later he became a member of the board of trustees of the Latrobe Methodist Episcopal church, and is still serving in that capacity. His family are also members of the same church. The following societies count Mr. Saxman among their members: The I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 542, of Delmont ; Latrobe Council, No. 368, R. A .; Silver Maple Camp, No. 19, W. W., Latrobe ; and Meridan Conclave, No. 177. I. O. H., Latrobe. He married, in 1884. Miss Roxanna Markle Lloyd, born December 16, 1861, daughter of George and Elizabeth W. Lloyd. Their children are: Mary Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 1. 1886; Helen Shields, born December 31, 1888; and Catherine Louise, born November 20, 1890.
GEORGE SEILER. The march of improvement and progress is accelerated day by day and each successive moment seems to demand of men a broader intelligence and greater discernment than did the former, so that suc- cessful men must be live men, with power of initative and with ability to control and direct the enterprises with which they are identified. Among the able and representative business men of Westmoreland county is numbered Mr. Seiler, who has been the maker of his own success, and who is identified with important industrial activities, having been secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Coal Company and also treasurer of the Loyalhanna Brewing Com- pany, while he is one of the popular and honored citizens of Latrobe, with whose civic and business interests he has long been concerned. Mr. Seiler claims the old Keystone state as the place of his nativity, and here he has continued to live during the entire course of his life, never wavering in his allegiance to the fair old commonwealth. He was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. September 10, 1856, and is a son of George and Kuniganda (Shiswohl) Seiler, both of whom were born and reared in Germany, whence they came to America when young, locating in Pennsylvania, where they con- tinued to reside during the remainder of their lives, the father having been a tanner by vocation.
George Seiler attended the public schools of his native city until he had attained the age of eleven years, when he began the battle of life on his own responsibility, turning his hand to whatever work he could find about the city in which he had his home. . At the age of sixteen years he began an appren- ticeship at the butcher's trade, to which he continued to devote his attention for seven years in Allegheny City. He was then married and shortly after- ward, in 1879, came to Westmoreland county and located in Latrobe, where he opened a meat market and gave himself earnestly to the building up of a profitable trade. He gained the confidence and good will of the community
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and was careful and discriminating in his methods, so that the years brought to him a large measure of prosperity, and he was able to expand his field of operations through well directed capitalistic investments. He continued in the meat market business for a quarter of a century, and then disposed of his interests in that line, while he has since given his time and attention largely to his other interests, the more notable of which have already been mentioned. He is a man of sterling character, and well merits the confidence in which he is held in the community which has so long been his home. He has a desirable residence property and other realty in Latrobe, and is one of the public-spirited citizens of the town. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, but he has never been an as- pirant for public office. He is a member of the Catholic church, and is a member of the Catholic Knights of St. George of Latrobe. Mr. Seiler married in 1879. Anna Gote, born in the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, whence she came with her parents to America when a child. She died June 19, 1896, in Latrobe, and is survived by four children: Edward G., born September 13, 1880; Eleanor K., October 30, 1883 : Hilda K., April, 1887; and George A., April 22, 1893. Edward G. married and is a resident of East Pittsburg, where he is in the employ of the Westinghouse Electrical Company. The other children remain at the paternal home. Mr. Seiler married ( second), Febru- ary 1, 1898, Rosa Elizabeth Weis, born in Latrobe, September 1, 1857, a daughter of Michael and Rosa Elizabeth ( Keiser) Weis, both or whom were born in Wurtemberg, Germany.
CHARLES SMITH FRY, one of the leading livery men of the borough of Latrobe, was born April 19, 1859, in Mount Pleasant township, son of Lewis R. and Mary ( Hair) Fry. The great-grandfather was John Fry, of German ancestry, who emigrated from one of the eastern counties in Pennsylvania and settled in Westmoreland county prior to 1797. He married before coming to western Pennsylvania, and among their children were: John, Isaac, Jonathan, Michael, Margaret and Catharine.
John Fry, son of John Fry, the grandfather of Charles S. Fry, was born in Mount Pleasant township, this county, in 1797, and died when aged about sixty-five years. He married Sarah Richard, by whom nine daughters and one son were born: Lovinia, Lydia, Sarah, Elizabeth, Caroline, Rebecca, Mary, two died young, and Lewis R. All married and settled in Westmoreland county. John Fry was a farmer all his days.
Lewis R. Fry, only son of John and Sarah ( Richard) Fry, was born De- cember 28, 1832, in Mount Pleasant township, on the old Fry homestead, and has followed farming all of his active years. He now resides at Latrobe with his son, Charles S. Fry, but still owns the old farm home in Mount Pleasant township. He married Mary Hair, daughter of John and Christina (Goon) Hair. The Hairs were from Ireland, while the Goons were of German extrac- tion. John Hair and his wife reared the following children: John, Isabell, Eliza, Samuel, Leah, Edward, Thomas (died young) and Mary, the mother of Charles S. Fry. Lewis R. and Mary ( Hair) Fry were the parents of John Fry, born 1857, married Caroline Aukerman ; Charles S. of whom later ; Alice, born 1862, died aged two and one half years. The father was a farmer, and in church faith a Lutheran. He believed in and always voted with the Dem- ocratic party. He held various township and local school offices, and served in the Pleasant Unity militia company. His wife, Mary ( Hair) Fry, passed from
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the scenes of this life May 25. 1905, and was buried beside other members of the family at St. Paul's cemetery, near Pleasant Unity.
Charles S. Fry, son of Lewis R. and Mary (Hair) Fry, received his education at the district schools of his native township, and followed farming and stockdealing until 1897, when he removed to Latrobe and there engaged in the livery business, which he still follows in a highly successful manner at No. 215 Main street. Politically he is an ardent Democrat. He has been a member of the Pleasant Unity township school board. Mr. and Mrs. Fry are members of the Lutheran church, and he is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 1188, at Latrobe, of which he is a trustee, American Causalty Company, of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the Columbia Relief Fund Association. Mr. Fry married, October 16, 1879, at Pleasant Unity, Martha Amelia Gallaway, daughter of William and Margaret ( Walters) Gallaway. who were farmers and conducted a general store at Lycippus, Pennsylvania. Both are now deceased. Mrs. Fry is one of a family of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Fry have children : Mary, born April 25, 1880; Mar- garet, March 15. 1883: Lewis W., October 25. 1885 : Laura, August 7, 1888; and an infant daughter, born September, died October, 1890; Mildred I., September 2, 1893.
DAVID S. HUTTON, M. D. The father of Dr. David S. Hutton, of Smithton, was Michael Hutton, a native of Rostraver township, where he was born in 1831. He was reared on the home farm and on reaching manhood decided to devote himself to agricultural pursuits. Late in the fifties he moved to Allegheny county and settled in Elizabeth, where he was for some time engaged in mercantile business. Subsequently he disposed of his interest and took up his abode on a farm near Elizabeth, which he cultivated until about 1800, when he retired from active life and removed to Buena Vista, where he now resides. He has never sought political preferment, but has been faithful in all the duties of citizenship and has steadily adhered to the Republican party. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he holds the offices of steward and trustee. Mr. Hutton married Lavina J. Santee, and their children are : David S., mentioned hereafter : John S., an electrician at Buena Vista ; Charles P .. a farmer in King City, Missouri ; Estelle Kate, born October 8, 1861. now deceased ; Theodore F., an electrician at Buena Vista ; and Jannette, widow of Albert Patterson, of Buena Vista. The mother of these children died May 3. 1902. at the age of seventy-four, having been born in Ohio in 1839. The father of these children died October 25, 1905.
David S. Hutton, son of Michael and Lavina J. (Santee) Hutton, was born September 17. 1853. in Rostraver township, and was educated at the Mckeesport Academy and in the State Normal school at California, Pennsylvania. He as- sisted in the labors of the home farm until his twenty-third or twenty-fourth year, and then for six years taught in the public schools. During that period he took up the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. R. S. Steward, of Buena Vista, now of Washington, Pennsylvania, and in the autumn of 1885 entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, grad- uating in the spring of 1887 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immed- iately thereafter he settled at Shaners' Station, and five years later removed to Smithton, where he has built up a remunerative practice. Dr. Hutton devotes particular attention to gynaecology, discases of the heart, throat and lungs, and to surgery, having taken special courses in all these branches. He is a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Association and the Westmoreland County
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Medical Society. Dr. Hutton is now serving on the town council. He belongs to Smithton Lodge, No. 978, I. O. O. F., the K. O. T. M., the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, Smithton Lodge, No. 328, Knights of Pythias, the Golden Commandery, and the A. and I. O. K. of M. He is a Republican in politics. Dr. Hutton married in 1887, Jennie F. McConnell, of Elizabeth, Allegheny county, and their children are : Halsey, Rienza, and Lorn S. Mrs. Hutton died September 19, 1897, and in 1899 Dr. Hutton married Anna L., daughter of Josiah Hough, of South Huntingdon township. Of this marriage there is no issue.
JOSEPH SMITH. John Smith, great-grandfather of Joseph Smith, of Smithton, was a business man of Philadelphia, and in 1798 purchased twenty-two or twenty-three hundred acres of land in Huntingdon township. His wife was Brandina Updegroft. Mr. Smith died in Philadelphia.
Joseph Smith, son of John and Barndina ( Updegroft) Smith, was sent by his father to Huntingdon township to look after the property there. He was accompanied by his father-in-law, Henry Rhodes, and his family. On the land was an old log house which had been built by Colonel Hays, of the colonial leg- islature, and is probably one of the oldest houses in the county, being still in a fair state of preservation. In 1801 or 1802 Mr. Smith built a grist-mill, which was a landmark for many years, being constructed of stone. In 1833 he was ap- pointed by Governor George Wolf, justice of the peace, to serve during life or good behavior, and while never a seeker for political preferment was prominent in local politics. He married Mary, daughter of Henry Rhodes. The death of Mr. Smith occurred in 1852, when he attained the advanced age of eighty- four.
Samuel Smith, son of Joseph and Mary (Rhodes) Smith, was born in 1802, and on reaching manhood took charge of the milling business established by his father and made it his life-long occupation. He married Jane Hanna, and of the seven children born to them four survive : Julia Ann, widow of J. D. Hough, of Smithton ; George, of Smithton : Joseph, mentioned hereafter ; and Margaret J., widow of Michael Silsley, of West Newton. Mr. Smith died in 1870.
Joseph Smith, son of Samuel and Jane (Hanna) Smith, was born January 26, 1837, at Smith's Mills, now Smithton, where he attended the common schools, afterward taking a business course at Duff's College, Pittsburg. From boyhood up he worked in the mill with his father, acquiring a thorough know- ledge of the business, and when his father retired, several years prior to his death, Mr. Smith assumed the whole management. Later he gave up the mill- ing business, and for some years was employed in his brother's store (the first established in Smithton), subsequently taking charge of the grain warehouse of William Welch & Company, a Pittsburg grain firm having a branch at Smith- ton. When Mr. Welch sold out to D. H. Williams, Mr. Smith retained his position, his connection with the two firms covering a period of ten or twelve years. In 1882 he was elected to the legislature, serving in the memorable ses- sion of 1883, which lasted during an entire year. After the expiration of his term he returned home, and for some years was variously employed. In 1892 he was elected justice of the peace, and has since served continuously in this office. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Universalist church. Mr. Smith married in 1868, Debbie A. Francis, of Bethany, and eight children were born, six of whom are living: Robert F., proprietor of the Smithton mills ; Leonora, wife of Albert G. Lynn ; Jessie, at home ; William W., at home ; Mar- garet, at home ; and John C., at home.
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JACOB FRICK ROWE. The family of which Jacob Frick Rowe, of Jacobs Creek, is a member, was founded in Westmoreland county about a century since by Andrew Rowe, who settled on a farm on Barren Run, in South Huntingdon township. He was a local preacher in the Lutheran church. His wife was Susan Freed, and they were the parents of a son, Joseph, mentioned hereafter. Andrew Rowe, at the time of his death, was nearly ninety years old, and his wife almost equalled him in longevity.
Joseph Rowe, son of Andrew and Susan (Freed) Rowe, was born near West Newton, and on reaching manhood acquired a farm in South Huntingdon township, on which he resided for the remainder of his life. In politics he was a staunch Republican, but never an office-secker. He was a member of the United Baptist church, which he served in an official capacity for many years. He married Ada Frick, and their children were: Jacob Frick, mentioned here- after : John Milton, store manager for the Pittsburg Coal Company, at Smith- ton ; Amos ; Ulysses G. ; Harriet R., wife of O. C. Rhoades, of South Hunting- don township: Caroline M., married M. Q. Shupe, also of South Huntingdon township ; and David E., resides at home with his brothers, Amos and Ulysses G. Mr. Rowe died January 25. 1905, aged eighty-one years and one month.
Jacob Frick Rowe, son of Joseph and Ada (Frick) Rowe, was born Octo- ber 31, 1858, in South Huntingdon township, and was educated in the public schools of his birthplace and West Newton borough. In his twenty-first year he began to teach and continued to do so for seven years in the counties of Fay- ette and Westmoreland. He then accepted a position in the store of the Way- erly Coal & Coke Company, at Smithton, where he was employed two years. In 1800 he moved to Jacob's Creek, where he purchased property and engaged in mercantile business for himself. In this enterprise he has been very success- ful, and is now one of the leading merchants of the place. For several years he has been postmaster of Jacob's Creek. Mr. Rowe was one of the original stock- holders in the First National Bnak of West Newton, and still retains his stock in that institution. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, and has been for years actively devoted to the interests of the organization, although never desiring office. He is a member of the Baptist church, in which he serves as clerk. Mr. Rowe married in 1890, Annette, daughter of Jacob Zundel, of Rostraver township, and their children are: Jessie M., Emma, William McK., Ada, Edward S., and Florence.
DAVID OLIVER MCNUTT. The father of David Oliver McNutt, of Jacobs Creek, was John McNutt, a native of Ireland, where he was born about 1835. In his carly manhood he came to the United States to visit a sister who resided in Philadelphia, and was so much pleased with the country that he decided to remain and make it his home. After spending some time in Phila- delphia he settled in Greenoak, Allegheny county, where he engaged in farming. On the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in the army, serving three years, and after his return home remained some years in Allegheny county. He then moved to Rostraver township, Westmoreland county, where he purchased a farm, which was his home for the remainder of his life. Mr. McNutt mar- ried Sarah Clark, and of their nine children eight survive: William, resides in Rostraver township: Samuel, a resident of Omaha, Nebraska; John, resides in South Huntingdon township : Anna, married George Beaumont, of Rostraver township : Maria, resides at home : Margaret, wife of Lewis Carter, of Favette . county : Fannic, resides in Pittsburg : and David Oliver, mentioned hereafter. At the time of his death Mr. MeNutt was about sixty-two years of age.
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David Oliver McNutt, son of John and Sarah. (Clark) McNutt, was born March 17, 1870, in Rostraver township, where he acquired his education in the common schools. Until he attained his majority he was his father's assistant on the farm, afterward accepting a position with the Morgan, Moore & bain Coal Company with whom he remained eleven years, being promoted from time to time until he became weighmaster and outside foreman. In r902 he resigned his position and in company with Charles Porter purchased the mercantile business of L. D. Sisler, in Jacobs Creek. In this undertaking he has been very successful and is still conducting the business. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. McNutt married, November, 1899, Jonan, daughter of Oliver Porter, of Rostraver township, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McNutt have two children : Mary Olive, and William Porter.
DANIEL W. JONES, mine superintendent for the Latrobe Coal Company for many years, and himself a coal operator, is one of the most promi- nent and influential men in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He is a representative of the third generation of this branch of the Jones family in this section of the country. He traces his ancestry to Wales and Ireland.
(I) Daniel Jones, grandfather of Daniel W. Jones, and the founder of the family in America, emigrated to the United States from Wales, and settled in Pennsylvania.
( II) William Jones, son of Daniel Jones ( 1), was born in Pennsylvania. He was one of the originators of the coal and coke business in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and sent his products down the river by boat several years before railroads were installed in that part of the country. He was a man of energy and progress, one of the men who have helped the state of Pennsylvania to its high position in the industrial and commercial world. He married Mary White, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and among their children was Daniel W., of whom later. The mother of Mary ( White) Jones was born in Ireland. (III) Daniel W. Jones, son of William (2) and Mary (White) Jones, was born near Connellsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1851. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native county, and at the age of nineteen left the schoolroom to engage in the active business of life. He obtained employment in the coal mines and worked there in various capacities for about twelve years, at the end of which time he went to Latrobe, Pennsylva- nia and accepted the position of mine superintendent for the Latrobe Coal Com- pany, a position which he has held to the mutual satisfaction and benefit of the company as well as himself. His career in his chosen field of.employment has been a remarkbly successful one. Endowed as he is with great energy and force of character, executive ability of no mean order, and a power of taking the initiative in all matter of progress and improvement, it is small matter for won- der that Mr. Jones should be considered one of the most valuable men in the em- ploy of the company to which he gives his services. A large part of his suc- cess must be attributed to his foresight, integrity, strict attention to all the de- tails of his business, however trivial they may appear at a glance, and to his fidelity to all the trusts and responsibilities reposed in him. Mr. Jones is a public-spirited man in the true sense of the word. He never shirks his share of the work in connection with any matter that will tend to the welfare of the community, and is a charitable man, though in an unostentatious manner, so that few, if any, know the extent of his generosity. In politics Mr. Jones lends his support to the Democratic party, and is a man of considerable in- fluence in political circles, though his business duties have precluded his holding
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