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TALLMAN FAMILY. The first American ancestor of the Tallman family of Ligonier valley was John Tallman, who came from Wales shortly before the Revolutionary war. He served in the Revolution, and having taken up land near Shamokin, Pennsylvania, sold it and was paid for it in Continen- tal money, which he lost because of its depression in value. From Sha- moken he removed to Franklin county and purchased property near Mercers- burg. While there he operated a flouring mill, selling the flour in Baltimore, his son Isaac taking charge of the transportation and sale of the flour. He was married to Dorothy Ely.
John Tallman and Dorothy ( Ely) Tallman had a son named Isaac, as indi- cated above, who was born in Franklin county, January 20, 1785, and came to
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Westmoreland county in 1816, purchasing lands near Youngstown, Unity township. Isaac married Mary Mears, in 1822. She was born in Westmore- land county, in 1800. Isaac built a log house on this land in 1820 and moved into it when he was married ( 1822). There they lived the remainder of their clays. Isaac being engaged in farming. He died November 22, 1851. His wife, Mary Mears, was the daughter of a revolutionary soldier, who was in the battle of Bunker Hill and afterward served through the war. She died May 16, 1861. Both are buried in Unity churchyard.
John Tallman, of Ligonier valley, was a son of Isaac Tallman, and was born on the Tallman farm near Youngstown, August 12, 1827. Succeeding to the lands of his father, he has spent his life mainly as a farmer. He married, June 7. 1854. Ruth Cornahan Boyd, born March 25, 1834. She was the fifth child of William and Jane M. Cornahan Boyd. William Boyd was born in 1794. and was a son of Robert and Elizabeth Floyd Boyd. William Boyd died in 1847. and was buried in Unity churchyard. His wife was born March 5, 1803. and died in Ligonier valley, October 28, 1902, in her one hundredth year, and was buried beside her husband. She was a daughter of John Cornahan and Elizabeth Elliott. The Cornahans, Boyds and Elliotts all belong to old and well known families in Westmoreland county, who have figured prominently in our history. Captain James Cornahan has been referred to many times in the Revolutionary period of our history. ( See Vol. I of this work. ) His son, Dr. James Cornahan, was president of Princeton College from 1831 to 1853. and was one of the leading educators of his day.
In 1863 John Tallman sold his farm in Unity township and removed with his family to a larger one, which he purchased in the southwest part of Fairfield township, where his family were brought up and where he has since resided. The family consists of seven children, all of whom are yet living. The older ones were born in Unity township in the log house in which their father was born, built as we have said, by Isaac Tallman in 1820. The chil- dren of John and Ruth C. Tallman are the following: 1. Alice, wife of John Calvin Smith, lives in Fairfield township. 2. Elliott I., was educated in Ligo- nier Academy, and became a teacher and engaged in other business in West- moreland county until 1887, when he removed to the "Grand Prairie" of Ar- kansas, and located in the town of Stuttgart, which was just then founded, but which has since grown to a thriving city. He is engaged as a planter and real estate dealer, and in a business way he has kept pace with the rapid growth of the new country and town in which he located. In 1895 he was married to Miss Carrie May Moody, of Memphis, Tennessee, and they have three children. 3. Boyd J., to whom we will refer hereafter. 4. Mary. wife of Alexander Currie, lives in West Franklinville, New York. 5. Joseph George, lives in British Columbia. 6. Frank Edwin, lives in California. 7. William S., lives in Ballard, Washington.
Boyd J. Tallman, now judge of the superior court of the state of Wash- ington, residing in Seattle, was born on the farm near Youngstown. October 4. 1858. His boyhood days differed but little from those of other farmer's sons, working on the farm in the summer and attending the common schools during the then but four months' term in the winter. He very early became a teacher, and afterward attended the academy in Ligonier and the Inde- pendent Academy near Fort Palmer, a term or two at each place. He con- tinued going to school, and engaging in teaching and in other minor employ- ments until 1883. when he entered the famous Washington and Jefferson Col- lege at Washington. Pennsylvania. There he remained two years, but was not graduated, though by the time spent there and by private study he had nearly
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completed the course. In 1884 he began reading the rudiments of the law, and May 15, 1885, left his home for Walla Walla, Washington Territory, where he entered the law office of Allen, Thompson & Crowley, as a student. He was admitted to the bar in 1886. In February, 1887, he removed to Seat- tle, for he regarded it as a more promising location for a lawyer. In this his judgment proved correct, for it has so rapidly increased in population that, although in 1887 it was in its infancy, it has now a population of about one hundred and fifty thousand and bids fair to rival all cities in the far west. His entire time since then has been given to his profession. In 1889, without being consulted, he was nominated by the county convention of King county as a candidate for the office of representative in the state legislature. This office he declined for professional reasons, although the nomination was equivalent to an election. In the fall of 1900 he was nominated by the Repub- lican party of King county in the convention at Seattle for judge of the supe- rior court of the state of Washington, and on November 6, 1900, was elected by a majority of six hundred and eighty votes. In 1904 he was renominated for the same position, and was elected by a majority of eleven thousand five hundred and sixty-three votes, receiving the highest number of votes cast for any candidate on the ticket. No stronger nor more eloquent testimony as to his character as a citizen and his standing as a judge can be given than is shown by the increased majority by which those who know him best re- elected him to the bench.
For the greater part of the time that he has been on the bench, he has had charge of the equity courts, a branch of jurisprudence which every well trained lawyer knows requires for its successful administration not only an acute legal mind, but a comprehensive knowledge of the law as well. During this time he has tried cases, some of which involved millions of dollars. The Scattle Times, a Democratic paper, speaking of this branch of Judge Tall- man's work, under date of February 25, 1906, says: "Boyd J. Tallman's five years on the bench have brought him high rank among the lawyers of the county. The quality of service he rendered at a time when the bench con- sisted of but five men, all carrying a burden too heavy for them, was wonder- ful. In the equity department of the court he deservingly obtained the com- mendation of both lawyers and litigants. His decisions have rarely been re- versed in appellate courts." The Times speaks further as though still greater honors were in store for Judge Tallman in his adopted state.
He is a member of the Unitarian church, and a trustee in the First Church at Seattle. In July, 1904, he visited his parents and former home in Ligonier valley, after an absence of over nineteen years. He was everywhere welcomed as one of Westmoreland county's most talented sons, and as one who had reflected honor on his native county by achieving distinction in his new home on the far distant Pacific coast.
WILLIAM S. AMENT. The paternal great-grandfather of Wil- liam S. Ament, of Apollo, was a native of Holland, who emigrated to the United States, making his home in Franklin township, where George Ament, one of his sons, was born.
George Ament was the owner of a farm near Export, on which he erected a grist-mill and worked at the blacksmith's trade. He held the rank of major in the state militia. His wife was Elizabeth Walton, and they were the parents of six children who grew to maturity.
George Ament, son of George and Elizabeth ( Walton) Ament, was for fifty years a resident of North Washington, where for forty-five years he
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followed the calling of a blacksmith. He married Hannah Hartman, and of the sixteen children born to them ten reached maturity: Katharine, wife of G. W. Hilborn, of North Washington; John, of Apollo: Elizabeth, wife of J. D. Laufler, of Apollo: Jacob, deceased : Belle, wife of S. F. Hildegrand, of Armstrong county ; Jane, wife of George MeLaughlin, of Allegheny town- ship: Martha, wife of Samuel Neal, of Marietta, Ohio: William S., men- tioned hereinafter : Elmer E., of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania ; and Sadie, wife of W. W. Hill, of Paulton. The mother of this family died in 1893. and the death of the father occurred in the year following.
William S. Ament, son of George and Hannah ( Hartman) Ament, was born October 2. 1858, and has always lived at his native place. He attended the common schools and early in life learned the blacksmith's trade, working with his father, whom he succeeded in the business. He belongs to Apollo Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of the Reformed church. Mr. Ament married, May 27. 1880, Alfaretta. daughter of W. L. and Mary ( Culp) McQuaide, of Allegheny county, and their children are: George E., Edward F., of Vandergrift, married and has one child, St. Elmo James; Hannah M., wife of Lawrence Moore, of Zanes- ville, Ohio, and mother of one child, William Franklin; Sarah M., Charles H., Elmer E., Joie A., Jesse B., Florence E., and Robert Malcolm.
JOHN FRANKLIN HARSHEY, postmaster of Penn Station, and one of the representative citizens of that section of the county, was born in Salem township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. December 6, 1854. a son of Henry W. and Leah ( Hartzell) Harshey, natives of Hannastown, Pennsylvania. Their family consists of four children as follows: Sarah Ann, born October 24. 1851 : Amanda Jane. born October 19, 1853: John Franklin, born December 6, 1854: and George Henry, born September 21, 1858. Henry W. Harshey (father), a son of Joseph and Veronica ( Weber) Harshey, was a farmer by occupation, a member of the Reformed church, and a Republican in politics. Leah (Hartzell) Harshey (mother) is a daughter of George and Susanna (Lauffer ) Hartzell, natives of Unity township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
John Franklin Harshey was educated in the vicinity of his home, and later changed his place of abode to Penn Station, Pennsylvania, where he now resides. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster of Penn Station by the late President William McKinley, and has served in that capacity up to the pres- ent time ( 1905), giving the utmost satisfaction to all concerned, and in all re perts he is a popular and 'obliging public official. He is a member of the Reformed church, and in politics casts his vote for the candidates of the Republican party. Mr. Harshey married, December 26, 1876, Lucinda Alt- man, a daughter of Jacob and Leah (Cribbs) Altman, who were born in Hempfield township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and married in the year 1847. Jacob Altman was a mechanic during the carly years of his life. but later turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, residing on a farm. For seventeen years he served as secretary, school director and tax collector of his township. Jacob Altman died August. 1896, aged seventy-five years, and his wife Leah died November, 1896, aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of eight children: John Christopher, born March 27. 1848; Elizabeth. November 3. 1849: Sarah Jane. July 8, 1851 : Cyrus F .. March 12. 1853 : Lucinda. September 14. 1854. wife of John F. Harshey: Marv, March 6, 1956: Agnes I .. November 13, 1859: and Alice, February 16, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Harshey are also the parents of eight children, as follows : Jacob
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Franklin, born September 29, 1877, married Laura Long, and they have two children : Oliver M. and John C. ; they reside at Luxor, where he is manager of company store for Jamison Supply Company, also postmaster. Mary Leah, March 17, 1879, married James C. Fritchman, and they have one child, James Curtis Harshey ; they reside at East Mckeesport, Pennsylvania. Oscar Charles, April 27, 1882; Logan Wilbur, February 21, 1884; Elsie E., July 19. 1886, is employed in teaching Penn borough school and is a graduate of California State Normal, Pennsylvania. Edna Luella, October 8, 1889, assistant postmaster at Penn Station. Hazel Naomi, June 28, 1893. Lloyd C. March 19, 1898.
ROBERT JAMES STEVENSON. Although during his lifetime a citizen of Philadelphia, Westmoreland county claims an interest in Robert James Stevenson by reason of his connection with some of her best-known families. Mr. Stevenson was a son of William and Nancy (Sterrett) Steven- son, both of whom, in youth, came to America from the north of Ireland. Mr. Stevenson was for many years a jeweler in Pittsburg, and in 1868 retired and moved to Philadelphia.
Robert James Stevenson, son of William and Nancy ( Sterrett) Steven- son, was born November 26, 1850, and in 1875 graduated from Princeton University. He subsequently entered the retail grocery business in Phila- delphia, the firm name being Stevenson Brothers. He married, October 16, 1879, Martha Jane Shaw, who shortly became his widow, the death of Mr. Stevenson occurring November 30, 1879, when he had just passed his twenty- ninth birthday. Mrs. Stevenson is a great-granddaughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lowry) Shaw, who, with five sons, came to America from the north of Ireland. One of their sons, William Shaw, married Mary Wallace, a de- scendant of Sir William Wallace, the hero of Scottish history. William Shaw, son of William and Mary ( Wallace) Shaw, was born September 29, 1803. and on June 7, 1848, married Jane Ekin, born January 8, 1822, daughter of John and Margaret ( Shaw) Stewart. To Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were born two daughters: Mary M., born Angust 7, 1852; and Martha Jane, born June- 15. 1855, became the wife of Robert James Stevenson, as mentioned above. Mrs. Stevenson and Miss Shaw are residents of Stewart Station.
F. E. WEISTER. The paternal great-grandfather of E. E. Weister. of Avonmore, was a native of Germany, who emigrated to the United States and lived for a time in Philadelphia. Later he moved with his family to Westmoreland county, where he made his home during the remainder of his life with a son who was the grandfather of Mr. Weister. This son also passed the residue of his days in Westmoreland county, where he and his father are both buried in Coke Run cemetery.
Joseph Weister, son and grandson of these pioneers, married Rebecca Stichenger, whose parents emigrated from Germany and settled in Forest county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Weister were the parents of the fol- lowing children: E. E., mentioned hereinafter : Belle, deceased ; Minnie, wife of Samuel McCautley, of Salina; Hetty, a resident of New York; Maggie, wife of Frank Hartman, of Salina ; and Charles, of Oklahoma. Mrs. Weister died in 1898. and the death of her husband occurred August, 1905.
E. E. Weister, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Stichenger) Weister, was born November 10, 1863, in Forest county, and when an infant was taken by his parents to Westmoreland county, where he was educated in the com- mon schools of Washington and Bell townships. For twenty years he has
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been engaged in business as a contractor in brick and stone work. His transactions are extensive, not only in his own but . also in adjacent counties. and he employs on an average twenty-five men. He belongs to Lodge No. 250, Knights of Pythias, of Leechburg, and in politics stands for prohibition. He is a member of the Lutheran church, in which he is an active worker, hav- ing filled the various official positions of the church and being now superin- tendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Weister married in 1890, Martha J., daughter of John Bush, of Salina.
JACOB E. MYERS, a lumber merchant and contractor of Penn Station, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, was born November 11, 1868, a son of Solomon E. and Hettie ( Schrum) Myers, of Penn and Hempfield townships, respectively, and grandson of Jacob Myers, who married Elizabeth Haman, and had the following children: John, deccased; Jacob, Joseph, David, George, Solomon E., Mary A., Israel, and Samittel, deceased.
Solomon E., son of Jacob and father of Jacob E. Myers, was born Sep- tember 18, 1838, in Penn township. He married Hettie Schrum, and their children were: Amos, born 1861, married Maggie Altman ; David W., de- ceased : Morris U., married Charlotte Fisher : Maria J., married Aaron Mowery : Jacob E., mentioned hereinafter : a boy who died in infancy : Zach- ary T .. married Catherine Kemerer : Edward A., married Lylia Grove: Sol- omon D., D. D., married Sophia Mahler: John, married Annie Moore ; and Charles. Jacob E. Myers' maternal grandparents were Henry and Maria ( Altman) Schrum, who had children: Hettie, Jackson, Richard, Mary, Aggie, Amos.
Jacob E. Myers, fifth child and fourth son of Solomon and Hettie (Schrum) Myers, has been engaged in the lumber and contracting business in Penn township for about ten years, and in that period has built up an ex- tensive and lucrative business. He is interested in various commercial enter- prises, and is one of the highly esteemed residents of the township. In poli- tics he affiliated with the Democratic party, and has served as member of the. common council. In matters of religion he accords with the doctrines of the Lutheran church. Jacob E. Myers married Ernestine E. Schroll, the daugh- ter of John and Ernestine (Thomas) Schroll, granddaughter of Michael and Katherine ( Martin) Schroll, and great-granddaughter of Peter Schroll. She is one of five children, among whom were: Emma, born 1865: John, 1867; Ernestine, 1871; Joseph, 1873. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E. Myers are: Joseph E., born 1899; Margaret R., born 1901 ; and Paul, born 1903.
R. DENNIS WINFIELD BRUNER, one of the most energetic and progressive men in the real estate and insurance business in this section of the country, is a popular citizen of Ligonier, Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania, and is a member of a family which has been represented in Penn- sylvania for many years.
Moses Bruner, grandfather of R. Dennis Winfield Bruner, was born August 27. 1825. died June 17, 1901. He was a farmer of Cook township, and a member of the Presbyterian church. His political affiliations were Dem- ocratic. He married (first ) Mary Ann Campbell, born July 6. 1828, andľ they had eight children: James, of whom later: John, born September 7. 1850: Henry, May 5. 1854. died 1905: Matilda, July 4. 1856, died November 6, 1876: Lemon, April 18, 1858: George, March 30, 1860; Amos, September 24. 1862, died November 3, 1876: William, June 21; 1865.
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James Bruner, eldest child of Moses and Mary Ann (Campbell) Bruner, was born June 20, 1848. He was educated in the common schools of Cook township, and followed farming as an occupation all his life. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and a strong Democrat. He married (first), July 27, 1874. Cinderella Grove, born April 16, 1851, died November 7, 1876, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Grove, and they had one child: R. Dennis Winfield, of whom later. Benjamin Grove was born March 7, 1824, died De- cember 19, 1903 : his wife, Mary Grove, born September 23, 1821, still living. He married (second) April 1, 1880, Malinda Hood, and they had children : Mollie E., who married Ross; Loren, Sarah, and three who died in infancy.
R. Dennis Winfield Bruner, only child of James and Cinderella (Grove) Bruner, was born near Herold, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, Octo- ber 4. 1875. His early years were spent on the farm of his father, and he attended the public schools of that district until the age of fifteen years ; he then came to Ligonier and attended a school there for one year. At the age of sixteen years he started in business life, first as a book canvasser, trying to get orders on the "Life of Rev. Spurgeon, of London." He met with excel- lent success. During the next four years he tried selling various lines of goods, finally taking up the sale of pianos, and making a very profitable under- taking of it. He then associated himself with the Grant Manufacturing Com- pany, manufacturers of soda fountains, and was a salesman for them until 1902. He was one of the promoters of the Old Colony Coal and Coke Com- pany, of which he was the secretary for two years, and is still a stockholder. He is the vice-president of the Colonial Land Company of Pillsbury, and one of the incorporators of the projected Westmoreland railroad. He has been for some time engaged in the real estate and insurance business, with com- modious offices on Main street. Ligonier. He is a systematic, keen-sighted man of business, following closely the trend of events, and although deliberate is quick to see any opportunity for advancement and improvement. He has many friends in financial as well as social circles. He has never held public office, but is a staunch adherent of the Democratic party. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, June 5, 1900, Sophie E. Koehl, born December 22, 1875. She was educated in the public and high schools of Homewood.
Eugene Koehl, father of Mrs. Bruner, was born May 31, 1848, at Mar- Montier, in Alsace, then a province of France, now belonging to Germany, where his father was a brewer and large dealer in fine wines, owning his own vineyards. He joined the French army, 1864, going to Africa, where he served five years as cavalry sergeant in and along the Great Sahara Desert. Coming back to France he served in the Franco-Prussian war. At the close of war in 1871 he came to America, first stopping at Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years, and finally locating at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he married Elizabeth Gardner, of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, in June, 1874. The chil- dren were two daughters: Sophia E. (Mrs. Bruner), and Minnie E. Koehl, born April 2, 1877. Elizabeth Gardner, wife of Eugene Koehl, was born near Murrysville, Pennsylvania, May 30, 1848, died November 28, 1895.
THE WENTLING-JACK FAMILY. The Wentling family of Greensburg is descended from Daniel Wentling, who came from one of the Pennsylvania German counties, east of the mountains, most likely from Leb- anon county, and settled in Westmoreland county shortly after the revolution- ary war. He lived and died in Hempfield township. The tradition is that he
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had served in the revolutionary war. He had a son named Dewalt Wentling, who married ( first ) Eliza Walthour, and had children named Samuel, Adam, Polly, Eliza, David. Eliza Walthour, his first wife, died. He was afterwards married to Eliza Fritchman, who was a daughter of John and Barbara Wal- thour Fritchman. Dewalt Wentling lived in North Huntingdon township, and was a farmer during the greater part of his life. The house in which they lived is yet standing near Biddle Station, and is now the Wenrick home. By his second marriage the children born were: Joseph B., now of Santa Bar- bara, California: John F., a member of the Westmoreland bar ; Sarah J., Lydia, late Mrs. Charles Fritchman, of Irwin, Pennsylvania.
John F. Wentling was educated in the Sewickley Academy and at Salts- burg, Pennsylvania, and was at an early age teacher in the public schools of Westmoreland. In 1866 he came to Greensburg and began to read law with James A. Logan, who afterwards went on the bench. 'In May, 1868. Mr. Wentling was admitted to the bar and has been practicing in all branches of the legal profession with much success ever since. In 1872 he was united in marriage to Nancy Wilson Jack, a daughter of William Jack, who was a well-to-do Westmoreland farmer and business man, and who later in life re- moved to Brookville. Pennsylvania, and from there was elected to congress in 1840. The children of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wentling are: John F., Jr., of the Westmoreland bar: Hydie, married J. Covode Reed, of Greensburg ; Joseph D., of the Keystone Coal and Coke Company ; Mercedes Golden.
William Jack was a son of General William Jack, whose life and charac- ter are given in the history of the bench in the first volume of this series, he having been a judge of our courts as early as 1784. He also is spoken of in the same volume because of his heroic efforts on the afternoon of the burning of Hannastown, and figures largely in the selection of Greensburg as a county seat and otherwise in our early history. His son, William Jack, the father of Mrs. Nancy Wilson Jack Wentling, was married to Harriet Eason, and by her had the following children: William, deceased: Matthew, deceased ; Eliz- abeth, now Mrs. James M. Latta, of Goshen, Indiana; Emma, now Mrs. Frank W. Smith, of Washington, D. C .; Harriette, married Dr. Frank Cowan, deceased : Nancy Wilson, married John F. Wentling, as noted above. She was born in 1852 and died July 18, 1902. Mrs. Wentling was a woman of strong character and great energy, and was abundantly able to take a leader- ship in any field she cared to enter. She gave much attention to local revolu- tionary matters, and her investigations in this direction have been fraught with great interest and profit to the students of early Westmoreland history. She gave the best efforts of her life to her church, the Episcopal, and the finely appointed edifice in Greensburg was built very largely through her un- tiring energy and enthusiasm. She died at a time when her life's usefulness had not yet reached its highest point and when her friends were looking for- ward with bright hopes to many years of companionship with her.
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