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Peter Loux, Jr., was born in Bedminster township, December 19, 1760. He married Anna Overholt, who was born in Bedminster, Bucks county, No- vember 25, 1770, daughter of Henry and Anna ( Beidler) Overholt, who were neighbors of the Loucks family. April 1, 1793, Mr. Loux purchased a farm of one hundred and seventy-six acres and fifty-nine perches in Plumstead town- ship, and resided thereon until April 1, 1800, when he sold his farm and re- moved with his wife's brothers-Henry and Martin Overholt-to Fayette county, removing later to Westmoreland county, where he settled near the Overholts, on the site of what is now Scottdale, where he purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres and engaged in farming. He was a member of the Men- nonite church. He died July 10, 1825, in the sixty-fifth year of his age ; his wife died March 15, 1845. Their children were as follows :
Catharine, born about 1793, became the wife of John W. Stauffer.
Henry, born 1794, in Plumstead township, Bucks county, died in West- moreland county, December, 1854; he married (first) Mary Myers, who bore him two children : John and Peter. He married (second) Barbara Rosen- berger Stauffer, daughter of Henry and Betty ( Rosenberger) Stauffer, in 1840, and their children were : Joseph, Henry, Mary, Betsy, Anna, and Susan.
Jacob, born January 6. 1795, in Plumstead township, Bucks county, died near Scottdale, Westmoreland county September 10, 1880. Hle married Catharine Smith, widow of Christian Fretz, October, 1830, and their children were: Martin, Anna, Elizabeth, Jacob, Samuel, Maria, and Catharine.
Mary, born in Plumstead township, Bucks county, March 19, 1797, died April 14, 1880. She married Jacob Shupe, born March 15, 1789, died June June 4. 1870. They were the parents of five children.
Rev. Martin, born in Plumstead township, Bucks county, December 9, 1798. When a babe he was brought to Westmoreland county with his par- ents, and there spent his entire life. He was reared on the homestead, which consisted of one hundred and sixty acres, and later became the owner thereof.
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to which he subsequently added another farm adjoining, which consisted of one hundred and seventy acres, and these two farms which were located in what is now the borough of Scottdale have been built upon, but not during the lifetime of Martin Loucks. He was a successful farmer, and also a devout member of the Mennonite church, in which he was a minister for many years, being ordained in 1833 and preaching up to the time of his death. His labors were confined to the churches at what is now Alverton and Pennsville. He was a man who always had the best interests of his county, state and country at heart. He married, June 15, 1826, Nancy Stauffer, who was born in Fay- ette county, February 9, 1808, and they were the parents of eight children : Jacob, a resident of Scottdale ; Abraham S., a resident of Scottdale ; Peter, deceased : Martin S., a resident of Scottdale ; John, a resident of Philadelphia ; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of David F. Stoner, of Scottdale ; Anna, unmarried, a resident of Scottdale; and Catharine, deceased. Rev. Martin Loucks died November 7. 1809, survived by his wife, who passed away June 19, 1900.
Nancy, who died in early life.
John, born in Fayette county, April 8, 1802, died 1885. He married, in 1827, Sarah Bassler, who bore him the following children: Peter, John, Catharine, Nancy, Susan, Joseph, and Solomon.
Peter, born in Westmoreland county. September 21, 1805, died in Elk- hart, Indiana, April 1895. He married, February 1, 1827, Anna Barkey, and their children were: Susan, Anna, Jacob, William, John, Sarah, Martin, Isaac, Catharine, Peter, Mary, and Jonas.
Sarah, born in Westmoreland county, November 29, 1808, died October 19. 1898. She was the wife of Samuel Dillinger.
MARTIN S. LOUCKS, one of the representative business men of Scottdale, son of the Rev. Martin and Nancy (Stauffer) Loucks, mentioned at length in the preceding family sketch, was born Jul, 2, 1843, on the old Loucks homestead.
He was reared on the farm, educated in the common schools adjacent to his home, and assisted with the varied and arduous labors of the homestead until 1880. He then engaged in the hardware business with Z. Y. Snyder under the firm name of Loncks & Snyder, which connection continued for four years, at the expiration of which time D. G. Morrow purchased the inter- est of Mr. Snyder and the firm became known as Loucks & Morrow. They ·conducted business under this style until January 1, 1898, when John S. Loncks was taken into the firm, making the firm Loucks, Morrow & Company, and January 1, 1904, the firm name was changed to Loucks, Hardman & Co. From a small beginning the business has grown to be one of the finest established of its kind in the county, and they carry a full line of shelf and heavy wood, building materials of every description, stoves, tinware, wagons, buggies, and farm implements. Mr. Loucks has quietly pursued a conservative and safe course in business, and has built up an industry that reflects credit upon him- self and from which he derives a large profit. He is one of the original stock- holders in the First National Bank of Scottdale, a stockholder and director in the Scottdale Savings & Trust Company, a stockholder and director in the Scottdale Foundry and Machine Company, and a stockholder in the F. A. Black Manufacturing Company, of Scottdale. He is a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church of Scottdale, and one of the leading and useful citi- zens of the community.
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REV. AARON LOUCKS. Jacob S. Loucks, father of the Rev. Aaron Loucks, was born October 10, 1829, reared on the old Loucks home- stead, and educated in the common schools of the neighborhood. He turned his attention to farming, which occupation he followed with a large degree of success throughout the active years of his life. In addition to this he was one of the promoters and partners of the lumber manufacturing firm of Loucks, Larimer & Co., who owned the first planing mill established in Scott- dale. He also owned and operated a feed store for a number of years, and later he and Albert Keister established a feed and flour business, they manu- facturing the latter commodity. He was one of the promoters of the Electric Light plant of Scottdale, a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of Scottdale, and also a large stockholder in the old Meadow rolling mill. He also laid out and had platted about one-third of the borough of Scott- dale, and in many ways aided in its growth and development. He served as a member of the school board, and was one of the leaing members of the Mennonite church, of which he was a trustee, and to the work of which he contributed liberally both of time and money, being largely instrumental in the erection of the church edifice at Scottdale.
Jacob S. Loucks married, May 12, 1853, Mary Saylor, of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Barbara Saylor, who was born Decem- ber 20, 1833. Eleven children were the issue of this union: Joseph R., of Scottdale : Martin R., unmarried, of Scottdale; David S., a farmer of East Huntingdon township; Abraham R., a farmer, of East Huntingdon township ; Aaron, mentioned hereafter; John R., a farmer of Scottdale: George S., a farmer of East Huntingdon township; Norman, who was drowned at the age of two and one-half years; an infant, deceased : Ada, wife of the Rev. A. D. Martin, of Scottdale: Cora, wife of Charles A. Brilhart, of Scottdale.
Rev. Aaron Loucks was born November 20, 1864, on the old Loucks homestead. He attended the public schools of Scottdale, and for a short period of time was a student at the Chicago Moody Bible Institute. He took up farm- ing and followed the same until 1900 in East Huntingdon township, his opera- tions being in the main successful. In 1892 he was ordained a minister in the Mennonite church by Bishop John N. Derr, now of Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. He took up his work in the Alverton Church, but since 1803, when the church in Scottdale was built, he has labored in the interest of that congregation. In addition to considerable outside work at different points, he attends to the duties and needs of the church at Masontown. He is the manager of The Gospel Witness, a religious weekly, published at Scottdale, and director at large of the Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions. He is a member of the board of directors of Goshen College, at Goshen, Indiana. He is also a director and stockholder of the Scottdale Printing Company, one of the leading business enterprises of that borough. He entered upon his minis- terial work with zeal and energy and has been signally successful, many hay- ing been brought into the church through his earnest and conscientious effort. Rev. Aaron Loucks married, October 28, 1886, Amelia C. Medsgar, daughter of the late Jacob L. and Nancy Medsgar. Their children are: Walter M .. a student at Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana; William J., a student at the common schools of Scottdale; and Anna May Loneks.
ABRAHAM S. LOUCKS, one of the representative citizens of Scott- dale, son of the Rev. Martin and Nancy ( Stauffer) Loucks, mentioned at length in the preceding family sketch, was born April 12, 1838, on the old homestead at what is now the borough of Scottdale.
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He was reared on the farm, and educated in the public schools and Mount Pleasant College. At the age of eighteen years he devoted his attention to teaching, and taught for seven winter terms in Westmoreland and Fayette counties, a vocation for which he was well qualified. His next occupation was that of farming, his operations being conducted in Westmoreland and Fayette counties until 1867. He then purchased a farm of one hundred and eighty- eight acres in Mount Pleasant township, which he occupied and cultivated until 1895, when he removed to Scottdale, his present home, but he still has the farm under his immediate supervision. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Scottdale, of which he was vice president for a period of almost five years. He has always had the best interests of the community at heart, and although not an office seeker, has taken a keen and deep interest
in local political affairs. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Scott- dale, of which he has been an elder for the past ten years, and in 1903 he was a delegate from the Red Stone Presbyterian Church to the general assembly of the church north, which convened at Los Angeles, California. For more than three decades he has been active in the Sabbath school connected therwith, and all branches of the work pertaining to the church finds in him a willing and earnest supporter. In 1889 he erected for the use of himself and family a beautiful and modern residence at the corner of Loucks and Chestnut streets, Scottdale, which is one of the finest houses in that pleasant locality.
Mr. Loucks was married April 2, 1861, to Charlotte Ager, a native of Pennsylvania, born October 30, 1841, died May 15, 1900. The following named children were the issue of this marriage: Amanda M., who resides at home. Dortha May, died August 19, 1897 : she was the wife of W. L. Kelly, of Scottdale. Meade MI., a physician, a resident of Wilkinsburg, Penn- sylvania. He is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College of Pennsyl- vania, also the Pennsylvania Medical University, of Philadelphia. Charles H., cashier of the First National Bank, and burgess of Scottdale; he is a gradu- ate of Meadville Business College. He was a soldier in the Spanish-American war, a member of Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment, and served the entire cam- paign in the Philippine Islands. Albert H., a machinist, a resident of Marion, Indiana. John S., a graduate of Duff's Business. College, Pittsburg ; he is a member of the firm of Loucks Hardware Company. Nancy Winifred, who resides at home. Petrina Pearl, who died April 21, 1888, in childhood. Roy- ·den Keith, a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College ; he is a member of the firm of Loucks Hardware Company, Scottdale. An infant son, de- ceased. Ruth, a graduate of Scottdale high school, now ( 1905) a student at Mount Pleasant Institute. Amanda Dortha May, and Nancy Winifred were all graduates of the Indiana (Pennsylvania) State Normal school. Amanda has been engaged in teaching in the public schools of Scottdale, where Dor- tha May also taught prior to her marriage.
E. RALPH LOUCKS was born September 19, 1882, son of Peter S. and Mary A. (Boyd) Loucks, and grandson of the Rev. Martin Loucks, of East Huntingdon township. Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, mentioned at length in the preceding sketch.
Peter S. Loucks ( father) was born May 3. 1841. He was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, was reared to farm life, and during his entire lifetime gave a certain amount of attention to farms and farming, own- ing considerable farm property. He became the possessor of the old home- stead, which contained the eighty original acres, also the additional eighty acres, in all one hundred and sixty acres, and about one hundred acres of this
SAMUEL ALLWINE
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tract has been divided and subdivided into building lots, having been laid out and builded thereon under the supervision of Mr. Loucks, and this is now the main part of the borough of Scottdale. He always had the best interests of the community at heart, and in every way contributed to the promotion of its welfare. He was one of the promoters of the Scottdale Bank, one of the strongest financial institutions of this part of the county, and of which he served as vice president. He with several others purchased the Scottdale Iron and Steel plant after its failure, infused new life into the same and placed it in a most prosperous condition, and at the time of his death was president of the same. He was also part owner and operator of the West- moreland Planing Mill Company. He did not let his influence stop at home, and his work was felt in the west as well as the east, he having purchased several farms in Kansas and assisted in establishing two banks, one at La Cross and one at McCrackin, Kansas. He was a man who never figured in political affairs, as his training had been along different lines, but he did, how- ever, hold several local offices. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Loucks married Mary A. Boyd, of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of George W. and Martha Boyd. Their children were as follows: Arthur B., born June 18, 1880, at- tended the high school of Scottdale, and Washington and Jefferson College, from which he was graduated in 1903. He is now engaged in the real estate business, and was one of the organizers and serves as vice-president of the F. A. Black Manufacturing Company. He is a member of the B. P. O. E., Lodge No. 777. E. Ralph, whose name heads this sketch, born September 19, 1882, educated in the high schools of Scottdale and spent one year at Washington and Jefferson College. He is now secretary and treasurer of the F. A. Black Manufacturing Company, of which he was one of the organizers. He is un- married. Martha Grace, born August, 1888, unmarried. Nancy Irene, born August, 1890, unmarried. Preston S., born August, 1894, at home. Peter S. Loucks, the father of these children, died November 6, 1897.
SAMUEL ALLWINE was born on his father's farm in Salem town- ship, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1820, and is a son of Jacob and Catharine (Smith) Allwine. His paternal grandfather was born near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where he followed the occupation of farming all his life. Jacob Allwine ( father) was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylva- nia, in 1771, and came to Westmoreland county in early days, when Hannas- town was yet the county seat. He followed agricultural pursuits, and distilled some in winter. He believed in the principles of the Democratic party, and was a faithful and devoted member of the Catholic church. He married Catlı- arine Smith, by whom he had seven children. After her death he married a Miss Stevenson, in 1835, but to this union no children were born. Jacob All- wine departed this life at the age of eighty-three years, in 1854.
Samuel Allwine, after leaving the subscription schools of his youthful days, learned the blacksmithi trade in Greensburg, at which he worked for thirty-five years, at the same time carrying on wagon making. He then en- gaged in the livery business, and contracted on the S. W. P. R. R. for some four years. He purchased the hotel now known as the Zimmerman House, which he enlarged and improved until it is now one of the best hotels in the county. Owing to industry and business ability Mr. Allwine has succeeded in amassing considerable wealth. He is a staunch Democrat, and has served twelve years as burgess of the borough of Greensburg. He is a devout and
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useful member of the Catholic church, and is one of the substantial citizens of the county. Samuel Allwine married, June 22, 1843, Elizabeth, a daughter of Samuel Allshouse, and they have had six children, of whom three are living : Samuel, a baker of Greensburg; Henry, living at home; and Cordelia, who married B. B. Zimmerman, for many years proprietor of the Zimmerman House.
JAMES IRVIN MABON, M. D. The grandfather of Dr. James Irvin Mabon, of Vandergrift Heights, was James Mabon, who was born in Ireland, and as a child was brought to this country by his parents who settled in Westmoreland county. His wife was Jennie McQuilkin, a native of Scot- land, who had also been brought to this country in childhood. Soon after their marriage they settled on a farm in what is now Mahoning township, Indiana county.
William Mabon, son of James and Jennie ( McQuilkin) Mabon, was born August 16, 1829, in South Mahoning township, and in April, 1854, moved to a farm near Marion Center, on Pickering run. This land, which he inherited from his father, was then part of an unbroken forest, but by his efforts was cleared and developed. He held at different times nearly all the township offices, and from 1882 to 1885 served as county commissioner. Politically he was a Republican. He became in boyhood a member of the old Beracca Church of Plumville, known as the old seceder church. In later life he joined the United Presbyterian church of East Mahoning. Mr. Mabon married Eliz- abeth, born December 25, 1832, in South Mahoning township, daughter of John and Maria (Crotzer ) Lewis, the former of Welsh descent and the latter of German lineage. Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mabon two survive : James Irvin, mentioned hereinafter ; and Clark A., an attorney of Wheeling, West Virginia. The death of the mother of the family occurred September 6, 1889. She was a consistent member of the same church as her husband. The latter died April 22, 1904, three days after his removal to Marion Center from the farm on which he had spent forty-nine years of his life.
James Irvin Mabon, son of William and Elizabeth (Lewis) Mabon, was born July 16, 1858, in Marion Center, Indiana county, where he received his education in the common schools and at Marion Institute. At the age of fif- teen he began teaching in the public schools, and for eleven years was an in- structor in the schools of Indiana and Jefferson counties, three years of the time being engaged in the Reynoldsville schools. In 1885 he took up the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Christopher McEwen, of Plumville, Indiana county, and in September, 1886, matriculated in the medical department of the Western University of Pennsylva- nia, graduating with the. class of 1888. In April of the same year he entered upon the practice of his profession in Penn Run, Indiana county. remaining there twelve years. In October, 1900, he moved to Vandergrift and has since built up an extensive practice. He is a member of the board of health. Fraternally he is connected with the following organizations: Indiana Lodge, No. 313, F. & A. M., of Indiana : Vandergrift Lodge, No. 502, K. P .; F. O. E., and the R. A. He is a Republican in politics. Dr. Mabon married, October 3, 1883, Mary C. Jenks, and their children were: Vera Amy, de- ceased: Anna Elizabeth. a gifted instrumental musician ; William Jenks, and Mary Cornelia. Mrs. Mabon is a daughter of John W. Jenks, now deceased, a well known tanner of Punxsutav ney, Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, son of Dr. John W. Jenks, who was the first physician of that place, and brother of
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George A. Jenks, who was one of the most prominent attorneys of western Pennsylvania and held the office of solicitor general under the Cleveland ad- ministration.
CHARLES OSCAR WHERRY. The grandfather of Charles Oscar Wherry, of Vandergrift Heights, was Thomas Wherry, a well known farmer of South Bend, Pennsylvania, where his son, also Thomas Wherry, was born and reared to a farm life. After reaching manhood the latter acquired a farm in his native place, on which he resided during his remaining years. Thomas Wherry, Jr., married Malena Rupert, and their children were: Harvey, of South Bend; Margaret, wife of Victor A. Hugo, of Washington, District of Columbia ; and Charles Oscar, mentioned hereinafter. The death of Mr. Wherry occurred about 1879.
Charles Oscar Wherry, son of Thomas and Malena ( Rupert) Wherry, was born May 30, 1875, in South Bend, and was but four years old at the time of his father's death. His education was acquired in the common schools, and in 1892 he obtained a position in a grocery store, in Apollo, where he was employed some two years. He then entered the drug store of W. G. Young, then of Apollo, now of Vandergrift, with whom he remained about seven years. In the autumn of 1899 he entered the pharmaceutical department of the Western University of Pennsylvania, graduating in the spring of 1901. During the leisure hours and vacations of his college course he was employed in various drug stores in Pittsburg and Allegheny City. After graduation he returned to Apollo and for two years was employed in the drug store of W. F. Pauly. In 1903 he went to Vandergrift Heights and opened his present drug store, in which he conducts a large business. He affiliates with Apollo Lodge, No. 386, B. P. O. E., of Apollo, and Vandergrift Aerie, No. 1058, F. O. E. He is a Democrat and a member of the German Reformed church. 11r. Wherry married, June 26, 1903, Aletta, daughter of John R. Hanna, of Apollo, one child, Purvis L. Louise, now deceased.
FRANCIS ELMER HENRY, M. D., one of the best known of the medical practitioners in this section of Pennsylvania, traces his descent to both the Scotch and the Irish.
Robert Henry, grandfather of Dr. Francis Elmer Henry, was a native of the north of Ireland, married Elizabeth, -, who was born in Scotland and emigrated to America. He settled in Pennsylvania.
Alexander Henry, son of Robert and Elizabeth Henry, was born near Freeport, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and died in 1885. He was reared on his father's farm, and in early manhood learned the trade of a brick mason. He was employed in the building of the mills of the Apollo Iron & Steel Company and put up the first building of furnaces of the plant, and from that time until his death was associated with the mills as the master brick mason and furnace builder. He taught his five sons his trade, and under his tuition they all became skilled in building furnaces and as brick masons. Mr. Henry was Democratic in his political belief, a lifelong member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and a devout Christian. He married Mary Talmage, born opposite Leechburg, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1820, the daughter of Lynus and Hettie (Crawl) Talmage, and the granddaughter of Dr. Samuel Talmage, one of the pioneer physicians of western Pennsylvania. Mrs. Henry resides with her son Samuel at Vandergrift. Of their nine children six are now living, as follows: Samuel M., clerk in mills in Vander- grift ; Thomas J., M. D., resides in Apollo ; Charles W., master furnace builder 2-29
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for the American Sheet Steel and Tin Plate Company ; Lizzie M., wife of J. M. Bortz, sheet heater of mills in Vandergrift; Francis Elmer, to be men- tioned hereinafter ; and Juliet D., wife of Meredith C. Stitt of Tarentum.
Francis Elmer Henry, M. D., son of Alexander and Mary (Talmage) Henry, was born in Apollo, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, November 24. 1867. His childhood and youth were passed at home with his parents, and he received his education in the common and high schools of Apollo. From his first attendance at school he evinced a desire for study and took the greatest interest in his school work. He was, however, very ambitious, and was but fourteen years of age, when, under the tuition of his father, he worked during the summer months and learned the trade of brick and stone mason. This, however, did not appeal to him as a life work. In the spring of 1887 he com- menced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his brother, Dr. Thomas J. Henry, at Apollo. In about six months he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland. From this he was graduated in the spring of 1891, and for the two years following his graduation prac- ticed in partnership with his brother in Apollo, and for the three subsequent years continued his practice independently in the same town. In 1896 Dr. Henry removed to Newcastle, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where he fol- lowed his profession for a period of about two years, when, the mills closing in that place, he removed to Cochrane Mills, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. Here he practiced his profession very successfully for a period of four years, and then removed to Vandergrift Heights, where he has established himself permanently and built up a very lucrative practice. He is recognized in the medical profession as being one of the best read physicians in Westmoreland county, is progressive in his ideas, and well abreast of the times outside of his profession as well as in it. He is highly esteemed by all who know him. Dr. Henry is Republican in his political affiliations, and is at present ( 1905) burgess of the borough of Vandergrift Heights. He has served as the physi- cian of the board of health in the boroughs of Vandergrift. Heights and Apollo ; is a member of Apollo Lodge, No. 437, F. and A. M. ; member of the R. A. and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Vandergrift Heights. He married in 1893, Gertrude B. Cochran, of Apollo, daughter of Robert S. and Mary ( Hart ) Cochran. Their children are: Meredith C .. Samuel Paul, and Mary Marjorie.
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