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JOHN A. HARMAN. The Harman family of Donegal township, Westmoreland county, was founded in America by Andrew Harman, great- grandfather of John A. Harman, who immigrated from Germany in 1767, and settled in that part of Donegal township known as Four Mile Run, which at that early date was practically an unbroken wilderness. Being the first white settler in that region he and his family were completely isolated from their own race during their first year's residence there, and saw only the savage in- habitants of the forest, with whom they lived in comparative peace and tran- quility for several years. Possessing the requisite amount of energy and per- severance, this sturdy German pioneer succeeded in clearing off a good farm, which he cultivated with prosperous results for the remainder of his active ca- reer. As a member of the Lutheran church he was actively identified with the establishment and early development of that faith in Westmoreland county, and in this particular sphere of usefulness his descendants followed in his footsteps, many of them having participated actively in organizing religious and educational institutions.
Andrew Harman, grandfather of John A. Harman, was born at the home-
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stead in Donegal about the year 1768. At the age of fourteen years he was seized by the Indians and held in captivity for a period of six years, at the ex- piration of which time he was sold to the British, from whom he made his escape and returned to his home. Adopting the occupation of a farmer, he continued to reside in his native township until about the year 1830, when he removed his family of seven children to Indiana county, and his death occurred in Mahoning township, same county, in 1838. He took an active part in religious affairs and was a charter member of the first Lutheran church ( Mount Zion ) organized in Donegal. The maiden name of his wife was Catherine Sondles, and they were married about the year 1790.
Andrew A. Harman, father of John A. Harman, was born at the family homestead in Donegal, April 5, 1805. He was educated in the district school of his neighborhood, and after the conclusion of his studies learned the shoe- maker's trade, which he followed for some years. Relinquishing that calling he turned his attention to farming on the old Shaffer homestead at Four Mile Run, and resided there for the remainder of his life. In politics he acted with the Democratic party, and participated in local public affairs to some extent, holding the office of school director. His religious affiliations were with the Lutherans and he was an elder of that church. He married, October 25, 1825, Mary M. Shaffer, born at Four Mile Run, July 7, 1809, of German parentage. Her father was Jacob Shaffer, who settled upon the farm situated some four miles northwest of Donegal, where his son-in-law, Andrew A. Harman, after- wards resided. Andrew A. and Mary A. Harman were the parents of twelve children.
John A. Harman was born at the Shaffer homestead in Donegal town- ship, January 5. 1832. His education was acquired in the public schools, and the carly years of his life were spent at home assisting his father in carrying on the farm. As second sergeant of Company I, One Hundred and Sixty- Eighth Regiment. Pennsylvania Militia, he went to the front October 16. 1862. for service in the Civil war, and was honorably discharged July 25. 1863. On March 31, 1865, he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out as a second corporal of his company at Newberne, North Carolina, June 25. 1865. L'pon his return from the army he resumed farming at County Line and Jacob's Creek in Mount Pleasant township, from whence he removed in April, 1867, to a farm in the vicinity of Stahlstown, Donegal township, and has re- sided there ever since. For many years he has devoted much of his time to veterinary surgery, in which he has attained much success, and his professional reputation extends far beyond the limits of his own locality. Mr. Harman has acquired prosperity as both farmer and veterinary surgeon, and his earnest endeavors, professionally and otherwise, to make himself useful are sincerely appreciated throughout the broad area of his particular field of operation. As a citizen of unquestionable integrity he has acquired a far-reaching influence in all matters relative to the political, moral and religious welfare of the com- munity, and his activities in its behalf proved exceedingly beneficial. He has held the offices of justice of the peace, assessor, tax collector, school director and judge of elections, and has performed the duties of each of these import- ant positions with marked ability. Politically he acts with the Democratic party. His religious services have been rendered chiefly in behalf of the church of his ancestors. He has occupied various positions of prominence and trust, including those of deacon, elder and trustee, and his labors as a member of the building committee which superintended the erection of the present Luthran church edifice in his locality were especially valuable. He in one of
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the most prominent members of Post 596, Grand Army of the Republic, of Stahlstown, having served as its commander and vice-commander.
Mr. Harman married, August 31, 1854, Phoebe Louisa Roadman, a native of Mount Pleasant township, daughter of John and Peggy (McLain) Road- man, who were prosperous farming people of that township. Of this union were born twelve children, namely: William Andrew, born July 22, 1855; Mary Elizabeth, born January 27, 1857: James, a twin of Mary Elizabeth, died aged four montlis ; Samuel M., born September 17, 1858; Sarah Malinda, born July 24, 1860; Julia A., born November 8, 1862; Catherine P., deceased, born December 22, 1864; Calvin, born February 12, 1867: Nettie, born June 22, 1869; Auradila, born October 21, 1871 ; Flora E., born November 1, 1874; an infant who only lived a few hours. Of these seven were born in Mount Pleasant township, and the others were born near Stahlstown.
William Andrew, who was educated for a teacher, now resides in Al- toona, Pennsylvania, and is a travelling salesman. In 1877 he changed his re- ligious faith, going from the Lutheran church to that of the United Brethren, and in 1883 became a charter member of the first United Brethren congregation established in Westmoreland county. He participated actively in propagating that denomination in this part of the state, and in 1884 assisted in erecting Its first house of worship near Jones Mills, this county. On October 16, 1886, he was ordained to the ministry. His first wife, whom he married September 12, 1875, was Emma C. Horner. She died and he married (second), Febru- ary 16, 1892. Ella B. Kuhns. Mary Elizabeth married, October 13, 1877. Charles C. Hunter, a cabinet-maker by trade, and now a merchant in Pittsburg, this state. Samuel M., who is now following the carpenter's trade in connec- tion with farming at Derry Station, Pennsylvania, married, October 2, 1884, Rebecca Hunter. Sarah Malinda married George Hellin, a carpenter of Scottdale, this state, December 29, 1880. Julia A., wife of William A. Hun- ter, of Mount Pleasant. They were married August 15, 1880. Calvin married Allie Bell, August 13, 1888, and is now following the occupation of a car- penter at Summit Mines, this state. Nettie is now residing at Jones Mills, and is the wife of David Burnhart, whom she married December 25, 1892. Auradila married, November 16, 1899, Walter A. Robb, a farmer of Flor- ence, Pennsylvania. Flora E. married, June 17, 1897, H. Freeman Piper, who is engaged in farming at Stahlstown.
JOSEPH H. MCMULLEN. George H. McMullen, father of Jo- seph H. McMullen, of Vandergrift, was born December 18, 1829, near Mur- rysville Westmoreland county, where he was reared on a farm. As a young man he went to Armstrong county and there worked at his trade, that of a carpenter and millwright. About 1870 he abandoned his trade and purchased a farm in Armstrong county, on which, however, he remained but a short time and then moved to another farm near Marysville, Allegheny county. There also his stay was a brief one, and after other removals he finally settled in 1880, in Apollo, Armstrong county, where he has since resided and where he has ever since been engaged in the mercantile business. For many years he has been overseer of the poor of Armstrong county. He is a Republican, and a mmber of the Presbyterian church. Mr. McMullen married Salome King, and the following are the six surviving children of their family of eight: Henry D., in business near Pittsburg : Joseph H., mentioned hereinafter ; Philip S., civil engineer of Glassport, Pennsylvania ; Catharine, wife of James T. Klugle, of Apollo; Margaret M., wife of Thomas James, of East Brady, Pennsylvania ; and Eliza, teacher in Vandergrift schools.
Joseph H. McMullen, son of George H. and Salome (King) McMullen,
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was born April 17, 1859, in Armstrong county, and received his education in the public schools and at a private school in Delmont presided over by Profes- sors E. H. Baer and I. E. Lawfer. After completing his course of study he taught for one term, and in 1883 engaged in the farm implement business in Washington, Pennsylvania. His first year was a record breaker, inasmuch as, during that period, he placed one hundred and two champion binders in one county. At the end of the year he took a trip through the southwest, visiting Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana and other states. He then returned to .Apollo. where he was for a time ticket, freight and express agent and afterward went on the road in the passenger service. Later he was transferred to the tciket office in Allegheny, spending in all some six years in the railroad business. Finding advancement too slow he resigned and settled in Apollo, where for two years he was a general contractor. He then went to work in the mills of the Apollo Iron & Steel Company, beginning as matcher and thence working his way up to the position of sheet heater, heating the first sheets ever turned out of the Vandergrift mills. In June, 1903, by the advice of his physician, he resigned. to the regret of the management of the mills, by whom he was told that his position was open to him should he at any future time eare to return. Soon after his resignation he opened a shoe store in Vandergrift. which he conducted for one year and three months, when he sold the business and retired from active life. In September, 1904, he was made district orgar. izer of the American Insurance Union. In November, 1905, he organized the Vandergrift News Company, which publishes the leading weekly paper in the Kiskiminetas valley known as the Vandergrift News. Mr. MeMullen pur- chased in July, 1896, one of the first lots sold in Vandergrift, and by December 5 was occupying the house which he had built thereon, that being the first resi- dence occupied in the borough. He was the first president of an organization for the regulation of the building of houses. He subsequently sold his resi- dence for six thousand dollars, and in 1901 built a business block on the corner of Washington and Columbia streets, which he recently sold. He is the owner of a residence property on Franklin avenue and also of his home property, which is situated on Custer avenue. He belongs to the K. P., the W. W., and the K. M. His political affiliations are with the Republicans, and he has served some six years as county committeeman. He is a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church. Mr. McMullen married in 1891, Maggie May Stamets, of Phillipsburg. New Jersey, two children: Trixy, deceased ; and Joseph Thomas.
THE FUNK FAMILY came to America from Germany, near the Black Forest, in Baden, in the year 1686. The first ancestor was a minister of the Mennonite church, and came over with a colony of men and women of that faith. They settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and established the first regular Mennonite church in the United States.
The Godshalk family came originally from Holland. They were of the persecuted and Baptist sect and fled from their native land to America about the year 1800, settling in New Jersey. They were farmers generally, but in some branch of the family there has always been a minister of the Mennonite church. Catherine's ( mother of William G. Funk) branch of the family left Middlesex county, New Jersey, about 1820 and settled in Bucks county, Penn- sylvania, near Doylestown, where she was born in 1827. She was twice mar- ried. Her first husband was John Johnson whom she married in 1854. Two daughters were born of this union. John Johnson died in 1859. She remained a widow for several years when she married Samuel Funk. Their children
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were : William G .: Sarah, now Mrs. J. Harper, of Glenside, Pa., and Amy, now Mrs. Howard Anderson, of Riverside, N. J. Mrs. Funk is still living, and resides in Chalfonte, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Mennonite church as was also Mr. Funk, her husband.
WILLIAM G. FUNK, pastor of Unity church, Beatty, Westmore- land county, the oldest church in that county, is a son of Samuel and Catherine (Godshalk) Funk, and a descendant of a family who has long resided in the state of Pennsylvania, living on a farm in Montgomery county, which is still in the possession of the Funk family, the deeds for which were granted by the descendants of William Penn in 1702. Samuel Funk ( father) was born in Montgomery county, followed farming throughout the active years of his career, and died in 1877, aged seventy-two years.
William G. Funk was born in New Britain township, Bucks county; Penn- sylvania, September 20, 1865. He pursued his studies in Lafayette College, from which institution he was graduated, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1892, and Master of Arts in 1895. Later he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating from that institution in 1895. He filled pastorates in Duryea, Lackawanna and Taylor, remaining in Lackawanna six and a half years, and at the expiration of this period of time he removed to Beatty and assumed charge of Unity church, in which capacity he is now serving. He is a man of sound doctrinal views and an earnest and convincing speaker. Since 1902 he has resided on a farm of sixty acres, which he has cultivated to a high state of perfection, and which is therefore very produc- tive. He married Anna Kerr, who was born in Chesterfield, Burlington coun- ty. New Jersey, April, 1867, a daughter of Burroughs and Anna ( Rulon ) Kerr. She bore him one child, William K., born November 30, 1898. Mrs. Funk died in 1899.
MICHAEL C. WEIS, a venerable and esteemed citizen of Latrobe. Westmoreland county, was born September 11, 1830, in Zweiflingen, Germany.
He attended the common schools of his native land, and the knowledge thus obtained prepared him for a life of usefulness and activity. In the spring of 1852 he decided to come to America. He remained in New York for a short time, and finally located in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where for three years he was employed in a wholesale business house. " In 1855 he located in Latrobe, Westmoreland county, and was employed in the construction of the first tunnel on the Pennsylvania railroad east of Latrobe. Observing the fer- tility of the soil of Westmoreland county, which was principally underlaid with coal, he resolved to take up farming. By industry and thrift, for which all Germans are noted, he soon became sole owner of two of the finest farms in Westmoreland county. These farms are located one mile north of Latrobe. having thereon dwellings with all modern improvements. His widow and five children occupy the homestead at the present time. Michael Weis married in the summer of 1855, Rosina Elizabeth Kaiser, of Zittlingen, Germany, her family having immigrated from Germany in 1853. Their children were : Karl C., Rosina E., Frederick C., Christopher C., Amanda M., Caroline C., Michael W., Katharine M., Frank L., Anna L., Lewis W., seven of whom are living and four dead. The oldest daughter, Rosina, in the spring of 1886, em- barked in the millinery business in the town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Three daughters at the present time carry on business at the Weis Seiler millinery establishment, which has been one of the most prominent business stands in
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the town for twenty years. The sons continue farming and have established a hennery on one of the farms. Mr. Weis died in the spring of 1886, and is buried in Lutheran cemetery, Youngstown, Pennsylvania.
WILLIAM J. HOWARD, of New Kensington, is the grandson of Patrick Howard, who was born in Ireland, whence he came with his wife to the United States, settling in New York city, where he lived many years, be- ing engaged in business as a contractor, especially for railroad companies. In the latter part of his life he moved to Pittsburg, where he died. He and his wife were the parents of the following children: Patrick, see forward ; John, deceased ; Mary : and Annie.
Patrick Howard, son of Patrick Howard, the emigrant, was born in Ire- land and was an infant when brought by his parents to the United States. Upon attaining his majority he went into business for himself as a shipper of ore and clay from Sligo. After some years he purchased a farm near Sligo and devoted himself to agriculture in which he was very successful, becoming the owner of three farms. The latter years of his life were spent in retire- ment at Clarion. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. He mar- ried Annie Gagan, and the following children were born to them: Mary, wife of A. H. Siward; John E., farmer: Annie, wife of George Ecker; M. J., farmer on the homestead ; T. P., clothier in Mckeesport : William J., see for- ward : Catharine MI., deceased ; Winnie ; and Daniel M., butcher in Clarion. Mr. Howard, the father, died in 1892.
William J. Howard, son of Patrick and Annie (Gagan) Howard, was born January 23, 1874, in Sligo, Pennsylvania, receiving his education in the common schools of that place and at the Clarion State Normal School. At eighteen years of age he entered the service of J. C. Campbell & Company, druggists, where he remained four years. He then went into the hotel busi- ness at Rennersburg where for four years he was proprietor of the City Ho- tel. After spending two years in retirement at New Bethlehem he moved, in May, 1902, to New Kensington, where he purchased what was then known as the Merchants' Hotel. This building he has since enlarged about one-half. changing the name to the Hotel Howard, and now has one of the finest hostel- ries in the town. He affiliates with Lodge No. 512, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of New Kensington, and in politics is a staunch Democrat. (n February 20, 1906, he was elected member of the council of New Kensington. by a majority of 165. The town is strongly Republican and he is a Democrat. His election is a fair index of his popularity and high standing in the com- munity. He married Catharine M. Collins, of New Bethlehem.
MRS. HARRIET SLOAN McCONNELL. a member of a distin- guished family in Pennsylvania, whose ancestors were among the pioneer settlers of Westmoreland county, was born in Salem township, September 17. 1827, the daughter of John Steel and Jane ( Christie) Sloan. The Sloan and Christie families were both Scotch-Irish pioneer settlers in Westmoreland county. The Sloans removed from Lancaster to Westmoreland county in a very early day of its settling.
John Steel Sloan was born July 26, 1803. the son of John and Elizabeth (Steel) Sloan. He married, October 1. 1822, Jane Christie, born December 15, 1805, daughter of James and Mary (McCall) Christie, and who died No- vember 22, 1898. Their children were: Harriet, mentioned hereafter : Robert E., born August 9, 1836: John T., July 28, 1839; and William C., May 25. 1843.
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Harriet Sloan married, October 31, 1844, David Kirkpatrick McConnell, born in 1819, died December, 1900. ( Mention of Mr. McConnell's family history is made in the sketch of Judge Alexander D. McConnell). Their children were : James G., born August 23, 1845 ; John S., May 2, 1847 ; Alexander Dan- iel, whose sketch appears elsewhere; Sarah A., born January 30, 1852; Har- riet M., May 28, 1854; Mary E., March 20. 1858; Hannah Kate, November 15, 1861 : Ellsworth D., June 19, 1864 ; and Robert S., December 8, 1866. Of these children all are living except Jolin S., who gave his life for another. On March 7, 1880, he saw a workman on the track of the Denver & Rio Grande railway menaced by a rapidly approaching train and ran to his rescue. This he accomplished, but only after his own foot was caught and crushed. There was no surgeon nearer than Denver, many miles away, and he was taken there, suffering the most intense pain. The foot was amputated, but blood poisoning ensued, which caused his death about three months after the acci- dent.
Mrs. McConnell's living descendants are eight children, twenty-five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. McConnell is an amiable, hospital woman, and is beloved by all who know her. She lives upon the Mc- Connell homestead where she came a bride sixty-two years ago. Her mar- riage was performed by Rev. Dr. Samuel McFaren, pastor at Congruity for forty-two years, who also baptized her.
JOHN J. KLINE, a prominent and prosperous merchant of Adams- burg, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and postmaster of the town for many years, is one of its most valued citizens, having done much to further its welfare. He was a grandson of John Kline.
Jacob Kline, son of John Kline, and father of John J. Kline, was at one time proprietor of the Westmoreland House in Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and died in the early spring of 1884, at the age of sev- enty-one years, on the Brush Creek farm, and is buried in the Brush Creek cemetery. He married Caroline Rugh, daughter of Jacob Rugh, at one time owning and living on a farm below southwest Greensburg, on what was known as the Rugh farm. Mrs. Kline died November 5, 1854, leaving an in- fant child-John J .- and was buried in the old German graveyard.
John J. Kline, son of Jacob and Caroline (Rugh) Kline, was born in the Westmoreland House, which building is still standing in Greensburg, op- posite the New Fisher House. He was reared on a farm, obtained his educa- tion in the public schools of the township, and completed a commercial course at the Indiana Normal school. He then followed various occupations for a number of years, and finally decided upon the mercantile business as being suited to his tastes and established himself in Adamsburg, Pennsylvania, Oc- toebr 8, 1884, in what was known as the James Gregg property, and here he is still ( 1906) conducting a flourishing business. His business methods are practical and systematic, and he has the happy faculty of retaining custom which he has once acquired. He is enterprising and progressive, and has held a number of positions of public trust and responsibility. He has twice been elected to the office of justice of the peace, and has served as postmaster of Adamsburg for sixteen years. Upon his first appointment as postmaster, in 1884, there were but three mails received weekly. Later, through the untiring efforts of Mr. Kline, Adamsburg was accorded a daily mail. When he was reappointed, he again appealed to the department at Washington, and by continued effort in this direction succeeded in having Adamsburg supplied with two mails daily. He has also been treasurer of the borough of Adams-
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burg for about twelve years. He married, October 19, 1879, Martha Griffin, born near Kecksburg, Westmoreland county Pennsylvania, and they had four- teen children, eleven of whom are now living. Two daughters and one son are now married, and he has two grandchildren.
JAMES MOORE LAIRD was born in Murrysville, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1837. The founder of the Laird clan in the United States was John Laird, who came to this country from the county of Donegal. in the province of Ulster, Ireland, late in the eighteenth cen- tury. The family was Scotch in its origin, as the name implies, having gone over from Scotland with many others in the reign of James I. Upon the tombstone of this John Laird ( dated 1766, at Marsh creek, in Adams county, Pennsylvania), there still exists, in fine preservation, the carving of a curious coat of arms bearing as a device upon the shield, the severed limbs and the spouting blood which was undoubtedly intended to be a memento to coming generations of the terrible time in old Scotland where men gave their lives for opinion's sake. We quote from a history of the family written by Dr. John Milton Duff, of Pittsburg: "In what appears to us of the present, the misty past, the Laird family lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland. For some reason they looked across the channel to the green fields of Donegal county, Ireland, with favor, and at an early date were enticed to the Emerald Isle, where they lived and prospered. Late in the eighteenth century one of the clan, John by name, determined to leave home and friends to seek fame and fortune across the Atlantic. After a tempestuous voyage he landed on the American shores. He immediately started inland in search of a home. He crossed over the broad and rocky Susquehanna in that beautiful and picturesque Cumberland valley, now so famous in our country's history, and there, in Adams county, Penn- sylvania, under the shade of the rock-ribbed Allegheny mountains, he selected a farm upon which he lived and died. His youngest son William inherited this farm which was situated on Marsh creek. He was a man of strong religious tendencies and was an elder in the Presbyterian church. Soon after William and his young wife took charge of the farm on March 23. 1768, they became the happy parents of a boy babe which was named Francis. At a very early age this boy showed signs of more than ordinary intellect. Fortunately his capacity for mental work was supplemented by an earnest craving for knowl- edge. His father, as best he could, seconded his efforts, and in due course of time he entered Dickinson College, from which he graduated in 1794 with honors. At his graduation he was complimented through the Philadelphia newspapers by the celebrated James Ross, the well-known author of a Latin grammar, as the best scholar in his class. Among his classmates were John Kennedy, subsequently justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania,and Roger B. Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision. After graduating, in company with Mathias Brown, afterwards president of Jefferson College, he studied theology for three years. At the end of this time, in 1797, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Carlisle. He then turned his steps westward and after itinerating for some time as a supply, received a call from the churches of Poke Run and Plum Creek, and was installed as pastor of those combined congregations October 22, 1800. He went into the field, giving up his days to unrelenting toil, but the enthusiasm of youth lent romance to the drudgeries of his work. At this time, over in Salem township, lived John Moore, who was a member of the convention which founded the constitution of 1776, and who was subsequently president judge of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, when that county embraced nearly all of the southwestern portion of the state.
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