Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 113

Author: Stewart, Joshua Thompson, 1862- comp
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 884

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west with his father to Blacklick township ship, daughter of Alexander Mitchell. Mrs. and made his home there until the early fif- Lawrence was engaged for several years as a school teacher in Center and Blacklick town-

ties, when he went farther west, locating in Marseilles, Ill. There he remained to the ships. She and her husband are members of the United Presbyterian Church.

end of his life.

William Lawrence, son of Warren and Let- tie (Waterman) Lawrence, was born in 1817, in Blacklick township, and there grew to man- hood. He received his education there, in the subscription schools, attending a log school- house, and followed farming on the place now owned and occupied by his son William. His first home was constructed of hewed logs, which later gave way to a frame house, and he made numerous other improvements on the property. He died on the farm Aug. 26, 1882, and was buried in Hopewell cemetery. Mr. Lawrence was originally a Whig in poli- tics, later a Republican. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church and served as deacon. He married Eunice Bennett, who was born Sept. 11, 1822, in Blacklick town- ship, daughter of Nathan and Hulda (Nichols) Bennett, and died Sept. 13, 1905; she is buried in Hopewell cemetery. Eleven children were born to this union: Samuel A. is an employee of the Cambria Iron & Steel Works at Johnstown, Pa .; Mary married Hiram Smith and resides at Latrobe, Pa .; William Stewart is mentioned below; Letticia married John D. Thompson; Emma married David C. Davis; Minnie married S. Benton Davis ; Elijah died in infancy ; Margaret died in infancy; Eunice died in infancy; Nathan B., born in 1856, died in 1883; Lyman B., born in 1852, died in 1886.

William Stewart Lawrence attended the Eahart school and passed his early life on the farm, working with his parents. He cared for them in their declining years. Becoming the owner of the 160-acre home place, he has made extensive improvements on the property, and has also bought another tract of 100 acres, which was formerly known as the Ben- nett farm. The fine frame barn built by Mr. Lawrence was destroyed by fire in 1902, and Mr. Lawrence built another. He has been a general farmer and stock raiser, and by well- directed labor has made his work profitable, being one of the well-to-do residents of his section. He is a citizen who commands the respect of all his fellow men, a valued mem- ber of the community in which his life has been passed. In politics he has always been a Republican.

Mr. Lawrence was married in 1895 in Cen- ter township, Indiana county, to Margaret J. Mitchell, who was a native of Center town- ST

FRED HOOVER, proprietor of a livery and feed stable at Glen Campbell, Indiana county, was born in Clearfield county, Pa., Nov. 27, 1881, son of Warren and Amanda (Dixon) Hoover.

Warren Hoover was born in Clearfield county, Pa., as was his wife, and there they still reside, Mr. Hoover being engaged in mining. They have had twelve children: one who died unnamed in infancy; Louisa, who is the wife of William Huffman, of Phila- delphia; Cora, the wife of William Meyers, of Clearfield county; Ella, the wife of Ed- ward Morris, of Clearfield county; Fred; John, who is deceased; Golda, who is the wife of Samuel Fleck; Viola, twin sister of Golda, who is the wife of William Ross, of Philadelphia; Agnes, who is the wife of Her- bert Albert of Clearfield county; Blanche, who is the wife of Harry Beatty, of Clear- field county; Robert, now living with his parents; and Clyde, who is also at home.

Fred Hoover passed his boyhood in Clear- field county, and when still a lad began work- ing in the mines, thus continuing for sev- eral years, when he embarked in the livery business at Rossiter, this county. After remaining three years at that location he came to Glen Campbell, and purchased the livery business owned by Mr. Norris, which he has since conducted; he also buys and sells horses.

Mr. Hoover was married Sept. 14, 1905, to Lottie Bowser, of Jefferson county, Pa., daughter of Isaac and Anna (Pierce) Bow- ser, both of whom are living; her father is a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are the parents of two children, Blake and Floyd. Mrs. Hoover belongs to the Presbyterian Church.

ISAAC N. ARMSTRONG, owner of the Daisy Farm in Green township, Indiana county, is one of the leading farmers of that section, where he has resided since 1873. He is a native of Montgomery township, this county, born Dec. 2, 1848, son of Wil- liam and Ann Eliza (Hazelet) Armstrong and grandson of John Armstrong. The grandfather was born in 1788, and in 1830 came to Indiana county from Lycoming county, this State, buying land in Montgom-

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ery township upon which he lived until his of Gettysburg, Indiana Co., Pa .; William, death, in 1853. He and his wife, Rachel who is engaged in the grocery business in (Coens), had a family of ten children: Wil- Indiana borough; Nannie, wife of F. A. Rice, liam; George, who is deceased; Sarah, de- ceased; John D .; James S .; Isabella, de- ceased; J. Martin; Mary P., widow of Wil- liam Fleming, now living at Leavenworth, Kans .; Franklin, deceased; and Harriet J., deceased. of Idamar, this county; and Elizabeth, de- ceased. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong: Mabel, now the wife of O. J. Cartwright, of Putnam county, Ohio, has three children, Vivian, James and Newton; Ellis, who lives with his father, married Daisy Creig, deceased, and has two children, Creig N. and Gayle Menette; Grayce is living at home; Blanche is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong and their family are members of the Methodist Pro- testant Church.

William Armstrong, father of Isaac N. Armstrong, was born in Lycoming county April 25, 1818, and came with his parents to Indiana county in 1830. When he began farming on his own account, his father bought a farm near the old home, in Mont- gomery township, and there William Arm- strong lived until his death, which occurred Jan. 26, 1902. He married Oct. 26, 1843, Ann E. Hazelet, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hazelet, and she survived him only a few days, passing away Feb. 2, 1902. They had a family of eleven children: One that died in infancy; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of P. W. Wassam, of Green town- ship; Rachel, wife of Jacob Arthur, now living in Montgomery township; Isaac N .; Mary, deceased, second wife of P. W. Was- sam; Harriet, widow of John Hazelet, a resident of Buffalo, N. Y. (Mr. Hazelet was accidentally killed by an automobile in 1911) ; William, deceased; Elmer and Ellsworth, twins, both deceased; John, deceased; and Ella, a resident of Montgomery township.

Isaac N. Armstrong was educated in Mont- gomery township, and during his younger manhood engaged in farming and lumbering. For a number of years he has devoted all his energies to farming. In 1873 he settled in Green township, where he has since made his home, and several years later, in 1881, bought the farm which he still owns and occupies, a fine property known as the Daisy Farm to which he removed March 28, 1907; this was Mrs. Armstrong's father's farm. He carries on general agriculture and stock raising, and under his thrifty and intelli- gent management the place has become a beautiful and attractive tract, desirable as a home and profitable for farming purposes.

ELMER MANNER, of Indiana, proprietor of the "National Hotel," has won a place among the enterprising business men of the borough in the comparatively short time he has been established there. He was born Jan. 6, 1874, in Grant township, Indiana county, son of John Manner, and belongs to a family of German descent.

Mathias Manner, his great-grandfather, was born and reared in Germany, and in his young manhood served in the German army. He married and brought his family to the United States, landing at New York. Thence they proceeded westward, settling in Somer- set county, Pa., and after a few years' resi- dence there removed to Indiana county, mak- ing their home in Rayne township, on a tract of seventy-five acres which was then in the woods. Mr. Manner built a log cabin and a log barn and then proceeded to clear his land, passing the remainder of his long life on that place. He died there in 1897. He and his wife, Regina, had two children, John and Catherine; the latter became the wife of Abraham Lohman and is now deceased.

John Manner, son of Mathias and Regina Manner, was born in Wittenberg, Germany, and there passed his early life, being a youth of fourteen when brought to America by his parents. He helped his father to clear the home place in Rayne township, and there he passed all the balance of his life except four years during which he rented and lived upon a 200-acre farm in Montgomery township, In- diana county. He died on his farm in Rayne township and his wife also died there. They had a large family, namely: Mathias, who enlisted for service in the Civil war and was killed in battle; William, who died on the home farm, unmarried; John; Peter, who

Mr. Armstrong was married Jan. 27, 1876, to Sarah J. Garee, daughter of Ellis and Martha (Stewart) Garee, natives of Ireland who came to America and settled near Jacksonville, Indiana county, Mr. Garee fol- lowing farming in his active years. He died Jan. 18, 1903, his wife on March 3, 1881. They had five children: Sarah J., Mrs. lives on the home farm; Lizzie, who died un- Armstrong; Mary, wife of C. A. Kingsley, married; Daniel, who lives on the home farm ;

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James, a resident of Rayne township; Ellen, twenty-two years, at which time he married, Mrs. Irving Mears, of Rayne township; and Margaret, Mrs. Charles Chambers, of Punx- sutawney, Pennsylvania.

John Manner, son of John Manner, was born on the old family homestead in Rayne township, and was reared there. He at- tended the country schools until he reached the age of fifteen, after which he was occu- pied with general farm work at home until the age of twenty. From that time he worked for others, in the timber and at farming. Two years after his marriage, which occurred in 1856, he bought sixty acres of woodland, so wild that he had to clear a space for the one-room log house which he erected. He set to work to cut down the timber and place the land under cultivation, and prospered so well in his work that he subsequently added twenty-seven acres to his original tract, put up a new house and barn, and had conveni- ent farm buildings and an adequate outfit of farm implements and machinery for carry- ing on his work. Selling this place, he bought another, of 136 acres, in Grant town- ship, to which he moved, and while residing there he bought the lot, 50 feet wide and 100 feet deep, upon which his present store and dwelling are located. He stocked the store and conducted it for one year, 1906. That year he sold his farm, and at the end of the year's experience in the mercantile business he sold the stock of his store and retired, renting the store building. He still retains the ownership of forty-nine acres in Rayne township, though he makes his home in the borough of Indiana.

In March, 1856, Mr. Manner married Sarah Edwards, a native of Rayne township, this county, daughter of Jacob and Cather- ine (Griffith) Edwards, and they became the parents of a family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters. We have record of Catherine, wife of Clark Wright, of Canoe township, Indiana county; Margaret, Mrs. Grant Wright, of Glen Campbell, this county; Elsworth, of Grant township, this county, who married Lena Harbridge; Mary, Mrs. Frank Braughler, of Marion Center, this county ; Elmer, mentioned below; Ida, Mrs. John Romaley, of Indiana; Boyd, at home; Roxie, at home; and Arthur, who is teaching school.

Elmer Manner grew to manhood on the home farm, and went to the country schools of the neighborhood. He was trained to farm work from boyhood, and continued to fol- low it at home until he reached the age of

and for one year afterward he did farming on shares in Green township for one year, after which he rented a farm, which he oper- ated, also keeping store, in Clearfield county. He was there for nearly two years, at the end of that time moving to Glen Campbell, Indiana county, where he built a store in which he carried on a general mercantile business for two and a half years. Selling his stock to Harry Clark, he subsequently traded the building for a farm of seventy acres in Grant township to the cultivation of which he devoted himself for a year and a half. His next removal was to Decker's Point, Indiana county, where he lived until May, 1904, at which time he bought the lot. in Indiana borough where he is now estab- lished and built the "National Hotel," which he has since owned and conducted. It is a fine modern structure, with fifty-five guest rooms, well equipped and with all conven- iences for the comfort of patrons. Mr. Man- ner has been very successful in the manage- ment of his hotel business, proving himself a good host, and his careful oversight of all the details which go to make a hotel desirable are appreciated by his guests, whose steady patronage has made the house profitable from the start. In addition to his hotel, Mr. Man- ner owns a valuable farm of 140 acres in White township, one mile east of the borough.

In 1896 Mr. Manner married Esther Un- capher, of Montgomery township, this county, daughter of the late Winfield and Rachel (Spencer) Uncapher. They have had three children, David, Ruth (deceased) and an in- fant son.

Fraternally Mr. Manner holds membership in the B. P. O. Elks and the Order of Moose. He is a Democrat in political connection.

ROBERT TRINDLE, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in East Wheatfield township, Indiana county, was born in the township, April 15, 1853, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Blair) Trindle. William Trindle, his paternal grandfather, was for many years a farmer and land owner of Derry township, Westmoreland Co., Penn- sylvania.

William Trindle, son of William, and father of Robert Trindle, was born in Derry town- ship, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and there grew to manhood and was reared to agricultural pursuits. Later he came to Indiana county and settled on the John Hise farm of 140 acres, located in East Wheatfield township,

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where he spent some years, subsequently re- dates of his party. With his family he at- moving to the Archibald Jamieson farm of tends the Presbyterian Church. seventy-two acres, on which he carried on On Jan. 14, 1875, Mr. Trindle was mar- ried at the Taylor homestead to Susan May Taylor, who was born in East Wheatfield township, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Welshons) Taylor, and granddaughter of George Welshons. The Taylor family has long been highly respected in East Wheat- field township, where its members have been prominent farmers and land owners. Mr. and Mrs. Trindle have had the following children : Grace, born Jan. 4, 1876, is living at home; Cora, born April 6, 1878, was edu- cated in the public schools of East Wheat- field township and in the summer normal school under Prof. C. A. Campbell, taught school for five years, and then married Charles Fry, and since his death in an acci- dent on the Pennsylvania railroad, at Lock- port, she has had a clerkship in the Pennsyl- vania freight office at Johnstown, support- ing herself and her daughter, Margaret Char- lotte, who was born March 2, 1904; Jennie, born July 28, 1881, resides at home; Elsie, born Oct. 18, 1884, died March 6, 1910; Margaret A., born May 21, 1892, died April 21, 1906; William Orville, born May 18, 1889. lives with his parents; Sarah E., born July 25, 1894, died Oct. 1, 1895; Cyrus, born Sept. 14, 1898, is at home; two other children died in infancy. operations for ten years. On disposing of this property he bought the Patterson farm of 130 acres, now owned by Martin Fry, and there built a home and made extensive im- provements, but sold the land to buy the David Wakefield farm, now owned by his son, James Trindle. There he continued to cultivate eighty-four acres of land and at- tained well-deserved success, and when he died, July 27, 1906, at the age of eighty- eight years, five months, he was considered one of East Wheatfield's substantial citizens. He was a consistent member of the Presby- terian Church, in which he served as elder for many years, and was buried in the Pres- byterian Church cemetery at Armagh, Pa. A good and public-spirited citizen, he was a stanch Republican in politics, and served for some time as overseer of the poor. On Aug. 23, 1848, Mr. Trindle was married to Eliza Blair, who died March 1, 1886, and was buried beside her husband. They had the following children: John W., born May 17, 1849, who was lost in the great Johnstown flood May 31, 1889, while on a business trip to that city; Samuel, born April 17, 1851, who died Nov. 8, 1851; Robert; James, born June 30, 1856, who married Christina Steele and is engaged in farming in East Wheat- field; and Nancy and Bertha, twins, born Oct. 13, 1859, the former of whom died Dec. 18, 1861, while the latter married Harry Rogers, and resides at Moxam, Pennsyl- vania.

JUDSON PARRY, general farmer and stock raiser of Green township, Indiana Co., Pa., was born in an old log house on his father's farm in Green township Sept. 10, 1856, and is a son of Henry and Amanda (MeGloughlin) Parry.

Robert Trindle, son of William Trindle, was educated in the schools of district No. 6, and from early boyhood worked Henry Parry was born in Wales, and was one of a family of seven children, his broth- ers and sisters being: Hugh, Mary, Robert, William, Griffith and Thomas. As a young man he came to the United States, settling in Green township during the early forties, and spent his life in farming near Pineflats, also conducting a sawmill, where he met an accidental death in August, 1864. His wife survived him many years, passing away April 10, 1907, when eighty years of age. They had a family of seven children, as fol- lows: Emma C., born Jan. 29, 1854, is de- ceased; Judson is mentioned below; Isabella, born May 30, 1858, married Joseph Stairiker, of Philadelphia, and died Dec. 22, 1889; Henry E., born Jan. 2, 1860, died when six years old; Martha, born April 31, 1862, is on his father's farm. After attaining his majority he settled on the Jamieson farm of seventy-two acres, and for ten years was engaged there in general farming and stock raising. In 1885 he came to his present tract of 140 acres, known as the Henry Taylor farm, where for twenty-eight years he has been industriously and energetically engaged in agricultural work. His earnest efforts have been rewarded with gratifying success. A thoroughly skilled farmer and stock raiser, he has the ability to get the best results from his endeavors, and his judgment is often sought in agricultural matters. On political questions, Mr. Trindle is a Republican, but he has never been an office seeker, although he stanchly supports the policies and candi- now the wife of Robert Young, a resident of

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Pineflats; a child born April 15, 1863, died in infancy unnamed; Henrietta, born Aug. 21, 1864, is residing at Pineflats.

George McGloughlin, the maternal grand- father of Judson Parry, was one of the pio- neers of Green township, and there spent his life in agricultural pursuits. He was the father of the following children: Samuel, Archie, Washington, Harry and Thomas, all of whom served as soldiers in the Union army during the Civil war; Obediah; Amanda, Mrs. Parry; and Ellen, who now lives at Homer City, Pa., the only survivor of the family.

Judson Parry, son of Henry Parry, spent his boyhood days on the old home farm, and obtained his education in the district schools of Green township and the Pineflats acad- emy. After his school days he remained on the old home farm until his marriage, in 1887, since which time he has carried on operations on his present property. He is known as an excellent farmer and a good judge of live stock, while the honorable manner in which he has carried on all of his business trans- actions has gained him the respect and esteem of all with whom he has come into contact. He has also devoted some of his time to sell- ing fertilizers, and has built up a satisfactory business through intelligent effort and com- mendable industry.

On Oct. 13, 1887, Mr. Parry was married to Susan Anderson, who was born in Green township in October, 1862, daughter of Sam- uel and Sarah (Dodds) Anderson. William Anderson, the grandfather of Mrs. Parry, came with his wife Elizabeth (Logan) to the United States from Ireland, and settled in Indiana county, where they spent the remain- der of their lives in agricultural pursuits. Samuel Anderson, son of William Anderson, followed in his father's footsteps, being a farmer all his life; he died in March, 1888. Of his fourteen children, the following are living besides Mrs. Parry: Mrs. Margaret Caldwell, of Indiana county ; Daniel, who also lives in this county ; and Mrs. Martha For- sythe, of Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Mr. and Mrs. Parry have. had eight chil- dren, as follows: One child who died in in- fancy ; Frank, who married Ethel Smail, of Clearfield county, and is a resident of Green township; Theresa, living at home; and Logan, Mary, William, Etta and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Parry and their children are mem- bers of the Christian Church, and are widely and favorably known in the vicinity of Cly- mer.

SAMUEL T. KING, who may be named as one of the pioneer settlers of Clymer, as- sisting as he did in the organization of the borough, is serving in the office of constable, having been elected to the same in 1910. Mr: King was born in Bedford county, Pa., March 2, 1849, a son of John H. and Harriet (Thomas) King.

George King, his grandfather, was a very early settler in Bedford county, Pa., locat- ing in the wilderness before all the hostile Indians had been driven away. On one occa- sion they made him a captive and kept him with the tribe for two years before he ef- fected his escape.

John H. King, son of George, and father of Samuel T. King, was born and reared in Bedford county and by trade was a tailor. He passed the last twenty-five years of his life at Altoona, Pa., his death occurring when. he was ninety-four years old. He married Harriet Thomas, who also lived to old age, and died at Altoona. They were the par- ents of six sons and three daughters, viz .: Erastus and Dorsey, both deceased; Heze- kiah, a resident of Altoona; Emma J., Harry and John, all deceased; Samuel T .; and Char- lotte and Anna, both deceased. All the sons were soldiers in the Federal army during the Civil war, their loyalty and patriotism entail- ing many hardships and much suffering on several of them.

Samuel T. King attended school in Bed- ford county. During the Civil war he en- listed in Company H, 55th Pennsylvania Vol- unteer Infantry, for three years, being hon- orably discharged and mustered out at Peters- burg, Va., Aug. 31, 1865. During eight long months Mr. King was a prisoner of war in the hands of the enemy, being confined at Andersonville, Georgia.

After .the war closed Mr. King returned to Bedford county and remained in the old home neighborhood for six months, and then moved to Johnstown, Pa., for several years, afterward living for a time at Altoona. Hav- ing become identified with the John Robinson Circus Company, in the capacity of driver, Mr. King traveled over a wide extent of coun- try, and still farther when he accepted a similar position with the Adam Forepaugh Circus Company. Mr. King also knows something of the old stage coach days, having for some years driven a stage over the moun- tains from Hollidaysburg to Bedford, from Bedford to Cumberland, from Johnstown to Somerset, and from there to Berlin, and from Clearfield to Brookville. For thirty-five years

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afterward he was a railroad man, but not until 1903, at which time he removed to his since he came to Clymer, some seven years present residence on Oak street, Indiana. ago, which was before the borough was in- corporated. He was one of the organizers and has continued to be one of the leading men of the place. In 1910 Mr. King was elected constable and continues in that office.

In 1876 Mr. King was married to Mary L. Levy, who was born in Clearfield county, Pa., and they have had five children: Dorsey, residing at Clymer; Nellie, wife of Robert Houk, of Clymer; June, a clerk in the A. F. Kelly store, at Clymer; and May L. and Ruth, residing at home.

ELLIOTT M. LYDICK, a veteran of the Civil war, now a resident of Indiana, Indi- ana Co., Pa., was born Dec. 2, 1844, in Cherry- hill township, this county, a son of William Lydick.

William Lydick was born on what was known as the old blockhouse farm in Cherry- hill township, Indiana county, Sept. 27, 1816, and passed his youth there. With the pa- triotic spirit of the times he joined the State militia, and was a well-known man in every way. He married Jane McGuire, who was born in 1826 in Cherryhill township, a daugh- ter of James and Mary (Kunkle) McGuire. After marriage he bought a farm in Cherry- hill township, and lived there for several years, when he moved to Green township. Originally a Whig, he later became a Repub- lican, and held a number of the township offices, including that of supervisor for years. His death occurred Feb. 4, 1884, his widow surviving until 1898. They were Baptists in religious faith. The children born to this excellent couple were: Samantha, who mar- ried John Wheeler, and resides at Dixonville, this county; Elliott M .; Azariah J., who re- sides in Green township, married to Mary Gallagher : and Anna Jane, who died young.

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Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 113

Author: Stewart, Joshua Thompson, 1862- comp Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 884

Author: Stewart, Joshua Thompson, 1862- comp
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 884