Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 123

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

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ter of whom is a farmer and in the dairy business at Clymer.

Mr. Mock and his wife are members of the Christian Church. They have two daughters, ville, in Green township, Indiana Co., Pa., Marion and Mildred.

LESLIE EARL ALBERT, manager of the pharmacy at Dixonville, Indiana county, is a young man whose ability and faithful- ness have won him the esteem of the business element of that place as well as the many patrons to whose wants he caters. He is a native of Westmoreland county, Pa., born Nov. 3, 1887, son of James and Lydia (Miller) Albert, both of whom were also born in that county. James Albert is now engaged in the lumber business at Mount Pleasant, West- moreland county, as a member of the Hus- band Lumber Company ; he has had extensive interests in that line throughout his active years. He and his wife have had two sons, the younger of whom, Orin Wilson, is now in Pittsburg, Pa., engaged as instructor of mathematics in the University of Pittsburg.

Leslie Earl Albert, eldest son of James Albert, received his early education at Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, graduating from the high school there in 1905. After that he took up the study of pharmacy, pur- suing the course at the University of Pitts- burg, from which he was graduated in 1909. For a short time thereafter he was located at Greensburg, Pa., whence he came to Dixon- ville in 1909. He has since had the manage- ment of the pharmacy there, the drug estab- lishment of Dr. J. S. Miller, and has proved himself a young man of exceptional industry and trustworthy character, being highly re- spected by all who have had dealings with him.

On June 10, 1909, Mr. Albert married, at Greensburg, Pa., Rachel Clark Galley, a na- tive of Mount Pleasant, Pa., daughter of Wil- liam and Luella (Speakman) Galley, who now live at Mount Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert have had one son, William James. They belong to the United Brethren Church at Greensburg, and he is a member of the Re- publican committee of his district in Indiana county.

12, 1873, son of John McFarland Nichol. William Nichol, his grandfather, came from Ireland, and bought a farm near Taylors- upon which he settled and lived until his death.

John McFarland Nichol was born in In- diana county, was reared to farming and fol- lowed that occupation all his life. He also engaged in stock raising. He bought the farm where his son Wesley now lives, and re- sided there for a number of years, in 1906 removing west to Colorado. Here he bought land upon which he remained until his death, which occurred March 19, 1910. His remains were brought east and buried in the Taylors- ville cemetery. He married Margaret Buter- baugh, also a native of Indiana county, daugh- ter of Henry and Mary (Langham) Buter- baugh, of Green township. She was the moth- er of seven children, namely: Mary Ann, who is the widow of Peter Sickenberger and lives in Indiana county; Wesley W .; Sadie, wife of Frank Jeffries, of Richmond. Pa .; Jane, who died young; James, who lives in Green township; Eliza, wife of Abner Lloyd, of Colorado; and Margaret, a resi- dent of Colorado. The father married for his second wife Sarah Houston, by whom he had eight children : Zola, the wife of Charles Long, living in Colorado; Archie, in Colo- rado; Calvin, in Colorado; Donald, who is in Green township, Indiana Co., Pa .; Parle, his twin brother, deceased; Hope, living in Green township; John, of Green township; and Wil- liam, of Green township.

James Nichol went to public school in Green township during his boyhood, and for some time after commencing work was em- ployed on the farm. Then he became a lum- berman, following that line for twelve years, eventually returning to farming. He has been on his present place in Green township since 1906, and now gives all his time and attention to its cultivation. His intelligent methods entitle him to a place among the most deservedly successful farmers of his locality.

In July, 1904, Mr. Nichol married Belle Glassford, who was born in Cherryhill town- ship, Indiana county, daughter of Alexander

JAMES NICHOL belongs to an old and and Margaret (Dick) Glassford, both of whom respected family of Green township, Indiana are now deceased. Mr. Glassford was a farm- county, where he is now engaged in farming. er in Cherryhill township. Mr. and Mrs. For a number of years he was a lumberman. Nichol have had one child, Minnie Marie. Mr. Nichol was born in Green township Feb. They are members of the Baptist Church,

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and in his political views Mr. Nichol is a the parents of eight children: Clara L. mar- Republican. ried John Underwood, of Seward, Pa., and has HENRY STONEBRAKER, a farmer of White township, Indiana county, is a son of William Stonebraker. children, Edgar and Anna Gertrude; Wil- liam, deceased, was a soldier during the Span- ish-American war; Della is the wife of Frank Stadtmiller, a farmer of Cherryhill town- ship, and has had children, Ella, Anna Mary, Ralph Bernard, Francis Martin, Albert Paul, and Grace (the last named deceased) ; Harry A. is engaged in a dairy business in White township, and has been handling his milk at wholesale for the last five years; Ralph L., who is a normal school graduate, residing at Los Angeles, Cal., married Edith Kunkle, of Blacklick, this county, and their children are Maynard Payne and Lyla Fern; Emma Mae is at home; Paul J. is a corporal in the United States regular army, stationed at Fort Snelling, Minn .; Mary Gaynell lives at home, and is attending the Indiana State normal school. Mr. and Mrs. Stonebraker are mem- bers of the First United Presbyterian Church, although Mr. Stonebraker was brought up in the Lutheran faith, his father having been connected with the church of that denomina- tion in Rayne township, and was the leading German singer.

William Stonebraker was born in Germany, in Hesse Darmstadt, and left his native land at an early day for the United States, upon his arrival making his way to Rayne town- ship, Indiana Co., Pa. Here he bought land from the late Judge White, father of Judge Harry White, and cleared off seventy-five acres, living upon his property until his death, which occurred in 1863, by reason of an accident, a tree falling upon him. By his first wife, who was also of German birth, he had six children: Adam, who is deceased ; a daughter who died in infancy unnamed; William, deceased, who was a soldier during the Civil war and died in the service; Henry ; and two who died in infancy. Mrs. Stone- braker died when her son Henry was only three years old, and Mr. Stonebraker married (second) Barbara Ziegler, also a native of Germany. By this marriage there were chil- dren as follows: Louisa, who married John Decker, who is now deceased; Mary, who mar- ried John Neff, of Vandergrift, Pa .; Cather- ine, who married David Brown, of Mont- gomery township; George, a resident of Day- ton, Armstrong Co., Pa .; Rose, the wife of John Adams, of Warren Center, Pa .; and Jacob, who resides at Decker's Point, this county.

Henry Stonebraker was born July 10, 1845, in Rayne township, and grew up as any ordi- nary farmer's son, remaining on the home- stead until seventeen years old, when he commenced working for others on farms until he could purchase land for himself. He then bought his present property of seventy-eight acres in White township, and has since de- voted himself to general farming and stock raising with more than ordinary success.

On Oct. 9, 1874, Mr. Stonebraker was mar- ried to Anna Heffner, born at St. Louis, Mo., but brought by her parents to Indiana county when a child. They resided on the property now owned by Henry Moore. Mrs. Stone- braker was the only child of her parents, and her father died when she was a little girl. After his death Mrs. Heffner married Wil- liam Beatty, of Indiana county, and of the children born to that marriage, the follow- ing survive: Robert C .; Mrs. Kettleburgh, of St. Louis; and Mrs. Harry Herle, of St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Stonebraker became

The Stonebraker family has always been a highly respected one in Indiana county, for the younger generation was brought up to re- spect the sterling principles laid down by the founder. He was one of those remarkably up- right / German-Americans who believed in training his children in the way they should go, and inculcating from childhood high ideals of living. Having served his period in the German army, he endeavored to imbue his children with love of patriotism, and en- couraged them in cultivating manly attributes. He had been well educated in his native tongue, and taught the art of weaving, and was often called upon to do work along this line in Indiana county. It has been just such men as William Stonebraker and the sons he reared who have aided so materially in the development of this country, for their homely virtues and intense patriotism have always worked out for ultimate good to hu- manity in general.

WILLIAM STEELE OBER, of Lovejoy, in Green township, Indiana county, is junior member of the firm of L. W. Ober & Son, general merchants, and a young business man who has made a promising start. He was born April 9, 1889, near Taylorsville, in Green township, son of Louis William and Ella (Buterbaugh) Ober, grandson of Louis

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Ober and a great-grandson of Rev. David death, which occurred in 1881, when he was Ober, who was a Dunkard preacher in Green and Rayne townships, Indiana county.

Louis William Ober was born Aug. 11, 1867, in Indiana county, and for a number of years was engaged in the lumber business as a member of the firm of Buterbaugh & Ober. In October, 1910, he became associated with his son William Steele Ober in the gen- eral mercantile business at Lovejoy which they now conduct under the firm name of L. W. Ober & Son, the store being opened Oct. 17th. Mr. Louis W. Ober also resides at Lovejoy. He married Ella Buterbaugh, daughter of Henry and Lavina (Kerr) Buterbaugh, of Green township, and they have two children, Wil- liam Steele and Laura Belle, the latter living at home. Before her marriage Mrs. Ober was engaged in teaching school in Green township.

eighty-two years old. His wife, Anna (Kun- kle), lived to the advanced age of ninety- seven years. Their children were: Cather- ine died when three years old; John died at Parker's Landing, Pa .; Samuel is mentioned below; William, who lives at Cookport, Indi- ana county, is a justice of the peace; Huston lives at Blairsville, Indiana county; Har- rison lives at Blairsville; Mary, twin of Har- rison, is the wife of Chambers Yuengling, of Canton, Ohio. The five survivors of this family are all over seventy. All of the sons served in the Union army during the Civil war.

Samuel Munshower, son of William Mun- shower, was born July 3, 1834, upon his father's farm in Center township, Indiana county, and in early life followed farming. During three months of the year he-had such

William Steele Ober attended school in privileges as were afforded at the old log Green township in his earlier boyhood, and later was a pupil at the Purchase Line Acad- emy for three terms. He traveled to some extent over the West, through Ohio and Illi- nois, being employed for one summer in a

schoolhouse in the neighborhood, where the furnishings were of the most primitive char- acter, slab benches and other rude appli- ances being the rule at that time. He worked for his father until he was twelve years old, lumber mill in Ohio, before embarking in after which he hired out among other farm- business at Lovejoy, entering upon his pres- ent partnership with his father upon his re- turn to Indiana county. He is an enthusias- tic worker, attentive to business and reliable, and much of the success of the establishment has been due to his enterprise and energy. ers, and following his marriage he farmed on his own account from 1857 until the spring of 1865. On March 8, 1865, he enlisted at Indiana, for one year, becoming a private in Company F, 74th P. V. I., and was dis- charged at Clarksburg, W. Va., Sept. 24, SAMUEL MUNSHOWER, retired resident of Indiana, has made his home in that bor- ough for over forty years. He was born July 3, 1834, upon his father's farm in Center township, Indiana county, son of William Munshower. 1865. Upon his return home he worked at the carpenter's trade, also doing contracting, and prospered, continuing in this line until his retirement, in 1906. In the spring of 1871 he moved into the borough of Indiana, where he has resided continuously since, mak- ing his home at the corner of Church and Eleventh streets. He helped on the construc- tion of the first of the normal school build- ings at Indiana, and has worked on many other notable structures there, churches, pub- lic buildings, etc. Mr. Munshower is an ac- tive member of the Republican party, belongs to Post No. 28, G. A. R., of Indiana, and

The first ancestor of the Munshower family in America came to this country from Ger- many, settling in Maryland. Thence John Munshower, grandfather of Samuel Mun- shower, came to Indiana county, Pa., settling in Center township, where he followed his trade, that of blacksmith, the rest of his life. He died there about 1840. In Maryland he holds membership in the Lutheran Church. married Catherine Baker, and a family of His wife is a member of the M. E. Church. nine or ten children was born to them.

On Jan. 8, 1857, Mr. Munshower married William Munshower, son of John and Susanna Kinnard, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Baker) Munshower, came with his Mary Ann (Hartzel) Kinnard. To this union have been born the following children : Jemima, Mrs. John Kooser, of Rayne town- ship, Indiana county ; Arietta, who died when three years old; Laura A., who is unmarried : Ida, widow of Corry C. Boggs, of Indiana : parents to Center township, Indiana Co., Pa., where he grew to manhood. He was a life- long farmer. Settling on a place of seventy acres which was then all in the woods, the first improvement was the clearing he made for his shanty. He resided there until his Charles, of Breckenridge, Allegheny Co., Pa .;

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Frank, of Leechburg, Armstrong Co., Pa .; of service has lived practically retired, al- and Annie G., wife of John D. Skelton, of though he has been on the auditing board of Indiana county for some years.

Wellsville, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.

On July 3, 1873, Mr. Buterbaugh was mar- AMOS L. BUTERBAUGH, now living re- ried to Mary J. Refner, who was born in tired in the town of Lovejoy, after spending many years in agricultural pursuits in In- diana county, was born in Green township, this county, July 29, 1849, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Langham) Buterbaugh.

Cambria county, Pa., daughter of Joseph and Jane (Duncan) Refner, who came to Indiana county from Cambria county and died at Pine Flats. Mrs. Buterbaugh died April 15, 1882, the mother of one child, H. Clyde, now a resi- William Buterbaugh, the paternal grand- father of Amos L. Buterbaugh, was a native of Germany and came to the United States in young manhood. He first settled in Center county, Pa. A farmer by occupation, he be- dent of Latrobe, Pa. Mr. Buterbaugh was married (second) Oct. 26, 1882, to Rebecca J. Phillips, who was born near Gettysburg, Indiana county, July 27, 1864, daughter of Jacob and Ellen Phillips, the former of whom came one of Indiana county's early settlers, now resides near Saltsburg; the latter is de- locating in what is now known as Pleasant Valley, where, assisted by his seven sons, he cleared a farm, there passing the remainder of his life.

Henry Buterbaugh, son of William, was the father of Amos L. Buterbaugh. He was born in Center county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1809, and as a youth became proficient in the trades of carpenter, cabinetmaker and millwright. He conducted a mill near the present town of Starford, Indiana county, from 1855 to 1879, dying July 3d of the latter year. His wife, who was born May 23, 1818, in Bedford county, Pa., died Dec. 12, 1898. They had five children, as follows: Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of John M. Nichol, who re- sided near Purchase Line, Green township; Jane, wife of John W. Gallagher, of Green township; Elias, who is deceased; Amos L .; and Sarah M., deceased, who was the wife of George F. Houck.

William Langham, the maternal grand- father of Amos L. Buterbaugh, came to In- diana county from Bedford county, Pa., and settled near Cookport, in Green township, where he was engaged in farming through- out the remainder of his life.

Amos L. Buterbaugh obtained his elemen- tary education in the public schools of Green township, and attended the high school at Marion Center, graduating therefrom in 1868. When a young man he turned his at- tention to mercantile pursuits at Cookport, where he resided for seven years. Later he was engaged in the lumber business for six- teen years, and he next occupied himself in taking up coal lands for a number of com- panies, subsequently platting the lands for the Philadelphia Water Company. When he had completed this latter work he was elected justice of the peace, in which office he served five years, and since completing this term

ceased. They have had the following chil- dren : Edward S., who is now in Colorado; Mary and Archie, who are deceased; Willis W., now in Colorado; Clare, attending col- lege at Lancaster, Pa .; and Clarence, Dennis, Lester, Charles and Jessie, all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Buterbaugh are faithful members of the Baptist Church.

Mr. Buterbaugh took up the study of ther- apeutics, studying from 1902 to 1906, but he never engaged in active practice. Mrs. Buterbaugh has for a number of years been a successful practitioner of suggestive ther- apeutics, making her headquarters at Love- joy, and the following remarks from her pen on suggestive therapeutics and applied psychology, what it is, how it restores health and the principles upon which the science is based, will be found of interest. She took a correspondence course under Prof. S. A. Weltmer, as a student of the school at Ne- vada, Mo., and received the degree of S. T., graduating May 3, 1910.

Suggestive therapeutics is a system of cure in which normal function is restored by bring- ing mind and body into harmony with en- vironment. It has been discovered through experiments and demonstrated in practice that the administration of poisonous chem- icals is never the only alternative, and that relief given by general surgery may be had without resorting to surgery.

Prof. Sydney A. Weltmer is the author and founder of the science of suggestive ther- apeutics. The Weltmer Institute, which has been established in Nevada, Mo., since Feb. 19, 1897, is the realization of the ideals of a man who, in early life, overcame an affliction which is generally considered fatal; an ex- perience which led him to believe that all diseases could be cured and started him upon the quest for a scientific knowledge of heal-

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ing which should make possible such result. although "food chemistry" is considered we He experimented and studied for sixteen discourage the usual critical analysis and se- years, and at last he conceived clearly that, lection of diet. Except in extreme cases the inasmuch as every mode of treatment has patient is allowed perfect freedom in the selection of foods. However, thorough mas- tication and composure while eating are re- quired in all cases. The patient will volun- tarily overcome and abandon all unnatural appetites as soon as the nervous system is restored to normal. All parts of the gen- eral treatment and conduct of a case con- tribute to revitalize the nervous system. cures to its credit; as every method and the practice of doctors of the same method are different, and in many instances entirely con- tradictory; there must be a common cause behind all cures, by whatever method. With this realization came the positive assurance that the only common element in every cure, no matter how treated, is the intelligent re- sponse of the inherent forces within the pa- tient's own being to the suggestion of a cure. The surgeon operates and depends upon na- ture to cure, the physician gives medicine and engages a nurse, and depends on the con- stitution of the patient to pull him through.

Every other method or plan of treatment places its final dependence upon the restora- tion of function. In suggestive therapeutics we restore a normal condition in the mind, tissues and organs, following which the nat- ural secretions of the body eliminate disease and restore and maintain the normal condi- tion, which is health.

Incurable diseases can be cured. In the specific treatment of any case there is no necessity to resort to any painful or danger- . ous measures. The writer in the profession of therapeutist in the last two years has treated over a thousand patients for the so- called incurable diseases, with about eighty per cent of cures.

A cure by suggestive therapeutics is a cure by nature. The restoration to health comes as a result of thorough revitalization of every nerve and tissue of the body. It is a physical and mental rejuvenation. The trained ther- apeutist knows how to control the blood sup- ply, stimulate the nerves and relax the tis- sues; analyze the mental state; diagnose the physical condition ; readjust the mental processes ; so that what the physician describes as the "constitution" of the patient and the surgeon means by "nature" the therapeutist knows as mind may respond by manufactur- ing chemicals and secretions within the laboratories of the body to dissolve and ex- crete the state of normal health.

Suggestive therapeutics comprehends the fact that all substances taken into and com- posing the body have certain chemical quali- ties and form various chemical combinations, and we recognize further that when these chemicals and organic substances are trans- formed into living protoplasm every particle is endowed with a degree of intelligence, so which comprise nature's protective and re-

It is an accepted fact that eighty-five per cent of all diseases have their origin in ner- vous deficiency. The most direct result of nervous deficiency is vasomotor disturbance or passive congestion, which interferes with the blood stream and hinders it in the con- centration immunizing bodies in its effort to prohibit diseases from the tissues.

Suggestive therapeutics is sufficiently broad in its technique to open the right of way, no matter what the affliction may be. There is no incurable disease, and there is no in- curable case. We do not cure every case; we do not enable people to live forever and we do not propose to teach them to do so; but we do know that it is possible to overcome any condition which may afflict the human body, and we know it will be done just as soon as we learn always to secure the neces- sary response from the mind of the patient. Health is natural.

All the forces of nature combat disease. While the symptoms remain acute, nature fights for complete elimination. When symp- toms become chronic, nature has acknowledged the right of the disease to remain and ad- justed her forces to maintain an armed truce. In acute cases timely assistance will always give nature the victory. In chronic cases the forces of nature must be profoundly mar- shalled, new blood must be hurried to the front and supplies and enthusiasm sustained until the disease may be dislodged and har- monious functions restored in the regions in- volved.

What disease can be cured by suggestive therapeutics ? Our experience as well as "Case Records" shows our technique of sug- gestive therapeutics to be applicable in the widest range of diseases. Its present per- manency and vogue is doubtless best explained by its influence in regulating cell metabolism, thus increasing nutritive processes and re- establishing vital function, thereby permit- ting the cellular reaction and adaptation,

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parative processes to defend the body against skin, parasitic and inflammatory; all condi- disease of whatever nature. It is known that tions caused by depleted nerve tone; diseases these reactions are cellular, being the special function of the leucocytes, but doubtless par- ticipated in to a degree by all cells. of special sense, such as eye, ear, nose and throat. In fact all diseases can be relieved by suggestive therapeutics, since the treat- ment is not aimed at symptoms, the result of disease conditions, but is devoted to the direct assistance in eradicating the cause and open- ing the right of way for nature, the master healer of her children's ills.

These important processes comprise phago- cytosis (ingestion and removal of dead for- eign material, bacteria, etc.) and the produc- tion of special chemical substances, in the tissues and blood serum, which unite with poisons, toxins, etc., rendering them innocu- ous. While circumstances have ordained that suggestive therapeutics should merit its right and title to public consideration and com- mendation through its success in treating chronic and otherwise incurable disorders, it has been demonstrated to have an even great- er proportionate influence over acute dis- eases, as instanced by our almost uniform success with appendicitis, acute inflammatory rheumatism, influenza, fevers, etc.

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Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 123

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