Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 132

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

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Canoe township ; he has been a church trustee under cultivation. He built the log cabin in for forty years.

Wineberg, was born in 1822, in South Mahon- ing township, Indiana county, Pa., and died in 1902, aged eighty years. In early manhood he moved to Rayne township, where he bought a farm of thirty acres, and during all his active years carried on farming. He married Margaret MeQuown, and they became the par- ents of the following children : James B., deceased, married Elizabeth Wells; Harriet E. is the widow of John McCunn, of Whitney, Nebr .; William Wallace is a resident of Rose- burg, Oregon; Samuel, who lives at Waldo, Kans., married Melissa Myers; Jane is the wife of Mr. Wineberg; Joseph Newton, who is a resident of Waldo, Kans., married Bessie Rowe; Robert M., who lives at Luray, Kans., married Anna Rowe.

Mr. Elder was a member of the Presbyte- rian Church, having united with the Gilgal Church in 1844. He held many offices of honor and trust in the township and was elected jury commissioner for three terms. He was a stanch Democrat and always interested in politieal matters, and missed but one election from the time he became a voter.

MICHEAL PEFFER, a farmer of North Mahoning township, was born Dec. 25, 1834, in Butler county, Pa., son of George and Eva (Wyning) Peffer.

George Peffer and his wife were natives of Germany. Coming to the United States in 1832, they settled in Butler county, Pa., on wild land upon which they lived for four years. Selling this property, they came to Indiana county, and in 1836 settled on the farm now owned by their son Micheal Peffer. in North Mahoning township. This prop- erty comprised 160 acres, all heavily covered with timber, and with characteristic energy George Peffer cleared the land and put it

which the family lived. Although he worked

John Elder, the father of Mrs. Martin C. hard he lived to be eighty-two years of age, dying upon his farm, as did his wife. Early members of the Lutheran Church, they later connected themselves with the Methodist Church, and were highly respected by all who knew them. Although he was a farmer for many years, Mr. Peffer had learned the mason's trade. He and his wife had the fol- lowing children: Andrew, who lived in North Mahoning township and died at Covode, Pa., married Elizabeth Phillips, and had two children, George, a veteran of the Civil war, who is in the lime business at Punxsutawney, Pa., and IIenry, a veteran of the Civil war, who lives in North Mahon- ing township; Henry, who died at Fort Royal, Va., a lumberman and farmer, married Lizzie Turner and (seeond) Margaret Barr, and his children were Amanda, William, Eliza, Joseph and Frank (twins), Michael and Annie (by the first wife), John, Theon and Eva (by his second wife) ; Eva, deceased, married John Pifer, and had children, Lizzie, Mary, John, Maggie, Lydia, Samnel, Susan and Sarah; Lena, deceased, married Christ B. Sutter and had children, Henry, Webster, George, Lafayette, Jacob, Walter, Mary. Andrew and Bertha ; Peter, deceased, married Sophia Parshan, and they had one child, Mary; Micheal is mentioned below; Lizzie,

Mrs. Wineberg was reared mainly in Rayne township and attended public school until her nineteenth year. She remained with her par- ents until her first marriage, in 1875, to Jere- miah Buterbaugh, who was accidentally . deceased, married Isaac Crossman, and had killed by the fall of a limb from a tree. Mr. Mary, Susie and Charles.

and Mrs. Buterbaugh had two children: Es- who married Edith White and lives at Juneau, Pa. After the death of her husband Mrs. Buterbaugh returned to her father's home and from there on Jan. 27, 1887, was married to Martin C. Wineberg. Micheal Peffer attended school held in a tella Maud, who married Leonidas Bearce log house, and his educational opportunities and lives at Hiawatha, Kans .; and Charles, were limited. He has always lived on the homestead of his father, and has seen many changes in the vicinity. When he was a lad the wild game was very plentiful, and upon one occasion, while going for the cows, he was ehased by a bear, but escaped. Mr. Peffer relates many interesting incidents of the early days in North Mahoning township, but space forbids giving them here. He owns 160 aeres of valuable land, all under a high state of cultivation.

Mr. Peffer's first wife, Anna Flemming, born in North Mahoning township, died in 1874. By her he had one child, Flora, who married Wilbur Rishell and has two children, Kenneth and Clarence, the family living at Punxsutawney, Pa. In 1875 Mr. Peffer mar- ried (second) Emma Bath, of Perry town- ship, Jefferson Co., Pa., a daughter of John and Rosa Bath, and they became the par- ents of the following children: Icia Bell is at home; Maude, who is a trained nurse, is

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at home; Gertrude married James Heitzen- 300 acres in Center township, this county, rater, of North Mahoning township, and has upon which place he spent the next forty children, Irwin, Howard and Margaret Alice; years, devoting all his energies to its cultiva- George W. is farming the old homestead; Howard is also farming on the homestead; Minnie married Harry Jordan, a farmer of North Mahoning township, and has children, Laird and Madaline.

Mr. Peffer is a Republican in political faith. For many years he has been a valued mem- ber of the Methodist Church at Covode, Pa. A most excellent citizen, he has led a useful life and firmly established himself in the con- fidence and respect of his neighbors. Be- longing as he does to one of the pioneer fam- ilies of his township, he has every reason to be proud of the part his relatives have played in the development of the locality. Coming here from a foreign land, his parents soon assimilated new customs, and became wealthy farming people before death claimed them. Their children grew up to be a credit to them and their community, which is under an obli- gation to these people for their public-spirited efforts and devotion to their adopted land.

GEORGE W. PLOTZER has an up-to-date grocery and meat market at No. 7 Carpenter avenue, in Indiana. He has been engaged in the meat business ever since he settled in the borough, and is well known to a wide circle of patrons who have found him a reliable dealer in every respect. He is a substantial and much respected citizen, and enjoys high standing.

Mr. Plotzer was born in Rayne township, this county, Jan. 23, 1863, son of George Plot- zer and grandson of Simon Plotzer. The latter brought his family from Germany, their na- tive land, to this country when his son George was twelve years old. They landed at New York and remained there for a time, thence moving to Pittsburg. Simon Plotzer was em- ployed on the old Pennsylvania canal for a long time, was later engaged at a bottle works, and then acted as boss at furnaces at New Bethlehem, Pa., for a time. He finally bought a farm in Rayne township, Indiana county, which he cultivated until old age obliged him to retire from active labor. He lived thereafter in the borough of Indiana.

George Plotzer, son of Simon, was born in Bavaria, Germany. He became familiar with farm work assisting his father, and succeeded to part of the home farm in Rayne township, adding to his share by purchase as prosperity enabled him. Later he worked at the fur- naces for a time, and then bought a farm of

tion. He was an energetic man, and success- ful. Upon his retirement he moved to Indi- ana, where he lived until his death, which occurred in July, 1911. He married Eliz- abeth Yost, a native of Nassau, Germany, who survives him. They had the following fam- ily: Mary, now the wife of George Hassin- ger, of Ford City, Armstrong Co., Pa .; Annie, Mrs. Henry Naylor, of Indiana; Frank, of Indiana; Theresa, who is deceased; John, of Ford City; Margaret, who lives at home; and George W.

George W. Plotzer received his education in the schools of Center township, and at busi- ness college in Indiana. He was with his father on the farm until he reached his ma- jority, after which he came to Indiana and learned the meat business with G. W. Groff, with whom he was associated in all for twenty- four years. During that time he had become so well acquainted that he had no trouble in establishing a trade when he started for him- self. He was on Philadelphia street for a few months, thence moving to his present lo- cation on Carpenter avenue. His market is considered the best equipped in this part of the State, and he is enterprising and up-to- date in all his business methods. His goods are of high quality, and the service is prompt and always to be relied upon.

Mr. Plotzer is a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church, and fraternally belongs to the Knights of Columbus and of the B. P. O. Elks. In politics he is a Democrat. He is unmarried.

MICHAEL KAUFMAN, one of the old- time residents of White township, Indiana county, has passed practically all his life on his present farm there. He was born Jan. 8, 1839, in Juniata county, Pa., and was but a child when brought to this county by his parents, Samuel and Sarah (Heckenan) Kaufman. The father was born in Juniata county in April, 1812, and moved his family to Indiana county in 1844, settling in White township, where he bought 100 acres of land. He was a farmer all his life and prospered by dint of thrift and industry. He took consid- erable interest in the public affairs of his locality, serving his township as supervisor and overseer of the poor. He died in 1870, his wife surviving him by twenty years and dying in April, 1890, at the age of seventy- nine years. They had children as follows:

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Michael, Harrison, Mary, Jane (deceased), Bethesda Church. His children were : Joseph Sarah Ann, Margaret and Samuel.

Michael Kaufman grew to manhood on the and Catherine.

farm in White township where he now lives, receiving his primary education in the local

public schools and later attending the acad- spent his life in farming. He owned a farm emy at Indiana, then taught by Prof. Corn- well and Prof. Westlake. He left school in 1866, and was engaged in teaching in Arm- strong and White townships for twenty-five years in all, his long and successful career in the profession making him one of the best- known residents of this region. After his marriage he settled permanently on the home farm, owning ninety-five acres. There is no more highly esteemed citizen in White town- ship. Mr. Kaufman has been an elder of the Presbyterian Church for forty years, and he is a Republican in his political views.

On March 28, 1867, Mr. Kaufman was mar- ried to Pauline Clarke Smith, of Shelocta, this county, daughter of Aaron and Eliza- beth (Woodward) Smith. They have had a family of nine children: William Smith, of Indiana borough, married Mary Craig; Sam- uel Edward, of White township, married William A. Glenn received a public school education, and helped his father in the oper- Hannah Rebecca Campbell; Cora Luella mar- ried Harry M. Beatty, of Pittsburg; Ada ation of the farm and in cutting timber to Gertrude is at home; Joseph Lawrence and clear off the land. He and his father con- James Alvin are at home; Alice Myrtle mar- ried John Cribbs, and lives at Indiana; Net- tie Mary married Cervantes M. Brandon, and resides on a farm in Armstrong township; John Burton, who lives on the home place, married Elsie Boyer, daughter of Amos and Mary Ida (Wingert) Boyer. ducted a sawmill for a time in conjunction with their other work, and he kept busy all the while, remaining at home until he was thirty-three years old. At that time he began farming in Green township for his mother- in-law, on the David Martin property of eighty acres. After eight years upon this farm he bought the R. D. Williams prop- erty of thirty-nine acres in Pine township,

WILLIAM A. GLENN, a farmer of Green township, Indiana Co., Pa., was born in Pine but has never resided upon it. His daugh- township, this county, Feb. 18, 1859, son of Joseph J. Glenn and grandson of Joseph Glenn.

Joseph Glenn was a native of Scotland, and coming to the United States at an early day located in what is now Green township. Be- ing one of the pioneers of this locality, he was ten miles from his nearest neighbor, but bene- fitted from his hardihood in being able to secure one thousand acres of land, a good portion of which he cleared. At that time rattlesnakes were numerous, and he had the disagreeable experience of having one fasten itself to his shirt sleeve, although he passed through the incident unharmed. In spite of the hardships of his life he lived to be 104 years old, dying in Green township, where he is buried, lying in the little cemetery at

J., Matilda, Daniel, Wilson, James, Johnson

Joseph J. Glenn, son of Joseph Glenn, was born in Green township Jan. 14, 1825, and of seventy-two acres in Pine township, and was also a local preacher of the Church of God. A man of great piety, he passed away firm in the faith of his church Jan. 19, 1913, aged eighty-eight years, on the farm that had been his home for so long, and is buried in Green township.

Joseph J. Glenn married Mary Carner, a daughter of Jacob Carner and they had the following children: Robert, John, A. W., Sarah C. (who died in childhood), William A., and Carrie (who married Jackson Cramer). His second 'marriage was to Isa- belle Martin, daughter of David Martin, of Green township, and their children were: Elizabeth, who died in childhood ; Jennie, who married William Waggoner; Thomas, of Pine township; and Catherine, who owns the Pine township homestead.

ter Sarah, Mrs. Good, is now living on it, in a fine house. In 1901 he and his wife in- herited the Martin farm, where they had taken care of Mrs. Martin in her last illness, and there they have since continued to re- side. Since coming into possession of this place Mr. Glenn has improved it in many ways and has now one of the best rural prop- erties in the township. This land is uuder- laid with a rich vein of coal which Mr. Glenn and his wife still own.

In 1883 Mr. Glenn married Catherine Mar- tin, a daughter of David and Nancy (Had- den) Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn became the parents of the following children: Nancy B. who is unmarried, lives at home; Sarah married Edward Good; Elizabeth married John Adams; Eva C. is at home. Politically Mr. Glenn is a Republican, but has never

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cared to enter public life, his time and at- and they have had children as follows: Mary tention being fully occupied with his farming, Nancy is living at home; Lydia Cora died at and his success justifies his course. the age of fourteen years, ten months; ANDREW DUNCAN, a retired farmer of Washington township, Indiana Co., Pa., was born in Armstrong county, this State, Aug. 28, 1830, son of Andrew Duncan and grand- son of James Duncan. Charles Blair died in infancy; one died in infancy unnamed; Lizzie Belle is living at home; Effa Maud graduated from the Indiana State normal school in 1901, taught five terms of school, returned to the normal and took the business course, graduating in 1907, and James Duncan was born in Scotland, im- migrated to the United States, and settled first in Dauphin county, Pa., later going to Armstrong county, where he made his per- manent home. went to Pittsburg, where she taught three years in the Ellsworth business college; she is now stenographer for a law firm in that city. As the principles of the Prohibition party embody Mr. Duncan's own ideas, he is a stanch adherent of same, but has never been willing to accept nomination for office. The Center Presbyterian Church is his religious home.

Andrew Duncan, son of James, and father of Andrew Duncan, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., in 1796, and was there educated and taught the trade of blacksmith. When he came to Armstrong county he accom- panied his father, and embarking in a black- smithing business carried it on the greater portion of his life, although he gave his father valuable assistance with the farm work. Andrew Duncan married Lydia Deemer, a daughter of George and Lydia Deemer, and their children were: James, who is deceased; William, deceased; Nancy, deceased; George, deceased; Andrew; Lydia, who resides at Pittsburg; Charles, who resides at Portland, Oregon; Eliza Rebecca; and Eliza, who is deceased. Andrew Duncan was a Democrat in politics, but never held any public office. A member of the United Presbyterian Church, he held firmly to its faith. His death oc- curred three miles from the town of Indiana, in 1861, when he was aged sixty-five years.

Andrew Duncan, son of Andrew Duncan, attended school in Armstrong county, and worked among the neighboring farmers until he was twenty years of age. At that time he came to Indiana county, and commenced learning the blacksmith's trade at Saltsburg, following it for many years after he com- pleted his apprenticeship. Later on in life he purchased seventy-eight acres of land near Creekside and operated same, carrying on general farming for a period of fourteen years. In 1909, owing to an illness, he retired.

Mr. Duncan married (first) Esther Camp- bell, a daughter of Cornelius Campbell and his wife Rebecca (Stewart), and their chil- dren were: Andrew, who died in infancy; and Rebecca Jane, who married William D. Fairman, of Washington township. After' two children born to him and his wife, Wal- the death of his first wife Mr. Duncan mar- ried (second) Nancy Anne Mahan, a daugh- ter of Patrick and Nancy (Wilson) Mahan, death.

Mr. Duncan takes great pride in his family history and often tells of the experiences of his grandmother, who suffered cruelly at the hands of the Indians. Her first husband and their child were captured by the red men, and killed. Later she and her daughter, who became the mother of Mr. Duncan, were stolen by the Indianas and kept captives for a period of eight months. The intelligent brain of the captive mother worked out a means of escape. She succeeded in intoxicat- ing her captors, and while they lay in a drunken stupor fought her way through the forest back to civilization. Her hardships while making her way back to her home and family may well be imagined. None but a woman of unusual strength of character could have survived the many dangers and constant exposure.

JOHN C. CARR, a farmer of North Ma- honing township, was born Sept. 4, 1862, on the old Carr homestead in that township, son of Wallace and Elizabeth (Jordan) Carr.

John Carr, his grandfather, was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, as was his wife Mary, and they were the first of the family to come to Indiana county. Upon their arrival they located on the farm now owned by John C. Carr, in North Mahoning township, and built a log cabin in the wilderness. They con- tinued to live upon this property until death claimed them. John Carr was a farmer all his life, and became a well-known and highly respected man of his section. There were lace and Jane; the latter married George Kippert and lived in West Virginia until her

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Wallace Carr, son of John Carr, was born Mahoning township, Indiana county, Aug. 7, Feb. 18, 1836, on the homestead of his father 1862, son of James and Cynthia (Neal) in North Mahoning township. In 1858 he Coon, farming people. His father, who was married Elizabeth Jordan, who was born born Feb. 28, 1837, in North Mahoning town- Oct. 25, 1837, in the same township as her ship, died there in December, 1902. His mother born Jan. 16, 1839, in West Mahon- husband. Growing up on the farm, Wallace Carr had but few educational advantages, but ing township, is still living, at the age (1913) of seventy-four years. She makes her home in North Mahoning township. Of the large family born to them ten survive.

being a lad of intelligence made the most of what he had. He lived upon the Carr home- stead all his life, dying there June 24, 1871. His widow survives and lives with her son

Samuel G. Coon grew to manhood on the John C. A Republican, Mr. Carr was faith- home farm. Until he was twenty-two he at-

ful to his party without aspiring to office. He and his wife early joined the Methodist Church at Covode. Their children were as follows: William C., born Jan. 25, 1859, is a farmer of North Mahoning township, and married Mary Stauffer; Mary Ellen, was born Sept. 1, 1860, is the widow of Scott Adam- son, of Punxsutawney, Pa .; John Clayton is mentioned later; Martha Ann, born Feb. 12, 1864, married Fred Leydia, of Punxsutawney, and they have a son, Wayne; George Rus- sell, born Oct. 3, 1866, died May 2, 1867; Harry Grant, born April 27, 1868, died Oct 24, 1870.

John C. Carr had but a common school education. He has spent his life upon the home farm, he and his brother William C. taking charge of the property after the death of the father, and operating it together until 1894, when John C. Carr bought it. He has 130 acres of land, ninety acres of which are under cultivation, and his place is one of the valuable farms in the neighborhood. Mr. Carr erected the residence and remodeled the barn, and installed other improvements which not only add to the value of his estate but serve to expedite the work of the farm. A Republican, he has never cared for public life. The Methodist Church of Horatio, Pa., holds his membership.

On Dec. 6, 1888, Mr. Carr was married to the M. E. Church. In politics he is a Re- Lottie Shaffer, of Jefferson county, a daugh- publican. ter of John and Charlotte Shaffer, of that In November, 1892, Mr. Coon was married, at Salamanca, N. Y., to Ella V. Brothers, of Ridgway, Pa., daughter of Samuel and Annie (Miller) Brothers. They have two children, Murray A. and J. Darrel. county. Mr. and Mrs. Carr became the par- ents of three children : Clarence Clover, born Aug. 10, 1894, is at home ; Algier Brooks, born April 12, 1897, was killed by lightning when fourteen years old; Ethel Elizabeth, born Aug. 3, 1900, is at home. Mrs. Carr died Feb. 4, 1911, aged forty-two years. She was a most estimable woman, and is deeply mourned by her family.

SAMUEL G. COON, who in partnership with J. R. Jones owns the Crown Bottling works at Indiana borough, was born in West

tended the local public schools. Meantime he did his share of the work on the place, where he continued to live until he reached the age of twenty-five. He had learned the carpenter's trade, and when he left home he went to Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa., where he fol- lowed that business for eight years. In 1896 he removed to Kane, Pa., where he was lo- cated for four years, and thence went to Shinglehouse, Potter Co., Pa., where he also spent four years, in 1904 coming to Indiana borough, where he has since been established. For several years after settling in the borough Mr. Coon was employed in the planing mill, in the spring of 1911 becoming a partner of John R. Jones, with whom he has since been associated. They manufacture all kinds of carbonated beverages. The business has been established since 1908. There has been a steady demand for its products from the start, their standard excellence winning aud holding trade. Mr. Jones and Mr. Coon are both men of good character and reliable meth- ods, and they have not only managed their af- fairs to their own profit but in such manner as to win the respect and good will of their fellow citizens. Mr. Coon is a well-known member of the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M. (Macedonia Lodge No. 258 of Bolivar, N. Y.), and in religious connection he belongs to

TRACY C. STANLEY, proprietor of a meat market at Clymer, was born in Clear- field county, Pa., Sept. 18, 1873, a son of George M. and Amelia (Cain) Stanley.

George M. Stanley was born in Clearfield county, and still lives there, engaged exten- sively in farming. He married Amelia Cain, who was born in Center county, and seven

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sons and three daughters were born to them, namely : John O., who is engaged in the meat business and resides at Philadelphia: Mae, who is the widow of David Sprankle, of Tyrone, Pa .; Urilla, who is the wife of Wil- liam S. Ale, of Juniata, Pa .; Shedrick, who lives at Tyrone; William, who is a physician and surgeon of Marietta, Ohio; Calvin, who resides at Belle Vernon, Pa .; Sue, who is the wife of M. T. Frederick, postmaster at Gal- litzin, Pa .; Tracy C .; Edward, who is an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad, and lives at Juniata, Pa .; and Charles, who lives in Clearfield county.

started to learn the butcher business, which, with the exception of seven years, he has followed ever since. During the period men- tioned he was engaged as a stationary engi- neer. When the Spanish-American war was declared Mr. Stanley enlisted for service wherever he might be sent, but his regiment went no farther than the camp at Chicka- mauga, the war fortunately being of short duration. When the town of Clymer was started he went there and looked over the ground, and had the foresight to recognize it as a good business field, so he embarked in the meat business, dealing both retail and wholesale. He has a most thoroughly equip- ped market. Mr. Stanley is an active and interested citizen as well as a successful busi- ness man and belongs to the class that en- courage enterprise and foster public spirit.

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Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 132

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