Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 65

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

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On May 14, 1835, Mr. Dickie married Jane Dixon, who was born Sept. 8, 1811, daughter of Joseph Dixon, whose family sketch may be found elsewhere, and they had a married life of over half a century, her death occurring Dec. 24, 1885. She, too, is buried in Oakland cemetery. They had a family of six children : Mary Jane, born April 19, 1836, died Jan. 2, 1838; William H., born Dec. 11, 1838, is a farmer in Blacklick township, this county ; Joseph Dixon is mentioned below : Nancy H., born Dec. 4. 1843, is the widow of Capt. G. H. Ogden, of Homer City; Eliza- beth, born May 7. 1846, married Frank Bros- key, who died in Indiana; George C., born June 12, 1850, lived at Indiana, and died Feb. 24, 1912.

Joseph Dixon Dickie attended a school lo- cated one and a quarter miles from his home, but his opportunities were comparatively lim- ited, and he has become well informed through his own efforts, reading and observation tak- ing the place of early instruction. He re- mained under the parental roof until he reached the age of twenty-three years, when his father settled him upon the William Bruce farm and let him start out on his own account. There he has continued to reside to the pres- ent. By persistent work and systematic meth-

of Center township. He has made many im-

George Dickie, eldest son of William H. provements upon his farm, building a modern house and doing many other things to en- hance the value of the property, and his pro- gressive spirit is evidenced in all the work he undertakes. For some time he was engaged in shipping live stock to Philadelphia, being associated in this business with James Johns- ton, a neighbor. Mr. Dickie has been a lead- ing member of the Indiana Agricultural Society, having been one of its managers for thirty years, still serving in that capacity ; the educational facilities of his locality have always possessed special interest for him and received his best attention, as shown in his service of fifteen years as member of the town- ship school board, of which he was president for part of that time. He is a Republican on political issues. He holds membership in the M. E, Church and has served as trustee. In fact, he is known as a supporter of all de- sirable local enterprises.

On Jan. 14, 1864, Mr. Dickie married Mar- tha Jane Harold, who was born Sept. 28, 1841, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Gibson) Har- old, and died June 17, 1874. She was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. Three chil- dren were born to this marriage: Laura Jane, born Oct. 18, 1864, died Feb. 16, 1885; Sarah May, born May 16, 1870, is the wife of E. G. Campbell; Anna Edith, born April 25, 1873, died in infancy. On June 7, 1876, Mr. Dickie married (second) Genevra Camp- bell, who was born Jan. 9, 1856, in Fairview township. Butler Co., Pa., daughter of John B. and Esther (Keller) Campbell, of White township, Indiana county. By this marriage there are also three children : Elizabeth Pearl married Hon. James T. Henry, of Blairsville. Pa .; Nannie Mabel, a graduate of the normal school at Indiana, Pa., class of 1899. married Clarence R. Smith; and Esther Josephine. who graduated from the conservatory of mu- sic of the Indiana normal school, and was en- gaged as instructor of music in the public schools of Vandergrift, Pa., married Sept. 11, 1912, Arthur D. Hunger, and they reside in Philadelphia.

CYRUS STOUFFER, of Blairsville, retired farmer and business man, was born in Derry township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., Jan. 15. 1842, son of George and Martha (Bell) Stouf- fer. natives of that county.

John Stouffer was born in Lancaster county. Pa., in 1823, but later became a farmer of Derry township, Westmoreland county, where

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he died aged seventy-two years. He married Blairsville, where he was employed at the Margaret Worman, a native of Maryland, Ray Hardware store until 1906, since which time he has lived retired. born in the vicinity of historic Frederick City, who lived to the extreme advanced age of ninety-seven years. John Stouffer was a very prominent man in his day, and at one time served as president of the Conemaugh Agri- cultural Society.

George Stouffer spent his life in Derry township, where he died, aged seventy-two years. The Bell family was founded in that township in 1841.

Cyrus Stouffer, son of George Stonffer, at- tended the schools of his home district, and remained with his parents until nineteen years of age. He then enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a private in Company K, 53d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, and was mustered into the service at Harrisburg under Capt. William B. Coulter and Col. John R. Brooks, late major-general in the regular army. Mr. Stouffer's regi- ment was attached to Richardson's division, 2d Army Corps, commanded by Edwin Sum- ner. The chief engagements of this regiment were: Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mill, Peach Or- chard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, the campaign in front of Rich- mond, the battle of Antietam, first battle of Fredericksburg (in which Mr. Stouffer was wounded above the knee) and Marye's Heights., Six were killed and twenty-four wounded of his company. On account of his injury, Mr. Stouffer was sent home. The next engagement was at Gettysburg, whence the troops were sent to Culpeper Station, and from there fell back to Centerville, and re- turned to Culpeper, remaining there until May 3d, when they broke camp, and thirty days thereafter were in the wilderness about the Poe river. They then charged upon Spott- sylvania, on May 12, 1864, and in that en- gagement 3,500 were taken prisoners, and seventeen pieces of artillery and two Confed- erate generals were captured. On June 3d, followed the battle of Cold Harbor, in which Mr. Stouffer received a flesh wound that ne- cessitated his removal to Lincoln hospital at Washington City, D. C., whence he was dis- charged on account of the expiration of his period of enlistment.

Following this Mr. Stouffer returned home and worked on the homestead for a year, when he entered the employ of J. & P. Graff, of Blairsville, being employed in their ware- house until 1868, when he went to Burrell township to engage in farming, continuing there until 1881. In that year he came to

Mr. Stouffer served as county commissioner during 1906-07 and 1908. He is a member of Findley Patch Post, G. A. R., and of the Royal Arcanum, and in religious matters he is a Methodist. His home is one of the most substantial in the city, and he is justly con- sidered one of the reliable citizens of Blairs- ville.

In 1867 Mr. Stouffer was married to Jane Parker Ray, a daughter of the late Samuel Ray, of Blairsville. Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer have had children as follows: Margaret Ray and Emma Jean, at home, and the following who died in February, 1879: Samuel Ray, George Edgar, Allen E., Cyrus Theodore, Mattie Belle and Ralph Christy.

WILLIAM LINTNER, late of Burrell township, Indiana county, a well-known farmer of that section, was of German de- scent, a grandson of Conrad Lintner, the first of the name in Indiana county. He came to this region from Mifflin county, Pa., at an early date, and was tavern-keeper in what is now Burrell township, near Smith station, his stand being on the old Frankstown road, which at that time was the great thorough- fare to the east from this locality. He spent his life there. His wife was Margaretta Nicholson. They had three sons, David, John and William, and two daughters. William owned the farm now belonging to James Mc- Kinney Turner near Smith station, whose first wife was his daughter Matilda Lintner.

William Lintner, son of Conrad Lintner. was married to Maria Henderson, and to them were born four daughters: Matilda (wife of J. M. Turner as given above), Saralı (wife of Joseph Rankin), Margaret and Emma (un- married).

David Lintner, son of Conrad and Marga- retta (Nicholson) Lintner, settled on a farm on the old Frankstown road near Smith sta- tion, which was known as Walnut Ridge. It is now owned by his son, J. Porter Lintner, of Blairsville, Pa. This property was sur- veyed April 23, 1769, by Moses Stewart, but David Lintner made the first improvements there, and farming was his life occupation, though he sold coal which he took out of the hill on his farm. This coal bank is still being operated under J. Porter Lintner's control. David Lintner died there March 29, 1873. His first wife was Polly Turner, an aunt of the late Mckinney Turner, and to this mar-

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riage were born two children, Margaret and others: (1) Carrie Etta is at home. (2) Elizabeth M. By the second there were three, John (who graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1850), Martha Ann (who

Margaret Bell (or Maggie Bell) died in young womanhood in 1889. (3) Mary Ida obtained her early education in the public schools, married Alexander Wilson and had two chil- later attending summer normal school under dren, Banks and Jennie) and William. His

Prof. C. A. Campbell, and the State normal third wife was Jane McCrea, by whom he school at Indiana, Pa., from which latter in- had two children: J. Porter, now a well- known merchant at Blairsville, and Matilda, who married J. C. Moorhead, now of In- diana, Pennsylvania.

William Lintner, son of David Lintner, by his second wife, Esther (Young), was born June 29, 1834, in Burrell township, Indiana county, and received most of his education un- der his brother John, who was a school teacher and a graduate of Washington and Jefferson

emy, in which his brother John taught. He College. He also attended Blairsville Acad- the last named dying in early childhood. (5) John Young, a contractor and builder,

was especially strong as a teacher of Latin married Lulu Altman, of Blairsville.

and Greek. Remaining on the homestead until he was of age, William Lintner then com- menced farming on his own account in Derry township, Westmoreland county, on a tract of 140 acres known now as the Crabbs farm. After five years' residence there, he sold out and removed to the Aurentz farm in Burrell township, Indiana county, which

contained 112 acres. This place is now op- of the Republican party in his locality. He

erated by his son, David Elliott Lintner. He devoted the remainder of his active years to farming and stock raising, in which he was successful and abreast of the times, being a man of cheerful, energetic and progressive disposition. He was one of the most esteemed members of the community, taking an active part in its affairs for many years, and served as township assessor and register a number of terms. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church in Blairsville, Pa., in which he held the office of deacon. He was also interested in Sunday school work in his early years and acted as superintendent of a rural Sunday school near his home. In poli- tics he was a Republican. Mr. Lintner died on his farm March 12, 1912, and is buried in Blairsville cemetery. Had he lived till Feb- ruary of the following year, he and his wife, Agnes E. (Scott) Lintner, would have com- pleted fifty years of married life.

stitution she was graduated in 1902; she has followed school teaching ever since, having been engaged at Glassport, Vandergrift, Apollo, Pa., and in Burrell and White town- ships, Indiana county. (4) Harry Taylor, who resides at Buffalo, N. Y., engaged in busi- ness as contractor and builder, married Mary Humphrey, of Blairsville, and to them have been born five children, Etta Marie, Irene, Harry Negley, Margaret and William Clair,

DAVID ELLIOTT LINTNER, the eldest son of the late William Lintner, now on the farm in Burrell township, attended the local public schools. All his life he has been engaged in farming on the homestead, having worked with his father until the latter's deatlı, since when he has had partial charge of the place. Mr. Lintner has taken interest in the success

is a member of the Presbyterian Church. On Oct. 10, 1895, he married Flora Michael, daughter of William and Mary (Allison) Michael, and they have had three children : William Everett, Royden Michael and Ken- neth Hunter.

James Scott, father of Mrs. Agnes E. (Scott) Lintner, was a native of Butler county, Pa., and made his home in Ligonier valley, in Westmoreland county, for some years. He lived on the old Hill farm. He was a merchant, started his first store at Old Derry, and later had a store at Hillsview in Ligonier valley, and held the position of post- master there. Afterward be became a travel- ing salesman for Jolın Covode, selling woolen goods. and during this time made his home near Ligonier, Pa., where he died in 1842, while in his prime. He was buried at Ligon- ier. On Jan. 6, 1836, he married Margaret Moris Bell, daughter of John and Rebecca Bell, and they had two children, namely : Rebecca Jane, born Aug. 8. 1839, who died in infancy; and Agnes Eliza. born Jan. 1. 1841, now the widow of William Lintner. On July 11, 1846. Mrs. Scott married (sec-

On Feb. 24, 1863, Mr. Lintner married Agnes Eliza Scott, who lived at Armagh, in East Wheatfield township, this county, daugh- ter of James and Margaret M. (Bell) Scott, and she survives him. She is a member of the Blairsville Presbyterian Church. Six ond) Alexander Elliott, of Armagh, Pa., and children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lintner, by that union had a family of nine children, David Elliott being the eldest son. Of the of whom a full account appears elsewhere.

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Three generations of the Lintners have at- Joseph W. Postlewait was educated in the tended Smith school, near Smith station. home schools and resided on the old homestead until his marriage. He and his wife had the following children: Fitz John, Monroe Bar- clay, Jesse Scott, Laney Ann (deceased), Bessie Leila, Sarah Elizabeth (deceased) and Lilly Ruth.

But the school-house now there is the third building going by the same name, the first one being located on land owned by Smiths. The second and the one now there were placed on land owned by David Lintner, as he do- nated this land for the site of a school build- ing, so long as it would be used for school pur- poses.

JOSEPH W. POSTLEWAIT, deceased, who for many years was engaged in tilling the soil in North Mahoning township, Indiana county, was born in 1832 in Ringgold town- ship, Jefferson Co., Pa., son of David and Jane Bell (Sewickly) Postlewait.

The Postlewait family was founded in the United States by the great-great-grandfather of Joseph W. Postlewait, who with three brothers emigrated to this country from England.

John Postlewait, grandfather of Joseph W. Postlewait was born in Dauphin county, Pa., and married July 18, 1794, Sarah E. Ross, and they moved from Mifflin county, Pa., to Westmoreland county in 1818, and thence to Perry township, Jefferson Co., Pa., where they spent the remainder of their lives. He died in August, 1852, at the age of eighty-four years, and his wife in 1844, when seventy- eight years old. They had the following chil- dren : David, Hanna, John, Martha, William, Mary, and James Ross.

David Postlewait, son of John Postlewait, and father of Joseph W. Postlewait, was born in Dauphin county, and there married Jane Bell, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bell. David Postlewait died in 1875, aged eighty- one, and his wife in 1855, when fifty-eight years old. Their children were: John B., deceased ; Emily Jane, deceased ; Sarah Eliza- beth, deceased; James Madison, deceased; Joseph W., deceased; David Minor; Mary Matilda, deceased; Thomas Jefferson, and William P.

Joseph W. Postlewait, son of David Pos- tlewait, was married in 1870 to Sarah A. fices, and among his neighbors was known as Hurner, who was born at Carr furnace, in a man who always had the best interests of Armstrong county, Pa., in 1851, a daughter of his community at heart. No movements for John Hurner. This family originated in Ger- many, whence John Hurner came to America. He was married in Pittsburg, subsequently removing to Perry township, Jefferson Co., teem in which he was universally held was Pa., where he died in 1880, his wife spend- ing her last years with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Postlewait; she died in 1881.

Fitz John, born in 1872, resides on part of the old homestead. He married Edith E. Ruth, who died Nov. 1, 1911, the mother of three children, Allen, Andy, and Cordie (deceased).

Monroe Barclay, born in 1873, is engaged in the wood and coal business at Montrose, Colo. He was married in 1904 to Martha Grassle, of Boyd, Wis., and to this union four children have been born: Joseph W. (deceased), Al- bert, Glenn and a daughter.

Jesse Scott, born in 1875, is residing at home.

Laney Ann, born in 1878, died in 1910. She was married to J. W. Hicks, of North Point, Pa., and of this union four children were born: Joseph Roy (deceased), Ralph, Ray and Ruth May.

Bessie Leila, born in 1882, married Frank L. Wise, of DuBois, Pa., and is living at Al- bion, Erie Co., Pa., where Mr. Wise is en- gineer on the Buffalo & Lake Erie railroad. Of this union three children have been born, Francis, Ivan (deceased) and a son that died in infancy.

Sarah Elizabeth died at the age of two years.

Lilly Ruth is at home.

At the time of his marriage Joseph W. Postlewait began operations on the farm in North Mahoning where he spent the rest of his life in tilling the soil. His death occurred Oct. 4, 1904, and since that time his widow, his son J. Scott, and his daughter Lilly Ruth have continued to make, their home there. Mr. Postlewait was an excellent farmer, and brought his 160 acres of land to a high state of cultivation, producing fine crops and rais- ing well-fed cattle. A Democrat in his po- litical views, he held numerous township of- the advancement of education, morality or good citizenship ever failed to enlist his hearty sympathy and cooperation, and the high es-

ample evidence of his integrity and personal probity. His widow and children enjoy a wide friendship in the community in which

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years.

the family has made its home for so many of Blairsville, Pa., to Elizabeth Smith, born June 5, 1832, in Blacklick township, daugh- FERGUSON W. BADGER (deceased) was one of the successful and well-known farmers of Blacklick township, Indiana county, where he passed most of his life. He was a native of Butler county, Pa., born June 8, 1831, son of William and Mary (Ferguson) Badger. ter of James and Mary Theresa (Wainwright) Smith, who are mentioned elsewhere. Mrs. Badger died Dec. 23, 1907, and was buried in Hopewell Church cemetery. She was a member of that church for sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Badger had four children: (1) Mary Theresa was married Dec. 28, 1876, to

William Badger, the father of Ferguson John A. Waddle, and resides in Westmore- W. Badger, was twice married, and by his land county. She has had the following chil-

first wife, whose maiden name was Early, had dren : Lulu Mae, who was married Nov. 20, 1901, to Ralph Coleman Lemon; Laura Myrtle; Virginia Blanche; and Roy Paul, who died Sept. 23, 1907. (2) Alvin Lincoln died April 27, 1867. (3) Lulu May died March 26, 1884. (4) Margaret Laura was married Jan. 15, 1908, to Joseph Melvin Mock. the following children : James, born May 31, 1803; Peggie Jane, Feb. 13, 1805; Nancy, April 21, 1807; William, Jr., June 9, 1809 (was a doctor) ; John Lindsey, July 30, 1811; Esther, Oct. 4, 1813; Matthew William, March 30, 1816; Robert, Aug. 10, 1818; and Mary Ann, March 5, 1821. The father married JOSEPH M. Mock was born in Green town- ship, Indiana county, March 24, 1878, son of Simon and Amanda Mary (Ferrier) Mock. In 1900 Mr. Mock settled in Blacklick town- ship, and has been on the Badger farm ever since. In 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Mock remodeled their home, and they have made other im- July 3, 1827, Mary Ferguson, born Sept. 10, 1792, daughter of James and Elizabeth (El- liott) Ferguson. Two children were born to this union: Eliza, on Sept. 3, 1829, and Fer- guson W., June 8, 1831. Mr. Badger died Oct. 21, 1830, in Butler county, aged fifty- four years. Seven years later his widow came provements on the farm, which is in excellent to Blacklick township, where she died Aug. 11, 1858. She was buried in Ebenezer ceme- tery, Conemaugh township.

Ferguson W. Badger, son of William and Mary (Ferguson) Badger, was born seven months after the death of his father, and ' was but six years old when he moved with his mother to Indiana county. There he re- ceived what education he could obtain in the common schools. In 1841 his mother moved to the Gibson farm in Blacklick township, where he made his home until 1859, in which year he bought the Archie McEwen farm of 182 acres, continuing to cultivate that place until his death. He was well known as a car- penter, particularly as a barn builder, put- ting up a large number of barns in Indiana and Westmoreland counties. He was a spe- cially good architect in that line, his ideas and plans being considered the best of their kind. Strictly honorable in all his dealings, thorough in his work and upright in character, he was much esteemed wherever known. He was an honored member of the Hopewell M. E.

condition. They are members of Hopewell M. E. Church, and both are Sunday school teachers. Mrs. Mock looked after her parents devotedly during their declining years. She has taken a deep interest in the history of her own family and of the families with which the Badgers have intermarried, including the Wainwrights, Fergusons and Smiths, all of whom are mentioned in this work.

JOHN C. STEAR, dealer in general mer- chandise at North Point, Pa., was born Ang. 25, 1847, on the old Stear homestead in Por- ter township. Jefferson Co., Pa., son of Fred- erick and Mary (Stiteler) Stear.

George Stear, the paternal grandfather of John C. Stear, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., and came to Indiana county about 1820, settling at Smicksburg. and erecting a gristmill on Little Mahoning creek, where he also owned a large tract of land. He was a man well known and highly respected, and had a large family by his two marriages. By his first wife, he had children as follows:

Church, which he served as trustee, also hold- Frederick, who had a farm in Porter town- ing other offices in the church. He died on ship, and there died; George, who was a black- the homestead Oct. 25, 1900, aged sixty-nine smith of Smieksburg, and died in 1882 or years, four months, seventeen days, and was ' 1883; Joseph, who lived at home, and died at interred in the Hopewell cemetery in Black- the age of thirty-five years; Elizabeth, who married David Fleck, and lived in West Ma-

Mr. Badger was married in Blacklick town- honing township; and Maria, who married ship Jan. 19, 1858, by Rev. Thomas J. Higgins, James Robinson, of Jefferson county. Mr.

liek township.

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Stear's second marriage was to a Miss Fisher, present time with deserved success. Mr. Stear and they had children as follows: Jacob, is an excellent business man, and commands David, Ephraim, Enoch and Marion, all of the entire confidence of the farming people of whom remained with their father, whom they the surrounding country, from whom he pur- chases much produce. assisted in running the mill and store, and all died in West Mahoning township; Eliza, who married William Weamer, a merchant at Plumville, Pa .; and Caroline, who married Joseph McIntire, a photographer of Crest- line, Ohio.

Frederick Stear, son of George Stear, and father of John C. Stear, was married in 1827 to Mary Stiteler, of Chester county, Pa., daughter of Peter Stiteler, a pioneer of In- diana county. The year following their mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Stear moved to Porter township, Jefferson county, where he took up 160 acres of wild land, on which he erected a small log cabin, 12 by 16 feet, with a dirt floor. He also erected sheds for the shelter of his cattle, and with small capital, but with an abundance of energy and ambition, went to work to make a home for his family. Indus- trious and earnest in his efforts, he was suc- cessful in clearing 125 acres of his land, and in 1872 erected a fine modern home and other substantial buildings. He held many township offices, and was considered one of the wheel- horses of the Democratic party in his part of the county, and his religious faith was that of the Lutheran denomination, in the faith of which he passed away in 1894, when he was seventy-eight years of age. He belonged to the Smicksburg Church. His wife survived him only one year, and was eighty-two years old when she died. Their children were as follows: David, living on the old home place, married Susan Neal; Peter, formerly a black- smith and now a farmer near Georgeville, Pa., married Sarah Neal; John C. is mentioned below; William, a blacksmith of Punxsutaw ney, Pa., married Hilda London ; Susan mar- ried William Mosier, of Perry township, Jefferson Co., Pa .; Malissa married James Brown, of Jefferson county.

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Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 65

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