Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, Volume II, Part 83

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


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SAMUEL SHEFFLER, justice of the He participated in the battle in which his peace of Center township, Indiana county, brother was taken prisoner, and at the battle owns and operates a feed mill near Coral and of Winchester was himself captured by the has also been engaged in farming and black- enemy, being taken to Richmond, where he smithing, in all of which lines he has met with was confined with others in a tobacco shed, success. He is a man of sterling character


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and held in the highest esteem by all who know him. Mr. Sheffler was born in West- moreland county, Pa., near Greensburg, Dec. 27, 1844, son of Philip Shiffler (as the father spelled his name), and his great-grandfather, George, probably came from Germany; he settled in Westmoreland county. John, son of George, married Elizabeth Hill, whose father was a soldier in the war of 1812.


Philip Shiffler, son of John and Elizabeth (Hill), was the eldest of their family and was born in 1820 near Greensburg, in Westmore- land county. He learned the trade of black- smith, which he followed all his life, earning the reputation of being a mechanic of excep- tional skill. In 1842 he married Mary M. Bowman, daughter of Abraham Bowman, of Westmoreland county, and granddaughter of Barnard Bowman, who came from Germany and settled in Northampton county, Pa .; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. In 1851 Mr. and Mrs. Shiffler moved with their family to Center township, Indiana county, settling on land now owned by the Wharton Coke Company, near where their son Samuel now resides. They were the parents of five children : Samuel; Oliver, who married Emma J. Hildebrand, daughter of Enoch Hildebrand, of Indiana county (both are now deceased) ; Hannah M., who married J. J. Hill, of Steubenville, Ohio, now living in the State of Washington; Elizabeth Emma, wife of A. B. Mikesell, of Homer City; and Satilla J., who married C. W. Keller, of Coral, Indiana county.


to City Point, Va., at the mouth of the James river, and from there marched to Bermuda Hundred, where they had their first engage- ment. The next was at Drury's Bluff and lasted three days, the defeat at that point costing the regiment, in killed, wounded and captured, four hundred men and all the field officers. After this battle they were ordered to Cold Harbor and participated in the en- gagement there, one of the bloodiest of the war. For a short time after the battle of Petersburg they were located along the north side of the James river, about thirty miles from Richmond, Va. Here they were in winter quarters until March, 1865, when they were ordered to Hatcher's Run, south of Petersburg, on the Weldon railroad, watching Lee's movements until his surrender. After that the regiment was sent back to Richmond, remaining there until discharged, Sept. 15, 1865. Mr. Sheffler arrived home Sept. 25th. He was in seventeen engagements all told, and was in the hospital for about six weeks during his connection with the army.


After his return from the army Mr. Shef- fler completed his apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade with his father, whom he also helped with the farm work. In 1870 he went to the oil region of Pennsylvania, where he worked as a mechanic for two years, at the end of that period coming home again and settling in Center township, where he has resided continuously since. He has a farm of seventy-five acres, to the cultivation of which he devotes all his time. He is an in- dustrious and enterprising business man, and has high standing among his fellow citizens. He has served his township as member of the board of school directors for six years and since 1901 has been a justice of the peace. In politics he has always been associated with the Republican party. He is a Lutheran in religious connection.


Samuel Sheffler was seven years old when the family settled in Indiana county near his present home. He attended the district school nearest his home, but it was a mile away and the term was short, so that its advantages were limited. Sometimes he did not get to school more than one day a week. He con- tinued at home, working with his father at the blacksmith's trade, until he was eighteen In 1872 Mr. Sheffler married Rachel M. Bracken, daughter of James Bracken and his wife Margaret (Kerr), of Center township, old residents of that locality, whose home was near Homer City. Mr. and Mrs. Sheffler have had two children: Cecelia Edith mar- ried E. S. Hendrickson, of Derry, Pa., an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad; J. Ernest, now living in the Cocolalla valley, Idaho, married Lydia Armstrong, of Mary- land, and they have three children, Ernest, Kenneth and Emma Jane. years old, in January, 1863, enlisting in the Union army for service in the Civil war. This was for a three months' term. In Feb- ruary, 1864, he reenlisted, for three years, becoming a member of Company F, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he remained until discharged, after the close of the war. The first part of his service was spent in Ohio and around Pittsburg. After his second enlistment he was at Pittsburg for two months, thence going to New York and from there by transport to Hilton Head, S. C., where the command was kept for two JAMES WESLEY ACKERSON, general weeks. Thence they went by sailing vessel farmer of Cherryhill township, Indiana


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county, has resided in that section all of his his premises thoroughly up-to-date in every life, having been born in the township Dec. respect. 11, 1870.


Mr. Ackerson's education was secured in the district schools of Cherryhill township, and as a youth he was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he has followed all his life. On Feb. 1, 1900, he was married to Emma Belle Stephens, who was born June 30, 1880, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Moore- head) Stephens. They have one son, Wil- liam J., born Jan. 4, 1904.


William Stephens was one of the early set- tlers of Indiana county, settling on the farm now owned by Mr. Ackerson at a time when it was still partly covered with timber, which he assisted in clearing. He farmed there throughout the remainder of his life, and his death occurred on his original farm. Mrs Stephens passed away May 17, 1911, the mother of six children, as follows: Giles, who resides in Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pa .; Agnes; Emma Belle, the wife of Mr. Acker- son; Kinney, a resident of Pittsburg; Cora, living in Montgomery county with her brother Giles; and Stratton, who lives in Denver, Colorado.


Since his marriage Mr. Ackerson has car- ried on general farming and stock raising on the farm formerly owned by his father-in-law, politics. His wife, who still survives, is now and which he has developed into a high state of cultivation. He and his family reside at one of the most beautiful places in Indiana county.


CLARK DORSEY PEDDICORD, a farmer of Armstrong township, this county, was born in Center township, on the Lytle farm, Nov. 8, 1877, the only son of his parents, Dorsey and Catherine (Hunter) Peddicord, the latter of whom was born near Richmond, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.


Mr. Peddicord grew to manhood's estate in his native township and attended the Pealor school, having Elder Pealor, Martha Harbi- son, Edward Harbison, Robert Russell and other teachers. He attended school until he was twenty years old, and left to devote all his time to agricultural pursuits. In 1902, after his marriage, he spent a year in Indiana, and then went to the John Hill farm in Arm- strong township. After a year there he took charge of the Cochran farm for a year, but then removed on his present property, which consists of seventy-eight acres, and since 1905 has been engaged in operating it. Mr. Peddi- cord built his modern barn, a corn crib and other buildings, and takes pride in keeping


On Sept. 25, 1901, Mr. Peddicord was mar- ried to Rusha Allison, and they have had the following children: Zella L., Carl D., Mar- garet M., Laura and Mary C., all living except Carl D. Mr. Peddicord is a Presbyterian, while his wife belongs to the Baptist Church. Politically he has voted the Democratic ticket, although he is somewhat independent in his views. He is a good farmer, and a man who has fully earned all that he now owns by. hard work and constant economy.


ALEXANDER FISCUS, late of Shelocta, Indiana county, whose widow and family are now residents of the borough of Indiana, was one of the respected farmer citizens of the community. He was a native of Armstrong county, Pa., born March 25, 1845, near Coch- ran's Mills, son of David and Christina (Ruppert) Fiscus. His ancestors on both sides were early settled families of that county.


David Fiscus was born in Armstrong county and followed farming all his life. In 1892 he moved to Jefferson county, Pa., where he died in 1910, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He was a Democrat in (1912) ninety-six years of age. She is a devout Lutheran in religious faith. Mr. and Mrs. David Fiscus had a family of sixteen children. We have record of twelve, namely: Samuel, deceased; Christine; Nancy; Alex- ander, deceased; Lucinda; Ida; Lucetta; John; Robert, of Apollo; Lewis, of Apollo; Alvin, of Apollo; and Thomas, of Leechburg.


Alexander Fiscus was educated in the pub- lic schools. He was reared to farming and after his marriage located on a 150-acre place at Cochran's Mills, Armstrong county. Later he sold this place and bought 150 acres at Shelocta, Indiana county, where he resided until his death in the fall of 1901. He be- came a prominent man in that community, serving eleven years as school director of the township and five years as supervisor. In politics he was associated with the Democratic party. He was a leading member of the U. P. Church, which he served in the capacity of trustee for fourteen years.


On May 15, 1876, Mr. Fiscus married Mary E. Smith, who was born July 14. 1851, in Armstrong county, daughter of James and Margaret (Henderson) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Fiscus spent their honeymoon at the Cen- tennial in Philadelphia. Five years after the


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death of her husband Mrs. Fiscus moved with her family to Indiana. Her children were as follows: Frank, of Indiana, who married Minnie Rupert; Maud, Mrs. Albert Warren, of Indiana; David, of Indiana, who married Agnes Gibson; Margaret, at home; Wilson, at home, an electrician ; and George R.


James Smith, father of Mrs. Fiscus, was born and reared in Armstrong county, living and dying within three miles of his birth- place. His father, William Smith, came from freland with his parents when a boy, the family locating near Elderton, Pa. To James and Margaret (Henderson) Smith were born ten children, only eight of whom, however, grew to maturity, namely: Martha, Mrs. Absalom Remaley, of Armstrong county ; Benjamin, who was killed in the battle of Chancellorsville; William, who was wounded in both legs by bullets at the first battle of Bull Run; Rebecca, Mrs. Henry Fraley, of Armstrong county ; Tillie, Mrs. James North, of Homer City; Nancy, Mrs. Parks Shrecken- gost; Mary E., Mrs. Fiscus; and Wilson S., of Armstrong county.


JOHN MCCARTNEY BARKLEY, of Buf- fington township, Indiana county, is a busi- ness man of many and varied interests. He owns and cultivates the farm upon which he resides, mines and sells the coal lying beneath, and has followed various kinds of mechanical work, all with a degree of success which be- tokens ability and enterprise beyond the average. He was born July 26, 1858, in Buffington township, son of Joseph Barkley, grandson of Robert McCulloch Barkley and great-grandson of Hugh Barkley.


Hugh Barkley was a school teacher and clerk for the commissioners in Baltimore in 1782. He married Sarah McCulloch, daugh- ter of Robert McCulloch, of Canedogigue, Cumberland Co., Pa., whose wife was a Me- Cartney, and their children were: James, born May 20, 1776, who died Aug. 7, 1779; Sarah, born April 25, 1782, who married a Mr. Cunningham and had children Agnes and Sarah; Robert McCulloch; Joseph, born Oct. 19, 1786; Samuel, born Ang. 15, 1789; and John McFaden, born Aug. 18, 1792.


Robert McCulloch Barkley, born Oct. 25, 1784, in Baltimore, Md., moved to the town of Indiana, in Indiana county, Pa., in 1813, and lived there for several years, thence mov- ing in 1825 to East Wheatfield township, same county, where he remained until 1838. In that year he came to what is now Buffington (then included in Wheatfield) township,


where he built a house and settled with his family. The snow was three feet deep when he arrived at this place. He was a shoemaker, and continued to follow his trade after mov- ing here, but he also set to work to clear his land and engaged in farming to some extent. This farm is now owned by his granddaugh- ter, Mrs. J. A. Doty. Mr. Barkley married Elizabeth Marlin, a native of Carlisle (better known as Big Spring Valley), Cumberland Co., Pa., who was born Nov. 19, 1785, and died Oct. 14, 1863, in Buffington township. Mr. Barkley also died there, Nov. 19, 1858, and they were interred in the McCartney cemetery. Children as follows were born to this pioneer couple: (1) Joshua Marlin, born Dec. 20, 1813, died Feb. 22, 1859. He lived in Armagh, and was a well-known citizen of his day, serving as justice of the peace. He married Sarah Williams, and they had chil- dren: Anna Eliza; Amanda; David, who was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; Mary E., Mrs. Southard, de- ceased, who had one son, Fred, now living in Cleveland, Ohio; Jesse Marlin, proprietor of the Point Pleasant summer resort, living at Madison Lake, Minn. (he has one daughter, Mrs. George Owen) ; Agnes; and Margetta, who married Fred H. White, lives in Brook- lyn, N. Y., and has one son William and one daughter Sadie. (2) Sarah, born Feb. 12, 1815, died unmarried March 3, 1905, aged ninety years. (3) Agnes, born Oct. 16, 1816, died unmarried Sept. 21, 1845. (4) Joseph is mentioned below. (5) Robert McC., born Feb. 6, 1820, died unmarried Nov. 4, 1900. (6) Mary, born Sept. 6, 1821, died June 27, 1830. (7) Hugh A., born May 20, 1825, died July 9, 1841.


Mrs. Elizabeth (Marlin) Barkley was a daughter of Joshua Marlin and granddaugh- ter of Ralph Marlin, born Dec. 26, 1707, who died in May, 1793. The latter married Lettice Fleming, who died Feb. 22, -- , at the age of 106 years, and they are buried in the cemetery at Big Springs, in Carlisle township, Cumberland county. They had one son, Joshua.


Joshua Marlin, only son of Ralph and Lettice (Fleming) Marlin, born Dec. 27, 1745, was married March 25, 1776, to Agnes McCulloch, sister of Mrs. Hugh Barkley, above, and their twelve children were born as follows: Ralph, April 3, 1777 (he was a colonel in the war of 1812) ; Sarah, June 2, 1779 (died Aug. 1, 1779) ; Robert, June 8, 1780; Lettice, Jan. 17, 1782; Saralı, March 8. 1784 (died Feb. 14, 1830; married Marlin


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Walker) ; Elizabeth, Nov. 19, 1785-86 (mar- owned by Nat. Bryan, his great-grandfather) ried Robert McCulloch Barkley) ; Samuel, in Buffington township, and there he has since Oct. 6, 1787; Joshua, April 17, 1790; Agnes, July 6, 1792 (died June 6, 1832; married William Douglas) ; Lettice (married George Ballentine) ; Jesse, March 4, 1797; William, July 9, 1800. The McCullochs lived in Canedogigue, Cumberland county, Jane, sister of Mrs. Marlin and Mrs. Barkley, married Ephraim Wallace.


Josephi Barkley, born May 10, 1818, at the town of Indiana in Indiana county, died March 18, 1900. He received his schooling at his native place, and later moving with his parents to East Wheatfield township taught at the Barkley school there for a few years; he also taught the Irish Bottom school and others. Later he learned shoemaking under his father and followed the trade in the winter season, in the summer engaging in agricul- tural pursuits on his ninety-six acres in Buffington township; he carried on general farming. For many years he served as school director, and he was also active in church work, acting as superintendent of the Sunday school of the United Presbyterian Church, to which he belonged. In politics he was first a Whig, later a Republican.


On May 29, 1849, Mr. Barkley married Jane McCartney, who was born May 25, 1817, and preceded him to the grave, dying Dec. 15, 1894. She was a daughter of John and Sarah (Bryan) McCartney, and her father was a pioneer settler in Buffington township. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barkley : Elizabeth, wife of John A. Steel Company, in the office at Johnstown, Doty, a farmer and engineer (he is a de- Pa. He is unmarried. (2) Margaret Jane, scendant of the old Doty family of Massa- born Dec. 13, 1891, studied under Professor Campbell for three terms and under Pro- fessor Weaver for one term at Mechanics- burg, and subsequently taught school four terms in Buffington township. She is now at home. (3) Paul McCartney, born July 31, 1894, is now teaching the Grow school in Buf- fington township. chusetts, which has been in America since the earliest settlement in that region, the immi- grant ancestor coming in the "Mayflower") ; Sarah Jane, wife of Charles Frank Curtis, living in Garnett, Kans., where he is a large stock dealer and farmer (they have one son, Frederick B.) ; John McCartney; and Hugh McCulloch, deceased.


John McCartney Barkley received his edu- cation in the public schools of Buffington township, and in his earlier years worked with his father at farming and shoemaking. Later he learned the trade of carpenter with John Young, of Buffington township, and fol- lowed that for many years, in time becoming engaged as a contractor and builder, which line he carried on until the year 1891. He also worked at the trade of blacksmith, which he learned by himself. In 1891 he bought the Nick Altimus farm of 133 acres (formerly


resided, tilling the soil and also developing the coal deposits, a rich vein running through the property, known as the Upper Freeport vein. He mines and sells from five thousand to six thousand bushels of coal annually. His farming interests are quite extensive, and he is still interested in mechanical work, owning a large threshing machine which he operates all over this section. He was one of the or- ganizers of the Dilltown Telephone Company, in which he is a stockholder, and he also owns stock in the Buffington Township Telephone Company. His progressive nature and in- dustrious habits have made him one of the most substantial residents of his locality. He has taken some part in public affairs, having served one year as overseer of the poor and seven years as member of the township elec- tion board. In political association he is a Republican. He is a member of the East Union United Presbyterian Church and a leader in its activities, having been elder for seven years and superintendent of Sunday school.


On Feb. 3, 1887, Mr. Barkley married Martha Ann Stilz, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Sidler) Stilz, of Buffington town- ship and Pittsburg, Pa., respectively, and they have had three children: (1) Joseph Henry, born Aug. 17, 1888, attended school under Prof. C. A. Campbell and later studied at Ebensburg and went to college at Pitts- burg. He is now employed by the Cambria


The branch of the McCartney family from which Mr. Barkley is descended in the ma- ternal line are the posterity of Joseph Mc- Cartney, who married Sarah Galbreath, of New Carlisle, Pa. Her mother's name was Kate Sanderson. His father, Joseph Mc- Cartney, was a brother of Thomas McCartney, the first sheriff of Indiana county, Pa., who is buried in McCartney's graveyard in Indi- ana county. The McCartneys came from County Armagh, Ireland.


Joseph and Sarah (Galbreath) McCartney had children as follows : (1) Jennett mar-


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ried Nicholas Chapman, and had children: 1868. He was born Sept. 23, 1835, at Holli- Thomas, Sally, Joseph, John, William, daysburg, Blair Co., Pa., son of Robert A. Hamilton, and grandson of Patrick Hamilton, who came to this country from Ireland.


Rachel, Nicholas and Samuel. (2) Thomas married Betsey Ross, and their children were: Will, Washington, Thomas, Matilda and John G. (3) Sarah was twice married, first to James Galbreath, second to Robert McCand- less. (4) Joseph married Jane Trimble, and had children: Margaret; George; Samuel; Mary Jane; Sallie; Martha, who married Joseph Bryan and had McCartney, Will, Charlie and Jane; Joseph, who married Maria Frazier, and had a son Will; and Nancy, who married Charlie Allison and had two children, Carrie (who married James Stewart and had four children) and Sam. (5) Margaret mar- ried Matthew Dill. (6) John is mentioned below. (7) Catherine married Samuel Step- hens and had children : Miriam, Martha, Jane, Samson, Estep and Sarah. (8) Rachel mar- ried Alex. Galbreath and had: Joseph, Martha, Clarissa , Matilda, Mar- garet, Sarah Jane, Rhoda and Ann. (9) Martha married Richard Dill and had a daughter, Eliza, who married Ephraim Mc- Kelvey and had children, Nathaniel and Ann Eliza. (10) Andrew, of Jackson river (branch of James) in Virginia, had children Jane and John, the latter of whom lived at Fort Cumberland, Va., and had a son Thomas.


John McCartney, son of Joseph and Sarah (Galbreath) McCartney, married Nov. 3, 1814, Sarah Bryan. He died Feb. 2, 1846, and she passed away Feb. 14, 1864. They had the following family: Sarah, born Aug. 30, 1815, married James McFarland; Jane, born May 25, 1817, was married May 29, 1849, to Joseph Barkley, and died Dec. 15, 1894; Martha, born March 1, 1819, married William H. Doubthett, and died Nov. 28, 1863; Eliza- beth, born March 5, 1821, died March 5, 1880; John Bryan, born March 3, 1823, married Anna Duncan; Joseph, born Oct. 14, 1828, was in the Union service during the Civil war, in the 71st Indiana Regiment, serving from April, 1861, to September, 1864; Katherine, born March 3, 1831, married Israel Doty, and died March 3, 1874; Rebecca, born May 7, 1833, died May 8, 1854; Margaret, born Oct. 3, 1835, married Joseph Hood, and died Feb. 19, 1905; Lavina, born Feb. 4, 1838, married James Mills, and died March 16, 1901.


WILLIAM W. HAMILTON (deceased), of Montgomery township, Indiana county, was a farmer throughout his active years, and the family has lived at the present home since


The Hamilton family originally had its home in Scotland, but being obliged to leave that country on account of some political troubles located in or about Belfast, Ireland. Two brothers, Robert and Patrick (the latter the grandfather of William W. Hamilton), came to this country about the year 1800, maybe earlier, and with them a Smith family, all settling in the Scotch valley, in Huntingdon county, Pa. They were followed possibly thirty years later by another brother, named Hans, and his family. Patrick Hamilton mar- ried Elizabeth Smith, and Robert married her sister. To Patrick and Elizabeth (Smith) Hamilton were born the following children: Robert A., Parran, Jane, Ann, Ascenath, and Martha. They were farming people.


Robert A. Hamilton, son of Patrick, mar- ried Anna Mary Evers, of Duncannon, Pa., and they settled on a farm near Hollidays- burg, Blair Co., Pa., whence he brought his family in 1848 to Indiana county, buying a farm of 160 acres in Montgomery township. He farmed all his life. He was a Presbyterian in religious faith and an elder in his church. Eleven children were born to himself and wife, six sons and five daughters, namely : John Newton, William Wallace, Robert Bruce, Charles Harvey, James, George, Eliza- beth Ann, Mary, Ascenath, Rassie and Tirzah.


William W. Hamilton came to Indiana county with his father and the rest of the fam- ily in 1848, and was reared on the farm, as- sisting his father. He followed farming and lumbering all his active years except for a few years, while he was in the war and when he was in business at Cherrytree, this county, where he opened a store in 1865, carrying it on until 1867. Then he resumed farming, in 1868 buying the property in Montgomery township upon which the family has since lived. He was a highly respected resident of Montgomery township, and although not ac- tive in public affairs was always regarded as one of the worthiest and most desirable citi- zens in his neighborhood. He died Nov. 7, 1891.


On Nov. 29, 1864, Mr. Hamilton married Susan Clark, formerly of Lewisberry, York Co., Pa., daughter of Virtue and Catherine (Grove) Clark, and they have four children living, namely: Ada E .; Robert Franklin, a farmer; Aubrey M., a farmer; and John Jay.


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Mr. Hamilton was a Republican in politics, and during the Civil war he was a stanch Union supporter, enlisting twice, the first time Aug. 31, 1861, at Youngs, Clearfield Co., Pa. He was enrolled Sept. 10, 1861, in Company D, 78th Pennsylvania Vol- unteer Infantry, Negley's Brigade, Rosecrans' Division. He was a musician, playing the fife, and was with his regiment constantly un- til honorably discharged, Jan. 12, 1863, at Nashville, Tenn., by reason of disability. He had been promoted to third sergeant in May, 1862. The second time he enlisted at Hunt- ingdon, Blair Co., Pa., in Company K, 46th Regiment of P. V. Militia, July 6, 1863, and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He was honorably discharged by order of Governor Curtin, at Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 18, 1865.




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