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JOHN S. COE, a retired farmer and a resident of Tarentum since 1891, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., July 27, 1827. His grandfather, Benjamin Coe, was a pioneer settler of Allegheny county in the days when the Indians laid claim to the territory, and fought for his country in the Revolution. Benjamin Coe's son, also named Benjamin, father of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer and tanner, a prominent man in his time. He married Nancy Shields, a native of Armstrong county, where her parents, Joseph and Rebecca (Craig) Shields, were early settlers. Ben- jamin Coe was in politics at first a whig and later a republican. He died Nov. 6, 1873, and his wife Jan. 3, 1864. They were the
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parents of nine children, of whom three are living. John S. Coe, whose name heads this sketch, was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and was for many years a successful farmer. He now lives a retired life in Tarentum, where he owns property. He is a stockholder in the Fidelity glass company and the Taren- tum glass company. He has been in politics a lifelong republi- can, and was formerly school director of Fawn township, Allegheny county. Mr. Coe was married, March 24, 1853, to Miss Hannah J. Boyd, who was born in Allegheny county in 1832. Mrs. Coe's parents were James and Sarah Boyd, the father a native of Lig- onier, Pa., and both early residents of Allegheny county. Mr. Boyd died, at the age of eighty-six, Jan. 15, 1888, and his wife at seventy-eight, Oct. 11, 1875. They had twelve children, of whom four are living. Mr. and Mrs. Coe have no children of their own, but adopted two. Of these, Sarah died Nov. 3, 1899, at the age of twenty-two. Mr. and Mrs. Coe have been for a half century mem- bers of the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Coe has been elder for over forty years.
JOSEPH M. McMAHON, superintendent of the molding department of the Tarentum glass company, was born in South Side, Pittsburg, June 20, 1853, and is a son of Robert and Ellen (Hurrell) McMahon, the father a native of Ireland, and the mother of Pittsburg. Robert McMahon came to Kittanning, Pa., about 1836, with his father, John McMahon, his mother having died in Ireland. John McMahon died in Kittanning. Robert McMahon, a machinist by trade, spent his life in Pittsburg, and died there in February, 1901, when seventy-three years old. His wife died in 1889, at the age of fifty-nine. They had seven children, of whom five are living. Robert McMahon was a democrat in politics, although a man of liberal views; was a Baptist in religion, and was one of the first members of Monongahela lodge, F. and A. M., of South Side, Pittsburg. He was at one time boiler inspector of Allegheny county under Governor Pattison. Mrs. Ellen (Hurrell) McMahon, mother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Pounds) Hurrell. Thomas Hurrell, a native of England, was one of the early settlers of Pittsburg, and one of the first brick-makers of the city. He died in Pittsburg about 1830. His wife was born in Butler county about 1794, and died in South Side, Pittsburg, in 1870. Joseph M. McMahon, whose name heads this article, was reared in Pittsburg, educated in the public schools, and at fourteen went to work packing spikes for Gilworth,
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Porter & Co. A few months later he began to learn the trade of a glass-mold maker in the glass works of Kirchner & Parker, in Pittsburg. Later he worked at his trade for King, Son & Co. and other houses until 1883, when his ability and faithfulness won him the position of superintendent of the mold shops for Richards & Hartley. In 1884 the firm moved to Harrison township, now Brackenridge borough, where they continued in business until absorbed by the United States glass company in 1890. Two years later Mr. McMahon left the works and engaged in the real estate business in Pittsburg. Then, in 1893, the Tarentum glass com- pany was formed, and he was made superintendent of the molding department, a position which he has since held. He is also a stock- holder in the company. Mr. McMahon resides in Brackenridge borough, where he owns considerable property, and had the dis- tinction of serving as chairman of the committee which had charge of the organization of the borough. In politics he is a republican. He has been for twenty-four years a member of Orion council, Royal Arcanum, of South Side, Pittsburg, and of the Heptasophs of Tarentum. In 1894 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Jones, of Pittsburg, and has three children: John H., David L. and Howard C. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are regular attendants upon the services of the United Presbyterian church of Tarentum.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CRYTZER, for many years the leading contracting carpenter in Brackenridge, was born in Arm- strong county, Pa., Feb. 15, 1837, and is a son of Michael and Rachel (Heitman) Crytzer. Mrs. Crytzer, a native of Armstrong county, was the daughter of Solomon Heitman, a native of Penn- sylvania, who died, when fifty-six years old, in Armstrong county. Her mother, whose maiden name was Yount, lived to the advanced age of eighty-seven, and died in Armstrong county. Michael Crytzer, father of the subject of this sketch, was a carpenter by trade, in politics a republican, and, with his wife, belonged to the Lutheran church. He and his wife both died in 1859, he at the age of fifty-four, and she at fifty-two. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom are living. George W. Crytzer, whose name begins this article, was reared and educated in Arm- strong county, and began learning the carpenters' trade when only fourteen years old. So proficient did he become at his trade, that before he reached manhood he began contracting and was a con- tractor in Armstrong county until 1884. In that year he came to Harrison township, now Brackenridge borough, where he has since
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engaged in the contracting business with most flattering success. Mr. Crytzer now owns considerable property in Brackenridge borough. He is a democrat in politics. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Mystic Chain. In 1862 he married Miss Margaret Neal, of Armstrong county, and had by this union eleven children, viz .: Ella, Frank (deceased), Elizabeth B., William, Harry E., Charles (deceased), John (deceased), Florence, George, Howard, and Emma (deceased). Mrs. Crytzer died in June, 1881. Mr. Crytzer had two brothers who served in the Civil war. Benjamin F. was killed in a skirmish, and John A. H., who served throughout the war, now lives in Armstrong county. Another brother, Harry, resides in Harmarville, Pa., where he is manager of Kuntz Bros.' brick-yard.
WILLIAM McALPIN, one of Tarentum's old and respected citizens, now retired from active life, was born in Ireland, Sept. 6, 1817, being one of the eight children born to Hugh and Margaret (Mccullough) McAlpin, natives of Ireland, who spent their lives there. He was reared in Ireland, and married there to Miss Eliza Stewart, by whom he had one daughter, now married to William F. Goodwin, a hardware merchant in Tarentum. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have three children. Mr. McAlpin came to America with his wife in 1840, and was for eleven years foreman of the dyeing department of a cotton factory at Frankfort, Pa. In 1852 he moved to Allegheny city, where he was employed in a similar capacity until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he embarked in the grocery business. He continued in this business until 1871, when he moved to Tarentum, where he has since resided, retired from active life. He owns valuable property in Tarentum and Allegheny city, acquired by the savings of a long and successful career. Mr. McAlpin was in early life a whig, but has been a republican since the founding of that party, and while never polit- ically ambitious, has always been an active worker in the interests of his party. He is an ancient Odd Fellow, having joined Willy lodge, No. 14, Frankfort, Pa., in 1845, and was the father of the lodge of the I. O. O. F. in Baltimore, Md. On July 3, 1875, Mr. McAlpin's first wife died, and, on Oct. 2, 1878, he married Miss Mary A. McDowell, a native of Washington county, though reared in Allegheny county, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Dunlap) McDowell, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1833, and died in Tarentum. Mr. McDowell was a farmer by voca- tion, and a democrat in political belief. By his second marriage,
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Mr. McAlpin has one son, James McAlpin, born Sept. 29, 1880. James McAlpin was reared in Tarentum, and graduated from the high school there. After that he was for three years assistant postmaster, for a short time a clerk, and is now bookkeeper in the National bank of Tarentum.
WILLIAM CONWELL, glass-worker, has worked at his trade in most of the glass houses in the United States. For the past fifteen years he has been employed by the Tarentum glass com- pany, and has, during these years, won for himself the confidence of his employers and the good-will and esteem of his fellow-work- men. Mr. Conwell was born in Pittsburg, Pa., March 26, 1859, being a son of Stephen D. Conwell, mentioned elsewhere in this book. He was reared and educated in Pittsburg. Mr. Conwell is a republican in politics, and while always actively interested in the welfare of his party, he has never aspired to hold office. He is married, and, with his wife and family, resides in a fine residence on Brackenridge avenue, Tarentum, which he owns, as well as other property in Brackenridge borough. Mrs. Conwell was for- merly Miss Mary Casey, of Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Conwell were married in 1892, and have three children: Frank, Ella M. and George D. The family attend the Catholic church, of which Mrs. Conwell and the children are members.
GEORGE ARCHIE McWILLIAMS, florist and gardener, was born in Harrison township, Allegheny Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1858; was reared on a farm, attended the public schools, and graduated from the Natrona high school. He engaged for a number of years in the dairy business, and, in 1896, began to devote his attention to the raising of flowers and to general gardening, on the valuable place which he now owns and which is situated near Brackenridge, a business in which he has been most successfully engaged since that time. He is an ardent republican in politics, keenly interested in the welfare of his party, has served as assessor, and is now town- ship auditor. He is a member of Pollock lodge, No. 502, F. and A. M. ; Natrona lodge, No. 644, I. O. O. F., and the B. P. O. Elks of Tarentum. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. McWilliams is one of a family of eleven children, three of whom, besides himself, are living, viz .: DeWitt Clinton, of Oregon; Mrs. Alice Otterman, of Natrona, and Morgan B., of Natrona. The parents of these children were John N. and Elizabeth (Rodenbaugh) McWilliams, both residents of Northumberland
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county, who came to Allegheny county in 1836, and settled in what is now Harrison township. There the father died, Nov. 12, 1883, and the mother, Oct. 2, 1900. John McWilliams was a veterinary surgeon, well known throughout the county, and owned a farm near Natrona. He was a democrat in politics, a local political leader, and held various township offices. In religion he and his wife were Presbyterians.
CHARLES C. PFORDT, proprietor of a large department store at Natrona, is a son of the late Charles and Christina (Heckel) Pfordt, and a grandson of Andrew Heckel, a native of France and a pioneer settler of Beaver county. Andrew Heckel was a teacher by profession, and also helped build the Erie canal. He married Henrietta Whitman, and both died in Butler county, near Zelienople. Charles Pfordt, Sr., father of the Charles Pfordt whose name heads this sketch, came to Allegheny city from his native country, France, in 1858, and spent the remainder of his life in Allegheny county, with the exception of a year during the Civil war. On April 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 139th Penn- sylvania volunteer infantry, and, when his time was up, enlisted as first sergeant in the 123d Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and served nine months longer. During his enlistment, he took part in all the battles in which his regiment participated, fighting at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and South mountain. He was a butcher by vocation, a republican in politics, and, with his wife, belonged to the Lutheran church. He was at one time school director in Reserve township, Allegheny county. He was a Free Mason, being a member of Jefferson lodge, of Allegheny city, and belonged to the I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. The last ten years of his life were spent in Pittsburg, where he died in 1898. Charles C. Pfordt, the subject of this sketch, was one of a family of eight children, seven of whom are living. He was born in Allegheny county, Dec. 29, 1864; attended the Pittsburg schools, and for five years studied music under Prof. M. P. Leisser. In 1887 he graduated from Duff's business college, and went then to Beaver county, where for six years he was manager of the Park fire clay company, of Rochester. In 1894 he came to Natrona, where he has since engaged most suc- cessfully in mercantile pursuits, and owns there a large department store. He also owns other property in Natrona, and is extensively interested in natural oil. Politically, he is a republican, and takes a lively interest in the welfare of his party. He was at one time a
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member of the Young Men's tariff club, of Pittsburg, and is now an influential member of the county committee. He served several years in the county treasurer's office under Thomas G. McClune. Mr. Pfordt is an enthusiastic Mason, being a member of Rochester lodge, No. 229, F. and A. M. ; Eureka chapter, No. 167, R. A. M., of Rochester, and .Pittsburg commandery, No. 1, Knights Templars. On Aug. 1, 1889, he married Miss Nancy Eslip, a native of Natrona, daughter of Frederick Eslip, who was born in Saxony, and Margaret (Potts) Eslip, a native of Allegheny county, who was a daughter of William and Nancy (Harvey) Potts, pioneer settlers of Allegheny county, where they spent their last days. Mr. and Mrs. Pfordt have had five children: Fred, Eleanor, Margaret, Nancy and Laura. The first-born, Fred, died when five years old. Mr. Pfordt and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Natrona.
PAUL RUDERT, of the firm of Rudert & Senn, jewelers and opticians, Tarentum, has been in the jewelry business since 1875. In that year he engaged in business in Hookstown, Beaver county, continuing there until 1886, when he moved to Tarentum, where he has been most successful. His partner, Mr. Senn, began to work for him in 1893, and was admitted to partnership in 1903. Paul Rudert is a native of Germany, born Feb. 16, 1857, son of Oscar Rudert, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1868, and settled with his family in Allegheny city. Here he engaged in business twelve years, and then bought a farm in East Deer town- ship, on which he spent the rest of his life, and died in 1899 at the age of seventy-three. Mrs. Rudert is living, now sixty-six years old. Mr. Rudert was a republican in politics, and belonged to the Lutheran church, of which his widow is a member. He acquired considerable property, and was well-to-do at the time of his death. Paul Rudert, whose name heads this article, was one of a family of three sons and one daughter, of which the daughter is now deceased. He was educated in Germany and Allegheny city. Mr. Rudert has been most successful in his business career, and owns, besides his store building, a handsome residence in Tarentum. He is one of the most prosperous and progressive citi- zens of Tarentum. He is a stockholder in the Tarentum savings and trust company and the Rutherford paper company. He is an independent in politics, and has never been politically ambitious. Mr. Rudert is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Royal Arcanum of Tarentum. In 1882 he married Miss Mary Werner,
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of Allegheny city, and had by this marriage three children: Amelia J., Estella R. and Flora H. His first wife died in 1889, and, in 1892, he married Miss Rose Senn, daughter of Peter and Susan (Schneider) Senn, the father a native of Switzerland, and the mother of France. Mr. and Mrs. Senn came to Allegheny county in 1863, and now reside at Allegheny, Pa. They are the parents of nine children, all of whom are living. Mr. Senn, a veteran of the Civil war, is now retired from active life. In poli- tics he is a republican. Mr. Rudert has by his second wife one daughter, Edna. The family are Lutherans. Joseph Senn, junior member of the firm of Rudert & Senn, and one of the promising young business men of Tarentum, was born in Pittsburg in 1879, and received his education there. He is an independent in politics and is a member of the Mystic Chain.
HENRY ZIMMERMANN, manufacturer of high-grade tobies, and wholesale dealer in fine cigars and tobaccos, of Tarentum, was born in Canton Glarus, Switzerland, Dec. 18, 1848, and is a son of David and Magdalina (Knobel) Zimmermann, both of whom were born in Switzerland, and spent their lives in the home country. Besides the subject of this sketch, they had another son, David, also now a resident of Allegheny county. Henry Zimmermann was reared and educated in Switzerland, and there learned the shoemakers' trade, to which he devoted thirty-five years of his life. Coming to America at eighteen, he located in Pittsburg, where for some years he worked for W. E. Schmetz. Mr. Zimmermann has since coming to America spent all but four years in Allegheny county. In 1876 he went to Tarentum, worked at his trade there until 1889, when he went to the State of Wash- ington. Returning after a short stay, he worked in Tarentum until 1898 as a shoemaker, and then engaged in his present busi- ness, in which he has met with flattering success. He is a repub- lican in politics. He is a member of Allegheny lodge, No. 223, F. and A. M., and of Tarentum lodge, No. 587, I. O. O. F. In 1873 Mr. Zimmermann married Miss Rosina Heer, a native of Switzer- land, and has had three children: Minnie (deceased), C. H. and Ella B. C. H. Zimmermann was born Nov. 8, 1878, was educated in Tarentum, learned the tobacco business, and now has charge of his father's factory. Henry Zimmermann and family are regular attendants upon the services of the German Evangelical Protest- ant church.
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GEORGE SCHWARZ, a prominent butcher of Tarentum, was born Aug. 3, 1853, in Germany, where his parents, Christian and Caroline (Mackey) Schwarz, lived and died. Mr. Schwarz has had an eventful career. He was reared and educated in Germany, and lived there until 1885. He then came to America, spent a year in Cincinnati, and then worked for a time in a factory in Mckeesport. After this he returned to Germany, and was for ten years a sailor on the high seas. He came to Tarentum in 1898 and embarked in the meat business, having learned the butchers' trade thoroughly before coming to America. He has been very successful, and now owns, besides his butcher shop, some property in Tarentum. In politics he is a republican. Mr. Schwarz's first wife was Miss Minnie Bloom, of Germany. He had by this union two sons, Henry and Karl. In 1896 he married Miss Philipena Wenner, of Hoboken, N. J.
HERBERT L. WARNER, furniture dealer and undertaker of Tarentum, was born in Harrison township, Allegheny Co., Pa., April 20, 1876. His father, James F. Warner, a native of Arm- strong county, Pa., settled in Allegheny county about 1860, and now resides in Harrison township. He served four years in the Civil war. He is a republican in politics. The mother of the sub- ject of this sketch, Isabel (Hesselgesser) Warner, was born in But- ler county. Mr. and Mrs. Warner have four children, all living. Herbert L. Warner, whose name heads this article, was reared and educated in Harrison township, and was a clerk for J. C. Stewart for nine years before going into business for himself. He engaged in the undertaking and livery business in 1901, and in February, 1902, started in the furniture business also, the firm name being Parke & Warner. Mr. Warner is one of the most suc- cessful young business men of Tarentum, and owes his success entirely to his own efforts. His place of business is a well- equipped two-story building, 22 feet wide and 150 feet deep. He is a republican in politics. He is a member of the K. O. T. M. and P. O. S. of A. Mr. Warner was married, Feb. 27, 1902, to Miss Wilma Parke, of Harrison township, and has one daughter, Agnes Jean, born Feb. 20, 1903. Mrs. Warner is a daughter of John S. and Minnie (Dunlop) Parke, of Tarentum. Mr. Parke has been in various lines of business and owns a farm in Harrison township. He is a republican in politics, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Warner and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church of Tarentum.
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CHARLES MOORE, of Freeport, Pa., a prosperous farmer, was born in Ireland, March 1, 1820, and is the son of Charles and Susanah (Might) Moore, both natives and life-residents of Ireland, but of Scotch descent. They were the parents of twelve children, all of whom are dead except the subject of this sketch. He remained in Ireland until he was fourteen years of age, and then came to Pittsburg, Pa., and, with the exception of five and one-half years spent in California, has resided in Allegheny county, Mr. Moore has devoted his attention to farming, in which he has been successful, and now owns 140 acres of land in Harrison township, where he has lived since 1859. He was originally a whig, but on the formation of the republican party, became identified with that organization, and has since been an active member. He was mar- ried, on Dec. 24, 1857, to Isabella McIntosh, a native of Ohio, but descended from Scottish Highland ancestry, and she died on July 28, 1894. They have had six children, viz. : George (deceased), Charles C., Andrew, Susanah, Jennie and Isabella. Mr. Moore is well and favorably known in the community in which he has spent so many years of his life, and possesses the friendship and respect of all his neighbors.
GEORGE BURTNER, of Tarentum, Pa., a well-known and prosperous farmer, was born in what is now Harrison township, on Jan. 5, 1835, son of George and Maria (Rowley) Burtner. His father was a son of Philip Burtner, a native of the eastern part of Pennsylvania, who came to Pittsburg in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and later located at what is now Tarentum. His son, George, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1802, and married Maria, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Cheney) Rowley, who settled in Harrison township about 1818. George and Maria Burtner were the parents of four children, all of whom are now living. He was a prosperous farmer, owned seventy-eight acres of land, served as one of the school commissioners, and was a leading republican. He died in 1879, aged seventy-eight years, and his wife died in 1897, aged ninety years. George Burtner, the son, was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and. for twelve years worked in a saw-mill, but farming has been his principal occupation. He owns thirty-five and one-half acres of land, and is quite successful as a general farmer. He is a republi- can in political matters, has been a school director for the past seven years, and has also been a member of the election board. He was married, in 1863, to Mary A. Swartzlander, of Armstrong
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county, Pa., and they have four children: George A., Henry G., Margaret C. and William F. Mr. Burtner is a member of the Odd Fellows, and he and his wife are identified with the Methodist church. He enlisted in August, 1864, in the Union army, and served in the artillery branch of the service until the close of the war. The ancestors of Maria Rowley, his mother, were prominent in the colonial history of the country, having served in the patriot army during the struggle for independence, and the next genera- tion played an important part in the War of 1812.
J. O. SHAFFER, a well-known iron-worker of Tarentum, has considerable property, and, what is still better, a high character for integrity as a citizen and efficiency as a mechanic, as the result of a business career extending over thirteen years. His great- grandfather was a pioneer of Armstrong county, and his grandpar- ents were Isaac and Elizabeth (Schall) Shaffer, both of whom reached an advanced age, and died in the same year (1895), the former eighty-six and the latter eighty-five years old. John P. Shaffer, son of the last-mentioned couple, has spent his life as a farmer in his native county of Armstrong, where he still resides in the enjoyment of the respect and influence of his neighbors. He has been quite active in local politics as a democrat, and is also influential in educational affairs, being for some time a school director, and at present a supervisor. He is also a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and connected with the Lutheran church. In early manhood he married Salina, daughter of Isaac and Hester (King) Fitzgerald, the former of Scotland, and the latter a native of Germany, who emigrated to Armstrong county many years ago and spent the remainder of their lives within its boundaries. By this union there were nine children, of whom only seven are now living. One of the latter is J. O. Shaffer, whose birth occurred in Armstrong county, Pa., June 25, 1874. He grew up on his father's farm, and for educa- tional purposes had the benefit of attendance in the excellent schools of Kittanning. His ambition was to become a skilled 'iron-worker, and with this end in view, he became an appren- tice, in 1890, in the steel mill at Apollo. After remaining in that establishment several years, he went to Vandergrift and put in time at the mill in that place until his removal to Taren- tum in 1901. Soon after his arrival he resumed work with the Allegheny steel and iron company as a sheet steel roller, in which capacity he had been employed for several years previ-
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