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J. KNOX MILLIGAN was born Dec. 30, 1866, in Northwood, Logan Co., Ohio, son of Alexander and Mary (Brisbin) Milligan, of Westmoreland county, Pa. He received his education in the common schools and at Geneva college, of Northwood, Ohio. In 1884 he came to Rankin and went into the roofing business. He has continued in this line ever since, and has built up an extensive. and prosperous business. Mr. Milligan was married, Oct. 30, 1890, to Maggie B., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Boyd, of Leech- burg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Milligan have one child, Sara Belle, born April 2, 1892, now attending the Rankin schools. Mr. Milligan has been since 1900 president of the Rankin school board. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church of Braddock and is also a member of the board of trustees. He occupies a prominent · position in Rankin, and is recognized as a progressive business man.
ALLEN KIRKPATRICK, for fifty years in the wholesale grocery business at No. 903 Liberty Ave., Pittsburg, was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1827, son of Dr. Joseph Kirkpatrick, and came to America when ten years old, in company with his brothers. In 1852 he established in Pittsburg the wholesale grocery business which still bears his name. Mr. Kirkpatrick married Rebecca, daughter of George H. and Margaret (Taughinbaugh) Bell, and now resides in .an historic home in North Braddock. This house was built in 1804 by a Mr. Wallace, one of the first settlers of North Braddock, just east of where the Pennsylvania railroad station now stands. In 1840 the place was purchased by George H. Bell, who was of German descent, although born near Gettysburg in 1802. He and his wife, Margaret (Taughinbaugh) Bell, occupied
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the house for many years and made a number of improvements upon it. Upon the death of Mr. Bell, in 1861, his wife inherited the property and when Mrs. Bell died, the following year, it fell to her daughter, Rebecca, who had previous to this time married Allen Kirkpatrick, the subject of this sketch. The house and grounds have been greatly improved at various times and the place is now one of the most beautiful and interesting homes in North Braddock. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Margaret Bell married Alexander M. Scott, who is now managing partner in the firm of Allen Kirkpatrick & Co. ; Robert, a twin brother, died in 1888 at the age of twenty-seven; Mary E. is the wife of David F. Collingwood, treasurer of Allegheny county; Anna and Georgia died in infancy, and Allen, Jr., who was educated in the public schools and the Kiskiminetas school, has been since his twentieth year an efficient assistant in his father's business.
JULIUS MEDVETZKY, of Mckeesport, Pa., rector of St. Nicholas' Greek Catholic church, was born in Hungary on Dec. 3, 1865, being a son of Andrew and Emma Medvetzky. He was edu- cated in all branches in his native country, came to the United States in 1899, and had charge of St. John's Greek Catholic church at Lansford, Pa., for two years. Later he came to his present charge, and now has in course of construction a new church, which is to be a splendid building to cost $35,000 and a fitting temple for the holy purpose for which it is erected. The Rev. Mr. Medvetzky was married, in 1889, to Margaritte Baluggansczky, and to them have been born four children-three sons and a daughter. He is well equipped by nature and training for the great work that he has undertaken, and his career has been marked by that character of success that comes only to those who put their entire heart in their daily task, and whose constant aim is that the labors of to day shall excel those of yesterday.
WILLIAM J. ROSEBOROUGH, secretary of the Mckeesport 'board of education, was born in Altoona, Pa., in 1865, son of Samuel and Sarah Roseborough. He received a good education, completing the course of study in the schools of his native city, and worked for his father, who was a carpenter, until 1886. Coming then to Mckeesport, he was for five years employed in the National tube works, and was then elected to the city fire department, in which he served in all the positions, being chief of the department five years. He was elected member of the school board in 1900,
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and was by that body elected to the position of secretary, an office which he has since held. Mr. Roseborough was president of the Western Pennsylvania firemen's association in 1900 and 1901, and is at present secretary of the executive committee of that organization. He is a member of Lodge No. 109, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and Lodge No. 116, Knights of Malta, and belongs to the St. John's Lutheran church. Mr. Roseborough was married, in 1891, to Miss Clara C. Jackson, daughter of John Jackson, of Mckeesport, and has three children: Sarah Leona, Elsa May and Charles Edward.
DAVID WILLIAM AULD, a popular Mckeesport real estate man, was born in Effingham, Ill., in September, 1869. In 1901 he went into the real estate business in the office of T. D. Gardner, where he is employed in various capacities, having, as his special charge, the renting department. He was married, in 1897, to Miss Jane Miller, of Mckeesport, and has two children: Eliza A. and Sarah Miller. He resides with his family in the seventh ward, Mckeesport. Mr. Auld moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, J. P. and Eliza Auld, when he was seven years old, and attended school in Versailles township, and later in Mckeesport. He spent two years in the National rolling mills, where he learned the black- smiths' trade, and after that was employed for three years as a machinist in the Westinghouse plant at Wilmerding. He spent six months in the employ of W. E. Osborne & Co., wholesale produce merchants, and after that engaged in the milk business in McKees- port a year before embarking in his present business. Mr. Auld is a member of Youghiogheny lodge, No. 583, F. and A. M., and of Lodge No. 338, B. P. O. Elks. , In politics he is an ardent republican.
NEIL McGINLEY was born June 2, 1857, in Cambria county, Pa., son of Charles and Ellen (Ward) McGinley, who came to America from Ireland in 1845. He received his education at . Johnstown, Pa., and when twenty years old came to Braddock and' learned the heaters' trade, following this occupation for fifteen years. In 1893 he started a hotel at No. 1005 Braddock Ave., and after a year sold out his business and moved to McDonald, Pa., where he opened another hotel and remained three years. Mr. McGinley then sold out his hotel business and engaged for a year in the wholesale liquor trade at Cumberland, Md. He then pur- chased in Braddock the hotel interest of Isaac Lloyd, at Nos. 1000 to
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1004 Braddock Ave., where he is still in business. Mr. McGinley conducts here one of the finest hotels in Braddock. The hotel is modernly equipped, with office, dining-room and bar on the first floor, forty rooms, one parlor and other appointments of the latest and most improved nature. Mr. McGinley was elected to the Braddock council in 1889, where he served three years as repre- sentative from the first ward, to the entire satisfaction of his con- stituents. On Feb. 5, 1884, he was married to Jennie, daughter of Michael and Bridget (Hennessy) Croty, of Wilkinsburg, former residents of Titusville, Crawford county. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. McGinley, Cornelia took a course in the Braddock schools and is now attending the Iron City business college, and Charles, Howard and Marcella, younger children, are at home. Mr. McGinley is a member of Pittsburg lodge, No. 11, B. P. O. Elks. He and his wife are members of St. Thomas' Roman Catholic church.
ALBERT KAZINCZY, priest of St. Michael's Roman Catholic parish of Braddock, was born in Hungary, Aug. 24, 1871, son of Emanuel and Teresa (Ossikowsky) Kazinczy. His paternal grand- father was a noted nobleman and prominent linguist of Hungary, while his maternal grandfather was a prominent Polish nobleman who fled to Hungary during a political revolution. Father Kazin- czy received his early education in Europe, and after coming to this country, took a final course in theology at St. Vincent's sem- inary, at Latrobe, Pa. He was ordained to the ministry at Scran- ton, Pa., Oct. 14, 1894, and shortly afterwards organized a church at Pittston, Luzerne Co., Pa. He also had charge of the Slavic congregation of the Holy Ghost parish at Olyphant for a year prior to coming to Braddock, in July, 1896. St. Michael's congregation purchased in 1889, for $11,000, the property formerly held by the Protestant Christian church, at the corner of Braddock avenue and Frazier street. Since then a twenty-foot brick front has been added and many other improvements have been made, so that the property is now valued at $30,000 and is entirely free from debt. The congregation consists of between 250 and 300 families. Attached to the church is a parochial school with an attendance of 200, which is conducted by five Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul, who have recently come from Europe. Father Kazinczy is well edu- cated and well posted in religious matters, and being able to speak fluently five different languages, he is equipped to deal with the conflicting foreign elements of a manufacturing city like Braddock.
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DAVID B. LITTLE, a prominent citizen and member of the common council of Swissvale, was born in Pittsburg, July 19, 1862, and is the son of William and Mary Little, both now deceased. He received his education in the common schools and high school of Pittsburg and then entered the employ of the Gillespie tool com- pany, where he remained four years. He later was employed for four years by Hubbard & Co., and then began working for the Union switch and signal company, of Swissvale. He now holds the position of purchasing agent for the company, which is the largest of its kind in the United States, employing between 1, 300 and 1,500 men. Mr. Little was married, March 22, 1893, to Miss Alice Jamison, daughter of John A. Jamison, of Swissvale. In 1899 he was elected the first burgess of the borough of Swissvale. Besides this honor, Mr. Little has also served as treasurer of the town- ship of Braddock, to which position he was elected in 1893. He is a member of Crescent lodge, F. and A. M., of Pittsburg, and is recognized as one of the prominent and progressive citizens of his borough.
WALTER HARDWICK, foreman of the lap-weld and thread- ing department of the National tube works, has been in the employ of that company ever since he was ten years of age. He was born in the tenth ward of the city of Mckeesport, Pa., in 1876, and after three and one-half years in the common schools, he entered the draughting room of the tube works. During the three years he was in this department he attended the Y. M. C. A. night school, acquiring a fair English education. He entered the machine shops of the works as an apprentice and remained there eight years, becoming a competent machinist. In 1896 he went west, working at his trade in different cities until he reached San Francisco, but in the fall of the same year he returned to McKees- port. For a time he worked in the galvanizing department of the National tube company, at Versailles, as a machinist, and in 1899 was promoted to his present position, first as night foreman and later in charge of the department during the daytime. To com- pletely qualify himself for the duties of the position, he took a mechanical course in the American correspondence schools, which has enabled him to master all difficulties as they have presented themselves. His father, Robert Hardwick, was a native of Lan- cashire, England. He came to America about the year 1857, and for a number of years was a river pilot. He married Laura Curran, the daughter of a Pittsburg grocer, left the river and
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became a foreman in the coupling department of the great tube works. He is still living, enjoying with his wife the fruits of a life of industry and frugality. Walter Hardwick is unmarried. He has one brother, Howard, who is a machinist in the tube works, and three sisters, Grace, Phoebe and Lillian. He is a member of the Episcopal church and the Y. M. C. A. and in politics claims the distinction of being independent. His energy and application to business have met their reward in his advancement to his pres- ent position and offer an example to other young men to learn the great lesson of self-denial.
ANTHONY W. GLOVER, a member of the school board of the town of Rankin, was born at Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., Oct. 29, 1877, and is a son of Theophilus and Lida M. (Suck) Glover. He was educated in the public schools of Uniontown, Pa. After leav- ing school he learned the carpenters' trade, which he has since fol- lowed. Mr. Glover came to Braddock in 1890 while still in his teens. In 1899 he was married to Miss Mary Robinson, daughter of William and Mary Robinson, of Johnstown, Pa. To this mar- riage there have been born three children: Clyde (deceased), Goldsberry and Marian. In 1901 Mr. Glover was elected a mem- ber of the Rankin school board for a term of two years, and in 1902 for a three-year term to the council. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Knights of Malta. In all these orders, as well as in the social life of Rankin, he has a high standing, due to his genial disposition and his progressive ideas. His home is at No. 110 Fourth St.
CHARLES FELL, who holds the important position of super- intendent of the lap-weld department of the National tube com- pany's works at Mckeesport, has risen to this place in a compara- tively short time, purely by his own ability. He began to learn the blacksmiths' trade at an early age, going, after a year in another shop, into the coupling forge department of the National tube company, where he remained six years and finished learning the trade of a machine blacksmith. He was for two years assistant foreman, and for three years foreman of the coupling forge depart- ment, and later foreman of the lap-weld furnace. After that he was made night superintendent of the lap-weld department, and then given his present position as day superintendent, a place in which he has under him 1,600 men. Mr. Fell was born in Chartiers valley in 1866, being a son of the late Daniel Fell; came
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to Mckeesport when nine years old, and was educated in the public schools of the first ward. In politics he is a republican and in religious belief a Methodist. He resides in the fifth ward. Mr. Fell was married, in 1888, to Miss Nettie Hill, of Alverton, West- moreland county, and has three children: Bessie I., George W. and Charles E.
GEORGE H. McGEARY, a prominent physician of Braddock, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., May 5, 1863. His father, John E. McGeary, was the son of James McGeary, who was of Irish descent, while his mother, Sarah J. (Mclaughlin) McGeary, was the daughter of George and Margaret (Nelson) McLaughlin. The Mclaughlin family came from Ireland, while the Nelsons were Scotch. Dr. McGeary attended Pine Run academy at Markle, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and then taught school for six years. In April, 1885, he commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. E. W. Dean, of Braddock, took the full course of the New York homoeopathic medical col- lege and graduated in April, 1888. After graduation, he prac- ticed medicine for five years in Homestead, Pa., and then moved to Braddock, where he has since resided and built up a lucra- tive practice, with offices at No. 428 Library St. The doctor is surgeon for the Carnegie steel company and the McClintoc & Marshall construction company. He is physician for the Court Pride of the Union, No. 18, F. of A., and a member of Edgar Thompson council, Royal Arcanum. Dr. McGeary was married, in June, 1895, to Estella, daughter of Christian and Louise {Downs) Shively, of South Side, Pittsburg. He has one son, John Elliott, Jr., born Aug. 15, 1898.
JOHN MARTIN, dairyman, was born in Penn township, Alle- gheny county, in February, 1849. His parents, John and Jane (Potts) Martin, were both natives of Ireland. After a common- school education in Penn township, Mr. Martin engaged in the blacksmith trade, then in coal-mining, at which he was employed until 1885, when he commenced farming on the James Lenhart place. In February, 1888, he bought the fifty-six acres in Wilkins township on which he now resides. Here he keeps fifty cows and has built up an extensive dairy business. An electric car line will soon be built between Turtle Creek and Wilmerding, passing Mr. Martin's farm. Mr. Martin was married, May 24, 1870, to Mar- garet, daughter of William and Susan (Hershey) Sholes. William
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Sholes was the son of George and Margaret Sholes, while his wife was the daughter of Christopher and Nancy (Stoner) Hershey. The children of John and Margaret Martin are: Mary Stoner, wife of James Small, who resides on an adjoining farm; Taylor McIntosh, noted in another place in this work; John Lenard, at home; Charles Randolph, a railroad fireman; Sussanah, who is married to Ralph Reed, of Braddock; Norman Clark, a railroad fireman; Francis Z., Olive, Jessie and Lida Margaret, at home. One child, James Roy, died in infancy. Mr. Martin had three brothers, Hugh, Thomas and William, who served in the Union army during the Civil war. He is one of the commissioners of Wilkins township and a prominent man in his community. In religious belief he and his family are Presbyterians.
FRANK KOLA, son of L. J. and Sadie Kola, is one of the most promising young business men of Elizabeth. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1880, and received his early education in the public schools of that city. Later he attended the Spencerian business college, from which he graduated in 1897. After six months spent in the employ of the Noble refining company, he obtained a position with the National safe and lock company, of Cleveland, as assistant cashier and bookkeeper. On Oct. 1, 1902, he became secretary of the newly organized Clark safe and vault · company, of Elizabeth, but left the employ of that firm Sept. 1, 1903, and took a position with the. Clairton steel company. Mr. Kola is an independent in politics.
LOUIS HABER, the senior member of the well-known clothing firm of Haber Bros., at the corner of Fifth and Market streets, Mckeesport, Pa., is a native of the town where he is now engaged in business. He was born Jan. 17, 1870. After attending the common and high schools of his native town, he took a course in Duff's commercial college, at Pittsburg, and at the age of sixteen he entered the hat store of J. N. Dersam, at Mckeesport, as a salesman. After four years with Mr. Dersam, he went to work in the clothing store of his brother-in-law, L. Koch, where the firm of Haber Bros. is now located. Upon the death of Mr. Koch, Louis Haber bought the business and on Jan. 1, 1893, formed a partnership with a Mr. Loeb. The business was continued under the firm name of Haber & Loeb until Dec. 1, 1896. Edward Haber was taken into the firm July 1, 1899, and the name changed to Haber Bros. His father, Joseph Haber, died April 15, 1883, II-31
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while his mother, Bertha Haber, is still living. Louis Haber is a member of several secret and benevolent orders: of Youghiogheny lodge, No. 583, Free and Accepted Masons; lodge No. 136, B. P. O. Elks; treasurer of No. 590, Order of Heptasophs; a member of the beneficiary order of Ben-Hur, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Still on the morning side of life's meridian, he has by a strict attention to business, aided by his early training, built up one of the substantial concerns of the city of MeKeesport. The clothing house of Haber Bros. is on the high-road to pros- perity and the energy and intelligence of the senior partner has played no small part in establishing its reputation.
GEORGE N. PFAUB, of Etna, Pa., a prosperous merchant and borough treasurer, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., March 30, 1865, son of John L. and Mary (Toerge) Pfaub. His father was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and came to America with his parents when three years of age, subsequently learning the coopering trade. His mother came to America when eleven years of age, settled in New York, and later removed to Pittsburg. Mr. Pfaub was edu- cated in the public schools of Pittsburg, and at twelve years of age began work in a cooper shop, where he remained for four years; he went into the rolling mill of Morehead Bros., at Sharpsburg, and worked on the muck rolls for two years; then secured a position with Spang & Chalfant's mill, where for five years he was employed :. in different positions. In 1888 he started a grocery store in Etna, in partnership with John Metzger, three years later purchasing the interest of his partner, conducting it for two years longer. He removed to his present location at No. 354 Butler St., and in 1901 opened a feed, grain and hay store near his grocery. He has pros- pered in all these lines, and does a large and profitable business. He was married, in 1893, to Laura W., daughter of Capt. John D. Hieber, former marriage license clerk in the Allegheny county court-house, and of his wife, Katharine (Bealer) Hieber. Mr. and Mrs. Pfaub have two children: Emma K., attending the public schools, and Helen E., not of school age. He is a member and elder in the German Evangelical church of Etna, and a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the republican party. He has served in his present position as member of the school board for the past three years, was member of the board of health for one year, and in 1903 was elected borough treasurer. Two of his uncles, George and Fred Toerge, are among the leading teachers of music of Pitts- burg, and are widely known as musicians of rare ability.
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HOWARD HENRY WESTWOOD, pastor of the First Meth- odist Episcopal church of Swissvale, was born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 20, 1846, and has lived a varied and useful life. His parents were John H. and Cassandra Westwood, of Baltimore. Rev. Mr. Westwood was educated at Home City college, in Baltimore, and ordained to preach in 1878, his first charge being in West Virginia, where he remained seven years. He was transferred to the East Ohio conference, where he remained for sixteen years, and then assigned to the pastorate of the Methodist church in Swissvale, in October, 1902. This church was organized in Dalzell hall, May 8, 1893, with twenty-seven members, under the direction of Rev. J. F. Murray, and has since increased its membership to ninety-four. The church building was erected in 1893, and dedicated on October 8th of that year, with G. B. Gray as pastor. Rev. H. H. Westwood was married, in 1873, to Miss Ida E. Cowman, of Har- rison, W. Va., and to them have been born two children, Wilbur S. and Grace A., both at home. His first wife died Aug. 29, 1881, and on Nov. 14, 1882, Mr. Westwood married Miss Annie G. Sewell, of Baltimore. During the Civil war Rev. Mr. Westwood enlisted as a private in Company E, 9th Maryland volunteers, and served with distinction for about a year and a half. He is a mem- ber of the F. and A. M. and the Knights of Maccabees.
ALBERT J. GIVINS, M. D., of Millvale, Pa., a prominent physician and surgeon, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 15, 1859. He is a son of Samuel D. and Emile M. Givins, his father having been a roller in the Graff, Bennett & Co. mill, but now resides with his son at Millvale and conducts a store in Shaler township, near Millvale. Dr. Givins attended the public schools of Shaler township until thirteen years of age, became a pupil of Duff's com- mercial college and was graduated from that institution in 1876. He kept books for H. W. Moore for one year, and later matricu- lated at the Cleveland medical college, now the Western Reserve university, and was graduated with the degree of doctor of medi- cine in 1881. He entered the marine hospital service, and nine months later began the practice of his profession at Hites, remain- ing there for three years. In 1884 he located on Grant avenue, Millvale, subsequently removed to his present location at No. 223 North Ave., and enjoys a splendid practice, being the oldest physician, with one exception, in the city. He was married, in 1882, to Margaret Dixon, to whom were born four children, two of whom are living : Edna A., died Sept. 10, 1892; Emile, died Sept. 9,
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